Congress not equal in governance? asks NY Times's Carl Hulse
Mood:  cheeky
Topic: Statemanship or lack of
I read the article of May 27, by Carl Hulse of the NY Times entitled, "Constitutional Squabble..." and his quote that the agencies do not "seem to consider Congress equal partners in governance" sticks in my craw. Whose fault is that? Could it be that Congress is cowardly, afraid to make a decision based on the principles of the nation OR the US Constitution but instead sticks a collective finger out the window to see which way the political winds are blowing? There are some leaders like for instance John Kerry who have been in Congress for decades and never sponsored one bill. The Congress men and women seem to think that their Jobs are to collect their pay and perqs from wherever they are able to get them [taxpayers, lobbyists, corporations,schools, Dept of Education, AFL-CIO etc etc etc] without interference from the laws of the nation. They have had a "most elite club in the world" attitude about their tasks there instead of a public servant to the nation and the nation's people.
When have they once debated the fact that the US is borderline depopulating and that is bad for the nation? When have they once debated how to create a Constitutional Amendment to protect the innocents in their mothers' wombs, since protecting the innocent is the only legitimate function of any government? When have they policed their own? When has their meetings and their debates accomplished any thing good for this nation in the past 40 years? When they did make even one decision that did not debate the effect on the social security aged group that they mostly fit into? When did they ask the right questions? When did they all meet on equal footing with no committees to tell them what to think or what to vote on? {Probably in the first few years as a nation did that happen.] When did each and every Senator or Representative have opportunity to debate without the "rules" of decorum and politicking? When? When did the Representatives become "members of Congress"? When did the Congress ever show any muscle or teeth? Where were they when Terri Schiavo was murdered by a Judge's decree for having been handicapped? Where were they when the US Supreme Court took over the law-making duty assigned to Congress alone? Where were they when the Supreme Court was stacked with Catholics? Where were the elected officials for each State when the Congress voted to give a massive perk to the State of Louisiana? Where ?
If the Congress has no governance in this nation, it is their own fault.

Writing for my life--journaling
Mood:  sad
One of these days I might write a book about my life sort of on the lines of the epic tale about Scarlett O'Hara of the South. I have written eight chapters on it, from my experiences of life including as a nurse in the ER. Then I put it down and have to find the CD they are stored on again, and make this computer save to disk again. The minor problems of writing a book using a computer are nothing compared to what writers had to do in the past for manuscripts. The past few months would need a chapter or two in the book--they have been that stressful as far as life goes.

I am still married but now separated. For a Christian woman to figure out what God would want in my set of circumstances, is emotionally draining at times. I have moved but whether it is a permanent move, is uncertain still, most likely depending upon whether I stay married to a Colorado man, and other factors.

Writing is a way of chronicling events of one's life and also a way of sharing one's self with the world. Of course, there are so many people who have better relationships with computers than with people and some of that is secondary to the huge push toward computerization of every facet of life. I guess I am a writer at heart, because I love writing words and I love reading them too! So I am grateful for the blogs and the internet because it means I can "reach out and touch"* nearly 220 million folks who own computers. That is a good thing.
* With words, emotions, websites, blogs,all good-- nothing evil.

Here is the code that lycos is using to prevent my blog from showing to the public: copied from the url : https://blog.tripod.lycos.com/service/blog/control.blog?a=edit&blog_id=315898.
Added here of course, to shame them into admitting that they have been censoring my words.

Working on a Saturday night
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: God's Love
Probably no body in the world works til 10:16 pm on a Saturday night but me. I think I am the most boring person in the world, for several reasons. "Dull as plank" Princess Diana would have said, correct? My life is "on hold" a little bit, because I filed for divorce, then agreed to reconcile, but I had torn my aprt apart packing, so now I have to move or unpack. I then just became weary with it, overwhelmed with such and thought to myself, writing is what I like to do, and so I am doing that and let the chips fall where they may. It is what it is. Just like that, decided the chaos of moving is too much for the condition my condition is in. Who said, that phrase? What condition my condition is in? Well,let me take a quick inventory. I have divorce papers filed so will have to undo them, if I reconcile,and I am sure that probably is what God would want me to do. And my living quarters are a shambles where I had pulled stuff out to sort and decide what to move out of state with me. And I gave away the front room full of furniture so it is empty. And my daughter is coming to visit and this place looks like a whirlwind went through at warp speed! And it did, and the whirlewind was me,gloria. So I felt sooooooo sorry for myself and I cried, boo-hooed for quite some time. Then in character for myself,decided 'that was enough of that and get something done'. So that is why I am writing at 10:25 pm now. As to what this has to do with the love of God, you might ask? It is written,"The Lord preserveth all them that love HIM; but all the wicked will HE destroy." [Psalms 145: 20] I am a woman and the Psalms were written by a man who was first a shepherd then a King, and in the process of that transformation, had bouts of self-pity, depression, and then praise, almost cyclical.So I love the Psalms because they comfort me so much, and sometimes The Bible is the only thing that makes any sense to me. I am very grateful that God caused HIS words to be written down for all of humanity. Salvation Is Free Salvation Is Free; and it is from Jesus alone.

