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Monday, November 2, 2009
EXCERT
Anyway, the excert is from this-
Robert V. Andelson / Campus Unrest -- The Erosion of Excellence all they remember is that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. And so they ask for courses in astrology and Swahili and hard rock. They fall for every passing fad and URL:http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/...
URL:http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/... of-education.html
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A good part of the difficulty is that we try to educate everybody and wind up educating practically nobody. We have a mania for quantity. We seem to think that the more colleges we build and the more students we dragoon into them, the more educated our population will become. This is a fallacy. There are altogether too many people in college now who have no business being there - people who didn't come to cultivate their minds, but came to please their parents, or to snag a husband, or to avoid the draft. And, since all too often the level of instruction is geared to them, many of them manage to survive and get their sheepskins without ever having really known what it is to engage in intellectual activity. So we are surfeited with third-rate professionals: teachers who are barely literate, business executives who are weak in economics, engineers who have trouble with a slide-rule, radio announcers who mispronounce the simplest English words. And while droves of ill-prepared and poorly motivated people are sporting baccalaureate and even graduate degrees, it's next to impossible to find a competent mechanic or chef or electrician.
Don't let anybody push you into college against your will. If you aren't sincerely interested in obtaining a liberal education, and if you aren't prepared to pay the price in rigorous application that such an education requires, don't become part of the problem, Don't make my job that much harder. There is a desperate demand all over this country today for honest craftsmen - for people who know how to work effectively with their hands, and who take pride in manual accomplishments. Consider that to be a good plumber is infinitely more honorable than to be a slipshod scientist or an incompetent attorney -and these days it's likely to be more lucrative too!
But if you have a thirst for humane knowledge; if you have learned how to stretch your minds, and want to keep on stretching them - come to us. We need you and we want you. And when you come, be persevering. Remember that amid all the spoonfeeding and busy-working and rat-capping and hell-raising - amid the Cliff notes and the roll calls and the snap tests and the beer busts -amid and in spite of all these things, if you seek diligently enough, and study hard enough, and wait long enough, you may find a couple of professors who will inspire you, and four or five bopks which will open new vistas for you. And as these professors and these books force you to think, who knows? Who knows but what out of your thinking may arise constructive ways of dealing with the terrible and solemn issues which imperiously confront our nation and our world ?
In this lies the hope of the future, perhaps the only hope. "Not in wild dreams of red destruction nor weak projects for putting men in leading strings to a brainless abstraction called the State," but in this. For, as a great American sage and prophet, Henry George, wrote many years ago: blockquote> "Social reform is not to be secured by noise and shouting; by complaints and denunciations; by the formation of parties; or the making of revolutions; but by the awakening of thought and the progress of ideas. Until there be correct thought, there can be no right action; and when there is correct thought, right action will follow."
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
REDISTRIBUING THE WEALTH OF THE U.S.A.
SOME INTERESTS OF WEALTH: Presidence of the family parent; financial opportunity goals; educational resolvability; national religious/civil, and moral Liberty; infrastructure environment goals-finance and society; sensational influential impacts; National Debt Relief...
WEALTH
Some Sure Things
Policy,Orders, and Guidance
Assured assured - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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Presidence of the family parent; financial opportunity goals; educational resolvability; national religious/civil, and moral Liberty; infrastructure environment goals-finance and society; sensational influential impacts; National Debt Relief...
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Rate of Accrual of Annual Leave for Civilian Employees Hired While on Terminal Leave Pending Retirement from the Uniformed Services, February 2, 2009
Partnership for Public Service Program: Making the Difference - Federal Internship Program: Acquisition, January 30, 2009
Minimum Service Requirement to Receive Five (5) Days of Excused Absence for Employees Returning from Acting Military Duty, January 30, 2009
Delegation of Authority to Waive the Maximum Entry Age and Mandatory Retirement Age of Law Enforcement Officers (LEO), January 30, 2009
2009 Service to America Medals, October 24, 2008
Federal Student Loan Repayment Program Report to Congress FY07, May 15, 2008
Completing Question 21 on the Standard Form (SF) 86, Questionnaire for National Security, May 15, 2008
OPM ACWA Testing, May 15, 2008
DOJ Performance Awards Administration Guidance for Fiscal Year 2008, May 2, 2008
New Death Gratuity for Federal Employees, April 30, 2008
OPM Issues Standardized Federal Vacancy Announcement Templates for Certain Positions, April 22, 2008
Increase in Dollar Limit for Which Component Heads May Approve Incentive Awards, April 21, 2008
Documenting the Probationary Period for Supervisors and Managers in the Competitive Service, February 11, 2008
Delegated Examining Unit(DEU) Quarterly Workload Reports, January 29, 2008
Use of the Revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9, January 22, 2008
Excused Absence for Voting, January 04, 2008
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Current inve stigative practices
Differentiating Symbolic from Symbiotic
NOTING ...InvE
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=symbiotic+&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
Redistributing
Re- Distribute
Re- Dis- Tribute
Re- Dis
Tribute
READ THIS (Re'Dis)
Somethings Not So Sure Of (back to the top)
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Rule Of Change
Was it a)Thomas Jefferson b) Harry Truman c) Alexander The Great d) King Arthur e) Alfred The Great f) Alexander Hamilton g) Winston Churchill h) Charelton Heston i) Wilma Mankiller ... J).. K..).. L).. M).. N).. O).. ...did I leave anyone out? Oh, W! Mr. P. P)
Clue - {leave-out the word President}
Link Hamilton Opinion discription: Old Arguement http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/amerdoc/bank-ah.htm
** The inhabitants of earth have many tongues, those of heaven but one." — Henry Carey. VOLUME III. CONBUCTBD AND PUBLISHED BT C. &, L. M. GOULD, MANCH£STEB, K. H. 1886. ClAAy Jl- S — // ^ ^-^/^H^^ ^^/. ** Tell us, for doubtless thou canst recollect, To whom should we assign the Sphinx's fame : Was Cheops or Cephrenes architects Of either pyramid that bears his name ? Is Pompey's Pillar really a misnomer ? Had Thebes a hundred gates as sung by Homer ? Perhaps that very hand, now pinioned flat, Has hob-a-nobbed with Pharaoh, glass to glass : Or dropped a half-penny in Homer's hat, Or doffed thine own to let Queen Dido pass, Or held, by Solomon's own invitation, A torch at the great Temple's dedication." F ie;EF.A.OE Is it true that all mankind have a natural desire for knowledge ? Aristotle rightly observes, that the first question ought to be, or ought to exist ; because it is in vain to seek the causes of that which has no being or existence. That which is natural should be found in all ; we see it is natural for a stone to tend toward the earth because all stones tend toward the earth. Yet, it does not seem to follow that all desire to learn. Perhaps all desire naturally to know, but not all de- sire to know the same things. Knowledge is indeed a pleasure to the majority of persons. There is nothing so small and inconsiderable in nature, wherein the mind finds not incomparable delight Aristotle again says,.... { END CONTENT FROM "Full text of "The Bizarre Notes and Queries in History, Folk-lore, Mathematics, Mysticism, Art, Science, Etc" END CONTENT EXCERTED)
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Oh, I left out Hiawatha... (this is an exceptable choice and a clue)
Monday, October 19, 2009
We Control News, YOU don't need to know anything else.
i'm sure, the right decision was made because we believe in freedom of speech no matter how abhorrent someone's views are
Thursday, October 15, 2009
DISCONTENT MEANT
Inevidable?
