100 Days of Change for the Family

For background information on the video above, read FRC Action's article "A ChangeWatch 100 Day Edition: Change You Can Bereave In"

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When Did Our 'Problems' Become 'Emergencies'

Seriously....CLICK HERE

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My One Year Blogger Anniversary

The main reason was for me to have something to help me relax and it has certainly done that over the last year. I doubt this next year will be any less unpredictable than last. However, there is no doubt in my mind that we are a stronger family in order to face whatever may come our way. I certainly know I am more grateful for...well, everything. Including those who share your thoughts with us and those who read my often crazy posts in anonymity.

I was just reflecting on the differences between this spring and last. I decided to look back and see just exactly when I started blogging and sure enough it was today! Since that "old" blog was in a format I could not update and I'm the only one that has access, I thought it fitting to share what that first post said. I certainly would have never guessed I would be trying to refrain from posting too often!!

Thank you for a fun and enlightening year with those who have been with me since day one and those who joined along the way. I very much look forward to another year of making you wonder if I am sane!

So from April 29, 2008 I give you my premiere post:

You Asked For It...But Keep Your Expectations Low!

I never really gave it much thought, the idea of starting my own blog that is. I love to read the blogs of my friends and I guess if you check regularly so my efforts won't be in vain, and have patience when I can't write much from time to time, I'll give it a shot.

Emily suggested this course of action, like I don't have enough to cram in my 24hr day. But I am not known for my vast intelligence at times (reference "Jonah") so here goes. I should be in bed but I am up with a migraine, surprise surprise. Even though I live on my own, have a husband, daughter and two step-sons, I can still (and pray will always) hear my mom in my head telling me to go to bed! On that note I will do the responsible thing and force myself to get sleep. You see, either way Abby (my daughter) will awake and share her discovery of the new day with me. With or without my consent!

I will add on and change things on my new blog as time permits and of course as I learn more about this new contraption called a blog.

Yikes, I feel old. Blessings to you all!
Britt

"Countdown with Truth and Proof" - A New Series!

First, let me say how I much I disdain Keith Olbermann on MSNBC. I think he is a very angry, vile, and untruthful man (to put it nicely). So to help counter such bias I have started a new series on my blog.

This is a friendly conversation or perhaps even challenge, especially for those who watch shows like his (or get all their news from MSNBC) but anyone who wishes to challenge my conservative stance on issues is more than welcome to join in. I just want to know why you, for example, agree with Keith Olbermann on a topic. Then, what specifics can you offer to me and the readers of this blog that will help explain and back up that position.

I will in turn offer a rebuttal but I will, in my humble opinion, INCLUDE FACTS TO BACK MY RHETORIC UP. This would be something I feel is missing when Mr. Olbermann spews his hate filled comments and extreme views...all while acting as if he was a "journalist" offering unbiased "hard news."

And thus, the title of my new series.
COUNTDOWN W/TRUTH AND PROOF

(Feel free to number your comment topics for me so that I may easier counter each comment topic offered...since it is a "countdown" after all.)


Finally, here are a few links for past posts to help you better understand my bias:

Why am I a Conservative?

Our Future and Our Past: A Discussion

Let's get our heads out of the sand! You with me?

RIP: My now very large paperweight.

What more can I say, thanks for the years old friend.

(No I have not lost my mind...I thought this would be funny. Don't worry.)

Oh, ya. That's why he lost..

A brief venting by me:

It's just like Pres. Obama's people talking about how he will talk bipartisanship but basically there isn't much he can do if the other side doesn't agree with them and change their current stance.

THAT'S NOT "BIPARTISANSHIP."

And having an opposing opinion about "gay marriage" is not ALWAYS because of "religious" reasons.

Careful here come, those "religious" people....RUN!

Plus if you disagree with one party so much....that's why there is an alternative!!! So just go with the real deal, the folks that already "agree" with you. Go here for the article that lead to my vent.


McCain deserved to lose! That article shows a GREAT reason why he did.

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Homeland Security: I guess I am an "extremist" but are you serious?!

I couldn't have said it better so I once again give you...

Glenn Beck: You Might Be an Extremist If...

