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That is fine until your 50 minute window oversteps the parents decisions in what to teach or not teach their children. We can probably safely assume in a church setting that the parents are okay with the lessons since they sent thier children to the church. In the public educational system that is not necessarily the case. I do not have much control over what the teacher is saying or doing in the classroom and unless I choose to homeschool I do not have the option of not sending my kids. If the state adopts the "village" mentality, I will have no recourse against their indoctrinations. That is the left's agenda. That is what Melissa is pushing. That is a violation of my rights as a parent. That is also a violation of my free agency. That is one of the greatest dangers of the leftist philosophy. They have embraced socialism to varying degrees. Socialism = communism without the violence. Socialism/communism = satan's plan that we fought the war in heaven over. Satan is doing everything in his power to destroy families. You (general you, not specific to Jenamarie) think pornography and immorality is the only tool he uses to destroy familiies?

+1 !

Just understand that a restraining order can only be enforced by a judge.

I gave up iced tea when I found out it was a violation of the WOW. To this day the thought of iced tea makes my glands juice up. But, the WOW tells me it is prohibited and thus I obey.

Contact your provider, their customer service should be able to walk you through it. Do you have your phone number listed in other places online that they might have been able to access it? You said your phone is also used for business. Could he have acquired it that way? Do you have facebook and list your number there. If you FB, do you have your privacy settings locked dow? Do you use linkedin and have your number listed there? There are all kinds of places people list thier numbers without thinking about stuff like this.

Block his number.

You are too kind.

I had a law enforcement agency give me some .223 and 9mm ammunition recently. Hmmmm...

Some are some are not. Some are just because a warm body is available and that is not necessarily a bad thing. My current calling made sense when I was put in. Everyone felt that way. I could have been "a warm body" that could do the job. The SP made it very clear to me that the call was inspired and not just because I was a good choice for the position. They made it abudndantly clear that it was inspired. I'm not sure why that was important to them to tell me cause I would have said yes even if I was just "a warm body."

I will be surprised if this is not a topic, or at least brought up in GC.

I love being a marriage counselor too...oh wait...no I don't...nevermind.

I always find it interesting when people try to alter doctrine to thier own desires instead of accepting revealed doctrine from the Prophet who is Christ's mouthpiece on earth. If a person believes the LDS Church is true why would they try and change the doctrines. That speaks to me of arrogance and lack of conversion.

I watched about half of True Grit with Jeff Bridges. I am really enjoying it so far and anticipate I will like the rest when I finish watching.

PM me your username and email address. I will get it taken care of.

Season Of The Witch. I liked it a lot. I've got Paranorman, but I haven't had time to watch it yet.

At some point they will give me my 15 year certificate and I get to choose from some list of gifts or take $100.

Today is a milestone date for me. 4-1-98 I was hired by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office as a Deputy Sheriff. I have reached my 15 year mark with the Sheriff's Office/UPD (16 years total). What a ride it has been!

LMM: I had forgotten about that evilnastybad blog!!! I still like it!

My blog with my one and only post: Easy Preparedness

The Eisenhorn trilogy. Now I'm halfway through the Ravenor trilogy. Sci-fi based on Warhammer 40K, specifically about the Inquistion. Good stories, I've read them several times before and am re-reading them as the final triology book 1 was recently released. All by Dan Abnett. Imagine the spanish inquisition 40000 years in the future. That's the closest I can offer to those unfamiliar with 40K.

Obamacare = Socialism. Socialism = Statism Statism = The war in heaven over free agency. “The scriptures tell us about the war in heaven over free agency—similar to the war we are going through now, where the devil's program was guaranteed security as opposed to the Lord's program of letting each choose for himself even if he makes the wrong choice. Once you understand these scriptures you will understand why the Presidents of the Church have opposed Communism, Socialism, and the Welfare State and you will see why you must oppose them, too, if you are in harmony with the word of the Lord.” Ezra Taft Benson, BYU Speeches, December 10, 1963, p. 17. Statism removes my free agency at many levels. It is the plan Satan offered up in the pre-mortal existence. Compulsion, the removal of agency, is a devilish principle. "There can be no compulsion in the kingdom of God. In the very beginning the Lord gave to man his freedom to act for himself to be an agent unto himself with the privilege, but not the right, to choose evil if he so desired, or to accept the truth which would make him free." Joseph Fielding Smith, Church History and Modern Revelation, Vol. 2, p. 191-192. Support for socialism/statism is support for devilish principles. If you support Obamacare, then by default, you are in support for socialism. God will hold anyone supporting such principles accountable. It is up to Him to decide what that entails, not me, but there will be an accounting for it.

