CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE A WORD THAT SEEMS HARD FOR OBAMA TO SAY

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Plastic Water Bottles

There has been a lot of talk about plastic in the environment lately, especially plastic water bottles.

I recently saw a documentary on the Canadian Broadcasting Network about plastic recycling in Canada. I believe this story could apply to the US and probably other western countries as well.

Recycling is big business. There are only a handful of waste management companies that are recyclers. But do we know how they are recycling the plastic that we use and toss away?

I know you've seen the ads showing how plastic bottles become park benches or playground equipment or some other use that seems to be civic-minded.  But have you ever thought about how much plastic waste we produce? How much gets recycled? 

Plastic water bottles are a creation of the wealthy elite. These people travel the world and don't trust the water sources in the countries that they visit. When you go to a country where the locals won't drink their own tap water you might want to think about drinking Perrier bottled water. But her in the US that is not the case (Flint Michigan may be an extreme exception). Most of our public water systems produce good clean water. As a matter of fact, many of the bottled waters that are sold are sourced from city water systems. The company gets the water for free and bottles it to sell to you for a big profit. Check the label on your plastic bottle. Some companies may treat the water again by reverse osmosis or add minerals, but most of it is just tap water in a plastic bottle.

Those companies are not using recycled plastic to produce their bottles. So every bottle of water produced just adds to the plastic waste.

That plastic wasted is not going into park benches. Most of it winds up in landfills where it never bio-degrades. Or it winds up floating into the sewer systems, into our streams and out to the ocean. 

Most of our plastic gets shipped overseas to places like Malaysia, Cambodia or Viet Nam where it is "recycled". The truth is that it just winds up in their landfills too. Waste management companies pay them for accepting our waste because we in the west don't really have a complete recycling industry. 

The Three Rs of conservation stand for Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. We aren't reducing our use of plastics. A small minority has reusable cups or bottles, but these eventually get tossed into the trash too. Recycling is at best a myth when it comes to plastics. Aluminum cans get recycled, glass bottles get recycled, cars get recycled even oil gets recycled. But plastic, for the most part, does not get recycled. If you have ever gone to a private recycling center to take your cans to get a few bucks, I can almost guarantee that the place didn't offer cash to recycle plastic bottles. They probably wouldn't even take them. I'll admit that there are a few states that require a deposit for bottles. But what good does it do if you are in Alabama and you have a bottle that says "5 cent refund in Michigan and Hawaii?

We used to get all of our drinks in glass bottles until someone convinced the bottling industry that plastic is cheaper to make and because of the weight it's cheaper to ship. That might be true initially but not when it comes to recycling. People still collect Coke bottles that were used back in the '40s. If a glass bottle doesn't get recycled it will eventually break down into the sand that it originated from. Sand doesn't pollute. In fact, sand is used to filter the water that goes into plastic bottles. Collecting glass bottles for decades was an industry to itself. Kids like me used to pick up bottles everywhere to go cash them in for the two-cent deposit refund. Homeless people cashed in bottles to get food to eat. Milk came in a glass bottle too instead of a plastic-lined cardboard. Once you drank the milk you would leave the bottle on your porch so that the milkman could pick it up. The bottle was sterilized and reused hundreds of times. 

I believe the public has been led down a false path with plastic water bottles. The industry has convinced us that if we don't constantly sip on our water bottles will dehydrate and die. Most of my life I only drank water when I was thirsty. I didn't need to carry it around with me. If I was thirsty there was always a water fountain or a garden hose available. I think we need to go back to glass bottles and invest in the water purification systems in our cities and towns. We are doing such a great job of recycling plastic bottles that we now have an unintentional man-made island in the Pacific Ocean made of plastic bottles and shopping bags. I'd be willing to bet that the largest consumer of water in plastic bottles and the use of plastic bags is the very state that is always yelling at the rest of the world about pollution. Namely California, the land of tree huggers, fruits and nuts of all kinds of varieties.

Start drinking your ice-cold Coke from glass bottles. You can still find orange juice in glass bottles. Beer is in glass or cans. (both recyclable). The very water that you are trying to protect from pollution is being polluted by the container you are drinking it from. 

THINK ABOUT THAT for a second.

Save the whales! Drink from glass instead of plastic.

Use paper bags that can be recycled without wasting trees. 

