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Kanakuk Kamp - Hawaii on the Mason-Dixon Line

We're guests of some friends at Kanakuk Kamp in MO.

What a lovely facility. What wonderful college students!

Hawaii in Missouri? Yep at Kamp K-Kauai.

Den

Gov. Scott Walker update. A peek inside a sick culture of national politics.

This just landed in my inbox.

An interesting turn of events.

Den

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One of the more important undertakings as we've crisscrossed Wisconsin has been to monitor the activities of Barack Obama, his political operatives, labor union bosses and left-wing organizations who are behind the RECALL effort. We've been determined to have the best intelligence about what they were/are up to, so that we can properly respond.

While in central Wisconsin we uncovered an Internal Memo from Wisconsin's Assembly Democrats that laid out their propaganda campaign, detailing how they would smear Gov. Scott Walker and develop unified messaging that would accuse Gov. Walker of advancing racist policies, a "War on Women," attacks on senior citizens, veterans and more.

It was rather astounding since we've paid close attention to the Democrat Party and their nominee for governor in the RECALL race, Tom Barrett. Barrett has attacked Governor Walker for being divisive and advancing a "Divide and Conquer" strategy. Yet, we now know this is complete and utter hypocrisy, as it was the Democrats who were setting the stage to divide Wisconsin's citizens, pitting them against one another in an effort to reclaim this state for their party's political

The document shows how Democrats thought they could defeat Governor Scott Walker with a campaign of misstatements, smears and outright lies. But voters are smartly rejecting the Democrats' propaganda, setting Barack Obama up for a giant loss if the RECALL of Gov. Walker fails this Tuesday.

As you know we are working hard in Wisconsin to counter the campaign efforts of Barack Obama and his supporters who are trying to undermine Gov. Scott Walker. We are running an aggressive TV ad campaign across the state of Wisconsin, but with just 3 days left before the election, we must step up our efforts to match the Democrats dollar-for-dollar.

This election is critically important. If Gov. Walker loses, he will not only be ousted, but his Republican Lieutenant Governor could be ousted. And on top of that 4 Republican State Senators are subject to RECALL and if we lose 2 of those races, then Republicans lose control of the State Senate and the Left can completely block Gov. Walker's agenda.

But, even more than that - if the RECALL succeeds and Gov. Walker is removed from office, it will be a huge boost to Barack Obama's efforts to steal away Wisconsin's 10 Electoral Votes in the November presidential election.

We must win. We must DEFEAT the RECALL.

Please, make the most generous contribution you can afford to our campaign to DEFEAT the RECALL. You can contribute as little as $5 up to the maximum allowed $5,000.

We are hoping 250 people will respond to this email appeal by making a contribution of $100 or more online - HERE.

If you prefer, you can also mail in a contribution to our campaign headquarters here:

Campaign To Defeat Obama
P.O. Box 601684
Sacramento, CA 95860-1684

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Maybe it's just me, but a PO Box in Wisconsin might have been nice.

Den

When Cheeseheads are not Blockheads: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's Non-recall.

Quite under the radar to many people across America is an election, of sorts, happening this next Tuesday in Wisconsin.

In truth, it is an anti-election - a recall attempt against Wisconsin's Governor and Lt. Governor as a result of their education reform measures. Though recalling the Executive Officer team in the Badger state is the goal of this recall rebellion, the focus of the badgering is Wisconsin's Governor, Scott Walker.

It has devolved down to a "get Scotty" campaign.

Walker was recently elected by a respectable margin and with a fully expressed plan to shake up the education system in his state. The teachers association of that state recoiled in utter disbelief when Walker was not only elected but even more so when he started implementing the educational reforms about which he had so clearly communicated during his race for office.

The high-brow education low-life then came out in thug-step to dishonor him, to bring Wisconsin's government to a complete stop. You probably remember the national drive-by news accounts of the capitol rotunda being taken over by union organizers whipping Wisconsin's teachers into an unbelievable froth and furry.

It was insane.

And now, the rational voters and thoughtful citizens of Wisconsin go to the polls on Tuesday June 6th to either embrace the Governor and Lt. Governor OR to reject them and select an education union-backed replacement hack whose name will also be on the ballot.

And the Badger state is not buying the union badgering.

Poll numbers show Scott Walker in a double digit lead, allowing him to withstand the recall and continue on in his education reform ways. The union thugs must be apoplectic and enraged. It's as though these political bomb-throwers, sitting at their workbenches in the dimply lit basements, inadvertently just triggered an explosive and - BLAM - suddenly they're laying on the ground screaming "Where are my legs! Where's the rest of me?" And the smell of their political gunpowder wafts out into the clean air of daylight.

Though this is a state-level local issue, do not kid yourself that Tuesday's outcome will not have national repercussions. It will. President Obama's team sees this for what it is: a virtual recall on his administration and his policies.

If education can be reformed in this state (and others like Idaho) and the power of the most "acceptable" union (in that it deals with every family's local school teacher) can be derailed, then America's vote in November may well follow behind such a rational pattern of thought in one of the most liberal states in the union. Conservative and liberal parents want what works for their children. Always remember that these are parents of kids and they want the best for their offspring - and in Wisconsin that desire may just not be what the education unions espouse. How refreshing....

On Wisconsin! is a song that may be the clarion call for the states, in that it may make or break Mr. Obama's chances in November.

We must all pay attention to Tuesday's anti-election, because the results may be more "anti" than the proponents even understood. Apparently the old expression "You live by the gun, you die by the gun" has a political application to the damage intended by recall elections - even nationally.

Den

 

 

"One life will soon be past - only what's done for Christ will last" - a way of life, not just a saying.

Chuck Colson passed away recently.

