THE
PRESENT DISTRESS:1
Corinthians 7:25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet
I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say,
that it is good for a man so to be. The
context is the question of marriage at Corinth. We are not interested in marriage
as such, but you will notice the the "present distress", that is, the
persecution and conditions prevailing in the city of Corinth for the Christians,
changed Paul's view of life choices temporarily. The "present distress"
of the Lord's Church in the USA and the world may require us all to temporarily
make choices that we would otherwise not have to make. Keep this in mind as you
read please. |
This
is an ongoing discussion of the economic stress caused by the mad governance
by the US Congress and Presidency over the past 30 years. ALL Presidents in
that era made rash moves at war and in deficit spending, and it is now time
to reap the harvest.It
is also assumed on this page that the Obama administration is totally driven
by doctrinaire socialist, and some Marxist, zeal. The Democrats, with few exceptions,
are willing to destroy the US democracy to get reelected and to pass out the
pork back home.It
is also assumed that the USA is of no significance in the End Times prophecies
of the Bible. So, we believe the present stress is the diminishing of the USA
so that the world's attention is totally centered on the Middle East and Jerusalem
where the end game will be played.
2/25/09-
THE
BOMB HAS BEEN DROPPED I
am horrified at this, even though I called it before it happened. I take NO joy
in saying, "I told you so." I fear that what is coming, in the end game,
is America becoming the de facto financial slave of China. Singapore,
and several other Asian nations, have also been caught in this bank crash.
Obama and Congress will be forced to let America suffer under the collapse of
Bank of America and Citicorp, and the Stock Market will crash into the basement
when financial people realize that America is no longer the place to invest. This
will not be because our nation is no longer productive, but because our government
cannot govern in matters financial without consulting with Asian overlords of
finance. You
need to understand that when the Treasury takes over a bank, it sells off its
"good assets." Loans and mortgages are "good" assets. But,
Citicorp is a grandfathered bank, and its assets in the form of loans, accounts
receivable, are to very bad risks, (I am told that many are thord world nations)
which will never pay on the principle of the loan they have taken. This is about
as poor an "asset" as possible, and the Treasury will not be able to
peddle these "assets" to anyone. The
irony of all ironies is that this is all being presided over, very possibly, by
a citizen of Kenya, Barak Obama. I
can also see now why many states in the USA will see no reason to bear a share
of the burden of Citicorp's and B of A's folly as the US Government tries to print
money (read that- devalue the dollar), raise taxes, and muddle its way back above
water. AND, Obama et al are talking about another trillion dollars in bailouts.
How long will it be before we folks in Texas hear merchants say, "We will
take dollars, but we would prefer Pesos."? The
USA will simply fly apart, and China will take an enormous loss, as will anyone
holding stock in the big banks. Bible
believers: We are now going to learn to lean on the Lord alone, and we are going
to see which local churches and which pastors will sustain one another during
fearful times. John
13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved
you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye
are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
__________________ 2/25/09-
Here
is where California and the Feds will lock horns. Calif. is one of the states
that served the Federal Government notice that Washington cannot enforce law in
California which is in conflict with Calif. law, as the US Constitution guarantees.
There will be war on the streets between the DEA and the California local police
and sheriffs' offices. __________________ 2/25/09-
Mr. President, is you is, or is
you ain't? __________________ 2/23/09-
You must read my 2/22/09 below to understand the
following: In view of the States' Rights movement now in progress-- as
of today 20 states have sent Washington notice they are taking back their Constitutional
rights.... There are three ways the Feds and Obama can force massive change
on the USA. 1.
Destroy the economy and devalue the dollar extremely. This
would have an immediate result in killing states' rights. All state treasuries
from the tax base would be cut in half in value. Prices would rise in exact proportion
to the devaluation the dollar. This is historic in all nations where this has
happened. Thus, the state governments would have half the revenues needed to maintain
services and pay employees. Only a fast acting arrangement with another nation
or external source of revenue would save a state. That is, if they were unwilling
to let Uncle Sam bail them out. This would be done by printing devalued money
and funding states that cooperated (including dropping states' rights talk) with
the plan. The
trillion dollar bailout, which no one I know can explain where the cash came from,
will finally be added into the national debt, and the dollar will crash. There
is no other outcome.
2.
Arrange for another 9/11 type event. 9/11
was a hoax. Go to YouTube and watch the towers fall. Jet fuel does not burn steel,
and buildings that burn and fall have historically burned for days before going
down, and then, there is not ONE example of a steel reinforced building burning
and then totally falling. The steel structure is ALWAYS left standing. Each tower
fell in ten seconds, the time it would take a brick to fall from the top of the
buildings to the ground. This is how buildings fall when they are prepared by
demolishing companies so that they fall in their own footprint and do not fall
over on nearby buildings. Building Seven was demolished for NO GOOD REASON. It
DID happen to be full of Federal Records, and one brief report told of twelve
tracks in the basement garage loaded with gold. But,
9/11 was believed by 99.9% or all Americans, and not ONE Congressman asked for
a real investigation of all the service people who had access to the buildings
before the planes hit them. The security happen to be under a contract of a brother
of George Bush. But, the whole event caused Americans to put flags on their cars
and call for revenge on "them Aaaarabs". Thus, we went to war. America
was united in blind patriotic zeal, and Obama now knows it will work again. The
next event to unite the nation so that it forgets about states' rights will be
one of the following: 1.
