In these days of “tolerance”, there has been a growing acceptance of all kinds of cults and religions in our society. Here are some powerful questions you can ask people who follow an alternative belief system...
1) "What do you mean by that?" 2) "How do you know that is true?" 3) "Where do you get your information?" 4) "What happens if you are wrong?"
Questions like these can often expose flaws in the ungodly belief systems people follow. Trust the Holy Spirit to guide you in which questions to ask each person.
“Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist.” - Luke 21:14-15
A true measure of an economic structure of a country is to look at its tax rate. America is the land of taxes and if Obama's health care and carbon tax plans go through we could be looking at a marginal tax rate with city, state, and federal combined at around 50%. Consider that New Yorkers are already living in the tax capital of the world:
Like the old competition to have the world's tallest building, New York can't resist having the nation's highest taxes. So after California raised its top income tax rate to 10.55% last month, Albany's politicians leapt into action to reclaim high-tax honors. Maybe C-Span can make this tax competition a new reality TV series; Carla Bruni, the first lady of France, could host.
Mr. Silver says of the coming tax hikes: "We've done it before. There hasn't been a catastrophe." Oh, really? According to Census Bureau data, over the past decade 1.97 million New Yorkers left the state for greener pastures -- the biggest exodus of any state. New York City has lost more than 75,000 jobs since last August, and many industrial areas upstate are as rundown as Detroit. The American Legislative Exchange Council recently said New York had the worst economic outlook of all 50 states, including Michigan. And that analysis was done before these $4 billion in new taxes. How does Mr. Silver define "catastrophe"?
Oh, and it isn't just high earners who get smacked. The new budget raises another $2 billion or so on top of the $4 billion in income taxes with some 100 new taxes, fees, fines, surcharges and penalties to be paid by all New York residents. There are new charges for cell phone usage, fishing permits, health insurance (the "sick tax"), electric bills, and on bottled water, cigars, beer and wine. A New York Post analysis found that a typical family of four with an income below $100,000 would pay more than $800 a year in higher taxes and fees.
If taxes are any indication, America's economic system is not capitalistic but socialistic.
With gas at the pump last year at $4.00 a gallon, much was made on how the price got to be so high. While a lot had to do with speculation, take a look at the taxes on a gallon taken from the Department of Transportation:
Average taxes: Regular Grade Gas at the Pump
State: 20.7 cents
Federal: 18 cents
Sales Tax: 5 percent
AND don't forget all the many Hidden Taxes that get passed along to the consumer one way or another:
Corporate Taxes: 25% of retailer's profit
State income tax 6% of retailer's profit
SO, take gas at $2.00
State: .21
Fed: .18
Sales: .10
Hidden: If profit margin is 10%, and leaving out a lot of variables, one would expect that as least some of that cost is passed along--although there is little price elasticity in this close to perfectly competitive market: Make it .10
That makes about 25% of the cost of gas due to taxes, which means we're paying a heafty tax every time we fill up.
On another note: It's time for an economic lesson on a common fallicy that is propogated that public works jobs--like those promised in the stimulus---somehow equal a benefit to society.
Public Works =Taxes
The thing so great that private capital could not have built it has indeed been built by private capital.The capital that was expropriated in taxes or if the money was borrowed, that must eventually expropriated in taxes.NEVER FORGET the power plants and buildings that were destroyed by not allowing them to come into existence in the first place due to their capital being taken from them to build the photogenic Norris Dam or thing etc!
Never forget the 2 sides of the ledger! While one side is comparatively richer, the other is comparatively poorer.
Here is an odd page which quotes an early 20th century (1913) prophet from a cultic or heretical Christian group in Kenya. The Kenyan prophet predicts the destruction of the United States in future times to be brought about by one of the sons of Kenya. Unique but very hard to determine authenticity.
The key that makes this prophecy so intriguing is the fact that Obama has STILL NOT disclosed a valid birth certificate to the public. With a state run media worshipping him throughout the campaign, no one gave notice to asking him for it. He posted a short one on his 'fight the smears' campaign website, but never did post the longer official birth certificate. AND he has spent billions to hire lawyers to make sure that nothing comes of this issue. Which asks the question: Honesty Speaks? If he's got it, why not release it? Read more from World Net Daily on this issue which are currently filing a lawsuit (a snowballs chance of hell of getting the release of this document).
