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I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.

The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

I must admit that I do not check authenticity of my posts. If anyone can tell me of a non-biased arbitrator, I will attempt to do so more regularly. I know of no such arbitrator for the internet.











Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Not their everyday language from my good friends Tom & Carolyn Lynch- Interesting history tho

Subject: FW: Where did piss poor come from?

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:43:47 -0400



Subject: FW: Where did piss poor come from?



Chris Kotcamp, Payroll









Where did Piss Poor come from?

Interesting History



They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor"



But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low





The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:



Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell . ..... .

Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.

Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting Married.





Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"





Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof...

Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."



There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.



The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way.

Hence: a thresh hold.



(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)



In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.







Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.



Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.



Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.



Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.







England is old and small and the local folks started to run out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell.

Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus,someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer.





And that's the truth....Now, whoever said History was boring!!!

So...get out there and educate someone! ~~~ Share these facts with a friend.

Parallels of Lincoln and o... John Massey!

Thanks John Massey!



John & Yvette Massey




Parallels of Lincoln and B. H. Obama...

















I'm sure most of us have read the so-called comparison of Lincoln and Kennedy, but did you ever consider:



Parallels of Abraham Lincoln and B. H. Obama:





1. Lincoln placed his hand on the Bible for his inauguration. Obama used the same Bible.









2. Lincoln came from Illinois . Obama comes from Illinois .









3. Lincoln served in the Illinois Legislature. Obama served in the Illinois Legislature.









4. Lincoln had very little experience before becoming President. Obama had very little experience before becoming President.









5. Lincoln rode the train from Philadelphia to Washington for his inauguration. Obama rode the train from Philadelphia to Washington for his inauguration.









6. Lincoln was a skinny lawyer. Obama was a skinny lawyer.









7. Lincoln was a Republican. Obama was a skinny lawyer.









8. Lincoln served in the United States military. Obama was a skinny lawyer.





9. Lincoln believed in everyone carrying their own weight. Obama was a skinny lawyer.











10. Lincoln did not waste taxpayers' money on personal enjoyments. Obama was a skinny lawyer.





11. Lincoln was highly respected. Obama was a skinny lawyer.









12. Lincoln was born in the United States, there was never any doubt. Obama was a skinny lawyer.









13. Lincoln was honest, so honest he was called Honest Abe. Obama was a skinny lawyer.









14. Lincoln saved the United States . Obama was a skinny lawyer.











"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president." - Teddy Roosevelt



"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." --Thomas Jefferson







"No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women." -- Ronald Reagan







"A Constitution of government, once changed from freedom, can never be restored. Liberty once lost is gone forever -- John Adams

European Socialist taxes... Thanks Judi Cole!

Current European tax rates:



United Kingdom

Income Tax: 50%

VAT: 17.5% TOTAL: 67.5%



France

Income Tax: 40%

VAT: 19.6% TOTAL: 59.6%



Greece

Income Tax: 40%

VAT: 25% TOTAL: 65%



Spain

Income Tax: 45%

VAT: 16% TOTAL: 61%



Portugal

Income Tax: 42%

VAT: 20% TOTAL: 62%



Sweden

Income Tax: 55%

VAT: 25% TOTAL: 80%



Norway

Income Tax: 54.3%

VAT: 25% TOTAL: 79.3%



Netherlands

Income Tax: 52%

VAT: 19% TOTAL: 71%



Denmark

Income Tax: 58%

VAT: 25% TOTAL: 83%



Finland

Income Tax: 53%

VAT: 22% TOTAL: 75%



If you’ve started to wonder what the real costs of socialism are going to be, once the full program in these United States hits your wallet, take a look at the table. As you digest these mind-boggling figures, keep in mind that in spite of these astronomical tax rates, these countries are still not financing their social welfare programs exclusively from tax revenues! They are deeply mired in public debt of gargantuan proportions. Greece has reached the point where its debt is so huge it is in imminent danger of defaulting. That is the reason the European economic community has intervened to bail them out. If you are following the financial news, you know Spain and Portugal are right behind Greece.





The United States is now heading down the same path. The VAT tax in the table is the national sales tax that Europeans pay. Stay tuned because that is exactly what you can expect to see the administration proposing after the fall elections. The initial percentage in the United States isn’t going to be anywhere near the outrageous numbers you now see in Europe. Guess what, the current outrageous numbers in Europe didn’t start out as outrageous either. They started out just as miniscule ... right around 1% or 2% where they will start out in the United States. Magically, however, they ran up over the years to where they are now. Expect the same thing here.



It is the notion that with hard work and perseverance, anybody can get ahead economically here. Do you think that can ever happen with tax rates between 60% and 80%? Think again. With the government taking that percentage of your money, your life will be exactly like life in Europe. You will never be able to buy a home. You will never buy a car. You will never send your children to college. Lets not shuffle the battle cry of the socialists under the rug either. It’s always the same cry. Equalize income. Spread the wealth to the poor (whoever they are). Level the economic playing field. Accomplish that and everything will be rosy.





It’s time to take a really hard look at reality. Greece is a perfect example. Despite the socialism system that has ruled this country for decades, with a 65% tax rate, they are drowning in public debt, would have defaulted without hundreds of billions in bailout money, and still ... 20% of their population lives in poverty. What has all that socialism money bought, besides ultimate power for the politicians running the show? Do you think these people are "free"? They're not. They are slaves to their economic "system."



This is where we are going unless we throw the present Congress and Obama out.



Instead of spreading the wealth around, spread this around. It might wake some people up.




IN GOD WE TRUST

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