A nuclear, probably neutron, bomb / missile attack over a key target, like NYC
or Washington DC. A center to run the country is in place in Nebraska, and the
President would just happen to be out of town, as Bush was when 9/11 happened.
The target might also be the US Capitol when the House and Senate were in session. 2.
The poisoning of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of people via a city
water supply, or via a man made biological agent.
Such
an event would unite Americans to lock step in patriotic zeal rivaled only by
the mindless patriotic zeal for the Fatherland after Hitler burned the Reichstad
building in Germany. The
bailout bill recently provided for three things that will be used to isolate and
put Americans into a state of fear. First,
the bill provides for mandatory civil service of all adults age 18 - 24. Second,
it calls for psychological testing of all Americans. Third, amnesty for illegals,
and a reduction of zeal to stop illegals entering the USA is provided for.
We
were missionaries in Ethiopia during a Marxist coup, and the new government closed
the university, and they required all youth, age 18-24 to join a corp in service
to the nation. The youth were indoctrinated in Marxism, and they were sent all
over Ethiopia to teach the new way in villages. The key was to send every one
of them to the part of Ethiopia farthest from their own home town. Some wore their
cheap uniforms and did what they were told. Most of the youth threw the uniform
away and melted into the life of the area where they were sent. The key to the
program was to permanently dislocate them from their home town. If they were seen
there, they were arrested and put in prison or killed. Another
use of a 18-14 year old youth corp would be the upcoming national census. It could
well be turned into a lengthy interrogation of each citizen to learn how they
are thinking and to learn who refuses to answer illegal questions. As
to psychological testing, this follows a classic Marxist Stalinist technique of
forcing each citizen to open his innermost secrets to the state. In China it was
by self-criticism during the Cultural Revolution, while in Russia it was done
in cell groups where people were encouraged to watch each other for violations
of Marxist principles and tattle on each other. Psychological testing would be
done under the ploy that many illegals have entered the USA, and we need to learn
their real intentions, AND the tests would allegedly prevent child abuse and kinky
crimes by learning the citizens "needs" for mental health guidance.
Most American are sucker enough to go for it. States'
Rights resolutions recently sent to Washington would kick in and stop both the
dislocation of the youth AND the psychological testing.... UNLESS there had just
been some horrendous event and thousands of people killed by a hoax attack from
outside the country. This would make any state that refused to cooperate with
these two actions above look very unpatriotic and a hindrance to national security. As
to the amnesty for illegals, Obama have recently signed and Executive Order permitting
Palestinians who flee Gaza to come to the USA. I am told he provided for their
housing and income for living. This is part of the ongoing plan to dilute the
national patriotic zeal of Americans. Furthermore, Middle Eastern people who enter
the USA have historically done well and do not try to stay on welfare. They would
eventually melt into US society and be basically harmless, as most illegals from
Mexico do by going to work on ranches and farms. The goal, however, is working,
for poor illegals, after they are given citizenship by amnesty, are historically
Democrats. When a Mexican enters the Middle Class of the USA, he turns Republican.
I have this on authority of many middle class Hispanics in Arizona who did exactly
that. I have been in their homes and businesses while doing work for them.
3.
Have a showdown with one state and thrash it. This
is the least likely response to the states' rights movement now in progress. If
the Feds tried to invade New Hampshire, the temperament in the air in most state
capitals at the present time, would result in governor after governor calling
Washington and threatening to withhold payment of income taxes. Citizens of each
state would be informed at once to pay their Federal tax payment to a escrow account
set up by the state government. End of attack on New Hampshire. There
would be a progression of events, in a showdown, until the Feds either arrested
the Governor of a state, or the Feds would back off. World opinion and horror
at an invasion would have to restrain Washington from invading a state with the
Military.
CONCLUDING
THOUGHTS FOR 2/23/09 The
ideal way to change a nation and people is to use the carrot and the stick. Obama
has let us know he understands that all too well. He, long ago, said he was AGAINST
mandatory national health care. He clearly stated that he would give people a
choice to stay with the plan they have or join the national Federal plan. He has
clearly stated, long ago, that he is AGAINST the repeal of the Second Amendment.
