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		<title>The Truth is an open book!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong> Many do not like or even understand the truth!  Unfortunately the truth exist whether you believe it or not!  The truth is there find it for your sake!<br />
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<p><strong> The truth is eternal, and never changing, what was or is, or will be is always the truth!</strong></p>
<p>The truth supersedes all else, even the falsehood or lies&#8230;  Because even the untruths are true as the exist  in an existence which is a true event in time!   Yes, even the bad or falsehoods of existence are a true happening&#8230;  Therefore the truth exist in all things, because since even the false lies exist they are a true occurrence&#8230;</p>
<p>This does not mean that you need believe a lie or falsehood,  just that you should become aware of it&#8217;s existence&#8230;  Because it exist or has occurred it is a true event in time! There is some truth in every lie!</p>
<p>Why is this dear friend?</p>
<p>Well if you (we) get back to the basic elements of the universe, it becomes apparent, that we live by certain inalienable laws or principles of Truth!  These are based upon the very essence of Almighty God!</p>
<p><strong>God is truth and all that is created by Him exist as some form of truth! </strong></p>
<p>Yes even Satan, is a true existence, while opposed to the directives of God,  he exist and operates while in unholy ways he is a true being&#8230;  Therefore there is a truth about even the devil and all the evil in the universe!  Satan does exist&#8230;    To believe otherwise is one of the great lies perpetrated upon the created beings&#8230;</p>
<p>Your purpose in life is to seek the truth, beyond this earthly existence in which we exist&#8230;.  You should  { which is conditional } extend all your effort to find how the truth can or will effect your future&#8230;</p>
<p>Remember<strong> &#8221; Consequences follow conduct!&#8221; </strong></p>
<p><em> <strong>If you live an evil self centered life without repentance and acceptance of the saving Grace of The One true God, then you will only have a evil lonely existence in the eternity to come! Because The Only Sin that will cast you into the Outer Darkness { Which is with out God}; is to reject or not accept His Grace and Mercy that He has offered  and allowed through  His Son , by your personal choice!  There by failing to accept His Lordship and Surrendering to His Will in your life!   That is The Sin of  Unforgiveness!</strong></em><em><br />
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<p>This is the truth, and neither you nor anyone else can change that period!</p>
<p>You can do wrong, even when you do not realize that it is wrong or evil!</p>
<p>This should be enough to scar you into seeking the Grace of God in your life!</p>
<p>But since the Truth of God is an open book, you can through prayer, supplication and repentance come to the saving Grace of Almighty God, who alone can save your very  soul!  This is where your faith comes into play, the act of being saved is a open on going thing that must be worked out by you alone with fear and trembling!</p>
<p><strong>What we should learn in this life is simply truth! </strong></p>
<p><strong>The truth exist; find it for your sake!</strong></p>
<p>We will discuss this in more detail how to find the truth which is an open book in future posts&#8230;</p>
<p><em><strong> May Almighty God Bless your soul, and grant you the peace you seek through the Universal Truth of His Word!</strong></em></p>
<p>***  Reply,  if you need help as we are here to help make the truth crystal clear to all who seek it!</p>
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		<title>Going to Hell in a hand basket?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Do not know about the hand basket, but much of the world appear to be headed to hell in a hurry today&#8230;</p>
<p>How and why?</p>
<p>Well if you want some more perspective on this just check out http://simplytruth.com/forums,  to help you get a better understanding!</p>
<p><strong> BTW: This blog is free, with no ads or hidden agendas or requirements to do any thing, except learn the truth! </strong></p>
<p>One of the ways the Islamic desired control of America {and all other non Muslim countries} is coming about is through the prison systems and propaganda  in local masques&#8230;.   Read this report:</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Converts to terror</strong></span></span></p>
<p>By PATRICK DUNLEAVY</p>
<p>Reporting on the terrorism trial now under way in federal  district court in Manhattan is focusing on defense attorneys&#8217;  &#8220;entrapment&#8221; claim. But to me, the more interesting question is how the  four accused were radicalized to the point where they&#8217;d even <em>consider</em> plotting to bomb synagogues in The Bronx and shoot down aircraft with missiles.</p>
<p>What stands out is the prison connection.</p>
<p>All four defendants were former inmates. More important, all  three imams at the mosque in Newburgh that the defendants attended after  being released from prison had a connection with the prison system.</p>
<p>Imams Salahuddin Muhammad, Hamin Rashada and Melody Rashada  worked for the Department of Correctional Services. All had been hired  by Warith Deen Umar &#8212; who for years headed ministerial services for the  New York state prison system.</p>
<p>Umar stated in a 2003 Wall Street Journal interview that prisons  were a prime place to recruit homegrown terrorists. As recently as last  year, at an Islamic Society of North American convention, he made  disparaging remarks about Israel and Jews in 2009. He&#8217;s an an avowed  Salafist.</p>
<p>The Wahabbi/Salafist sect of Islam adheres to a strict  interpretation of the Koran and aims to restore the caliphate form of  government, functioning under Sharia law. It views Jews and other groups  of nonbelievers as infidels and enemies of Islam.</p>
<p>And it has been the <em>dominant</em> Islamic theology in the  prison Muslim community for decades &#8212; thanks to generous Saudi funding  for literature and training for the chaplains. It&#8217;s been so dominant  that Shia Muslim inmates in New York filed a class-action lawsuit  against the prison administrators, claiming religious persecution,  threats and overt acts of intimidation by other Muslim inmates at the  behest of the civil-service chaplains.</p>
<p>Several years ago, authorities recorded conversations of  convicts in Imam Salahuddin Muhammad&#8217;s congregation. One claimed that  both the governor and the president of the United States were &#8220;Zionist  puppets.&#8221; Another called Jews &#8220;pigs and dogs.&#8221;</p>
<p>Is it any wonder that one of the defendants, alleged ringleader  James Cromitie, was recorded making anti-Semitic remarks and stating  that he wanted to destroy the Jews, seeing them as enemies of Islam.</p>
<p>Where and when were these seeds of hatred planted &#8212; and where was the prison chaplain when all this was going on?</p>
<p>In an interview with The New York Times after the arrest of the  four suspects in May 2009, Imam Salahuddin Muhammad insisted he&#8217;d seen  little evidence of radicalization in prison, claiming, &#8220;I don&#8217;t hear any  of that wild stuff,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and if I did hear it, I would stomp it  out. It&#8217;s totally un-Islamic.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yet, during his time as chaplain in the Fishkill State Prison,  he hired several inmates with known radical Islamic ties as clerks in  the chaplain&#8217;s office. One was a Palestinian Hamas member; another was a  Yemeni inmate with ties to the Lackawanna Six &#8212; a US-grown terrorist  cell that attended al Qaeda training camps in the Middle East. He even  allowed the inmates to use his office phone to call the Middle East and  North Africa.</p>
<p>One need only look at the amount of money from inmate funds that  were sent to the Newburgh mosque over the years to see a  well-established connection. Inmates from the chaplains&#8217; prison  congregations have also sent thousands of dollars to pseudo-Islamic  charities, such as the Holy Land Foundation and others, which in turn  provided material support for terrorist organizations.</p>
<p>Radical Islamic recruitment in the prison system is a reality.  Years of sowing seeds among a captive audience are bearing fruit.</p>
<p>It was no coincidence that the authorities focused on this particular congregation.</p>
<p><em>Patrick Dunleavy, a former deputy inspector general of the  state Department of Correctional Services, spent more than 26 years  working in law enforcement. As head of the Criminal Intelligence  Division, he probed the radical Islamic-recruitment movement inside and  outside prison walls. A version of this article ran at  investigativeproject.org.</em></p>
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<p>To see more truth about Islamic law   go to  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=radQfdRNSxA</p>
<p>{ Children of the night &#8211; sharia law }    Here is more truth!</p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong> This is  just more of the Truth about how your freedom is being subverted; one of the most important things in this is why anyone knowing how this Islamic law works would choose this? </strong><br />
