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Having a Form of Godliness

By Jim Josephsen

Mainstream Christians fit perfectly the Biblical portrayal of individuals living in the end time; having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof. The New Living Translation renders this statement by the Apostle Paul as follows: “They will act as if they are religious but will reject the power that could make them godly.”

It is obvious Christians at large, embody this prophetic description; but none greater than American Christians.

A recent survey conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life produced a most distressing finding. Seventy percent of Americans with a religious affiliation (the majority labeling themselves Christian) don’t feel their religion is the only way to eternal life. Although it is thought this finding promotes a positive view of an ever increasing “religious tolerance” within America (you know, increased political correctness), the sad reality is the Christian faith is becoming ever more transient, blending in practice, diminished in power, empty and vain.

The survey also noted, within mainline Protestantism, 83 percent believe more than one religion can provide the way to eternal life; of the members of Black Protestant churches 59 percent agree. Additionally, 79 percent of Catholics accept this concept. Interestingly, of those of the Jewish faith, 82 percent think theirs is not the only way to eternal life.

CNBC's Cramer: Everybody Wishes Obama Would Just Go Away

Web beats TV, radio as preferred news source

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NEW YORK - The Internet is by far the most popular source of information and the preferred choice for news ahead of television, newspapers and radio, according to a new poll in the United States.

But just a small fraction of U.S. adults considered social Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace as a good source of news and even fewer would opt for Twitter. MORE>>>>>>>>>>

Iran’s Hidden Revolution

Just after Iran’s rigged elections last week, with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets, it looked as if a new revolution was in the offing. Five days later, the uprising is little more than a symbolic protest, crushed by the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. Meanwhile, the real revolution has gone unnoticed: the guard has effected a silent coup d’état. The seeds of this coup were planted four years ago with the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. And while he has since disappointed his public, failing to deliver on promised economic and political reforms, his allies now control the country. In the most dramatic turnabout since the 1979 revolution, MORE>>>>>>>>Iran’s Hidden Revolution-6/17

Glenn Beck: The Letter & Sign the petition: An open letter to our nation's leadership

Glenn Beck: The Letter

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June 17, 2009 - 10:36 ET

Related Links Sign the petition: An open letter to our nation's leadership

GLENN: I got a letter from a woman in Arizona. She writes an open letter to our nation's leadership: I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?

Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation:

One, illegal immigration. I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S., I'm not a racist. This isn't to be confused with legal immigration.

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Today's Headlines for June 17, 2009

Report: 7 Killed in Tehran Clashes After Rally   Gosh, you would think this election was as important as a basketball game in LA or something!  Iranian Twitterers sidestep news blackout-6/16

N. Korea Claims Confession by Journalists  SEE! TORTURE WORKS!!!!!!!!!! Someone tell Obama...Kim Jong Il's Son Secretly Visits China-6/16

Uighurs Tell Fox: Better Human Rights at Guantanamo Than in China- So there goes the notion that Guantanamo creates terrorist! Looks like it makes them American!

Obama compares healthcare system to GM-  He's right, he wants to run both into the ground....

Analysis: Doctors' boos show Obama's tough road   Of course doctors hate Obama. He is the Messiah and can raise the dead and heal the sick... he is going to put them out of business.

White House Claim of 46 Million Uninsured 'Americans' Includes Almost 10 Million Foreigners   Let me let you in on a secret, there are probably 20 million illegals here already!  Obama says he loses sleep over deficit fears... Is this for real????? God help us all.  Senate health overhaul costs top $1.6 Trillion...

Scientists: Fish can learn despite small brains...  HOPE FOR REPUBLICANS!  

Obama seeks to 'give government new powers to seize key companies'...

Federal Reserve to gain power under plan...

Post online comment? Feds want your name!!

A federal prosecutor in Nevada is trying to get the names, telephone numbers, IP addresses and possibly even the credit card numbers of newspaper readers who participated in a forum about a tax

protest case.

The demand is being made apparently because of comments such as:

• "I wonder what would happen if the government showed up to give a no-knock warrant raid and the community turned out in force (with firearms) to repel them?
  
  
• I WISHJ (sic) I WORKED FOR A COLLECTION AGENCY
  
  AND COULD CARRY A GUN!!!!!
  
  
• Too bad he didn't buy a gun and some ammo with his gold to defend his life, liberty, and property.
  
  
• The time will come for WAR against this criminal US Government. They have changed the laws for their own good. I call out to all our Military branches to take over our government now!