He has then stated that some exceptions need to be made, in cities like the south
side of Chicago, in order to get control of guns being openly carried right into
schools by kids, let alone by criminals on the streets. Who can argue with that
heart rending logic. So, you in Texas and Arizona need not worry- you will keep
your right to your gun. But, once he cleans up some terror zone like Chicago,
he will go on to reason that controls on guns needs to be expanded to here and
there until the whole nation has the whole camel in the tent. You
need to understand that socialists and Marxists cannot rule a people until they
have CONTROL of those people, and the history of Russia and China has shown that
forcing control on people does not work. It did not work in Ethiopia where we
watched the coup of Menguistu Heile Mariam. Twelve years later, Menguistu had
to flee from Ethiopia to save his life. He has since converted to Christianity
in South Africa. This is the only place on the web where you will read that fact. To
Bible believing Christians (NOT Rick Warren and TBN junkies) it is imperative
that you examine closly whether you want to be a non-profit organisation. This
is because a non-profit church organization has NO rights and is an instrumentality
of the US Government. Your funds are now the only records the IRS requires to
see. Under a change of America plan, non-profit organizations would be forced
to report their membership list and answer questions about them. They would also
be required to render services in line with new national policy, and they would
be told what they could teach and preach about. There have been test mailings
done long ago to test response to such measures, and I personally got one as a
pastor in Michigan. True
Bible believers must consider going back to the original New Testament plan for
local churches-- the House Church. This is the only way the Church survived in
China during the Cultural Revolution of Chairman Mao. Then Deng Zhou Ping reinstated
freedom of religion after the Cultural Revolution was called off, he and the Communist
leaders were horrified to find that the Church had grown greatly during the Cultural
Revolution. The Church in America is clothed in filthy rags, not a wedding garment.
This is because the Church, or let us say Christendom, in America has brought
in every filthy bird that wants to roost in the tree that has become the greatest
in the garden. Members follow men and throng to mega church "campuses"
and gulp in trendy rubbish and read from Loonie Tunes Bibles. It may well be that
God is willing to let America fly apart at this time and result in much persecution
of Christendom in order to prepare his bride for her arrival in heaven. In terms
of Matthew 24 and Luke 17, do you want to escape the wrath to come by entering
the ark with Noah or shuffling out of town like Lot? Read the chapters above and
learn. One
last thought: Does Obama compare himself to Lincoln because he wants another
civil war? Let us hope he fails, and let us Bible believers pray that, by any
means God chooses, Obama will become so distracted and troubled in politics, in
his home, and in his personal health and life, that he cannot accomplish such
a thing. We paryed this way against Bill Clinton, and God gave him lots of distractions
that kept him too busy to do much harm to the nation.
__________________ 2/22/09-
New Hampshire
is now a sovereign State- The US Government now has VERY limited powers of
law enforcement and administration in New Hampshire. See
what states are following NH's example. Is
Alan
Keyes helping or committing arson to our nation? He is right in just about
everything he says, but this reminds me of Jesse Jackson when he says, "there
will be riots, there will be riots, do you hear me homies, there will be riots..." There
is a rush in feeling delivered from the yoke of bondage from the US Federal system,
but we need to count the cost-- The powers above will not go away quietly. There
needs to be a Federation of states which take back states' powers but leave the
Federal Government to carry out the powers it originally was given in 1776. STOP
PRESS: Make
it twenty states that have done this!! Long ago I told my readers that
the USA would be diminished before the end times of the Bible can be 100% centered
on the Middle East and Jerusalem. I also suggested that we might Balkanize and
fly apart. This may be it. I
am now wondering if the two trillion dollars of bailouts, and spending money that
does not exist, is a bribe. It also may be a way to turn debt into assets for
a few unseen people above us and out of sight before a collapse of the economy
and the nation. Also, in the bailout were a long list of little surprises, and
some of them may be giving power to the Feds to take control by force. I have
heard of that forced labor by all people age 18 to 24 was in the bill. Is this
true? Getting
states' right back sounds good, but anarchy is NOT the answer. __________________
2/21/09-
Citibank about
to be seized by the Feds? Not a chance unless the Government breaks the law.
Citybank is, as far as I know, grandfathered. Here
is one of the very obscure places where you must go to learn that Citicorp is
grandfathered and is NOT under present banking law because it preexisted the US
banking law: The book, Venezuela- The Challenge of Competitiveness, Page
463, Footnote 153. Citibank
(Citicorp) is bottom of the list of banks qualifying for seizure by the Feds,
or, in other words, they should have been seized long before WaMu. "For
example, GLBA gave SEC the authority to oversee SIBHCs--investment bank holding
companies that do not own certain types of insured depositories (at the option
of the investment bank.) In addition, because GLBA exempts some insured depositories,
either directly or as a result of grandfathering some pre-existing conditions,
some of the most complex institutions in the United States that own insured depositories
are not required to have consolidated supervision." "The
Bank Holding Company Act exempts certain types of depository institutions,
such as ILCs chartered in certain states, from its definition of "bank," as
well as some grandfathered banks. Consequently, a company's ownership or
control of an ILC does not necessarily subject the company to supervision by the
Federal Reserve."