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		<title>The sands of time!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>While most Americans  seem to want, a peaceful productive nation; it is not happening&#8230;  why?</p>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As  a nation, we have moved from being freedom fighters to comfort lovers,  and it is time for all liberty-loving Americans to realize where our  present state of affairs is taking us. It is time to choose the kind of  country in which we want to live &#8212; whether we want to live under the  rule of law or under the rule of corrupt man. </span></strong></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The  choice is simple:<strong> It is either;  the world of standards and morality, self-government  and accountability to God or  the world of tyranny and ever-changing  moral codes enforced by government.</strong> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How can Americans take back their  nation? </span></div>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The  only way we can reestablish our freedom &#8212; our God-given rights to  life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness &#8211;<em> is to break the  hammerlock of Satanism and the notion that moral relativism holds the  answers to ordering people&#8217;s passions and behavior&#8230;</em> The present day Drug culture in the Western World is fed by the thoughtless group who seek some form of temporary personal pleasure at all costs&#8230;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Then you add in some of the most recent immigrants;  who want to make this country, just life the ones from which they came&#8230;.  One of the reasons people came to the United States was to escape the old system and start a new&#8230;  Yet they have come here with only one reason in mind, that is to make it just like where they came from&#8230;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> If that is the case or your agenda then, stop and go back to where ever you foreigners think is so wonderful and just stay there&#8230;  The US was set up to be a free country, not ruled by any special groups or religious governments&#8230;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ex.   Like the Islamic laws and government! { Their way or no way! } </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As the sands of time run onward, we the concerned citizens of the United States of America must learn how to protect and defend our principles and freedoms or they will be lose as in most of the rest of the world!  Lets clean up this country, and start to make it be like a shining city upon a hill, a place for all to see and want to be!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> There would not be any Drug problem here if people did not buy the stuff, crime would be non existence, and there would not be all the woes and grief in society if we eliminated greed and selfishness&#8230;  The solution is crystal clear, if we get our country back to the ways of God; then all the other problems would not be so prevalent!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Please remember one of the most quoted scriptures: </span></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">If my people</span>, which are called by my      name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from      their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,      and will heal their land.&#8221; -2nd Chronicles 7:14</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>**   2nd    Chronicles 7:14  is one of the most quoted Scriptures from the Word of    God.  This verse contains the remedy for America.  It contains a PROMISE from    God Almighty, but it&#8217;s a &#8220;conditional&#8221; promise (i.e., there are conditions    which WE must first meet as believers).  If we meet the conditions, then God    will honor His promise.  Here are the conditions:</p>
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<li>Humble ourselves</li>
<li>Pray</li>
<li>Seek God&#8217;s face</li>
<li>Turn from our wicked ways</li>
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<p>These four conditions    are naturally progressive in order.  In other words, a person won&#8217;t pray if    they are not humble.  A person who does not humble them self and pray cannot    seek God&#8217;s face.  A person who is not seeking God&#8217;s face will not turn from    their wicked sins.  So there is a divine order here, and it all begins with    humility and thanksgiving towards God on our part.  When we are humbled, then    we will turn to God in prayer and seek God&#8217;s presence in our life.  As we GROW    in the Spirit by walking with God, He WILL influence us and rub off on us.     Thus, we will become more like Jesus, loving righteousness and hating    iniquity.</p>
<p><strong> The Sin of Complacency</strong></p>
<p>One of the most wicked    sins of Christians in America is complacency.  Most Christians are woefully    guilty of <a href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer%27s%20Corner/who_cares.htm">apathy</a> and <a href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer%27s%20Corner/indifference.htm"> indifference</a>.  This is exactly why wickedness has flourished in America.</p>
<p>Yes, America can be healed, but she has lapsed into a spiritual coma that only    red-hot uncompromising Biblical preaching can bring her out of.  Most    Christians live on the love boat, they run away from anything that might bring    them persecution.  The Bible declares that anyone who lives for God WILL    face certain persecution&#8230;&#8221;Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus    shall suffer persecution&#8221; (2nd Timothy 3:12).  The Christian life is a   <a href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer%27s%20Corner/carrying_your_cross.htm">cross-bearing</a> life.  If you want to    measure how well America&#8217;s Christians are doing, then simply look at the level    of persecution.  Though we receive news reports here and there of    Christians who are faithfully fighting the good fight of faith, MOST    Christians in America don&#8217;t know what &#8220;persecution&#8221; really means.     Instead of preaching out against &#8220;homosexual marriages,&#8221;   <a href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Apostasy/gay_friendly_christians.htm"><em> Christianity Today</em> magazine</a> thinks we should be more loving and    understanding towards the LGBT community.  Instead of exposing the    Satanic evils of Harry Potter, <em>Christianity Today</em> magazine actually    gave the witchcraft series a <a href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/beware_of_christianity_today.htm"> positive review</a>.  Do you see, we have not turned from our wicked ways    in America.</p>
<p>The average church    administration cares more about the Sunday offerings than they do about the    people in the local community.  Even worse, America&#8217;s Christians are    living in DENIAL of their apostate condition.</p>
<p>Ex.  Posters picturing aborted babies has been PROVEN to deter some    women from having abortions.  What is wrong with America&#8217;s pastors?     We didn&#8217;t need a pastor like that.</p>
<p><strong> Believers Who Don&#8217;t care</strong></p>
<p>What will it take America?  What will it take to open your eyes oh    Christian?  What will it take to remove your blinders to the truth?     America is going to hell because of <a href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer%27s%20Corner/dead_churches.htm">dead churches</a>,    because of Christians who play the church game without ever doing anything to    fight against sin and evil.</p>
<p><strong> Backslidden Bible Colleges</strong></p>
<p>It&#8217;s so frustrating to know that such a deadbeat is responsible for hundreds    of young people in a Bible college.  What are Bible colleges thinking    these days?  They are hiring the wrong people!</p>
<p>If I had a Bible    college, I would hire all the troublemakers&#8230;the big mouths for God, of course, I probably wouldn&#8217;t    have many students either.</p>
<p>Most young people today are more concerned    about job security than they are about serving God.  Listen folks, there    ain&#8217;t no job security in the ministry&#8230;none!  In fact, there&#8217;s not much    job security in most jobs today&#8230;secular or ministerial.  Most    college-aged young people are being supported by their parents, and their    parents are primarily concerned about their kid eating when he/she finishes    school (understandably).  As America plunges deeper and deeper into the    immoral abyss, Bible colleges are increasingly pressured to dip their sails    and compromise their standards in order to maintain enough enrollment to pay    the bills.  There&#8217;s a natural trend for Bible colleges to spiritually    deteriorate over time.  It&#8217;s a sad fact, Bible college administrations    oftentimes compromise their integrity to attract more students who are more    worldly.  It&#8217;s hard to imagine that the heathen, <em>Chicago University,</em> was actually started by a Baptist preacher a long, long time ago.</p>
