Thirty Days of Thanx :: Day 3

Today I am thankful for the many pro-life advocates that were elected into office yesterday....

Thirty Days of Thanx :: Day 2

For the opportunity & freedom to vote and make a difference!!

Funny Fridays :: Policies...

Thanksgiving Challenge: Day 11

Our armed forces

(courtesy of)

People for Change

This *excellent* article was written by my 16 year old brother-in-law, for our local Young Conservatives Blog. ~ Good job, Dave! I'm SO proud of you!!!

(courtesy of)

The Government Can

Comedian Tim Hawkins - the same mastermind that wrote the songs, "Chick-fil-A" & "The Wife Song" song now has a brilliant - but sadly, very true - song called "The Government Can"...

...veerrrryy clever....

Marco Rubio

Today we (the Young Conservatives of Sarasota) went to hear candidate, Marco Rubio speak in Venice today. It was awesome!!

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Rubio is running for State Senate against Charlie Crist. Here you can hear his awesome Farewell address to the Florida House of Representatives, where he served as Speaker.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T!!!

I have to say.... I really find the all the hatred & disrespect that is coming out, by so many during this inaguration, a real shame! I thought Obama's message was for people to unite or was that just to get him elected? I will admit, I am not an fan of much of what Obama stands for... but,

now that he is my President.... whether I agree with him, or not...
I *will* respect him (and pray for him daily)...
because he IS the leader of MY country!!!

Besides, isn't the Presidents ultimate job, first and foremost, to keep the county safe...? With as much as President Bush may have done things wrong... I do believe he has accomplished at least that much! Interesting how quickly we forget!

The Inauguration...

As we speak, Barack Hussein Obama has just been sworn in as the 44th president of the United States... and is now giving his inauguration speech. - A speech I am trying so very hard to listen too... yet between the cable cutting out (apropos, no?)... the sight of my precious daughter, sweet/silly husband, and crazy puppies rolling around/playing on the floor... and all the fluff & big talk comprised within afore mentioned speech.... it is seriously becoming less & less of interest or appeal.

Overall, I find this day surrounded by some very mixed emotions. I am anxious, skeptical, & unbelieving... yet at the same time, confident, hopeful, prayerful, and totally at peace. I know these may sound like very stark contradictions... but if you really believe"In God We Trust"... then you also know, no matter who stands in office... it is HE who puts the Kings in power, sustains them, raises them up, and causes their defeat. God is the ruler of ALL things... and has a purpose in everything he allows to happen. So now, I pray that HE will raise up President Obama to lead this nation and that HE will humble us who at times think we know better than HE HIMSELF.

Thank you Mr. President

Change.... or Improvement?

My revelation from today...

Lately you hear much talk about the "change" Obama is supposedly going to bring to our country, during his upcoming presidency. And while that may sound great and all... in my opinion, believing in change alone, is only setting oneself up for failure! All change isn't necessarily good. Therefore, we shouldn't make changes and expect to see improvement.... we should make improvement, knowing that with it will come the positive changes our country needs!!!

The Returns...

Note to readers: You don't have to read this if you don't want... I just wanted to have a record of the events that took place throughout the night! (Most if not all stats found on cnn.com)

10:30-10:40pm

Wow! What race! At around 8:30 (right after our polls closed), McCain was leading our liberal leaning county (who would have thunk).. by 9:51, as more precincts had reported, Obama had pulled slightly ahead, but only by a little more than 1,000 votes.... and now I just checked, and though Obama is still ahead, it's exactly 50/50 (100% reporting)... with 95,836 votes to 95,609 votes! - He only won our county by 227 votes! That's amazing! Also, Amendment 2 has remained at approx 60 yes/40 no all evening!

For our [battleground] state... it started with Obama leading 55 to 45 (with most of the panhandle counties still to come in)... but as the night wears on, I am slowly seeing that gap lessen... and more and more of the state turn red! So far, with 80% precincts reporting Obama is leading 51% (3,553,070) to 49% (3,378,887).... but they have yet to turn it red or blue... so ya never know! It's definitely gonna be close!!