According to an Associated Press MORE>>>>>>>>>>

Shocker! Most Americans know of Obama eligibility questions

osted: June 16, 2009
9:16 pm Eastern

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President Obama

Editor's note: This is the second of a series of monthly "Freedom Index" polls conducted exclusively for WND by the public opinion research and media consulting company Wenzel Strategies.

WASHINGTON – It may be the issue few in the media dare address, but a new scientific public opinion survey of a cross-section of Americans shows they are not only aware of questions about Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility for office, but almost half are either "troubled" by the questions or believe he should release all relevant documents including his long-form birth certificate.

Asked if they are aware of the questions raised about Obama's constitutional eligibility for office, 51.3 percent answered affirmatively, while only 18.7 percent said no. Another 30 percent said they were unsure.

"Our polling shows that the questions surrounding Barack Obama's eligibility to serve as president clearly strike a nerve across America, probably because it is a problem that everybody understands," said pollster Fritz Wenzel. "Every American citizen has a birth certificate, and once in a while we all have to produce them to get a drivers license or gain entrance to school. Everyone understands the simple rules – if you don't produce it, you don't get in. And while Obama did get in to the White House, nearly half the country's adults – 49 percent – are troubled by this issue and still want him to produce his official long-form birth certificate."  MORE>>>>>>

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Support rising for eligibility verification demand
Now 4 congressmen cosponsoring Posey's documentation plan
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'Hamas foiled plot to assassinate Carter in Gaza'

Somehow I think this is a bogus story! -- Editor
Hamas has foiled an attempt by Palestinian militants to attack former U.S. president Jimmy Carter during his visit to the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian source told news agencies on Tuesday. According to the source, militants linked with Al-Qaida planted two roadside bombs at a border crossing between Gaza and Israel with the intent of striking Carter's vehicle on his way out of the coastal territory. Witnesses reported seeing Hamas forces patrolling near the Erez crossing and detonating the explosives.   MORE>>>>>>>>>>

Letterman Apologizes to Palin: ‘The Joke…Can’t Be Defended’

The White House Fires a Watchdog

President Obama swept to office on the promise of a new kind of politics, but then how do you explain last week's dismissal of federal Inspector General Gerald Walpin for the crime of trying to protect taxpayer dollars? This is a case that smells of political favoritism and Chicago rules.

A George W. Bush appointee, Mr. Walpin has since 2007 been the inspector general for the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that oversees such subsidized volunteer programs as AmeriCorps. In April 2008 the Corporation asked Mr. Walpin to investigate reports of irregularities at St. HOPE, a California nonprofit run by former NBA star and Obama supporter Kevin Johnson. St. HOPE had received an $850,000 AmeriCorps grant, which was supposed to go for three purposes: tutoring for Sacramento-area students; the redevelopment of several buildings; and theater and art programs.

Associated Press

Gerald Walpin, Inspector General of the Corporation For National and Community Service, was fired by President Barack Obama.  MORE>>>>>>>>>>

Will Democrats cover up the AmeriCorps mess?

By: Byron York

Can Republicans in Congress get to the bottom of President Obama's sudden -- and suspicious -- decision to fire AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin? The answer is no -- unless some. Democrats show interest in what could possibly be the first scandal, or at least mini-scandal, of the Obama administration.

In dismissing Walpin, the president seemed to trample on the law -- a law he himself had co-sponsored as a senator -- that protects inspectors general from political influence and retribution. In addition, it appears that at least part of the reason Walpin was fired was for the tenacity he showed in investigating misuse of AmeriCorps money by a friend and supporter of the president, Kevin Johnson, the mayor of Sacramento, California. Walpin got the goods -- evidence of Johnson's serious misuse of federal dollars -- and the inspector general ended up getting fired for his troubles.

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'Iran will have nuclear bomb by 2014'

Mossad chief Meir Dagan said Tuesday that the Islamic Republic will have a nuclear bomb ready for use by 2014.

Mossad chief Meir Dagan
Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski

Speaking to the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee several days after the disputed Iranian elections, Dagan said that "what matters is the position of the [supreme] leader and this has not changed. The riots take place only in Teheran and one more region, they won't last for long." Dagan said the riots won't become a full-fledged revolution.

OBAMA PLAN: SUPERVISION OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL FIRMS

WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - Senior Obama administration officials on Monday said in a newspaper op-ed piece that a landmark financial regulation reform plan to be released this week will target capital requirements, securitization and other problem areas blamed for the global financial crisis.