<p><strong> If My People&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>If    America is going to be changed, we need a whole new breed of believers.     The television believer isn&#8217;t going to change America.  The NIV (<em>New    International Version</em>) believer isn&#8217;t going to change America for God.     The Sunday believer isn&#8217;t going to do it.  We need men and women with    backbone&#8230;guts!</p>
<p><strong>Until you come to the place in your Christian life    where you&#8217;re willing to lose something (perhaps even everything) for the cause    of Christ, then you will never do much for God.  Fear prevents believers    from taking a stand, from jumping into the deep for God, from going against    the crowd, from standing alone, from preaching the truth to a hostile world.</strong></p>
<p><strong>BTW: Fear is one of the main tools of the Devil,  Because when you are afraid you will not do anything,  just quake and shiver! Which is exactly what Satan wants you to do!   Nothing!<br />
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<p>Please don&#8217;t misunderstand me, anyone can serve God&#8230;even cowards.     Perhaps you can only give out Gospel tracts anonymously because you&#8217;re afraid    of people.  That&#8217;s  OK!  Everyone is different.  All I&#8217;m saying    is that if America is going to be brought back to God and saved from utter    destruction, then we&#8217;re going to need some fearless Christians to    stand up and men of God to preach the Word of God uncompromisingly against sin.     Satan&#8217;s crowd has near total control of the TV and radio.  We need    thousands of Christian websites, like this one, to take a stand for God on the    internet.</p>
<p><strong> ** If you are afraid to serve God in your daily life, quit reading here, because you do not have any gumption to move out of your going no where in the Eternity to come attitude!</strong></p>
<p>Type in &#8220;Public Schools Are Evil&#8221; and    this website will likely come up first.  That makes me feel good.     Why?  Because I&#8217;m not just sitting in church on Sunday praising the Lord,    I&#8217;m also putting a candle under the devil&#8217;s rear end at the same time.     Type in &#8220;Catholic church exposed&#8221; and this website will likely come up first    again.  Join me as I fight to proclaim the truth, especially the truth of    the Gospel of Jesus Christ.</p>
<p>God is waiting!  God is listening and watching!  If you&#8217;re humble    enough to pray and seek God&#8217;s face, then do it.  The result should cause    you to want to please God by living a righteous life, and to equally hate sin    and speak out against it.  God deliver us from the hordes of professed    Christians who have no zeal for God, little concern over right or wrong, and    no hostility against sin.  America is going to hell because of    church-going believers who have NO PASSION about the things of God.  What    is God concerned about?  God is concerned about the poor.  God is    concerned about the broken-hearted.  God is concerned about the    exploited.  God is concerned about the robbed and betrayed.  God is    concerned about the unemployed.  And God is hateful against all the sins    which cause these evils in society.  God hates the murderous abortion    industry.  God hates the murderous alcohol industry and liquor    trafficking.  God hates the scandalous<em> Federal Reserve System</em>.     God hates the enslaving <em>Patriot Act</em>.  God hates corruption, like   <em>Enron.</em> God hates all the adulterous, lewd, and violent <em> Hollywood </em>movies.  God hates the torture and murder of Terri Schiavo.     God hates the evil invasion of Iraq on the basis of White House LIES.     God hates the <em>Harry Potter</em> series which promotes witchcraft.  God    hates homosexuality, bisexuality, and transexuality.  God hates the    hellish rock music industry.  God hates the adulterous country music    industry.  God hates the lying propaganda of the news media.  God    hates the lobbying law firms that channel the filthy lucre into the hands of    Washington politicians, selling out their fellow Americans.  <strong> God hates    lying.</strong></p>
<p>Yes, God hates sin and all forms of wickedness.  If we are to truly TURN    FROM OUR WICKED WAYS, then let us start by standing out against all the many    great evils of our day.  <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">God is NOT pleased</span></strong> with a generation of    shameful believers who carry no cross, who stand for nothing, who never anger    the wicked, who sit idle,  who try to kowtow with the wicked, who compromise in an    attempt not to offend the wicked, who endorse Harry Potter&#8217;s witchcraft, who    think compromise is love, who think contending for the faith is hate, who do    nothing for God except criticize those of us who are getting the job done.     It&#8217;s our job to get the truth out.</p>
<p>**  It&#8217;s our duty as American citizens to    protest the blatant evils being committed by our own government.     Separation of church and state does NOT mean separation of citizens from their    own government.  America&#8217;s churches are composed of CITIZENS who need to    start using their strength in numbers to get the government&#8217;s and media&#8217;s    attention.</p>
<p>Look at what one man, Michael Marcavage, has accomplished at   <a href="http://www.repentamerica.com/">www.repentamerica.com</a> Repent    America has sparked a revival of old fashioned preaching and Christ-honoring    efforts all around the country.  Just think what a handful of like-minded    churches could do?  Thank God for churches like the <em> <a href="http://lighthousebiblebaptist.com/Street-Preach.htm">Lighthouse Bible    Baptist Church</a></em> in Tallahassee, Florida &#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://lighthousebiblebaptist.com/Street-Preach.htm"> </a></p>
<p>IF    MY PEOPLE&#8230;</p>
<p>What are you going to do about it?</p>
<p>Notice what God says in 2nd Chronicles 7:15&#8230;</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine          ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.&#8221; -2nd Chronicles          7:15</strong></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **  Down is from the Lighthouse Baptist Church Site </span></p>
<p>http://www.jesus-is-savior.com</p>
<p><em><strong> The sands of time move onward! </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Where will you spend Eternity?    With God or the Satan?   You choose!</strong></em></p>
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		<title>The winds of change!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<h3>Sunday, August 29, 2010</h3>
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<p><strong>The Winds of change!</strong> by <em>kerminator</em> &#8230;..</p>
<p>This   is a must read for those who are confused or lost in their life!  We   all pass through this world experiencing change&#8230;  Most is thrust upon   us by the so called powers to be or the &#8220;Fad&#8221; ravaged society, this is a   map to help make sense out of the &#8220;Copy cat&#8221;  images placed before us!   Most of which attempt to control your life! HUH!</p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> 3/25/2010  08:52:01 GMT orig.  blog has been viewed over 220, 616 times&#8230;</p>
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<p><small>Posted: March 25th, 2010, by admino </small></p>
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<p><strong>Here is a  map for the mind in a maze of conflict! </strong></p>
<p>With the rise of the so called <em>“New Man” </em>in   recent history,  the Western World has forged a self-consciousness yet   disfigured it’s  soul as a result?  The question we must answer in all   honesty; is if  the society is to move forward in any meaningful  manner,  what should we learn to do?</p>
<p>The present (mainly) Western World view of; &#8220;<em> go ahead &#38; do what ever as long as it  feels good </em>,&#8221;    is actually just a crash and burn solution, for today’s  youth!      It  is basically a sell out by all involved; the parents, the  church,  the  government, and worst of for the youth themselves… They have  been   directed down a dead end road, with the only objective is to seek   pleasure at almost any costs…  Unfortunately there are many many who   wander down this path today!   This has become a monumental disgrace and   abandonment of the core principles of  the Christian teachings within   the basic history of the Western World!</p>
<p>“<strong>It is time for those in the Western Society to learn to reason  together, because these issues  have immense eternal</strong><strong> consequences!</strong>“     a True-ism</p>
<p>BTW: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>The   rest of the world has or is enfluenced by this same worldly view, so   they too must become aware of how this effects their lives also!</strong></em></span></p>
<p>First   let us be absolutely understand that reason; is not the same as    intellect or the brain…  For as the brain informs the body, the mind    informs the soul…  This distinction is very important, if we are to    understand, then start to correct or direct the modern wayward life   style  of many of the people today!  The idea is to get beyond base   desires and crude animal instincts, which limit even the brightest   minds, and result in simple fools!</p>
<p>The mind needs to be addressed if the soul is to be saved!    Now many  will stop here and ask the foolish question, “<strong>why does my soul need  saving?</strong>”  Or what is my soul?</p>
