district50ablog.blogspot.com Thanks Marc for the post from the OMG Files THERTON, Calif. – A California school teacher was placed on paid administrative leave after he rattled a table to get the attention of his math students, startling an eighth-grade girl who used her cell phone to call police.

Atherton police Sgt. Tim Lynch tells the Palo Alto Daily News that officers went to Selby Lane School Tuesday afternoon because of reports a teacher was causing a disturbance.

Officers found a calm teacher with class in session.

The sergeant says the teacher's table-rattling startled a student and she used her cell phone to call 911. He says other students in the class weren't bothered by the teacher's actions.

Redwood City School District deputy superintendent John Baker says the teacher was placed on leave because there was a police response. My question of course is why wasn't the student cited for a false police call. How ridiculous our Govt. has become...thanks to Liberalism. Wakie! Wakie! or should I say wacky wacky.
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Sheldon For Deputy Chair

district50ablog.blogspot.com "By building connections with our multicultural communities, who have the very same values and principles as the GOP, but have an inaccurate viewpoint of the party. It’s time for me, as Deputy Chair, to take the lead and share the values other republicans throughout the state have and put the heart back into the two biggest cities in Minnesota." To read more about Sheldon click the link>. Sheldon For Deputy Chair district50ablog.blogspot.com

YouTube - Star Spangled Banner / National Anthem - Vanderbilt Stadium by 8yo Dominique Baseball 2011

Enjoy all, Good Night. YouTube - Star Spangled Banner / National Anthem - Vanderbilt Stadium by 8yo Dominique Baseball 2011

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Truth And Lies of a Government 'Shutdown' and much more...

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EDITORIAL: Rescind Obama's 'peace' prize? - Washington Times

"President Obama says he notes the “irony” of his being a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. No kidding - so does everyone else." EDITORIAL: Rescind Obama's 'peace' prize? - Washington Times

A New Charter for American Cities:

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10 Rights to Restrain Government

 and Protect Freedom

"Since 1972, America has gained an average of one new local government every day. The mushrooming of local governments is outdone only by the growth in state and local spending, which has outstripped that of the federal government since 1970. Arizona is no exception."


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Goldwater Institute Policy Report

March 11, 2009

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The case against Tim Pawlenty - The Fix - The Washington Post

This article also has the link for the opposite argument " case for why former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty could end up as the Republican presidential nominee" which will give some food for thought each way. The case against Tim Pawlenty - The Fix - The Washington Post

A New Charter for American Cities:

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10 Rights to Restrain Government

 and Protect Freedom

"Since 1972, America has gained an average of one new local government every day. The mushrooming of local governments is outdone only by the growth in state and local spending, which has outstripped that of the federal government since 1970. Arizona is no exception."


Follow link below to read more:

Goldwater Institute Policy Report

March 11, 2009

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Will you promote true tax reform legislation?

There are a lot of ideas floating around Congress concerning tax reform, and one thing we can count on is the Washington-insiders working to scuttle anything that upsets the status quo and empowers the American people. Anything that threatens either the power of politicians over the tax code or the profits of their well-dressed darlings—tax lobbyists—won’t go anywhere. That’s the way it is right now and that includes our passion-- the FairTax. That’s the plain truth. We have researched and developed a tax reform plan that is fair to all, can put our economy on fast track growth and get every (willing) American back to work. Our great idea is not enough. Not by a long shot. That’s also the plain truth. Corruption and self-dealing have become so much a part of the Washington landscape that helping the nation at the cost of any sacrifice by our political class is rejected without debate. Here’s another truth: Both Republicans and Democrats will do all they can to keep our unfair tax code. They want the status quo because they like the power and they like the money. Nonetheless, right now we have an opportunity in America because our nation is hungry for something better than the status quo. Without a monumental effort to replace it, the current tax system will remain a crippling national embarrassment, supported by….the Political Elite. Why Do I Love the FairTax? The FairTax makes the United States the most favorable tax environment for growth in the world. That means trillions of dollars of new investments and millions of new jobs. The FairTax brings everyone - drug dealers, illegal immigrants, gamblers and those adroit tax-avoiders - into the tax system, allowing all of us—the victims of this corruption—to pay lower taxes and take home more. The FairTax has no federal deductions or withholding out of your paycheck. That’s right, you read it right; you take home all the money you earned. The FairTax is a national sales tax that replaces all the corruption, bad ideas and insider trading of tax breaks. It raises just as much money but out in the open. That makes it a lot easier to see what’s being spent out of your money—another reason Washington hates it. Yes, the FairTax is a threat to the status quo. The FairTax could be the greatest devolution of power from government to the people since the Declaration of Independence. Do you want to be a part of history with us? To make history, we need you, and people like you, to join us. In our system of self-governance, the best ideas are passed when they are backed by passionate, determined supporters. We must band together to scare Washington so badly with our power that defending the income tax becomes just like defending terrorism. How do we do that? We have to bring millions of people into our campaign who, right now, either don’t know about the FairTax or don’t believe everyday Americans can ever trump Washington insiders. That's why I’m writing you. We want you to join us. We want you to help us make April 15th just another spring day. What’s the first step? Just take a look. Decide for yourself. We’re at www.FairTax.org. Most of our research, a good part of our local activities, our testimony and the potential of the FairTax can be found here. If you're on Facebook, we can be found at facebook.com/fairtax.org. It’s not a march, it’s not a rally, and it’s not a plea for your money. It’s an invitation to learn. It will change you and that is the beginning of changing our country for the better. Sincerely Yours, Leo Linbeck, Jr., Co-Founder and CEO Americans for Fair Taxation district50ablog.blogspot.com

