Freedom anyone?

How much are we going to take before we say, "Down with tyranny?"

 Please help by praying for the Ron Paul campaign. 

Please help by donating either to the main Ron Paul campaign or the one that my son is working in.  This is a grass-roots effort in South Dakota to get Ron Paul elected as President of the United States.  Here's the link to donate: http://www.southdakotaforliberty.com/

 Lastly,  PLEASE volunteer your time to call folks or go door to door if you live in the Sioux Falls area.  If you know of anyone in the Sioux Falls area, you can help by sending them to the site.

 We ALL have to work together to stop this power grab by Big Brother.  Oh yes, if you haven't read George Orwell's, "1987", that's another thing that you can do to help your country.  I read it in High School and it has motivated me to speak the truth in love ever since.  We MUST speak out against tyranny while WE THE PEOPLE still can!!!!!!!!!!!

Go, Andrew, go!  Go, everyone, GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  STOP THE TYRANNY!

I'm home from Canada with a new brain.  I had a great office day in Bismarck yesterday and then I heard this.  He's going to make it!  Go Ron Paul!!!  Can you tell that I'm excited about life?

Have a great day everyone and have a happy Sabbath.  Tomorrow I'll post pictures of my trip and share more about the fantastic session that Dr. Veltheim did on my brain.  I'm truly grateful to God for making me a BodyTalk practitioner--the miracles are happening every day!  :)

Dawn

I'm shocked at myself

I cannot believe what I just did!  Folks have been after me to join Facebook for years but I felt that blogging was enough of a responsibility for me to handle at this time. 

Well, I went online to donate to Ron Paul's money bomb and then, at the end, it said, "Do you want to share about your contribution with the world?" so I clicked, "Yes."  I was thinking that I'd post the cute check with my name on it HERE.  The next thing I knew, I was in Facebook getting signed up.

BOY, how did that happen?  Well, I know absolutely nothing about being on Facebook except that several times I tried to go on Cora's laptop to check on wedding pictures.... and got lost.  If anyone has any advice on how to get my computer to accept friends, I'd be grateful if you'd share it.  I spent half an hour getting very frustrated and now I'm on to other things.  I guess I'll pester Cora to show me how to move around within Facebook tomorrow.

Now, for the other thing.  I got an email a couple of hours ago inviting me to join a free teleconference on, "How to heal our relationship with money," so I'm going to go and listen.   Do I EVER need help with this area as my father loved money and despised people so I did the flip flop of that--I love people and despise money.  HMMMMMMMMMMM 

I'll let you know how the teleconference turns out and if there is any hope for this money hater.  Until then, if you're on Facebook and want me for a friend, it is now possible for us to be friends.  Now, if I can figure out how to get back to Facebook that would be helpful.  SIGH

Have a great week everyone,

Dawn

Why bother?

For awhile now I've been reading Chuck Baldwin's, "News with views."  When I saw his topic this morning, I thought, "Why bother trying to say it any better than this?"  Here it is, then, in it's entirety. 

Have a great day in the Lord!

Dawn

THE MAN WHO SHOULD BE PRESIDENT

By Chuck Baldwin
April 12, 2012NewsWithViews.com

Today, I am going to do something that I have never done: I am going to devote virtually my entire column to posting another man’s words. That man is the man who should be President of the United States: Congressman Ron Paul of Texas. The following is a written transcript of a speech Dr. Paul gave on the floor of the US House of Representatives back in 2007. Had Congressman Paul been elected President in 2008, the country would be four years into the greatest economic, political, and, yes, spiritual recovery in the history of America. As it is, the US is on the brink of totalitarianism and economic ruin. And you can mark it down, four years from now it won’t matter to a tinker’s dam whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney was elected President this November. Neither man has the remotest understanding of America’s real problems nor the courage and backbone to do anything about it if they did understand.

Read the following. This is a man who understands the Constitution. This is a man who understands sound economic principles. This is a man who understands liberty and freedom. This is a man who has the guts to tell the truth. This is a man who has put his life and career on the line for the principles of liberty for more than two decades. This is a man who has returned every dollar that he has been paid as a US congressman to the taxpayers. This is the man who should be President of the United States.

[Ron Paul’s speech begins here] For some, patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. For others, it means dissent against a government's abuse of the people's rights.

I have never met a politician in Washington or any American, for that matter, who chose to be called unpatriotic. Nor have I met anyone who did not believe he wholeheartedly supported our troops, wherever they may be.

What I have heard all too frequently from various individuals are sharp accusations that, because their political opponents disagree with them on the need for foreign military entanglements, they were unpatriotic, un-American evildoers deserving contempt.

