There was a "butcher evangelicals who are for Trump"article in this past Sunday's Dispatch. Several local and national pastors were quoted who put The Donald down. It was somewhat like the Pope calling Trump non-Christian for wanting to complete the wall between Mexico and the USA. The article and the Pope were each overly reactionary and showed unfortunate judgement in my estimation.
However, I, an evangelical Christian, began thinking of not voting for Trump when I heard him utter a couple of comments last week. First he was asked if the military would obey his orders. He responded that they "surely will" in the fashion of a dictator. The guy now serving as Commander in Chief thinks exactly the same way and he has no foreign successes in serving the American people for the last seven and more years. His judgement is unsound. I would prefer one who would respect our military and their trained leaders and listen to their advice before going off half-cocked in the wrong direction as obama always does.
Another thing Donald said was that he would kill the families of any caught terrorists. That sounded just as barbaric as the islamic terrorists themselves. Their system gives each male much power over their family members through following shariah law. Some females and children themselves have committed suicide bombings and deserve little mercy. But the vast majority of our committed enemies are mainly young men, such as those we see as the majority of illegal immigrants, who look forward to 72 virgins as their rewards in the after life.
I began studying Ted Cruz more intently by going to his wikipedia. Anti-Cruz comments have indicated that many in the Congress hate him. Inevitably those people are establishment Republican representatives who oppose Cruz's Tea Party actions in his Senatorial servings supporting us TP's. Unlike obama, who did practically nothing as a Senator for too short a time, Cruz pursued many conservative causes in his three year actives as a Senator. Thus the mainly establishment hatred.
Trump stands up and receives similar put-downs by the same establishment groups and I like that fact of his campaign the country his so ripe for dictatorship right now and America does NOT need that.
Cruz has not been the complete saint in these far too many debates on TV. However his academic excellence in Princeton and Harvard, with high praise degrees, sets him far above the less accomplished lawyers. He shows commitment to return our country to its constitutionally guaranteed freedoms.
Ohio's voting caucus is next week and my serious thoughts are to vote for Ted Cruz. Katich has fallen too far behind in the debates and I believe each of the initial 17 republican candidates would help the nominee form a strong cabinet, especially John Kasich. I had high hopes for Romney but he chose to crawl across the finish line rather than burst across as he should have.
Monday, March 7, 2016
Don't offend muslims Americans ... Thx Paul C!
Subject: FW: Will I get more than 3 replies
Subject: Fwd: Will I get more than 3 replies
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Sunday, March 6, 2016
Thx Keith B and Sarah R! Cemetery at the Beach in Santa Batbara for our fallen in protection of out rights in the USA!
The first picture and the last picture are taken at the beach in Santa Barbara right next to the Pier. There is a veterans group that started putting a cross and candle for every death in Iraq and Afghanistan . The amazing thing is that they only do it on the weekends.
They put up this graveyard and take it down every weekend. Guys sleep in the sand next to it and keep watch over it at night so nobody messes with it. Every cross has the name, rank, and D.O.B. and D.O.D. on it. Very moving, very powerful. So many young volunteers. So many 30 to 40 year olds as well.
Amazing!
The ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed.
And that they filed another suit to end prayer from the military completely. They're making great progress.
Keep forwarding this e-mail to others. I'm not breaking this one. I'm asking that you not break it either.
If I get it a 1000 times, I'll forward it a 1000 times! Prayer for our soldiers... please don't break it! Please send this on after a short prayer. Let us pray... Prayer:
'Heavenly Father, hold our troops in Your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us.
Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in this our time of need.
These things I humbly ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, Amen.'
Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in this our time of need.
These things I humbly ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, Amen.'
GOD BLESS YOU FOR PASSING IT ON!
Saturday, March 5, 2016
FAQ's on Social Security "File and Suspend" ending April 30, 2016 ... Thx Marge R!
FAQ's on Social Security "File and Suspend" ending April 30, 2016
I bought Laurence J. Kotlikoff's"Get What's Yours" 2015 book. A lot of the book gives facts on the diminishing Social Security benefits and eventual demise without significant congressional changes. Pennsylvania Dutch cliche' is that we become "Too soon old, and Too late smart", and don't I believe that? Short sighted administrators have sold seniors down the river. I retired when I was 65 due to a buy-out and received the instant cash of 25K, of which the IRS took nearly 10K.
Still, I was plenty healthy, although I had my second four by-pass surgery when I was 69 ( Successful thanks to good cartographic care and surgery). I am 83 now and there was no guarantee I would become 83 as I am today. My good friend, Bill Hensel, suspended his SS until he was 68, which meant he receives twenty-four percent more each month on his SS pension for the rest of his life. God bless Bill. He told me his father did not take his until he was 70, which meant he receive forty per cent more pension annuity for the rest of his life. Only one per cent of men and two per cent of women filed and suspended until they were 70. I still am so disappointed own our non-representative Feds for not properly advising us. We would all be much better off had the SS rules remained a separate fund. Every new fed rep has wanted to have his name on a new tax, no matter what it has cost retirees. That is short sightedness to the point of destroying the republic which Winston Churchill claimed to be the worst form of government in the world except for any other kind. Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan helped the world survive throughout the eighties and nineties by sticking largely to time-honored integrity and princepals.
My prayer is for Christ to return with the Rapture and honestly to combat the omnipresent evil which surrounds us.
Nevertheless, I thank another good friend Marge R for this current message.
I found this interesting and thought you would too:
Social Security Issues FAQs on New Rules for 019File and Suspend 019
I bought Laurence J. Kotlikoff's"Get What's Yours" 2015 book. A lot of the book gives facts on the diminishing Social Security benefits and eventual demise without significant congressional changes. Pennsylvania Dutch cliche' is that we become "Too soon old, and Too late smart", and don't I believe that? Short sighted administrators have sold seniors down the river. I retired when I was 65 due to a buy-out and received the instant cash of 25K, of which the IRS took nearly 10K.
Still, I was plenty healthy, although I had my second four by-pass surgery when I was 69 ( Successful thanks to good cartographic care and surgery). I am 83 now and there was no guarantee I would become 83 as I am today. My good friend, Bill Hensel, suspended his SS until he was 68, which meant he receives twenty-four percent more each month on his SS pension for the rest of his life. God bless Bill. He told me his father did not take his until he was 70, which meant he receive forty per cent more pension annuity for the rest of his life. Only one per cent of men and two per cent of women filed and suspended until they were 70. I still am so disappointed own our non-representative Feds for not properly advising us. We would all be much better off had the SS rules remained a separate fund. Every new fed rep has wanted to have his name on a new tax, no matter what it has cost retirees. That is short sightedness to the point of destroying the republic which Winston Churchill claimed to be the worst form of government in the world except for any other kind. Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan helped the world survive throughout the eighties and nineties by sticking largely to time-honored integrity and princepals.
My prayer is for Christ to return with the Rapture and honestly to combat the omnipresent evil which surrounds us.
Nevertheless, I thank another good friend Marge R for this current message.
I found this interesting and thought you would too:
Social Security Issues FAQs on New Rules for 019File and Suspend 019
For your information.
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Best email of the year! ... Thx my brother Jim K!
Best e-mail of the year !!!!!
First time finding a cookie picture in a cooking magazine:
First time forgetting how spoons work: 
First time meeting a puppy: 
First time having their toes licked by a cat: 
First time "drinking" out of a hose: 
First time smelling someone's foot: 
First time experiencing the sweet, sweet glory of television: 
And finally, the first time experiencing the taste of sour: 
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
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