<p>Your   soul is your life force, it is what you use and exercise each  and   every day, as you go forward on your pathway of life…   It is this  life   force or soul that will go on into the Eternity to come…  Therefore   it  needs to be nurtured and directed so that you will exist as the    immortal person you would want or wish to be!  Otherwise all this life    is for naught!</p>
<p>The   Mind, unlike the brain, does not feed on isolated and often    fragmentary bits of information… The Mind frames it’s response to both    the intellectual and the existential challenge of knowing and living!</p>
<p>The   Mind-set is where our live blends together; in a vast combination of    love &#38; hurt, dreams &#38; nightmares, fears &#38; aches, as we    experience the reality of life…   The Mind combines the values of our    convictions with thoughts of reality then we will respond with purpose   and  feeling!</p>
<p>We   speak of wholeness of our being because we can not live with the    absurdity of being simply reduced to some form of sheer matter!  {Which   is what evolution dictates}  The  glory of the Human experience   transcends any game and defies scientific  dissection…  The glory lies   in the humanity’s “soulfulness.”   While the  present Cultural   Revolution has spawned in many educated minds, it  proves that the brain   can be well fed,  yet the spirit is starved and  that people  personally  shrink from lack of proper knowledge!   Any person who lacks  the  ability or desire to seek a higher power in this earthly life;  is   doomed to spend Eternity in a mere slave environment first in Hell   then  finally into the Outer Darkness!</p>
<p>BTW:  <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>The soul is under your mind&#8217;s control, it is up to you where you allow it to go; then how it will allow you to grow!!</em></span></p>
<p>An Ancient Adage:</p>
<p><strong>” The World was made for the body, the body was made for the  Soul, and the Soul was made for God!”</strong></p>
<p><strong> The Greatest sin of any created being is to reject or not accept the  will of God in their life or existence!  *** This is The Only Sin that  will keep you out of the Heavenly Realm or The Kingdom of God! </strong></p>
<p><strong> This requires you to surrender to His Will which is given through His   Good Will  through His mercy, in the form of Grace;  Then you must   choose to serve Him through your Faith and Trust!<br />
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<p><strong> Awesome!</strong></p>
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		<title>Cancer Causes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Cancer causes?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><em><strong>We all need to look at what we eat&#8230; Learn to control your life so you do not need all the meds and procedures&#8230; HUH!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Date:   8/27/2010 10:18:25 GAT<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">** Here is some info that may save you some grief!</span></p>
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<h2>How Does Sugar Feed Cancer?</h2>
<blockquote><p>Controlling your blood-glucose and insulin levels through diet,   exercise and emotional stress relief can be one of the most crucial   components to a cancer recovery program. These factors are also crucial   in order to prevent cancer in the first place.</p>
<p>It may surprise you, but the theory that sugar feeds cancer was born   nearly 80 years ago. Even more shocking, most conventional cancer   programs STILL do not adequately address diet and the need to avoid   sugars.</p>
<p>In 1931 the Nobel Prize was awarded to German researcher Dr. Otto   Warburg, who first discovered that cancer cells have a fundamentally   different energy metabolism compared to healthy cells.</p>
<p>Malignant tumors tend to use a process where glucose is used as a fuel by the cancer cells, creating lactic acid as a byproduct.<a name="_ednref1" href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/27/warning--fructose-feeds-cancer-cells.aspx#_edn1"><sup>[i]</sup></a> The large amount of lactic acid produced by this fermentation of   glucose from cancer cells is then transported to your liver. This   conversion of glucose to lactic acid generates a lower, more acidic pH   in cancerous tissues as well as overall physical fatigue from lactic   acid buildup.<a name="_ednref2" href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/27/warning--fructose-feeds-cancer-cells.aspx#_edn2"><sup>[ii]</sup></a> <a name="_ednref3" href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/27/warning--fructose-feeds-cancer-cells.aspx#_edn3"><sup>[iii]</sup></a></p>
<p>This is a very inefficient pathway for energy metabolism, which   extracts only about 5 percent of the available energy in your food   supply. In simplistic terms, the cancer is &#8220;wasting&#8221; energy, which leads   you to become both tired and undernourished, and as the vicious cycle   continues, will lead to the body wasting so many cancer patients   experience.</p>
<p>Additionally, carbohydrates from glucose and sucrose significantly   decreases the capacity of neutrophils to do their job. Neutrophils are a   type of white blood cell that help cells to envelop and destroy   invaders, such as cancer.</p>
<p>In a nutshell, ALL forms of sugar are detrimental to health in   general and promote cancer, but in slightly different ways, and to a   different extent. Fructose, however, clearly seems to be one of the   overall <em>most </em>harmful.</p></blockquote>
<h2>Connecting the Dots: Fructose—Uric Acid—Cancer and Chronic Disease Risk</h2>
<blockquote><p>One particularly interesting tidbit I noticed <a href="http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/70/15/6368.abstract">in this latest study</a> is the mention of how fructose metabolism leads to increased uric acid production along with cancer cell proliferation.</p>
<p>In <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/03/13/richard-johnson-interview.aspx">my first interview with Dr. Johnson</a>,   he explained just how detrimental the impact of fructose is on your   uric acid level. Interestingly, ONLY fructose, NOT glucose, drives up   uric acid as part of its normal metabolic pathways</p>
<p>And, the connection between fructose, uric acid, hypertension,   insulin resistance/diabetes and kidney disease is so clear that your   uric acid level can actually be used as a marker for toxicity from   fructose &#8212; meaning that if your levels are high, you&#8217;re at increased   risk of all the health hazards associated with fructose consumption and   you really need to reduce your fructose intake.</p>
<p>For more information about this topic, please <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/03/13/richard-johnson-interview.aspx">see this link</a>.</p>
<p>Dr. Richard Johnson has written one of the best books on the market on the health dangers of fructose, called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1439101671/optimalwellnessc">The Sugar Fix</a>, which explains how fructose causes <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/05/25/startling-research-findings-a-newly-discovered-cause-of-high-blood-pressure-and-obesity.aspx">high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, diabetes and kidney disease</a>.   As I&#8217;ve mentioned previously, he does promote the use of artificial   sweeteners in this book, which I cannot recommend.  His research on   fructose, however, is unsurpassed in my opinion.</p>
<p>Now it&#8217;s safe to say that cancer, at least pancreatic cancer, is also   definitely on the list of diseases that are directly linked to   excessive fructose consumption.</p></blockquote>
<h2>So are Fruits Good or Bad for You?</h2>
<blockquote><p>This recommendation has created much controversy among many who   regularly consume fruit and believe this recommendation does not apply   to them.</p>
<p>Many who eat large amounts of fruit have no symptoms, just as those   with high blood pressure may not have any symptoms. However lack of   symptoms is no assurance you are not exposing yourself to some danger.</p>
<p>Please remember that over three-quarters of the population has insulin resistance.</p>
<p>How do you know if you have insulin resistance?  If you have any of the following conditions it is a safe bet you have it:</p>
<ul>
<li>Diabetes</li>
<li>High blood pressure</li>
<li>Overweight</li>
<li>High Cholesterol</li>
<li>Cancer</li>
</ul>
<p>If you have insulin resistance it would be strongly recommended to   limit your total grams of fructose from fruit to below 15 grams per day   (see the table below).  If you believe you are very healthy and are an   exception to this recommendation, then you can easily confirm if this  is  true for you by measuring your uric acid level.</p>
<p>If your uric acid level is greater than 5.5 than you have a risk   factor and should limit your fructose consumption. The higher over 5.5,   the stronger the risk factor is.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that fruits also contain fructose, although an   ameliorating factor is that whole fruits also contain vitamins and other   antioxidants that reduce the hazardous effects of fructose.</p>
<p>Juices, on the other hand, are nearly as detrimental as soda, because   a glass of juice is loaded with fructose, and a lot of the  antioxidants  are lost.</p>