No but it didn't take very long, did it.
Not in New York!
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP)—It didn’t take long for Ryan Abshagen to discover how many Buffalo Bills fans are unhappy with their team and want owner Ralph Wilson to make sweeping changes. But what is happening in Washington? The same you think?
The only thing that would be needed is "For The Names To Be Changed".
I am sure we all agree on that; "the fans"(the people), "the owner"(Our President), "to make sweeping changes" (“I honestly never thought it would ever be this big,” Abshagen said. “Fans are disgruntled. It’s out there. It’s big. People are going to hear about it.” New York Bills Fan rents billboard)(Except for Our President, he will sweep away the entire Executive Cabinet, Czars included; correct?)
I wonder; what if the atmosphere is the same, and the game is the same?
The media is/has "LEFT", that out, 10-04 /copy-?-over... ; CORRECT.
Monday, August 3, 2009
HERE IS A REAL RESIDENT
This Topic stems from THREE prevoius posts,
Post titles"TeePee President" and "tHERE IS A pRESIDENT TOO", and where in "UNITY IN THE BODY" where at the end of that post there is a 'the ROMANCE holding on, still standing at The ALTER; yet as it STANDS, only to the personal journey of and not directly to any morale within these two movies, or films- Dragonheart and Lord Of The Rings ; ...
...from the "real days, as in Today, or the Modern day, as a given...
...AND then, to WHAT COULD relate to a "USAs' president'S" concerns today ..
; today, from what- all previous presidents, all former branches of our governments', and all previous doctrines, articles, guides, and advices, from all of our former statesmens'- have beens, have presented ; the success' and failures' history, of politics and government, in all the world's history, as they present and represent today; for tomorrow, or, the future of our countrys' governing.
- As a citizen, who could be " Starting with Todays Top News" (the news at the moment from Yahoo) for some outlook!
Useless job-hunting methods
If you employ any of these techniques in your career search, you're wasting time. » Why you should avoid them
Cover letters
First impressions
Find best job-hunting techniques - As a senior, concidering what may be available in oppertunity; those sustainabily and within moral values ; for theirselves; mostly for their children and their future "grandchildrens"- generations.. : a genral vision can be gained from a vision; that is this, ; if you can immagine these that follow;
- some concepts from the making of a particulsrly old movie,(here's a short review from NYTIMES) Review Summary
Ernest Hemingway's short novel The Old Man and the Sea was probably unfilmable to begin with, but this didn't stop John Sturges from trying to cinematize Hemingway's tight little character study. Spencer Tracy is the Old Man, a Cuban fisherman who tries to haul in a huge fish that he catches far from shore. Tracy's tiny boat is besieged by sharks and by natural elements, but the Old Man stubbornly sticks to his job. In the end, the fish is nothing more than a skeleton, and the Old Man returns to his tiny hovel to "dream about the lions." Spencer Tracy may have been dreaming about the Oscar when he agreed to make this film, but Old Man and the Sea is defeated by pretentiousness and by several unconvincing "sea" scenes shot in a studio tank (even though both Tracy and director Sturges underwent incredible hardships filming in a "*real"" boat on the *"real" ocean* : (The astrict I edited in with quotation marks (*" " ) for this Topic). Old Man and the Sea was remade as a 1990 made-for-TV movie starring Anthony Quinn, which compounded the mistakes made in the Tracy version by grafting on a pointless love story. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide - .
Similar Movies (To to "The Old Man And The River" first)(secondly Similar to this Post Topic)
The Wide Blue Road
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
SIMILAR TO CONFLICT as a Non-Documentary Film's and films Past
The Hurt Locker could be the great Iraq movie
(Similar to driven away from my main subject to write about the world beyond ... seemed to mimic the extravagant apocalypses of ... ..cataclysm, its rippling ...ramifications or its troubling celluloid parallels ...
2001: A Space Odyssey - an Author In The News Today, so.. so lets say "Books", i.e. ,Chapel Hill native Wells Tower is America's next top author
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned has earned lavish praise from all corners. The New York Times published a pair of raves, one from the reliably captious staff reviewer Michiko Kakutani and another from the celebrity literary critic Edmund White.
By Adam Sobsey 29 Apr 2009 (Arts: Lit Local) - Kind of absorbing the collougue of it all- or fighting the logic?
Reel Politik
"Spy Game" and "The Wide Blue Road" explore political concerns in vastly different ways.
By James Morrison 12 Dec 2001 (Film: Feature/ Review)
21 Nov 2001
Movie Spotlight
"Spy Game" opens Wednesday, Nov. 21
21 Nov 2001 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight) - BACK TO THE WILD BLUE ROAD---- Review Summary
The Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo's 1957 film is a political movie that, partly through the powerful lead performance of its star, the relatively young Yves Montand, transcends its own politics. In its portrait of a humble fishing village, the movie reverently looks back to the early films of Rossellini. But at the same time, the movie has a high scenic gloss aesthetically at odds with neo-realist austerity. As stirringly heartfelt as it is, Mr. Montand's portrayal of a proud renegade fisherman who breaks the law to make a better life for his family is a star performance radiant with macho glamour. — Stephen Holden, The New York Times
Full New York Times Review »
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
TEEPEE RESIDENT
1 - 4 of 4 for CHEROKEE commander and cheif "LIVED IN A TIPI".
1- 5 of 5 for CHEROKEE commander and chief "LIVED IN A Teepee".
And here is the story of how I got my Pipe (StoneE's WebLodge's)
1 - 10 of about 4,030 for CHEROKEE DICTIONARY "LIVED IN A TEEPEE".
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1 - 8 of 8 for CHEROKEE DICTIONARY "LIVED IN A TIPI".
1 - 10 of about 7,640 for CHEROKEE DICTIONARY"LIVED IN A" "TEE-PEE".
1 - 10 of about 23,700 for DICTIONARY"LIVED IN A" "TEE-PEE"
cigarette 100's 99's 93's
Kings?
Monday, July 27, 2009
UNITY IN THE BODY
iT was noted THERE today that a great Scripture that talks about anger is Ephesians 4:26-27 (NIV), it says "In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold." The first thing to notice in this scripture is that is says "In your anger" not "If you get angry." Saying that we will get angry at times and that anger in itself is not a sin, but it is what we do with that emotion that could be a sin. Then next thing it talks about is dealing with the anger, by saying do not let the sun go down while you are still angry. Deal with it that day, do not harbor it for days, weeks or the years ahead. The last thing the Scripture talks about is not giving the devil a foothold. Do not give the devil a place to work in you, and by holding onto anger you let him in. The devil wants strife between people, not forgiveness and grace.The book "The Anger Workbook" is an excellent resource that is biblically based ...
