Federal Benefit Payment, my bottom! Thx Paul C! Robber politicians pf the US government!

^{Just shows the gov’t doesn’t consider it our money in the first place.}

^{NEW SS CHECKS}

^{The Social Security check is now (or soon will be) referred to as a   "Federal Benefit Payment?"}   

^{I'll be part of the one percent to forward this.  I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you.}   

^{Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it.}   

^{The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a "Federal Benefit Payment."   This isn't a benefit.  It is our money paid out of our earned income!  Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but our employers did too.  It totaled 15% of our income before taxes.}   

^{If you averaged $30K per year over your working life, that's close to $180,000 invested in Social Security.}   

^{If you calculate the future value of your monthly invest-ment in social security ($375/month, including both you and your employers contributions) at a meager 1% interest rate compounded monthly, after 40 years of working you'd have more than $1.3+ million dollars saved!}   

^{This is your personal investment.  Upon retirement, if you took out only 3% per year, you'd receive $39,318 per year, or $3,277 per month.}   

^{That's almost three times more than today's average Social Security benefit of $1,230 per month, according to the Social Security Administration. (Google it – it’s a fact).}    

^{And your retirement fund would last more than 33 years (until you're 98 if you retire at age 65)! I can only imagine how much better most average-income people could live in retirement if our government had just invested our money in low-risk interest-earning accounts.}   

^{Instead, the folks in Washington pulled off a bigger "Ponzi scheme" than Bernie Madoff ever did.}   

^{They took our money and used it elsewhere. They forgot (oh yes, they knew) that it was OUR money they were taking.  They didn't have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them.  And they didn't pay interest on the debt they assumed.  And recently they've told us that the money won't support us for very much longer.  (Isn't it funny that they NEVER say this about welfare payments?)}   

^{But is it our fault they misused our investments?  And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling it a "benefit", as if we never worked to earn every penny of it.}    

^{Just because they borrowed the money doesn't mean that our investments were a charity!}   

^{Let's take a stand.  We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare.  Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government.}   

^{Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it.}   

^{Then call it what it is: Our Earned Retirement Income.}      

^{99% of people won't forward this.  Will you?}   

^{You can bet I WILL!!!}

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thx Paul C! It was you o ... Why don't Fox and the very few other conservative voices use these remarks? Very repeatable from this muslim PUSA and his minions!

How obvious does it have to be? We have our very own Muslim. 

 

I'm sure you have heard the outrage expressed by the press and Democrats over the Donald's failure to espouse Obama's Christianity and correct a questioner at one of Trump's events who stated that Obama is a Muslim. Now we have Hillary chastising Trump for same, trying to score political points. I thought you might find the following instructive.

Keep this old adage in mind:  If you walk like a duck and quack like a duck there is a very high probability that you're a duck!

Mike Gallagher, the 8th most recognized talk radio personality in the country, is heard by over 2.25 million listeners weekly. He compiled and wrote the following essay entitled, "Obama: It was You."

President Obama:

This is why you didn't go to France to show solidarity against the Muslim terrorists:

·        It was you who spoke these words at an Islamic dinner -"I am one of you."

·        It was you who on ABC News referenced -"My Muslim faith ."

·        It was you who gave $100 million in U.S. taxpayer funds to re-build foreign mosques.

·        It was you who wrote that in the event of a conflict-"I will stand with the Muslims ."

·        It was you who assured the Egyptian Foreign Minister that -"I am a Muslim ."

·        It was you who bowed in submission before the Saudi King.

·        It was you who sat for 20 years in a Liberation Theology Church condemning Christianity and professing Marxism.

·        It was you who exempted Muslims from penalties under Obamacare that the rest of us have to pay.

·        It was you who purposefully omitted - "endowed by our Creator " - from your recitation of The Declaration Of Independence.

·        It was you who mocked the Bible and Jesus Christ's Sermon On The Mount while repeatedly referring to the 'HOLY' Qur'an.

·        It was you who traveled the Islamic world denigrating the United States Of America.

·        It was you who instantly threw the support of your administration behind the building of the Ground Zero Victory mosque overlooking the hallowed crater of the World Trade Center.