MOE: I posted quotes that are damning to both sides of the political spectrum. The fact that you felt it was a direct attack on you and your political philosophies is very interesting and suggests you may be uncomfortable with some of your positions and where they line up with gospel principles. I know I felt that way at one time with some of my political positions. At the very least anyone should be using such quotes to examine where you stand in your support of politicl ideologies. If it makes you feel better, I was attacking devilish principles wherever they may lie or in whichever parties philosophies, not you. I do not consider myself a member of either party. I hold to a certain set of values and impose them into politics (much to many people's chagrin). I have voted left, right and center in many elections. I do as our leaders have counseled and seek after good leaders and then support them. I generally don't care what party they belong to as their principles will be their principles no matter what letter they put after their name. In some cases that letter will dictate thier principles. Both parties have issues. I believe one party has greater issues within it's principles and tend to be more supportive of devilish principles. I also believe the groundroots members of one party strive harder to correct such problems then the other. The idea that you would want members of a message board to contact your local leaders seems to me an attempt to validate your political positions. Such a call should be rebuffed on the spot, whetjher it was right or not. I think if you commit adultery that you will be held accountable too. Neither of those beliefs involve me calling your local leaders, who if I (or anyone else) were stupid enough to do so, would hopefully rebuff me on the spot.

I believe we will be accountable for our votes. If we vote for things and/or politicians whose agenda are contrary to God's prinicples then how can we not be accountable? Look at the quotes below and tell me that an indvidual who supports devilish principles will not be held accountable. You can not support Satan at no cost. John Taylor, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 23, p. 238-240, August 20, 1882. “In reading some of the histories pertaining to the dealings of God with man and the dealings of the devil with him you will find that Satan sought to rob man of his free agency, as many of his agents are seeking to do today; and for this cause Satan was cast out of heaven. God will have a free people, and while we have a duty to perform to preach the Gospel, we have another to perform, that is, to stand up in the defence of human rights—in the defence of our own rights, the rights of our children, and in defence of the rights of this nation and of all men, no matter who they may be, and God being our helper to maintain those principles and to lift up a standard for the honorable of this and other nations to flock to, that they may be free from the tyranny and oppression that is sought to be crowded upon them. This is a duty we have to perform, and in the name of Israel's God we will do it. It is a duty that our families demand of us; it is a duty that the honest in this nation demand of us, and that God demands of us; and we will try and carry it out, God being our helper. And if other people can afford to trample under foot the sacred institutions of this country, we cannot. And if other people trample upon the Constitution and pull it to pieces, we will gather together the pieces and rally around the old flag, or what is left of it, and proclaim liberty to the world, as Joseph Smith said we would.” George Q. Cannon, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 20, p. 339, October 6, 1879. “It is not going to be a great while—and many of you will see it too—before there will be a great revolution in the earth. Just as sure as the Lord lives the day will come when there will be consternation not only in foreign nations but in our own nation. The people of this Republic are actually treading upon a volcano and they do not know how soon the fires may burst forth, how soon the governmental fabric of this nation, the most glorious the sun has ever shone upon, the best that man without the priesthood has had upon the earth, shall tumble. And why? Through the corruption of the people. The best government becomes the worst government when the people become corrupt, when bribery in high places rules, when political parties condescend to purchase votes. The power of a government is weakened when Senators, Representatives, and Presidents get their places by the use of money. Woe to a nation when this becomes the case. It is doomed and sooner or later it must fall. What is the remark respecting the election of United States Senators in many of the States? It is that a man cannot get that position except he be wealthy. What does that mean? Every one can draw his own