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For Christian American readers of this blog:


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.











Friday, July 19, 2013

Cancer Prayer- Chemo- ... Thx Nita E!


I just prayed the words, Nita!  Our God is on contrpol and He has all of the power!
SamKat
    Chemo Day

Some will say you will pray because it is a nice thing to say or it is politically correct. Then there are those of you who will get down on your knees and really do it. I'm sending this to some who will.


This prayer means so much so please say the prayer for everyone and pass it on.
Cancer
is a strange cell.


You can go along for years in remission And then one day it pops its head up again. If you ever have it you will never be free of it. If you never had it, don't feel too cozy, you can get it. Pray for the day there will be a permanent cure.

A SMALL REQUEST.

93% won't forward, but I'm Sure You Will.  A small request just one line.
Dear God,
I pray that You will guide someone to find a cure for cancer in 2013.
In Christ Jesus' name, Amen.

All you are asked to do is keep this circulating, Even if it's only to one more person. In memory of anyone you know who has been struck down by cancer or is still living with it. A Candle Loses Nothing by Lighting Another Candle.
Please Keep This Candle Going

Charlie Daniels re: the Paula Deen supposed scandal ... Thx good friend Bob L!

Subject: Charlie Daniels: Regarding the Paula Deen Scandal

>
>
>Charlie Daniels (the country  star) regularly writes a column offering his opinions on current events, and  he did write this one.  He is spot on!
>
>
>Charlie just cuts
  through the crap!
>
>
>Charlie Daniels: Regarding The Paula Deen
  "scandal"
>
>
>I think that if anything exemplifies the overt prejudice
  and determination
>of the American media to report only the news that suits
  their social and
>political interests and concept of what does and does not
  fit their
>agenda, it’s the totally overblown coverage of something Paula
  Deen said
>20 years ago, and some party she planned that she wanted to
  resemble a
>plantation scene featuring black male waiters in period
  dress.
>
>If Hollywood plans a movie featuring black waiters in a
  plantation scene
>or portray women as prostitutes or cast minorities in
  caricature roles
>does the media get upset and start calling the movie
  moguls racists?
>
>Is there any grown person who could truthfully declare
  under oath that
>they have never uttered something that someone might find
  personally
>offensive?
>
>“Let he who is without sin cast the first
  stone.”
>
>Do the twenty-year-old words of a lady with a television
  cooking show
>trump the lie an Attorney General told Congress, or officials
  at the IRS
>usurping the rights of the American public and pleading the
  fifth
>amendment when confronted about it or the hiding of the facts
  surrounding
>the murder of four Americans at a Consulate in Libya or the
  incredibly
>shabby image of a president taking a one hundred million dollar
  vacation
>in this economy while closing down tours of the White House or the
  NSA
>invasion on the privacy of millions of unsuspecting citizens?
>
>I
  think not, and yet these and other stories of the utmost importance
  were
>either ignored or given a back seat to the Paula Deen story which,
  when
>taken in context with the high level scandals, Putin's snubbing of
  an
>American president, the potentially explosive situations in so much of
  the
>world the story was certainly not newsworthy enough to be featured
  five
>nights in a row on network news.
>
>Wouldn't a week-long
  investigation into the life of Lois Lerner, the
>things she's done and the
  reason she's pleading the fifth be more
>meaningful to the American
  people?
>
>What about what's going on in Israel ? The media has been
  strangely quiet
>on that front lately, is there nothing worth reporting in
  that volatile
>part of the world?
>
>How about the coming catastrophic
  tidal wave the effect of Obamacare is
>going to have on America , is there
  nothing worth questioning in the over
>30,000 pages of
  regulations?
>
>How about the fact that due to federal over regulation
  it's nearly
>impossible to live in the U.S. without breaking some
  law?
>
>How about the Christian pastor who is being held in one of the
  worst hell
>hole prisons in the world in Iran for nothing more than sharing
  his faith?
>
>How about a whole way of life that's being destroyed in West
  Virginia by
>the president's war on coal?
>
>I think you get the
  picture.
>
>No wonder the mainstream media has fallen so far in the trust
  of the
>American people.
>
>Why is the Paula Deen story worth so much
  airtime if not to take attention
>off the truly important issue, the life
  changing things that really affect
>the lives of Americans?
>
>The news
  is not about news anymore. It's about protecting some people,
>destroying
  others and shoving a socialist agenda down the collective
>throats of
  America .
>
>What do you think?
>
>Pray for our troops and the peace
  of Jerusalem .
>
>God Bless America
>
>Charlie
  Daniels
>

Someday ... Thx Anon Ymous!