For the Country, with only 45% of the precincts reporting so far.... it seems Obama is leading 207 electoral to McCain's 135... which actually just jumped up her was under 100 for the longest time. (looks like he getting TX which helps a lot!!!) Looks like one of the other battleground states, Ohio, which had been previously colored red, was just changed to blue stripes. Though it's only had 43% reporting... so it can always change back!

11:20 update:

They are now saying Obama has won (297 to 139)... yet, they are counting in/giving him states that were not long ago led by McCain(Ohio, Iowa & New Mexico), and who only have 52, 48 & 38 percent, repectively, of their reports in. I just don't get it. They have also given Obama states like CA, OR, WA, & HI... who - though I know usually go Democrat - have just barely closed their polls! - Don't you think it's a little early to be counting their chickens?? Interestingly enough, they have still not colored IN or FL. In both Obama is still in the lead (FL - 51% (3,661,970) to 49% (3,510,862), 85% reported-- IN: 50% (1273806) to 49% (1272007) 96% reported) but with much of both states looking mighty red... anything can definately still happen!

11:30 update:

They have just boosted the numbers to 333 (51% - 43,978,815 votes) / 155 (48% - 41,042,359 votes). ~ And though it's only 88% in... they are finally coloring in FL, and giving Obama our 27 electoral votes! (crap!) North Carolina is running a very close race with 94% in... they are at 50%/50% with a difference of only 4425 votes (in McCains favor). IN is currently in Obama's favor, by about 8300 votes (50/49% - 96% in). Needless to say, neither state have been colored yet.

11:45pm update:

Boosted it to 338 (51% - 46,171,361) / 155 (48% - 42,957, 258). They are now saying Nevada is going to go Obama's way (blue stripes) after all - though it's only in by 3% - once again, counting our chickens much? Ohio is still colored blue stripes.. though they are have only gone up to 60% with Obama leading 51 /48%. The gap has widened with Iowa... leading 54/45% - 74% in). FL is now up to 90% with a blue lead of 51% (3,841,372) to 49% (3,671,264). hmm... They have still yet to color in MO, though with 84% reporting McCain is leading 51/48% (over 66,000 votes). The awesome news is, Amendment 2 is still about the same as it has, with 62% yes - 38% no! and Prop 8 (the Ban on Gay Marriage in CA) is currently at 54% yes/48% no - Praise the Lord!

Total National Precinct:69% reporting

12:00am update:
Though only 70% of the precicts have reported... Obama had made his acceptance speech - McCain, his concession speech.... meaning, with his projected win, Barack Obama will become the nation's 44th president and its first African-American leader.

Honestly, I am totally bummed... disheartened... sickened... and confused by the whole thing. I can't quite comprehend what America was thinking - I truly don't understand it!! (May God have mercy on our country!) - But at the same time, I am at peace knowing that my Savior was, my Savior is and my Savior will be Jesus. Not Barack Obama. God is still on the throne... and still in control! As my good friend Sarah said:

"My first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man.
My first allegiance is not to democracy or blood.
It's to a kingdom and a King.".

Final Update (3am)...
yes, I am still up. My mind seems to be going a million miles an hour... therefore making in pretty much impossible to rest & sleep.

Here are the final standings for tonight...

Obama: 338 projected Electoral votes... (52% - 60,508,133 votes) ~ McCain 163 projected Electorals (47% - 54,165,199 votes)

FL finished (well, it's at 99%) with a historical democratic win (there have only been two other democratic wins in the last 40 years 1996 & 1976).... Obama beat out McCain, 51% (4,062,977) to 49% (3,864,089).

Three of the other battleground states.. MO, IN & NC.. never got officially colored in - though by the numbers IN & NC go to Obama & MO goes to McCain.

NV, CO, NM IA, OH & FL (IN & NC) - who were all republican in the 2004 election - made surprising party changes to the democratic side.

