TEA Party Sues City of Coldwater, Michigan Over Free Speech Rights April 07, 2011

The Thomas More Law Center announced today that it has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan against the City of Coldwater on behalf of the Common Sense Patriots of Branch County and two of its members, Barbara Brady and Martin Lepper, alleging that the City’s recent ban of all signs in the Four Corners Parks violates their constitutional right to Free Speech.


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I tell all my friends "If it ain't fun I ain't going to do it. If it ain't fun I will be doing something else tomorrow." Saturday evening I called a square dance for a couple who were both turning 50. It was a 50/50 birthday party. I was the square dance caller and they had a couple who were ball room instructors that I shared the party with. I had a ball. As my wife was not able to go with me, I found a seat at a table across from a barber. Now, where can you find better conversation?
The table next to me was filled with a Baptist minister and some of his friends. That brings me to the point. I really think the Baptist have a handle on fun. Not that others don't! This is only an observation. In the past year I have been hired by more Baptist to do a square dance than all the other denominations combined.
I think of Mark Laurey and the way he says the Baptist dance and I have to smile.
But having fun is a serious thing. I know that Jesus had a lot of fun when He was here and I know He wants us to have fun. But at the same time His was the biggest birthday party of all. And it is still going on. It is still going on for those who know Him, at least. Don't you think we who are enjoying the party should invite those who have not yet met Him to the party?
There is a song that states "If it takes 17 times (or something like that) to hear about Jesus before someone comes to believe". You may be number 5 or you may be number 7 or you may be number 15. Last night I dreamed I was number 17 and I had the honor of inviting someone to know Jesus. That has never happened to me before. I have never had that privilege. The dream was so real and made me feel so alive it woke me up.
It made me realize I am not only having fun in my daily walk, but even better than fun I am finding a sense of real joy in being a servant to the Creator Of The Universe. Joy in the Lord is yet a step above fun. So if you follow my example don't stop at just having fun. I have found something even better than fun. I have found joy.
  I have received several Fwd’s in my email recently concerning the new one dollar coin.    It is suggested I should refuse to use it because it does not say In God We Trust on it. So here is my take on it.
  About this new dollar! I saw one and it looks a lot like the Susan B. just shortly after receiving the first email. It does not say In God We Trust on the front nor does it say In God We Trust on the back. It does not have knurling around the outside edge. I thought the coin had a nick on the outside edge and didn’t look any closer. The following Sunday, in church a friend told me that the coin says In God We Trust around the outside edge. With a little use the outside of that coin will wear down and God will disappear from sight. If that be the case I still will accept the coin in order to use it as a tool to witness to the person that passes it to me. I do feel the circulation of this coin is another way of desensitizing people toward the erosion of our nation Under God.
  I was given another pass along the other day that spoke of “In God We Trust” on coins I felt was a good read so I will pass along what I came away with, in this writing.

Though I don’t recall where it originated. It goes something like this:
 
Several years ago, a friend of mine and her husband were invited to spend the weekend at the husband's employer's home. The boss was very wealthy, with a fine home on the waterway, and cars costing more than her house.  The first day and evening went well, and she was delighted to have this rare glimpse into how the very wealthy live. The husband's employer was quite generous as a host, and took them to the finest restaurants. She knew she would never have the opportunity to indulge in this kind of extravagance again, so was enjoying herself immensely. 

As the three of them were about to enter an exclusive restaurant that evening, the boss was walking slightly ahead of her and her husband.  He stopped suddenly, looking down on the pavement for a long, silent moment.

There was nothing on the ground except a single darkened penny that someone had dropped. Still silent, the man reached down and picked up the penny. He held it up and smiled, then put it in his pocket as if he had found a great treasure. How absurd!  What need did this man have for a single penny?  Why would he even take the time to stop and pick it up?

  She casually mentioned that her daughter once had a coin collection, and asked if the penny he had found had been of some value.

A smile crept across the man's face as he reached into his pocket for the penny and held it out for her to see. She had seen many pennies before!  What was the point of this?

"Look at it."  He said. "Read what it says." She read the words
"In God we Trust?"  "Yes!"  "And ?"
"And if I trust in God, the name of God is holy, even on a coin. Whenever I find a coin I see that inscription.  It is written on every single United States coin, but we never seem to notice it!  God drops a message right in front of me telling me to trust Him. Who am I to pass it by?  When I see a coin, I pray, I stop to see if my trust IS in God at that moment.  I pick the coin up as a response to God; that I do trust in Him. For a short time, at least, I cherish it as if it were gold.  I think it is God's way of starting a conversation with me. Lucky for me, God is patient and pennies are plentiful!