Outside of today.. using imagination..
http://kingofcyberspace.blogspot.com/2009/07/dragons-to-heart-towers-two-relate.html
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
tHERE IS A REAL pRESIDENT TOO!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
The Un-Shoveled Riddle Of State Of The Union
The concept of this first interest is at last in this search results pasted below and not related to the modern day, nor related to or effect a, was of "documenting some confederation".
so first
this excerpt as "irrelevent"
http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/docsouth?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=confederating http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/document/csr07-0276
Now, This is my personal view in portrail of this U.S. portion of what is being exemplified as an economic crisis, therfore making it a political crisis, therefore making it a recess in thoughts and interests of the citizens, therefore depending on the side of the fulcrum individuals are on, the mentality can bear depressive moral, or lots of fun; simply, fun liberally; political ethics are then mixed or blended in with the business ethics; these I will outline, drawn from my personal perspective
because they are a part of the components open to interpretation
to what constitutes "absalutes", in variations; less, the specific urgencies, or the importances relating to personal healths, compasions, sympathies, etc...
This is more to the sustaining factors
... This is a single part of what will be, by my discenment, real, metaphoric, several compact views and analysys of/from my perspective. It is limited to an issue I was partly singled out, but also includes my interests of the others who share the same. All the same, again, I will not mention to what is singled out or of what that issue is -as-it-or the rest of the fulcrom sided relates to the following :
ETHICS increasing -or-decreasing, "state of the competitiveness"
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/9970951861/446612/Sommers_fulltoc.pdf
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
SEASON OF REASON
excert -Sermon by Dr. W. Marshall Davis Pastor of the First Baptist Church Rochester, PA
To Everything There is a Season Ecclesiastes 3:1-15; Psalm 90
December 30, 2008...
... Ecclesiastes is one of my favorite books in the Bible. It was written by King Solomon. Not long ago I took you through a study of the Song of Solomon, which he wrote when he was a young man. He wrote the Book of Proverbs throughout his life when he was a middle-aged man. The book of Ecclesiastes he wrote later in his life. There is a lot of wisdom in this book. These are the words of a man who has been through the school of hard knocks. He knows things from personal experience, and he shares them with his readers. He has some things to say to us as we stand on the cusp of a new year. I am going to divide this passage into two points. Solomon mentions them both in the first verse: “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven.” First I am going to talk about the seasons of life. Second I am going to talk about the purposes of life.
I. In verses 2-8 he names the SEASONS OF LIFE:
To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up; A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing; A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away; A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak; A time to love, And a time to hate; A time of war, And a time of peace.
It is beautiful just to speak these words out loud. With every verse our hearts say, “Amen.” We have been there, and if you haven’t you will. We could put a personal story to every one of these verses. They describe the rhythms of our lives. They describe the seasons of our years – our childhood, our youth, our adult years, our middle years, our later years – if God blesses us with them. I am what they call “middle age.” If I am in the middle of my life, it means I will live to be 114. I don’t think so. Life expectancy for a male in the US is 75 years, so that makes me “three-quarters age.” There are no guarantees we all with reach 75; that is an average. We do not have a guarantee from God we will get a minimum of 75 years on earth. Psalm 90:10 says, “The days of our years are threescore years and ten (70 years); and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years (80 years), yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” That was considered then the maximum. There were exceptions of course. Moses, who wrote that palm, lived longer, but he was the exception in those days. God prolonged his life so that he could take the people of Israel to the edge of the Promised Land. The truth is none of us knows how long we have to live. Therefore it makes sense on this last Sunday before the New Year to “to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom” as Psalm 90:12 says.
Ecclesiastes 3 describes the seasons of life. There are good times and bad times, times of joy and times of sadness, times of pain and times of pleasure, times of plenty and times of want, times of illness and times of health. We each could come up with our own list of seasons of life just as Solomon does here. What does Solomon say about these seasons of life? Verse 11 gives us Solomon’s assessment of them.
He says that they are all beautiful in their time. Verse 11: “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” That is quite a statement! He has made everything beautiful? Everything he just mentioned? What does he mean by this? I think that Solomon in his God-given wisdom and in his experience of age sees life from a higher perspective than most of us. He sees that the good and the bad are part of a bigger pattern that God is making in our lives. Before I came to Pennsylvania I was pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Lowell, Massachusetts. It is an old textile mill town on the Merrimack River which powered the mills back during the industrial revolution. And there is still a textile industry there although it is now small. Most cloth is made overseas now where the labor is cheaper. At many funerals in that old mill town I was asked to read a poem entitled “Just A Weaver” by Benjamin Malachi Franklin. I was asked to read that poem there as often as I have been asked to read “Footprints” here.
(HERE) The poem goes like this:
My life is but a weaving, between my God and me,
I do not choose the colors, He worketh steadily.
Ofttimes he weaveth sorrow,
and I in foolish pride Forget He sees the upper, and I the underside.
Not till the loom is silent, and the shuttles cease to fly, Will God unroll the canvas, and explain the reasons why
The dark threads are as needful in the skillful weaver's hand
As threads of gold and silver in the pattern He has planned
Solomon got a glimpse of the bigger pattern of life and that is why he could say, “He has made everything beautiful in its time.”
He then says in verse 11 “Also He has put eternity in their hearts.” Other translations, including the old KJV translate this very differently, saying that God has put the world in men’s hearts. “he hath set the world in their heart.” But the Hebrew word is olam, which means everlasting or forever. It is the word used in Genesis 3:22 where God says that if man eats of the tree of life he will live olam = forever. God makes an olam covenant with Noah, an everlasting covenant. It is the word Abraham uses in Gen 21:33 to describe God as “El Olam” the “eternal God” or the “everlasting God.” After looking at the Hebrew it seems like the NKJV and most modern translations get it right; the word in question is eternity. “He has put eternity in their hearts.” “He has also set eternity in the hearts of men.” (NIV) What does this mean? It means that in every human being there is a sense of the eternal. One modern translation (GOD'S WORD Translation) even translates verse 11: ”It is beautiful how God has done everything at the right time. He has put a sense of eternity in people's minds.”
Solomon is saying that every time and season and event in our lives has an eternal aspect. There are no accidents. There are no unimportant events. Even the most ordinary and seemingly trivial happening has an eternal purpose. Jesus says in Luke 12:6-7 “Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Everything that happens is eternally meaningful.
Every person is of eternal importance. God has placed eternity in your heart. This is not the New Age that we are gods or that there is a spark of the divine in us. We are mortal creatures made from the dust of the earth, but God has placed eternity in our hearts. He has given us eternal souls and has put a hunger in us to live with Him forever. Augustine said “Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless until they find rest in Thee.”
Next Solomon says in verse 11, “Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.” There is a mystery to God’s eternal purpose in time.