The original American patriots were those individuals brave enough to resist with force the oppressive power of King George. I accept the definition of patriotism as that effort to resist oppressive state power.

The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self-interest for himself, his family, and the future of his country to resist government abuse of power. He rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state. Resistance need not be violent, but the civil disobedience that might be required involves confrontation with the state and invites possible imprisonment.

Peaceful, nonviolent revolutions against tyranny have been every bit as successful as those involving military confrontation. Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., achieved great political successes by practicing nonviolence, and yet they suffered physically at the hands of the state. But whether the resistance against government tyrants is nonviolent or physically violent, the effort to overthrow state oppression qualifies as true patriotism.

True patriotism today has gotten a bad name, at least from the government and the press. Those who now challenge the unconstitutional methods of imposing an income tax on us, or force us to use a monetary system designed to serve the rich at the expense of the poor are routinely condemned. These American patriots are sadly looked down upon by many. They are never praised as champions of liberty as Gandhi and Martin Luther King have been.

Liberals, who withhold their taxes as a protest against war, are vilified as well, especially by conservatives. Unquestioned loyalty to the state is especially demanded in times of war. Lack of support for a war policy is said to be unpatriotic. Arguments against a particular policy that endorses a war, once it is started, are always said to be endangering the troops in the field. This, they blatantly claim, is unpatriotic, and all dissent must stop. Yet, it is dissent from government policies that defines the true patriot and champion of liberty.

It is conveniently ignored that the only authentic way to best support the troops is to keep them out of dangerous undeclared no-win wars that are politically inspired. Sending troops off to war for reasons that are not truly related to national security and, for that matter, may even damage our security, is hardly a way to patriotically support the troops.

Who are the true patriots, those who conform or those who protest against wars without purpose? How can it be said that blind support for a war, no matter how misdirected the policy, is the duty of a patriot?

Randolph Bourne said that, "War is the health of the state.'' With war, he argued, the state thrives. Those who believe in the powerful state see war as an opportunity. Those who mistrust the people and the market for solving problems have no trouble promoting a "war psychology'' to justify the expansive role of the state. This includes the role the Federal Government plays in our lives, as well as in our economic transactions.

Certainly, the neoconservative belief that we have a moral obligation to spread American values worldwide through force justifies the conditions of war in order to rally support at home for the heavy hand of government. It is through this policy, it should surprise no one, that our liberties are undermined. The economy becomes overextended, and our involvement worldwide becomes prohibited. Out of fear of being labeled unpatriotic, most of the citizens become compliant and accept the argument that some loss of liberty is required to fight the war in order to remain safe.

This is a bad trade-off, in my estimation, especially when done in the name of patriotism. Loyalty to the state and to autocratic leaders is substituted for true patriotism; that is, a willingness to challenge the state and defend the country, the people and the culture. The more difficult the times, the stronger the admonition comes that the leaders be not criticized.

Because the crisis atmosphere of war supports the growth of the state, any problem invites an answer by declaring war, even on social and economic issues. This elicits patriotism in support of various government solutions, while enhancing the power of the state. Faith in government coercion and a lack of understanding of how free societies operate encourages big-government liberals and big-government conservatives to manufacture a war psychology to demand political loyalty for domestic policy just as is required in foreign affairs.

The long-term cost in dollars spent and liberties lost is neglected as immediate needs are emphasized. It is for this reason that we have multiple perpetual wars going on simultaneously. Thus, the war on drugs, the war against gun ownership, the war against poverty, the war against illiteracy, the war against terrorism, as well as our foreign military entanglements are endless.

All this effort promotes the growth of statism at the expense of liberty. A government designed for a free society should do the opposite, prevent the growth of statism and preserve liberty.

Once a war of any sort is declared, the message is sent out not to object or you will be declared unpatriotic. Yet, we must not forget that the true patriot is the one who protests in spite of the consequences. Condemnation or ostracism or even imprisonment may result.

Nonviolent protesters of the Tax Code are frequently imprisoned, whether they are protesting the code's unconstitutionality or the war that the tax revenues are funding. Resisters to the military draft or even to Selective Service registration are threatened and imprisoned for challenging this
threat to liberty.

Statism depends on the idea that the government owns us and citizens must obey. Confiscating the fruits of our labor through the income tax is crucial to the health of the state. The draft, or even the mere existence of the Selective Service, emphasizes that we will march off to war at the state's pleasure.

