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At this point, it may be useful to some if I document my prayer and meditation routine. It also helps me set down the path I took to reach the stage that I'm at so I may return to the routine if I become lost or go astray. Besides my study of Swedenborg's Heavenly Secrets (I'm now up to Genesis 41), my morning prayer routine consists of centering prayer where I set my intention on God. If I find my mind preoccupied with replaying the tapes and memories of the past, I close my eyes and begin contemplative prayer. It's...

B. Hussein Obama has ignored, violated and shredded the Constitution of the United States of America. He and he alone represents the biggest threat to our great nation. He is the head of a great snake that has wrapped itself around our country and is attempting to squeeze the liberty and the life out of it. There can be no more tolerance of this behavior from Dear Leader. President Obama’s interference in the Chrysler bankruptcy proceedings is in direct violation of the fifth amendment to the Constitution. Obama used TARP as justification to intercede in the bankruptcy, despite the fact...

Obama News- Progressive Oppression of Blacks and other Minorities- the proof and the solution- #obama #news 16. September 2009 by admin. Obama News- the Progressive Slave Machine- the death of minorities under progressive oppression http://bit.ly/12diiy #obama #newsplease RT this if you are on Twitterfrom the article..Empowered Blacks will do what empowered blacks have always done, lead, right beside the rest of the great peoples of America. Rise up against the progressive slave machine. Beat back the Uncle Toms and slave merchants that rule your cities with ruthlessness.Form your own parties. Do not rely on outsiders, though let us help any...

The lawyers and legal minds holding the joystick of politics in America’s White House and Congress, are afraid to make a move. The administration and legislature are staying away from confronting their friends, and former classmates, in the legal profession. The American public is holding fast on its resistance to health care reform. The double talk and confusion from Washington is abundant, however the leadership is unwilling to implement changes that could dramatically reduce health care costs such as those that could easily be acted on pertaining to tort reform. We are provided claims such as those from the “nonpartisan”...

Did he just say that, I'm shocked. Obama is going to be interviewed by Glenn Beck? Glenn must be jesting?

Tom Burnett Sr. and his wife Beverly did some 9/11 interviews the last couple of days, remembering their son Tom Jr., who was murdered by Islamic terrorists aboard Flight 93. Mr. Burnett has been trying for several years to stop the Park Service from planting a giant Islamic-shaped crescent on the Flight 93 crash site. In their interview with WSAU radio in Wisconsin, the Burnetts were joined half-way through the hour by Alec Rawls (the author of this blogburst post), who has written a book about the terrorist memorializing Crescent of Embrace design. Mr. Burnett's words are always heartfelt,...

I do not suffer fools gladly. The name “Kanye West” has intruded on my consciousness twice in the last few years – two times too many – and both times it was associated with idiocy. The last of those was when KW charged onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards and interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance remarks by yanking the microphone from her hand to complain to the world that someone he liked better hadn’t been selected. Gross stupidity arouses curiosity, sometimes, and this was one of those times. I figured if this dope managed to do something stupid enough twice...

With apologies to E.F. Hutton, when Ron Wyden talks about health care reform, people should listen. When Ron Wyden balks at a Democratic health care reform proposal, people should definitely listen. The Democratic senator from Oregon has been the Energizer Bunny of health reform for the last five years. This week, he lobbed a big rhetorical stink bomb into the works. Wyden warned publicly that the package being crafted by the Senate Finance Committee would cost lower-income Americans too much and give many people too little choice of insurance plans. Under the finance committee proposal, individuals would be required to...

Former Missouri state Treasurer Sarah Steelman (R) has announced she won't run for anything in 2010. The treasurer was expected early on to run for Senate in a primary against Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). But after opening an exploratory committee, she backed off that race and started looking at running for Blunt's open House seat. Now she's doing neither. Steelman, of Rolla, said in a statement that she has "unfinished work'' at home, raising her youngest son with her husband. David Steelman, a prominent lawyer and fellow former legislator. "Michael is 14 and I want to raise him here in...