That Hebrew word olam that I was talking about earlier has a root meaning of “that which is hidden.” The very etymology of the word reveals the truth that there is eternity hidden in time. If it is hidden, it means that we do not see it. Solomon says, “no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.” Solomon with all his wisdom is saying that the work of God in man on earth is to a great extent a mystery. You know one of my favorite verses, Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” But the reality is that we do not understand or see HOW all things work together for good. It will not be “till the loom is silent, and the shuttles cease to fly, Will God unroll the canvas, and explain the reasons why.” ......(end excert).
...... see entire sermon for much more: http://home.comcast.net/~wmarshalldavisjr/12-30-07.html
(will is "Will" whether we wonder or when and how God wills it, it is God's; or "Of God to.."; since we can recognize the written discern, a prayer, I pray, that in "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" that this is the will our wealding be from, of, and to; including the praise to Him as we see and interpret daily that which seems to us as "what has or is , that becomes... whatever"...?)
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Home Page For reason - What is reason?
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marshal (etymology)
Part of Speech: verb
Pronunciation: ['mah(r)-shêl]
Definition: To arrange in order (troops), to bring together and organize (facts).
Usage: Today's word does not simply mean to raise or conjure up, so avoid expressions like "marshal the strength to do something." This verb means to put together in an organized fashion, "Through a combination of courses at college, experience, and a broad range of reading, Virgil managed to marshal the skills he needed to carry out his new job." Here is another, "When the attendance dropped dramatically in Professor Draco's class, he persuaded the dean to marshal a committee to investigate student absenteeism."
Suggested Usage: Not to be confused with the surname, Marshall. Today's word ends on a single [l] which may be doubled when suffixed, as in "marshalled, marshalling," but that should not confuse you. The noun, "marshal," as a federal marshal, field marshal, or marshal at a ceremony, is spelled with only one [l], too.
Etymology: Today's word is taken from the noun, "marshal," another widely traveled word that entered Middle English as "mareschal," from Old French "mareschal." Old French previously borrowed it from Old High German marahscalc "keeper of the horses," a compound based on marah "horse" + scalc "servant," a word akin to Old English scealc "servant." "Marah" was related to Old English myre "mare," which today is "mare." The shift in meaning from a servant to a person of high rank is surprising but no doubt resulted from the importance of horses to medieval transportation, especially among officers in the military.
Just looking for some admiral views.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
A NOTE IN PASIANCE IN NUN OF THEE ABOVE
There are "no laws against Christ", so if somethings are against Christ what will become of those things? JUST B.S'n if its about politics and todays world and history in this country?
Here is a descriptively close(not exact) partial set of info from a related set of politics-
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United States
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Ideology
An ideology is a set of aims and ideas, especially in politics. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things , as in common sense and several philosophical tendencies , or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society..... In contemporary American politics, it is often associated with the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP..... Core conservative principles include outspoken belief in God
This article also goes way on, with God
(adding: God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism.... and country
and then Patriotism...
Remember this was a conservative post
liberal next?
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Are you the messiah?
He comes not as a THIEF IN THE NIGHT IF.....You WATCH !
Jesus said, "What I say unto you, I say unto all, WATCH!" - Mark 13:37
The Parables of Yahshua can be recited in minutes, yet the complex message of His parables was so revolutionary, that no other New Testament personality ever tried to copy this aspect of His teachings. Throughout the ages, thousands of volumes of scholarly commentary have been written t-r-y-i-n-g to explain their simple messages.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
...Serpents, brood of vipers!
How can you escape the condemnation of hell?”
Matthew 23:29-33
As the reformer Yahshua challenged the orthodoxy. No one had ever before denounced the priests and Pharisees, or dared to question the doctrine of the elders. He expertly quoted the Prophets as He strongly rebuked Judaism’s stiff-necked religious hierarchy - the establishment religionists who never lived the righteous life. They were corrupt. They were blind guides. They were play-actors, and did not live according to the spirit of the Law (Mat.3:7, 5:20, 23:1-36; Luk.11:37-54, 18:9-14; Jno.8:44).
Yahshua challenged the doctrines of the scribes and rabbis, telling them bluntly that they did not know the Scriptures (Mat.22:29). At least eight times Yahshua scornfully denounced them for being legalistic and fourteen times for being hypocritical. They were excellent in reading and quoting Scripture, to keep the people on a tight leash, but in practice they themselves disobey by following their own ritualized customs.
Yahshua detested some of the Pharisees, the religious fundamentalists of the day, because they did not have a heart for the sinners, and were not sensitive to the needs and hurts of the individual. Yahshua taught of YAHWEH’S free salvation by grace, not by law - very revolutionary. And He taught in His Sermon on the Mount that He brought a Kingdom for the meek and for the poor in spirit (Mat.5:5-11), which clearly was just as opposite as you can get to what the Pharisees taught.
Yahshua strongly scolded them because they were always bitter and constantly finding faults, tearing everyone apart. This, the “holier than thou” crowd, by their own attitude, promoted bigotry, prejudice and hatred. He showed them that their religious worship was mere ritual, with emphasis on minor details, “while ignoring the weightier matters of the Law,” such as “justice, mercy and faith.” He taught that the motive of the heart was important, not just the outward action (Mat.23:1-23).
Yahshua chastised them for the many traditions they added to YAHWEH’S Law, making the Law a hardship on the people.
The religious authorities pretend to love you, but in reality they just want to hold you hostage. The Pharisees slowly gained power over Jewish society, by being the overseers of the many elaborate and intricate Jewish oral laws that they required the people to live by. These “traditions of men,” in an effort to micro manage the people, only burden the community, and has reduced righteousness to mere ceremonialism of outward splendor (Mar.7:6-13).
YAHWEH calls HIS people to unity, not uniformity. The simple - common sense - Laws of YAHWEH do not enslave people, it sets them free!
In the Book of John, when Yahshua witnessed the Gospel to Nicodemus a Pharisee, he could not understand Yahshuas’ plainness of speech (Jon.3:1-21). He also admonished them for not being able to see the signs, “You look but can’t see; you listen but do not hear . . .,” (Mat.13:13; Luk.6:42).
The sage would say,
“What is simple, is rarely understood.”
- (from homworship101.com's page 1 of "are you the messiah?"
"Throughout time
over 270 different civilizations around the world
tell the story of a world flood,
and of a family in a boat full of animals
that was saved to replenish the Earth."
"The methods or lessons may vary according to the culture,
but 'universal' lessons of the sin of pride,
the moral teachings of “the Golden Rule,”
the spiritual conflict of good against evil,
a future 'supernatural being' to conquer evil,
and an afterlife where man will finally find justice,
can be found in every major religion."
YAHWEH'S Covenants are either HIS promises or HIS lies, it is for you to decide. To give hope to Adam and Eve, one was one of HIS first promises was that HE would, sometime in the future, send a 'Redeemer/Messiah' to cancel the curse of sin (Gen.ch.3; The Fist Book of Adam and Eve ch.3, from The Forgotten Books of Eden). This hope of YAHWEH'S Promises, were passed do through the generations to Noah. And the hope of a Redeemer is the central concept in the oldest book of the Bible, Job, thought to predate the Books of Moses.