A free society rejects all notions of involuntary servitude, whether by draft or the confiscation of the fruits of our labor through the personal income tax. A more sophisticated and less well-known technique for enhancing the state is the manipulation and transfer of wealth through the fiat monetary system operated by the secretive Federal Reserve.

Protesters against this unconstitutional system of paper money are considered unpatriotic criminals and at times are imprisoned for their beliefs. The fact that, according to the Constitution, only gold and silver are legal tender and paper money outlawed matters little. The principle of patriotism is turned on its head. Whether it's with regard to the defense of welfare spending at home, confiscatory income tax, or an immoral monetary system or support for a war fought under false pretense without a legal declaration, the defenders of liberty and the Constitution are portrayed as unpatriotic, while those who support these programs are seen as the patriots.

If there is a war going on, supporting the state's effort to win the war is expected at all costs, no dissent. The real problem is that those who love the state too often advocate policies that lead to military action. At home, they are quite willing to produce a crisis atmosphere and claim a war is needed to solve the problem. Under these conditions, the people are more willing to bear the burden of paying for the war and to carelessly sacrifice liberties, which they are told is necessary.

The last 6 years have been quite beneficial to the health of the state, which comes at the expense of personal liberty. Every enhanced unconstitutional power of the state can only be achieved at the expense of individual liberty. Even though in every war in which we have been engaged civil liberties have suffered, some have been restored after the war ended, but never completely. That has resulted in a steady erosion of our liberties over the past 200 years. Our government was originally designed to protect our liberties, but it has now, instead, become the usurper of those liberties.

We currently live in the most difficult of times for guarding against an expanding central government with a steady erosion of our freedoms. We are continually being reminded that 9/11 has changed everything.

Unfortunately, the policy that needed most to be changed, that is, our policy of foreign interventionism, has only been expanded. There is no pretense any longer that a policy of humility in foreign affairs, without being the world's policemen and engaging in nation building, is worthy of consideration.

We now live in a post-9/11 America where our government is going to make us safe no matter what it takes. We are expected to grin and bear it and adjust to every loss of our liberties in the name of patriotism and security.

Though the majority of Americans initially welcomed the declared effort to
make us safe, and we are willing to sacrifice for the cause, more and more
Americans are now becoming concerned about civil liberties being needlessly
and dangerously sacrificed.

The problem is that the Iraq war continues to drag on, and a real danger of it spreading exists. There is no evidence that a truce will soon be signed in Iraq or in the war on terror or the war on drugs. Victory is not even definable. If Congress is incapable of declaring an official war, it is impossible to know when it will end. We have been fully forewarned that the world conflict in which we are now engaged will last a long, long time.

The war mentality and the pervasive fear of an unidentified enemy allows for a steady erosion of our liberties, and, with this, our respect for self-reliance and confidence is lost. Just think of the self-sacrifice and the humiliation we go through at the airport screening process on a routine basis. Though there is no scientific evidence of any likelihood of liquids and gels being mixed on an airplane to make a bomb, billions of dollars are wasted throwing away toothpaste and hair spray, and searching old women in wheelchairs.

Our enemies say boo, and we jump, we panic, and then we punish ourselves. We are worse than a child being afraid of the dark. But in a way, the fear of indefinable terrorism is based on our inability to admit the truth about why there is a desire by a small number of angry radical Islamists to kill Americans. It is certainly not because they are jealous of our wealth and freedoms.

We fail to realize that the extremists, willing to sacrifice their own lives to kill their enemies, do so out of a sense of weakness and desperation over real and perceived attacks on their way of life, their religion, their country, and their natural resources. Without the conventional diplomatic or military means to retaliate against these attacks, and an unwillingness of their own government to address the issue, they resort to the desperation tactic of suicide terrorism. Their anger toward their own governments, which they believe are coconspirators with the American Government, is equal to or greater than that directed toward us.

These errors in judgment in understanding the motive of the enemy and the constant fear that is generated have brought us to this crisis where our civil liberties and privacy are being steadily eroded in the name of preserving national security.

We may be the economic and the military giant of the world, but the effort to stop this war on our liberties here at home in the name of patriotism is being lost.

The erosion of our personal liberties started long before 9/11, but 9/11 accelerated the process. There are many things that motivate those who pursue this course, both well-intentioned and malevolent, but it would not happen if the people remained vigilant, understood the importance of individual rights, and were unpersuaded that a need for security justifies the sacrifice for liberty, even if it is just now and then.

The true patriot challenges the state when the state embarks on enhancing its power at the expense of the individual. Without a better understanding and a greater determination to rein in the state, the rights of Americans that resulted from the revolutionary break from the British and the writing of the Constitution will disappear.