The Silent Sermon

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Thanks for the send Craig...sharing

A member of a certain church, who previously had been attending services regularly, stopped going.  After a few weeks, the preacher decided to visit him.

It was a chilly evening. The pastor found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire.  Guessing the reason for his preacher's visit, the man welcomed him, led him to a comfortable chair near the fireplace...and waited. 

The preacher made himself at home but said nothing.  In the grave silence, he contemplated the dance of the flames around the burning logs.  After some minutes, the preacher took the fire tongs, carefully picked up a brightly burning ember and placed it to one side of the hearth all alone, then he sat back in his chair, still silent.

The host watched all this in quiet contemplation.  As the one lone ember's flame flickered and diminished, there was a momentary glow and then its fire was no more.  Soon it was cold and dead.

Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting.  The preacher glanced at his watch and realized it was time to leave.  He slowly stood up, picked up the cold, dead ember and placed it back in the middle of the fire.  Immediately it began to glow, once more with the light and warmth of the burning coals around it.

As the preacher reached the door to leave, his host said with a tear running down his cheek, 'Thank you so much for your visit and especially for the firey sermon. I will be back in church next Sunday.'

We live in a world today, which tries to say too much with too  little.  Consequently, few listen.  Sometimes the best sermons are the ones left unspoken.

The Lord is my Shepherd ----- that's a Relationship!

I shall not want ----- that's Supply!

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ----that's Rest!

He leadeth me beside the still waters -----that's Refreshment!

He restoreth my soul -- that's Healing!

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness -- that's Guidance!

For His name's sake ----- that's Purpose!

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death --that's Testing!

I will fear no evil ----- that's Protection!

For Thou art with me ----- that's Faithfulness!

Thy rod and Thy staff comfort me -----that's Discipline!

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies ---that's Hope!

Thou annointest my head with oil -----that's Consecration!

My cup runneth over ----- that's Abundance!

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life ---that's Blessing!

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord ----- that's Security!

Forever ----- that's Eternity!

Face it, God is  crazy about you!

Send this to the people you are crazy about.  I thought this was pretty special, just like YOU!
What is most valuable is not what we have in our lives, but WHO  we have in our lives.  


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I posted a press release a few days ago from Tim Utz about a proclamation he was going to bring to the floor at Convention in the 5th District here in MN. Here is what happened from another press release from Tim.


Press Release #6 March 19, 2011 Proclamation updates
Tim Utz as delegate to the CD-5 Republican Party Convention held at the
Minneapolis Convention Center on March 19, 2011 presented the below
proclamation to the convention body for consideration. Tim presented the
need to hold our elected officials accountable today and not next year
during the election season. After Tim made the presentation a motion was
made from the floor to except the proclamation as presented to the
convention delegates. A second was provided and vote called for; a unanimous
voice vote was given by the convention delegates. The convention agreed to
send a delegation this week to St. Paul and hand deliver the Proclamation to
the Speaker of the Minnesota House Kurt Zellers, and Minnesota House
Majority Whip Matt Dean. Several delegates stepped forward volunteering as
part of the delegation to help deliver the message.

For further information contact the Minnesota Republican Party CD-5 Chairman
Adam Weigold at adam@adamweigold.com
952-457-8372

The full text of the Proclamation is provided below.

Timothy David Utz
Fidelity to the Constitution, Restoring the Republic
2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people which.....
This communication is private and not for consumption by any
third party or governmental authority. The 4th amendment privacy rights
under our Federal Constitution are fully invoked with this communication
as specified in the original context and meaning of December 15, 1791.



Proclamation

"We the People" embodied as delegates and alternates in the Minnesota
Republican Party CD-5 Convention, meeting at the Minneapolis Convention
Center in Minneapolis Minnesota; do this day, the 19th day of March 2011
make the following proclamation.

