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This group's purpose is to promote solutions to stop illegal immigration. If you are for rule of law, join. We will follow EON's TOU (Terms of Use). We are fed up with people of dozens of foreign nations illegally staying in America, breaking our laws, taking our jobs and benefiting from our tax dollars in education, health benefits and welfare benefits. We are fed up with companies that illegally hire illegal immigrants and elected officials that do not enforce our laws. Racism and bigotry will not be tolerated, while passionate love for our Country, culture and laws is encouraged. All political parties are welcome, if you are against illegal immigration.
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This group's purpose is to promote solutions to stop illegal immigration. If you are for rule of law, join. We will follow EON's TOU (Terms of Use). We are fed up with people of dozens of foreign nations illegally staying in America, breaking our laws, taking our jobs and benefiting from our tax dollars in education, health benefits and welfare benefits. We are fed up with companies that illegally hire illegal immigrants and elected officials that do not enforce our laws. Racism and bigotry will not be tolerated, while passionate love for our Country, culture and laws is encouraged. All political parties are welcome, if you are against illegal immigration.
The Management
Idiot at Hispanic health clinic.
Yesterday, I got a flu shot at a Hispanic clinic. I chose that place because they were the least expensive for flu shots in my area. The desk clerk gives me a form to fill out and the darn thing was in Spanish! I gave it back to her asking for the form in English. She turns it over to the English side. Why the hell did she think I am Hispanic? I have blonde hair. How many blonde hair Hispanics are there?
Troubled? Or Faithful Like The Wise Men
1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. (Matthew 2:1-3 KJV)
The Bible doesn't tell us a lot about the Wise Men. We know that they traveled a great distance, brought gifts of faith, and intended to worship the new born "King of the Jews." Interestingly, of the Christmas cards my wife and I have received this year, the Wise Men show up more than any other Christmas theme. I love the story and appreciate the fact that these travelers from the East are a part of our culture.
But I've always been puzzled at the third verse in Mathew's account. The word "troubled" here also gets translated as "agitated" by more than a few scholars. What's odd here is that Herod assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people for a big ole prophecy conference, basically calling together the religious and political control-grid in Jerusalem at that time. Interestingly, they all had one thing in common: They all understood that the announcement of a new star, a rival power, was going to be a direct threat to their power, control, and way of life.
This threat seemed to trump any thoughts about the coming Messiah which was supposed to be so much a part of the hope of Jewish history.
Think about it. You would expect this kind of troubled behavior from a knucklehead like Herod. Yet even before Christ's birth, the phrase : "We will not have this man to reign over us" (Luke 19:14) was the operative thought pattern from the majority of "religious" people then as it was at the end of Christ's life.
This is also the predominant attitude today by both Christians and non-Christians alike who echo the basic beliefs of the rulers and elders of Jerusalem in Herod's day. It's one thing to have the head knowledge of where the Messiah was to be born, as they seemed to have. It's quite another to get on the first train to Bethlehem to worship him.
So enter three wise off-the-grid travelers from the East. I say off the grid because the wise men in question, as the text shows, were true believers like so many other "hidden ones," who are often found in places we would least expect them to be. The Bible tells us that there are many such off-the-gridders (folks like Melchizedek), living in God's grace way off the religious control grid.
But we learn further in this story that the faith of the Wise Men was great. They saw no miracles, heard no great teachings, saw no outward forms of power, yet traveled a great distance and worshiped a helpless baby born in a barn. You can read the Bible from one end to the other and not find greater faith than this. Mark this well. The faith formula for the Wise Men was simple yet profound: Walk in faith, confess him in hope, and be not ashamed of worshipping the Christ Child.
This is the kind of faith we'll all need as America prepares to reap the results of the apostasy and unbelief we've sown. And yet we continually act more like the rulers and elders in Jerusalem than the faithful Wise Men. Even worse, much of America seems to have a vested interest in our current control grid and would be "greatly troubled" for similar reasons if the Messiah was born in a barn in Iowa today.
Yet a quick glance around reveals America is not only in decline, but headed for an outright collapse. So as we get ready to bring in 2012 with all its uncertainties, it's important to remember that we're not in this alone. The best news ever delivered under that new star is that the birth of our Lord provides our great assurance that we have help. He is now here. He is Immanuel, God with us, and in His grace, in faithfulness to His commandments, we can move confidently through the hard times ahead.
That's the good news of this most blessed season.