The record since September 11th is dismal. Respect for liberty has rapidly deteriorated. Many of the new laws passed after 9/11 had, in fact, been proposed long before that attack. The political atmosphere after that attack simply made it more possible to pass such legislation. The fear generated by 9/11 became an opportunity for those seeking to promote the power of the state domestically, just as it served to falsely justify the long-planned invasion of Iraq.

The war mentality was generated by the Iraq war in combination with the constant drumbeat of fear at home. Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, who is now likely residing in Pakistan, our supposed ally, are ignored, as our troops fight and die in Iraq and are made easier targets for the terrorists in their backyard. While our leaders constantly use the mess we created to further justify the erosion of our constitutional rights here at home, we forget about our own borders and support the inexorable move toward global government, hardly a good plan for America.

The accelerated attacks on liberty started quickly after 9/11. Within weeks, the PATRIOT Act was overwhelmingly passed by Congress. Though the final version was unavailable up to a few hours before the vote, no Member had sufficient time to study it. Political fear of not doing something, even something harmful, drove the Members of Congress to not question the contents, and just voted for it. A little less freedom for a little more perceived safety was considered a fair trade-off, and the majority of Americans applauded.

The PATRIOT Act, though, severely eroded the system of checks and balances by giving the government the power to spy on law-abiding citizens without judicial supervision. The several provisions that undermine the liberties of all Americans include sneak-and-peek searches, a broadened and more vague definition of domestic terrorism, allowing the FBI access to library and bookstore records without search warrants or probable cause, easier FBI initiation of wiretaps and searches, as well as roving wiretaps, easier access to information on American citizens' use of the Internet, and easier access to e-mail and financial records of all American citizens.

The attack on privacy has not relented over the past 6 years. The Military Commissions Act is a particularly egregious piece of legislation and, if not repealed, will change America for the worse as the powers unconstitutionally granted to the executive branch are used and abused. This act grants
excessive authority to use secretive military commissions outside of places where active hostilities are going on. The Military Commissions Act permits torture, arbitrary detention of American citizens as unlawful enemy combatants at the full discretion of the President and without the right of habeas corpus, and warrantless searches by the NSA. It also gives to the President the power to imprison individuals based on secret testimony.

Since 9/11, Presidential signing statements designating portions of legislation that the President does not intend to follow, though not legal under the Constitution, have enormously multiplied. Unconstitutional Executive Orders are numerous and mischievous and need to be curtailed.

Extraordinary rendition to secret prisons around the world have been widely engaged in, though obviously extralegal.

A growing concern in the post-9/11 environment is the Federal Government's list of potential terrorists based on secret evidence. Mistakes are made, and sometimes it is virtually impossible to get one's name removed even though the accused is totally innocent of any wrongdoing.

A national ID card is now in the process of being implemented. It is called the REAL ID card, and it is tied to our Social Security numbers and our State driver's license. If REAL ID is not stopped, it will become a national driver's license ID for all Americans. We will be required to carry our papers.

Some of the least-noticed and least-discussed changes in the law were the changes made to the Insurrection Act of 1807 and to posse comitatus by the Defense Authorization Act of 2007. These changes pose a threat to the survival of our Republic by giving the President the power to declare martial law for as little reason as to restore public order. The 1807 act severely restricted the President in his use of the military within the United States borders, and the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 strengthened these restrictions with strict oversight by Congress. The new law allows the President to circumvent the restrictions of both laws. The Insurrection Act has now become the "Enforcement of the Laws to Restore Public Order Act.'' This is hardly a title that suggests that the authors cared about or understood the nature of a constitutional Republic.

Now, martial law can be declared not just for insurrection, but also for natural disasters, public health reasons, terrorist attacks or incidents, or for the vague reason called "other conditions.'' The President can call up the National Guard without congressional approval or the Governors' approval, and even send these State Guard troops into other States.

The American Republic is in remnant status. The stage is set for our country eventually devolving into a military dictatorship, and few seem to care. These precedent-setting changes in the law are extremely dangerous and will change American jurisprudence forever if not revised. The beneficial results of our revolt against the King's abuses are about to be eliminated, and few Members of Congress and few Americans are aware of the seriousness of the situation. Complacency and fear drive our legislation without any serious objection by our elected leaders. Sadly, though, those few who do object to this self-evident trend away from personal liberty and empire-building overseas are portrayed as unpatriotic and uncaring.

Though welfare and socialism always fails, opponents of them are said to lack compassion. Though opposition to totally unnecessary war should be the only moral position, the rhetoric is twisted to claim that patriots who oppose the war are not supporting the troops. The cliché "Support the Troops'' is incessantly used as a substitute for the unacceptable notion of supporting the policy, no matter how flawed it may be.

