Okay, I think I’ve finally figured out how politics work. If a party can gain votes by leaning left there it goes, but if more votes can be gained by leaning right it leans in that direction. If all thing are equal it just stays in the middle of the road (where the yellow stripes and dead skunks are found). If the majority of the people favor abortion the party endorses it, if not they condemn it. If the party can gain money and votes by endorsing the “gay” lifestyle that’s what it does. You get the picture– political parties sail whichever way the wind is blowing. So if not making mention of God will gain votes they dis-own God–not that He ever mattered anyway, He was just a vote getter as long as having Him in your corner mattered. As soon as He becomes unpopular enough to affect the votes He is kicked off the team.

For the most part political parties are but a reflection of a sizable chunk of the voting population. In case you haven’t noticed our country is almost evenly divided and that’s why we have only two parties. Both are representative of their part of the population, their voting block. There is no room for a third party in our present state.Pick an issue and you will notice that our nation is divided within a few percentage points of a 50/50 split, so we live in a constant state of conflict and the hatred one for the other seems to deepen every day. Regardless of where we are about half of the people want it to be otherwise.

Occasionally a leader comes along who is strong enough to tilt his party in a good direction, such as Reagan, and we prosper. And occasionally a strong personality comes along who is persuasive enough to take his party to an extreme in the other direction( who comes to your mind?) and things go south. So we bounce back and forth. But eventually someone is going to gain enough power to take us over the cliff. Seems to me that we’re right on the edge right now.

Have you ever stood near the edge on a high place and felt your toes curl and your feet tingle—scared half to death and yet possessed with a feeling that you ought to jump? Nope, I can’t explain it any better than that. It’s a weird feeling.Oh, oh I starting to feel it.

I just finished reading another article, and again I was reminded of the sad situation our nation is in. There are many things I would like to say, many questions I would like to ask, many warnings I would like to send, and much advice I would like to give. Instead I want to give you just one thing to think about, actually just one word–Read!

The more informed we are the better off we will be. Ignorance often proves fatal. And in this case we’re talking about a national calamity–the ruin of a republic, the destruction of democracy. I know that sounds far fetched to most people. But it has happened in other places and we are foolish to think we are exempt from the possibility. We are in dangerous territory.

I’ve often said it would be better if some folks didn’t vote. That might seem strange, but it’s true. For example, illegals shouldn’t vote, but many do. Convicted convicts shouldn’t vote–they lost their right. And in my opinion the uninformed shouldn’t vote. Far too many people vote out of blind allegiance to a particular party, or because of the promise of personal gain, or because of the color of a person’s skin.

If you are going to vote you need to be well informed. You need to get the facts. You need to understand what’s important and whats not. You need to consider what’s at stake. You need information. But you won’t get it through osmosis. Neither will it come by way of a divine revelation delivered by angels floating around in the air. You need to read.

Don’t wait until the election is over and the damage has been done, then say,”I didn’t know”. Pleading ignorance when you could have known the truth won’t get you off the hook. The facts are everywhere. All you have to do is read, watch, and listen.

Many have been surprised by Obama and disappointed. Why? What’s the surprise? From his own writings, speeches, behavior, and associates he told you what he would do before he ever became president–yet you helped elect him anyway. Why? Simply because you didn’t read, you didn’t investigate, you didn’t search for the facts. Those who voted for him either agreed with him or were ignorant about him, either way they are just as guilty as he is. If that embarrasses you and hurts your feelings it should.

It is quite possible that America will never be the same again if Obama wins and is allowed to carry out his plans. We will have destroyed ourselves, without a shot being fired (unless it is at those who protest). We must not “fiddle while Rome burns”. The stakes are too high for us to fail to get involved. Our nation is about to make a choice that could take us over the cliff. Let us then make a well informed decision. We dare not blindly follow those who would lead us astray. We must walk in the light of the truth, follow the facts, lest the America we know and love is destroyed before our very eyes. Making the right decision demands the we look at the facts. My one one of advice is “Read”! Think about it.

Here is an article everyone needs to read. It is by Andy Woods of the Sugar Land Bible Church:

Have we lost our capacity to think in this culture? Why is this election even close? It should be a runaway blow out by now in favor of Romney. Just look at the President’s “record” over the last four years. Keep in mind, this is only an economic record. Obama’s record in foreign affairs, sovereignty matters, cultural issues, and corruption is even worse. Our country is falling apart at the seams:

Wake up America!

23 million unemployed, 43 straight months of 8+% unemployment (of course, this number does not even factor in real or virtual unemployment or take into account those who have given up looking for work altogether), 45 million on food stamps, black poverty at record highs, black youth unemployment over 50%, Hispanic unemployment at 11.3%, food prices up 15% under Obama, gas prices doubled under Obama, Obama has the worst job creation record since 1945, the Obama “recovery” is the worst in 75 years, median household income declined under Obama, the middle class has lost 40% of its net worth under Obama, average family health insurance up $1,500 under Obama, addition of $6 trillion to our debt…more than all Presidents combined, and Obama presided over the only US credit downgrade.

If socialism works, how come so many Americans are hurting? The Obama campaign slogan “change” has jokingly come to mean what is finally left in our pockets following all of these aforementioned economic problems.

