The one with Obama's reduced tax threshold

Obama starts with $250,000

...then he says $200,000...

And Biden moves it down to $150,000...



And Richardson bringing it down to $120,000...

The one with a message for Obama

The one where Obama talks about his support for baby killing.

Here's a great little video I found. Notice in the first clip "...if they [my two daughters] make a mistake...I don't want them punished with a baby!" - right after he says he's going to teach them "values and morals."



Ugh - "morals?" Yeah, I question his - darn right. Well, I guess when you serve and believe the doctrines of Jeremiah Wright, what can you expect?



Yeah, yeah, yeah - "old news." But it's 20yrs of Obama's "spiritual leadership." Yikes.

So, back to the first video on abortion - NOTE - Obama calls "it" a "baby." Yup. A baby. Not a "fetus." Not a "conglomeration of cells." Not an "it." If his daughters make a mistake, he wouldn't want them to be responsible for their mistake... to take ownership of the consequences. No, no, no - he would just get rid of the problem - kill the baby. Nevermind the baby. They don't want the baby - and since the baby isn't born yet, educated with lingual ability to voice his or her case to protect his or her RIGHT TO LIFE (you ever read the Declaration of Independence?!?!?!?), there's nobody to make a federal case out of it. Nobody, except YOU and ME... oh - and his conscience, which he apparently chooses to ignore. He doesn't want his precious little girls to have to make sacrifices or suffer the consequences of their actions.

I guarantee you - if some crazy person came into the hospital room while Michelle was in labor with either of them and shot Michelle in the stomach, KILLING THE BABY... then, all of a sudden he's upset - and we have a "death" on our hands. But when he doesn't want his precious daughters to "suffer" the pains of raising a child, then all of a sudden "it" is just something we can discard. Double standards!!

My heart breaks. [Tear]

Lord, I lift up this man's heart to You. Only You have the power to correct this. Please, we beg you, help us, as a nation, to not proliferate the evil any longer.

The one with Obama's "redistribution of wealth."

Let's set the record straight here... let's end the double-speak, cover-up garbage from Obama's campaign. He's not "kidding" about his desire and plan for redistribution of wealth. He DID mean what he said with...

..."Joe the plumber"...
and
...his conversation with Charlie Gibson from an earlier Democratic nominee debate about capital gains taxes. Obama concedes that the cut of capital gains tax actually increased revenues (and thus helped the economy), but says having the tax is the "fairness". (Not to mention the other great issues Charlie points out).



It's about FAIRNESS people...!! Come on! Geeeeeeez!

....and the Socialist group he's a member of...
Chicago Democratic Socialists of America - yup, you read that correctly - he's a member, and contributing speaker. In 1996, the March-April Edition of "New Ground" (the Chicago DSA newsletter), a story written by Bob Roman, he quotes comments made at a convention by Obama - he talks about Obama's plan "The state government can also play a role in redistribution, the allocation of wages and jobs." Seems pretty cut and dry to me.

...and then there's his 2001 interview about Socialism and the redistribution of wealth on Chicago's PUBLIC RADIO station [GAG], WBEZ FM. When are we going to quench the government funding of the proliferation of the liberal garbage that is constantly spewed from the mouths of these NPR personalities!?!?



Friends - good choices.

He sought out campus activists for Marxism (whom were black) [from his book]... for people to be around, people he needed to be around. He needed those people to support his fundamental ideology. Good choice in friends...

More Socialism - Obama's ties to Tony Rezko in the dirty real-estate deals, and questionable campaign contributions... while Rezko is linked to Saddam Hussein (indirectly, yes). But the money flow is obvious and well documented. Good choice in friends...

Obama supported Raila Odinga's campaign. Odinga is from Kenya - an anti-American, Marxist, pro-Jihadist (not generic, but the Islamic radical kind). Odinga was there trying to undercut the pro-American movement. He's promised control of the country to the Jihadists he's friends with. Here's a well documented layout for you.

And then there's Bill Ayres. Good grief. Thank goodness Steve Diamond has taken the time to document and collect all the facts for us... thanks, Steve, for saving me the time.

Obama's Tax Plan:

Retired people: a lot of their income is capital gains --> in Obama's plan, their taxes are going up, and they're middle income families.