Whereas this body understands America is a Constitutional Representative
Republic restricting government to constitutional limited powers and always
subject to the people sovereign.
Whereas the Minnesota State Constitution clearly dictates the express will
and direction of "We the People" in government limits and power.
Whereas elected officials of the Minnesota State House are charged by
Constitutional mandate to generate a state spending budget.
Whereas during the 2010 campaign the Minnesota Republican Party, and
Minnesota House Caucus campaigned on a message of "living within their
means".
Whereas the Minnesota Republican Party and Minnesota House caucus clearly
defined "living within their means" as $32,000,000,000.00 General Fund
spending for this biennium.
Whereas the Minnesota Republican Party and Minnesota House caucus clearly
are violating the 2010 campaign promise by proposing $34,000,000,000.00
General Fund spending for this biennium.
Whereas the 2011 Minnesota House Republican legislative budget proposal
directly violates the trust of the voters, breaks campaign promises, and
provide unnecessary opportunity for DFL candidates in 2012 elections.
Whereas this Convention body recognizes the Minnesota Republican Party and
Minnesota House Caucus "living within their means" state spending level of
$32,000,000,000.00 is not in conformance to our State Constitution.

Therefore this Convention demands the 2010 duly elected Minnesota Republican
Party members of the Minnesota State House; subject their budget proposal to
campaign message of "living within their means".
Therefore this Convention further demand the 2010 duly elected Minnesota
Republican Party members of the Minnesota State House; reduce state spending
to comply with authorized Minnesota Constitutional limits.
Therefore this Convention further demand the 2010 duly elected Minnesota
Republican Party members of the Minnesota State House; cut state spending
below "living within their means" spending of $32,000,000,000.00.


Therefore this Convention further demand the 2010 duly elected Minnesota
Republican Party members of the Minnesota State House; recognize the
authority, power, will direction and demand of this Convention, redirect
their policies and budget to reflect such will of "We the People" embodied
as delegates and alternates in the Minnesota Republican Party CD-5
Convention this 19th day of March in the year of our Lord 2011.

Unanimously approved by voice vote March 19, 2011


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Take a Stand

Thanks for the post "Mae" A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves! Lets Take a take a stand!!!   Borders: Closed... Language: English only... Culture: Constitution, and the Bill of Rights!!! Drug Free: Make a drug screen mandatory for anyone on welfare and/or food stamps! NO freebies to Non-Citizens!   We the people are coming   Only 86% will send this on... Should be a 100%

RECOGNIZE AND THANK OUR TROOPS ON
THE 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR IN IRAQ

March 19th is the anniversary of the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 8 years ago, our troops began a worthy and critical mission, to take out the vicious and dangerous Saddam Hussein.

It was a swift and intense campaign, but our troops were brilliantly successful at destroying the defending Iraqi Army, with almost no significant civilian casualties. It was a textbook victory from the pages of the U.S. Army Field Manual's chapter on total domination!
The next several years were tough, and unfortunately, the peace and security that followed the initial invasion was short-lived. Elements of Al-Qaeda, as well as common criminals and radical extremists who saw an opportunity to gain power, started turning the Shiites and Sunni's against each other, and carried out attacks to turn the different factions of Iraq against each other.
Thousands of innocent Iraqis died in the bombings and shootings that occurred as different factions in Iraq warred, and our troops in the middle did their best to create security and protect the population.


Eventually President Bush argued for The Surge, and sent in the troops that David Petraeus needed to enforce security, and get the support of the Iraqi tribal leaders.

It worked.

It was a tough fight, and many troops bravely sacrificed everything for their nation, but eventually the situation turned around, the violence subsided, and the streets were made safe again. Our troops trained the Iraqi Army to take security into their own hands, and with fresh troops thanks to the Anbar Awakening, the terrorists were virtually defeated.

It's an oversimplified explanation, but this is a flash history of the long 8 years of the Iraq war, but it shows how our troops succeeded and won that war. They are now coming home honorably, victoriously, as they should.

There were always some who called for retreat, for cut and run, and they would have been wrong. Our own President Obama, said The Surge would fail, and that it would make matters worse, but thankfully Obama was wrong. President Bush and General Petraeus were right about The Surge, and our troops DID WIN.



Let's take this day, the anniversary of the Iraq invasion, to reflect on what our troops did for us, and what they sacrificed to bring VICTORY.

We still have troops in Iraq, keeping peace and many more in Afghanistan, fighting the Taliban. Send a care package to show your gratitude for all they have accomplished and all those who have sacrificed.

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CCCR-Education and Tim Utz for House 2012 jointly issue Press Release #5, March 19, 2011

As a delegate to the Minnesota Republican Party CD-5 Convention on March 19^th 2011 Tim Utz will propose the following convention proclamation for the full body consideration and adoption. The time has come for bold unapologetic leadership in Minnesota state elected leadership. Not the continued increased expansion of government at the expense of citizen’s liberty, prosperity and Constitutional government.

Proclamation

“We the People” embodied as delegates and alternates in the Minnesota Republican Party CD-5 Convention, meeting at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis Minnesota; do this day, the 19^th day of March 2011 make the following proclamation.

Whereas this body understands America is a Constitutional Representative Republic restricting government to constitutional limited powers and always subject to the people sovereign.

Whereas the Minnesota State Constitution clearly dictates the express will and direction of “We the People” in government limits and power.

Whereas elected officials of the Minnesota State House are charged by Constitutional mandate to generate a state spending budget.

Whereas during the 2010 campaign the Minnesota Republican Party, and Minnesota House Caucus campaigned on a message of “living within their means”.