Unsound policy can never help the troops. Keeping the troops out of harm's way and out of wars unrelated to our national security is the only real way of protecting the troops. With this understanding, just who can claim the title of "patriot''?

Before the war in the Middle East spreads and becomes a world conflict for which we will be held responsible, or the liberties of all Americans become so suppressed we can no longer resist, much has to be done. Time is short, but our course of action should be clear. Resistance to illegal and unconstitutional usurpation of our rights is required. Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes.

But let it not be said that we did nothing. Let not those who love the power of the welfare/warfare state label the dissenters of authoritarianism as unpatriotic or uncaring. Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security. Understanding the magnificent rewards of a free society makes us unbashful in its promotion, fully realizing that maximum wealth is created and the greatest chance for peace comes from a society respectful of individual liberty. [Ron Paul’s speech ends here]

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There it is. The speech Dr. Paul gave in 2007 seems even more relevant today than it did then. Don’t you think?

You want to elect a real American statesman? You want to elect a man who would preserve liberty and freedom in America? You want to elect a man who would resist the devilish New World Order? You want to elect a man who would reestablish sound economic principles? If so, you will vote to elect Ron Paul as President of the United States. (And, no, no one has paid me a penny to post his speech or make this endorsement.)

Forget all the smoke and mirrors and the dog and pony shows that you see and hear from the other Presidential candidates. The issues that Dr. Paul addressed in this speech are the issues that are going to determine our country’s future. Again, this is the man who should be President of the United States.

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Did you hear?

Late yesterday afternoon Andrew returned from Bismarck and asked me, "Did you hear the big news?"  After I told him that I hadn't, he stunned me with, "Rick Santorum dropped out of the race for President?"

WOW--do you know what that means?  Yes, there is one less candidate for Ron Paul to beat!  We were all very excited here last night as we pondered that Rick Santorum took first place in the ND caucuses and RON PAUL TOOK SECOND PLACE! 

  Now we must do all that we can to take advantage of this opportunity that dropped into our laps.  How many Santorum voters heard Andrew and I speak on caucus night?  How many Santorum people want a Conservative candidate enough to become Ron Paul supporters?  That's the big question.

  Here's what Ron Paul said about it in his email today.  I'll just out and out say that I pledged $100 to the money bomb for this weekend.  How much will you give to get a President elected who truly cares about the people?

  What appalled Cora and I, as we read an article on the say anything blog about Mr. Santorum's decision, is that not one word about Ron Paul running was even mentioned.  I'm thinking now about what Virginia said during the GOP convention when "My guy" didn't get the nomination.  She rubbed my back as I broke into tears (just couldn't help it when Mr. Koppleman fought so hard for home school freedom in ND), and said, "That just proves that he's the right guy because the party doesn't want him."

  Well, let me tell you, I WANT RON PAUL TO BE MY NEXT PRESIDENT!!!  I couldn't care less what the party wants--I want him!   Now, he has an even greater chance at winning if all of us "Little guys" band together and support his campaign.  If you go to the link below, you'll see that lots of people are giving $10 or $15 or $25 or $50.  I was thrillled just now when the counter reported that Dawn B. gave $100.  PLEASE read Dr. Paul's email below and share what you can to get him elected!

  To freedom,

  Dawn

Is Andrew pictured with the next President of the United States of America?  May God make it so!

Dear Dawn,

With Rick Santorum suspending his campaign for President yesterday, the mainstream media and the political elites have declared the race for the Republican nomination over and done.

Oh sure, more than half of the country has yet to vote.

And never mind that the presumptive nominee is not even halfway to the number of delegates needed to secure the nomination.

I am not ready to fall in line with their plans. I am not going to allow them to write the story.

This story will be written by you and me over the next few months, just as it has been over the past few years.

In the coming days, the media will be expecting me to also bow down to their new prince. Well, I want to give them a little surprise.

Instead of a defeated candidate bowing out of the race, as we saw yesterday, let's show them a surging candidate determined to ride on to Tampa!

And what's the best way to do that? To have a HUGE Money Bomb this coming weekend.

Our goal is to raise at least $2.5 million on April 15.


That will show them we are still spoiling for a fight!

You see, we are in hand-to-hand combat across the country right now with the GOP establishment as we fight for every single delegate.

And with primaries left in California and my home state of Texas, our campaign has a lot in store for the establishment over the next few weeks.

But it starts right here, with our Taxpayer Freedom Money Bomb this coming weekend.