The benchmark Obama is working from is from 2002 - the "tax cut expiration" is his reference. You and I are working from the current tax percentages... the cuts from President Bush. If you're a dual income family, making between $50k-$100k a year, your taxes are going to go up between $2,000 - $5,000.

Not uncommon for most "professional" graduates to be making 40-50 grand a piece. Marries couple, say they're bringing in $100,000 combined. With Obama's reform, they're going to be giving up another $200 to taxes every paycheck (bi-monthly), or nearly $400/month LESS income. Holy Shneikes Batman.

Fine, let's take a couple bringing in $60k/yr. They loose almost $200/month to taxes. That's real. That's the car payment. Or maybe the gas budget. Nope, can't drive to work anymore.

Wake up people.

The one with Obama racist voters.

Scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary scary.

Howard Stern's crew interviews some black Americans on who they're going to vote for in the upcoming election. They were asked about Obama and "his policies" when in actuality the policies discussed were McCain's stances on the issues. These people apparently don't care what the policies are, only that Obama is "black."

Here's the reference article from NewsBusters (courtesy of Unk). And here's another commenting story.

Have a listen to what these liberal media-blasted suckers have been duped into. For the record, I'm NOT implying that all blacks voting for Obama are racist. The sad reality is that racism is real - STILL - from all sides of the fence, all races. Let's pray for some healing and reconciliation!

This is support for the argument to have a basic interview process to even be able to cast your vote. What a bloody crock. If you don't know what you're voting for, do yourself and our country a favor - STAY HOME!

The one with some MLK perspective

Here's a great article by Marcia Segelstein, depicting the lifestyle of the church in which Obama congregates.


The candidacy of Barack Obama cast a spotlight on his pastor and mentor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Seeing and hearing some of what Rev. Wright preached from his pulpit was a revelation of sorts to me. Call me naïve, but I was unaware of the undercurrent of anti-white sentiment that ran through churches like Trinity, and found voice in ministers like Wright.

Throughout history, much evil has been perpetrated in the name of Christianity. And there is no denying the racism and hatred that black people have suffered at the hands of whites in the past and in my lifetime. Nonetheless I was shocked that in 21st-century America people who called themselves Christians could act in such a way and expect to get away with it. White racists like David Duke are duly villified by the media. Black racists – well, there aren't any I guess.

In Denver this year, we watched as a black man accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for the presidency. And while I don't agree with Senator Obama's political views or his stand on virtually every social issue, it was a moment of historic significance. It was a moment that should have made all Americans – black and white – proud.

Denver was host to another historic convention back in 1956. That year, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a sermon at the National Baptist Convention there which, according to eyewitness accounts, gripped the crowd of thousands.

The sermon was called "Paul's Letter to American Christians," and King would deliver it again a few months later from his pulpit at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church nine days before the Supreme Court declared Alabama bus segregation unconstitutional. In this sermon, King reads an imaginary letter from the Apostle Paul written to Christians in America.

Here is a portion of it:

"There is another thing that disturbs me to no end about the American church. You have a white church and you have a Negro church. You have allowed segregation to creep into the doors of the church. How can such a division exist in the true Body of Christ? You must face the tragic fact that when you stand at eleven o'clock on Sunday morning to sing 'All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name' and 'Dear Lord and Father of All Mankind,' you stand in the most segregated hour of Christian America. They tell me that there is more integration in the entertaining world and other secular agencies than there is in the Christian church. How appalling that is."

He goes on:

"So I would urge each of you to plead patiently with your brothers, and tell them this isn't the way. With understanding goodwill, you are obligated to seek to change their attitudes....Always be sure that you struggle with Christian methods and Christian weapons. Never succumb to the temptation of becoming bitter. As you press on for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the weapon of love. Let no man pull you so low as to hate him."

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright's preaching bears little resemblance to the Christian message King was preaching during much more difficult times for blacks in this country. Wright preaches that "white man's greed runs a world in need." Wright preaches that "the government gives them [blacks] the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law [and] then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no. Not God Bless America, God d--- America!" Wright declares from the pulpit, "Who cares about what a poor black man has to face every day in a country and a culture controlled by rich white people....Jesus was a poor black man who lived in a country and who lived in a culture that was controlled by rich white people. The Romans were rich. The Romans were Italians, which means they were European which means they were white!" After the attacks of September 11, Wright preached that "America's chickens are coming home to roost," because "we have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans" and "the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back into our own front yard." We brought it on ourselves. Wright gives a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan, who openly proclaims his anti-Semitism, calling Judaism a "gutter religion" and Hitler "a very great man."