Tripod and Carnegie Mellon are God haters!
This blog of tripod and Carnegie Mellon has been a constant unrelenting aggravation and it is because their staff hate God! If you can avoid them and their products your life will be much better. Do not send your children to any University that allows its staff to persecute Christians! My life won't be greatly affected if Carnegie Mellon ceased to exist but this information is vital to the public. I have complained about the treachery of this blog and its staff at least twice before and so I realize that their ownership is probably also haters of God and that this blog may not serve my purposes of educating people on the truth of God and the wisdom to be found in not perverting the Maker's intent for their bodies because of their censorship. Some people in the US are too stupid and or too pagan to know that Christians are more than 70% of the US population and do not usually do business with those groups known to be hostile to Christians.

The Lord will be terrible unto them, HE will famish false gods.
"The Lord will be terrible unto them; for HE will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship HIM, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen...and HE will stretch out His hands and destroy...and will make Ninevah a desolation and dry like a wilderness...this is the rejoicing City that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am and there is none beside me, how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing City! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction, she trusted not in The Lord, she drew not to her God...her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violations of The Law. The Just Lord is in the midst thereof; HE will not do iniquity, every morning doth HE bring HIS judgement to light; HE faileth not, but the unjust knoweth no shame. I have cut off the nations; their towers are desolate; I made their streets desolate that none passeth by; their Cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is no inhabitant. I said, surely, thou wilt fear Me, Thou wilt receive instruction." Zephanaih 2:11-3-7 God warns the corrupt and wicked governments of Cities and nations that HE alone is able to totally destroy them so that "no man passeth by" them! This warning that God will make all men and all Cities know HIS name, is intended to teach you the fear of The Lord, and cause you to repent.

"For what saith the Scripture?"
Isn't that a great quote,"for what saith the Scripture?" I love the King James English! I have always loved the crisp,preciseness of the language and the melodic way it speaks. I read that Scripture in another article today,and I apologize but I am not sure where,but I think the Townhall; and I looked it up to be sure and then wrote it down. I think it is a near perfect motto in a way, if Christians should have mottos.The Chalcedon Letter made the point that Christians should not have slogans or bracelets or things that are supposed to represent God. I think of all the Crosses with idols -a manmade image of Jesus, that is clearly a sin against God. What saith the Scriptures in this case: "I AM the Lord thy God...thou shalt have no other gods before Me.Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness that is in heaven above or that is the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God, AM a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me." Exodus 20:21,3-5. What does serving an idol [image or statue made by humans] mean? Does it mean bowing down and kissing it? Certainly. Does it mean wearing it around your neck and polishing and keeping up with it? Certainly. Does it mean placing flowers or candles at its feet? Certainly. Does it mean laboring to get money to purchase it? Certainly. Why are images of what humans presume that God looks like abundant in the US? Who has seen God? Who has found a description of Him anywhere in Scripture? Who can describe God? Can any human make God in that person's image? Don't be absurd! Can God be purchased? Can something made of stone, or wood,or metal,or glass or gold even, do ANYTHING for you? Does it hear? Does it have eyes to see when you need help? Does it act on your behalf? Does it care? Do not be deceived. Idolatry will send you to hell, because it is a rejection of God as He so clearly points out when He calls those who do such things, "God-haters".
Here is another thought that just came to me. Is the Abortion Holocaust the result of idolatry and the ones aborted the "visiting the iniquity of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of them that hate" God? If we broke the idols and burned down the altars to the false gods as in Old Testament days, would the Abortion Holocaust end?