After the Flood, Noah and the following generations - of whites, Orientals, and blacks - had the same spiritual knowledge of YHWH and the Noahic Covenant (Gen.ch.6-10). When the time of the Tower of Babel came around, Satan began to influence the people and corrupt their spiritual knowledge. After the Tower of Babel, YHWH scattered the people around the world, and their good and bad spiritual stories went with them. Some lost all their original knowledge, but many societies throughout history kept some of the highlights such as the flood, judgment day, the golden rule, a redeemer-messiah who will finally conquer evil. etc. As time went on, different schools of interpretations developed, but some core teachings remained. (Click to enlarge picture.)
The term messiah, means anointed or anointed one. Satan is always mudding the clear spiritual water's, and messiah was a common title used by kings, priests and lunatics in ancient Israel. Just for the record, in our study, Messiah, or in the Greek, Christ, means anointed one of YAHWEH.
But they knew,
one day there would be a special one,
someone who would be unique,
someone who would miraculously deliver them.
YAHWEH still needs someone to take over the Throne of the Earth that Lucifer first failed at, and then Adam. To "redeem" HIS creation, HE has a plan...
At the foundation of the world, HE promised HIS first son Adam that HE will send a Messiah, who would defeat Satan and restore the Kingdom to Earth. Since that time the faithful have wondered when, and how? And since that time, they continued to wait, and watch for the signs.
"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign:
Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son,
and shall call His name Immanuel.”
- Isaiah 7:14
The Prophets have been talking about it for centuries. The people heard it all before, the promise of a deliverer is a prophecy that goes w-a-a-a-y back. The Judeans did not live in peace, they have been living under the rule of one despicable despot after another - and “the hills are full of deliverers.”
But they knew,
one day there would be a special one,
someone who would be unique,
someone who would miraculously deliver them.
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The Prophets told of His position:
“. . . and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His Name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever . . .” Isaiah 9:6-7.
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The first sign:
A remnant of the Israelite nation must be in Jerusalem (Dan.9:25). The Hebrew people of the tribes Judah, Benjamin and Levites returned to Jerusalem from their Babylonian captivity in 536 B.C.E. When the Judeans returned to their beloved city, Jerusalem, they immediately began to rebuild the city and the Temple. With YAHWEH’S help (told in the Book of Nehemiah) they accomplished this most difficult task in a very short time.
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The second sign:
They need their Temple up and running. In 20 B.C.E. the Second Temple became known as Herod’s Temple when the Roman King Herod annexed Jerusalem and magnificently enlarged the Temple and its surrounding buildings.
The Prophets foretold all of this. Now the stage is set! The Jews must be in Jerusalem, and the Temple would be rebuilt, because this would make “the way” ready for the promised Messiah (Dan.9:24-26).
By now in Roman Jerusalem,
the Prophets have been quiet for 400 years,
and the faithful are still watching and waiting . . .
The Prophets gave a hint as to the area, Bethlehem (Mic.5:2).
The Prophets foretold He would be born of a virgin, from the tribe of Judah, from the root of Jesse (father of King David), someone with a pure heart and pure in her genetic heritage (Gen.3:15, 49:10; Isa.7:14).
Imagine for a moment, knowing of the great conflict between good and evil, and all of what is at stake on Earth as well as in the heavens, now comes to rest on the shoulders of a young Jewish girl. Remember, YAHWEH brought “the flood” because Satan tried to destroy this genetic blood line and prevent this moment in time. This simple young woman will now bring forth the “crucible” in this intergalactic spiritual war - the Heavenly powers are watching closely.
Many young girls quietly wondered about it? What would it take to qualify? What would it be like? Technically speaking: YAHWEH would not touch this sinful planet. HE is aware of HIS own prohibition against fornicating with the humans. But in some mysterious way, YAHWEH will send HIS seed by way of the Holy Spirit. Miraculously implanted, the Messiah will arrive by way of a natural childbirth by a virgin Hebrew girl. But who would it be? Who is worthy? And when will the Word be given? ( Click picture for info, click here for life in ancient Israel )
The Word is given, and the Angel Gabriel announces to a young Jewish girl named Miriam, commonly called Mary in English, “. . . blessed are you among women! . . . thou shall conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son.” The Angel Gabriel told her His Name will be called, pronounced Yah'shua, which means YAHWEH' saves, “because by the power of His FATHER He will save the people from the “Curse of Sin.”
The Messiah comes as salvation in His FATHER’S Name (Jno.5:43). “He shall be great and called the Son of the High; and YAHWEH the FATHER shall give unto Him the throne of His father David; and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of His Kingdom there shall be no end” (Mat.1:18-25; Luk.1:26-33). (Picture shows the Sacred Names of YAHWEH and Yahshua in the original ancient (Paleo) Hebrew script turning into the modern Hebrew (Masoretic) script. Remember, Hebrew is read from right to left.)
Technically speaking: When the Hebrew name Yahshua is transliterated into English it is written as Joshua, or Yoshua. Jesus is a Greek Hellenist invention.
Scriptures say His people will not deny His Name (Rev.3:8), but the Messiah’s Name along with the CREATOR’S Name stirs great controversies in some circles. How to pronounce it. How to spell it. Should it be used? Does it really matter? It’s too Jewish! It’s a Hebrew Name for the Hebrews only! Space here is too short to review all the supporting details, for more information on the Sacred Names see the links page.
*WARNING: The Messiah's Sacred name is one of the three powerful Sacred Name's opening the way for truth - as much truth as you can stand. There is a severe spiritual penalty for misuse of the Name, Exo:20:7. "Respect is what we owe, love is what we give," and vocalizing the Sacred Name of the CREATOR, the Messiah, and the Holy Spirit must be with respect. If you do not believe in them, then it is better never to say the Name's, (reading does not count), then to use or speak them in a slanderous or disrespectful way.
*BEWARE & BE AWARE: We should be very cautious not to give to man, (or woman), what rightly belongs only to YAHWEH, (Exo.20:7; Rev.19:10). In other words, the Sacred Name's are never-ever to be used for the name or title of a mere mortal.
Miraculously, YAHWEH-GOD by the power of the Holy Spirit sends a spark of life to Miriam, and GOD becomes Man (Luk.1: 34-38). Research shows that He was born on the fifteenth day of Tishri (September-October) during the Feast of Tabernacles. The year of His birth is open to some speculation, it could be anywhere from 4 to 1 B.C.E., with 1 B.C.E. as the best guess.
One must remember when tracking Yahshua’s genealogy, that in Jewish law the mother determines the heritage of the child. If the mother is Jewish and the father is not, the child is Jewish. When the father is Jewish and the mother is not, the child is not considered Jewish. Besides, Miriam’s soon-to-be husband had nothing to do with this miraculous birth.
The Prophets foretold He would be like a Prophet unto Moses. Moses in one of his most specific predictions declared that YAHWEH would raise another Hebrew Prophet in the future whose life would closely resemble his (Deu.18:15-19). In a comparison of the life of Moses and Yahshua of Nazareth, at least fifty elements and events are parallel in both lives. Many of these were beyond the ability of any human control.
