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A Reminder To Military Pilots

Posted by Ikester on Friday, February 11, 2011 1:27:01 PM
PILOTS WITHOUT MAINTAINERS ARE JUST PEDESTRAINS WITH COOL JACKETS AND SUNGLASSES.

This was our motto when we worked on RF-4C's in England. We had a lot of great pilots and got along great.
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Where Is The Evidence For Evolution?

Posted by Ikester on Friday, February 11, 2011 12:11:12 PM
Just a fe:w questions for evolutionists:

1.  Where are the expected millions of fossils of the transitional forms?
2.  Where did dinosaurs come from and where are the transitional forms for them?
3.  How did evolution created the nervous system which runs on electrical stimulation?
4.  How did chance and mutations create something so complex as DNA and RNA?
5.  How did the first cell come into being? The cell is so complex that it boggles the mind and we still are discovering more complexity.
6.  Mr. Darwin said that if we do not find significant transitional forms and if we discover increasing complexity then his theory is wrong. Since this is true, why do you still hold on to a bogus theory?
7.  A logical question is if man evolved from apes then why are there still apes? One would think that all apes would be men by now, wouldn't you?
8.  Given the fact that mutations are almost always negative or neutral, how on earth did evolution design something as complex as the human body?
9.  How did an explosion, the big bang, create something as complex as the earth, the sun, the moon, the whole universe? That must have been one BIG explosion. How can an explosion create ANYTHING? All the explosions that I have seen created nothing but destruction.
10. How do you arrive at the BILLIONS of years date since NO METHOD of dating can get back past a few thousand years?

Well, this should keep you guessing for some time. If you have suggestions, I would love to dialogue with you.

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Wesley would turn over in his grave!

Posted by Ikester on Friday, February 11, 2011 11:55:22 AM
33 retired Methodist clergy are urging the United Methodist Church to delete its ban on homosexual clergy, according to a recent report. Mr. Wesley would be furious to see what he began as a solid Bible teaching denomination turned into a politically correct abomination. This church, if you can call it that, has long since turned away from the Bible as its standard and made feelings and emotion its criteria.
If we look to history we can see that all nations who accepted homosexuality as normal went down the tubes and if now nothing more than a page in the history books.
I do not hate or dislike those in the homosexual community. I care very deeply about their self-destruction through this risky lifestyle. It is tragic that the average homosexual lives 20-30 years less than a heterosexual. I have seen a whole ward of AIDS patients in Uganda, Africa and all of them were so skinny that they resembled the victims of Nazi death camps. They also had TB as a result of a destroyed immune system. Those one night stands can put an individual in his or her death bed. Many S.T.Ds today are deadly and kill thousands each year. It is a sad day when we see our legislators trying to make this dangerous lifestyle normal and accepted. It is being taught in most schools today as normal, even in the lowest grades in elementary school.
When the church lowers its standards the whole society suffers. Mr. Kinsey in his lying report set the sexual revolution into place and the result has been destroyed lives in both the homosexual and heterosexual communities. There has never been any medical evidence that there is a GAY GENE. NONE! Yet, like those who cling to evolution, they believe and push a blatant lie to the American public with sad stories that evoke an emotional response so that we, as a whole, lower our values also.
What America needs today is a Third Great Awakening to restore the church to her foundational truths. The Church Growth movement has done more damage than good in presenting a SOFT gospel to congregations across the land. The so-called FEEL GOOD sermon has replaced the standard telling the whole truth in preaching today. It is time for preachers to ignore the challenging messages at conventions and seminars to NOT OFFEND anyone and get back to telling the whole truth to the whole man so that he or she can be wholly transformed by the power of Jesus Christ.

Here is exactly where we are today:  "Behold, days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "When I will send a famine on the land, not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, but rather for hearing the words of the LORD. People will stagger from sea to sea and from the north even to the east; they will go to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, BUT THEY WILL NOT FIND IT."  (emphasis added)
Amos 8:11-12

There are still a few preachers who have the insight to avoid this trap and teach the WHOLE Bible to people. They tell people the TRUTH and the TRUTH sets them free from sin and lies.
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Way To Go MSNBC: Olbermann Is Gone!

Posted by Ikester on Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:51:46 PM
I just got the news that Keith "Foul Mouthed" Olbermann has been fired. His seven million dollar salary will be sorely missed. I know of a small town in Texas that MIGHT hire him as dog catcher, since he would be working with 'dumb' animals. And they call dogs and cats dumb animals!
Do you know why they are called dumb? Because they cannot talk in human language. Deaf and DUMB used to be what a person was called who could not hear or speak. 
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Texas Passes Voter ID Bill

Posted by Ikester on Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:47:21 PM
Hurray for Texas Republicans for passing this voter ID bill and MAKING all voters show an ID in order to vote. The Democrats have kept this bill in the back room for many years, but with the election we now have a super majority and it is showing.