Update: Obama has released his most recent birth certificate although many questions still remain unanswered as to why it to took him 3 years to do so and whether the long-form certificate is actually real. WND tallies the many question marks around the most recently released certificate.
JohanwaOwalo, the founder of Kenya’s NomiyaLuo Church, and who among the Kenya people of the Luo religion is believed to be a prophet similar to Jesus Christ and Muhammad, and who in 1912 made this horrific prophecy about the United States:
“So far have they [the United States] strayed into wickedness in those [future] times that their destruction has been sealed by my [father]. Their great cities will burn, their crops and cattle will suffer disease and death, their children will perish from diseases never seen upon this Earth, and I reveal to you the greatest [mystery] of all as I have been allowed to see that their [the United States] destruction will come about through the vengeful hands of one of our very own sons.” [1]
The author at this site that re-published this prophecy goes on to indicate that this prophet is from the Lueo tribe in Africa, the same place as Obama's father. This 'coincidence' would need to be investigated to prove the validity of the Visions of the Great Nyasaye. Nevertheless, Romans 13 states:
Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.
Barack Obama is America's 44th president, not by accident. He has been appointed by God for such a time as this. Could it be thought this president will usher in the reign of the beast or the tribulation talked about in Revelation?
Another intriguing prophecy is found in Deuteronomy 28:43. Deuteronomy is known as Moses' farewell discourse as he gives words from the Lord to the people of Israel at the end of their 40 years in the wilderness after miraculously freed from bondage in Egypt with God's help. Chapter 28 talks of the the terrible havoc of soul that comes from rejecting God's divine commands.
"The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower.
Perry Stone details the spiritual and prophetic connections between America and Israel. Prophetic events often occur in circles---I'll post on this more later. As a result one could possibly read the punishment God promises on Israel for their disobedience as the same type of punishment that also could occur to America. Could this prophecy allude to a foreign born leader coming to power in America after the nation has disobeyed God?
In closing, here are a final few reasons this site points out on how Obama's presidency may be Apocalyptic:
The timing of his election. It may be that there are only two presidential terms left before the Great Tribulation (Does God Have a 6,000 Year Plan? What Year Does the 6,000 Years End?) and the fulfillment of related prophecies in the Book of Revelation (called the Apocalypse by most Catholics). Barack Obama’s very presence (as well as his planned and unplanned actions) should be enough to enable the fulfillment of various end-time prophecies.
As one with a Luo Kenyan father, Barack Obama (see also Kenya Rejoices as Obama Wins) may be part of the fulfillment of Deuteronomy 28:43.
Since the Roe vs. Wade pro-abortion decision, the USA has became the greatest debtor nation in the history of humankind. Since the USA owes alien nations trillions of dollars, it appears that the curse in Deuteronomy 28:44 of having to borrow from aliens is happening to it now. President Barack Obama has put forth economic policies that will increase that debt (see President Obama Forgot the Bible). Yet, the Bible specifically warns that increasing national debt like this will lead to destruction at the appointed time of the end in Habakkuk 2:3,6-8 (see also Anglo - America in Prophecy).
One of the first actual changes that Barack Obama implemented was reversing one or more executive orders that will likely lead to more abortions (see Obama’s Abortion Changes). Yet, abortion is wrong (see Abortion, the Bible, and a Woman’s Right to Choose) and a terrible national sin. And on March 9, 2009 lifted a ban on embryonic stem cell research (see LCG on Stem Cells) another morally wrong sin.
In a policy shift from past administrations, Barack Obama has pledged increased cooperation with the Europeans, including strengthening their defense (see Obama Proving Apocalyptic). This cooperation is likely to lead to the rise of the prophesied King of the North, who is to be the final leader of the Beast of Revelation.