Prayers were answered in the Amendment/Proposition Bans on Gay Marriage! FL 2, finished off with a strong 62% yes to 38% no! (with a mind sweeping 4,657,031 to 2,848,490 votes!) ~ AZ is at 56% yes to 44% no (97% precinct reporting).... And CA 8, is at 52% yes to 48% no (with 52% precincts reporting). ~ Praise the Lord!

Next Morning:
Somehow though our country was already 100% reported, the numbers have gone up. Standings are now: 102,650 (Obama) to 102, 413 (McCain)... that's still only a crazy 237 vote lead! Talk about close!

Also...

In the states of Arizona, Florida and California voters said no to homosexual “marriage.” In fact, in the Sunshine State, 60% of the vote was needed to keep marriage only between a man and a woman, and our side was able to garner 62% of the vote.

We won in Arizona, too! This is significant because a couple of years ago the marriage amendment was defeated when the pro-homosexual marriage advocates played the fear card with senior citizens.

Finally, in California, our country’s largest and most liberal state, the citizens voted 52% to 48% to overturn the state Supreme Court’s decision to allow same-sex marriage. This is BIG news! Radical homosexual groups, Hollywood celebrities and the liberal media came together to try and defeat Proposition 8, yet the pro-family and pro-marriage citizens of California won a huge victory and, if I might add, put the arrogant California Supreme Court in its place!

Don't forget...

...to VOTE.... and then PRAY!!

All we can do, is vote for life, truth, justice & freedom... trusting all the rest, to the one who reigns sovereign & supreme over all nations. And in the end.... no matter what happens, or who concludes this election day with their acceptance speech... know that there's an almighty & just God holds everything in his hands. There will never be a president with whom I agree completely. And whoever wins the office, is sure to make choices I don't agree with & decisions that are wrong. (if nothing else, he's human!) But despite what he does, or says, or believes, he will be my president - the leader of my country! And so, whether deserving or not, I will pray for & support him!

Our Weekend Project...

Yes - though it's on a much lighter note than my last entry - this is yet another politically related post. -- Don't worry, it will all be over soon and then we can get back to our regularly scheduled programming... whatever that may be! lol!

As I mentioned before, in a few previous posts... we've been having trouble with people vandalizing and/or stealing our campaign signs. Matter of fact, right after I wrote the last one, we left to go out to lunch/ get KB's new shoes... and we noticed that our two newest McCain/Palin signs had been ripped right off their metal stakes & stolen... >:(

So just like last time... we set out to replace the origial one(s) + add one extra. Unfortunately, being that we're not the only ones with this problem, the headquarters was all out of signs! Since B has been wanted one of the big signs anyway, we decided to shift to plan B, and make one... one that is BIG.... and one that is bold! It's was long process.. but a lot of fun!

Here's some pix of process & results...

The materials...

Getting it cleaned up...

Spray painting it blue...

Projecting the design (specifically designed for the dimensions of the board)...

So it could be traced it on, for easier painting....

Painting in the design... (B did all the bigger lettering... I did the tiny stuff.)

Putting it up...

The Finished product...

Think that'll get the point across??

(note: we had some shots that were better than the ones portrayed here... but they accidentally got erased from the computer... :sad:)

My new shirt! (and a rant)

Hot off the press.... isn't it awesome!?

I couldn't find anywhere to purchase one... so I created the logo on the computer... DH borrowed the shirt press from his old job... and we made one!! :-) I wore it with yesterday afternoon... and got a kick out of how *many* dirty looks I received from people! - LOL! whatever.

I also just made this design, which we are going to press on a shirt for KB...

This design idea was sparked from Obama's statement....

"...I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby!."