Merry Christmas
2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. (Matthew 2:1-3 KJV)
The Bible doesn't tell us a lot about the Wise Men. We know that they traveled a great distance, brought gifts of faith, and intended to worship the new born "King of the Jews." Interestingly, of the Christmas cards my wife and I have received this year, the Wise Men show up more than any other Christmas theme. I love the story and appreciate the fact that these travelers from the East are a part of our culture.
But I've always been puzzled at the third verse in Mathew's account. The word "troubled" here also gets translated as "agitated" by more than a few scholars. What's odd here is that Herod assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people for a big ole prophecy conference, basically calling together the religious and political control-grid in Jerusalem at that time. Interestingly, they all had one thing in common: They all understood that the announcement of a new star, a rival power, was going to be a direct threat to their power, control, and way of life.
This threat seemed to trump any thoughts about the coming Messiah which was supposed to be so much a part of the hope of Jewish history.
Think about it. You would expect this kind of troubled behavior from a knucklehead like Herod. Yet even before Christ's birth, the phrase : "We will not have this man to reign over us" (Luke 19:14) was the operative thought pattern from the majority of "religious" people then as it was at the end of Christ's life.
This is also the predominant attitude today by both Christians and non-Christians alike who echo the basic beliefs of the rulers and elders of Jerusalem in Herod's day. It's one thing to have the head knowledge of where the Messiah was to be born, as they seemed to have. It's quite another to get on the first train to Bethlehem to worship him.
So enter three wise off-the-grid travelers from the East. I say off the grid because the wise men in question, as the text shows, were true believers like so many other "hidden ones," who are often found in places we would least expect them to be. The Bible tells us that there are many such off-the-gridders (folks like Melchizedek), living in God's grace way off the religious control grid.
But we learn further in this story that the faith of the Wise Men was great. They saw no miracles, heard no great teachings, saw no outward forms of power, yet traveled a great distance and worshiped a helpless baby born in a barn. You can read the Bible from one end to the other and not find greater faith than this. Mark this well. The faith formula for the Wise Men was simple yet profound: Walk in faith, confess him in hope, and be not ashamed of worshipping the Christ Child.
This is the kind of faith we'll all need as America prepares to reap the results of the apostasy and unbelief we've sown. And yet we continually act more like the rulers and elders in Jerusalem than the faithful Wise Men. Even worse, much of America seems to have a vested interest in our current control grid and would be "greatly troubled" for similar reasons if the Messiah was born in a barn in Iowa today.
Yet a quick glance around reveals America is not only in decline, but headed for an outright collapse. So as we get ready to bring in 2012 with all its uncertainties, it's important to remember that we're not in this alone. The best news ever delivered under that new star is that the birth of our Lord provides our great assurance that we have help. He is now here. He is Immanuel, God with us, and in His grace, in faithfulness to His commandments, we can move confidently through the hard times ahead.
That's the good news of this most blessed season.
Merry Christmas
Illegals get EITC
Denver Post 8/3/11: Illegal aliens claimed 4.2 billion in tax refunds under EITC. I call that fraud, but the IRS that will hound you for a buck won’t do anything. Why are illegals working when Americans aren’t? What happened to Obama's “put America first”?
HALT Illegal Immigration
The HALT Act, HR 2497, is a congressional effort to stop Obama from using presidential directives to circumvent immigration laws and grant amnesty to illegal aliens. HALT doesn’t change immigration laws, it just says the current laws have to be enforced unless changed by Congress. That’s how the Constitution says the legal system is supposed to work.
Birthright Citizenship, Blessing or Curse?
All these illegal immigrants and medical tourists who want their children born Americans don't understand what they're doing. It's great if the kid will live and work in America, but will become a nightmare if they live in another country.
Unlike most countries, US citizens must file tax returns regardless of where they live or work. If these kids return to their homeland to work, the IRS will find them, even if it takes years.
I recently read an article in a Canadian paper about people who have lived and worked in Canada all their lives, but happen to have been born in America. Some weren't even aware of that. These "accidental Americans" as they're called are getting notices from the IRS that, as citizens, they must file tax returns, even if they won't owe any taxes.
Unlike most countries, US citizens must file tax returns regardless of where they live or work. If these kids return to their homeland to work, the IRS will find them, even if it takes years.
I recently read an article in a Canadian paper about people who have lived and worked in Canada all their lives, but happen to have been born in America. Some weren't even aware of that. These "accidental Americans" as they're called are getting notices from the IRS that, as citizens, they must file tax returns, even if they won't owe any taxes.