The remaining Liberals tried to thwart this bill by saying, "This could prevent minority, the elderly and more transient voters, such as college students, from voting."

Let's attempt to translate this statement. The elderly are not a problem in Texas since there are many folks who will pick them up and take them to vote and the rest who drive have a valid ID, but to cloud the issue, the Liberals have learned to throw the scare tactic at the elderly so that they will panic. Our seniors in Texas do not scare easily. They are a tough bunch and they have built this great state during their lifetimes.

The minority voters are the ones who are here illegally. There are many minority voters who are genuine citizens of Texas and would encourage such a bill. The illegals often rob them of employment because they will work for cash under the table. The Liberals want illegals to keep voting as they can manipulate this group to vote Democratic.

Now, what transient voters, such as college students, have to do with this I don't know. College students vote where they are registered and all legal residents have some form of ID, especially college students. They HAVE to have an ID card to attend college!

What we have is another attempt by the Liberals to SCARE people into not backing an excellent bill. I commend the Republicans for not letting the opposition intimidate them and by passing a bill that ALL states should pass. Bravo! Way to go!

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Steve Cohen Makes Me Ashamed To Be From Tennessee

Posted by Ikester on Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:21:12 PM
I was born and raised in East Tennessee, one of the most beautiful places on earth. I don't know how we got a congressman like Steve Cohen elected in this great state. His words on the floor the other day were disgusting and filled with hatred for people who love this nation, as I do. To call those who would repeal Obamacare Nazis is unacceptable.

Here is a Jew, a people I dearly love, and a member of the Tribe of Levi, the priestly group, making such horrific comments is beyond my comprehension! I would hope that when election time comes again, the wise people of Tennessee would hand him a pink slip. We the people DO NOT WANT SOCIALIZED MEDICINE. Now, he would call me a Nazi for this comment, but name calling shows a lot of immaturity in dealing with reality in this life.
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New York City Kills 41% Of Its Newest Citizens

Posted by Ikester on Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:14:03 PM
Can you imagine a city that kills this many of its citizens and gets away with it? NYC does it every year with total immunity. You see, NYC aborts 41% of all pregnancies each year, according to actual statistics. Murder for hire is all over the city in the form of Planned Parenthood and independent slaughter houses for babies.
One would think that someone would try to stop it! They do every day, they are called Pro-Life people and they take cursing, hatred and even physical violence against them just to save one little INNOCENT baby from being SUCKED out of its save environment, its mother's womb.
The Bible calls this MURDER! Who would ever have though, fifty years ago, that Americans would have killed over 50,000,000 of its citizens in just 37 years? This would have been unacceptable just 50 years ago. Along came a bigoted racist named Margaret Sanger, who openly stated that Asians and blacks were "Human Weeds" and should be eliminated. She said that they should not be allowed to "Breed" and reproduce. Like Rick Santorum recently said as he debated Al Sharpton, why would you want little black babies killed? I paraphrased his remarks, but this is very close to his actual words. I ask myself that same question. Planned Parenthood still holds these same ideals today. Don't believe it? Each year they give out the Maggie Award to the woman who most exemplifies Margaret Sanger's ideas.

In other contexts, we would call this ETHNIC CLEANSING, wouldn't we???
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Every Human Belongs To God!

Posted by Ikester on Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:03:59 PM
This fact is real whether we like it or not. Take note:
"Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul that sins will die." Ezekiel 18:4 NASB

I hear folks often say that they do not have to do what God wants and many others even deny His very existence. Many feel that they can do whatever they please without consequences now or when they die. Another fact is that God created ALL human beings and that He alone has total control over them. You see, when a person dies, they end up in one of two places: Heaven or Hell. There is NO third location. For those who thumb their noses at God while they live will ultimately end up in Hell, not by God's choice but by their OWN! You see, God made a way for ALL human beings to go to Heaven when He gave His only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ/Y'shua HaMashiach, to die on the cross for our sins. He did not just die physically, He actually was punished for our sins in our place. Now, you can again thumb your nose at this, and billions do every day, but the reality cannot be avoided. All souls are Mine, He tells us clearly, and He has absolute power to do with His possessions as He chooses. Many try to deny the reality of Hell but denial does not make it go away. You see, if there were no Hell then Jesus/Y'shua died in vain.