Cannabalism in not an American "value".
Please remember that God said, "thou shalt not kill" and it is recorded in Exodus 20:13. The on-going debate in Congress about whether embryonic stem cell research should be funded by taxpayers is morally equivalent to taxpayers paying for the gassing of the Jews in Hitler's day of terror. The tiniest humans in the wombs of their mothers are from the human sperm and human egg of humans, possess human DNA from one cell,move about from one cell, take in nourishment and excrete wastes all as one very complex cell. The debate about the legalization of cannabalism must end righteously. Killing the tiniest members of the human species for any reason is not acceptable in a civilization and never has been. Whether the label applied to it, is "research" or "eugenics" or "abortion" or "health cure" or "future benefits" or whatever, killing humans for their body parts is abhorrent to those who know God. Added insult to that heinous crime of killing in abortuaries is processing the tiny humans like one would fillet a fish and then chopping them finer for test tubes and microscope slides. The horror of it is beyond belief! There is no such thing even as the right of a mother to kill her offspring and God willing there never will be, and let the US take it one step further and say that never as long as this land exists will products for human ingestion or injection be made of human flesh and blood. For more on human development visit my site at Online Educator

Those who cannot go to heaven...
"Be not deceived. Neither fornicators,nor idolators, nor adulterers nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind [homosexuals in the footnote] nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God...what?? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two,saith HE, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto The Lord is one Spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body, but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [Spirit], which is in you, which ye have of God and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body,and in your spirit which are God's." I Corinthians 6:9-10 & 16-20

On hearing from God
Jesus said, "if God were your Father, ye would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but He sent Me. Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear My Word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own; for he is a liar and the father of it. He that is of God heareth God's words; ye therefore hear them not because ye are not of God."John 8:42-47

You're gonna love this ...
Mood:  happy
I have created a new site and it is very exciting and I think you will like it. Visit it at:
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signed, gloria

Selfish individualism v the love of God
Topic: God's Love
by Gloria Poole Pappas

I think a lot and I write a lot and have arrived at this article to put into words what I believe is the solution for any nation. The problems of any nation seem to hinge upon certain factors. Psalms 33:12 is written, ?blessed is the nation whose God is The Lord.? Sometimes it seems as if the biggest problem in the ?United? States, that are anything but united these days, is the idea that a person, any person has no duty to anyone but himself or herself. In my efforts to plead the cause of the preborn humans and their right from God Himself for life, I am confronted with people who think that what happens on this earth is all that happens, but it is not so. That attitude seems to account for the abortion industry where the mother takes no thought of a duty to her preborn baby, and it accounts for the drug users who do not care about their wives or their children; and it accounts for the shopaholics who prefer to squander their time with their children by working for pay, so they can spend more. Those are the three most immediate examples I can think of, but the list is endless. The homosexuals who do not think about reproducing themselves for the sake of their family line or name, or the gratitude of their parents are also guilty of a narcisstic selfishness that obliterates from consideration everyone around them. The politicians who make decisions based upon what is good for their political careers and not what is good for the nation are the worst as far as the public laws of the nation is concerned.

I sat down and applied myself to know what would God say about the US and I wondered if I could ask Him to come down in person, sit a spell and talk to me the way He talked to Abraham, what would HE say? I thought if a person could back up the world?s knowledge to a point where it made sense, where would that point be? Where in time was the truth so bold and so clear that there was no confusion ? That time would be when God created the world and there was just Him and then Adam, his first creation in the human form, and then Eve, God?s second creation in the human form. The paradise existed and the words of God were apparently precisely clear and simple to Adam as he was able to record them in some way for eternity. What was God?s first Commandment to Adam and Eve? It is written,? And God blessed them, and God said unto them, ?be fruitful and multiply; and replenish the earth and subdue it; and have dominion.? Genesis 1:28. Start at the beginning or make first things first! So if God?s Commandment then was to be fruitful and multiply and by doing so, replenish the earth, why are the leaders of nations and some of their government approved ngos teaching the opposite of God?s words? It can only be for two reasons.

Either they do not believe in God or His words, or they do not want to replenish but destroy. If they do not believe, why are they elected to office by believers? Isn?t the words in Titus 1:15, ?unto the pure all things are pure; but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving, is nothing pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled.? So if their minds are not pure, but defiled and they have no conscience, why would anyone want them to make public laws? If the second argument were true, that by being in office they intend to destroy the nation, then who would they be serving? Where does the destroyer come from? According to John 8:44, those who deceive and murder are from the devil. So then if those who murder innocent babies are from the devil, why do God?s people vote for them? Why are they elected to office? Jesus repeats the message when He says, ?the thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I AM come that they might have life and have it more abundantly.? [John 10:10] So again I ask,if killing and deceiving is from the devil and life and truth are from God, why do God?s people elect deceivers and murderers of the preborn to office? If the citizens can grasp certain basics, then they can make the lives of everyone better and stabilize their nations.