In the most complete summary of the plan seen in some time, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council Chairman Lawrence Summers said the plan would offer "a stronger framework for consumer and investor protection."  MORE>>>>>>>>>

Pakistan Struggles as Taliban Escalates Refugee Crisis

Stung by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's suggestion that the Pakistani army was wimping out against Taliban insurgents, the country's military — the country's strongest institution — swung into action 60 miles from the seat of government in Islamabad.Unfamiliar with counterinsurgency operations, the army laid down withering artillery fire in the Buner district, following the fusillade quickly with more shelling in the scenic Swat Valley, Pakistan's premier tourist destiny...  MORE>>>>>>>>>

Democratic Senator Robert Byrd Says Obama's Czars Unconstitutional

Last week President Obama appointed yet another “czar” with massive government power, answering only to him. Even before this latest appointment, the top-ranking Democrat in the Senate wrote President Obama a letter saying that these czars are unconstitutional. President Obama’s “czar strategy” is an unprecedented power grab centralizing authority in the White House, outside congressional oversight and in violation of the Constitution.

As of last week, Czar Kenneth Feinberg has the authority to set the pay scale for executives at any company receiving government money (and how many aren’t, these days?). Czar Feinberg has the power to say that someone’s pay is excessive, and to make companies cut that pay until the czar is pleased.  MORE>>>>>>>>

‘Everyone Guessed Wrong’: Biden Explains Why Unemployment Soared After Stimulus

Randy Forbes:"If America was once a Judeo-Christian nation, when did it cease to be?"

Congressman Forbes asks the questions "Did America ever consider itself a Judeo-Christian nation?" and "If America was once a Judeo-Christian nation, when did it cease to be?"

Chinese Drifting Fans Burn Rubber Like Crazy in Beijing

John Voight Slams Obama as ‘False Prophet’

Video Shows Iranian Paramilitaries Shooting on Protesters

“Conservatives” Are Single-Largest Ideological Group

PRINCETON, NJ -- Thus far in 2009, 40% of Americans interviewed in national Gallup Poll surveys describe their political views as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% as liberal. This represents a slight increase for conservatism in the U.S. since 2008, returning it to a level last seen in 2004. The 21% calling themselves liberal is in line with findings throughout this decade, but is up from the 1990s.

These annual figures are based on multiple national Gallup surveys conducted each year, in some cases encompassing more than 40,000 interviews. The 2009 data are based on 10 separate surveys conducted from January through May. Thus, the margins of error around each year's figures are quite small, and changes of only two percentage points are statistically significant.

To measure political ideology, Gallup asks Americans to say whether their political views are very conservative, conservative, moderate, liberal, or very liberal. As has been the case each year since 1992, very few Americans define themselves at the extremes of the political spectrum. Just 9% call themselves "very conservative" and 5% "very liberal." The vast majority of self-described liberals and conservatives identify with the unmodified form of their chosen label.  MORE>>>>>>>

Letterman re-addresses Palin: 'I had no idea [Willow] was there'

There are lies, damn lies, statics and now Letterman!

David Letterman re-addressed the controversy surrounding his jokes about Sarah Palin's family   during the taping of CBS' "Late Show" on Monday.

Letterman said he had no idea Palin was at the Yankees game with her 14-year-old daughter, Willow, when he joked about her getting "knocked up" by player Alex Rodriguez last week.

"I had, honestly, no idea that the 14-year-old girl, I had no idea that anybody was at the ball game except the governor, and I was told at the time she was there with Rudy Giuliani," Letterman said. "It’s not your fault that it was misunderstood, it’s my fault. ... So I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke."  MORE>>>>>

David Letterman re-addressed the controversy surrounding his jokes about Sarah Palin's family   during the taping of CBS' "Late Show" on Monday.

Letterman said he had no idea Palin was at the Yankees game with her 14-year-old daughter, Willow, when he joked about her getting "knocked up" by player Alex Rodriguez last week.

"I had, honestly, no idea that the 14-year-old girl, I had no idea that anybody was at the ball game except the governor, and I was told at the time she was there with Rudy Giuliani," Letterman said. "It’s not your fault that it was misunderstood, it’s my fault. ... So I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke."  MORE>>>>>

David Letterman re-addressed the controversy surrounding his jokes about Sarah Palin's family   during the taping of CBS' "Late Show" on Monday.

Letterman said he had no idea Palin was at the Yankees game with her 14-year-old daughter, Willow, when he joked about her getting "knocked up" by player Alex Rodriguez last week.