If you believe I should stand and fight when others retreat...

If you believe our message, issues, and movement should go all the way to Tampa...

If you want our campaign to get the maximum number of delegates...

Well, then, it is vital you stand with me right now. You can pledge your contribution to the Taxpayer Freedom Money Bomb by clicking HERE.

I won't mince words - if we don't reach our $2.5 million goal, I am not sure our campaign can go on.

We cannot do this halfway. It's too important.

So please, pledge your contribution today. Pledge to fight with me over the coming weeks and months.

Promote the Taxpayer Freedom Money Bomb on Facebook and Twitter. Email and call every friend of Liberty you know.

I am counting on your support for our April 15 Taxpayer Freedom Money Bomb. This is no time for suspending campaigns or concession calls. This is the time for Patriots like you to continue our fight.

For Liberty,

Ron Paul

P.S. With so many state conventions upcoming - where the real delegates will be selected - you and I must double down in our efforts to fight for Liberty.

I am ready and willing to fight to Tampa if you will stand beside me. You can show your support today by pledging to give to our April 15 Taxpayer Freedom Money Bomb.

Just click HERE to pledge.

What do you see?

What do you see in this picture?  This is the plant that my friend and client, Jean, gave to me last year in appreciation for all of the work that I did for her following her stroke.  What do you think of this plant?  What sticks out to you in your mind?

Being a reforming perfectionist, I see the one yellow leaf in the middle of the plant.  This plant drinks water like a horse and it'll let you know the second it's thirsty. I'm always checking for yellow leaves so that I can keep up with it's incessant thirst. 

Did anyone notice all of the gorgeous healthy leaves?  I mean, most of the leaves are just wonderfully healthy but I hardly ever notice them.  It's that one yellow one in the middle that spoke to me this morning, "You didn't water me soon enough!"

Why am I sharing this concept this morning?  Well, it's because today is Super Tuesday and people will go to the polls tonight to pick the person that they want to be our next President.  True, it's a straw poll, and not the official one, but it will give everyone an idea as to who is in the lead.   I'm going to head over to Wishek to fill a table with all the Ron Paul brochures that we have and then I'm going to vote for Ron Paul.  Robert, Andrew and Cora are going to do the same thing in Hazelton.

You know, our viewpoint is what determines our actions.  Recently I read a letter from a relative saying that he's discouraged about politics because nobody perfect is running for President.  That's like saying the only leaves that matter on my plant are the yellow ones while ignoring that 99% of the leaves are lucsious and green. 

It's true that Ron Paul is not perfect but he does have a perfect voting record.  Every single vote that he made during his terms in the US House of Representatives was according to the Constitution of the United States of America.  EVERY SINGLE VOTE WAS A CONSTITUTIONAL ONE--that's better than my plant.

I'm urging everyone who reads this, who is in one of the 10 states holding their caucuses today, to go to the polls today between 5:30 and 8:30 PM and vote for Ron Paul.  Let's focus on the good here, folks, and realize that his political enemies have warped his concepts to make him look like he's anti- Israel.  Actually Dr. Paul's cuts to foreign countries will help Israel because we will stop funding Israel's ENEMIES!!! 

People who are opposed to Dr. Paul on the grounds that he will cut their special program had better realize that we all have our hands in the cookie jar.  If somebody doesn't step in and stop all of the outrageous spending on foreign wars and padding to the wealthy, then there won't BE a cookie jar anymore!  This is why the young people are so strongly in favor of Dr. Paul.  They're concerned that the cookie jar, and not just the cookie, is crumbling before their very eyes.  How long can we keep on spending so outrageously?

I vote for Ron Paul and I urge you to do so as well!  I am going this way because of his self-restraint and his loyalty to the great republic that we all inherited and are trying to pass on to our children and grandchildren.  After all, nobody is perfect!

Dawn for liberty

Need Patriots

Happy Sabbath everyone,

  What can I say?  The more that I get to know about Ron Paul, the more that I love him.  Yes, I actually love this man who has stood in the gap for freedom for so long.  Do I love him because he promises me "Free" government money?  NO, I love him because he does what is right no matter what ANYBODY says against him.  Can "Your guy" say this? 

You may not realize it, but this month is a very critical month for our nation.  As the district conventions are being held all around the state, people will either vote for the same old-same old, or for Ron Paul who definitely will change things for the better if he is our next President. 

I just found a site that has some pretty awesome songs about this unsung hero.  Being the press is so anti-Christ, WE THE PEOPLE must help to get the word out that we have a real live hero running for the President of the United States of America.  PLEASE take a moment to listen to this song and see if you can hear the love pouring forth from the singer.