<p>It is important to remember that fructose alone isn&#8217;t evil as fruits   are certainly beneficial. But when you consume high levels of fructose   it will absolutely devastate your biochemistry and physiology. Remember   the AVERAGE fructose dose is 70 grams per day which exceeds the   recommend limit by 300 percent.</p>
<p>So please BE CAREFUL with your fruit consumption. You simply MUST   understand that because HFCS is so darn cheap, it is added to virtually   every processed food. So even if you consumed no soda or fruit, it is   very easy to exceed 25 grams of hidden fructose in your diet if you are   consuming anything processed.</p>
<p>If you are a raw food advocate, have a pristine diet, and exercise   regularly, then you could be the exception that could exceed this limit   and stay healthy. But in my experience that is certainly the exception   and not the norm.</p>
<p>So please, carefully add up your fruits based on the table below to keep the total fructose from fruit below 15 grams per day.</p></blockquote>
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<td valign="middle"><strong>Fruit </strong></td>
<td valign="middle"><strong>Serving Size</strong></td>
<td valign="middle"><strong>Grams of Fructose</strong></td>
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<td>Limes</td>
<td>1 medium</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
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<td>Lemons</td>
<td>1 medium</td>
<td>0.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cranberries</td>
<td>1 cup</td>
<td>0.7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Passion fruit</td>
<td>1 medium</td>
<td>0.9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Prune</td>
<td>1 medium</td>
<td>1.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Apricot</td>
<td>1 medium</td>
<td>1.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Guava</td>
<td>2 medium</td>
<td>2.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Date (Deglet Noor style)</td>
<td>1 medium</td>
<td>2.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cantaloupe</td>
<td>1/8 of med. melon</td>
<td>2.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Raspberries</td>
<td>1 cup</td>
<td>3.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Clementine</td>
<td>1 medium</td>
<td>3.4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kiwifruit</td>
<td>1 medium</td>
<td>3.4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Blackberries</td>
<td>1 cup</td>
<td>3.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Star fruit</td>
<td>1 medium</td>
<td>3.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cherries, sweet</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>3.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Strawberries</td>
<td>1 cup</td>
<td>3.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cherries, sour</td>
<td>1 cup</td>
<td>4.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Pineapple</td>
<td>1 slice<br />
(3.5&#8243; x .75&#8243;)</td>
<td>4.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Grapefruit, pink or red</td>
<td>1/2 medium</td>
<td>4.3</td>
</tr>
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<h2>Restricting Fructose Consumption is Crucial Part of a Comprehensive Cancer Treatment Plan</h2>
<blockquote><p>Reducing (or preferably eliminating) fructose and other added sugars,   as well as limiting grain carbohydrates from your diet, is usually a   primary priority  on <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/12/13/your-immune-system-can-keep-cancer-dormant.aspx">my list of cancer reducing strategies</a>, and for good reason.</p>
<p>This dietary strategy should also be part of your comprehensive cancer treatment plan.</p>
<p>By severely reducing your intake of fructose and carbs in your diet,   you help stave off any potential cancer growth, and &#8220;starve&#8221; any tumors   you currently have.</p>
<p>It also bolsters your overall immune function, because sugar decreases the function of your immune system almost immediately.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, few cancer patients undergoing conventional cancer   care in the US are offered any scientifically guided nutrition therapy   beyond being told to &#8220;just eat healthy foods.&#8221; I believe many cancer   patients would see major improvement in their outcome if they controlled   the supply of cancer&#8217;s preferred fuel, glucose, and stayed clear of   fructose to significantly reduce tumor proliferation.</p></blockquote>
<h2>Starving Cancer – Another Up-and-Coming Strategy</h2>
<blockquote><p>Before I go into further cancer prevention strategies, I&#8217;d like to   remind you of another recent cancer research development I recently   wrote about, namely <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/06/08/dramatically-effective-new-natural-way-to-starve-cancer-and-obesity.aspx">&#8216;starving&#8217; cancer by eating foods that prevent angiogenesis</a>.</p>
<p>Angiogenesis (too many blood vessels) is a hallmark of cancer as the   tumor actually needs blood in order to grow (this is how it feeds on  the  glucose in your bloodstream). But angiogenesis appears to be   preventable by consuming foods that are natural inhibitors of excessive   blood vessel growth.</p>
<p>When you regularly consume these foods, you can effectively starve   any microscopic cancerous growths, effectively preventing them from   growing further and becoming dangerous.</p>
<p>According to Dr. Li, who is currently leading this research,   resveratrol from red grapes, for example, have been shown to inhibit   abnormal angiogenesis by 60 percent. Even more potent is the ellagic   acid found in strawberries.</p>
<p>Other potent anti-angiogenetic foods include:</p></blockquote>
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<td>Green tea</td>
<td>Berries: strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries</td>
<td>Cherries</td>
</tr>
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<td>Citrus: oranges, grapefruit, lemons</td>
<td>Kale</td>
<td>Turmeric</td>
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<td>Nutmeg</td>
<td>Artichokes</td>
<td>Parsley</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Garlic</td>
<td>Tomato</td>
<td>Maitake mushroom</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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Logically, different foods contain different potencies of   anti-angiogenetic compounds.  Some foods have even been found to be more   potent than current anti-angiogenetic drugs! These include parsley and   garlic.</p>
<p>But interestingly, when researchers evaluated a combination of two of   the LEAST potent teas, for example, they discovered that this   combination tea had greater potency than any given tea by itself.</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s <em>synergy</em>,&#8221; Li states, which should come as no surprise to those of you who are well-versed in holistic nutrition.</p>
<p>It is this synergy that makes fresh, whole foods so potently nutritious!</p>
<p>The sum is far greater than the individual parts, and this is why   it&#8217;s far more important to focus on eating a diet of whole, organic   foods, rather than obsessing about individual nutrients.</p></blockquote>
<h2>Other Cancer Prevention Strategies</h2>
<blockquote><p>Aside from avoiding fructose and other added sugars (which means   cutting out not only soda and sugary beverages, but also processed foods   since most are loaded with HFCS), and incorporating more   anti-angiogenetic fare into your diet, here are several additional   strategies you can incorporate to virtually eliminate your cancer risk:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/03/31/cancer-sunlight.aspx">Normalize your vitamin D levels</a> with safe amounts of sun exposure. This is one of the most effective,   and least expensive, cancer prevention strategies available to most   people. Ideally, you&#8217;ll want to monitor your <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/02/23/vitamin-d-deficiency-part-one.aspx">vitamin D levels</a> to make sure your levels stay within a therapeutic range year-round.</li>
<li>Get appropriate amounts of animal-based <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/03/23/omega3-part-two.aspx">omega-3 fats</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/11/20/exercise-part-sixteen.aspx">Exercise</a>.   One of the primary reasons exercise works is that it drives your   insulin levels down. Controlling insulin levels is one of the most   powerful ways to reduce your cancer risks.</li>
<li>Have a tool to permanently erase the neurological short-circuiting that can activate cancer genes. Even the CDC states that <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/04/06/stress-part-eight.aspx">85 percent of disease is caused by emotions</a>.   It is likely that this factor may be more important than all the other   physical ones listed here, so make sure this is addressed. My  particular  favorite tool for this purpose, as you may know, is the <a href="http://www.mercola.com/forms/eftcourse.htm">Emotional Freedom Technique</a>.</li>
<li>Only 25 percent of people eat enough vegetables, so by all means <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/01/24/vegetables-cancer-part-one.aspx">eat as many vegetables as you are comfortable with</a>, preferably fresh and <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/04/26/organic-vegetables.aspx">organic</a>.
