Vernon D. Dennis, Jr.

Newt Gingrich regarding Elena Kagan!

2010-05-16T14:09:00.000-07:00

Thanksgiving - As Declared by Our Founding Fathers

2009-11-26T02:11:00.000-08:00

"Three hundred and thirty-three years later, Thanksgiving is strengthened by the passing of time and remains a fundamentally gracious and thoughtful holiday. One of the amazing traits of Thanksgiving is that all walks of life participate, only a very small minority complains that it is "God related", and offerings of admiration and thanks to God for all He has done in our lives are still solidly at the forefront. It is amazing to listen in as most people's first words are spiritual in nature and then followed by words of appreciation and gratitude toward friends and/or family. It is, and always will be, one of my favorite holidays!" ~ Vernon D. Dennis, Jr., November 26, 2009

The First Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

Date: June 20, 1676
By: Governing council of Charlestown, Massachusetts

The Holy God having by a long and Continual Series of his Afflictive dispensations in and by the present Warr with the Heathen Natives of this land, written and brought to pass bitter things against his own Covenant people in this wilderness, yet so that we evidently discern that in the midst of his judgements he hath remembered mercy, having remembered his Footstool in the day of his sore displeasure against us for our sins, with many singular Intimations of his Fatherly Compassion, and regard; reserving many of our Towns from Desolation Threatened, and attempted by the Enemy, and giving us especially of late with many of our Confederates many signal Advantages against them, without such Disadvantage to ourselves as formerly we have been sensible of, if it be the Lord’s mercy that we are not consumed, It certainly bespeaks our positive Thankfulness, when our Enemies are in any measure disappointed or destroyed; and fearing the Lord should take notice under so many Intimations of his returning mercy, we should be found an Insensible people, as not standing before Him with Thanksgiving, as well as lading him with our Complaints in the time of pressing Afflictions:

The Council has thought meet to appoint and set apart the 29th day of this instant June, as a day of Solemn Thanksgiving and praise to God for such his Goodness and Favour, many Particulars of which mercy might be Instanced, but we doubt not those who are sensible of God’s Afflictions, have been as diligent to espy him returning to us; and that the Lord may behold us as a People offering Praise and thereby glorifying Him; the Council doth commend it to the Respective Ministers, Elders and people of this Jurisdiction; Solemnly and seriously to keep the same Beseeching that being persuaded by the mercies of God we may all, even this whole people offer up our bodies and souls as a living and acceptable Service unto God by Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving Proclamation

State of New-Hampshire. In Committee of Safety, Exeter, November 1, 1782 : Ordered, that the following proclamation for a general thanksgiving on the twenty-eighth day of November instant, received from the honorable Continental Congress, be forthwith printed ...

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

IN COMMITTEE of SAFETY, EXETER, November 1, 1782.

ORDERED, THAT the following Proclamation for a general THANKSGIVING on the twenty-eighth day of November [instant?], received from the honorable Continental Congress, be forthwith printed, and sent to the several worshipping Assemblies in this State, to whom it is recommended religiously to observe said day, and to abstain from all servile labour thereon.

M. WEARE, President.

By the United States in Congress assembled.

PROCLAMATION. IT being the indispensable duty of all Nations, not only to offer up their supplications to ALMIGHTY GOD, the giver of all good, for his gracious assistance in a time of distress, but also in a solemn and public manner to give him praise for his goodness in general, and especially for great and signal interpositions of his providence in their behalf: Therefore the United States in Congress assembled, taking into their consideration the many instances of divine goodness to these States, in the course of the important conflict in which they have been so long engaged; the present happy and promising state of public affairs; and the events of the war, in the course of the year now drawing to a close; particularly the harmony of the public Councils, which is so necessary to the success of the public cause; the perfect union and good understanding which has hitherto subsisted between them and their Allies, notwithstanding the artful and unwearied attempts of the common enemy to divide them; the success of the arms of the United States, and those of their Allies, and the acknowledgment of their independence by another European power, whose friendship and commerce must be of great and lasting advantage to these States:

Do hereby recommend to the inhabitants of these States in general, to observe, and request the several States to interpose their authority in appointing and commanding the observation of THURSDAY the twenty-eight day of NOVEMBER next, as a day of solemn THANKSGIVING to GOD for all his mercies: and they do further recommend to all ranks, to testify to their gratitude to GOD for his goodness, by a cheerful obedience of his laws, and by promoting, each in his station, and by his influence, the practice of true and undefiled religion, which is the great foundation of public prosperity and national happiness.

Done in Congress, at Philadelphia, the eleventh day of October, in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, and of our Sovereignty and Independence, the seventh.

JOHN HANSON, President.

Charles Thomson, Secretary.

PRINTED AT EXETER.