Every human being who believes that He died for them and makes Him Lord of their life will have their name written in His Book of Life and will go to heaven the moment they die. The rest who refuse His sacrifice for them will be held in a place called Hades (Greek) or Sheol (Hebrew) until the judgment day. It is clearly revealed in the book of Revelation.

"Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead (another name for those who ignored His forgiveness), the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. The sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."  Revelation 20:11-15

Ignore it if you choose, but know for certain that when you die you will face your Creator and Judge. Your decision in this life will determine His destination for you. Hell, like Heaven, is FOREVER. It will not be a place of partying but suffering.

CHOOSE WISELY, NOW!
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God Tells Us What Life Will Be Like In Our Time

Posted by Ikester on Saturday, January 15, 2011 4:57:57 PM
"But realize this, that in he last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revelers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a FORM of godliness, although they have denied its power: AVOID such men as these."                                                                                                                        2 Timothy 3:1-5

"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears FROM THE TRUTH and will turn aside to MYTHS."                                                                                                                                                                   2 Timothy 4:3-4

These verses could not more accurately describe the times in which we now live. It takes no explanation to see that these conditions are all around us. The brutal murder of six people and the wounding of the others is a perfect example of our times. There are those who have driven their cars into pre-schools and said the reason they did it was because there were INNOCENTS  inside and wanted to kill them.
The brutal example of Muslim terrorism is also a perfect match.

If one listens to Rev. Wright, we do not hear love and brotherhood but hate. Television and movies today are filled with profanity and every form of sexual perversion. The FCC recently relaxed their rules on profanity and now, from what folks have told me since I have not watched TV for ten years, is filled with F bombs and every form of mindless language.

Has America gotten better or worse over the past ten, twenty or thirty years? This goes without saying, and if you say better then you are part of the demise of our nation.

May God have mercy on us and restore us to godliness lest we go the way of other great nations in the past. The Roman Empire imploded because of their acceptance of homosexuality and heterosexual perversion. Our land will follow suit if we do not turn back to God.

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There Go The Liberals Again ...

Posted by Ikester on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 5:41:46 PM
getting their exercise by JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS, and I might add, deliberately!

The Arizona shooter was a Satan worshiper and strongly Anti-Christian.

According to Larry Pratt, "In the back yard they found a satanic altar with a skull and some oranges before it. Kind of like Cain's offering in Scripture instead of animals, he did it his way." Pratt notes, "He was anti-Christian; he was for burning the flag."

It never ceases to amaze me at how quickly the left is willing to outright LIE about a situation in order to take advantage of it. Their words at such tragedies ring hollow and are merely a bridge to get on with their twisted agenda.
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And California Wants To Legalize Marijuana???

Posted by Ikester on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 5:59:32 PM
Marijuana Facts:

Marijuana is the number one illicit drug in the nation
1 in every 11 high school students is a daily marijuana smoker
A chronic user is a person who smokes 20 or more marijuana cigarettes in a 30 day period
Up to 23% of all traffic fatalities are associated with marijuana use
There are 460 chemicals in a marijuana cigarette (including formaldehyde)
There are 55 KNOWN cancer-causing chemicals in marijuana
There are 22 times as much tar in one marijuana joint as in one cigarette
Marijuana smoke is 18 times hotter than cigarette smoke
Marijuana is a sensory distorter
Marijuana causes a 40-50% decrease in reaction time (impaired judgment)
The heart rate is increased 15-20% (chest pain and high blood pressure)
Long term use may cause "Burn Out" or Amotivational Syndrome. Loss of motivation due to permanent damage to the limbic area of the brain. THC is fat soluble and tends to be retained in the body, particularly in the brain and reproductive organs.
A person who smokes one marijuana cigarette has half of the THC (the psycoactive chemical) in his body 5-7 days later, and measurable quantities are present after a month. The concentration level of THC in a marijuana cigarette has risen to 20-25% since the 1960's due to scientific cultivation and harvesting methods.
Produces long and short term memory impairment. With chronic use, may produce loss of abstract memory (memory that recalls feelings)
90% of the tars inhaled remain in the lungs FOREVER.
It takes 20-25 years of heavy cigarette smoking to produce the same type of lung damage that occurs in a six-month marijuana smoker.
3-12 times as many cancer growths develop with chronic use of marijuana as compared too other causes of cancer, and they grow four (4) times faster.
Substantial decrease in the immunological response system. White blood cells are suppressed contributing to increased and prolonged illness.
Withdrawal produces severe nausea, headache, irritability and in some cases tremors.
Male Reproductive Implications: 50% decrease in testosterone levels in one week of marijuana use. Chronic pot smoking, before puberty, may cause: permanent sterility; failure to develop masculine traits (deep voice, muscle mass, body hair); reproductive immaturity or chromosome damage.
Female Reproductive Implications: 3-4 times as many defective monthly cycles (no ovulation or shortened fertility). Chronic pot smoking before puberty may cause inactive ovaries. Chronic users are high risk to have low-birth-weight babies or have a stillborn infant.

Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
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You Might Be A Democrat If ...

Posted by Ikester on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 5:17:59 PM
you have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand

you have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity

you have to believer that guns in the hands of law abiding citizens are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese and North Korean communists

you have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding began

you have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical documented changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving S.U.V.'s

you have to believe that gender roles are artificial but being homosexual is natural

you have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of Federal funding

you have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach 4th graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those kids about sex

you have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists who have never been outside San Francisco do
you have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it

you have to believe that Mel Gibson spent $25 million of his own money to make The Passion of the Christ for financial gain only

you have to believe that the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution (which parts I don't know)

you have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high

you have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important too American history than Thomas Jefferson, Gem. Robert E. Lee, Thomas Edison and A. G. Bell

you have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not

you have to believe that Hillary Clinton is normal and is a very nice person

you have to believe that the only reason Socialism hasn't worked anywhere it has been tried is because the right people haven't been in charge

you have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag, transvestites and bestiality should be Constitutionally protected and the manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal

and many more such contrasts ....

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Government By The Numbers

Posted by Ikester on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:56:38 PM
How many members of presidential cabinets ever worked in the private sector?

Roosevelt: 38%
Taft: 40%
Wilson: 52%
Harding: 49%
Coolidge: 48%
Hoover: 42%
FDR: 50%
Truman: 50%
Eisenhower: 57%
Kennedy: 30%
LBJ: 47%
Nixon: 53%
Ford: 42%
Carter: 32%
Reagan: 56%
George Bush: 53%
Clinton: 39%
George W. Bush: 55%
Obama: 8%

And Mr. Obama and company want to tell us how to run our lives and want to do it for us, since we are so incompetent!
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Texas Conservatives Cave In Once Again!

Posted by Ikester on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:43:13 PM
I, with 89% of conservatives in the state of Texas, are VERY disappointed with the re-election of Speaker Straus. With a super majority of conservatives elected, the most since reconstruction, it seemed that with this group of conservatives that they would make their first act to elect a TRUE conservative as Speaker. But NO! They cave in to favor repayment. My own representative's office said that he would be voting for Straus because he supported him once before. IE, tit for tat ... politics as usual.
I wonder if this is a preview of coming attractions for our US Congress this term? Will the Tea Party candidates have some backbone or will they cave in to the party line and to the liberal minority in the House and the slim majority in the Senate?
What will it take to reform our government as it stands? It is possible to elect honest politicians today or are we finished with integrity in politics?

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No Bail Out For States Who Are Irresponsible!

Posted by Ikester on Friday, January 07, 2011 4:41:19 PM
We live in an amazing time today in this country, when legislators are eager to bail out companies and states who live beyond their means with taxpayer dollars. We keep hearing about New York, California and other states who will soon be bankrupt IF THE FEDS DO NOT HELP THEM OUT.  I say, let them go bankrupt and face the music for their irresponsible management of those states. We do not see families bailed out like this but they have to do whatever it takes to get out of debt and LEARN A LESSON TO NOT REPEAT THE FAILURE. If people are bailed out they will do it again.
This is why I turn off every commercial from those companies who blast us with "do you owe $10,000 on your credit card or to the IRS?" This is nothing more than outright thievery to those creditors who DO pay their bills since this ends up being passed on to others who try to live within their means.
I often wonder how anyone can owe the IRS or credit card company $10,000. I have credit cards and also pay income tax but I pay off my credit cards monthly and my taxes yearly. To get this deeply in debt, and at 19-22% interest is totally irresponsible. It always amazed me to watch for expired car plates in California when I lived there. Do you venture a guess which cars had the most expired plates? BMW's, Mercedes Benz, Lexus etc. They were the cars that were luxury cars that only rich people could afford. SO, to try to look rich these folks went so into debt that when it came time to renew their plates they simply could not afford to do so. The same went for the huge houses that people bought out there. The houses with bed sheets on their windows showed who it was why had bought more house than they could afford.
Isn't it time for us to make these states and businesses face their own condition squarely? I submit that it is. NO MORE BALE OUTS!!!
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