Ben Stein - got this in an e-mail - MUST READ

The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.

My confession: I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees. It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year.

It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a crèche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away. I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period.

I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat. Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too... But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.

In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking. Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?' (regarding Katrina) Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, 'I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'

In light of recent events... Terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK.

Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why theyDon't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell.

Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.

Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.

Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Are you laughing yet?

Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on Your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they Will think of you for sending it.
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.

Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... No one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.

My Best Regards,

Honestly and respectfully,

Ben Stein

Oh, Ben..... I wish I could shake your hand!.. Do you all remember Ben in "The Mask"? I just love his line "That's correct Wendy... we all wear masks;.... metaphorically speaking"... in his monotone drum.... soooo great!... he's just awesome! ..and sooo smart!!

I have to say..

...the shock of going to communism isn't quite so acute today as it was a month ago... maybe it was the new movie "Australia" that did it!! Let me tell you in no incertain terms that there is NO GENDER confusion in THAT movie. It's OBVIOUS who the man is and Nicole Kidman plays quite a lady... I LOVED the movie... and I LOVE Hugh Jackman --as Mr. Drover.... The movie takes place in a time when men were men and women were GLAD!! haha! Truly.. I may never be the same again... He did cause me to remember that I am... well.... still alive... ;)

The thought for the day...

..Since obama (doesn't deserve his name captilized) wants a "strong CIVILIAN military; stronger than our REAL one and just as if not more well funded"... why do you suppose he wants to ban our right to use a gun in self defense?..... and why do you supose he wants a CIVILIAN military in the first place? Why would we need one when we have an AMERICAN one already --one that is consitutional?... is it occurring to anybody else that we're screwed? Can we say Hitler's Youth?
I see a civil war on the horizon.. and I welcome it. It will be needed to defend the constitution.. and preserve our right to pursue happiness... obama wants the fairness doctrine so we have no voice. he wants a filibuster-proof senate so he can re-write the constitution in his first 4 years so we CAN'T vote him out at that time because he will have removed our right to VOTE in the first place. These ARE his goals... I can't believe every American can't see that... but wait! 50% of Americans CAN.. and THAT gives me hope! The polls show obama was elected by ILL informed
people... and that too gives me hope. Maybe hope isn't an AUDACITY after all. Think about THAT!..

Already Living in Communism?? Watch THIS:

This is probably one of the most revealing TRUTHS written today by a freaking BRILLIANT man.. Ben Stein is one of my modern day heroes!! I hope EVERYONE will buy a copy of this documentary for yourselves and one for all your friends! It was fantastically done; and drives home that we are already to a larger degree than I'm comfortable recognizing LIVING UNDER COMMUNISM. We're being lied to.. and Ben Stein gets it. Do you?

He didn't come across a scientist that had ever discovered that spontaneous generation is possible; that it had never been proven. He DID find scientists and professors that were fired from their jobs after teaching Intelligent Design AND Darwinism. They canNOT talk about Intelligent Design in Colleges. What bothers me is: I read a study when I was in college (a long time ago)! about a lab-created "new earth" complete with all the elements present before life was here. In that lab SPONANEOUSLY GENERATED was an amino acid! Even the basic building block of life! Why was that study not revealed in Expelled? Maybe that study has since been destroyed and its founder kept quiet. That's what seems to be happening alot under our very noses. These scientists call Darwinism "an elegant explanation"!! Can you believe it?! They want to be "elegant". They want you in college for alot longer than it takes to learn a skill so you can be "well rounded"... no; so you can spend ALOT of $$$ getting brain-washed. But keep watching "sex in the city" because that'll help us get where we need to be! RRRrrrriigghhht....
Maybe Americans ARE just gullible. "Expelled" is for the NOT gullibles. Intelligence is the Glory of God... but that's inconvenient. Watch the video and see where Darwinism has taken societies in the past. Natural Selection??... Ya.. natural selection helped along by the government..
What I LOVE is how Ben Stein is able to demonstrate what FREEDOM means!

