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Paul Knows Change And How
Posted by: | CommentsDon’t get misty-eyed and emotionally carried away with all the
thundering oratory about “change” in this campaign. The buzzword of this election is “change.” Candidates toss it around without saying what they want to change to.
Years ago, there was an old tale in the Marine Corps about a lieutenant who inspected his Marines and told the “Gunny” that they smelled bad. The lieutenant suggested that they change their underwear.
The “Gunny” responded, “Aye,aye, sir. I’ll see to it immediately.” He went into the tent and said, “The lieutenant thinks you smell bad and he wants you to change your underwear. Smith, you change with Jones, McCarthy, you change with Witkowskie, Brown, you change with Schultz …”
A candidate may promise change in Washington but the stink of years will remain.
The above was written by some one else, and some of you may have already heard it, but it pretty much sums up what I believe about all but one of candidates, and that man is Ron Paul. He stands no chance of becoming our president, for two reasons; [1] The media has completely ignored him, and, [2] He has told us exactly what he wants to change, and how he wants to change it.
First of all, the Media is only interested getting rid of Bush, and turning our country into a European style socialistic, secular system, which isn’t working well for them, and it will not work well for us.
Second of all, the majority of the citizens of this country get all of their knowledge of politics from television, and they do not want change that is radical enough to really do us any real good, because they have not suffered enough yet, to elect the people who can and will, do what needs to be done. [Go to "You Tube", and listen to Ron Paul]
That’s my opinion, you can agree or disagree, which is everyone’s right…………………….Larry
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Veteran Grave Vandals
Posted by: | CommentsBy: Contributing Author Larry
Every month I get this letter called “RAO Bulletin”. It’s brings me up to date on what’s going on with the Veterans affairs. Usually I just skim over it and delete it, but this time there is an small piece that I believe should be brought to everyone’s attention, especially those who live in Texas.
A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill that would make vandalizing the grave of a service member or veteran a federal crime, even if the grave is on private property. The bill sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe R-TX) comes after the grave of a Marine killed in Iraq was vandalized just two days after his burial in Liberty, Texas. “The person responsible has since been arrested and charged with a state felony, but no federal provision exists,” Poe said. Federal laws making it a crime to damage or destroy a memorial, headstone or gravesite apply only to public land, not to gravesites in private cemeteries. This is not the first time the federal government has had to stand by when a veterans’ grave was damaged. Last year, American flags were replaced with Nazi flags on Memorial Day weekend at the gravesites of veterans in Orcas Island WA, but the federal government could do nothing because the graves were in a private cemetery. Poe’s bill, HR 4973, was referred to the House Judiciary Committee for consideration. If enacted into law, it would apply the same penalty for the destruction of graves on public lands — a fine of up to $10,000 and up to 10 years imprisonment — to graves on private property. [Source: MarineTimes Rick Maze article 25 Jan 08 ++]
This should be a law in every state. (Director, RAO Baguio raoemo@sbcglobal.net )
Who Is My Neighbor
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This is a story of a man, most likely a Jew, who was robbed, beaten and left for dead. We don’t know who the robbers were, and it probably doesn’t really make any difference.
Now keep in mind that the Samaritans hated the Jews, and the Jews hated the Samaritans. Why did they hate each other? That’s another long story that I don’t have room for here.
This is a parable, told by Jesus Himself, (The Good Sheperd)
Luke 10:25-37 (NIV) The Parable Of The Good Samaritan
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
He answered: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him.
The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”