Consider the roles that Moses and Yahshua both played: prophet, priest, lawgiver, teacher, leader of men. Both spent their early years in Egypt, miraculously protected from those who sought to put the prophesied deliverers to death.
Both had a Divine mission and taught new truths from YAHWEH, and they confirmed their teaching with miracles performed before many witnesses. Both fasted for forty days and faced spiritual crises on mountain tops. Moses rescued Israel from the dead religion of pagan Egypt, Yahshua rescued Israel from the dead letter of the law of tradition. The people were ungrateful and rebelled against the leadership of both men. The generations that rebelled against them died in their lack of faith, one in the wilderness and one in the siege of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. Moses and Yahshua both died on a hill.
The New Covenant taught by Yahshua is based upon what was written in the Hebrew Testament (Heb.8:8-10), and He began handling His FATHER’S business in the Temple at age twelve (Luke 2:42-43).
Yahshua qualifies as a valid Prophet . . . continue to next page
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ABSTRACT : it has been said that of the many religions working together with their government diplomats, it is thought from governing views- that- none can be recalled of, that rests their bases on any “one line of scripture”; yet with regaurd to the rest of the scriptural doctrins contexts, circumstances can exist that allow that one line to be the truth in the way it was explained, therfore an exeption could be possible to exist in a way that is both legal and against the law; in that while the law in government is of collections to positive productive innervissions, it is the obligation to the community and people within to present how it affects those of which jurisprudence is also the governments to enforce and or to protect…
…no one line of scripture found yet, that represents the entire faith…?
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...oooh, it seems that "Our" in "Our Vote" could come down to "Our" Judicial Branch decisions that could put any election results into, one, a position to be revoted on by "Our" Congress, limiting their's to the Judicial Branch approved candidates of "Our's", which would limit the possibility to gain the popular candidate's victory (simply because there are less people in congress than when "our" vote is counted with their's) and therfore to give us a result of a victor of a more narrowed representation to that of the influences in likes with the majority of citizens; "Us"; or two, a New Nationwide Vote for "Us" all, to be "Our President".
In Short: This is NOT Over Yet And "We" "Are Not" "Hearing Yeah Or Neah About This:" At "ALL" From (Our) "Reliable News Sources" ...YET...?
ISN'T THIS IMPORTANT? DOES IT MATTER: WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG OR WHAT WE BELIEVE:
This post related the lack of reporting on the topic of "qualification by citizenship and candidates proven, proofs, and scrutiny of credabilty and public opinion; including whether the qualification is more an honorary custom or a definitive law?...:
When Do They Set Up 24 hours a day at a Court House To "REPORT?" ?; or should ""WE", "really"", ...care.
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(Edited January 31, 2008; on this day of edit,this was the quickest I could catch of the 4 videos most related On The "Video Bar" above:) Tuesday, January 20, 2009 New Presideent - Old Posts And Comments Today The Oath was taken by our new President of The United States Of America. Today, the Supreme Court of The United States Of America has not yet updated the final docket, set for discussion on January 16th, 2009 , with any results of this discussion. Soon, all posts and comments leading up to this day will be entered as one post, alonng with the links and candidates that ran for this office in 2009. (that day is today- january 31, 2001) See More from today(scroll down) with Sources and Descriptions: Example: (Source is in bold)George W. Bush, "Today, a good man took Office!"(Description - plain text) Back in Texas! Yahoo! News Kennedy, Byrd collapse - inauguration luncheon Yahoo News- Barack Obama, left, joined by his wife Michelle, takes the oath of office http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Chief-Justice-John-Roberts/photo//090120/480/70898f22ce0c4fa9a00f838fd875a9d9//s:/ap/20090120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inauguration_rdp Barack Obama, left, joined by his wife Michelle, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts to become the 44th president of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) The Supreme Court Of The United States Of America(Give them time to update any progress on decisions to Proceedings and Orders) No. 08A505 Title:Philip J. Berg, Applicantv.Barack Obama, et al. Docketed:Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitCase Nos.:(08-4340)~~~Date~~~~~~~~~~ Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dec 8 2008 Application (08A505) for an injunction pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter. Dec 9 2008Application (08A505) denied by Justice Souter.Dec 15 2008Application (08A505) refiled and submitted to Justice Kennedy. Dec 17 2008Application (08A505) denied by Justice Kennedy.Dec 18 2008Application (08A505) refiled and submitted to Justice Scalia. Dec 23 2008Application (08A505) referred to the Court.Dec 23 2008DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2009.~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Phone~~~Attorneys for Petitioner:Philip J. Berg555 Andorra Glen Court, Suite 12(610) 825-3134Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-2531Party name: Philip J. BergAttorneys for Respondents:Gregory G. GarreSolicitor General(202) 514-2217United States Department of Justice950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC 20530-0001Party name: Federal Election Commission, et al.Lawrence J. JoyceLawrence J. Joyce LLC(520) 584-02361517 N. Wilmot Rd., #215Tucson, AZ 85712Party name: Bill Anderson
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Docket for 08A505
Philip J. Berg, Applicant. v. Barack Obama, et al. ... Application (08A505) referred to the Court. Dec 23 2008, DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2009. ... Philip J. Berg, 555 Andorra Glen Court, Suite 12, (610) 825-3134 ...www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/08a505.htm - 4k
Momentum by the consitancy of the Supreme Court's decision history of cases so far on this issue are largely in favor of "Not Hearing"; whether this is the last case, I Do Not Know.
My wonder is really more about the Supreme Court Establishment's Integrity; i.e.: if one of them says I don't want to hear it, then none of them will say they will either; if any think "we should here this" then one of them should; all this concidering our best interests and not the political structures branched dominion leveraging.
The math makes me wonder if anyone could seek a fair hearing when your asking it to be heard against or "about" one of the three branches, "by" one of the other three branches, of what the third and last branch has seeded; can this formula include a fair chance for anyone who is not part "of a branch" but a remedial thread? Thats why I feel The Constitution is the X-factor here. Isn't it?
Obama himself is a Lawyer and the dynamics of the Presidential job seems to pose a fabric of obstacle by its nature on the President's weeknesses...just like everthing else about the U.S. would be by its competitor's.
Obama could handle his case fine, I figure.
The case, though it seems, is about the people, only in this case the Fifth Amendment appears but does what?
Its my MATH, followed by case dockets.
ITS ABOUT OUR POWERS
The FORMULA is "2 Of 3" Branches are divided or multiplied by "1 of the 2" of 3.
Does The 3rd have any participation?
Or Did They?
The issue is not only will the case be heard as its already been pushed up to this level,
but a Part is an "X" factor; The Constitution.
The "3" are our Branches of Government.
The campaign was for change
Posted by An Olive branch, A Torch aflame, and An Oak branch-leafed; Written binds of EPLU RIB USU NUM at 10:36 AM
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Monday, December 29, 2008Article 2 Section 1 OF THE CONSTITUTION is"ARTICLE 1 SECTION 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION"
NOTE It Is, What it "IS" and "is" "AT STAKE"; is It Not?