Barack Obama has called for increased dialogue with those considered as enemies of the USA. Even some Shiite Muslims believe that his presidency may lead to the rise of their Mahdi (see Barack Obama in Islamic Prophecy?), who seems to be the same person that the Bible calls the King of the South.
No doubt, apocalyptic or not, America has lost the favor of God and is headed for judgement unless this country repents from its sin and turns toward God. I pray this happens before it is to late.
Hitler's right hand man, Joseph Goebbels, spread lies and rumors about the Jews and other minority groups that laid the framework for Hitler's rationalization of mass murder on a large scale. Hitler's famous quote was later conned due to this mans work: "You tell a lie long enough and people will believe it."
Read the response from the head of the fed when questioned on what would happen should the public find out what is actually happening at the nations central bank--the Federal Reserve. From an article from NumisMaster:
Last Thursday, in testimony to Congress, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Donald Kohn stated that if the public became more aware of the Fed's actions, should this bill became law, that it could result in higher consumer prices, higher interest rates and a decline in the credit rating of the United States government.
The article below is well worth reading. The lack of transparency in our system and abundance of ignoranc in the minds of America's youth do not paint a pretty picture for the future of this once great nation.
The legislative effort to audit the Federal Reserve took an interesting, though ugly, turn last week. On Wednesday, the entire Senate was considering an appropriations bill. Sen. DeMint, R-S.C., saw that several amendments had been added to the bill for various authorizations of audits to be performed by the Government Accounting Office. So he introduced an amendment to the appropriations bill to add the bill calling for the GAO to audit the Fed (DeMint is a co-sponsor of the original "audit the Fed" bill asking for an audit).
When this happened, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., objected that this violated Senate Rule 16, which prohibits legislative amendments to appropriations bills. The Senate president immediately agreed and struck this particular amendment from the appropriations bill.
When this occurred, DeMint kept fighting. He mentioned that the "audit the Fed" bill had widespread bipartisan legislative support. He pointed out that Senate rules were frequently violated, which they are. He then specifically named each other GAO audit legislation amended onto this appropriations bill. The Senate president acknowledged each time that these amendments violated Senate rules, but he let them remain as part of the appropriations bill.
The implication of this development is that the Democratic leadership in Congress and in the White House does not want the public to know what an audit of the Federal Reserve would reveal. One likely revelation would be just how much gold the U.S. government really owns versus what it tries to claim it owns.
Last Thursday, in testimony to Congress, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Donald Kohn stated that if the public became more aware of the Fed's actions, should this bill became law, that it could result in higher consumer prices, higher interest rates and a decline in the credit rating of the United States government. The question not asked of him is why is the Fed taking actions that could cause such a result - but only if the public found out what the Fed did.
Also last week, Goldman Sachs reported a theft of one of the company's proprietary trading programs, allegedly taken by one of the employees who helped create it. In reporting the theft, Goldman Sachs said that usage of this program could make it possible for the user to manipulate markets unfairly.
Let me be clear about this. Goldman Sachs admits that they have trading software that could be used to unfairly manipulate markets, but they don't admit to using it for such activities. The unasked question is - why else would they bother creating such software?
Already, there are theories of what Goldman Sachs has been able to do with such software and why they have made a public stink about the alleged theft rather than kept quiet. Last Wednesday, one publication stated that the software enables Goldman Sachs to assist the President's Working Group on Financial Markets (popularly called the Plunge Protection Team). Supposedly, this software reviews trading orders on the exchanges before they were committed. In the split-second before the orders are committed, Goldman Sachs' program can enter trades to take advantage of the change in the market before other traders learn of these developments.
Other theories speculate that the derivatives markets may soon expose major losses with Goldman Sachs wanting to pre-emptively deflect future blame that they might receive when this occurs.
Last Thursday, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-NY, who is the chair of the Joint Economic Committee, revealed to this committee that the $3.5 trillion of commercial real estate debt is a ticking "time bomb" and a "looming crisis" as $700 billion of this debt must be refinanced by the end of 2009. She said that there could be a second wave of huge losses at large U.S. banks.