When I am Gone

"Many go fishing all their lives without            knowing that it is not fish they are after." - Henry David            Thoreau

As I approach my twilight years, I am struck by the            inevitability that the party must end. And one clear, cold morning            after I'm gone, my spouse will awaken in the warmth of our bedroom and            be struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't            "anymore."

No more hugs, no more special moments to celebrate            together, no more phone calls just to chat, no more "just 5 minutes            more."

Sometimes, what we care about the most gets all used up            and goes away, never to return before we can say good-bye, or say "I            love you."

So while we have it, its best we love it, care for            it, fix it when it's broken and heal it when it's sick.

This is            true for marriage.....and old cars, and children with bad report            cards, and dogs with bad hips, and aging parents and grandparents. We            keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth            it.

Some things we keep -- like a best friend who moved away or            a son-in-law after divorce. There are just some things that make us            happy, no matter what.

Life is important, like people we know            who are special. And so, we keep them close!

Suppose one            morning you never wake up, do all your friends know how you really            feel? The important thing is to let every one of your friends know            your true feelings, even if you think they don't love you            back.

So, just in case I'm gone tomorrow, please rest assured I            voted against that asshole, Obama, both          times!


NYC Boatlift 911/2001- True American Heroes! ...

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This is an amazing feat of which I was unaward. Well worth the time to watch it.
Let us not ever forget that day.

In light of the media frenzy and the racial divide that is happening over an incident in Florida – we should remember that we are all Americans and the media should stop trying to incite hatred.
 
We certainly were busy watching the news right after 9/11, but never saw this......BOATLIFT OF 9/11. You know, in the 11 years since this happened, this is the first time I've ever seen this...I don't even remember seeing/hearing about this evacuation on the news! And the fact it was all done in 9 hours...500,000 people! This is a video well worth watching. The guy at the end (same guy who is at the beginning) has some great words to live by for all of us. Watch till the end, you won't regret it.
We will never forget what happened that day. Please pass along.

Come to the USA- Ray Stevens! ... Thx Pidge F!

Ray Stevens- "Come to the USA" ... Thx Pidge F!






Fastest amphibious car ... thx Sonny H!