Docket for 08-570 Oct 31, 2008 ... Dec 17 2008, DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2009. ... Philip J. Berg, 555 Andorra Glen Court, Suite 12 No. 08-570 Title: Philip J. Berg, Petitioner v. Barack Obama, et al. Docketed: October 31, 2008 Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Case Nos.: (08-4340) Rule 11 ~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oct 30 2008 Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due December 1, 2008) Oct 31 2008 Application (08A391) for an injunction pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter. Nov 3 2008 Supplemental brief of applicant Philip J. Berg filed. Nov 3 2008 Application (08A391) denied by Justice Souter. Nov 18 2008 Waiver of right of respondents Federal Election Commission, et al. to respond filed. Dec 1 2008 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Bill Anderson. Dec 8 2008 Application (08A505) for an injunction pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter. Dec 9 2008 Application (08A505) denied by Justice Souter. Dec 15 2008 Application (08A505) refiled and submitted to Justice Kennedy. Dec 17 2008 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2009. Dec 17 2008 Application (08A505) denied by Justice Kennedy. Dec 18 2008 Application (08A505) refiled and submitted to Justice Scalia. Dec 23 2008 Application (08A505) referred to the Court. Dec 23 2008 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2009. ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~Phone~~~ Attorneys for Petitioner: Philip J. Berg 555 Andorra Glen Court, Suite 12 (610) 825-3134 Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-2531 Party name: Philip J. Berg Attorneys for Respondents: Gregory G. Garre Solicitor General (202) 514-2217 United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530-0001 Party name: Federal Election Commission, et al. Other: Lawrence J. Joyce Lawrence J. Joyce LLC (520) 584-0236 1517 N. Wilmot Rd., #215 Tucson, AZ 85712 barmemberlj@earthlink.net Party name: Bill Anderson Taking a look at this from this point of view: Philip J Berg lawsuit, US Supreme Court, Update December 2, 2008, Emergency Injunction, Writ of Certiorari deadline, Obama and DNC http://citizenwells.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/philip-j-berg-lawsuit-us-supreme-court-update-december-2-2008-emergency-injunction-writ-of-certiorari-deadline-obama-and-dnc-have-not-responded/ Note: ARTICLE 2 SECTION 1 OF THE CONSTITUTION Article II Section 1. The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same term, be elected, as follows: Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector. The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves. And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each; which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such majority, and have an equal number of votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately choose by ballot one of them for President; and if no person have a majority, then from the five highest on the list the said House shall in like manner choose the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each state having one vote; A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the President, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall choose from them by ballot the Vice President. The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes; which day shall be the same throughout the United States. No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States. In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation or inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them. Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."WHO IS PAYING FOR WHATWHAT IS THIS THAT IS BEING PASSED ALONG IN SOME TANGENT OF "THE LEAST LIKELY TIMING FOR A DESCISION, PROCESS" For A Supreme Court Ruling that Could Change The Results Of The General Public's VOTE for The New President Elect?
This may seem out in "left field" (simply "way -out there, somewhere")
...
Whats the hold up?
And Who is paying for what?(if any one or anything)
5 OLC 180; June 17, 1981 Anti-Lobbying Restrictions Applicable to Community ServicesAdministration Grantees The anti-lobbying rider in the Community Services Administration(CSA) appropriation act is broader than the generally applicablerestrictions on lobbying by executive officers, and prohibits recipientsof CSA grant funds from engaging in any activity designed to influencelegislation pending before Congress, including direct contacts withCongress.
Congress is under no obligation to make funds available to any agencyfor every authorized activity in any given fiscal year, and there shouldbe no presumption that it has done so.
The anti-lobbying statute, 18 U.S.C. Section 1913, and the general"publicity and propaganda" rider in the General GovernmentAppropriations Act, have been narrowly construed to prohibit the use offederal funds for "grassroots" lobbying, but not to prohibit a widerange of necessary communications between the Executive on the one hand,and Congress and the general public on the other. The considerationsthat underlie this narrow construction are irrelevant to a prohibitionagainst lobbying by private persons receiving federal grants andcontracts.
Statements made by individual legislators and committees after theenactment of legislation carry little weight in statutoryinterpretation, and are not a sufficient basis for altering a conclusionrequired by the plain meaning of the statutory language. On January 19, 1981, the Director of the Community ServicesAdministration (CSA) published in the Federal Register an interpretiveruling by the CSA General Counsel discussing the legal effect of an"anti-lobbying" rider that applies to CSA appropriations. See 46 Fed.Reg. 4919. The history and language of the rider are set out in themargin. /1/ In his ruling, the CSA General Counsel concluded that therider, in its application to CSA grantees, imposes anti-lobbyingrestrictions that are no more stringent than those imposed uponexecutive officers and employees by 18 U.S.C. Section 1913 /2/ and bythe traditional "publicity and propaganda" rider contained in theTreasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act./3/ In reliance upon that legal conclusion, the Director of CSA "waived"certain anti-lobbying restrictions contained in existing CSA grants.Those restrictions were apparently based upon an older, more stringentinterpretation of the rider. You have asked whether, in the opinion ofthis Office, the conclusions reached by the General Counsel were legallycorrect.
The CSA rider imposes two different kinds of restrictions on the useof appropriated funds. The first, set forth in the first sentence of therider, prohibits the use of funds "for publicity and propagandapurposes" or for the preparation or use of any "kit, pamphlet, booklet,publication, radio, television, or film presentation designed to supportor defeat legislation pending before Congress, except in presentation toCongress itself." This language is similar to the language of thetraditional "publicity and propaganda" rider contained in the GeneralAppropriations Act. Unlike the traditional rider, however, the CSA ridercatalogs the kinds of materials and "presentations" for whichappropriated funds may not be expended (kits, pamphlets, etc.), and itauthorizes at least two kinds of expenditures. It expressly permitsexpenditures for the maintenance of "normal and recognizedexecutive-legislative relationships," and it seems to contemplate thatfunds may be expended for the preparation of kits, pamphlets, and other"presentations" that are made directly to Congress itself.
The second restriction is set out in the second sentence of therider. Unlike the first, it applies only to persons who receiveappropriated funds under government grants or contracts. The secondsentence states flatly that "(n)o part of any appropriation contained inthis Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant orcontract recipient or agent acting for such recipient to engage in anyactivity designed to influence legislation or appropriations pendingbefore Congress." Because this language forbids the payment of expensesfor "any activity" designed to influence legislation pending beforeCongress, it is far broader than the language of the traditional"publicity and propaganda" rider. Moreover, because it applies expresslyto grantees and contractors and makes no express provision for directcontacts with Congress, it is quite unlike the language of the"anti-lobbying" statute, 18 U.S.C. Section 1913.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008President Election OverviewI don't know if any of the cases involving the Supreme Court and this years (2008) election will change or add to the following result I picked up on the Cornell Univesity ""Search "LII" ""
KEYWORDING "PRESIDENT" and clicking onto the results found under "Elections":
election law: an overview
Citizens make choices by voting in elections. Two types of elections exist: general elections and special elections. A general election occurs at a regularly scheduled interval as mandated by law. A special election would be held when something arises that does not arise on a regular basis or routine. For instance, if an elected-office suddenly becomes vacant or a legislature wants to put a referendum before the voters, then they can use a special election.
