Family Thoughts For 2014

With Christmas just finishing and the cold grey winter setting in, I wanted to take some time to speak directly to our family. We are truly blessed with a wonderful family and a family that covers various interests, likes and dislikes, hobbies, talents, skills, faiths and determination. I feel that 2014 may be an interesting, challenging and eventful year. 

The nation and it's people are troubled with division, debt, taxes, violence, hate and an out of control government. We are all part of a wonderful family. This is a good time to let each of you know what is on my mind, for all to see and to document my thoughts and feelings. I love you all, and in the end it is LOVE that matters.

To my Mom
You are inspiration to us all on how to live life with grace, kindness and a never ending flow of love for your family no matter what twists and turns are presented. Every good trait in all of us had a beginning in your heart. You inspire me with your kindness and love towards all. I do not say it enough but I love you Mom. Always.

To my brothers Mike and Steve
My brothers, BOTH mean a great deal to me. We have had our moments of misunderstanding, anger and frustration but brothers probably always will have some of that going on. Steve, you have been through so much in your life and I don't think any of us could understand unless we walked in your shoes. You are doing so well now with a great companion to enjoy life with (thanks Pam)! Mike you are a hard worker and from what we see, a great husband. And boy those dogs sure do love you! You and Debbie have been together so long and it is nice knowing that you have each other. Family is special, so can't we all just get along? =)

To my sister Diana
Diana you are so blessed to have all of your family so close, both physically, spiritually and emotionally. You and John have created a wonderful growing family. You are an outstanding example of what love can nurture and create. The foundation is there for many generations forward and it's also easy to see the influence our mom has had on you.

To my daughter Katie and her wife Stephanie
The love that you two obviously share is awesome to see and witness. With society in such turmoil and trouble, it seems to odd to me that anyone would try to limit your relationship or say that your love is "different" than another love. You are dedicated to each other and now to that sweet young lady Emerson. I wish we lived closer, but one thing about 2014 may be that we will have the flexibility to visit your great family more often as well as the rest of our family. Love is kind and if we would all be more kind to everyone, then perhaps there would not be so much turmoil and trouble in the world. Take care of that little gem Emerson, but don't lose the child in you on the way!

To my daughter Kelly
What else can be said about you Kelly that has not already been said of you or admired about you? Not much. Your faith will always inspire me and keep me amazed at the strength the Lord provides us if we believe in him and put our faith in his hands. You have been through so much in your young life but through it all you have risen over it and remain a beautiful God loving woman. Keep making that lemonade out of those lemons Kelly. Thank you for inspiring all of us to deal with our little problems like you handle your large ones.

To my daughter Ellen and her husband Matt
While we may not agree on much politically, I do respect and honor your thoughts and opinions. You both are successful, well educated and very intelligent. Most of those I am not, well at least not officially. I like your approach to being married and taking things smart and slow regarding many important decisions that life presents you with. I have no doubt that you will always be successful in both marriage and profession. I promise Matt, to never hold that tattoo you have against you in any way. We were all crazy fans, some of us get lucky! Ellen, I love how you get so much from your music and how it is such a part of you.

To my step-son Gailen and his wife Andrea
It's nice to see you doing so well. A new house that was a lot of work and determination but with that work, you will have a very nice home for a long time. Having Ham Radio as a common interest has been fun. Keep up the hard work!

To my step-daughter Robin and her children Adrien and Abby
Robin your kids are great fun! Adrien is a brilliant active handful, but still brilliant. Abby keeps getting cuter and cuter! Taking care of them on your own cannot be easy so keep loving them while not forgetting to love yourself. Good job on the new career path... hardest part of a journey is the first few steps.

Last here but everyday first in my morning, my wife Loren
We took an interesting path to each other but I learned on my path, how to love someone every day. Every day through the good and the bad, troubles and fun. I look forward to each morning and each bedtime and the minutes between them. I feel blessed to be spending my life with you. Thank you for your humor, talents, drive and patience with me. We still have a long way to go, but it's a long way together. I love you Loren!

I am far from perfect as you all know. But in 2014, my hope and goal is to be a better man, a better dad, a better brother, a better son and by doing so, part of that is becoming a better Christian. It us up to all of us to write the story of our lives. So remember... "Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does."

Senator Roberts - RINO or Chameleon?

It is amazing to me how RINO's change like color changing chameleons around election time. Senator Pat Roberts has floated along quietly enough but now with a real primary challenger, he has once again shape shifted into a faux conservative. Senator Ted Cruz has offered up a great example of what staying true to your word actually means. I've met Milton, heard him speak and shaken his hand. I feel he is a man true to his word and will be true to the people that elect him to be our next Senator from the great state of Kansas.

Here is a graph from FreedomWorks on their Scorecard page for my Senators and Representatives. It is very telling about how and WHEN Pat Roberts stays true to his word. Please do your research like I did. Listen to all of the candidates and decide who will best stand up for you in Washington and let's change this, one Representative and one Senator at a time. It is time for him to be replaced. I tweeted this today... will you stand with me?

73% is not good enough when there are men and women that can do better !! #MakeDCListen
 

RINO's get more Conservative around elections @PatRoberts2014 ? Time 4 honesty & solid beliefs of @miltonwolfmd #tcot pic.twitter.com/d8FFsegZZc

— Jeff Chancey (@jwchancey) December 5, 2013

Thanksgiving Proclamation 1789

This is the text of George Washington's October 3, 1789 national Thanksgiving Proclamation; as printed in The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, on October 17, 1789.

WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."

Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted; for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally, to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.

Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.

George Washington

Power Grab By The Majority Party

Joe Biden THEN called it a "fundamental power grab by the majority party" Ask yourself.... were they lying then or are they lying now? Or were they being honest with themselves and disregarding the truth for their own power? And does it matter... will the voters really care?

"I hope we never ever get to that again, because I believe it will ruin our country" Harry Reid on the nuclear filibuster rules.... in 2008.

"But if the right of free and open debate is taken away from the minority party, then the millions of Americans who asked us to be their voice, I fear that the already partisan atmosphere in Washington will be poisoned to the point where nobody will be able to agree on anything." Senator Obama in 2005.

"The American people want less partisanship in this town but everyone in this chamber knows that if the majority chooses to end the filibuster, if they choose to change the rules and end democratic debate, then the fighting, the bitterness and the gridlock will only get worse." Senator Obama 2005.

"We should make no mistake, this nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power. It is a fundamental power grab by the majority party..." Senator Joe Biden 2005

"I Pray To God" Democrats Do Not Do This When We Have Power...this naked power grab" Senator Joe Biden 2005

Silence is Golden...

Silence is Golden... In the ears of the Obama administration.

No noise is good noise it seems, when it comes to the many whistle-blowers charged under their watch. One of the most stunning numbers that I have heard recently about this administration is that since the Espionage Act of 1917 was signed into law, 11 have been pursued. EIGHT of them by this President. It seems there really must either be a lot more to whistle-blow about, more effort to silence them, or BOTH.

These Americans were charged with LEAKING information. Not lying to Americans about healthcare, or lying to Americans about the true story behind the 9/11/11 Benghazi terrorist attack... but charged with releasing the truth. How far have we slipped off of the foundations this nation was founded on. Even the far left news organization Democracy Now sees the overreach by this government. Watch their part of the 18 minute clip, you will get their point. When Democracy Now reports like this... are the so called wacko birds of the Right that far off?

On a recent episode of For The Record on The Blaze TV, a writer that exposed some potential criminal activity among the Federal Air Marshall service. The local police issued a warrant searching for a "potato gun" her husband purchased 5 years prior. They took her personal writing files containing information and her contacts and gave them to the agency she was reporting on. 

SnapChat and Monopoly Money

The New York Times reported that the tech start-up SnapChat turned down an offer of at least 3 BILLION dollars from Facebook. This on the heels of the recent IPO of Twitter, where on day, one a company with NO profit ever was valued on the NYSE at about 25 Billion dollars. Is the world that upside down? Is the dollar that much more valuable than the paper play money?

It seems that we have a market and economy based on Monopoly money. But then it occurred to me that's exactly what we have. The FED has been printing money based on a non existing monetary back up. Quantitative Easing is exactly like running your family budget and paying your bills with Monopoly money. At what point does someone say ENOUGH of this? And I don't mean American citizens, when will financial leaders around the world decide to stop relying on the U.S. dollar as much as it does. When that happens, we will quickly find out how the world banks will not accept and honor the Monopoly money the FED has saturated the financial markets with.

The FED has shown no signs up ending this practice that has artificially propped up the dollar for years now. With the U.S. debt now listing at 17.1 Trillion and some say it will be over 20 in just a couple of years.... when will someone get mad and turnover the monopoly table and end the game in a rage?

What exactly is  Quantitative Easing? This animation covers it pretty well.

The Harbinger - Highly Recommended

Wy wife and I recently read The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn. It is a very compelling, interesting and thought provoking book. Even though it was written almost 2+ years ago, you can see the timeline playing out today in a way this is both amazing and frightening. 

From the Amazon page...

Is it possible...
That there exists an ancient mystery that holds the secret of America's future?
That this mystery lies behind everything from 9/11 to the collapse of the global economy?
That ancient harbingers of judgment are now manifesting in America?
That God is sending America a prophetic message of what is yet to come?

Before its end as a nation, there appeared in ancient Israel nine specific warnings and omens of national destruction – These same nine Harbingers are now manifesting in America with profound ramifications for America’s future and end-time prophecy.

Hidden in an ancient biblical prophecy from Isaiah, the mysteries revealed in The Harbinger are so precise that they foretell recent American events down to the exact days… the 3,000-year-old mystery that revealed the exact date of the stock market collapse of 2008… the ancient prophecy that was proclaimed from the floor of the US Senate and then came true…and more. The revelations are so specific that even the most hardened skeptic will find it hard to put down. Though it sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller – IT’S REAL.

The prophetic mysteries are factual but revealed through a riveting narrative the reader will find hard to put down. The Harbinger opens with the appearance of a man burdened with a message he has received from a mysterious figure called The Prophet. The Prophet has given him nine seals, each containing a message about America s future. As he tells of his encounters with the Prophet, from a skyscraper in New York City, to a rural mountaintop, to Capitol Hill, to Ground Zero, the mystery behind each seal is revealed. As the story unfolds, each revelation becomes another piece in a larger and larger puzzle, the ramifications of which are, even now, altering the course of America and the world.

If you have read this.. please post your comments and thoughts below !!