  So, is "In God We Trust" printed on one little penny a big dial?  Wow, the effect of the studded snow tires just came to mind. Remember? One little stud in one tire couldn't hurt anything. But when Michigan started using lots of studs in lots of tires it wasn't long and we wore grooves in our highways.

  Hay! There is a shortage of food around the world. Our congress mandates we burn our food as ethanol. This has been a wonderful experiment. But just like the studded snow tires it was a bad experiment that caused much damage to our countries roads. Can congress admit that burning a food staple is not such a good idea? Do we really need to make oil out of food (which uses more oil than we produce) rather than pump oil that has already been provided by a God who knows better? Shall we all just sit back and wring our hands and think that our countries congressional leaders are doing the best that can be done?
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American Suicide..................Very sobering

Wherever you stand, please take the time to read this; it ought to scare the beejeebers out of you!

We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled to capacity by many of America's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the name of Victor Hansen Davis talked about his latest book, 'Mexifornia,' explaining how immigration - both legal and illegal was destroying the entire state of  California. He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.

Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America.

The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States. He said, 'If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.''

'Here is how they do it,' Lamm said:

First, to destroy America, turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country. History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: 'The histories of bilingual and bicultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.' Canada,  Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of national  existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, Corsicans and Muslims.'

Lamm went on:

' Second, to destroy America, invent 'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal; that there are no cultural differences. Make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.

' Third, we could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: 'The apparent success of our own multi-ethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.' Lamm said, 'I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities.' 

'Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated.
I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school.'

' My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population.'

' My sixth plan for America 's downfall would include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precept. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods. All  Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy,  Persia , threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions.

Greece fell. 'E. Pluribus Unum' -- From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'pluribus' instead of the 'Unum,' we will ' Balkanize ' America as surely as Kosovo.'

' Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits. Make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multiculturalism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America , it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them.'

In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said, 'Lastly, I would censor Victor Hanson Davis's book 'Mexifornia.' His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America . If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book.'

There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national
cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third World in America. Take note of California and other states. To date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George O rwell's book '1984.' In that story, three slogans are engrained in the Ministry of Truth building: 'War is peace,' 'Freedom is slavery,' and 'Ignorance is strength.'

Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the conference that our nation and the future of this great democracy is deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration monster stopped within three years, it will rage like a California wildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American Dream.

Article from Dave's Friday thoughts

           There are times that preparing for a sermon is kind of a breeze.  It’s as if the Spirit of God directs your preparation and floods with more content then could possibly be given in the amount of time we have.
Then there are times that… well… aren’t like that.
This is an honest call to those who read these words, no matter what church you attend, to pray for your pastor.

Two prayers to pray before this Sunday

-   For Your Pastor -
  “Lord, God would You bring a new anointing to my pastor’s spirit.  He really needs anointing for discernment to know what is to be taught and what is to be skipped.  He needs anointing to overcome emotions that try to stand in the way of truth being proclaimed.  He needs anointing to know what matters and what doesn’t.  He needs anointing to not be distracted from the words You are placing in his heart. 
Protect him from temptation.  Give him the strength to say “no” loud when that is Your will, and the power of a supernatural “yes” to whatever builds your Kingdom.
Give my pastor the wisdom to keep a strong marriage and holy relationships.  May he know the full joy of having You guard his thoughts and actions.
Help him worship this Sunday.  It’s hard to worship in freedom while worrying about what people are thinking.  May Your Spirit give him the ability this Sunday to be free without the worry - cause he can’t do both.
Lord, help him be excited about the chance to meet with the Body of Christ again, help him form the right words for us.  This Sunday use him to start revival!”
 
For Yourself –
  “Lord, God would You bring a new anointing to my spirit.  I really need anointing for discernment to know what is to be received and what to ignore.  I need anointing to overcome emotions that try to stand in the way of truth being received.  I need anointing to know what matters and what doesn’t.  I need anointing to not be distracted from the words You have for me. 
Protect me from temptation.  Give me the strength to say “no” loud when that is Your will, and the power of a supernatural “yes” to whatever builds your Kingdom.
Give me the wisdom to keep [a strong marriage and] holy relationships.  May I know the full joy of having You guard my thoughts and actions.
Help me worship.  It’s hard to worship in freedom while worrying about what people are thinking.  May Your Spirit give me the ability this Sunday to be free without the worry - cause I can’t do both.
Lord, help me be excited about the chance to meet with the Body of Christ again, help me hear the right words.  This Sunday use me to start revival!”

Let’s make a deal – I’ll pray for you and you pray for me.
If you’re not in the habit of prayer, take a few moments and read the ones above.
If your prayer life is kind of weak, take a few moments and read the ones above.
If you’ve been praying – thank you.

We’re entering a unique season as a church and nation this fall.  Let’s enter it praying!
 
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