Mick's Blog

by Eric Rauch at American Vision

As the church has become more and more invisible, the federal government has become more and more visible.

It is one thing to say that America is in the state that it's in because the church hasn't been doing its job, but it's completely another to propose a solution to begin turning the tide back again. Not only is the American church asleep at its post, it is completely oblivious and apathetic in the few short hours that it is awake on Sunday mornings. And, as Mark Steyn points out, this is exactly what must happen for tyrants to flourish: "Big government depends, in large part, on going around the country stirring up apathy — creating the sense that problems are so big, so complex, so intractable that even attempting to think about them for yourself gives you such a splitting headache it’s easier to shrug and accept as given the proposition that only government can deal with them."

Big government is bad, we agree, but what do you replace it with? The sweat, grit, and bootstrap determination of the individualistic American making his own way in life is a great story for Hollywood, but doesn't fit the bill for the real world. What we need are focused occupiers, doing the business of the church who have no need of the welfare and the financial slavery that big government is peddling.

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All the compassion of the IRS with all the efficiency of the Social Security office.

Government is best at imprisoning people and starting wars. Wars are about breaking things and killing people. Do the people of the US want the government running health care?

Recently I heard HHS secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, say on a NPR interview that a “government option” was necessary because private insurance has a 30% overhead. Is there any government agency which runs less than 100% overhead? Could it be a large part of that 30% overhead is because of government regulation? I do not know.

On the other hand an ounce of postage in 1975 was 10 cents, which is 48 cents in today’s dollars. The post office has been able to maintain the same level of service with very little change in efficiency. They are still using the same basic technology they used in 1975. Maybe we could take medicine back to the technology of 1975.

The average life expectancy in the US for the most recent data in 2006 was 77.8 years. In 1950, the first child who would have been under “Social Security” turned 15, the life expectancy was 68.2 years. Medicare became law in 1966. In 1970 the life expectancy was 70.8. When both of these government programs were started it was known that many would not live to the age of 65 years, yet the money a person earned and that was taken by the government was kept by the government. Under a government run health program, policy could be set to seek an average life expectancy so that Social Security and Medicaid could be solvent again by denying procedures to elderly people because the government data concludes a procedure is not cost effective beyond a certain age. Is not ironic that the US government is trying to manage health care and make Social Security and Medicaid solvent at the same time. OK, maybe I just do not trust government.

Data on life expectancy is from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus08.pdf#026.

By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. at WSJ.COM June 17. 2009

The following is a draft of a speech titled "The Obama Years: A Reappraisal" that mysteriously was never delivered at the 2070 national meeting of the Institute of Advanced Obamalogy:

So it came to pass in the waning days of the health-care wars that Democrats learned the American people really didn't want a nationalized health-care industry.


The Obama administration's "public option," which all knew to be a vote for a government takeover, proved a drink too stiff for four or five Democratic senators whose re-election was not in the bag.

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The benefits of having a positive, involved father are well-documented by decades of research.

Now, scholars are focusing their microscopes on an obstacle to fathers' involvement: "gatekeeping" by mothers who control or hamper fathers' interactions with their children.

The findings reveal how women and men alike can trigger gatekeeping, which can cause tension between partners and dissatisfaction with parenting routines. As Father's Day nears, the research also sheds light on how dads can play a bigger role.

"The more we understand these patterns, the more parents will be able to make conscious and deliberate choices" about parenting, says Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, assistant professor of human development at the Ohio State University.

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Intranasal Zinc Product Linked to Loss of Sense of Smell

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Of course not. The moon always has an angular diameter of 0.5 degrees. Ah, but with the help of equipment we can easily see it is our eyes which are fooled when not helped by our tools.
see picture and explanation here.

George Ball

Mankind has really been put in its place over the last 500 years. Why only the other day, back in 1400, the sun orbited the earth; man was God’s consummate work of art; humans were masters of themselves and the domain God provided for them.