The
Federal Reserve cannot touch Citibank, nor can the Treasury Dept. which functions
as a puppet for the Federal Reserve. Bank branches of Citibank you see, and they
are rare, are subsidiaries of Citicorp and keep Citicorp from being a "bank"
by definition because they are pre-banking law grandfathers and can call themselves
anything they like. Citicorp is also now the only bank that can loan to a foreign
government, now that the rest of the grandfathered banks have been merged and
must keep the banking laws. If
Citicorp was seized by the US Feds, the US Government would be in possession of
trillions of dollars in foreign loans that they could not call in, and the US
Government could not demand payment of even the interest from all these nations.
We have no national bank in the USA. Is this why Obama wants a national bank-
Obama IS an economics major. If he gets his National Bank of the USA, he can then
hand the accounts receivable from Ciricorp to the National Bank of the USA and
enter these accounts receivable into the national budget as assets, thus wiping
out, ON PAPER ONLY, the red ink. No one knows how many trillions of dollars Citicorp
has loaned to foreign nations, but it could easily be over ten trillion. In
fact, has this been the plan all along? Is this why Obama et al have no fear of
issuing hundreds of billions of dollars of credit in bailouts? The red ink will
turn black in the end, and they are planning on it. Pelosi and Barney Frank are
too dumb to deny Obama a National Bank. If this is the final picture, then we
will be a nation holding the world's flunky nations' debts as our major assets.
Obama might do better at collecting these foreign accounts receivable though,
than Citicorp did, because a National Bank could use a carrot and stick policy
by giving and pulling back political treats from the US Government, like arms.
But, what would this do for our international image as the world's biggest collecting
agency? So,
why not grab them now? 1.
Citicorp is grandfathered and has the right to refuse to be seized. 2.
The FDIC may be able to cover Citibank, (US bank) but the mortgage, insurance,
and foreign loan dept of Citicorp is not regulated by anybody, and there is no
way to know what the Feds will actually end up with in their lap-- accounts receivable,
or insurance claims and other hidden liabilities around the world? 3.
Other big banks may have assets invested in Citicorp to hide them from the Feds,
and the jig would be up for them. Are these big banks devaluing Citicorp as they
bail out? Will the Feds end up with foreign accounts receivable and almost nil
in deposits? IE, is Citicorp a bomb waiting for a sucker, like the Dems and Obama?
I
confess that I have no idea if I am onto the truth here. I do know that 99.99%
of Americans, including economists, never talk about "grandfathered"
banks, nor do thay realize that these banks are 100% a law unto themselves. This
story is like 9/11-- people in high places know the truth has not been learned,
but they are terrified of the consequences of learning it. So am I. Thus,
what shall we do? Invest in a small local bank near home, no matter how bad their
interest rate is. Also, borrow in a small Credit Union near home. Also, to you
Bible believers, do not put your trust in material things. God is still in control.
2/13/09-
READ
ABOUT THE US TOTAL DEBT AND BANKRUPTCY before you read my Modest Proposal
below: Modest
Proposal for the USA to eliminate its obscene and hopeless debt- Humbly submitted
by Steve Van Nattan Step
One: Sell all nonmilitary Federal Land to American citizens
at auction except National Parks, military bases, and real estate used 100% for
governance. Unused land attached to military bases must also be sold. Cede
the National Parks to the states in which they are located. Step
Two: Terminate all US war making activities worldwide within three months, and
close all US Military bases outside the USA. Limit US Military foreign presence
ONLY to embassy guards. Use only missiles to wage war with an understanding with
the world that there will be no "warning shots". Step
Three: Sell all "moth balled" US Military equipment that is not violence
based. Such as vehicles and ships and freight aircraft. Sell all US Government
owned overseas real estate at international auction. Give Guam and Puerto Rico
the choice of becoming states or leaving the US for good (meaning they will bear
their share of the tax base). Step
Four: Close the CIA and NASA permanently. Privatize all non profit corporations
within six months. Exception: Meeting houses of religious groups will remain tax
exempt. Step
Five: All Government retirees with more than two pension plans must give up all
but two, whether Federal or private. Step
Six: Privatize all Government run transportation and commercial activity. Henceforth,
the US tax revenues will never be used to rescue or finance private enterprise.
All people and companies will have the equal right to go bankrupt without Government
interference. Step
Seven: Cut all Federal Government employee perks by 50%, from 1600 Pennsylvania
Ave. to the dog catcher. Any US Government employee who is convicted of taking
bribes, kick backs, and employment favors will serve twenty years in Federal Prison
without parole. Step
Eight: All people on welfare of any kind, under age 65 and in good health, who
do not actively seek employment, will lose all welfare benefits at once. Health
and Human Services will set up a web site posting potential welfare people and
their skills for potential employers. Any employer who hires these people will
receive tax credits for every employee they keep for more than one year. Step
Nine: All legislation enacted will be one of a kind action. Nothing will be attached
to each piece of legislation. Outlaw all lobbying in the USA down to the county
and city level. Step
Ten: Enact a law that anyone in Government or private banking (such as The Federal
Reserve) who is party to the US budget going into the red more than $4000 in the
future, when convicted, will serve ten years in Federal Prison with no parole.