Punished with a baby....? What in the world?! First of all.... if you really teach your children about true values & morals... that opinion, as well as the act of abortion would be wrong. period. end of story. Besides, what happened to taking responsibility for your actions... good, bad or otherwise?? I understand that, to many, having a a baby may not be convenient or "fit" into said person's life plans at that time. But what about the awesome gift of adoption? - allow the baby to be a blessing to a loving & longing couple? Why does a girl, who has already made some stupid choices in her own life... then get the selfish "right" to choose whether she's going to destroy or preserve another human's life? ~ It's her body, you say.... She should be able to do with it whatever she wants. So assuming you are also of the belief that the war is wrong, [one of the reasons being] because it's killing so many innocent civilians... you are telling me that dismembering a baby while its still alive.... poisoning it with salt or chemicals... tricking your body to believe it's not really pregnant, causing it to miscarry... or (even worse) allowing a baby to be born, only to leave it to suffer & die are all humane acts? As long as it's in the name of choice.... it's ok to do away with Millions of lives every year and not even think twice about it? Personally, I believe there can be reasonable arguments on both sides the Iraq war issue.... but I have no hesitations to say - in the war against the unborn in the womb - there are no reasonable arguments on the side of killing babies... only fear, lack of responsibility, greed/selfishness, sick convenience, & pride! That's why the Bible calls it the shedding of "innocent" blood - the one being punished didn't do anything wrong. If a mother paid someone to butcher her 2 day-old infant because she no longer wants the responsibility, how much "compassion" would you have? So how is a child a few day or even a few months prior to birth, any different than the same child, a day after birth? No matter how you slice the bread... it's infanticide... it's disgusting... and it's wrong! Life is a gift, a blessing, a miracle... and "Location" shouldn't be a trump card of legal murder!!

Side note: For the record... the abortion issue isnt the only thing I base my vote off of... but it is an issue that is very important to me, therefore weighing very strongly in my decision of who I will vote for president. I will admit there are some things that I dislike about McCain too... but at this point, its voting for the lesser of two evils... and honestly Obama, with his communist morals & values, scare the living daylights out of me!

Awesome!

OMW! This is awesome! ~ After having our first McCain sign vandalized.... and our "Yes on 2" (marriage amendment) sign stolen... I can so totally feel this guys sentiment!!

LoL - I LOVE it!

I can't believe how many conservatives - out of leeriness of voting for "the lesser of two evils" - are planning to vote for a 3rd party.... thereby dividing the Republican base & giving Obama a clear path to Washington. - It really makes me SICK to even think about! -- Come on people.... use your heads... THINK!!!

For the protection of our children
our families, & our country...
I am PROUD to be a....

McCain is coming to town!

I just found out that Arizona senator/presidential candidate John McCain is going to be in town this Thursday... and we're going to see him!! yay!!

Stop Global Whining!!

The Right Brothers = awesome! Though the music is a little hard for my taste... I love how their music is a stark contrast to the usual liberal message that dominate the airwaves! They present their bold conservative message with loud guitars and no apologies! They are not afraid to stand up for their values, ethics, and country!! I first heard of them, when they released their song, “BUSH WAS RIGHT”. The pop-punk song, (complete with a video distributed on therightbrothers.com), had everyone either screaming for more or screaming foul. Air America, Fox News, MSNBC, the BBC and talk shows across the country played - and continue to play – the song. Packed with in-your-face lyrics... they give rock and roll a new slant on rebellion – and it’s called Conservatism.

Here's one of their newest songs!! (and yes, I totally agree with it! Don't agree? Go find & watch "The Great Global Warming Swindle" and then get back to me.... Until then.... Stop Global Whining!!

Stop Global Whining
The Right Brothers
written by Frank Highland and Aaron Sain

There's a crisis on the planet
It's heated up almost a whole degree
It hasn't been this hot in a long time
Not since the 16th Century
When there were no evil SUVs

(Chorus)
Stop Global Whining
It's up to you
The earth's been heating up and cooling back down
Since the day it started spinning 'round and 'round
Stop Global Whining
Get your head out of the clouds

His name is Al Gore, yeah he's a loser
He says the blame falls on me and you
He flies around in a private jet
While he tries to sell an inconvenient "truth"
Hey Al here's something you can do

(Repeat Chorus)

Maybe you should shut up Al
Cause every time you talk you're filling up the air
With carbon dioxide too
So if you really think that we'll become extinct
The best thing that you can do is

(Repeat Chorus)

Stop Global Whining
It's up to you
Stop Global Whining
I'm sick and tired of hearing you

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