Martin Luther King stood up for blacks, fought against racism and segregation, and ultimately gave his life for those causes. He also preached the gospel of Jesus Christ, not a gospel of victimhood and hatred.

I cannot say what he might think of Jeremiah Wright. But there is no denying what he preached. This is from one of King's sermons called "Rediscovering Lost Values":

"[W]e have adopted a sort of pragmatic test for right and wrong – whatever works is right....No matter what you do, just do it with a bit of finesse. You know, a sort of attitude of the survival of the slickest....It's all right to lie, but lie with dignity. It's all right to steal and to rob and extort, but do it with a bit of finesse. It's even all right to hate, but just dress your hate up in the garments of love and make it appear that you are loving when you are actually hating."

After ten years as a producer for CBS News, forty-something years as an Episcopalian, and fifteen years as a mother, Marcia Segelstein (mvsegelstein@optonline.net) considers herself a reluctant rebel against the mainstream media, the Episcopal Church (and others which make up the rules instead of obeying them), and the decaying culture her children witness every day. Her pieces have been published in "First Things," "Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity," and "BreakpointOnline," and she is a contributing editor for Salvo magazine.

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The one about Obama's 95% tax cut illusion

Check out some insight on the tax cuts that Obama says he's going to give to 95% of American workers. It's from an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, Dated 10/13/08.

Obama's 95% Illusion

It depends on what the meaning of 'tax cut' is.

One of Barack Obama's most potent campaign claims is that he'll cut taxes for no less than 95% of "working families." He's even promising to cut taxes enough that the government's tax share of GDP will be no more than 18.2% -- which is lower than it is today.

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It's a clever pitch, because it lets him pose as a middle-class tax cutter while disguising that he's also proposing one of the largest tax increases ever on the other 5%. But how does he conjure this miracle, especially since more than a third of all Americans already pay no income taxes at all? There are several sleights of hand, but the most creative is to redefine the meaning of "tax cut."

For the Obama Democrats, a tax cut is no longer letting you keep more of what you earn. In their lexicon, a tax cut includes tens of billions of dollars in government handouts that are disguised by the phrase "tax credit." Mr. Obama is proposing to create or expand no fewer than seven such credits for individuals:

- A $500 tax credit ($1,000 a couple) to "make work pay" that phases out at income of $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 per couple.

- A $4,000 tax credit for college tuition.

- A 10% mortgage interest tax credit (on top of the existing mortgage interest deduction and other housing subsidies).

- A "savings" tax credit of 50% up to $1,000.

- An expansion of the earned-income tax credit that would allow single workers to receive as much as $555 a year, up from $175 now, and give these workers up to $1,110 if they are paying child support.

- A child care credit of 50% up to $6,000 of expenses a year.

- A "clean car" tax credit of up to $7,000 on the purchase of certain vehicles.

Here's the political catch. All but the clean car credit would be "refundable," which is Washington-speak for the fact that you can receive these checks even if you have no income-tax liability. In other words, they are an income transfer -- a federal check -- from taxpayers to nontaxpayers. Once upon a time we called this "welfare," or in George McGovern's 1972 campaign a "Demogrant." Mr. Obama's genius is to call it a tax cut.

The Tax Foundation estimates that under the Obama plan 63 million Americans, or 44% of all tax filers, would have no income tax liability and most of those would get a check from the IRS each year. The Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis estimates that by 2011, under the Obama plan, an additional 10 million filers would pay zero taxes while cashing checks from the IRS.

The total annual expenditures on refundable "tax credits" would rise over the next 10 years by $647 billion to $1.054 trillion, according to the Tax Policy Center. This means that the tax-credit welfare state would soon cost four times actual cash welfare. By redefining such income payments as "tax credits," the Obama campaign also redefines them away as a tax share of GDP. Presto, the federal tax burden looks much smaller than it really is.

The political left defends "refundability" on grounds that these payments help to offset the payroll tax. And that was at least plausible when the only major refundable credit was the earned-income tax credit. Taken together, however, these tax credit payments would exceed payroll levies for most low-income workers.

