Will it actually become an ammendment?

Anyone who has been paying any attention at all to Prop 8 knows that this will not be over any time soon. The legal battles will go on and on. I think part of the reason that the leftists are so afraid of this amendment is because they are the ones who fight every battle. This amendment protects conservatism, it protects tradition and that's why its scary.

San Francisco Gate Newspaper

Associated Press

Trust But Verify
- California to Uphold the will of the people?
- CA Supreme Court to Determine Constitutionality of Amendments to its Constitution

Should we play their game?

Why is it that the few always try to ruin it for the many, even if they don't have to?

Wall Street Journal Reports.

Trust but Verify.

Michelle Malkin's take.

I almost tend to agree with MM that we need to act the same... maybe they'd realize how childish it is. Then again probably not.

How Did Obama get Elected?

All i can say is "WOW"...

Trust But Verify has it here.

Ms Underestimated has it here.

People didn't vote educated and that scares me.

LA officers thoughts on protests against Prop 8

Meridian magazine is a website that is maintained by members of my religion but not by the LDS church.

This article is a first person account of the rioting protests in Los Angelos by a member of my church who is also a Detective for the LAPD. Amazing how the tolerance is requested but not given. As well as the violation of civil rights and basic freedoms of my church is tolerated by officials (inlcuding that imbecile Arnold) on all levels of government in LA right now. At least their freedom of speech isn't being voilated...

Is this something to worry about?

Restricting freedom of speech and speaking out against Obama.
I know we need to support our elected officials but if this is how teachers and mentors are treating students who are trying to get their fellow students to think and openly discuss what's happening to them and their future... i'm a little nervous.

PS. again props to MM

Where is the love?

I know that Proposition 8 in California is a very controversial topic. I personally believe in Prop 8. I also believe that it has gone way too far. I think that this would not have been such a big deal if there had not been the issues that existed in Massachusetts. The fact that people's freedom of how to teach and raise their kids were infringed upon really turned this into a big issue. Where people were scared of what might be forced upon them and their beliefs.
I believe that the family consists of a man, a woman, and children. I believe that the family is central to our happiness and is the basic unit of our wonderful country. When the family fails is when I think that our country will cease to be great.
We need to protect our country and all the rights that have been granted us by our founding fathers. They worked hard to provide us the freedoms that we have today. I do not believe that the constitution would have been possible if it were not for inspiration from God. The constitution is an inspired document based on faith and love.
I believe that we need to protect the family and the freedoms that this great nation was founded on. This nation was founded on religious beliefs and a profound trust in God. I strongly believe that everyone has the right to worship how, who, or what they may. I believe in equal rights and that people deserve to be happy. I know that a lot of people would say that my support for Prop 8 and my belief in equal rights are in conflict. I don't see it as a conflict because I believe that I am still protecting their rights in freedom of religion and to live as they choose.
California has very strict family laws that protect civil unions and grant them all the privileges given to married couples. These laws protect those that want to commit to each other whether straight or homosexual. In my opinion the term 'gay marriage' gives the air of a political stunt and drastically cheapens the meaning of their commitment. I would not be as comfortable supporting Prop 8 if it were not for the family laws that are already in place to protect those that truly love and are committed to each other.

I completely understand why there are very emotional responses on both sides of this issue. What I cannot understand is the violence that has happened. People demanding respect and "tolerance" are the first to take it away from others.
Michelle Malkin again has an amazing pulse on what is going on. Here are some links:
Restaurant bullied by No's on Prop 8
Black listing and harassment
Anti-Prop 8 mob demands submission
Anti-Prop 8 mobs chases christian group

If the people want to change it, then please by all means work within the law to make the changes. Please stop the violence.

Schwarzenegger wants riots in CA?

That's what it sounds like to me.

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/09/schwarzenegger-pours-fuel-on-anti-prop-8-fire/

what the heck is going on with tolerance that everyone is asking for?

Ruth Youth

In the wake of all the maligning of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lately after the passing of Prop 8 in California it is nice to have some good news.

http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/842518567.html

Thank you Ruth Youth!!