Our secular fall from grace began with Copernicus, who dislodged the world from its celestial catbird seat. Later, Darwin established that man, far from being the animal kingdom’s pièce de résistance, was a bit like a baboon in sports clothes. Then Mendel documented the laws of inheritance—so much for free will—and Dr. Freud subordinated what was then left of our minds to unseemly drives over which we have little control.

Now a segment of the Green movement presents a fresh challenge to mankind’s place within nature. Humans, the thinking goes, are one species among the many, a life form co-existing with others, our rights commensurate with those of tics, snail darters, mosquitoes and coral reefs.

The new environmentalist thinking occupies that treacherous terrain between rationality and romanticism. It’s highly logical, too, an all-encompassing equation where everything is equivalent to everything else—Communism at a cellular level.

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By John Clayton
Does God Exist?

We live in an age of incredible advances in medicine. We also live in an age of incredible skepticism about the validity of much of what modern medicine does--in part because of the expense of doing it. A result of this skepticism has been the growth of extreme alternative medical methods. There have always been people who claimed to have magic potions and elixirs that would cure anything, but today there are reputable scientists and medical practitioners who are selling no more than snake oil. They have elaborate arguments for the use of herbs, special diets, special kinds of lights, acupuncture, special enemas, vitamins, minerals, special ion machines, filters for everything from water to air to blood, and things to wear to keep us healthy, including magnets, garlic, miracle plants, minerals, and countless charms. Those who promote these "cures" showcase studies where miraculous results are claimed. Many of the promoters are people who claim to have benefitted from whatever cure they are promoting.

Some believers in God make the same kind of argument as the atheists. Their approach is that diabetes and all other ailments of mankind are the direct result of sin. The concept is that man's sin, his failure to eat the right foods, his use of modern medicine, modern chemistry, and modern agriculture have caused impurities to build up in our bodies leading to all of our chronic ailments. There is no question that various ailments of mankind are due to pollution and the injudicious use of certain materials. Asbestos, mercury, lead, and many organic compounds have been proven to be the direct cause of many serious ailments and disabilities. Cancer has been linked to a variety of man-made chemicals, and new studies raise questions about psychological disorders and physical diseases that may have their roots in the synthetic materials that mankind has carelessly discharged into the atmosphere, water, and soil. The fact remains however, that not all ailments of mankind fall into this category.

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By SHELLY BANJO
WSJ.COM
06/08/2009

Consumers are paying closer attention to what they buy, how much they save, and where they invest. These resources can be a huge help. Even better, most of them are free.

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By Go Fish'n
P.O. Box 114
Jamestown, OH 45335

In my mailbox this last week, I received "Your Survival Guide" The Index list the following sections:
The Rapture
"Considering the world events that have happened since Israel became a nation again, it is possible that the time of the Rapture is close..."

The Antichrist

The Tribulation
At the rapture of the Church the world will be in chaos because of the disappearing of millions of people.
Revelation 6:7-8 a fourth of mankind will be destroyed

The Mark of the Beast
There will be millions of individuals die as believers...having refused to take the mark of the beast

The Battle of Armageddon

The Millennium

The Judgement

Romans Road Map

Help in Tribulation
Because of the wars, the hatred of believers, natural disasters and hundred pound hail stones (Rev. 16:21) it will be difficult to find a safe place to live...
Find a good Bible study
Stock a supply of canned goods...
You may need propane...
A crank type portable radio...
Lots of batteries...
Fishing and camping equipment
A camping or survival guide book...
Good hiking shoes...

Scare Tactics
Is the material in this guide and the guide itself care tactics used to get you to make rash decisions...

You may order 10 guides for $5
25-100 for $0.45 each
250-500 for $0.40 each
1000 or more for $0.35 each
orders for 500 or more may have organization info included on the guide for no extra charge
S/H is free to USA
contact GO FISH'N at the above address