<p>Ideally, you&#8217;ll also want to determine your nutritional type, as   some veggies are better than others, depending on your type. In   addition, if you are a carb nutritional type, for example, you may need   up to 300 percent more vegetables than a protein nutritional type.</li>
<li><a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/03/05/sugar-dangers-part-one.aspx">Maintain an ideal body weight</a>.</li>
<li>Get enough <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/10/22/cancer-sleep.aspx">high-quality sleep</a>.</li>
<li>Reduce your exposure to <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/07/16/cancer-environment.aspx">environmental toxins</a> like pesticides, household chemical cleaners, <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/05/26/electric-air-fresheners.aspx">synthetic air fresheners</a> and air pollution.</li>
<li>Boil, poach or steam your foods, rather than <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/08/02/acrylamide-cancer.aspx">frying or charbroiling them</a>.</li>
</ol>
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<blockquote><p><strong>References</strong></p></blockquote>
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<li><a name="_edn1" href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/27/warning--fructose-feeds-cancer-cells.aspx#_ednref1">[i]</a> Warburg O. On the origin of cancer cells. Science 1956 Feb;123:309-14.</li>
<li><a name="_edn2" href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/27/warning--fructose-feeds-cancer-cells.aspx#_ednref2">[ii]</a> Volk T, et al. pH in human tumor xenografts: effect of intravenous   administration of glucose. Br J Cancer 1993 Sep;68(3):492-500</li>
<li><a name="_edn3" href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/27/warning--fructose-feeds-cancer-cells.aspx#_ednref3">[iii]</a> Digirolamo M. Diet and cancer: markers, prevention and treatment. New York: Plenum Press; 1994. p 203</li>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>&#8221; Most people live with a set of values learned from birth through their local cultural environment and physical conditions! &#8221; </strong> a True-ism</p>
<p>Then they will become defensive toward any attempt to change these values, if and when confronted with any new   ideas or alien information&#8230;   This is almost a built in defensive mode which most humans use for survival&#8230;  Yet is it necessary?</p>
<p>It can appear as both good and bad;  because on the one hand it offers some  perceived security in the known, yet it can be perceived as bad when a new situation ( an unknown) arises that could improve their life!   So on the one hand it allows the person to exist based upon what they know at the time;  even though it may be a dangerous or even  a destructive situation&#8230;   This is where many find themselves today!</p>
<p><em> How then can we be better situated to find improvement in our lives? </em></p>
<p>First we should all come to realize that God has given each human, a free agency or the ability to choose right or wrong&#8230;    Even though many people will attempt to explain their sinful actions by saying they did not know right from wrong!    Well this is an eternal lie , because God has placed within the heart of every person the ability to know right from wrong,  if and when they stop to consider it!</p>
<p>Now we have all heard the term that<em> &#8221; the Devil made me do it !&#8221;</em> which is a cope out because while you may be tempted ultimately it is your decision; not the Devil&#8217;s&#8230;     All decisions come down to  either accepting or rejecting the temptation, before acting upon it!   Other wise you would only be a puppet on the string of the Devil puppet master; dancing when ever he dictates&#8230;   Many people do get into a position where they feel that is where they are in their life;  lost to whims and grief&#8230;   This is a sorry excuse to live a reprobate existence!</p>
<p>What you need to do is to seek, (seek is a key word) the truth in your life!  Because if you are earnest and seek the Righteousness of God in your life it can and will be made available to you no matter where you find yourself! There is no limit to the power and knowledge of Almighty God!</p>
<p>Now we will still have the cultural and physical environment  limitations to deal with but you can over come all these things through Prayer and supplications, when you seek the Truth!</p>
<p><strong>There have been many false Christ (anti Christ)  in  history;  yet there is only one  Eternal Father God! </strong></p>
<p>As far as we are concerned our only hope is found in the only true savior of mankind;</p>
<h3><a onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','3','AFQjCNGdTSm9Niux33-s3Lj9RrnaED7o8w','','0CBsQFjAC')" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&#38;source=web&#38;cd=3&#38;ved=0CBsQFjAC&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FYeshua-HaMashiach-Jesus-Christ%2F25568542936&#38;ei=Cr5zTLWrJ8X6lwe4oPzICA&#38;usg=AFQjCNGdTSm9Niux33-s3Lj9RrnaED7o8w"><em>Yeshua Ha&#8217;Mashiach</em> (Jesus Christ)</a></h3>
<p>Who is this person, read what was illustrated in this passage in Matthew 16:13 &#8211; 17&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><em> When Jesus came into the district of  Caesarea Philippi, he ask his disciples,  &#8221; Who do people say that the Son of Man is?&#8221; And they said some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.&#8221; He  then said to them, &#8221; But who do you say that I am?&#8221;  Simon Peter replied, &#8221; You are the Christ, Son of the Living God.&#8221;  And Jesus answered him, &#8221; Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven&#8221; </em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em> If you are lost or confused, this passage should help you see the Truth!<br />
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<p>While we all struggle with the darkness of the present world, with all the deception and lies put upon us by our culture and physical environment; it behooves us to seek the truth in our life!  We need to seek God in our life&#8230;   There was a brother Lawrence (1611 &#8211; 1691) who learned the way to Almighty God!</p>
<p>“[T]he 17th century [French] monk, Brother Lawrence, developed a  technique–mostly through inspiration and intuition–which leads to  results akin to those developed by the continued practice of mindfulness meditation.  In The Practice of the Presence of God” he  wrote:</p>
<p>“This made me resolve to give the all for the All: so after having  given myself wholly to GOD, to make all the satisfaction I could for my  sins, I renounced, for the love of Him, everything that was not He; and I  began to live as if there was none but He and I in the world … I worshiped Him as often as I could, keeping my mind in His holy  Presence, and recalling it as often as I found it wandered from Him. I  found no small pain in this exercise, and yet I continued it,  notwithstanding all the difficulties that occurred, without troubling or  disquieting myself when my mind had wandered involuntarily. I made this  my business, as much all the day long as at the appointed times of  prayer; for at all times, every hour, every minute, even in the height  of my business, I drove away from my mind everything that was capable of  interrupting my thought of GOD. Such has been my common practice ever  since I entered into religion.”   <em>(Quote by Brother Lawrence</em><em>)</em></p>
<p><em><strong>Source:</strong> -</em><em>–</em><a href="http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/brotherlawrence.htm" target="_blank"><em>www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/brotherlawrence.htm</em></a></p>
<p>On his death bed when ask how he had spent  his time he replied: <em> &#8221; Blessing God, praising God, adoring Him, and loving Him with all my heart.  That is our whole purpose, brothers, to adore God and to love Him without worrying about all the rest in life!&#8221; </em></p>
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		<title>Social Security Facts!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Social Security Facts</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><em><strong>While S.S. has been passed around  as a political football for years hare are some facts to help you  understand where we stand now!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Date:   8/16/2010 04:22:41 GMT  &#8230; viewed  303,159 times</span></p>
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<blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Subject: History Lesson on Your Social Security Card</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Just  in case some of you young whippersnappers (&#38; some older  ones)  didn’t know this. It’s easy to check out, if you don’t believe it.   Be  sure and show it to your family and friends. They need a little  history  lesson on what’s what and it doesn’t matter whether you are  Democrat  or Republican. Facts are Facts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Social Security Cards up until the 1980s expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.bookwormroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/image002.jpg"><img title="image002" src="http://www.bookwormroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/image002-300x175.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="175" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Since  nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it  became  convenient to use it anyway and the NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION  message was  removed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. His promises are in black, with updates in red.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">1.) That participation in the Program would be Completely voluntary [No longer voluntary],</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program [Now 7.65% on the first $90,000, and 15% on the first $90,000 if you're self-employed],</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">3.)  That the money the participants elected to put into the Program  would  be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year [No longer tax deductible],</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">4.)  That the money the participants put into the independent ‘Trust  Fund’  rather than into the general operating fund, and therefore, would  only  be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no  other  Government program [Under Johnson the money was moved to the General Fund and Spent], and</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income [Under Clinton &#38; Gore up to 85% of your Social Security can be Taxed].</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Since  many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a   Social Security check every month — and then finding that we are   getting taxed on 85% of<br />