He once made this statement: "I wasn't going to do this (help inmates) my whole career. After I left prison I was going to help, but I wasn't going to do this for the rest of my life."

And yet God got a hold of him. Colson's brokenness and humility allowed him to be held by the Lord, doing "this work" for the rest of his life.

I think of him often as I think about the men and women with whom others and I had the honor of standing alongside, for a brief period of years here in Idaho. When we exited, others came after our efforts - for God didn't need us to take the lead. He didn't need me or the team we had assembled. In the end, Colson knew clearly that He didn't need him.

He wanted him, God just didn't need Chuck... or you or me.... to love the unlovely. To care for the uncared-for. God was already doing that. The Lord just invites folks along, if they want to go...

I watched this brief video and it touched me deeply.

The harvest continues to be ready for its laborers. (Chuck Colson continues to see the need - only now from the other side of eternity.)

What do we see?

What is my responsibility?

What is yours?

Den

May this Memorial Day mean much to you.

Thank you to those many families who gave of their sons and fathers so that freedom would be established for themselves and others.

Freedom isn't free.

The cost of freedom is all around us, if we'll only see.

Please "see" that cost this weekend.

Den

The heartbreak of loss, even 33 years later: Etan Patz and the generation of fear-based parenting.

"The developments in the case on Thursday reminded generations of parents and their children of the boy whose example was cited often as a reason to tread carefully on the city’s streets.

The SoHo of the 1970s had a gritty reputation even before Etan’s disappearance, but it still felt like “a little town” of familiar faces, said Paul Tschinkel, 72, who lived in the neighborhood when Etan went missing.

The disappearance “was a turning point,” he said, forever altering the way he raised his children, born shortly thereafter. “I became suspicious of things,” he said, standing near the Patz family’s apartment on Prince Street." - New York Times, May 25, 2012

It was a turning point forever in the lives of American families.

Ours was one of them.

Etan's disappearance, along with other highly visible abductions changed the way we parented.

Fear of everyone took the place of kindness. At best, parents were aloof towards strangers who approached us about our kids. I saw it with all my friends - all of them.

The potential loss of our little ones created a child-centeredness that was not healthy for parents or children. In fact it was crippling.

Terribly crippling. The increasing number of faces on the morning's milk cartons told us that "hundreds, if not thousands" of children were being stolen.

And that generation - my generation - of parents became self-focused, self-centered protectors fo their loved ones against a force they could not see, but was sure existed.

And we continue to see the results of that fear-based child-centeredness today - in communities of faith and non-faith alike. The children of those days are in their late 20's and early 30's... and many remain at home alone (or with their significant other) or simply just ungrown.

It was as if the value of keeping children safe exceeded the value of caring for, disciplining and growing them up.

Our nation - and many of us, as parents - decided to raise a nation of children.

And that's what we got.

We raised children, rather than adults. Many of the kids decided to grow up, despite their parents' fears and worried/hurried schedules.

 

All out of fear.

Starting with the death of Etan Patz.

At least today, we have the name and face of the man who killed more than a little boy that day, as terrible as that was.

May the new generation of parents have a mid-course correction and live in the freedom that really is there rather than the decades-old spectre of things invisible - except to a fearful person's imagination.

Den

 

Obama in Revolutionary War outfit? Yep... pretty impressive. Ha!

Apparently wearing patriotic apparel is MIA to the PC fashion police.

1997 is not 2012.

State Senator Obama is not President Obama.

Tea Party clothes must mean something different now than in 1997, er I mean 1777.

Den

Hey, look over here! Something catches the attention of Sen. Barack Obama (13th), Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie (25th), Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th) and Stephanie Franklin as they lead the annual “4th on 53rd” parade.

“In 1997, Obama was beginning his first term as a state senator in Illinois. He and his fellow politicians were asked to lead the ‘4th on 53^rd’ parade, which is Hyde Park’s 4th of July celebration,” he adds.

“All the politicians who attended were expected to dress the part. The Herald even published a story the week before, on July 2nd, confirming in advance that Obama would be ‘wearing colonial attire.’”

Obama and Hollywood, Part II

Apparently Top Secret means Top Box Office to the current administration regarding Seal Team Six and the killing of Osama Bin Laden.

"Peter King, the Republican chairman of the Congressional Homeland Security committee, said on Wednesday the documents told a "damning story of extremely close, unprecedented, and potentially dangerous collaboration" with filmmakers.

King asked: "If this facility is so secret that the name cannot even be seen by the public, then why in the world would the Obama administration allow filmmakers to tour it?"

The documents will fuel Republican accusations that Obama is using the raid for partisan political gain in the presidential election. It may also anger those upset at the administration's hard line against government whistleblowers." More here.

Good people die when highly valuable information is leaked out by foolish people.... especially by those who cannot even keep a secret about Hollywood scripts and a movie studio set.

This may bode quite ill for the President prior to November... but more imporatnatly it may bode quite ill for members' lives on the Seal Team Six.

Avenging the death of bin Laden on the very men who did the deed could easily flow from such foolishness.

Den

So Hollywood loves President Obama? Not all of Hollywood, it would appear...

ICB posts a fascinating review of who the Hollywood sign may just not be 100% illuminated by Obama's light.

I wondered when the economics of liberals' socialism might start conflicting with the self interests of actors' narcissism. It appears it has.

(Maybe Angelina Jolie and Jon Voight can now have a family reunion!)

Click here.

Den

I'm patriotic but.... c'mon. Is Christmas even MORE "right around the corner"?

We were shopping at a local "Michaels"and I came upon this display...

For the fourth of July.

On the twentieth of May.

C'mon.

On the other hand, maybe I should break out my Christmas colors, tinsel and pics of Rudolph. Beat the retailers at their own game! Ha.

A deep dilemma, indeed, for the shoppers of America.

Den