Whereas the Minnesota Republican Party and Minnesota House caucus clearly defined “living within their means” as $32,000,000,000.00 General Fund spending for this biennium.

Whereas the Minnesota Republican Party and Minnesota House caucus clearly is violating the 2010 campaign promise by proposing $34,000,000,000.00 General Fund spending for this biennium.

Whereas the 2011 Minnesota House Republican legislative budget proposal directly violates the trust of the voters, breaks campaign promises, and provide unnecessary opportunity for DFL candidates in 2012 elections.

Whereas this Convention body recognizes the Minnesota Republican Party and Minnesota House Caucus “living within their means” state spending level of $32,000,000,000.00 is not in conformance to our State Constitution.

Therefore this Convention demands the 2010 duly elected Minnesota Republican Party members of the Minnesota State House; subject their budget proposal to campaign message of “living within their means”.

Therefore this Convention further demand the 2010 duly elected Minnesota Republican Party members of the Minnesota State House; reduce state spending to comply with authorized Minnesota Constitutional limits.

Therefore this Convention further demand the 2010 duly elected Minnesota Republican Party members of the Minnesota State House; cut state spending below “living within their means” spending of $32,000,000,000.00.

Therefore this Convention further demand the 2010 duly elected Minnesota Republican Party members of the Minnesota State House; recognize the authority, power, will direction and demand of this Convention, redirect their policies and budget to reflect such will of “We the People” embodied as delegates and alternates in the Minnesota Republican Party CD-5 Convention this 19^th day of March in the year of our Lord 2011.

Timothy David Utz

Fidelity to the Constitution, Restoring the Republic

What have you personally done today?

2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which....

This communication is private and not for consumption by any third party

or governmental authority. The 4th amendment privacy rights under our

Federal Constitution are fully invoked with this communication as specified

in the original context and meaning of December 15, 1791.

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May You Be Blessed Movie | Simple Truths

"Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light." -Albert Schweitzer May You Be Blessed Movie | Simple Truths

GLOBAL WARMING.... YOU DECIDE

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The scientist Professor Ian Plimer could not have said it better!

If you've read his book on Global warming you will agree, this is a good summary. 

Are you sitting down?

 

Okay, here's the bombshell.  The volcanic eruption in Iceland, since its first spewing of volcanic ash has, in just FOUR DAYS, NEGATED EVERY SINGLE EFFORT you have made in the past five years to control CO₂ emissions on our planet - all of you.

 

Of course you know about this evil carbon dioxide that we are trying to suppress - it's that vital chemical compound that every plant requires to live and grow, and to synthesize into oxygen for us humans, and all animal life.

 

I know, it's very disheartening to realize that all of the carbon emission savings you have accomplished while suffering the inconvenience and expense of: driving Prius hybrids, buying fabric grocery bags, sitting up till midnight to finish your kid's "The Green Revolution" science project, throwing out all of your non-green cleaning supplies, using only two squares of toilet paper, putting a brick in your toilet tank reservoir, selling your SUV and speedboat, vacationing at home instead of abroad, nearly getting hit every day on your bicycle, replacing all of your 50 cents light bulbs with $10.00 light bulbs...well, all of those things you have done have all gone down the tubes in just four days.

 

The volcanic ash emitted into the Earth's atmosphere in just four days - yes - FOUR DAYS ONLY by that volcano in Iceland, has totally erased every single effort you have made to reduce the evil beast, carbon.  And there are around 200 active volcanoes on the planet spewing out this crud any one time - EVERY DAY.

 

I don't really want to rain on your parade too much, but I should mention that when the volcano Mt Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, it spewed out more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the entire human race had emitted in its entire YEARS on earth.  Yes folks, Mt Pinatubo was active for over one year - think about it.

 

Of course I shouldn't spoil this touchy-feely tree-hugging moment and mention the effect of solar and cosmic activity and the well-recognized 800-year global heating and cooling cycle, which keep happening, despite our completely insignificant efforts to affect climate change.

 

And I do wish I had a silver lining to this volcanic ash cloud but the fact of the matter is that the bush fire season across the western USA and Australia this year alone will negate your efforts to reduce carbon in our world for the next two to three years.  And it happens every year.

 

Just remember that your government just tried to impose a whopping carbon tax on you on the basis of the bogus "human-caused" climate change scenario.

 

Hey, isn't it interesting how they don't mention "Global Warming" any more, but just "Climate Change" - you know why?  It's because the planet has COOLED by 0.7 degrees in the past century and these global warming bull artists got caught with their pants down.

 

And just keep in mind that you might yet have an Emissions Trading Scheme - that whopping new tax - imposed on you, that will achieve absolutely nothing except make you poorer.  It won't stop any volcanoes from erupting, that's for sure.

 

But hey, relax, give the world a hug and have a nice day!


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From ACT For America email sent 3/14/11

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March 14, 2011

Early Bird Registration! 2011 NATIONAL CONFERENCE & LEGISLATIVE BRIEFING OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL WASHINGTON, DC June 22 – 24, 2011 View here the most recent episode of our TV program, featuring a discussion of the report “Shariah: The Threat to America.”