the money we paid to the Federal government to ‘put away’ — you may be interested in the following:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Q:  Which Political Party took Social Security from the  independent ‘Trust  Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that  Congress could spend  it? </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically controlled House and Senate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding? </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">A: The Democratic Party.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities? </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">A:  The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the ‘tie-breaking’  deciding  vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of  the US</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">AND MY FAVORITE:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants? </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">A:  That’s right!  Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party.  Immigrants   moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security   payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even  though  they never paid a dime into it!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Now,  after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats want to  turn  around and tell you that the Republicans want  to take your Social   Security away!  HUH!<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">And the worst part about it is <strong>uninformed citizens believe it! </strong> If  enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be  planted  and maybe changes will  evolve. Maybe not, though.      Some  Democrats are awfully sure of what  isn’t so — but it’s worth a try.     How many people can YOU send this to?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Fact:  Actions speak louder than bumper stickers.</span></p></blockquote>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong> With the whirl of the world today; we hear that right and wrong do not apply any more!</strong></p>
<p>lets look at some facts, and see what you think, folks&#8230;</p>
<p>We will list some of the reasons people have &#8230;</p>
<p>1) Looking at the facts, first everyone has a free choice to practice, do, or think what ever they will just they must realize for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction, no matter the situation!</p>
<p>2) Not all people are or will be treated the same, unfortunately it has not been nor will it be so!</p>
<p>3) All people are selfish and to one extent or another filled with lust and greed!</p>
<p>4) Life is not fair because our very existence varies so much that  only in a colony of robots would everything be the same;  in any attempt to be &#8220;fair&#8221;&#8230;   But then who is to say what is fair?</p>
<p>5) Next is the consideration as to what really makes right or wrong!</p>
<p><strong>While you may not like this outline it is based  upon the truth!</strong></p>
<p>All this said and done most people just want to do what ever they fell like at the time, but what are the consequences?</p>
<p>** We will cover more on this later,  stop back and compare your life to the truth!</p>
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		<title>Monte Carlo Maddness (the real HHO race story)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>See how the facts about  HHO get played with&#8230; </strong></p>
<p><strong>***  Here is a story that shows the real bias and control to keep  the truth, limited.. HUH!!</strong></p>
<h3>Tour de Sol Results</h3>
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<p>The         weather was perfect and the traffic was acceptable on Friday the 13<sup>th</sup> of May for the Monte Carlo style Rally mileage competition.  I had an arrangement with a local         newspaper editor to meet with his reporter at the start line of the         Rally and carry him along for an hour or so, to witness the rally and         get publicity for Tour de Sol.          We met at the start/finish line at Stewart&#8217;s shop off exit 13N of         I87.  We went through the         official process of checking in, including filling the fuel tank to the         very top, checking the tire pressure, and sealing the fuel filler cap         and fuel filler door.  I         insisted that the officials pay close attention to published rules and         procedures so there would be no doubt or question of the procedures         being fulfilled to the start.  I         expected to get such good mileage that I would be accused of cheating when         I finished.</p>
<p>At first the start line         official wanted to bypass the sealing off of my gas cap because he         couldn’t find his glue/silicon sealer, which was to be used to glue a         business card to the gas cap and to the metal around it, preventing any         entry.  I insisted that the seal         be installed so there would be no question.  A second seal was installed on the filler door.  This was a number of strips of         overlapping duct tape smoothed over the filler door and signed by the         official.  Any tampering of the         tape would be obvious at the finish line.  The signature spanned across all overlaps of the tape.</p>
<p>We had planned to start at         9 AM but the official procedures delayed our start until about         9:40.  Because the newspaper         reporter wanted to ride only for part of the rally we had to change our         planned route to accommodate his wishes.  My wife the navigator, who has never been trained to         navigate, was busier than a one legged field goal kicker and didn’t         have time nor enough hands to do the logging paperwork of the rally,         and keep us from getting lost at the same time.  We did get lost for a while but we         just stopped and I deciphered the map and road signs to find our way         again.</p>
<p>Two hours later we had made         it to one road that was part of our planned route and back to the         start/finish line to drop off the reporter.  Most of that loop was on unfamiliar roads, which is not         what you want in a mileage competition.  But this was more like real driving conditions so I         couldn’t complain.  On this         first loop we did have a run-in with a road work crew, which got my         temper charged up a little.  Two         bad the charge couldn’t go into the battery, because on our second loop         the battery went dead and we wasted ten minutes getting help to get us         going again.</p>
<p>The pause at the start/finish         line, to drop off the reporter, took longer than expected because the         finish line had officially just opened and the press was there.  I pulled in to drop off the reporter         and the officials wanted to do the finish line procedures.  I told them I was only half done and         they would have to wait.  The         press did jump in and did an interview and took pictures.  My reporter got out and a half hour         later I resumed my rally.</p>
<p>The second half of the         rally was mostly uneventful because we chose major routes to travel,         which gave us more traffic to contend with and forced us to maintain a         higher speed than planned.  We         also had that incident of having a dead battery caused by the hydrogen         generator running when the engine was off.  This is a big no-no in our instruction manual and I had         planned on rewiring the system to prevent that the previous week but         got too busy.</p>
<p>Our route took us 160 miles         according to our odometer, which was off by 5 miles because I had         installed slightly smaller tires than stock.  Our route took us through 12 villages and cities in 155         miles for an average of one city per 13 miles.  I would call that pretty normal         average driving conditions.  The         speed limits ranged from 30 mph to 55 mph, except in school zones,         where it was 15-20 mph.  We did         no highway driving whatever on this rally as other competitors         did.  We had close to 50 stop         signs and traffic lights and plenty of miles of city traffic on our         route to claim that we had pretty normal traffic conditions.</p>
<p>Our driving techniques were         what you would expect for a mileage competition.  We used almost every technique in         the Hydrogen Boost manual expect drafting, because we never got on the         highway where drafting would help.          Yes, we did as the rules suggested, we packed in as much fuel as         we could before the start.  I         filled the tank up the night before.          I shook the car and jumped up and down on the bumper to get all         the air bubble out, as suggested by the rules.  I even insured that our start line         fill up was done with my car tilting down away from the filler         tube.  And yes when I pulled in         to the finish line I first pulled up to the pump that had my car tilted         the other way.  Of course this         was done because this is how every other car pulled in.  The normal traffic for that station         was such that you had to pull in that way unless you balked traffic and         interfered with normal flow, which was in from the main road and out         onto a side road where there was a traffic light to help you get back         onto the main road.</p>
<p>I knew that the original finish line fill-up         would be inaccurate but I wanted to make a point to the officials that         they were not getting an accurate mileage calculation.  My first fill-up took 0.8 gallons,         which calculated to an average mileage of about 200 mpg.  Even I was flabbergasted but I was         not the only one who would not accept that calculation.  I pointed out to the officials the         problem and said, “Let’s pull the car down there, where I filled up         before and let’s fill up again.”          We did this and it took on another 0.4 gallons, but this was not         enough either.  Though it would         have calculated to 133 mpg, I said, “Wait we’re not done yet.  The rules encouraged us to shake the         car and put as much in as we could.”          So I got on top of the bumper and jumped up and down and shook         the car to get all the bubbles out.          Then we took the pump again and put in another 0.2 gallons, for         a total of 1.424 gallons, for an average of 112 mpg.  After doing a ten mile odometer calibration         run and using 10.28 miles on the odometer to do it, we calibrated the         real distance traveled on the rally to be 155.3 miles.  This made our real mileage 109.1 mpg.</p>
<p>After that the official went through the vehicle         “with a fine toothed comb” to find out how I must have cheated.  By this time the best hybrid had         recorded about half that mileage.          After examining under the hood and inside the computer readout         on the Auterra Dyno-Scan, they finally gave up the quest for cheating         proof.  They wanted to figure a         way to dock me for shutting off my engine while still moving (Read about         the porpoising technique in our newsletters.) but I objected that the         Prius hybrid also shuts off its engine while moving so how could you         dock me in a competition with them.      ** Note the negative bias?</p>