It is also true that John McCain proposes a refundable tax credit -- his $5,000 to help individuals buy health insurance. We've written before that we prefer a tax deduction for individual health care, rather than a credit. But the big difference with Mr. Obama is that Mr. McCain's proposal replaces the tax subsidy for employer-sponsored health insurance that individuals don't now receive if they buy on their own. It merely changes the nature of the tax subsidy; it doesn't create a new one.

There's another catch: Because Mr. Obama's tax credits are phased out as incomes rise, they impose a huge "marginal" tax rate increase on low-income workers. The marginal tax rate refers to the rate on the next dollar of income earned. As the nearby chart illustrates, the marginal rate for millions of low- and middle-income workers would spike as they earn more income.

Some families with an income of $40,000 could lose up to 40 cents in vanishing credits for every additional dollar earned from working overtime or taking a new job. As public policy, this is contradictory. The tax credits are sold in the name of "making work pay," but in practice they can be a disincentive to working harder, especially if you're a lower-income couple getting raises of $1,000 or $2,000 a year. One mystery -- among many -- of the McCain campaign is why it has allowed Mr. Obama's 95% illusion to go unanswered.

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There's some more on it here.

The one with some good quotes

Huckabee Show, FOX, 10/12/08: Interview with David Oreck of Oreck Vacuums.
David (my approximate summary) "...you know, I was around during the Great Depression. And in that time, people went around looking for a job, not a handout - and that's a big difference. [applause ensues]"

Check out Huckabee's wisdom. Mike's website. Huck PAC website.
Speaking of great quotes... Mr. Huckabee during one of the debates.


And more of the great Mike Huckabee.



Some random quote from Chad tonight during the Packer party at Mom's -
"You know why they have twice as many people at Obama rallies than at McCain rallies? Because the McCain supporters are all at work." LOL.

The one where she said yes - AGAIN.

After weeks of agonizing waiting, the ring was finally finished, courtesy of the craftsmanship available at Barnes Jewelers of Oconomowoc. For those of you that don't know the whole story... In short, it took longer than expected for the ring to get done, and due to extenuating circumstances, I couldn't wait any longer. Barnes was nice enough to lend us a loaner until they finished (thanks, John!).

Christina came up Saturday after a meeting she had for work. She was patient in watching me reassemble the clutch and later helped bleed the brakes on the Venture. I had a little something up my sleeve.

Mid week, she had called, very excited that the weather was going to be so nice this weekend - a beautiful 80 degrees. Wow. Strange October. Unbeknownst to her, I had just gotten off the phone with Barnes, getting the exciting news that the ring would be done Friday. We talked a bit, and decided it'd be a great time to go check out Lapham Peak, one of the numerous stops on our first date, back on November 17th (yur Mom). I was super excited to have another excuse to ride around on the Venture and enjoy the beautiful weather while enjoying the beauty of my home state.

I got up bright and early Saturday to start the project on the Venture - replacing the clutch. I knew there was no chance we could make another "2 up" ride for a day on that old clutch. I got new pads and upgraded springs for the pressure plate. It's like a dream now.

Half way through, I cleaned up as best I could to run across town to pick up the ring. It was stunning. I was speechless - hopefully, they don't think I wasn't impressed due to my lack of words and praise. I called up Mom and met her and OC to show them - I was very excited :-).

So, Christina arrives and was very patient in waiting for me to finish up getting the bike ready. I knew that it was entirely likely that it wouldn't get finished - it's just the way things work when us Quick boys get going on a project. "It'll only take 2 hours or so." By golly, I think this one was actually right about on par with the plan. I spent some time working on the brakes and wiping down the engine with Engine Degreaser too since there was still plenty of time and daylight left.

So, I took a quick shower, and sneakily threw the ring box in a little carry on bag. In honorary tradition, I packed a bottle of wine for us to drink there at the park (as we did on our first date). This was the "cover" for the bag. I'm so sneaky.

Since it was so beautiful, I took us on a very roundabout way to get there... lounging around the beautiful highways of Washington, Dodge, and Waukesha Counties. The colors aren't all quite out yet for fall, but it was still stunning. God's hand in the beauty of the Creation He's given us is simply incredible.