·        It was you who refused to attend the National Prayer Breakfast, but hastened to host an Islamic prayer breakfast at the White House.

·        It was you who ordered Georgetown Univ. and Notre Dame to shroud all vestiges of Jesus Christ BEFORE you would agree to go there to speak, but in contrast, you have NEVER requested the mosques you have visited to adjust their decor.

·        It was you who appointed anti-Christian fanatics to your Czar Corps.

·        It was you who appointed rabid Islamists to Homeland Security.

·        It was you who said that NASA's "foremost mission" was an outreach to Muslim communities.

·        It was you who as an Illinois Senator was the ONLY individual who would speak in favor of infanticide.

·        It was you who were the first President not to give a Christmas Greeting from the White House,and went so far as to hang photos of Chairman Mao on the WH tree.

·        It was you who curtailed the military tribunals of all Islamic terrorists.

·        It was you who refused to condemn the Ft. Hood killer as an Islamic terrorist.

·        It is you who has refused to speak-out concerning the horrific executions of women throughout the Muslim culture, but yet, have submitted Arizona to the UN for investigation of hypothetical human-rights abuses.

·        It was you who when queried in India refused to acknowledge the true extent of radical global Jihadists, and instead profusely praised Islam in a country that is 82% Hindu and the victim of numerous Islamic terrorists assaults.

·        It was you who funneled $900 Million in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Hamas.

·        It was you who ordered the USPS to honor the MUSLIM holiday with a new commemorative stamp.

·        It was you who directed our UK Embassy to conduct outreach to help "empower" the British Muslim community.

·        It was you who funded mandatory Arabic language and culture studies in Grammar schools across our country.

·        It is you who follows the Muslim custom of not wearing any form of jewelry during Ramadan.

·        It is you who departs for Hawaii over the Christmas season so as to avoid past criticism for NOT participating in seasonal WH religious events.

·        It was you who was uncharacteristically quick to join the chorus of the Muslim Brotherhood to depose Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, formerly America's strongest ally in North Africa; but, remain muted in your non-response to the Brotherhood led slaughter of Egyptian Christians.

·        It was you who appointed your chief adviser,Valerie Jarrett, an Iranian, who is a member of the Muslim Sisterhood, an off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.

·        It was you who said this country is not a Christian nation.

 

Distribute this far and wide

Found in Coach Bear Bryant's billfold after he died ... Thx Paul C!

      THE AUTHOR IS NOT KNOWN.
>
>       IT WAS FOUND IN THE BILLFOLD OF COACH
> PAUL BEAR BRYANT, ALABAMA, AFTER HE DIED IN 1982
>
>
>
>       Imagine that you had won the following
> *PRIZE* in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit
> $86,400 in your private account for your use.  However,
> this prize has rules:
>
>
>
>       The set of rules:
>
>            
>
>       1. Everything that you didn't spend
> during each day would be taken away from you. 
>            
>
>       2. You may not simply transfer money
> into some other account.
>
>       3. You may only spend it. 
>  
>
>          
>
>       4. Each morning upon awakening, the
> bank opens your account with another $86,400 for that
> day.     
>
>            
>
>       5. The bank can end the game without
> warning; at any time it can say,“Game Over!". It can
> close the account and you will not receive a new one.
>
>
>
>       What would you personally do?
>
>
>
>       You would buy anything and everything
> you wanted right? Not only for yourself, but for all the
> people you love and care for. Even for people you don't
> know, because you couldn't possibly spend it all on
> yourself, right?
>
>
>
>       You would try to spend every penny, and
> use it all, because you knew it would be replenished in the
> morning, right? 
>
>       ACTUALLY, This GAME is REAL ...