When was the last time you went into a forest and saw a paper bag blowing in the breeze hung up in the limb of the trees? You don't because they break down into wood pulp very quickly. I've been places where the forest seems to be untouched by humans, only to see a plastic bag flapping in the breeze of some beautiful pine tree.

Just think next time you are in Sams or Costco. Do I really need to buy a truck-load of bottled water? What's wrong with my tap water. Do I need another Wal-Mart bag?

Next blog I'm going to talk about renewable energy.

The wolf is at the door!

Are you going to side with the Anarchist mobs trashing our cities? 

Are you going to side with groups of peaceful demonstrators that just want to go back to work?

Are you going to side with people that wear MAGA hats, carry U.S., Confederate, and Gadsden flags and don't wear a mask or maintain "social distancing and that probably supports President Trump?

Or are you going to side with the people that carry Black Lives Matter, Mexican, and burn the American flag, that wear masks and hoodies and think Obama is cool?

Are you going to stand with the people that actually believe in the oath that they took to protect us against all enemies, foreign and domestic?  

Or do you think you are tough enough to stand at your own door and hope that the wolf doesn't come in?

THE WOLF IS AT THE DOOR.

 

MAKE YOUR CHOICE

God Bless the USA

Should abortion clinics be regulated like a surgical clinic?  

I was watching a scroll across the TV screen today that said Louisiana was requiring abortion clinics to operate under the same law that applies to other medical facilities that do surgical procedures and to require that doctors in these clinics have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

    Planned Parenthood and some other abortion clinics are trying to stop this by appealing to the Supreme Court.

    This seems very hypocritical of Planned Parenthood, since they are the ones that fought for legal and SAFE contraception and abortion. They claimed that millions of women were dying in "back alley" abortions. They claim that they are all about women's health and that abortion only is a small part of their operation. 

    Planned Parenthood should be completely on board with this legislation. Don't they want to stop the dying?

    So, when a state wants to make abortions safer and ensure that the facilities and doctors providing abortions are properly licensed, trained, and can get a women to a hospital if something goes wrong, they protest. All of a sudden Planned Parenthood wants to go to court complaining that if they have to comply it will cause them to close down almost all of their clinics. 

    If it's all about women's health and not about abortion they could still operate their clinics providing as they claim, women's health services. It's not about women's health, but more about money to them. They could care less about women's health. There are plenty of non-abortion/non-Planned Parenthood affiliated clinics operating all over the country and doing just fine.

    Would you go to an Oral Surgeon that wasn't licensed and had admitting privileges at a hospital just in case something went wrong? Even veterinarians have licensing standards! 

      Here is an article that I found that shows the truth on this subject. I think if you read it you may learn something new.:

http://afterabortion.org/2011/the-truth-about-back-alley-abortions/

Timshare Resale Scam Alert Do your research!

WATCH OUT FOR TIMESHARE SALES SCAMMERS

 

I was recently scammed out of $2200 by a timeshare resale con. I thought that I had done all my due diligence but it turned out that the scammer was really good and I was very trusting and needed desperately to get rid of my timeshare.

 

In hindsight the first red flag I should have seen was that they called me, I didn't call them. But I have been advertising the timeshare on line so when he knew details about my timeshare he was believable.





Secondly was about the second day of talking to him I was told there was a refundable fee of $2200 I had to pay to process the sale through a title company. But the red flag was that they only accepted payment by pre-paid "Reloadit" debit cards.

They made everything seem so legitimate. They sent me documents for every step of the sale. First and "Offer to Purchase" with the name of the buyer and their signatures, detailing that transaction. Then a "Contract to Sell". It looked almost like the forms that I signed when I made my original purchase at my resort so I believed it.

When I gave them the information from the debit cards the sent me a receipt for the transaction within an hour. He then called and told me to have a nice Labor day and that he would get back to me when the sale closed. He did as promised with one hitch. He said everything was fine. The check was ready to be sent all I had to do was take care of the Luxury taxes owed on the property of $2800. I asked him where this came from and he directed me to read the contract. The contract says the buyers are responsible for the closing cost and the seller is responsible for the luxury tax. He once again wanted  me to pay the money by "Reloadit" cards. I asked why it couldn't be taken from the proceeds of the sale or why I couldn't pay it directly to the IRS, He made several excuses. It was in the contract. It was company policy. Legally it had to be paid through them etc. I didn't feel good when I first sent the money to him by debit cards, now I knew I was a victim of a scam!  I called my brother who is a lawyer in Florida and he checked the BBB web site and found that there was a fraud alert on the company. The alert was not there the day I checked. If it had been I wouldn't be doing this blog.