(The $4000 leaves room for error.) What
would the result be? Our
debt would disappear, and the world would instantly see that we are indeed a responsible
nation. And, we would no longer be the world's cop.
__________________ 2/13/09-
TREASON ! This
is NOT "of the people, by the people, and for the people..." Do
you realize that this bill could have virtually ANYTHING tacked into the fine
print. Obama could have been given Executive Powers to rule the USA by Military
power- anything could have been in that bill. Also, I am convinced that a lot
of deep pockets are going to be full in short order. I
have heard for years that certain leaders in high places want to make Americans
hate their own nation. Some say we are being provoked so that we will want the
New World Order. Others say we are being set up so that the President can use
the Executive Powers Act to take charge as Americans riot. Maybe these Congressmen
are just too drunk on wine, women, and power to want to do things right- just
the Keystone Cops top to bottom- a banana republic in a tuxedo.
If
this is how Obama and the Democrats intend to trash our Democracy, it is time
for individual states to secede so they can decide if they want railroad legislation
or the real thing. We
must realize that the next four years will be full of criminal process, pork barrel
legislation, and finally the collapse of our system of government. Our Democratic
mob is made up of people who hate America as it is. They are dedicated to one
objective- CONTROL the people and skim the cream into their own pockets. Obama
is a liar- he claimed he wanted a bipartisan process. This sand bagging of the
Republicans proves that we cannot believe a thing he says. In fact, after he says
something, assume the opposite will happen, and you will not be too surprised
next time. I have concluded he DOES have the Illinios virus. Also,
let us notice that it is taking BO FOUR tries to find someone to take over the
Commerce Department. Obama has "loser" written all over him by now-
he lost the Republicans by cooperating with the Democrats who slammed the Pubs
on the bailout, and he cannot get a team to go to work for him. Hey, send in your
resume-- who knows, you might be given a Cabinet post. BO
has launched war on Rush Limbaugh, which must delight Rush-- his ratings will
soar. And, Obama is going to have tea with Ahmadinejad, possibly Chavez, and possibly
Castro. Wrong enemy, sir! And, wrong friends. The next four years will be marked
by war between Obama and Limbaugh, AND you may be shocked one day to see Limbaugh
on a voting machine. So far, Obama is looking more and more like a ham sandwich
at a Bar Mitzvah.
__________________ FOR
SALE: AMERICA __________________ The
"economic stimulus" bill is farce.
It is like the research group that tried to cross a crocodile and an abalone.
They wanted an abadile, but instead they got a crock of bologna. Not
only is the bill two thirds pork for condoms and other non-economy rubbish. The
gullible notion is that throwing cash into corporations and financial institutions
will stimulate the economy. It
is story time. There was a famine in Tanzania in the 1940s. The British Government
was the caretaker of Tanzania (then called Tanganyika) at the time. The British
Colonial Office was given funds to buy tons of beans for famine relief. After
the beans arrived in Tanzania, Colonial officials did not have enough employees
to distribute the beans, so they asked missionaries to help. The rule as to who
should get beans was this- "You must determine if the people you give beans
to are in good enough health to make it home and cook them and eat them before
they die." It was a horrible choice to make, but the supply of beans was
limited, and they wanted to make maximum use of the beans to save lives.. Now,
do you know, of the big eight nations, which nation started out their economic
stimulus program by selecting small companies to help which looked like they could
survive? Answer: Russia. Vladimir Putin said just last week, "Fitch last
week downgraded Russia's sovereign rating, citing a wave of corporate refinancings."
Go to Fitch, and put your cursor over
each of the tabs at the top of the page to see who they care about. They do not
care about Russia's small companies, they are also the same people who are destroying
thousands of small businesses in the USA. "Of
course we are interested in the establishment of strong domestic rating agencies,
(credit scores) which, with their ratings, will be better able to consider the
specifics of the Russian market, and also offer good-quality and accessible services
not just for major companies (banks and mortgage companies) but also for small
business," said
Putin. Have
the Feds done this for any US banks in trouble with overseas loans? I doubt
it. Revelation
13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his
feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion:
and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. Ezekiel
38:1-7 indicates that
Russia and Germany will one day come against Israel. The USA will be OUT of the
picture. I believe we are seeing, in Putin's craving for independence from Western
monetary restraints, the bear's feet stirring for the end time drama. The USA
and Europe will be standing by wringing their hands and blubbering.