>
>
>
>    
>
>       Shocked ??? YES!
>
>
>
>    
>
>       Each of us is already a winner of this
> *PRIZE*. We just can't seem to see it.
>
>       The PRIZE is *TIME*
>
>
>
>    
>
>       1. Each morning we awaken to receive
> 86,400 seconds
>
>       as a gift of life.
>
>
>
>    
>
>       2. And when we go to sleep at night,
> any remaining time is Not credited to us.
>
>
>
>    
>
>       3. What we haven't used up that day
> is forever lost.
>
>
>
>    
>
>       4. Yesterday is forever gone.
>
>
>
>    
>
>       5. Each morning the account is
> refilled, but the bank can dissolve your account at any time
> WITHOUT WARNING...
>
>
>
>    
>
>       SO, what will YOU do with your 86,400
> seconds?
>
>
>
>    
>
>       Those seconds are worth so much more
> than the same amount in dollars.  Think about it and
> remember to enjoy every second of your life, because time
> races by so much quicker than you think.
>
>
>
>    
>
>       So take care of yourself, be happy,
> love deeply and enjoy life!
>
>
>
>    
>
>       Here's wishing you a wonderful and
> beautiful day. Start “spending”....
>
>
>
>    
>
>       "DON’T COMPLAIN ABOUT GROWING
> OLD…!"
>
>
>
>    
>
>       SOME PEOPLE DON'T GET THE
> PRIVILEGE!
>
>
>
>
>

>       Have a Safe and Happy Day.
>

Blessings in Stone

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Written in ... Thx Bro. Jim Keg!

Written in ... Thx Bro. Jim Keg!

Subject: Written in Stone

TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING 
THROUGH THE DESERT  . 
DURING SOME POINT OF THE
JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN
ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND
SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE
IN THE FACE 

THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED 
WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT
SAYING ANYTHING,
WROTE IN THE SAND , 

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND 
SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE . 

THEY KEPT ON WALKING,
UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS,
WHERE THEY DECIDED
TO TAKE A BATH 

THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN
SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE
MIRE AND STARTED DROWNING,
BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.

AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM
THE NEAR DROWNING,
HE WROTE ON A STONE: 

'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SAVED MY LIFE' 

THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED
AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND
ASKED HIM, 'AFTER I HURT YOU,
YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW,
YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?'

THE FRIEND REPLIED
'WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US
WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN
IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF
FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY.   

BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES  SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,
WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE
WHERE NO WIND
CAN EVER ERASE IT'

LEARN TO WRITE
YOUR HURTS IN
THE SAND AND TO
CARVE YOUR
BENEFITS IN STONE.

The five steps of religious persecution ... Thx Dr. H!

The Five Stages of Religious Persecution
Persecution of a targeted faction of society begins slowly and incrementally increases stage by stage. 

American Christians should be very cognizant that they are well into the first stages of extreme religious persecution.
Stage one commences with attempts to stereotype the targeted group. 

Stereotyping the targeted group – To stereotype means to repeat without variation, to take a quality or observation of a limited number and generalize it to describe the whole group. It involves a simplified and standardized conception or view of a group based on the observation of a limited sample.

The second stage of persecution involves justifying hatred of a particular group. 

Vilifying the targeted group for alleged crimes or misconduct – As the stereotyping grows in intensity, Christians who will not toe the line in the cultural revolution are described as close-minded, harmful to human dignity and freedom, intolerant, hateful, bigoted, unfair, homophobic, reactionary, and just plain mean and basically bad people.

Stage three involves the marginalizing of Christians’ role in society. 

Having established the (false) premise that the Church and faith are very bad and even harmful to human dignity and freedom, the critics proceed in the next stage to relegate the role of the Church to the margins of society.

This is what Hitler did to the Jews as he first denied them employment in key areas of banking and education. It is at this time that every wrong act committed by a Christian will be highly vilified and publicized. It will be at this point that astute and aware Christians will be forced to go underground to practice their faith.

The fourth stage of Christian persecution involves criminalizing Christians and their churches, businesses, and educational institutions. But even prior to this egregious attempt to violate our religious liberty there have been many other times we have had to go to court to fight for our right to practice our faith openly. An increasing amount of litigation is being directed against the Church and other Christians for daring to live out our faith. Christians will be held up as the model for what is wrong with America with its intolerance for the free expression of every deviant lifestyle and social expression of sinful behavior. 