April 17, 2009 - 13:17 ET

Watch Glenn Beck weekdays at 5 p.m. ET on FOX News Channel

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says an agency report warning of potential rise in activity by right-wing extremists didn't violate anyone's rights and is only meant to help cops do their job.

But the one thing our government doesn't seem to understand anymore — and this was on display quite clearly on Wednesday — is that being concerned about your country doesn't make you an extremist.

If you attended tea party, you were called — quote — "steeped in insanity" by The L.A. Times; "nutjobs" by The Washington Post; and your actions were seen as quote "not really family viewing," by CNN.

And then you had the activists.

Left-wing blogs like Daily Kos not only mocked the tea party attendees as GOP plants, they also spoke publicly about infiltrating the events along with groups like ACORN. They were adamant that us extremists would never be able to get together, but they were wrong — I haven't heard a single report of violence. Imagine that kind of peace at a Code Pink protest or a G20 summit?

Meanwhile, the government says you may be an extremist if you, "feared, predicted and anticipated a cataclysmic economic collapse in the United States..."

OK, so people like Alan Greenspan are fine because they never saw it coming, but I'm an extremist? That's government logic for you.

You might also be an extremist if "you incorporated aspects of an impending economic collapse to intensify fear and paranoia among like-minded individuals...."

Guilty — except that it's not about intensifying panic, it's about preparation.

A few weeks ago I did that whole "War Room" special about a global economic collapse and it was endlessly mocked on shows like Colbert. But last month the Pentagon itself held a two-day war-gaming session on how our enemies might use the crisis to cripple us.

Does that make them extremists too? Where is Colbert now?

Let me get this straight: Bush and Obama put us on the hook for $12.8 trillion, but I'm the extremist?

Lawmakers stuff $20 billion in pork and earmarks into spending bills, but I'm the extremist?

We have to beg the Chinese to keep loaning us money, but I'm the extremist?

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg and Harold Koh who will help run the State Department, both talk about trans-nationalism and, by definition, a diminished role for the Constitution, but I'm the extremist?

I believe in the Constitution, the Founding Fathers and the American people. Does that make me an extremist or does it make me someone who loves his country and refuses to sit idly by as it's "reshaped" and "redefined"?

More than 300,000 people stood shoulder-to-shoulder across the country yesterday to send a clear message to both parties: Our country is off track and no one is listening.

And what's President Obama's response? A statement: "The president is unaware of the tea parties and will hold his own event today."

And people still wonder what we're so upset about.

A great explaination of what the Tea Parties are all about!

What the Tea Parties Are About

April 15, 2009 - 12:23 ET

This is what the tea parties are about:

It's about spending — too much spending, to be specific. The idea that a business is too big to fail is anti-American; we've always been for the underdog.

It's about putting my family — my children — under $12.8 trillion in debt; all it took was two presidents and six months.

It's about the idea that we're all socialists now.

It's about the idea that the government can force companies, banks and states to take money and the strings that are attached to it, that they didn't want.

It's about power — too much power going to federal government.

It's about corruption — too much corruption, in both parties.

It's about the rule of law — that no one is above the law: if you're here legally or illegally, it applies-never too rich or powerful.

It's about if you write the tax code you should pay your taxes.

It's about the Republic, not mob rule.

It's about the concept of free speech — we've been called insane, lunatics and worse, just for speaking out.

It's about the years of lies from both parties — a Republican Party that claims to be for small government but gives us Medicare Part D that's got $17 trillion in unfunded liabilities.

It's about hypocrisy — both parties claim to be the most ethical, but we get corruption and not one damn person in Washington to speak out against it.

It's about the media that gets into bed with one party and has moved so far left that it can't even begin to see we're not extremists, we're moms and dads who just want to have a Republic for our children; but they can't see it.

But I'm the extremist.

Bush and Obama spend or put us on the hook for $12.8 trillion, but I'm the extremist?

Cap and Trade without any plan on who pays the taxes or where the money goes, but I'm the extremist?

States are looking to apply retroactive taxes — that's like changing the rules in the middle of the game — but I'm the extremist?

Vilifying AIG executives, without any law being broken, just for accepting money they were owed, but I'm the extremist?

Bush and Obama have taken over and want to take over banks, car manufacturers and insurance companies, but I'm the extremist?