The electoral process ensures that no leader can take control for an extended amount of time without forcing the elected-official to answer to the will of the people. Nevertheless, government must play an active role in structuring elections and the electoral process. Consequently, individual states carry out the electoral process by following their own state laws. Sections 2 and 4 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution provide states the right to choose their own Representatives and Senators for the United States Congress. The 17th Amendment, however, mandates that the people directly elect the senators, and explicitly bars state legislatures from choosing the state's U.S. Senators.
Presidential Elections: The Electoral College
In Presidential elections, the people of the respective states vote for a Presidential candidate by choosing that candidate's slate of Electors. See Section 1 of Article II of the U.S. Constitution. After the state's citizens have chosen a slate of Electors, the Electors then formally elect the President and Vice-President by casting their respective votes. When all states' slates of Electors arrive to cast their votes, the aggregate group makes up that which has come to be known as "the Electoral College."
The Office of the Federal Register coordinates the Electoral College. Comprised of 538 Electors, the number of total votes equals the aggregate number of Representatives and Senators that currently make up Congress. The number of Electors in a given state's slate equals its number of U.S. Representatives plus two. The number of Representatives that a state has is determined by considering the state's population in proportion to all other states. Accordingly, each state receives a proportional number of Representatives. The government takes the national census every ten years to determine each state's population. When this occurs, a state potentially can gain or lose Congressmen, which affect the number of Electors, known as electoral votes, that the state will have at the Electoral College.
Of the 50 states, forty-eight have a "winner-take-all" system. Washington D.C. follows the same system. A winner-take-all system assigns that state's entire slate of Electors to the candidate who won the popular vote, regardless of how close the popular vote in the state actually was. Maine and Nebraska use different systems in which they divide their states into districts and assign one electoral vote per district. The Presidential candidate who wins a particular district receives that district's electoral vote. Under this system, Maine and Nebraska could potentially split their electoral votes between candidates, although no Presidential election has ever witnessed either state splitting. No federal law exists that binds Electors to vote for a certain candidate. However, twenty-six states have developed laws for this purpose. After each state has submitted their Electors' votes, the votes are counted and a President and Vice-President are named. Usually, the Electoral College emerges with a winner identical to the U.S. popular vote. However, in 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000, the Electoral College winner lost the popular vote.
Congressional Elections
States may individually decide how to carry out their elections for Representatives, Senators and electors. Each state differs in structure, with most assigning administrative offices the task of running elections. States also differ on rules concerning when, where and how citizens may vote (see Congressional Districts). While the people of the respective states have always directly elected Representatives, most individual state legislatures chose the U.S. Senators that would represent that state until the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913. A product of the Progressive Era's call for more democracy, the 17th Amendment gave citizens more influence over the federal government.
Changes in Election Law
While Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are rare, seven of the twenty-seven Amendments that have passed deal with altering the process of electing the United States Federal Government. The 12th Amendment clarifies that each Elector of the Electoral College must cast two votes - one for President and one for Vice President. The 15th Amendment disallows abridging the right to vote on the basis of race, and the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. The 17th Amendment gives the people the right to directly elect their U.S. Senators. The 23rd Amendment granted electoral votes to Washington D.C. The 24th Amendment eliminated Poll Taxes, and the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
Recently-passed federal statutes have created a means for military personnel and overseas citizens to vote and have aided the elderly and disabled citizens' ability to vote. In 1993 Congress passed the "motor voter" law, which enables citizens to register to vote when they apply for driver's licenses.
Some states have recently begun adopting voter identification laws as well in an effort to combat voter fraud. These laws require voters to present identification when they arrive at the polling location to vote. Many felt that Indiana had the most stringent requirement because it required voters to present photo identification. Because some felt that the statute disproportionately burdened the elderly and the minorities, the statute was challenged and went before the U.S. Supreme Court in Crawford v. Marion (07-21). The Supreme Court, however, upheld the law.
Campaign Reform
In 1971 Congress passed the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) to closely regulate federal elections. The law increased necessary disclosure of federal campaign contributions and created the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to administer federal elections. In 1979 the FEC permitted political parties to spend unlimited amounts of hard money on certain activities, and soft money went unregulated by the FEC. Hard money refers to funding donated directly to a campaign or political party, whereas soft money refers to funding contributed to organizations, often known as 527s, that advocate issues and indirectly advocate a candidate, without specifically advocating for the election or defeat of a particular candidate.
Following the law's passage, the U.S. Supreme Court took up the law's constitutionality in Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976), a landmark decision concerning the interplay between campaign regulations and First Amendment rights. In Buckley the Supreme Court ruled that the FEC could regulate and limit donations to campaigns but could not cap the amount of money that a political campaign could spend because doing so violates the First Amendment. Buckley also held that the FEC could not constitutionally regulate soft money.
Over the next three decades, concerns with the increasing costs of conducting a political campaign did not subside, and the popularity of soft money drove much of this concern. In accordance with this concern, Congress passed the McCain-Feingold (Bipartisan Campaign Reform) Act of 2002 (BCRA). The BCRA amended the FECA to add a provision, which disallowed federal candidates from using corporate and union funding to launch television ads on satellite or cable within 30 days of a primary and 60 days of a general election. A second amendment prohibited candidates and political parties at both the national and state levels from spending soft money on federal elections.
Immediately after the President signed the law, members of the U.S. Congress challenged the law's constitutionality before the U.S. Supreme Court. In McConnell v. FEC, 540 U.S. 93 (2003), the Court upheld the Act's key provisions.
However, with two new justices on the bench in 2006, the Supreme Court reengaged the campaign finance debate, striking down a Vermont law because the low campaign expenditure ceiling it implemented was disproportionate to the goal it advanced. See Randall v. Sorrell, 548 U.S. 230 (2006).
Then, in 2007 the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life. 551 U.S. ___. As it applied to Wisconsin Right to Life, the Court struck down the portion of the BCRA that prohibited organizations from running issue ads within a certain number of days of the election because the provision restricted political speech and therefore violated the First Amendment rights of the organization.
The Supreme Court also expounded on the BCRA's provision known as "the Millionaire's Amendment" in the 2008 case of Davis v. FEC (07-320). The Millionaire's Amendment only affected candidates who had spent in excess of $350,000 in personal funds on their own campaign. The BCRA permitted the opponents of these candidates to receive triple the amount of personal contributions typically allowed and permitted the opponents to accept coordinated party contributions without limit, but the BCRA held self-financing candidates to the normal limit. Finding that the provision burdened free speech and associational rights, the Supreme Court struck down the provision as well. The combination of Davis and Wisconsin Right to Life leaves the BCRA in serious limbo.
For more information, see LII's Backgrounder on the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act Cases.
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