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The First Amendment secures our total religious rights and liberties: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The American Civil Liberties Union and like-minded groups, such as the Freedom From Religion Foundation, are not preserving First Amendment rights; they are perverting the meaning of the establishment clause (which was to prevent the creation of a national church like the Church of England) and denying the free exercise clause (which preserves our right to worship as we want, privately and publicly). Both clauses were intended to safeguard religious liberty, not to circumscribe the practicing of religion. The Framers were seeking to guarantee a freedom of religion, not a freedom from it. ~Chuck Norris
 
"Nothing illustrates the superficiality of our times better than the enthusiasm for electric cars, because they are supposed to greatly reduce air pollution. But the electricity that ultimately powers these cars has to be generated somewhere -- and nearly half the electricity generated in this country is generated by burning coal." ~Thomas Sowell
 
 

Tim Tebow and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

I'm getting really tired of people hatin' on Tebow. I'm no the only one. Sports writer Pierce King sums up the situation like this:
 

Don't get me wrong, I would have been the first to tell you that Tebow was not going to be a good NFL quarterback, and then again I probably would have been one of the reindeer hanging with Dasher or Dancer talking smack about Rudolf behind his back as well.

Look how that turned out.

Everyone -- even his head coach John Fox and executive vice president John Elway -- seems to be hating on Tebow because he's not like great quarterbacks of the past, but that's the beauty of Tebow ... and Rudolf.

They're not like their predecessors. But you know what? They get the job done.

Last time I checked, winning was the most important thing in football, and Tebow seems to be doing just that.

There's nothing wrong with winning and giving God all the credit. More of us should be like Timmy in our everyday lives. God is not a footbal fan, but he is a fan of those who acknowledge Jesus!

A Libertarian Story

A first grade teacher is explaining to her class that she is a Democrat and how nice it is that we have a Democrat president in office. She asks her students to raise their hands if they, too, are Democrats and support Barack Obama.

Everyone in class raises their hands except one little boy.

"Tommy," says the teacher with surprise, "why didn't you raise your hand?"

"Because I'm not a Democrat," says Tommy.

"Well, what are you?" asks the teacher.

"I'm a Libertarian and proud of it," replies the little boy.

The teacher cannot believe her ears. "My goodness, Tommy, why are you a Libertarian?" she asks.

"Well, my Mommy and Daddy are Libertarians, so I'm a Libertarian, too."

"Well," says the teacher in an annoyed tone, "that's no reason for you to be a Libertarian. You don't always have to be like your parents. What if your momma was a criminal and your papa was a criminal, too, what would you be then?"

Tommy smiled. "Then we'd all be Democrats."
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Hope y'all got a laugh out of that one,
Jason

End of Twitter

It's alive!  And it's a nightmare.

The rumors were true: The new Blacklist Bill could effectively destroy YouTube, Twitter, and other sites that rely on user-generated content by making the sites' owners legally responsible for content their users post.

It also includes provisions that would make it a felony to stream unlicensed content -- including cover band performances, karaoke videos, video game play-throughs, and more.

It's a grab-bag of Halloween goodies for a handful of big corporations -- but for us it's Frankenstein's monster, cobbled together from half-born bills, set to suffocate free speech and innovation and terrorize consumers and Internet users.

Will you click here to ask your Congressmember to oppose the legislation?

Occupy Wall Street is nothing like the TEA Party

Anybody who tries to tell you so probably thinks Tea Partiers are racists too. Here's five, no make that six, ways the two groups are polar opposites.

  1. The Tea Party is a grass-roots movement rising up from anger with both major political parties.
  2. TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already. The Tea Party has two major goals: lower taxes and smaller government.
  3. Tea Partiers do not got to rallies with the intent of causing a confrontation with police. They do not block traffic and try to disrupt the flow of commerce.
  4. Tea Partiers are Capitalists
  5. Tea Partiers respect the rule of law.
  6. Tea Partiers go home at the end of the day, take a shower and go to work the next day.

 

Tax Day TEA Party Rally

 

  1. Occupy Wall Street is a movement backed by Big Labor and now it has the support of Barack Obama Himself. (After all, these are his peeps.)
  2. I've looked around online for days and I still can't find a cohesive statement from the occupy Wall Street crowd.
  3. Occupy Wall Street intentionally causes confrontations with police. They want to get arrested and step out in traffic to cause major disruptions.
  4. Occupy Wall Street is a Socialist movement that seeks to destroy Capitalism.
  5. Occupy Wall Street hippies flaunt the rules.
  6. Occupy Wall Street hippies camp out for days, don't shower and presumably have no jobs.

 

Occupy Wall Street protestors disrupt traffic

So you see, the two movements are nothing alike.

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