After arriving to the park, we climbed the top of the tower. Looking out over Nagawica Lake, standing behind her, I clumsily swept my hand back into the bag to dig out the ring. And again, got down on one knee and asked her to be my wife. Had there not been a dozen other people on the tower with us, it probably would have been a bit more romantic... oh well.






After we got back home...

These were supposed to be some "better" shots with my "good" camera. Well, they're more detailed anyway...

This is a design that I came up with after browsing around a few stores with Christina back in May. I took some of the basic concepts from a few that she really liked and ran with it. Barnes took my ideas to 3D CAD and had custom castings made for this. It's a work of art - thanks to John @ Barnes for helping my ideas come to reality.

So - what's it like? There's a round, Brilliant cut stone in the center, set in a pendant style perimeter (top and outer edge) of melee stones. The top sides of the four bands are lined with the same melee stones. The side "cross" bands are lined with alternating standard clear/white and a "Caribbean blue" melee diamonds. The pictures just don't do it justice. Or her, obviously. Duh.

The one with the maize maze.

I'm a bit behind on the blogging, so I'm going to steal soon-to-be-family's work on the Lewis family blog. There are some other great pics on from the Crowley blog, but it's VIP access only. Christina has a great album posted on her Facebook page, if you're cool enough to be one of her friends.

Mike used his fancy iPhone to shoot a picture of the maze map (shown to us at the entrance to the maze). After sufficiently humoring ourselves getting lost after 5 minutes, it was time to break out the phone and map. It was decided to hand the phone to me. After finally figuring out where we were, getting us out was easy. It was a pretty impressive maze - I think they said over 5 miles in paths. And even cooler, the maze was made in the shape of a vintage row crop tractor. Check out the image on the Lewis blog above - it's hard to see, but I'm sure the die hards can make it out.

Here are a few pics that I snagged on my camera phone.


The family in awe of a Farmall H. You'd think they'd never seen one before - wierd.


Tyler trying out the driver's seat. Tori is not impressed.


Here's the three little dumplings.... eeeehhheeemm... pumpkins.


Dude - this kid is 5 years old. OK, going on 6 soon, but still. The apple does not fall far from the tree at the orchard.


Miles and Andrea trying out the ag lifestyle.

The one with a big fire - got Bush?

Last Friday, the brothers' Bush hosted a bonfire extravaganza. There were times where fire hit more than 25ft in the air. Despite being a brisk 40 degrees, we were all PLENTY warm.


Friends gathering around the flames, rotating face to butt so as not to burn our clothes in the radiant heat.


Rob sharing a tale of terror. Hats off to a great salesman.


Dill with Rob's fiance, Katie. He's not normally that friendly - he just wanted one of her Marb's...


Jimmy and Dill sharing in mans' excitement of the power of fire. This is just before it started rolling... they were gritting their teeth shouting at me to take the picture faster. She was HOT.


No, no, no... we'd never burn a tire.

The one where Biden instills his ignorance... LOL

Yeah, that's right, right around 1:50 where he says how he has to instill confidence in the American people that he knows what he's talking about... 1:54 when he says he knows what he's talking about. LOL. PLEEEEEASE. "...listen to me and follow what I'm suggesting, we can fix this..."

1:59... this is great... "...when the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on television..."

First off, the President of the USA in 1929 when the stock market crashed was Herbert Hoover, not Franklin Roosevelt (Wikipedia on Hoover) (Market crash of 1929) (Whitehouse back-up Reference) .

Secondly, the standard for broadcast TV (NTSC) wasn't developed until 1941, delivered via NBC (owned by RCA) and CBS. (Reference) (Reference 2) And it was largely put on hold due to Hitler and his ridiculous notions. TV wasn't largely available in the US until the ealry '50s - approximately 50% of households had TV by 1955. FYI. Just in case you were wondering.

Too bad Al Gore didn't invent the TV earlier! LOL!!! Thanks to Chad for that great comment!!

The one picking on prison guard Katie Couric

Awesome article.

The one where McCain's health plan DOESN'Ttax health care insurance benefits - read it

Wall Street Journal, my friends... believe it.

Read the article and do the thinking for yourself.

The one where Barney Frank can't admit he's in the wrong

The one to stay tuned to what's going on...

Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.
--I Timothy 4:15

Message from the PPT again today. Good word. Live it. Pray it. Know it. Seek it.