Revelations from Rep. King hearing We learned much—not only from the testimony, but the disturbing reactions to it Dear Weston, Friday’s email from Lisa Piraneo provided us a disturbing look into how some members of the House Homeland Security Committee view reformist Muslims like Dr. Zuhdi Jasser. Their condescension bordering on contempt was stunning. Perhaps just as disturbing was how many of the Muslims who attended the hearing reacted. As Lisa noted, they didn’t try very hard to conceal their ridicule and even contempt for these Muslims witnesses who had the courage to speak out against the radicalization going on in America. One of those witnesses was Melvin Bledsoe, whose son is charged with shooting and killing a member of our armed forces at a recruiting station in Arkansas. Mr. Bledsoe’s statement is re-printed below (highlights added). Take special note of the role he claims a Nashville mosque and its imam played. This is precisely what Brigitte Gabriel has been talking about for years, and addressed in her two best-selling books, Because They Hate and They Must Be Stopped—the growing advocacy of radical Islam inside many of America’s mosques.

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Statement by Melvin Bledsoe Father of Carlos Leon Bledsoe (aka) Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community’s Response” Committee on Homeland Security US House of Representatives, Washington DC, March 10, 2011 Thank you very much for allowing me to come here and tell the country what happened to my son. This hearing today is extremely important to begin the discussion about the issue of Islamic radicalization in America and my hope is that this Committee can somehow address this issue in a meaningful, productive way. First, I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the family of Private William Long, and to the wounded soldier, Quinton Ezeagwula. I would like to talk about those complicit in Private Long’s murder – the Islamic radicals who programmed and trained my son Carlos to kill. I want to tell the American people and the world what happened to my son. We sent him off to college at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee in the fall of 2003. Our dreams about his future ended up in a nightmare. Carlos is my only son. He grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. My wife and I operate a tour company in Memphis, Tennessee and Carlos started helping out with the family business at the age of eight. He loved talking to the traveling public; and he had a lot of fun interacting with the customers. After graduating from high school, he wanted to get a degree in Business Administration. We thought perhaps he would come back to Memphis to run the business and give my wife and me early retirement. After the fall of 2005 – his sophomore fall in Nashville –Carlos came home that Christmas for the holidays. We were sitting around in the family room, Carlos’s only sister, Monica, her husband and I, having a normal conversation about life in general. But at a certain point, Carlos and his brother-in-law Terrell got into a heated conversation about the Muslim religion. Then and later, we felt like Carlos’s personality changed when we spoke about Islam. We thought maybe he had some Muslim friends in college and was offended by our comments. The next time Carlos came home, we saw another side of him that we hadn't seen before. During the night, he took down all the pictures from the walls in the bedroom where he slept. He even took Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. picture off the wall. We asked Carlos: "What is going on with you?” He replied that he is now a new convert to Islam and that everything he does from now on will be to honor Allah. We got very concerned: While he was growing up, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s picture had always hung on his bedroom wall; but now treated the picture as if Dr. King was nobody to him. We asked Carlos not to take Dr. King's picture off the wall, but he took it off the wall anyway. This became a big concern to us. We went to visit him in Nashville because we wanted to learn more about what was really going on with Carlos. We discovered that Carlos had dropped out of school, at the beginning of the 2005 fall semester. He was working a temporary job. He had gotten a dog while in college, and now we found out that he had turned the dog loose in the woods because he was told that Muslims consider dogs dirty creatures. I really couldn't understand how he could do that, because Carlos grew up with a dog in the house since he was five years old. So my wife and I thought that there something or someone was getting in his head and changing the way he thinks. It had gotten to the point where he had no interest in coming home, even for the holidays. All of this was part of brainwashing him, and changing his thinking a little bit at a time. He had a job in Nashville, together with some Muslims, who would tell him that according to Islamic law, his employer had to let him pray at certain times of the day, regardless of what was going on at the job. As a business owner, I told Carlos that it would be very difficult for an employer to do this for all of his employees. As the next step on his process of radicalization, Carlos was convinced to change his name. He chose the name Abdulhakim Muhammad. At this point, his culture was no longer important to him, only the Islamic culture mattered. Some Muslim leaders had taken advantage of my son. But he’s not the only one being taken advantage of: this is going on in Nashville and in many other cities in America. In Nashville, Carlos was captured by people best described as hunters. He was manipulated and lied to. That’s how he made his way to Yemen. Carlos was hoping to go there for a chance to cross over to Saudi Arabia and visit Mecca, as he was taught all true Muslims must do at one time in their life. He was taught that he would get to walk on the ground where Prophet Muhammad walked be able to travel around the area. But these hunters had other plans for him. They set him up, telling him that he could teach English at a British School in Aden in South Yemen, This school turned out to be a front and Carlos ended up in a training camp run by terrorists. Carlos’s joining in with Yemeni extremists was facilitated by their American counterparts in Nashville. We have since discovered that the former Imam of a Nashville mosque, the Al Farooq Mosque, wrote the recommendation letter Carlos needed for the school in Yemen. We also discovered that the school functions as an intake front for radicalizing and training Westerners for Jihad. From what I understand, the FBI had been following Carlos since before he left Nashville and continued to do so after he came back from Yemen. When Carlos was arrested for overstaying his visa in October of 2008, he was interviewed by an FBI agent based in Nashville even before the U.S. Embassy was alerted about the arrest. According to the Embassy, the FBI was alarmed about what they learned from Carlos. We wish they could have told us - his family – about what they learned. If we knew how serious his extremism had become, we could have put in every effort to prevent the tragedy in Arkansas from happening. When my son was arrested in Yemen, my family cried out for help in bringing our son back to America from our Government. We got in touch with the U.S. Embassy and the State Department. We also asked for help from our U.S. Representative, Steve Cohen’s office, and from FBI Special Agent Greg Thomason, who had been tracking my son since Nashville. After our son was finally released and brought home to us. No one said anything to us about what might have happened to him in Yemen or what they may have learned that so alarmed the FBI agent who interrogated Carlos while he was in the custody of Yemen’s Political Security Organization. Carlos’s experience in Yemeni political jail was the final stage of his radicalization. He was in there with true evil-doers – hard-core Al Qaeda members who convinced him to get revenge on America. Something is wrong with the Muslim leadership in Nashville. What happened to Carlos at those Nashville mosques isn’t normal. I have other family members who are Muslims, and they are modern, peaceful, law abiding people, who have been Muslim for many years and are not radicalized. I also have several uncles and brothers in the military. Our family has fought for the United States in every war since the Civil War. I have nephews who are currently in Afghanistan, as I speak, fighting for democracy and freedom for all Americans. It seems to me that the American people are sitting around and doing nothing about Islamic extremism, as if Carlos’s story and the other stories told at these hearings aren’t true. There is a big elephant in the room, but our society continues not to see it. This wrong is caused by political correctness. You can even call it political fear - yes, fear. Fear of stepping on a special minority population’s toes, even as a segment of that population wants to stamp out America and everything we stand for. I must say that we are losing American babies – our children are in danger. This country must stand up and do something about this problem. Yes, it’s my son’s tragic story you’re hearing about today, but tomorrow it could be your son or your daughter. It might be an African-American child that they went after in Nashville, but tomorrow their victim might have blonde hair and blue eyes. One thing is for sure, it will happen again. We must stop these extremist invaders from raping the minds of American citizens on American soil. Here in America today, there are people with radical Islamic political views who are organizing with one goal in mind: to convert our citizens and to turn them against the non-believers. This is a big problem now in Nashville, on college campuses and in the nearby area. Nashville has become a hot bed for radical Islamic recruiting. Carlos grew up a happy-go-lucky kid. He always had a big smile on his face, and loved to crack a joke or two. Everyone liked him. He loved to play team sports like basketball and football. He loved swimming, dancing, and listening to music. Today we have two families that have been destroyed. This could have been prevented. I would like to see something change so that no other family in this great country of ours has to go through what our family is facing now. GOD HELP US! GOD HELP US!