So.. on a lighter note...

..I can't wait to take the week off starting tomorrow!! I work hard so I can play hard!.. I miss my families and my babies.. Sar and Ash accuse me of wanting to come home for their babies --not for THEM anymore.. well... that's only partly true! hahaha!

I cannot sit back any longer and not vent about how disappointed I am that I am mourning the loss of my candidate! Go GEORGE BUSH!! Rock on that he defended the deaths that happened on 9-11! It's what the AMERICAN people pushed him to do for the SEVERAL MONTHS that he hesitated before he did it! He inherited Clinton's MESS and defended our right to LIVE!! And now everybody acts like they hate him for it! Unbelievable! He did exactly what we all wanted and needed! He defended our freedom to live. And now we're electing socialism! Unbelieveable. The same naiive, gullibility that made Al Gore rich (because global warming was BOUGHT hook, line and sinker) elected a man full of empty promises. We're losing our freedoms because WE ARE GIVING THEM AWAY!! I wish I could quote exactly the words that I can't keep from living in my head. The words spoken by Russia's president during Eisenhower's time to our secretary of agriculture Ezra Taft Benson: he said "you Americans are so gullible. You accept socialism in such small increments that your grandchildren won't know when they've awakened in communism." SLAVERY ENDED over 150 years ago! Modern Day Slaves:#1; people who take government handouts without a personal plan to better their lives. (creates dependence)#2; Middle class people who bought the notion that credit cards are glamerous and acquire debt because they think the credit system WORKS! (just the opposite; creates dependence). A BLACK person if any should be able to tell you that slavery is this: they take your mind and keep your body going. Blacks believe they're the fabric that built this nation? The middle class are slaves. Don't worry Woopie Golberg.. you don't ever have to worry about slavery again.. the middle class whites will take it for you.. because we're giving away our minds and keeping our bodies going. obama doesn't want to end slavery.. he just wants to REDISTRIBUTE it! Too much government.. he IS President Government. ANY person who voted for obama had better never play the "we were slaves" card with me --EVER. They voted for it. I understand what freedom is as a concept and I think it's being forgotten by most Americans. People confuse church and state with freedom and religion. One must be kept separate; the other CANNOT. Church and State must be kept separate. (it's why we fled England in the first place.) But Freedom and Religion CANNOT exist; one without the other. THAT is what our forefathers understood. It is THIS concept that is soooo forgotten and misunderstood... perhaps it's because it isn't being taught in schools!! Remember when we lead the world in academics? It was ironically when we were a God fearing people not TRYING to lead in academics; we were seeking first His kingdom. We are being controlled with government hand-outs and debt. It isn't that obama is "nice"-- it's that he gains power over us. It isn't in the name of "our beautiful real estate that he refuses to drill for our own natural resourses; and that ol' sleeze clinton closed our access to them; it's because he creates dependence on foreign countries. Clinton kept us dependent. obama will finish our economy off (while blaming George Bush for it) so that we're further dependendent. It'll be the o' Push-the-nest-from-the-tree-so-everyone-can-see-you-save-the-baby-birds syndrome. He will go for a world currency.. and undoubtedly will expect HIS face to be plastered on it when the only currency that warrents his face is the FOOD STAMP! George Bush tried to break all of that and keep us free. Obama will put us further back than clinton got us. We are being LIED to!! "the beauty of our real estate --global warming --government handouts --and what's in your wallet"... are you seeing a pattern here?... They OWN us when we participate in this CRAP!
As long as the people understand how we're losing our freedoms.. we cannot be controlled. We are a free people. We cannot afford to forget these simple, fundamental concepts. I for one will stand for my freedom! Freedom is on many levels; national, it's about races of people and it's individual. Women have fought for freedom... freedom to vote, freedom to think, freedom to OUTVOTE their husband's votes!! lol!! haha! No guy will ever mind what I read.. I'll tell you what! lol!! You will never hear me say "honey, who are we voting for." Women have fought for freedom from their husband's beatings and control for decades! (creates dependence) Freedom is a personal choice. I made mine 19 years ago. Can you imagine relinquishing your freedoms to that degree, even; a brutal man who promised to love and cherish you?!! No woman in MY family has ever been that dead headed and no woman following after me will be either --I guarantee you that!... Please people... it's about faith in God that we will prosper in this land... and Freedom is God-given. Start now.. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God then seek to understand. keep osama (oops)! --I mean obama down to 2-4 years! NOT EIGHT!!! Start by getting pelosi OUT! Obama needs to be impeached based on failure to produce an AUTHENTIC birth certificate.. AND illegal $$$ he ran for office with. I've never seen such a charmed candidate. It's like he could do no wrong. He wouldn't have won without all the little college coed FOLLOWERS who are scared to death of independence and the real world! They HOPE he'll take care of them because they don't have the confidence (or the faith it takes) to take care of THEMSELVES! But they sure do talk a big talk.. I believe in vocational school --get in, learn a trade --get OUT before they have time to brainwash you. Colleges across this nation have become a liberal JOKE! I'm almost embarrassed to admit I have a degree.. I'd rather be able to say I live the American dream.. living off the land.. running my own small business.. Ya know, I think OJ Simpson could have won this election! BTW.. how'd ya like Michelle's Black Widow dress she wore on election night??... I'm sure no fashion consultant was in on that one..

