Must See Video: My favorite newscaster Ben Swann gives a super-fast summary of the Federal Reserve, states some of the biggest red flags about the bank, and then asnwers the question “Should we Audit the Fed?”.
FOX19.com-Cincinnati News, Weather
Reality Check: Is Auditing The Federal Reserve Really Necessary?
I’ve enjoyed all the great memes that have come out as a result of the president of Chick-Fil-A answering a question that he agrees with the traditional biblical definition of what a marriage is. Here are my thoughts on the issue:
Chick-fil-a is not hurting anyone by simply stating they think marriage is defined by Christian values. They are not hurting anyone by giving money to pro-Christian groups.
The outcries of ‘hate’ are baseless and designed to incite hate in my opinion.
What about buying oil and gasoline, which comes form people in the middle east who beat and KILL gay people? Do the folks crying ‘hate’ advocate we all stop buying gasoline also?
The message from liberals is really this: go along with our version of fairness, or else.
This is an interesting subject for sure. It gets into some uncomfortable territory though. This article is from the viewpoint of gay-marriage advocate, and this is a pro-Christian defense. (I’m biased on this issue: Chick-Fil-A is my favorite fast food restaurant. I like their food, lemon-aid, how clean their stores are and I love the way their employees work hard and treat me every time I go there)
I’m not supportive of using the force of government to push any religious favorites, which is a claim against Chick-Fil-A. (they are giving money to groups to that lobby government for pro-traditional-marriage laws). I’m also not supportive of government defining or being involved in defining or regulating marriage at all. That is the role of churches, not governments. So here are some of the funny pictures I’ve come across as a result of the craziness:
“With the fall of soviet communism, many assumed the such thinking was in permanent retreat.
But the impulse is never further away than human nature itself.
It pipes a tune seductive to the darkest elements of the human heart: envy, sloth, and pride,
while promising speedy solutions to problems that the better angels of our nature crave to see remedied.”
Ben Swann is an exception to the rule when it comes to journalist. I love his work. In this episode, he covers statements by rapper Ice T about the historical context of the 2nd amendment, which is one of my favorite topics.
“Public education has seen little change in the past several decades, despite diminishing results. In these excerpts from his documentary, “Stupid In America'” John Stossel explores some better ideas.”
My mom treated us (Amber, me, Bryson, Brandon, and Shaun) to a Disney cruise vacation last week. It was my first experience with a cruise and I amazed at how well planned these trips are. There were always lots of activities to see, do, and taste!
Paul Wheaton has produced an excellent (and entertaining) video on his research comparing CFL and traditional light bulbs. Check it out:
Here is a nice article featured on the front page of Montana’s largest weekly newspaper. It is about Paul Wheaton, who is on my short list of heroes. It explains how Paul got started in Permaculture because he sucked so bad at gardening.
“I used to explain permaculture with the story of the Sahara,” Wheaton says. “The Sahara used to be jungle and savannah. Then people learned about this new, hip thing. … It’s called agriculture. And you just pull the seeds out of your food and stick them in the ground right next to your house and then, boing! The food leaps out of the ground. And that’s so much closer than walking out to the woods.”
But, in time, the cleared soil loses nutrients. So they cut down more trees. “And then the rain doesn’t fall as much. And what the hell? It was falling great last year. Why isn’t it falling great this year? And the rain falls less and less and less, and then—desertification. And permaculture is the reversal of that.”
http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/gyrobase/grow-wild/Content?oid=1669018
My favorite quote: “Weeds: Because Mother Nature is Not Your Bitch”
Listen to Harry Reid pour on and on about how we need to audit the Federal Reserve and how destructive the Fed is by controlling the money and causing the biggest unfunded mandate ever known. This video is from Jan 1995. RELEVANCE: In July 2012 the very same Harry Reid is saying he will not allow a vote on the Audit the Fed legislation, which just overwhelmingly passed in the House. He is effectively squashing the effort. Our legislators are bought and paid for and do NOT have the public’s best interest at heart.
It is no wonder almost all politicians and statists support Keynesian economics. It gives them a reason to interfere and control markets, which proves their existence is needed. The folks that follow the Austrian school saw all of this disaster coming (heads-up, there is more to come). We would be wise to start listening to the ones who get it right instead of the ones who are wrong.