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You Can Stop Worrying About A Radiation Disaster In Japan -- Here's Why

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The Rain

It was a busy
morning, about 8:30, when an elderly

gentleman in his 80's arrived to have
stitches removed from his thumb.

He said he was in a hurry as he had an
appointment at 9:00 am.

I took his vital
signs and had him take a seat,

knowing it would be over an hour

before someone
would to able to see him.

I saw him looking at his watch and

decided, since I
was not busy with another patient,

I would evaluate his wound.

On exam, it was
well healed, so I talked to one of the

doctors, got the needed supplies to
remove his sutures and redress his wound.

While taking care of
his wound, I asked him if he

had another doctor's appointment

this morning, as
he was in such a hurry.

The gentleman told me no, that he

needed to go to
the nursing home to eat breakfast

with his wife. I inquired as to her
health.

He told me that she had been there
for a while and that she

was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.

As we
talked, I asked if she would be

upset if he was a bit late.

He
replied that she no longer knew

who he was, that she had not

recognized him in
five years now.

I was surprised, and asked him,

'And you still go every
morning, even though she

doesn't know who you are?'

He smiled as he
patted my hand and said,

'She doesn't
know me, but I still know who she is.'

I had to hold back
tears as he left, I had goose bumps

on my arm, and thought,

'That is
the kind of love I want in my life.'

True love is
neither physical, nor romantic..

True love is an
acceptance of all that is,

has been, will be, and will not
be.

With all the jokes
and fun that are in e-mails,

sometimes there is one that comes

along that has an
important message..

This one I thought I could share with you.

The
happiest people don't necessarily

have the best of everything;

they just make
the best of everything they have.

I hope you share this with someone you
care about. I just did..

'Life isn't about
how to survive the storm,
But how to dance

in the rain.'