Is it a Jeep? Is it a speedboat? No, it's WaterCar's Panther amphibious vehicle

By
June 30, 2013
WaterCar's Panther is as at home on the water as it is on the land (Photo: WaterCar, Inc.)
WaterCar's Panther is as at home on the water as it is on the land (Photo: WaterCar, Inc.)
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Recreational amphibious vehicles are nothing new, but most are one-offs, and most tend to be boats that can creep on land, or cars that slosh slowly through water. There are exceptions, notably entries from Gibbs, but arguably, amphibious vehicles have not made the grade as true all-round vehicles that can be driven to work during the week, and on the lake on weekends. WaterCar's new Panther straddles the divide.
Take a Jeep CJ-8, put a Honda Acura 3.7-liter V6 in the back to provide 305 hp, add a fiberglass hull, retracting wheels, and a jet boat drive and you've got the new Panther from WaterCar, which it claims is the world's fastest amphibious car. Capable of doing over 80 mph (127 km/h) on the road and 44 mph (70 km/h) on the water, the Panther is equipped with a long-travel off-road suspension that allows access to less user-friendly lakes. The appearance of the Panther takes after the Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler, with a stretched wheelbase that provides extra interior room.
Panthers share the Jeep CJ-8's muscular appearance on the road (Photo: WaterCar)
Because the Jeep chassis proved too heavy, so WaterCar designed a lightweight chassis made of chromoly steel. Having properties (weldability, formability, strength, ductility and toughness) that greatly exceed those of regular carbon steel, the choice of chromoly steel, while pricey, solved the Panther's weight problem.
The Panther's chassis was designed to slip neatly into a fiberglass hull, and is secured therein by modern epoxies, thereby reducing noise and shimmy during hard handling. The hull and chassis incorporate advanced composites where extra strength and toughness is required, and the hull is filled with closed-cell styrofoam, rendering the Panther nearly unsinkable.
A custom car/boat/amphibian should have a custom interior (Photo: WaterCar)
What goes inside the hull and chassis includes a powerful powertrain that provides motive force both on land and water. The engine for the Panther is the latest-generation Acura 3.7-liter VTEC V-6 engine. An all-aluminum powerplant, the V-6 is equipped with single overhead camshaft cylinder heads and 24 valves. Both intake and exhaust valves are controlled by Acura's Variable valve Timing and lift Electronic Control (VTEC) system.
This 3.7-liter engine is a bored and stroked version of the Acura 3.5-liter engine. As this left little clearance between the cylinders, the cast-in iron cylinder liners of the 3.5 liter were replaced by high-silicon aluminum liners. This results in better cooling and tighter piston ring seals. The compact and efficient 3.7-liter engine produces 305 horsepower at 6,300 rpm with special emphasis on mid-range torque giving this VTEC a peak torque of 274 lb-ft (371 Nm) at 4,500 rpm.
The Panther uses WaterCar's own transfer case with Winter's Quick Change gears and components to transfer power between a model 091 VW Vanagon bus four-speed manual transaxle driving the rear wheels, and the H450 Panther Jet drive. WaterCar's transfer case is rated at 1,000 hp, so should have a long service life in the Panther. The H450 Panther Jet drive is rated to 500 hp input.
Enough tech specs – how does the Panther perform? On the road the Panther is capable of a maximum speed somewhere north of 80 mph (128 km/h). Acceleration times are not yet available, but with 305 hp (232 kW) driving a car weighing just under 3,000 lb (1,340 kg), it is reasonable to expect snappy, if not extreme, acceleration. The VTEC engine has a compression ratio of 11.1:1, and requires 91-octane premium gasoline to avoid detonation.
No slipway? No problem (Photo: WaterCar)
Entering the water can be done at speeds up to 15 mph (24 km/h) if there is no step higher than about six inches (15 cm) and the beach is sufficiently firm. Some spectacular entries and exits from the water appear on the video below. Once in the water, the pilot places the four-speed in neutral, pulls a knob to switch the transfer case over to jet drive, pushes a knob to hydraulically lift the wheels and tires out of the water, and start boating. The entire procedure takes less than 15 seconds.
Once in the water, the Panther is remarkably stable for a boat that is only 15 ft (4.6 m) in length. It leans a bit in tight turns, but makes the most of the low center of gravity resulting from having both automotive and marine drive systems. This also renders the Panther a bit reluctant to get out of the hole to planing speed, but the amphib appears to handle well at its top speed of nearly 45 mph (72 km/h).
Time for a swim? Just stop and jump over the side  while the Panther keeps an even keel (P...
Remarkably, the Panther maintains an even keel on the water even when stopped. It appears to be slightly low at the stern, but at most by an inch or two. The video shows a person diving from the Panther, which again appears to take the sudden shift of weight in stride. The Panther has all the power and speed needed to pull water skiers or wakeboarders, with the vehicles getting up to enough speed to let even most barefoot skiers to get on top of the water.
The Panther's design also allows it to function well as an off-road vehicle. This is due in part to the Jeep heritage together with the wide 30X9.50R15 tires, but is mainly the result of WaterCars designing a long-travel suspension system for the Panther. The primary purpose for this suspension was to allow the Panther to drive directly in and out of the water without requiring a slipway, but in the end it also gives the Panther a chance to shine on, for example, Arizona sand dunes.
The Panther throwing sand while four-wheeling on an Arizona sand dune (Photo: WaterCar)
As a rear wheel drive, it is probably best to go off-road only in locations with which you are familiar, or together with a four-wheel drive vehicle that can tow you out of soft spots. Despite that, there are many situations in which off-roading just adds to the Panther's potential for fun.
All in all, early descriptions of WaterCar's Panther suggest that it will provide real enjoyment to anyone living on or near water. The Panther is pricey, starting at US$76,000 for a "Rolling chassis", $106,000 for a "Turn-key minus" version, and $135,000 for a complete Panther. The reason for the uncompleted models is that WaterCar's legal and regulatory requirements are far less if they sell kits instead of completed vehicles.
The rolling chassis requires a good bit of work and additional components, but the components can be bought off the shelf. The Turn-key minus version lacks the engine and automobile side of the powertrain. If buying a complete Panther, WaterCar's approach will be to find an outside firm that will complete your amphib for you.
A Panther touring London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona (Photo: WaterCar)
Perhaps the fairest price comparison for the Panther is with separate vehicles. A decent off-road capable car that will tow a boat trailer that carries a 45 mph (72 km/h) boat. When you look at it that way, the price seems a bit more in line. Besides, being able to drive to a lake, drive into the lake, speed past gawking landlubbers, go back to ground for a nice meal, and then slipping into the water to enjoy a slow twilight cruise through the span of London Bridge (now in Lake Havasu, Arizona) before returning to the road home is surely worth a bit of sticker shock.
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About the Author
Brian Dodson From an early age Brian wanted to become a scientist. He did, earning a Ph.D. in physics and embarking on an R&D career which has recently broken the 40th anniversary. What he didn't expect was that along the way he would become a patent agent, a rocket scientist, a gourmet cook, a biotech entrepreneur, an opera tenor and a science writer.   All articles by Brian Dodson
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