Proclamation and image courtesy of The Library of Congress.

This article (the orange one) and more information on the history of Thanksgiving may be found at: http://www.history.com/content/thanksgiving/thanksgiving-proclamation

New EU president confirms New World Order desire (19Nov09) - AOL Video

2009-11-22T09:03:00.000-08:00

New EU president confirms New World Order desire (19Nov09) - AOL Video

Scary... "2009 is the "first" year of global governance with the establishment of the G20 in the middle of the financial crisis. The Climate Conference in Copenhagen is another step towards the global management of our planet." ~ EU President Herman Van Rompuy

Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Pledge of Allegiance to Dissent: An Intolerant ‘Excess of Liberty’?

2009-11-20T20:58:00.000-08:00

Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Pledge of Allegiance to Dissent: An Intolerant ‘Excess of Liberty’?

Phenomenal video by Red Skelton.

Oprah In, Biden Out?

2009-11-20T07:51:00.000-08:00

Oprah Winfrey Ends Her Talk Show, Prompts Speculation About Replacement - ABC News

Is this simply the end of the show on September 9, 2011, or an aptly timed transition to the political arena? It's possible not everything is as it seems. With an aging Vice President perhaps Biden is out and Oprah is in. She certainly shares a considerable past and the confidence of the Obama White House. While it is true she is launching her own cable channel, aptly named OWN, she has been coy about her future on-air presence. I will be watching this closely to see.

Why Have A Tea Party?

2009-11-19T22:42:00.000-08:00

If my work ethic and ambition generates revenue, it is my preference to keep it. If others choose to work less and go through life without an education, whether through a university or in the school of hard knocks, and not provide for themselves; it is not my responsibility to give them the things they are now too lazy to afford.

To each according to their contribution is baloney! If you choose not to contribute to your own well-being, providing for you is not my responsibility. Charity, sure, if you are a hard-working individual who is going through a difficult time; but not because you choose it as a lifestyle.

Let's face it, in life people pay for the things they want. If they want health care and their company doesn't provide it, stop paying for everyone in your family to have a cell phone with an extra $30 per phone for text and surfing the net for each phone, cigarettes - which are nearly $8/pack in Seattle and, if you calculate this for a 3-pack per day habit, each smoker in the household spends approximately $720 per month on cigarettes, or for those paying $100-150/month for cable television service so they can watch and record everything they missed the few times they were not sitting on the couch.

These spending patterns do not incorporate the additional costs of eating out instead of cooking at home and scores of other cost-saving measures Americans are typically too self-absorbed and entitled to consider. Add all of these unwise personal spending habits up and they could easily purchase not only their own insurance policy for health, but also many other things they have come to expect for free on the tax-payer's dime.

The original Boston Tea Party was a catalyst for the American Revolution for a whopping two percent tax burden. We fought for our independence, religious freedom, freedom of the press, freedom to assemble, right to bear arms, and freedom from oppression - among many other freedoms once held dear by all Americans. I would love to pay an across the board tax of only two percent.

I did not buy into this "new idea" for tea parties just because I believe in their message and the people I know attending the events come from all political, social, and economical backgrounds. It is time the government worked for us instead of the other way around. Americans are not attending because they made a choice to take off work early or drive for hours because they made a choice to attend. Unlike the opposing view in which many of the attendees have been been prodded by or paid and had no choice but attend because they are the staff of a union or an activist organization.

The subject of tea parties has been discussed among friends for years, but current events and the direction our country is moving in proved to be the catalyst a genuine movement. The government should protect us, defend the constitution, and then get out of our pockets and our personal lives.

Why Is It Bush Is So Stupid & Obama Is So Smart If...

2009-11-19T22:26:00.000-08:00

November 19, 2009
By David Payton:

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

If George W. Bush had misspelled the word "advice" would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as proof of what a dunce he is?

If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?

If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?

If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?

If George W. Bush had created the position of 32 Czars who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America, would you have approved.

If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

If George W Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in his first 5 months -- so you'll have three years and seven months to come up with an answer.

Michelle Malkin » SEIU thugs lash back over Boy Scout debacle

2009-11-19T14:00:00.000-08:00

Michelle Malkin » SEIU thugs lash back over Boy Scout debacle

Obama Calls Israeli Settlement Building in East Jerusalem 'Dangerous' - FOXNews.com

2009-11-18T11:31:00.000-08:00

Obama Calls Israeli Settlement Building in East Jerusalem 'Dangerous' - FOXNews.com

What an amazing insight into his thought process. He is scary!