How does a nation combat the selfish individualism? It is certainly not by teaching socialism or communal property?that experiment has failed dismally for common sense reasons. When no one owns anything, then no one takes care of anything or anyone, since the attitude is ?let the government do it?, and collectively the nation falls apart. So what then is the truth and the solution that sets nations back on track toward prosperity and life?

It is written, ?And now, Israel [and any who love God] what doth The Lord thy God require of thee? But to fear The Lord thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve The Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, to keep the Commandments of The Lord, which I command thee this day, for thy good?? [Deuteronomy 10:12-13] Jesus, the Godhead in the flesh?Messiah-- repeated that same message several times. Jesus said unto him, ?thou shalt love The Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. And the second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two Commandments hang all the law and the prophets.?[ Matthew 22:37-40]

If a nation is filled with people who love God first and serve Him and obey His commandments, and then love their neighbors as they are commanded by God to do, would there be any crime? Would someone who loves with the love of God steal, or covet, or commit adultery knowing it would break someone?s heart? Would they deceive, or murder the innocents? If the love of God, that all encompassing, sacrificial love of Jesus existed in each person?s heart, could that person be selfish? Or would he be like Jesus, about The Father?s business, doing good deeds, feeding the hungry, healing the sick, casting away demons and idols? Didn?t Jesus Himself take a whip and drive away those who attempted to pervert the purpose of the Temple of worship by their retail business of exchanging coinage from nations?

If the citizens of every nation followed the words of Jesus to ?teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of The Father, and of The Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you? [Matthew 28:19-20] and the love of God was taught, would the world be a better place? In at least seven Scriptures God admonishes us to teach our children His laws. Deuteronomy 4:10 is written, ?The Lord said unto me,?gather me the people together, and I will make them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they teach their children.? Again, in Deuteronomy 11:19, it is repeated, ?and ye shall teach them [the words of God] your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house,and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou riseth up.And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house and upon thy gates, that thy days may be multiplied, and the days of your children...? The message of teach your chidren the words of God is repeated in Leviticus 10:11, 2 Samuel 1:18, Deuteronomy 31:19,.Deuteronomy 6:7, and many other scriptures. Jesus, the Godhead in the flesh when He came to earth, showed by example His love and concern for children when He called a little one to Him and told the observers that unless they became as pure in their hearts as the little ones they would not enter into the kingdom of heaven. [Matthew chapter 18], and He warned them that any who would harm a little one, ?it would be better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe...?. Jesus laid down the law about the treatment and attitude of children with His words when He said, ?whoso shall receive one such little child in My name, receiveth Me.? [Matthew 18:5]. Would the ultimate child abuse that kills the infant, [abortion] be ?legal? if the nation loved God? Would the physical and emotional abuse of children and the sexual molestation and the sexual predators be rampant in all nations if the words and behaviors of Jesus were exemplified by the men of the world? Would sexual ?trafficking? the polite, pc word for prostitution and pimping, be a problem in the ?United? States or anywhere if the words of Jesus were taught in the schools?

What other problems would the words of God solve in this nation or any nation? Ephesians 5:25 & 28 is written, ?husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself for it...so ought men to love their wives as their own bodies.? If men loved their wives like Jesus said too, would there be any unhappy wives? Would there be any divorces? If a man had the attitude he is supposed to sacrifice for his wife and love her without question and even die for her as Christ gave Himself if need be, would not that love so permeate the household and the heart of his wife that she would have no interest in another man or be tempted to leave him? Would there be any jealousy or bitterness in the hearts of the wives of America if men loved women instead of themselves? If God?s love was the foundation, could anything shake the marriage? Wouldn?t any woman love a man who loved her like that ? I often think of that song, ?I can love you like that? that I heard The Second Generation Osmond brothers sing in New York and I can tell you, I was stunned by the power and love of that song the way they sang it! Women have hearts of flesh and they are affected profoundly when their husbands love them truly with the love of God.