We are all getting Older

Tomorrow may be our turn.

A Report from the Hill: Inside the House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on the Radicalization of Muslims

by Lisa Piraneo, Director of Government Relations

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I arrive at the Cannon House Office Building at 7:30 a.m.—two hours before the scheduled start of Congressman Peter King’s (R-NY) much-publicized hearing on Muslim Radicalization in our country. For the past few months Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated groups like the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) and Hamas front group CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) have been whipping the Muslim community and the media into a frenzy about this hearing. There have been rallies in New York City and front page articles in the so-called “establishment media” about how “unfair” and even “dangerous” holding this hearing will be.

So I expect there will be a large crowd waiting to get into the Committee room and I am right. There is a line from its entrance all the way down the hall, wrapped around the corner, and half way down the next hall. I park myself in line and wait.

More people arrive. More press arrive. More police arrive. There have been threats against Chairman King leading up to the hearing and it is clear they are being taken seriously. A police officer confronts several bowtie-wearing gentlemen in front of me for cutting into line. They see the length of the line and realize that the odds of them getting into the hearing if they go to the end are slim to none. “You need to get to the end of the line, sir.” He says. “See all of these people behind you? They are waiting too.” There is some tense back and forth and finally they acquiesce.

The waiting crowd is clearly majority Muslim or Muslim-American. I hear multiple discussions about how unfair Representative King is—and lots of strategy about what to do once the hearing is over. Some waiting in line have signs with them. One reads “Stop Demonizing Muslims.” Standing directly behind me is Alejandro Beutel, of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. He gives multiple interviews to press while waiting in line, telling them that the organization is taking a “wait and see” approach.

At 9:15 a.m.—an hour and 45 minutes after I arrived and 15 minutes prior to the hearing’s commencement—an announcement is made that the Committee room will soon open. Warnings are given from both the Capitol Police as well as Committee staff that outbursts and signs in the hearing room are against House rules and will not be tolerated. The line starts to move, slowly. They are letting people in the room a little at a time. I learn that a large section of the small hearing room is already taken up by press. Not a good sign for me.

I am 10 people away from the doors to the hearing room when an announcement is made that the Committee room is now full. The choice to the hundreds still in line: stay there and take the chance that others will leave the hearing, opening up additional space; move to a small “overflow room” right next to the Committee room; or go home. I opt for the overflow room, as I don’t want to miss one second of the hearing. In a matter of seconds, the overflow room is filled to capacity as well, as it is already half full with press when I arrive. I grab one of the few remaining seats and get ready to Tweet.

Representative King, as the Committee Chair, speaks first, offering his Opening Remarks. He states that today’s hearing will be the first of a series dealing with the “critical issue” of the radicalization of Muslim-Americans. He states “Let me make it clear today I remain convinced that these hearings must go forward. And they will. To back down would be a craven surrender to political correctness and an abdication of what I believe to be the main responsibility of this committee—to protect America from a terrorist attack.”

The hearing is divided into two panels: The first panel consists of two sitting Members of Congress: Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA). During Representative Ellison’s remarks, he breaks down and openly weeps when talking about Mohammad Salman Hamdani, an American Muslim firefighter who died on 9/11 and notes how his name was smeared. Congressional drama. I’ve seen it often and it can distract from the issue at hand. A news report later in the evening notes that no such smears against the firefighter could be found in a Google search.

Representative Wolf speaks next and comes out swinging, especially at CAIR. He states “My concern about CAIR is not limited to its disturbing origins and connections to terrorist financing. I am equally concerned about CAIR’s role in attacking the reputations of any who dare to raise concerns about domestic radicalization.”

No questions are posed to either Member of Congress after they make their statements. Time for Panel Two, which consists of Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, a medical doctor and former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander; Abdirizak Bihi, whose nephew left the states to join al-Shabaab in Somalia; Melvin Bledsoe, the father of Carlos Leon Bledsoe (aka) Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad, a Muslim convert who attacked an Army recruiting office in Little Rock, Arkansas killing one soldier; and Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca.

Though I have attended many congressional hearings, I am shocked by the behavior of some of these elected officials as they interact with the witnesses. It is rude and disrespectful—particularly toward Dr. Jasser, who stresses that terrorism will never be eliminated until the political side of Islam is removed. He also notes that there are Muslim groups in the U.S. who are pledging their allegiance to the Koran instead of to the U.S. Constitution. A vast majority of the audience in the room clearly disagrees with Dr. Jasser as there is a lot of eye rolling and snickering when he speaks.

Some examples that I include in my Tweets:

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) condescendingly states that she doesn’t think that the families and Dr. Jasser are “experts” about this issue and that she didn’t find their information “enlightening,” adding that she is Catholic yet cannot speak on pedophilia in the priesthood. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) states that there is no “redeeming factual information” at the hearing and that you can’t “clean a dirty kitchen with dirty water.” She warns that the Constitution is in “pain” and that the hearing should have focused on the civil rights movement. Later, she is gaveled down by Chairman King, as she disregards him multiple times when he tells her that her time to speak has expired. More political theater with no benefit to the issue at hand. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) chastises Rep. King for not holding a hearing on the KKK, saying that “we’ve had 100 years of terrorism perpetrated by the KKK on Jews and African Americans.” Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), in a stunningly condescending tone to Dr. Jasser and Mr. Bledsoe, says that “extreme” is in the “eyes of the beholder.”