There are significant stories flying around London and Washington that extremely bad news is going to be forced into the public eye at the end of August or in September. Among the kinds of news expected to be revealed are further major losses in the residential real estate mortgages, credit card debt and the commercial real estate market. Multiple sources are indicating that if you want to be able to purchase physical gold and silver, you probably should plan to take delivery by Aug. 20 or so at the latest (actually there is apparently some specific significant financial news that will be publicly disclosed on July 22 that would have an impact on precious metals markets, but I have no details what this involves).
Adrian Douglas, a professional commodity analyst and member of the Board of Directors of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA), published an analysis Saturday revealing his discovery why the COMEX gold market reports on trading activity and the movement of metals were not making sense. In addition to being able to settle COMEX contracts by either delivering physical metal or paying cash, a gold contract can be settled by "substantially the economic equivalent" of gold. What has happened is that many COMEX gold contracts are being settled with shares of gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs). In theory, these ETFs own physical gold covering all of the outstanding shares, typically 1/10th ounce of gold per share. However, there are so many loopholes in the ETF contracts that allow the managers of the fund to effectively hold paper contracts rather than physical metal that there is significant doubt that the ETF could deliver gold to redeem outstanding shares. The rules of the COMEX silver market do not (yet) allow contracts to be settled with ETF shares.
This strategy of delivering "potentially paper gold" to satisfy contracts requiring delivery of physical gold has now been adopted by the Tokyo Commodity Exchange and Tokyo Stock Exchange. Prices of precious metals took a major hit last week. The G-8 Group of the world's largest economies plus Russia met in Rome last Wednesday through Friday. One of the subjects certain to be under discussion was the deteriorating position of the U.S. dollar as the de facto world reserve currency. The U.S. government has a strong interest in preventing any discussion of alternatives to the U.S. dollar. One way to "show" that the dollar is still strong and doesn't need any replacement is to knock down gold and silver prices significantly just before the meeting started. Funny - that is exactly what happened.
It is difficult to see developments such as these and still have any justification for the U.S. government's claim that there is no manipulation of the gold and silver markets.
If the foundations be destroyed, what will the righteous do? Psalm 74
The battle for marriage is the battle of the century. The values, customs, conventions, and norms of the Judeo-Christian traditions that inform and guide a free society are nestled in the institution of marriage and family. Once this wall falls, all others will follow.
The hottest debate among California gay marriage supporters revolves around a simple question: Do you try to overturn Proposition 8 in 2010 or 2012? This week it got hotter, as the community started to choose sides.
A diverse union of LGBT coalitions of color -- including API Equality-LA, HONOR PAC, and the Jordan/ Rustin Coalition -- said let's wait until 2012 before shoving another ballot initiative in front of folks. Their motto: Prepare to Prevail.
Say the P2Pers: Going "back to the ballot to remove the voter-imposed ban on same-sex marriage from the state constitution in 2010 would be rushed and risky. We should proceed with a costly, demanding, and high-stakes electoral campaign of this sort only when we are confident we can win."
Iran is getting ready. Israel has already shown it is on the prowl (See Previous Post). The lines have been drawn in the sand, now the only question is who will strike first.
VIENNA (AP) - Iran is blocking U.N. nuclear agency attempts to upgrade monitoring of its atomic program while advancing those activities to the stage that the country would have the means to test a weapon within six months, diplomats told The Associated Press Friday.
The diplomats emphasized that there were no indications of plans for such a nuclear test, saying it was highly unlikely Iran would risk heightened confrontation with the West—and chances of Israeli attack—by embarking on such a course.
But they said that even as Iran expands uranium enrichment, which can create fissile nuclear material, it is resisting International Atomic Energy Agency attempts to increase surveillance of its enrichment site meant to keep pace with the plant's increased size and complexity.
For Iran to amass enough fissile material to conduct an underground test similar to North Korea's 2006 nuclear explosion, it would likely have to kick out monitors of the IAEA—the U.N. nuclear agency—from its one known uranium enrichment site at Natanz. Technicians then could reconfigure the centrifuges now churning out nuclear-fuel grade enriched uranium to highly enriched, weapons-grade material.