Change.gov is propaganda engine waiting to happen

I was a little interested when I found this site yesterday.  And while I haven't had a chance to really peruse it as much as I want to.  I have found a few sites of people that have.

Again Michelle Malkin knocks it out of the park in my opinion.

'By their fruits you shall know them.'  Propaganda the day after being elected?  Is it a sign of the tech times that we live in?  Or, is this more of a case of 'hiding in plain site'?

More Proof of the Media working PR for Obama

MSNBC created a show that is call 'Experience the Power of Change'

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/11/04/msnbc-election-coverage-promo-experience-power-change

Now the merger is complete:

http://trustbutverify.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/msnbcs-matthews-my-job-is-to-make-obamas-presidency-successful/

Tribute to Mom's

Love ya mom!

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/07/the-chestnut-tree/

A break from politics

"Who's gonna save my soul now?"

Dating drama is not the best time of life and i really liked the creativity and satirical nature of this video. Check it out!

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/06/whos-gonna-save-my-soul/

or directly from you-tube (kinda gory but good!)

How Long Do We Have?

I was forwarded this email, and I've received it also a few years back. I was thinking about this cycle and why the Greeks failed in their democracy and then this was sent to me again. I agree that we as a people are definately complacent and even apathetic. We need to wake up and remember the great country in which we live, what made it great, and how to make it great again!

I love the US and everything that this country was founded on. Religion and freedom. God Bless the USA! And keep us safe please!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

How Long Do We Have?

About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh , had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government."

"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury."

"From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally
collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."

"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years"

"During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:

1. from bondage to spiritual faith;
2. from spiritual faith to great courage;
3. from courage to liberty;
4. from liberty to abundance;
5. from abundance to complacency;
6. from complacency to apathy;

7. from apathy to dependence;
8. from dependence back into bondage"

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota , points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 Presidential election:

Number of States won by: Democrats: 19
Republicans: 29

Square miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000
Republicans: 2,427,000

Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million Republicans: 143 million

Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Democrats: 13.2
Republicans: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Republican won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country.
Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare...."
Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegal's and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA.

Everyone needs to realize just how much is at stake, knowing that
apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.

WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE

Charlie Brown loses Manager position

Sometimes this comic is more true than we like to admit.  Not just the recent presidential election but it happens all the time in business as well.

Sometimes its for good and sometimes for not so good.  Nothing frustrates me more than when a CEO gets fired because he can't do the job and then he walks away with a 'severance' package worth more than some countries national yearly income. 

Change is coming, its inevitable.  It always comes.  I don't agree with everything that Obama has said and I still don't know that I trust him but I will support him as my new president and I am interested to see what will happen.  I wish him the best of luck and pray that God will guide and protect him.

New Blog I Follow

Michelle just seems to be on top of things and I like following her blog to see her opinion on things.

Gird your loins, conservatives

Needless to say I'm interested to see what's going to happen over the next little while. 

Why the Bush hating bandwagon?

One thing about this whole election was the fact that everyone jumped on the 'Bush Hating Bandwagon' - even McCain. 
I like this article

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122584386627599251.html

Bush wasn't the best President we've had but he's definitely not the worst.  Time will tell.

Voter Fraud Early...

Is this a case of early bird getting the worm or are we all just getting set up for a rotten apple?

again covered well by Trust but Verify

http://trustbutverify.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/voter-fraud-in-philadelphia-already

Why Obama is leading in the polls...

I found this site, and I liked the premise of it.  'Trust but verify' [trustbutverify.wordpress.com] is and amazing site full of good information.

This post is eye-opening regarding Obama supporters
http://trustbutverify.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/why-obama-is-leading-in-the-polls/

Obama Knows he'd be nothing without the Press

Michelle Malkin has been a great resource for the past few weeks.

I like her commentary on Obama and the press.  You can read it here: http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/04/obama-thanks-his-biggest-supporters-the-press/trackback/