Also, I am surprised by the callous responses of the audience all around me—most of whom are clearly Muslim-American. Throughout the hearing they laugh at Dr. Jasser and Mr. Bihi—also Muslims. I feel that they are not affected by the pain of the family members at the loss of a child and nephew to radicalization and, in Mr. Bihi’s case, also to death. Mr. Bledsoe’s testimony ends with “God help us! God help us!”

The behavior of the Members of Congress who speak down to Dr. Jasser, Mr. Bihi and Mr. Bledsoe, and the repeated negative reactions these three get from the crowd of Muslims in the hearing room, is disturbing. Over and over we hear from government officials and the media that most Muslims are peaceful and law-abiding, and yet when three brave Muslims come forward to speak out against the ideology driving Muslim radicalization they are not praised by these four Members of Congress or most of the Muslims in the crowd—they are belittled. What message does that send to Muslim-Americans who are in agreement with Dr. Jasser? Stand up and be counted? Hardly.

Fortunately, there are Members of Congress who clearly “get it”—in addition to Chairman King—and it’s refreshing.

Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN) asks Sheriff Baca if he realizes that, when he works so closely with CAIR, he is working with a terrorist organization (Hamas) and he cites the Holy Land Foundation Trial.

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) speaks of the political ideology of Islamism. He says that he is “outraged…outraged!” by this Administration’s failure to define the enemy. He shows a slide that demonstrates the number of times words like “enemy,” “jihad,” and “Muslim Brotherhood” are mentioned in the 9/11 Commission report, and then in comparison how many times they are mentioned in the government’s security lexicon—zero.

All this from two freshman Members of Congress. What a difference an election makes! In addition, other Members of Congress such as Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike McCaul (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Patrick Meehan (R-PA) and Candice Miller (R-MI)—all speak eloquently of the threat of radical Islam to the country and to the Constitution.

After over three and a half hours and lots of furious Tweeting by me, the hearing comes to an end. In the press conference that Chairman King holds immediately afterward he announces that the next hearing will be on Muslim radicalization in the U.S. prison system.

My final Tweet is geared toward preparation for further advancement of the cause: OK. Rep. King’s 1st hearing on Muslim radicalization is done. Next step: Write 2 YOUR MOCs 2 voice your concern about the issue. Speak up.

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Another Opportunity Time

American Heritage Series

CCCR-Education is providing another time for citizens to participate in The American Heritage Series.

Starting on Tuesday March 22, 2011 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm CCCR-Education will show the series for people not able to participate on Saturday mornings.

We hope you take seriously this chance to educate yourself on America's heritage joining other members of our community.

Contact

tim@timutzforhouse.com and indicate plans to participate.

I attended the Redistricting meeting on Tuesday March 1, 2011 in room 10 of the State Office Building. The committee took testimony from representatives of League of Minnesota cities, and Minnesota Association of County Officers. As a citizen I enjoyed hearing rational non party politics discussion throughout the meeting. Real concern to produce the best districts based on reason and not political power grabs. I did hope to make a few minute presentations during the testimony but time was passing and I noticed folks wanted to leave. For now I will make the comments in this communication, and perhaps if the committee holds public comment meeting in the future I will participate. The people of Minnesota are watching actions in St. Paul this year. The level of intolerance for political pandering, power positioning by the non party affiliated voters in Minnesota is huge; the 20% to 30% of voters who actually decided who was elected in 2010. This group is in no mode for politics as usual, they voted in 2010 but not necessarily visual in St. Paul protesting or lobbying in some form; they just vote. I became very concerned with the underling tone of all the conversations during the meeting over the courts. It appeared everyone was fearful of the courts possible involvement in the redistricting process and ultimately making the boundary lines. I am reminding every redistricting committee member that our state constitution is the supreme rule of law in the state, dictating the general will of "We the People". In the case of redistricting Article 4 Section 3, clearly places ALL issues of redistricting in the Legislatures power and NONE in the courts. "...the legislature shall have the power to prescribe the bounds of congressional and legislative districts." "We the People" of Minnesota expect our legislators fulfill their oath of office by compliance to the Constitution including responsibility for redistricting; stand up, take courage, lead together, and keep party politics out of the process. The authority for redistricting is in your control not the courts. Should a court interrupt the Legislative and Constitutional process by attempting to create boundaries; "We the People" expect the legislature comply with other portions of our state Constitution and remove such judges for unconstitutional actions against "We the People". The process of legislative redistricting is clearly "We the People" constitutional demand, and we expect no less action by government entities including the courts staying out of the redistricting activity. Here is the link to the redistricting committee http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/comm/committeemembers.asp?comm=87016
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