While a secularist philosophy has overtaken America's schools, homes, and minds, Islam is on the move. It is predicted 1/3rd of Europeans will be born to Muslims within 25 years. America is following right on Europe's heels.
A group committed to establishing an international Islamic empire and reportedly linked to Al Qaeda is stepping up its Western recruitment efforts by holding its first official conference in the U.S.
Hizbut-Tahrir is a global Sunni network with reported ties to confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid SheikhMohammed and Al Qaeda in Iraq's onetime leader AbuMusabal-Zarqawi. It has operated discreetly in the U.S. for decades.
Now, it is coming out of the shadows and openly hosting a July 19 conference entitled, "The Fall of Capitalism and the Rise of Islam," at a posh Hilton hotel in a suburb of Chicago.
America has lost its Judeo-christian ethics and morals that were woven within the very fabric of it s existence. Immorality always follows impiety and the vacuum of secularism is leaving hearts and minds longing for something fill it.
A revealing video and must see with around 10 million views on YouTube:
Two Israeli missile class warships have sailed through the Suez Canal, ten days after a submarine capable of launching a nuclear missile strike, in preparation for a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The deployment into the Red Sea, confirmed by Israeli officials, was a clear signal that Israel was able to put its strike force within range of Iran at short notice. It came before long-range exercises by the Israeli air force in America later this month and the test of a missile defense shield at a U.S. missile range in the Pacific Ocean.
Israel has strengthened ties with Arab nations who also fear a nuclear-armed Iran. In particular, relations with Egypt have grown increasingly strong this year over the “shared mutual distrust of Iran”, according to one Israeli diplomat. Israeli naval vessels would likely pass through the Suez Canal for an Iranian strike.
“This is preparation that should be taken seriously. Israel is investing time in preparing itself for the complexity of an attack on Iran. These maneuvers are a message to Iran that Israel will follow up on its threats,” an Israeli defense official said.
It is believed that Israel’s missile-equipped submarines, and its fleet of advanced aircraft, could be used to strike at in excess of a dozen nuclear-related targets more than 800 miles from Israel.
Ahmed AboulGheit, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, said that his Government explicitly allowed passage of Israeli vessels, and an Israeli admiral said that the drills were “run regularly with the full co-operation of the Egyptians.”
Two Israeli Saar class missile boats and a Dolphin class submarine have passed through Suez. Israel has six Dolphin-class submarines, three of which are widely believed to carry nuclear missiles.
Here's the title from the latest financial decision coming from Obama:
Government will not give lender CIT 2nd bailout
Troubled lender CIT Group says it will not receive government bailout
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration drew a line in the sand on financial bailouts Wednesday, denying emergency aid to CIT Group Inc., a struggling commercial lender on the brink of bankruptcy.
CIT is one of America's largest lenders to small and mid-size businesses. The company has warned that its failure could imperil about a million corporate borrowers, including retailers, restaurants and airlines.
Despite bailouts to every Goldman Sachs exec on Wall Street, the unions, and every other liberal insider, Obama will not give aid to the leading small business lender CIT--the largest lender to small business in America. He is doing everything he can to destroy the middle class of America. Obama could cause more economic destruction in one year than the previous 43 did combined. The Health Care tax, Carbon Tax, Expiring Bush Tax Cuts Tax, other misc taxes like the VAT tax, raise in capital gain tax, etc. This is intentional and he knows what he is doing, if the Senate bows to his wishes, we will have lost possibly every bit of economic freedom gained from Reagan's presidency and more. He wants to fundamentally remake this great country and take from it the liberty and freedom in which we fought for so long to achieve. Rome walked this same path, with a heathen corrupt senate squeezing the middle class dry with taxes and this loss of economic freedom sunk the western half of this empire.
In the US, each problem is recast in a way that lets the federal government become more powerful. There have been reports that some of the proposed environmental legislation will let police agents enter your home to make sure you are sufficiently Green. Fining businesses and individuals if they do not enroll in health insurance programs is another personal invasion. It is hard to realize that we are coming to this. His genius and cleverness convinces the sheeple with ease that they want to surrender their freedoms.
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