The politicians in the House and Senate stuff $20 billion in pork and earmarks into spending bills when we have to beg the Chinese to loan us that money, and I'm the extremist?

A Supreme Court justice and Harold Koh, who will help run the State Department, talk about trans-nationalism and by definition a diminished role for the Constitution, but I'm the extremist?

Politicians openly talk of the Fairness Doctrine — or its ugly twin, "localism" — and curtailing my free speech, but I'm the extremist?

Unions and big labor politicians want to take away the right to a secret ballot, but I'm the extremist?

I believe in the Constitution. I believe in the Founding Fathers. I believe in the American people. When did believing those things make someone — anyone — an extremist?

I'm not the extremist.

I learned something from a lawyer friend of mine who won lots of cases in front of judges and lawyers — I asked him how he won so many cases. He said it's easy: If the law supports my client's position I argue the law. If not, I argue the facts. If the facts don't support my client's position, I just attack the opposition.

They can't attack the message, so I guess they have to target the messenger.

By Glenn Beck

And Let me just add my two cents...AMEN!!

Wow. What a great movie!

I just finished watching a movie called "Faith Like Potatoes" and I have to admit the name seemed really odd to me. However, it is without question one of my absolute favorite movies of all time.

Movie Information:
This South African movie is based on an inspiring true story. A white farmer, of Scottish descent, grew weary of conditions in Zambia, and decided to migrate down to South Africa. He set up a farm in KwaZulu-Natal. Starting with almost nothing, he struggled desperately to survive, until a personal encounter with God changed his life and fortune.
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Jesus Went to Hell and I Hate Religion

I hope I have your attention because if you read no other post I hope you read this one.

Personally I believe we have screwed up so much of Christ's message and "organized religion" is often so hypocritical, watered down and politically correct it is doing more harm then good. We need to fellowship together but as God intended when He spoke of it in the Bible. My opinion on how to have eternal life instead of torment...it's simple. In fact, if it's complicated it isn't what God taught. All we have to do is simply ask for forgiveness and repent of those things that lead us away from Christ and instead work to fulfill His Word in our lives each day.

Forget religion, forget church, forget all of it. This Easter take just ONE MOMENT alone and take an honest account of your life and beliefs. God said being a good person isn't what He asks. A lot of good people will be among those that will go to Hell. Not because God is mean, but only because of their own choice to reject a life founded on Christ and the Bible. No one said it's ever fully attainable. Only Christ was able to achieve that but our job is to try each day and when we fail, ask forgiveness, repent and get back up again. God doesn't force Himself upon us just as He doesn't intervene every time we would like in our lives. Free will means we take the good with the painful.

And having vast Biblical knowledge or being a Christian leader, holding a pastoral position, etc. won't cut it either. There will be plenty of those in Hell too. In fact those in Christian leadership are held to a higher standard as they are in a position to either teach the full Truth of God's Word or not. They are not if they water it down, ignore those pesky tough issues and perhaps focus only on the happy parts. There is no in between in God's eyes and they are held responsible for how they lead those in their care. Are they leading them towards Christ or are they actually leading them away from Him?

Jesus wasn't Presbyterian, Methodist, Catholic, Evangelical, etc. etc. We made those groups. So while the Bible does teach the importance of fellowship with other believers it doesn't mean you have to pick a "group" or "denomination" to belong to. It is important to find a Bible believing church that isn't afraid to speak the Truth as written in God's Word. This is especially vital in areas where Christians are persecuted for their beliefs and these days it could just as easily happen to you. But asking God for salvation is simple. Living as Christ calls us to live is an ongoing journey and one that won't always be easy but will always be worth it.

Do you believe Jesus Christ died on the cross? Do you believe He went to Hell and rose again in order to forgive us of our sins? Do you believe this is the only way for us to stand before God forgiven and free when we die, rather than condemned to Hell? If not, please ask yourself why?

There is a way to really know and if you want the answer all you have to do is honestly 100% give your life to Christ and do your very best to follow His Word each day. If after six months nothing has changed your original belief, then you haven't really lost anything. However, if it has then just think of what you almost missed out on but have now gained.

I can promise you will never regret it.

From our family to yours, have a happy and blessed Easter!

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