After thought: having said that.. I'm resigning myself to the fact that obama's safety is dependent on our nation's safety. We WILL be at war if anything bad happens to him. We need to pray for his safety. But know this; as far as the pendulum swung under Bush, it will swing further Left under obama. So go ahead Barrack! Do your dirty work! Out of the Carter administration came a Reagan. and out of this new administration will come one too... perhaps a Romney??... wut wut??.. a Mormon?? Does it get further Right than that? That's how far Left the pendulum will have to swing for it to swing further Right in order to prepare the people to ring him in. I believe Romney may be being saved for another day. Of course with the implementation of the Fairness Doctrine (which was thrown out BEFORE for a REASON!) the pendulum won't have a CHANCE to swing back Right! We'll be lucky if we still GET to vote in 4 years! For now... how will our individual responsibilites lay?.. Granted.. what must be will be. Christ had to make the ultimate sacrifice for what had to be. Eve had to "disobey" for what had to be. Apparently we CAN'T keep all the laws. Don't argue.. we wouldn't be here without her choice.. (my personal heroine); Let's face it ladies.. men can only follow.. as women choose; so do societies follow.. NEVER underestimate your power. I'm sure those responsible for Christ's death proved their worth --even tho' it had to be. At least I know I will not have to face my Maker confessing that I voted the furthest AWAY from the constition that my choices gave me.. I didn't vote for Godlessness. We are responsible to save this; the Promised Land" to preserve Her and to defend Her Freedom..! Keep osama --I mean obama (hussein) from 4 more years! Start NOW!!!

Baby Cashie

Here's a REAL Cowboy for ya mom!

I took my family out to my few acres today! It was awesome.. until.. well my little Kooper thru' his car in the ditch full of water... and what we won't do for the little ones, right..? Ya.. that's me rescuing his car.. and as you can see by his sweet kisses he was very appreciative (see Sarah's blog; "peas in a pod") lol! ... funny my littlel Koop and Cash-a-Mash are the only men in my life that can get kisses out of me of late!.. lol! why do you suppose that is??...

{Out at the land}

{Getting ready to go out}

So my mom decided to go on a date and I have nothing better to do than to post silly pictures for the "viewers" she has! ha ha ha ha You know who you are!!

New Blog!

This is Ashley.... and i made a blog for you mom! Now YOU have to keep up with it! Even if it's just every once in a while. Now you can have an outlet to voice those opinions that just come so freely! :) Love you, and have fun with this!