Today is the 7th anniversary of our disgusting invasion of Iraq. As you can see, it is being ignored completely by the right wing media, and left entirely up to us to ensure that they are not forgotten. We who know the truth tearfully remember the oppression of George Bush, and we light a Candle to the millions who were swept from their homes, their families, and forced into places like Abu Ghraib, never to return. The current President, our Leader, thank Gaea, has pulled us out of Iraq....but we cannot forget the tragedy our Leader inherited and resolved peaceably....

Facing a near-daily barrage of attacks from conservative opponents, White House officials are engaged in an internal debate over how hard to hit back, even as they have grown increasingly aggressive in countering allegations they deem to be absurd. After brushing aside criticism during the presidential campaign that they tried to keep candidate Barack Obama too far above the fray -- and with memories of the abundance of media coverage during the Clinton years -- administration officials are accelerating their efforts to anticipate and respond to the most sharp-edged charges. The White House officials are eager to avoid the perception...

TWITTER IS FASCINATING. Earlier I received a few tweets from liberals who want to punish Joe Wilson for saying "You lie". They are outraged that he "broke the rules" of the House, and they demand retribution. Oh, the irony... Let's refresh our memories. It wasn't too long ago that we had a President (not just a mere Rep) who did worse than break any rules. He actually broke the law. He lied under oath in a court of law, not to protect his family, but to deceive the court so that he would have a better chance at winning his...

Jon Stewart is all over the ACORN hidden tape story while the majority of the MSM is in full-on embargo mode. Video at the link: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-september-15-2009/the-audacity-of-hos

Gold Tops $1,018 on Continued Weak Dollar NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Gold for December delivery was trading at $1,018.30 Wednesday after trading as high as $1,023.30 an ounce during the session on the back of the dollar's recent weakness. The contract closed Tuesday above $1,000 for the third straight day, adding $5.20 to settle at $1,006.30 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold has been rallying in recent days as the dollar falls against other major currencies. Gold is used as a hedge against a weak dollar and inflation. Last week marked the first time a front-month contract...

For the sake of convenience, I’ve decided to call people like Maureen Dowd, who see hidden racism in every complaint about Obama, “racers.” If I could sum up the underpinnings of their position, it would be a riff on Descartes’s proof of existence: “I think, therefore I am.” For racers, it goes something like this: “I think it, therefore it is.” Such thoughts don’t require logic or evidence—just a gut feeling, a hunch, and to racers that makes them real. To understand the extent of the racers’ projections, and read how much they demonize those on the Right, you need...

WASHINGTON -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has released his long-awaited health overhaul bill, moving forward with a landmark, $856 billion bill even though no Republicans are on board.

A Virginia judge has set a Nov. 10 execution date for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area. The attorney general's office had requested a Nov. 9 execution. But Muhammad's attorney Jonathan Sheldon says Prince William County Circuit Judge Mary Grace O'Brien delayed it one day. That's because Nov. 9 is a Monday and they want government offices to be open the day before in case of last-minute court action....

‘Islam is coming to America the same way Christianity came to Rome... whether they like it or not. We talk about the Islamic State of North America by 2050... The people of Hamas and Hizbullah are good people; they don’t deserve condemnation, they do good things.” - Imam Abdul Musa of Washington, D.C. Inspired by Obama Islamic Coming-Out Party Set for September 25 by thelastcrusade.org “Our time has come!” proclaims Islam on Capitol Hill, a new non-profit, tax-exempt corporation that is seeking millions in sponsorship.And the time for the coming out party for Muslims in America is September 25,...

Bailout Recipient Banks Lending Drops For Sixth Consecutive Month Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/15/2009 19:38 -0500 It was just yesterday that Tim Geithner was lying that banks are constantly increasing lending to consumers. Well, yet another lie refuted. Banks, and not just any banks, but those receiving government bail outs and subsidies, continued constricting lending in July, with total average loan balance outstanding declining by $54 billion from $4,295 billion to $4,241 billion, a 1.3% decline, following a 1.1% decline in June. As for the reason why loan originations in July declined a whopping 10% after posting a 12.7%...