<p>The         official awards ceremony was Saturday at 3 PM and I was called up to get         in lie for an award.  I expected         that the official finally dropped their objections to porpoising and         would award me the best in show trophy.  When I was called up I was given an award for “most         unique vehicle” which I though quite inappropriate since I was driving         the most common vehicle there.          My mileage was announced as 99 mpg and I figured I was docked         for porpoising.  I called the         official the next day and he said they had originally made a mistake         adding up the three fill-up receipts during the calculations and that I         only got 99 mpg.  He said that         we had on one slip used the cent instead of gallons.  I objected, but without having the         slips in front of me I could not make accusations.  Of course when gas sells at over $2         a gallon the cents would have been more than the gallons.  After seeing the official results I         saw that they also only credited me with only 150.1 miles instead of         155.3.  They must have         mistakenly done the calibration adjustment twice.  Regardless of any mistakes made in         calculating the mileage, the reported official results were that The         Hydrogen Boost Saturn SL1 achieved 99.53 mile per gallon.  The only vehicle to officially         achieve more mileage was a plug-in hybrid that used both electrical         power from the wall and gasoline from the pump.  You can notice on the official         results that this entrant is listed twice, once at 102.13 mpg and again         at 67.47 mpg.  I can only assume         that the 102.13 mpg was the mileage based on just the gasoline added to         the tank at the finish line and the 67.47 mpg was the equivalent mpg         after the electrical power to recharge the batteries was converted to         gallons of gasoline.  I haven’t         seen the formula that the officials used to calculate how many gallons         of gas were equivalent to the kilowatt hours used to charge the         batteries.  Whatever the formula         was I know that it favors the electrical power input.  2004 results reported an electric         “vehicle” achieving 1099.5 mpg.</p>
<p>There         was at least one modified hybrid that was credited with 94.73 mpg, but         as far as I know, none of the other entrants including this one, were         required to fill their fuel tank at the finish line with three attempts         in different positions and with jumping up and down on the bumper to         shake out the bubbles.          Regardless of the finish line procedures, technically the         plug-in hybrid that is listed twice and officially credited with         beating the Hydrogen Boost Saturn should have been disqualified or told         to go back out and drive around some more, because they did not cover         the minimum distance required by the rules.</p>
<p>That’s         enough about the bad news.  If         you want to see the chart of the official results of the Tour de Sol         Monte Carlo style rally mileage competition, you can see the full chart         at <a href="http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/montecarlo-results.htm">http://www.bestrateofclimb.com/montecarlo-results.htm</a></p>
<p>If         you want a brief summary, here it is:</p>
<p>Entrant                   Vehicle                                     Mileage</p>
<p>M. Kohler               Plug         Hybrid Priys              102.13</p>
<p>F. Giroux                        Hydrogen Boost         Saturn       99.53</p>
<p>B. Hardegen            HybridMod Insight             94.73</p>
<p>C. Sullivan              Insight Hybrid                   81.74</p>
<p>M. Lewis                 Insight Hybrid                   79.12</p>
<p>Glynn                     VW Biodiesel                    76.82</p>
<p>H. Marsolais            Smart Biodiesel                74.72</p>
<p>M. Houle                 Civic Hybrid                     74.52</p>
<p>Jack Lee                 Insight Hybrid                   73.75</p>
<p>E. Diefenbach         Insight         Hybrid                   72.31</p>
<p>M. Kohler                Plug Hybrid Prius               67.47</p>
<p>M. Bardall               Prius Hybrid                     64.23</p>
<p>A. Lane                   Prius Hybrid                     62.49</p>
<p>J. Laughlin              Civic Hybrid                     61.17</p>
<p>J. McConville          Prius         2 Hybrid                   58.99</p>
<p>Rw. Pichardo          Insight         Hybrid                   58.87</p>
<p>Claude                   Insight         Hybrid                   58.82</p>
<p>S. McAusland           Insight Hybrid                   56.87</p>
<p>E. Seal                   Civic         Hybrid                     56.37</p>
<p>R. Stratton              Prius 2 Hybrid                   56.32</p>
<p>S. Greenbaum         Civic         Hybrid                     53.65</p>
<p>Deb Van Batt           Insight Hybrid                   52.58</p>
<p>Herbert                  Prius 2 Hybrid                   51.52</p>
<p>B. Gillett                Prius Hybrid                     51.06</p>
<p>C. Lawrence           Prius 2 Hybrid                   47.58</p>
<p>S. Tanenholtz         Prius         Hydrid                      47.29</p>
<p>G. LaBelle               Prius 2 Hybrid                   46.76</p>
<p>A. Walker               Prius 2 Hybrid                   46.58</p>
<p>E Packer                 Prius 2 Hybrid                   45.12</p>
<p>A Fiffick                 Escape Hybrid                  42.88</p>
<p>M. Grisborne           Prius 2 Hybrid                   41.95</p>
<p>CVB                        Prius 2 Hybrid                   40.79</p>
<p>J. Van Duesem        VW         Pass Biodiesel             38.78</p>
<p>Dave                      Escape Hybrid                  35.03</p>
<p>J. Murphy               Lexus 400 Hybrid              28.09</p>
<p>C. Vogel                 Ford F250 Biodiesel           19.88</p>
<p>C. Shelton              Mercedes Biodiesel           Fun Run</p>
<p>J. Schnebly             Prius 2 Hybrid                   DNF</p>
<p><strong>So where does the Truth lie? </strong></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>While the present Administration insist that tax cuts just do not work&#8230;    Just maybe  they have not paid attention, to history or do not think that the economy really works&#8230;   Read on folks!</p>
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<div>Treasury  Secretary Timothy Geithner gestures while speaking at the Center for  American Progress forum on a &#8220;Pro-Growth Strategy,&#8221; Wednesday, Aug. 4,  2010, in Washington.</div>
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<p><!-- end articleExtras --> <!--googleon: all-->Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, for example, said that  sustaining the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans would &#8220;hurt  economic recovery by undermining confidence that we are prepared to make  a commitment today to bring down our future deficits.&#8221;<!--googleoff: all--></p>
<p><!--googleon: all-->Some centrists, and even a few conservatives, are talking a similar  line. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan went further  recently, saying all the Bush tax cuts, even those for lower earners,  should expire as scheduled at year&#8217;s end, since it is wrong to live &#8220;on  borrowed money.&#8221;<!--googleoff: all--></p>
<p><!--googleon: all-->The argument that we have to choose between keeping the Bush rates on  the one hand and achieve an economic recovery on the other is  hypocritical. You know that&#8217;s true because our leaders aren&#8217;t alleging  the same trade-off when it comes to federal expenditures. Only lower tax  rates can hurt us, Democrats want us to believe.<!--googleoff: all--></p>
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<p><!--googleon: all-->Yet you don&#8217;t hear that the meds or Obamacare are holding the U.S.  economy hostage. The reason for the emphasis on taxes is simple:  Democrats argue that the stimulus will generate growth and, therefore,  is worthier than tax cuts.<!--googleoff: all--></p>
<p><!--googleon: all-->When it comes to entitlements or intrusions like Obamacare, the Democrats don&#8217;t have an economic argument at all.<!--googleoff: all--></p>
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<p><!--googleon: all-->What about Republicans? They are finding themselves on the defensive.  In the 1980s, 1990s and the early part of this decade, the  supply-siders who had advised President Ronald Reagan made their own  case that tax cuts would be partially or completely offset by growth.  That turned out to be true.<!--googleoff: all--></p>
<p><!--googleon: all-->Democrats are willfully overlooking a general record that shows that  tax cuts can increase revenue. The previous two times the U.S. trimmed  the capital-gains rate, in the later 1990s and under Bush in the early  2000s, the lower rate generated extra activity, and the Treasury saw  more cash flow in than predicted.<!--googleoff: all--></p>
<p><!--googleon: all-->David Stockman, a former Reagan budget adviser, wrote recently that  Republicans have become &#8220;hooked for good on the delusion that the  economy will outgrow the deficit if plied with enough tax cuts.&#8221; It&#8217;s  more accurate to say that Republicans liked their tax cuts so much that  they neglected to marshal political capital to control spending and  reform entitlements.<!--googleoff: all--></p>
<p><!--googleon: all-->The Grand Old Party failed to stop Congress from increasing outlays  one year over the next. More important, Republicans failed to push  through entitlement reform when it would have been much easier. This  failure, combined with the Democrats&#8217; spending, hurt the economy.<!--googleoff: all--></p>
<p><!--googleon: all-->Both parties have squandered many chances to undertake entitlement reform.<!--googleoff: all--></p>
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<p><!--googleon: all-->Greenspan&#8217;s commission recommended that higher tax rates kick in  sooner and called for postponing the retirement age and other  revenue-saving measures. With the commission&#8217;s blessing, the so-called  FICA tax rose to 7.65 percent for employees in 1990 from 6.7 percent in  1983. The retirement age also went up. This shored up the budget  temporarily. But neither step addressed the long-term shortfall caused  by the country&#8217;s demographics.<!--googleoff: all--></p>
<p><!--googleon: all-->In other words, the Greenspan fix was a poison pill of its own. It  didn&#8217;t prevent huge cash deficits in the long run. Those are the  deficits that are in the news in 2010, the first year Social Security  will pay out more than Americans paid into it.<!--googleoff: all--></p>
<p><!--googleon: all-->Had the Greenspan commission come up with a long-term reform, and had  other reformers come up with better formats for our other entitlements,  Greenspan today wouldn&#8217;t need to talk about &#8220;borrowed money&#8221; as a  rationale for preventing tax cuts.<!--googleoff: all--></p>
<p><!--googleon: all-->The nation&#8217;s real ailment comes from having swallowed those  entitlement poison pills, not annual budgeting or even financial crises.  Yet lawmakers and commentators are not talking about fundamental  entitlement reform. Democrats are scolding tax cutters in the hope of  diminishing Republican chances in the next election.<!--googleoff: all--></p>
<p><!--googleon: all-->What a shame. Taxes aren&#8217;t the economy&#8217;s big problem.<!--googleoff: all--></p>
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