I wonder how many people have taken a close look at
how much they have invested in Social Security. The
problem is, once invested there is often no return.
Take me for an example; I have invested roughly
$84,000.00 in Social Security since I started working...
Let’s assume I live until just before retirement, and
then die just months before I am due to start receiving
Social Security benefits. The money I have invested
up to that point goes back into the general fund.
That bugs me; that is $84,000.00 that I cannot leave
to my daughter and my grandchildren.
I wonder how many people understand that the $84,000.00
really is not in a bank in DC. The government has already
spent that investment to help, along with two other people,
to retire someone I do not know nor ever will. I would much
rather have put that money in an account that bears my name
which I could leave to my family.
So I say to anyone opposed to personal accounts;
ARE YOU CRAZY?
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
I had the privilege of going to the 2005 Presidential Inauguration. Here I am in DC beneath the Hart Senate building. That's Andy Jackson backing me up. Too cold for a California Girl. If you've never taken the Congressional Tour, and you get a chance to take the tour do so. There is so much history in those halls and rooms. What a great gift from God America is! 
A Prayer for Tom Delay & John Bolton
In 2002 I watched the beginning of a very subtle plan hatched
by the Democrats to destroy the President’s popularity. Little
by little they chipped away at his approval ratings through
the use of rumor and innuendo.
We live in a very fickle society; we are easily carried away by
any wind, as debris on the ocean is carried away by the tide.
So, the popularity of the President began to decline, slowly,
bit by bit. Although they lost the election, and lost power
both in the house and in the senate, they continue with their
smear campaign.
Because the Democrats have no plans or solutions, it appears
the only plan they can come up with is to defame as many on the
right as possible in hopes that the American people will throw
those on the right out of office. The Democrats are banking
on the fickleness of the public to regain the power they
so desperately desire.
At the moment the obvious targets are Tom Delay and John Bolton.
I hear many people say, both on the left and on the right, "our thoughts
and prayers are with you". I say lets not just mouth those words to
impress, but let us truly pray for our leaders as God has commanded.
Following is a prayer for Tom Delay and John Bolton; adapted from
Psalm 35 when David prayed for vindication:
Plead their cause, O Lord, with those who strive with
(Tom Delay and John Bolton); Fight against those who
fight against them. Take hold of shield and buckler and stand
up for their help. Let those on the left be put to shame and
brought to dishonor who seek to destroy the reputations
of these two men. Let them be turned back and brought to
confusion who plot their hurt. Let them be like chaff before
the wind, let their way be dark and slippery and let the Angel
of the Lord chase them. For without cause they have hidden
their nets for Tom and for John in a pit, which they have dug
without cause for their lives. Let destruction come upon them
unexpectedly, and let the net they have hidden catch them:
Into the very destruction, let those plotting against these
men fall. Psalm 35:1-8
by the Democrats to destroy the President’s popularity. Little
by little they chipped away at his approval ratings through
the use of rumor and innuendo.
We live in a very fickle society; we are easily carried away by
any wind, as debris on the ocean is carried away by the tide.
So, the popularity of the President began to decline, slowly,
bit by bit. Although they lost the election, and lost power
both in the house and in the senate, they continue with their
smear campaign.
Because the Democrats have no plans or solutions, it appears
the only plan they can come up with is to defame as many on the
right as possible in hopes that the American people will throw
those on the right out of office. The Democrats are banking
on the fickleness of the public to regain the power they
so desperately desire.
At the moment the obvious targets are Tom Delay and John Bolton.
I hear many people say, both on the left and on the right, "our thoughts
and prayers are with you". I say lets not just mouth those words to
impress, but let us truly pray for our leaders as God has commanded.
Following is a prayer for Tom Delay and John Bolton; adapted from
Psalm 35 when David prayed for vindication:
Plead their cause, O Lord, with those who strive with
(Tom Delay and John Bolton); Fight against those who
fight against them. Take hold of shield and buckler and stand
up for their help. Let those on the left be put to shame and
brought to dishonor who seek to destroy the reputations
of these two men. Let them be turned back and brought to
confusion who plot their hurt. Let them be like chaff before
the wind, let their way be dark and slippery and let the Angel
of the Lord chase them. For without cause they have hidden
their nets for Tom and for John in a pit, which they have dug
without cause for their lives. Let destruction come upon them
unexpectedly, and let the net they have hidden catch them:
Into the very destruction, let those plotting against these
men fall. Psalm 35:1-8
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Color Pencil rendering done while I was recovering
from Quadruple By-Pass surgery Thanksgiving week
1992. Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is
within bless His Holy Name. Bless the Lord O my
soul and forget none of His benefits; Who pardons
all my iniquities; Who Heals all my diseases; Who
has redeemed my soul from destruction and crowns
me with loving kindness and tender mercies; He
satisfies my mouth with good things so that my youth
is renewed like the eagles”. Bless the Lord O my soul.
Psalm 103:1-5.
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