So I hope that you read this and learn from my mistakes.

1. Be very suspicious of cold call businesses. (ones that you didn't contact first)

2. Check them out on the Better Business web site.

3. Check the entire web site for complaints not just the page that has the name and the rating. You have to click on the complaints tab to get the whole picture.

4. Call the company's number listed on the BBB web site to see if you are communicating with a real representative of the company. My scammer used a number with the correct area code and prefix. He also used a email address that looked like it should belong to the company.

5. Don't pay anything by "Reloadit" cards. They are like cash and untraceable.

6. Don't operate out of emotion, or panic. That what the scammers use against you.

7. Below is the BBB review for the company I thought I was dealing with. Notice that now there is a "Fraud Alert" on the page.

The sad thing about this is that the legitimate business is also hurt by this con. Paradise Timeshare Resale is a reputable company with licensed brokers. They may loose business because of the "Fraud Alert" on their page. You can check out the page below.

NOTE:  This is not the only company that these cons have used. They are hitting almost all the timeshare companies.

Paradise Timeshare Resale, Inc. Review - Timeshare Resale and Rental Marketing in South Lake Tahoe, CA - BBB Business Review - BBB serving Northeast California

THE ATTACK ON THE CATHOLIC IS AN ATTACK ON THE 1ST AMMENDMENT

Please read my rant and then check out the article below.
Catholics need to learn that this attack on the Catholic Church is not all about birth control. It’s
about maintaining our rights under the 1st Amendment to religious
freedom. So many Catholics have been coopted by the notion of social justice
that they have lost the true meaning of Christ’s/the Bible’s teachings about
the value of life. So many people have been convinced that all they need should
come from the government. The government is the new “God” to them. Wake up! Our
ancestors left their homelands because Kings considered themselves to have
absolute power over all that was in the realm. Things happened because the King
allowed it to happen. Sound familiar? Obama says this often, “We have decided
to allow……….” Where does he get off saying that? This government only gets its
power if the people allow it. That is what is meant by “We the People” in our
Constitution. It doesn’t say “I the President or King, as the leader of the
people”. The very first article in the Constitution says that the
legislative power is vested in the Congress (the elected representatives of We
the People). So how did we get to point that the President just makes laws all
on his own by executive edict? Because we’ve been asleep and complacent, happy
to get free stuff from the government so that these people get reelected. The very
first amendment to the Constitution says in part “Congress shall make no
laws respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof.” In other words religion is off limits to the government. Notice
also it says Congress shall make no laws because making law is the
purview of Congress not the President. So where does the President get off
saying he will allow the Church to do anything, especially something
that violates the teaching of the faith.
The Department of Health
and Human Service, the EPA and the FDA are always making regulation to stop
various poisons from entering our environment like lead in paint, mercury in
fish, smog in the air, heroin and other drug that harm us. Why? It’s because
they harm humans. Well what do birth control pills and the morning after pill
do? They poison the body to cause their desired affects. The government
regulates teens getting tattoos, using tanning beds and in most schools you
aren’t allowed to even possess and aspirin tablet but this administration wants
to allow underage girls or their boyfriends to get the Morning After pill over
the counter without a prescription. If you don’t think the morning after pill
is poisonous just ask someone that has used them how they felt the Morning
After taking the pill.
http://townhall.com/columnists/austinhill/2012/02/12/obama_losing_with_catholics_think_again/page/full/

Slavery of another kind

What is going on today is nothing more than modern day slavery with out the chains and whips.