Now, what about the children? Would they love the father and the mother who loved them sacrificially? Who taught them right from wrong in order that they might achieve success and love? Who diligently, patiently and faithfully taught by example the love of God to them? Wouldn?t they grow up to be secure in the concept and belief in love and wouldn?t they also have the courage to marry and be parents? Wouldn?t they replicate the love of the parents? And the love of God to their children in turn? When a nation teaches the children the right beliefs the nation achieves peace, joy, prosperity because as the children grow up in love and faith, they live by it.

What is the reward for this kind of living for the people, the home, and the nation? The peace of God! Jesus said, ?peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.? [John 14:27] The message is repeated in II Corinthians 13:11, ?be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you.?

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"Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones"
Jesus said "take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven, their Angels do always behold the face of My Father which is in heaven. " Matthew 18:10 The wicked do despise the little ones and they seek ways to eliminate them from all nations, as the US and the world have seen this past week. We all watched the fuss over the Amendment by the US to make it plain that the US and four other nations, do not support any programmes that include abortion as a "right". It is time for the Angels in heaven who can approach The Father God to make their appeal to Him and plead the cause of the innocents before Him and remind Him of His own Commandment of 'thou shalt not kill' in Exodus 20:13. The wicked must not be allowed to prevail and the killing of innocents has to stop. The worst terrorism of all is that violence in the womb when a premeditated murder of a BABY takes place! Prolife Speaking by Registered Nurse website: Prolife quotes and human development

About the living
"For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten." Eccelesiates 9:4-5

One of the most remarkable characteristics of the Bible is its ability to say a whopping lot of wisdom in 1-2 scriptures! The scriptures above tell me that in whateever situation a human person is living, life is better than death. They also tell me that the reward of heaven must be worked out with God as an act of faith in Jesus in this life because the rewards are no more after they die the first death of the human body. In other words, if a person dies in his or her sins, their fate for eternity is decided. Those Scriptures also tell me that praying to the dead as some religions do is a waste of time, since the "dead know not anything."

Geneva Convention defines starvation as war crime
Quote from article, The Nazis used starvation to kill" in Newsmax.com, March 26,2005:

"To begin with, there is the long-standing and internationally accepted Geneva Convention: "The prohibition to starve civilians as a ‘method of warfare’ is included in Article 54 of Protocol I and Article 14 of Protocol II."

According to the International Criminal Court, starvation as a means of killing is a war crime. The Court noted: "Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including willfully impeding relief supplies as provided for under the Geneva Conventions' is a serious violation of the laws and customs of war [52]."

Federal Judge James W is not the Saviour after all!
If the US didn't know it before,they know it now. Neither Federal Judges, nor the US Congress feel any duty to abide by the written words of the US Constitution! I don't think anyone is surprised by that who has been watching the activist Judges across the nation and in the US Supreme Court put a spin on the written words about life,liberty and property. In Connecticut, they are finding out that "eminent domain" means to the Supreme Court that all property is owned by the government. That is one of the platforms of the Communist Manifesto that Harvard has been pushing for decades now. Another principle of communism is that human life is not important, and that all decisions are to be made by communist leaders for the "good" [power, status] of the party,not the good of the citizens.

Well, today the US has endured another assault against liberty by the ruling of Federal Judge James Whittemore, against life for Terri Schiavo. No one is surprised. He was purposely chosen for his "job" by the feds because he was proabort and the proabortion President at that time, Bill Clinton,appointed him and shielded him from personal attack from Arlen Specter. By the way, don't you think the word, "specter" --ghost or apparition, is right for that wicked man?
Now, why is anyone surprised about the prodeath Judge's ruling for death? Don't the wicked do their evil and doesn't God know it? Isn't God more powerful than satan? We as a nation don't realize it yet, but we are deep in the throes of the abortion war. The parallel of today's ruling by the federal judge was similar to the Reichstag passing the laws labeling Jews as "non-Aryans" for expediency in convincing their nation that it was all right to kill "non-Aryans".Terri is labeled, "unfit for life"by the death Judge, but God is more powerful than any human Judge--we know that!
I am reminded of how terribly grim the situation must have been as the Israelites walked out of Egypt and out of bondage on foot with the Pharoah and his troops in hot pursuit. The situation must have been very scary to all in that group! The tension built up to the last possible moment that God had to do something and HE did the dramatic and the powerful and HE eliminated His enemies! While dealing with HIS enemies of course, the believers were awed and they were also saved. So let us all watch and pray and see what God will do in this case to save Terri Schiavo from the villains.