Since Putin's comments above, Russia has had to give up targeting small companies
for bailout because all the rest of the Capitalists in the world were throwing
money at big institutional losers indiscriminately, as our country is about to
do. If Russia helped small companies and let shaky banks go south, the world money
moguls would panic. In effect Capitalists forced Russia to abandon the little
guy in Russia. Now, tell me who the enemy really is. Also, tell me if you think
Putin will not think of a plan to detour the West eventually. The
small business man, construction company, or corner market can have customers
lined up down the block, but US banks and lending institutions have changed the
rules on credit, and the small businesses have to file Chapter 7 or 11. We know
of two small businesses (home construction) that had customers waiting in line,
but the bank pulled their credit, and they are now gone. This is because large
lenders have creeps sitting in LA or Boston who don't have a clue that life is
still going on well in central Texas. The
reason the banks change the lending rules is often due to company receivables
against debts. The lender has spies who keep track of cash flow into the small
company. When a big customer pays up, the bank suddenly pulls the small company's
credit and demands payment of all debt. This leaves no funds the small company
needs to buy inventory. The small company is sand bagged because they have been
borrowing and paying up for many years without a glitch, and the bank acted perfectly
happy with the plan. Smiling faces in big banks mean nothing. Solution:
The Feds give cash to the banks so it can give bonuses to the CEO. Oh yes, and
they buy $350 million worth of condoms. The condoms should be given to most of
our politicians instead. I have NEVER heard any politician suggest, as Putin did,
that someone needs to regulate the tricks the lenders play on small companies.
OB talks about his love for the middle class- well that is ONLY that portion of
the middle class that has a union membership card. The
Democrats are NOT socialists. Socialists, real ones, would go to the smallest
companies to make sure they got their fair share of the pie. The US Democrats
are playing the same game our dear "Conservative" Bush and Reagan played.
The Democrats are pork barrel socialists ONLY when it can buy votes for the next
election. Otherwise, they are Chase Manhattan Federal Reserve capitalists 100%. When
this game finally crashes, and when the dollar devalues, as other nations are
experiencing, there will be a run on the monster banks, and then we shall see
what OB does with that. Move
your money to small local banks that didn't close in 1929 and have never lost
a deposit. There are hundreds of them all over the USA, and they are getting NO
press because they are not in trouble. The ideal small bank is one that has a
"loan officer" but he hands the paper off to a big lender. You don't
get as much interest there, but they have no liability to pay off in a crash.
Your principle will still be safe after the big banks go south. If
B of A and a couple other big banks went under, the FDIC could NOT cover the banks'
customers. Also, China (our largest external debt holder) would very likely call
in our debt. OB and the Treasury would have to go to the Federal Reserve (a private
banking consortium!) and ask for credit to print money to fund the FDIC. At some
point OB and Co. would tell people to "go away please." Or, "How
would you like a job on my New New Deal FDR road crew?" There
WILL be a bomb falling one day, no matter what OB et al do, and no matter how
much funny money they print. The US tax payer will inadvertently have the last
word: 1.
There will be a lot less tax paid due to lost jobs. 2. There will be even more
tax money missing due to taxes not paid at all. OB has shown tax payers, in his
cabinet appointments, how easy it is to not pay your taxes. 3. There will be
a lot of capital gains tax missing due to Chapter 7s. 4. There will be even
more unemployment as troops come home and want out of the eternal war zone in
the Middle East.
That
is when we will be on our own- the Feds will be broke. Correction:
If you are a Bible believing child of God, there is a promise to you: Psalms
37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,
nor his seed begging bread. I would suggest you plant a garden this
summer though, and "lay by" some extra food that stores well. No panic,
just 30 to 60 days of survival supplies. Keep some cash on hand at all times in
case of bank closures. This perverse Federal system we have will right itself
after the criminals in the Federal Reserve, Congress, and the White House are
exposed, and the nation will go back to work. We may be using Euros or Yen, but
life will go on. The companies that are not in debt will pick up the pieces and
provide basic services again. The small banks will have your cash on hand, though
it may be devalued. One
thing you can count on in this evil world-- The greedy bankers and "public
servants" will come up with a way to get you back to work. Caesar will find
a way to help you make enough living to pay taxes. Then there is Texas-- we may
just go it alone again. "Bar-B-Que anyone? We take Pesoes or Dollars or pinto
beans." One
last word-- please stop accusing your local market and gas station for the high
prices. They are victims as much as you are, and some shop owners are eating weenies
just like you are. Look
who is making more cars than the USA! __________________ WHEN
YOUR HUT IS ON FIRE..... The
only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He
prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Everyday he scanned the horizon for help,
but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little
hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements, and to store his few
possessions.
One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in
flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had happened, and
everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. He cried
out, "God! How could you do this to me?"
Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island!
It had come to rescue him! "How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man
of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.