Please pray for the campaign, if that's all that you can do.  However, if you have time to make a few phone calls to help us find the Ron Paul supporters in your area, that would be so awesome!  If so, let us know and Andrew will get you started calling as he is the head of the campaign for our district.

To freedom!

Dawn

We choose

This was on my screen when I walked through the dining room just now.  I must admit that I was a little miffed at the title.  Then I read the comments below and I realized that someone was using a reverse tactic to get folks to actually take 6 minutes of their life to get to know the man who could be their next President--IF we all work together that is. 

How many of you were required to read George Orwell's 1987 at some point in your education?  It was during my Senior year of High School in Eureka, SD that I was required to read it.  If you have read it, I am certain that you have never been able to shake the affects of it from your life.

When I gave up being a Futurist, for the peace of Preterism, I got rid of a LOT of stress!  However, watching what our government is doing IS enough stress to put me back on my deathbed if I didn't have the tools that I have now.  Is it possible that people don't have a clue that we are heading towards the nightmare world of 1987?  I'm thankful that we've gone 25 years beyond that date, but nowadays we can hear of folks being arrested for things that they were doing which was a protected right under our Constitution.  We can hear these things, if we don't close our minds to them, AND we know what we're looking for.

PLEASE, FOLKS, LISTEN TO THIS VIDEO!  Pay attention to how it makes you feel.  Are you empowered or weakened by the things that you hear?  Then listen to our present President and ask yourself the same thing.  If you want to remain free, then you have got to help us get this man elected to the position of President of the United States.  As Dr. Paul spoke and voted for our freedoms 100% of the time during his 12 years in Congress, I am confident that he will continue to do so as our next President.  I heard him speak in Fargo in November and he sounded just like he sounded here!

Together we CAN protect our freedoms and give our children a world like the one that we have enjoyed.  TOGETHER WE CAN!  We have got to get involved in the battle to preserve our great country.  WHO ELSE WILL?  If you're still not motivated to get involved, perhaps you need to read 1987.  I'd be happy to loan you my copy if you can't find one anywhere else.  I wonder if it's still available?


Anyway, I just checked out the source of the video and found it to be freedom4um.  I went there and liked what I saw during my short visit.  If you are interested in learning more about how our freedoms are being taken from us bit by bit, here is the link to their home page: http://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi  Perhaps you prefer to keep your head buried in the sand of denial instead and wake up someday to living under tyranny?  NOT ME--I learned in my childhood home that to keep quiet only strengthens a tyrant.  DOWN WITH TYRANNY!!!!!!!!!!!  God didn't create us to live under tyrants--HE CREATED US TO BE FREE--FREE TO SERVE HIM WITH OUR WHOLE BEINGS!


Freedom isn't free--the price for freedom is eternal searching out and opposing of tyranny!


Dawn

The reason why

Happy Sabbath everyone!

If you've been reading here for long, you know that I have decided to do all that I can to get Ron Paul elected as our next President of these United States.  Today in fact, Cora, Andrew, and I are going to the delegate training which is being sponsored by the North Dakota Ron Paul campaign headquarters.  By the way, it's being held in a church because there are too many folks attending to fit into the campaign headquarters office.  We think that it's so awesome that the meeting was switched from the office to the church--PRAISE THE LORD!

Recently I found this statement of faith on the, "Ron Paul for President" site.  I urge you to take a few moments to read this statement and decide for yourself if this man isn't a much better choice for President of the United States than the one that we currently have. 

  Is Ron Paul perfect?  NO--but neither is anyone else.  Is he a man of God?  I believe that you will see that he is by reading through his words here.  I urge you to do so and then become involved in the race for a true man of God.  "I have fought the fight, I have run the race.........."  At the very least, my prayer is that you will begin to pray for this man daily as he has shown his devotion to our country with his 100% voting in line with the Constitution over decades. 