Stage five ushers in the direct persecution of Christians. The time for marginalizing Christians stops and the outright, undeniable persecution begins. Churches will be forced to marry gays and will be forced to formally accept the validity of the teaching of every other religion (e.g. Islam), or be found guilty of a hate crime. Even jail time for Christians is quite possible: “Already in Canada and in parts of Europe, Catholic clergy have been arrested and charged with ‘hate crimes’ for preaching Catholic doctrine on homosexual activity.” 

If current trends continue, Christians, especially religious leaders, may not be far from facing heavy fines and/or incarceration.

Stage five will mark the beginning of the elimination of Christianity as a mainstream, viable religion.

Cancer and diet ... Thx Nana 1 & Marge R!

Can You Really Prevent Cancer? 

• By Diana Rodriguez | Medically reviewed by Lindsey Marcellin, MD, MPH 

You can reduce your risk of many types of cancer if you adopt a healthy lifestyle and take a few other precautions. 

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We all want to live long lives without the threat of disease, especially cancer. But is cancer prevention possible? Actually, many different types of cancer, particularly some with the poorest prognoses, can be prevented — or at least the risk reduced — with simple lifestyle changes and precautions to keep your body healthy and protected from cancer. And stay on top of cancer information, as studies are published on a regular basis.

Cancer Prevention: Get Healthy

Bad habits are called bad habits for a reason — they can lead to serious health problems, like cancer. Here are some healthy lifestyle changes you should make to help prevent cancer:

• Wear sunscreen every day. Skin cancer can turn into a bad prognosis quickly, but can easily be prevented with good skin care. That means protecting your skin from the sun by limiting exposure (staying in the shade, wearing long pants and long shirts) and by applying sunscreen every day, not just at the beach.
• Quit smoking. Lung cancer is the most fatal type of cancer, and many lung cancer cases are caused by smoking. Quitting smoking can also reduce your risk of developing stomach, cervical, pancreatic, larynx, throat, mouth, esophageal, and bladder cancers. If you reduce your exposure to secondhand smoke, you'll also reduce your cancer risk.
• Stick to moderate alcohol consumption. Excess alcohol consumption can increase the risk of developing cancers of the throat, mouth, and larynx, as well as breast, liver, and colon cancer. To help prevent cancer, it's best to enjoy alcohol only in small amounts on occasion; avoid drinking too much or too frequently.
• Watch your diet. To help reduce your cancer risk, load up on plenty of plant-based foods, with at least five servings each day of fruits and vegetables. Opt for whole-grain foods — breads, pastas, and cereals — and limit red meat. Processed lunch meat, hot dogs, and the like should also be restricted for cancer prevention.
• Maintain a healthy body weight. Obesity is linked to a number of different types of cancer, including breast, colorectal, endometrial, and prostate cancer. To keep your weight at a healthy level, follow the diet tips above and get plenty of regular exercise. 

Cancer Prevention: Get Vaccinated, Get Screened

There isn't a vaccination for most types of cancer, but there is one to help prevent cervical cancer. The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Gardasil) protects against HPV, which can cause cervical cancer. Young women and girls may want to consider getting the HPV vaccine to help reduce their cervical cancer risk.

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cancer clinical trial participation

Cancer screening can help you spot cancer early, preventing it from progressing to the later stages, when prognosis is poor. Routine screening tests available for detecting cancer include:

• Mammograms for breast cancer
• Colonoscopies for colon cancer at age 50 for most people — earlier if there is a family history, or if you have inflammatory bowel disease
• Pap test for cervical cancer beginning within three years of first sexual activity or at age 21, whichever is sooner 

If you are at very high risk for certain types of cancer, like prostate, ovarian, lung, and skin cancer, there are some screening tests that your doctor may recommend. There is currently some disagreement among medical professionals about the value of annual prostate cancer screening as well as when mammograms should be started; you should check with your own doctor for recommendations that take into account family history and other personal factors.

A healthy lifestyle and the right cancer screenings can help reduce your risk for many types of cancer. Remember these simple steps for better health and cancer prevention. 

Last Updated: 2/9/2010