The Moral of This Story: It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad,
but we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives.... even in the
midst of our pain and suffering. Remember that the next time your little hut seems
to be burning to the ground. It just may be a smoke signal that summons the Grace
of God. __________________ Barack
Obama is the President of the USA. I have been encouraged to be worried, afraid,
concerned, prepared for disaster, and a whole host of other maladies. I do not
deny the importance of this election, but it seems to me that we need a dose of
perspective. It's
a "True/False" test. I'd like for all of us to take it. Feel free to email it
on to whomever: True/False:
Now that Barak Obama is President of the USA, Jesus is still "The Mighty
God". T/F: Now that Barak Obama is President
of the USA, our responsibilities as Christians have not changed one iota. T/F:
Now that Barak Obama is President of the USA, the greatest agent for social change
in America is still winning the hearts and minds of men and women through the
gospel, not legislation. T/F: Now that Barak
Obama is President of the USA, my primary citizenship is still in this order -
(1) the Kingdom of God, (2) America, not vice-versa. T/F:
Now that Barak Obama is President of the USA, the tomb is still empty. T/F:
Now that Barak Obama is President of the USA, the cross, not the government, is
still our salvation. T/F: Now that Barak Obama
is President of the USA, our children are still more concerned with whether or
not we spend time with them than with who is President. T/F:
Now that Barak Obama is President of the USA, my neighbor is still my neighbor,
and loving him/her will still be the second greatest commandment. (Do you know
the first?) T/F: Now that Barak Obama is President
of the USA, the only way to see abortion ultimately overturned is still winning
men and women to a high view of life through the gospel of Christ. T/F:
Now that Barak Obama is President of the USA, the only way to see gay marriage
ultimately defeated is still winning men and women to a biblical view of marriage
through the gospel of Jesus Christ. T/F: Now
that Barak Obama is President of the USA, my retirement will still not match my
treasure in Heaven. T/F: Now that Barak Obama
is President of the USA, "Jesus Is Lord" is still the greatest truth in the Universe. T/F:
Now that Barak Obama is President of the USA, the real warfare is for the souls
of lost men, women, boys, and girls. T/F: Now
that Barak Obama is President of the USA, The weapon of our warfare is still the
King James Bible, as it has been for the past 400 years. T/F:
Now that Barak Obama is President of the USA, we know that God is in control.
How did
you score? Remember who you are and who He is. Adapted
from: Wyman Richardson Pastor, First Baptist Church Dawson, Georgia
pastorwyman@windstream.net __________________ 2/04/09-
"Now, in truth, someone doesn't have to have a better suggestion
in order to point out that a recommended strategy will exacerbate the situation.
If an allergic man has been stung by a bee, I don't know what to do except rush
him to the hospital and maybe scour the cupboards looking for Benadryl. But I'm
pretty sure drawing blood from his leg, in order to inject it into his arm and
thus "stimulate his immune system," is a bad idea on numerous accounts — not least
of which, is that I'm pretty sure an allergic reaction means your immune system
needs to calm down. But the point is, if a bunch of guys hold the man down — he
has to be forced to endure the procedure for his own good, don't you know — I
feel perfectly qualified in yelling, "Stop!" Read
the whole article We
are a nation which lusts for war. The most conservative Fundamental Baptist loves
war and waves the flag for war at the church house often. Note the top 10 budgets
for war in the world. If you think I am unpatriotic or ungodly for complaining
about US war lust, read this: Psalms
120:7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. Isaiah
2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they
shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation
shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Isaiah
9:5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled
in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. 6 For unto us a
child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace
there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order
it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for
ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
I
suspect this is the first time you have ever seen verse 5 quoted with verses 6
and 7, right? | I
recall how Hillary and Obama claimed they were against war when George Bush wanted
war. But, now that they are in the driver's seat, we are going to go into Afghanistan
and bash the begeebers out of the Taliban, right? War is the policy. Where is
only a matter of a roll of the dice (and oil pipe lines). |
Our
war budget is destroying our economy, but, according to my sources, even Presidents
dare not declare peace and stop our wars. There is said to be a war making élite
in the USA who will kill a President who refuses to go to war. This may have been
Kennedy's problem. The USA is at war almost non stop somewhere. We
have troops stationed in 156 nations around the world. Can you imagine the
wealth that would be made available to our economy if we got out of the war making
business and let the nations work out their problems by themselves? Furthermore,
there is NO provision in the US Constitution for the US to be the world's cop.
Our war making lust is an expansionist neocolonial trick to take control of national
policy in the nations where we go to "keep the peace." For
you Bible believers, it is absolutely certain that the USA will NOT be in the
Middle East just before the Rapture and the Great Tribulation. ALL the biblical
players in that era, mentioned in the Bible, are immediately surrounding Israel.
The USA will very likely be diminished and destroyed from within, AND the present
stress may well be the beginning of the collapse and minimizing of the USA in
the end times. The USA is NOT a great nation as defined by the Bible. We have
killed over 60 million babies in the womb, and lust and perversion are rampant
and politically correct. It is blasphemy for any local church to have a US flag
in their church house. It is time to "come out from among them" in our
mind set and mouth zeal: 2
Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye
are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and
walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore
come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the
unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and
ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
When
I was in the US Army, we were called "soldiers." Now, they are called
"war makers." There is NO way you can tell me this is honoring to God.