I believe that all of the government entitlement programs we have today have turned us into slaves. The government now takes our money and property from us whenever they want in the form of penalties, fees and taxes.The government is taking away our choice in housing, health care and freedom to travel.
What is slavery?
It is a condition where you owe your very existence to another person or organization. It is a condition where you have no choices that are not provided by the slave master. It is a condition where you give up your freedom or your freedom is taken away by the slave master. It is a condition where your meager existence (where you live, what you eat, and the clothes on your back) are provided by the slave master.
If we look at the history of African American and slavery we may see that many things have changed but many have stayed the same.
Prior to slavery the Africans were free just as all people should be.
They had the freedom to raise a family. They had the freedom to have a business, to raise crops, to have herds of animals for their own property. They had the freedom to build and have a home of their own. They had the freedom to sell or trade their property with others in the community and if they were wise traders, farmers and herders, they had the freedom to become wealthy. They had the freedom to keep their wealth or give it away. It was theirs. They earned it from the work that they chose to perform. No one else owned the product of their work or was entitled to it.
Then the Arabian/Spanish slave traders came with their guns and horses and kidnapped these freedom loving people. They were taken away from their homes. Their property stolen. They were no longer a free people but were now property of another, just like the herds they once owned were there property.
These African slaves were brought to the Americas in chains and forced to work for their masters for no pay. The reward for their hard work was more hard work and the whip.
Many were removed from their original families. Children were taken from mothers and sold. Wives were taken from husbands and sold. Some were made into new families that the Master put together because he needed a better breed.
Here is where we get into the similarities with today's modern slavery to the government.
Master provided housing. Not the best, but he did provide housing.
Master provided food. Not the best, but it kept you alive and well enough to work.
Master provided education in the Christian faith.
Master provided clothing.
Master provided health care. He had to because a sick slave was a non-productive slave.
Master provided reproductive health care in the form of a mid-wife and if the new born wasn't healthy he provided for the disposal of new born's body.
Master provided transportation when it benefited him.
Master even provided some slave more privileges by moving them into the Masters house.
Master even provided some with sex education by having young slaves as his sex toys.
Master provided for all you needs but not your wants.
The slave's only motivation to work was the whip.
The slave's only freedom depended on what the Master allowed.
Then freedom came after the Civil War.
Many slaves didn't know what freedom was and continued to work for Master.
Many were taken advantage of by people that just wanted to use them for there own gain.
Then slowly the Government stepped in to fill the void. But some in government stepped in to futher their own careers and increase their power.
Promises were made to these new free people.
Promises of land and mules to work the land.
Promises of free education.
Promises of free or low cost housing.
Promises of free or low cost food.
Promises of free or low cost health care.
Promises of reproductive health care. (abortions)
Promises of cheap transportation.
These promises were made to keep these people happy and to increase the power of the new Masters in government.
The problem with all of these promises is that for each one you have to give up a little more of you freedom in order to recieve them.
Not everyone qualified for the 40 acres and a mule.
Education provided is not the best.
Housing comes in the form of blocks and blocks of HUD projects with no businesses around to employ the occupants. Or the lie of "Affordable housing" for people that don't make enough money to qualify for the home loan and then default on the mortgage after running up all kinds of credit that they can't afford either.
The food assistance provides enough to keep you coming back for more free stuff but you'd rather have the freedom to eat where and what you want to eat. WIC and Food stamps to buy generic brand foods.
Health care comes in the form of clinics with long lines and sick people passing germs around or visits to to the emergency room because you don't have a personal doctor.
Reproductive health comes in the form of Planned Parenthood which considers abortion and health care. A place where more blacks are killed annually then any other place in the country.
Every thing that the government provides comes with strings attached. They want your vote so that they can stay in power and in the Master's house.
They don't care anymore about you than the Master did.
The more they give to you in entitlements the more freedom you loose. Eventually you are working for the new Master that lives in the big White house.
The biggest lie is that you have been tricked into thinking he is one of you because he has the same color skin.
When will you learn the meaning of MLK's words that you should be judged by the content of your character and not the color of your skin.
Freedom is more than getting free stuff from the Goverenment or the Master. Freedom is the ability to choose your future on your terms by using your God given abilities.
Freedom is not something that you earn from the governmnet. Freedom is not something that you should easily give up in exchange for some temporary benefit.
Giving up freedom makes you a slave to the provider of the entitlements.
Many people make light of the fact that Obama has a brother living in a hut in Kenya. I'll tell you something. His brother is freer than most of the blacks in America. He has his own hut,his own farm, his own animals and within his community he is respected. Freedom is not about mansions or limos or diamonds. It's simply not owing anything to anyone but yourself and God.