I know, it is all Bush’s fault. If that is what you think, keep in mind that the Democrats controlled both the legislative and executive branches of government for two solid years. During that time, they did nothing to help us climb out of our economic problems. In fact, through unprecedented governmental spending and expansion, they made things worse. Remember, it was the Democratic leadership in the House (Nancy Pelosi), and the Senate (Harry Reid), and the Executive branch (Obama and 30 or more unelected Czars) that violated numerous legislative procedures and Constitutional protections to ram an unwanted and unpopular 2700 page bureaucratic monstrosity down our throats known as “Obamacare.” This stunt allowed the national government to confiscate one sixth of the private sector economy, and represented the largest Federal power grab since FDR’s “New Deal” and LBJ’s “Great Society.” And contrary to what Chief Justice Roberts and four other like-minded Supreme Court “jurists” may think about it, there is not a single shred of Constitutional authority to justify Obamacare. (I still can’t find the words “universal healthcare” in the 20 enumerated powers that the text of the Constitution actually ascribes to Congress.) At what point do these people become accountable for their actions? By perpetually blaming his predecessor, Obama, in effect, is arguing that he is immune from accountability.

Besides, Obama’s real problem is not with George Bush. Rather, it is with George Washington. It is America’s unique system of limited government that Obama seeks to “fundamentally transform.” By the way, America’s founding documents have provided more freedom and prosperity to more people than any other system in world history. (Interestingly, our majestic Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, spans a mere 10 pages, which is quite minuscule in comparison to the Obamacare maze). These founding documents need protecting, not transforming.

While on the subject of the Georges, I would be remiss not to mention George Obama, Barack Obama’s half brother who lives in Nairobi. As documented by Dinesh D’Souza in his new movie and book, George Obama lives in a hut and languishes in poverty-stricken conditions. Why won’t the President of the United States, the most powerful man in the free world, come to the financial rescue of his own kin and blood? Under the socialist mindset, he really does not have to since the role of charity belongs to the state rather than the individual. Such priorities explain why Socialists are some of the stingiest people on the planet. After all, it is VP Joe Biden who gave less than 1.5% of his own personal income to charitable causes in 2011, all while simultaneously and continuously clamoring for higher taxes and greater government size. George Obama has another strike against him, which also helps explain the president’s refusal to be his brother’s keeper. According to D’Souza, George Obama had the temerity to publish his pro-colonial thoughts, which are obviously sentiments that contradict Barack Obama’s well-known anti-colonial, Marxist worldview.

Despite disdaining George Bush, George Washington, and George Obama, there is another “George” whom Obama no doubt loves since Obama will owe him big time should he win this election. That fourth George is international financier and left-wing globalist George Soros.

Who in their right mind can argue against the obvious conclusion that Barack Hussein Obama is the worst President in American history? Well, I know there is at least one person out there who appreciates Obama, and that is Presidential disaster Jimmy Carter. After four years of the Obama Administration, we can safely say that the American public no longer categorizes Jimmy Carter as the single worst President in American history. A vote for Obama is nothing more than a vote for four more years of the same, or worse. Wake up America, before it’s too late!

As I’ve been watching the RNC and listening to the speeches I can’t help but wonder,“Who is listening?”. I’m not an expert on anything and I’ve been wrong about many things, but in my opinion the upcoming presidential election could be the most important  one in our history.I owe it to my people, my family, my country, and myself to speak up about this. I refuse to take the cowards way out and cut-and- run rather than facing the issue. I am not going to pander to the crowd who thinks I ought to be “politically correct”. I’m not trying to win friends and influence people. The cause is simply too great for us to remain silent.

Knowing how divided our country is, I have often wondered if Obama can be defeated. If the election outcome was based on logic and reason there would be nothing to worry about because on that basis there is no way Obama could win, but we all know that there are other factors in play. So, I admit, I have been viewing the upcoming election with doubt and fear. However, I have been encouraged by watching the RNC. It has revived my spirits and given me reason to hope—hope that the outcome will be better than I first suspected. I like what I’ve heard.

I truly believe that anyone who listened to these speeches could have been helped by them. But that’s the issue isn’t it—“who is listening?”, Are you? I have been enlightened and encouraged by what I’ve heard, but many who could and would have been helped have not heard. That’s sad. Many are like those who say,”My mind is made up, don’t confuse me with the facts”. Others simply have not seen the need of listening or they are so busy doing other things they don’t take time to listen.

So, again I say, “I can’t help but wonder, ‘Who is listening’?” If you haven’t been tuned in, I want to encourage you to find out what was said. It’s not that hard. Anyone with a computer, a smart phone, or iPad, etc. can easily find the transcripts or video’s on line. I urge you to do just that. Don’t just sit back wondering what’s going on and end up wondering “What happened?”. Find the facts, use commonsense, consider what is at stake, and vote. If we all do that everything will turn out just fine.

However, I am troubled by the fact that not all our members see the need for attending all our services. I just don’t understand it. What better thing could yo do? What could possibly be more thrilling and more helpful? When you love people it breaks your heart to see them deprived of God’s blessings. I refuse to sit idly by and watch it happen without sounding out a word of warning. The very thing you need most might be found in the very next church service, but you will never know unless you are there. We would all be wise to consider the words of Hebrews 10:25 “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more as ye see the day approaching”. Even if the service was of no benefit to you personally, the needs of others ought to compel you to be present. It’s not just about what you can get, but also about what you can give. Think about it!