"I had, honestly, no idea that the 14-year-old girl, I had no idea that anybody was at the ball game except the governor, and I was told at the time she was there with Rudy Giuliani," Letterman said. "It’s not your fault that it was misunderstood, it’s my fault. ... So I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke."  MORE>>>>>

Mexican Nascar Racer Dies in Horrible Crash (Spanish only)

World- Famous “johns”

The “Send-a-Message- John” Roster of Famous Johns (Oh- that’s LOADED!)

1) Global Warming Hoax John

2) Nancy Pelosi ’s Throne

3) McCain, John

4) A.C.L.U. john

5) Barney Frank & Chris Dodd’s Mortgage Banking John  (Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac)

6) Social Security john

7) Kerry, John

8 ) Universal Healthcare john

9) ACORN john (Always Crappy, Offensive, Rotten, Noxious)

10)  I.R.S. john – Eliminate it!

11) “Porky Little Projects” john

12) Federal Reserve John

13) U.S. Congress – Our #2 Problem

14) Senator Jim Webb (D-VA)

15) Royal Pain in the Tax

16 ) Office of Tim Geitner’s Accountant

17) Government Motors

18 ) Maxine Waters

19) Federal Depository

20) Janeane “Got-to-GO”  Garofalo

21) Mayor Will Sessoms

22) Ben Bernanke’s Office

23) Harry Reid’s Throne

24) Murtha, John

25) BAILOUT john

26) Eric “toilet paper” Holder

27) Bawney Fwank’s Office

28 ) Senator Dianne Feinstein

29) “The Liberated John”

30) Progressive Ideas Found Here

31) Marxist Government Think Tank

32) Progressive Archive Center

33) David Letterman’s “Taste”

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Today's Headlines

Bush Lawyers ordered to testify..  And the band played on.....

Man sues over 55 hour erection...  No comment on this one........

Israeli's invent a robot snake (photo).... You gotta see this one!

MIDEAST PROBLEMS:
KHAMENEI AND AHMADINEJAD TIGHTEN THEIR GRIP...

Opponents shout protests from rooftops...

MORE CLASH...

MOUSAVI SEEKS FATWA...

BBC says broadcasts disrupted...

Netanyahu endorses Palestinian independence...

Defies Obama, refuses to halt settlements...

Hamas slams 'racist, extremist'...

KOREAN PROBLEMS:
NKOREA WARNS OF NUCLEAR WAR...

Says it will 'weaponize' its plutonium...

Hiroshima mayor 'fury'...

No change: Obama ambassadorships still go to fundraisers, friends

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama promised change, but he's following one time-honored tradition: doling out plum ambassadorships to friends and big-money party donors.

So far, Obama's contributors and friends have been awarded with plum posts in Canada, France, England, Japan, South Africa, Ireland, the Bahamas, Denmark, Argentina and the Vatican. MORE>>>>>>

Lilly Sold Drug for Dementia Knowing It Didn’t Help, Files Show

une 12 (Bloomberg) -- Eli Lilly & Co. urged doctors to prescribe Zyprexa for elderly patients with dementia, an unapproved use for the antipsychotic, even though the drugmaker had evidence the medicine didn’t work for such patients, according to unsealed internal company documents.

In 1999, four years after Lilly sent study results to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration showing Zyprexa didn’t alleviate dementia symptoms in older patients, it began marketing the drug to those very people, according to documents unsealed in insurer suits against the company for overpayment. MORE>>>>>>>>

Have You Driven a Han Lately?

I thought the flag stood for liberty and justice for all, but that's now just a quibble, because Hummer no longer flies the red, white and blue. It's turned commie! General Motors has quietly sold its Hummer division to the Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., a construction and equipment conglomerate in the bicycle-pedaling People's Republic of China.

The land of Mao, who vehemently denounced the material and moral decadence of the West, now owns one of the West's most decadent consumer products. Though the Hummer's Chinese name is "Han Ma," the marketing concept for this humongous armored chunk of ostentatious testosterone remains the same. Han Ma means "fierce horse."  MORE>>>>>

Doctors Fight Back

Health Care: With much of Washington determined to push the country into a government-run medical plan, there's not been much good news lately on this front. One bright spot, though, has emerged this week. -- The largest group of doctors in the country has made it clear that it is not comfortable with legislation that would twist the country's health care system into a Euro-style scheme that "threatens to restrict patient choice." With 250,000 members, the American Medical Association has some heavy political clout and deep resources. It will need to use everything it has if it is to help shield the nation from a health care disaster being engineered by Democrats and their constituents. Washington's latest fevered dream for health care is a mutation called the "public option," which is just another way of saying "government-run" without having to actually do so. ..MORE>>>>>