  Be blessed,

  Dawn

Statement of Faith

“I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and I endeavor every day to follow Him in all I do and in every position I advocate.”
-Ron Paul
My faith is a deeply private issue to me, and I don’t speak on it in great detail during my speeches because I want to avoid any appearance of exploiting it for political gain. Let me be very clear here: I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and I endeavor every day to follow Him in all I do and in every position I advocate.
It is God Who gave us life. As He is free, so are those He created in His image. Our rights to life and liberty are inalienable.
I’m running for President of the United States because I believe that our traditions and way of life are under attack from an out-of-control federal government and reckless politicians who show no regard for what our Founders entrusted to our protection.
America became the greatest nation in human history because a dedicated band of Patriots believed their God-given rights were worth fighting for, even if it meant challenging the world’s most powerful nation in what many deemed a “hopeless” cause.
Being free meant so much to our forefathers that they put everything on the line – and thousands sacrificed their lives – to give the promise of liberty to not only their children and grandchildren, but to generations they knew they would never even meet.
Their courage and determination guaranteed they would defy the odds and achieve victory.
In this critical election, you and I must decide if the principles of limited government and personal freedom are worth fighting for once again.
Since I’m asking for your vote and your trust to lead this nation, let me tell you a little bit about my background and beliefs.
My parents raised my four brothers and me on a dairy near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where they set clear examples for each of us about faith, honest living, and individual responsibility. Their Christian values helped inspire two of my brothers to eventually enter the ministry, and provided me with the foundation I needed to practice medicine and one day become a U.S. Representative.
In addition to my time in Congress, I am proud to have delivered over 4,000 babies as a country doctor in Texas. As I trained to practice medicine, I became convinced without a doubt that life begins at the moment of conception. I never performed an abortion, and I never once found an abortion necessary to save the life of the mother. In fact, I successfully helped women struggling with their pregnancies to seek other options, including adoption.
I am running to Restore America Now, and by that I mean that it’s time to protect and promote the basic God-given rights inherent in the promise of America.
We must pass on our heritage of liberty to the next generation – not tens of trillions of dollars in debt and liabilities.
We must stand for life – not allow millions of innocent children to continue to be slaughtered with the government’s approval.
We must follow the Biblical mandate of using honest weights and measures – not printing money out of thin air in almost complete secrecy and then handing it over to oppressive dictators.
We must only send our men and women to fight for our country when the mission is clear, every necessary tool needed to win is provided, and we respect the Constitution by declaring war.
Once war is declared, it must be waged according to Just War principles. We should only fight when it’s in our national security interest, and we should no longer do the corrupt United Nation’s bidding by policing the world.
In Congress, I never vote for any piece of legislation that violates the Constitution’s strict limits on government power. I also do not participate in the congressional pension system.
As President, I give you my word that I will only exercise my authority within the confines of the Constitution, and I will work every day to rein in a runaway federal government by binding it with the chains of that document.
For my stands and beliefs, I am told that my efforts are “hopeless.” Like those who were proud to stand up for what they knew was right to create our nation, however, I firmly believe that now is a better time than ever before to reclaim our liberties. No situation is hopeless for those who receive their strength from their faith, family, and freedom.

And like those Patriots, I have no doubt that liberty will prevail.
I invite you to join me and millions of other Americans in taking our stand to honor our forefathers’ sacrifices and Restore America Now.
For Liberty,

Ron Paul

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Today is my favorite day of the year because it's a day that people are MOST likely to thank God for all of the blessings that we take for granted.  My happiest childhood memories (and they were few) were memories spent on Thanksgiving Day.  It seems that even old grumps are moved by the day to rejoice.

This afternoon I ended up doing something that I wasn't really thrilled about.  After spending the morning in the kitchen with Cora, it was a bit of a dud actually.  However, the wall in the shop needed painting and everyone is excited about getting the shop insulated so that the guys can work in there when it's cold outside.  I must admit that after it was finished, the white wall improved the morale of the place immensely!

While we were painting, the thought came to me, "Why aren't there any really good movies about Thanksgiving?"  If there are any, my mind wasn't drawn to them just then.  I said to the boys, "We need to make a good Thanksgiving movie.  I'll write it; we can all act in it; and Andrew can video it."

"Sure, Mom," said Jacob, and we continued rolling the stinky white paint on the new wall. 

Well, after I got the paint off of me and the brushes, I decided to share with you all here.  You must imagine my delight when I went to You Tube to see if there was anything worth sharing there on this special day.  Here was our future president (that's how I'm praying) talking about God and the Constitution and my heart was happy.  Of course, I must add that I had just started to watch the video of our current President discussing Thanksgiving so the contrast in philosophies was quite remarkable.   I say, "Started to," because I couldn't stomach watching all the way to the end. 

I know that you're probably all busy with family today so I hesitated to post this rather long video.  However, after I started listening to it, my heart was so happy that I just HAD to share it.  I urge you to take the time in the next few days to listen and I pray that doing so will make you thankful that you're an American too. 

If you aren't an American--please join with us in praying for our country to turn around and run away from all it's sin.  God is always calling, even nations, to enter into His sweet presence with true THANKSGIVING--and not only today!!!!!!!!!!

Love to all,

Dawn