PRUDEN: Obama bows, the nation cringes - Washington Times

2009-11-17T10:12:00.000-08:00

PRUDEN: Obama bows, the nation cringes - Washington Times

Arrest at Walmart Leads to Charges of Racism - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

2009-11-16T16:04:00.000-08:00

Arrest at Walmart Leads to Charges of Racism - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

Michelle Malkin » Stanford alumni blow the whistle on Valerie Jarrett

2009-11-16T00:43:00.000-08:00

Michelle Malkin » Stanford alumni blow the whistle on Valerie Jarrett

Thank you Former President George W Bush and Former First Lady Laura Bush

2009-11-14T10:51:00.000-08:00

I found this link at www.orbusmax.com and all I can say is WOW! Within their posting is a link to their previous "Goodbye" to the Bush/Cheney Administration. With less than one year in office, some of Obama and the left's most loyal are praising the Bush/Cheney team and bashing Obama. They even nicknamed him Dr. Utopia.

Thank You Former President George W Bush and Former First Lady Laura Bush

Obama refuses public photo ops with Netanyahu

2009-11-11T10:41:00.000-08:00

RUDE: In another possible sign of displeasure noted by the Israelis, the country's Haaretz newspaper reported Netanyahu was transported to the White House in a simple van and not an official U.S. government vehicle that usually takes world leaders to meetings with the president.

Obama refuses public photo ops with Netanyahu

CNSNews.com - Sen. Reed: Forcing People to Buy Health Insurance is Constitutionally Justified Because It’s Like Making People ‘Sign Up for the Draft’

2009-11-11T10:37:00.000-08:00

The draft and health insurance have nothing in common. Defending our nation IS constitutionally valid. Health care is a choice.

CNSNews.com - Sen. Reed: Forcing People to Buy Health Insurance is Constitutionally Justified Because It’s Like Making People ‘Sign Up for the Draft’

Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't | NewsBusters.org

2009-11-07T23:46:00.000-08:00

Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't | NewsBusters.org

He doesn't know the difference between Medal of Honor and Medal of Freedom because...he doesn't care.

Democrats' Plan to Help 'Uninsurables' Requires 6-Month Wait - FOXNews.com

2009-11-05T22:41:00.000-08:00

Democrats' Plan to Help 'Uninsurables' Requires 6-Month Wait - FOXNews.com
Under the health care bills in Congress, you could apply for coverage through a new high-risk pool that President Barack Obama promises would immediately start serving patients with pre-existing medical problems.
Wait a second. Read the fine print. You may have to be uninsured for six months to qualify!!!

I Mailed in My Ballot for Susan Hutchison Because

2009-10-28T11:26:00.000-07:00

To paraphrase President John F. Kennedy, "Ask not about what our county can do for you (Dow), it's about what she (Susan) can do for our county."

I mailed in my ballot for Susan Hutchison because she is pro-business, genuinely interested in fiscal responsibility, has a common-sense approach to problem-solving, running to serve the people (unlike her opponent who seems to think people should serve him and a partisan-first idealogy) in our county and is not indebted to special interest groups.

Hutchison: Constantine 'responsible for the mess we're in'

House panel makes ACORN eligible to share regulatory authority | Washington Examiner

2009-10-27T15:41:00.000-07:00

House panel makes ACORN eligible to share regulatory authority | Washington Examiner

How in the WORLD is this the right thing for our nation?

Acts 2:38

2009-10-26T15:06:00.000-07:00

A woman went into her kitchen to find a burglar loaded down with a bunch of stuff he was stealing from her kitchen. Not having any kind of weapon to scare him off, she raised her hand and said “Acts 2:38,” and proceeded to quote scripture.

The burglar froze in place and didn’t move. The woman called 911, the police arrived and were amazed to find the burglar still frozen where he stood.

“What did you say to him that kept him from moving?” they asked the woman. She told them that she had simply said Acts 2:38 and quoted scripture.

The police chuckled and escorted the burglar out to the patrol car. “Why did the woman’s quoting scripture scare you so much?” they asked.

“Scripture?” said the burglar, “I thought she said she had an ax and two 38’s!”

Trip to New York City

2009-10-26T14:39:00.001-07:00

Pike Place Market and the First Starbuck's

2009-10-26T14:38:00.001-07:00

Discovery Park (Seattle, WA)

2009-10-26T13:50:00.000-07:00

Bright?

2009-10-21T16:08:00.001-07:00

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. ~ Jack Handy from Saturday Night Live

Choice

2006-12-20T21:27:00.000-08:00

In life, there comes a time when most divert focus from material wealth and begin to count their blessings in friends and family instead of monetary gain.

1. Why are there seemingly such an array of catalysts to tip the scales and change a person's thought process and way of life?

2. Are there really that many catalysts or are there really a small number of core items/reasons that result in varying dramatic and social life experiences?

3. If someone is caught in the balance and teetering toward a life of greed or a life of happiness with family and friends, should one assist and add weight to the scales of happiness or patiently wait for "life" to steer itself?