Any pastor who exalts "war makers" is a dog, a scurvy rabid idiot. Back
to the economic bail out-- It is a Band-Aid to try to hide a terminal cancer caused
by murder of innocent babies and lust for blood. Dr. Jeremiah A Wright said, "God
damn America." There is no need for a pastor to make such a tough statement.
God WILL damn America though. His holiness DEMANDS it. God can take out nations
in a flash, as he did with Sodom. There will be no revival to save America-- it
is too late for that. God does not save nations, he saves people, souls. What
a great opportunity we the saints of God will have to win individual souls to
Christ as America is damned as a nation. Some
skeptic will question how God could snap America back to out houses and ox carts
in a moment of time. I will tell you-- it is very simple. One neutron bomb, detonated
about 2 miles above New Jersey, would wipe out EVERY computer, cell phone, and
transportation vehicle in NYC, Washington DC, and the whole Easter Seaboard of
the USA. All electricity and water would be gone, and all public services would
crash. All automobiles would be dead. We would instantly have NO governing entities
functioning. It would take months or years to get life back to anything like it
was before. Meanwhile, the world would go right on uniting without us, and we
would end up becoming the object of foreign aid as some kind hearted nations sent
food and supplies to Americans to survive. Please pass the curried lentils, will
you. AND,
those US "war makers" in 156 nations of the world would become street
people and live under bridges. The
only exception to this would be the Amish in Pennsylvania-- Their wagons have
no electronic ignition. Isaiah
1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine
eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason
together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white
as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If ye
be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 20 But if ye refuse
and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath
spoken it.
If
God would destroy Israel (Judah) for ignoring the above admonition, he WILL destroy
America the same way. There is no bailout. __________________ 1/26/09-
THE PRESENT ECONOMIC STRESS AND BIBLE BELIEVERS Microsoft
will slash 5000 jobs over the next 18 months. The Tech
rush is entering the hangover stage. There is nothing really new and exciting
enough in the tech world to surge on in spite of the economic slump- nothing you
"just have to have." Technology small companies, especially in communications,
have been swallowed up by the tech monsters. The "industrial revolution"
factor of technology has entered the ho hum stage where people are not startled
anymore. The
cotton gin was a novel and exciting toy, as was the telephone Mr. Bell invented
and the Wright brothers' flying machine. But, like the cell phone and computer
of our day, a point came when all those inventions were mundane and status quo.
All the alleged "new" toys are now just innovations on the computer
chip. Thus, the slaves of modern America, and the world, our computers, cannot
drag us on through this economic crunch. What
does this have to do with the Lord's Church? I
believe there will soon come a quiet flight from trendy Christianity. Purpose
driven hype will start sounding hollow to true believers in Jesus Christ. Contemporary
Christian worship will be a bore. This will not happen in a big open manner. It
will happen to individual Christians who start feeling empty after the big show
is over Sunday morning. I see two responses: 1.
Some Christians will simply go home and quit on organized church. They will not
deny the faith, but they will be alone like Elijah at the brook Cherith. 2.
Other saints will gather in homes to continue fellowship in the primitive form
of the New Testament Church of Acts and the Epistles.
Those
who stay with the organized church will become candidates for membership in the
coming world church of the Antichrist. Is this good news? Answer: Yes! It is about
time we see a separation of the sheep from the goats. Matthew
25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them
one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And
he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. If
you are attending a mega church, or even one of many local churches over 100 people,
you may be in real peril. There is NO way, in the last days, to build attendance
to high levels without compromising and adding trendy do wops to entertain the
masses. The "really big show" slowly pushes Bible teaching aside, and
when the super guru finally stands up to "teach," he reads a couple
verses from a Dick and Jane Bible, and then dishes out a lot of Christianized
Dr. Laura Schlesinger rubbish.
Chances
are, you are not participating, you are merely attending. And, chances are, you
look for a local church based on what it offers YOU and your kids. The Lord's
Church in the book of Acts was worship and doctrine based, and they did not "have
something for everyone." 2
Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke,
exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when
they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap
to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their
ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. The
above fables come from Rick
Warren, Bill
Gothard, Upchuck
Swindol, TBN,
and a thousand other itchy scratchy gurus. Bible colleges and seminaries, without
exception, train young men to go forth and put on a Gospel circus for the masses.
As the economy collapses, as during the Great Depression, people will look for
entertainment and diversion. The mega churches will supply just that, and many
of you will rush to Christendom's coliseums for an escape from reality. 1
John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding,
that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his
Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 21 Little children,
keep yourselves from idols. Amen. Here
is where the sheep are going as they flee from hirelings and goats. __________________ "The
most fundamental problem of politics... Is not the control of wickedness, But
the limitation of righteousness." -- Henry Kissinger Kissinger
is right. I assume he meant that legislation, as a nation ages, slowly restricts
and sabotages the sources of righteousness. It is very peculiar to hear such
words from a man who so often twisted the truth and tinkered with righteousness
himself.
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