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Welcome to my blog http://www.skegley.blogspot.com/ . CAVEAT LECTOR- Let the reader beware. This is a Christian Conservative blog. It is not meant to offend anyone. Please feel free to ignore this blog, but also feel free to browse and comment on my posts! You may also scroll down to respond to any post.

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.











Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Earthrise ... Thx Lyle S!

 EARTHRISE Enjoy, this is a great video
I think this was taken with a HASSEBLAD 
 
 
You can hear the 3 astronauts as they see it for the first time. (It begins occurring around 3 minutes, 38 seconds.) 
 
Just think we were alive and watching when this happened. 
 
A picture like this, taken by a human, is not likely to happen even in the distant future.
 
 
 

Truly one of the best emails II have received ... Thx Marge R!

Truly One Of The Best Emails I Have Seen







Truly One Of The Best Emails I Have Ever Seen!!! author unknown

A mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die in Iraq ?' 
A mother asked this President.. 'Why did my son have to die in Saudi Arabia ?'
A mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die in Kuwait ?' 
Another mother asked this President... 
'Why did my son have to die in Vietnam ?'

Another mother asked this
President...
 'Why did my son have to die in Korea ?'

Another mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die on Iwo Jima ?' 


Another mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die on a battlefield in France ?' 


Yet another mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg ?' 


And yet another mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die on a frozen field near Valley Forge ?' 


Then long, long ago, a mother asked..
 'Heavenly Father .. why did my Son have to die on a cross outside of Jerusalem ?' 

The answer is always the same... 'So that others may live and dwell in peace, happiness, and freedom.' 

This was emailed to me with no author. I thought the magnitude and the simplicity were awesome. 

If you are not willing to stand BEHIND our troops, 

Please, please feel free to stand in front of them....
 



ONE FLAG, 
ONE LANGUAGE, 
ONE NATION UNDER GOD


May God Bless You

 

Sensible Solutions to US Debt ... Thx Sarah R and T. J. D!


This makes way too much sense to be passed.  But at least we can make our wishes known.



Trump is asking everyone to forward this email to a minimum of 20 people, and to ask each of those to do likewise.
In three days, most people in the United States will have the message. This is an idea that should be passed around.

The TRUMP Rule

Let's see if congress understands what people pressure is all about.

Salary of retired US Presidents .. . . . .. . . . . .. . $180,000 FOR LIFE.

Salary of House/Senate members .. . . . .. . . . $174,000 FOR LIFE. This is stupid

Salary of Speaker of the House .. . . . .. . . . . $223,500 FOR LIFE. This is really stupid

Salary of Majority / Minority Leaders . . .. . . . . $193,400 FOR LIFE. Stupid

Average Salary of a teacher . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. .$40,065

Average Salary of a deployed Soldier . . .. . . .. $38,000

Here’s where the cuts should be made!

TRUMP, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling:

"I could end the deficit in five minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election".

The 26th Amendment ( granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds ) took only three months and eight days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971 - before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year or less to become the law of the land - all because of public pressure. Trump is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.

Congressional Reform Act of 2017

1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman / woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office.

2. Congress (past, present, & future) participates in Social Security.

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 3/1/17. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.

Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and go back to work.

If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people, then it will only take three days for most people in the U.S. to receive the message. It's time!

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!

Pass it on. Let's drain the SWAMP!

China's Xi tells Trump ... wants peaceful solution to N Korea






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China's Xi tells Trump he wants peaceful solution to North Korea

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What message did China receive during visit to the US? 
Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Trump in a phone call Wednesday that Beijing is willing to work with Washington on ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, but wants to do so through peaceful means.
Xi told Trump that China insists on peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of the deployment of the USS Carl Vinson to the area and the conducting of the biggest-ever U.S.-South Korea military drills.
"China insists on realizing the denuclearization of the peninsula ... and is willing to maintain communication and coordination with the American side over the issue on the peninsula," Xi was quoted as saying by state media.
The call came after Trump warned in a pair of tweets Tuesday that North Korea “is looking for trouble” and vowed to get Kim Jong-Un’s regime under control with or without China’s help.
“I explained to the President of China that a trade deal with the U.S. will be far better for them if they solve the North Korean problem!” Trump tweeted.
He added in a second tweet: “North Korea is looking for trouble. If China decides to help, that would be great. If not, we will solve the problem without them! U.S.A.”
Trump and other U.S. officials have repeatedly called on China to leverage its status as North Korea's biggest economic partner and source of food and fuel aid to force Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
China has said that it is in full compliance with sanctions enacted under U.N. Security Council resolutions and in February, suspending imports of coal from North Korea — a key source of foreign currency for Kim.
However, Beijing also said it will not countenance measures that could bring about a collapse of the regime that could release a flood of refugees across its border, destabilize northeast Asia and result in a U.S.-friendly government taking power in Pyongyang.
North Korea has drawn U.S. ire recently following a series of ballistic missile tests. There is also fear the country’s nuclear program is progressing.
Pyongyang said Monday it would “hold the U.S. wholly accountable for the catastrophic consequences” if there was any further military action after the USS Carl Vinson arrives in the area of the Korean Peninsula.
Adding to tensions, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that activity appeared to be taking place at a North Korean nuclear test site ahead of the April 15 anniversary of the communist country's founding.
Fox News’ Cody Derespina and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Ryan Gaydos is a news editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @RyanGaydos.

219 people listening


Boss69

Liberals must be foaming at the mouth that there will be no nuclear war with N Korea. Great job Mr President!
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hallway

Thank goodness we have a true leader in the White House finally after 8 years of zero!
LloydJenson

Geez, Fox is all excited... over an annual event. The US and South Korea have military exercises EVERY YEAR and every freakin year North Korea launches a missile or four just before the military exercises.  
And EVERY YEAR a US President does "something" like an embargo or (this year, yawn) sails a big, bad ship in the vicinity of North Korea. To absolutely no effect. 
Oh, but THIS YEAR, the Chinese president is saying he's "willing to work with Washington." Wow, real tough talk. That's gonna make KIm Jong-Un sit up and fly straight. 
Until Trump tweets about something else next week. 

We'll all be back here next year. If Trump doesn't choke on a KFC drumstick by then, maybe he'll have another "big win". Geez.
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PatRack

The art of the deal.
Time will prove all the naysayers below wrong. And to all you posters trying to be funny and sarcastic, silence will come.
MAGA
MrSchmink

After seeing Trump winning in action despite enormous opposition, it makes one wonder what Obama was doing each day in office!
rcogburn

Next step Russia will agree to reel in Assad and liberals still won't understand the game of chess.
sonoma016

It's hard to respect a man with a fake orange tan.
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GhostofKraken

Liberals will stop all their embarrassing meltdowns and crying when.......


BrunoKaempfert

The mainland Chinese are not honorable people and will only help themselves and their government steel from their own people and the rest of the world.  They are not to be trusted.
lazer67

Liberals really hate it when President Trump succeeds.  This is a big deal.  On the domestic side , their little civil rights attorney candidate Thompson lost to the the Republican Estes in the special election for Pompeo's seat in Kansas.  

They just keep on losing.  LMAO


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