conclusion. But that is not the worst feature either. There is disunion and animosity and the fires of sectional hatred burn fiercely. They may smoulder at times. They may not always appear on the surface. But let the breeze blow and quicken them into life and how fierce the flame burns.” George Q. Cannon, Collected Discourses, Vol. 4, March 11, 1894. “As a people we are utterly opposed to all forms of organization that contemplate, even in secret places, anything that will effect unfavorably the government of the United States. We are opposed to all factions that look to disorganization or to the impairing in any manner of the form of government and the liberties that we enjoy under it as citizens of the Republic. Our constant effort is to keep our people from joining these organizations.” Heber J. Grant, Messages of the First Presidency, Vol. 6, p. 151,Conference Report, April 6, 1942, p. 90. “We again warn our people in America of the constantly increasing threat against our inspired Constitution and our free institutions set up under it. The same political tenets and philosophies that have brought war and terror in other parts of the world are at work amongst us in America. The proponents thereof are seeking to undermine our own form of government and to set up instead one of the forms of dictatorship now flourishing in other lands. These revolutionists are using a technique that is as old as the human race,—a fervid but false solicitude for the unfortunate over whom they thus gain mastery, and then enslave them. David O. McKay, Conference Report, October 1939, p. 105. “Latter-day Saints should have nothing to do with secret combinations and groups antagonistic to the Constitutional law of the land, which the Lord ‘suffered to be established,’ and which ‘should be maintained for the rights and protection of all flesh, according to just and holy principles. David O. McKay, Gospel Ideals, p. 304. “Individual freedom is threatened by international rivalries, interracial animosities, and false political ideals. Unwise legislation, too often prompted by political expediency, is periodically being enacted that seductively undermines man's right of free agency, robs him of his rightful liberties, and makes him but a cog in the crushing wheel of a regimentation which, if persisted in, will end in dictatorship. (CR, April 1950, p. 35.)” David O. McKay, Gospel Ideals, p. 308. “There is a danger even more menacing than the threat of invasion by a foreign foe. It is the unpatriotic activities and underhanded scheming of disloyal groups and organizations within our own borders. This country is so situated geographically that there need be little fear of invasion by an outside enemy. Furthermore, the government, knowing who and where the enemy is, can make ample preparation to meet his attacks. But the secret, seditious scheming of an enemy within our own ranks, hypocritically professing loyalty to the government, and at the same time plotting against it, is more difficult to deal with.” Joseph Fielding Smith, Church History and Modern Revelation, Vol. 2, p. 191-192. “When we abide in the law which the Lord has approved, then we are free. It was his mighty hand which directed the founders of the government of the United States and gave this nation the constitution in the beginning. ‘Nevertheless when the wicked rule,’ saith the Lord, ‘the people mourn.’ (v. 9.) Even if the wicked rule, the saints do not have the right to take matters in their own hands in violation of the constitution in order to redress their wrongs. The constitutional law was given by inspiration for the purpose of protecting the rights of the citizens of the country. The Lord delights in freedom. Salvation is based upon this principle. There can be no compulsion in the kingdom of God. In the very beginning the Lord gave to man his freedom to act for himself to be an agent unto himself with the privilege, but not the right, to choose evil if he so desired, or to accept the truth which would make him free. In our government, we are taught to ‘choose good and wise men’ to hold office, and when they are chosen we should uphold them in their callings. As a people we have not lived up to this counsel. We have not always sought diligently and in prayer to know and choose wise and good men, but have turned from this course blindly because of political affiliation. Yet, when we do not seek humbly for wise and good men, ‘whatsoever is less than these cometh of evil.’” J. Reuben Clark, Church News, Sept 25, 1949. “The plain and simple issue now facing us in America is freedom or slavery. . . . Our real enemies are communism and its running mate, socialism. . . . And never forget for one moment that communism and socialism are state slavery. . . . Unfortunately, one thing seems sure, we shall not get out of our present difficulties without trouble, serious trouble. Indeed, it may well be that our government and its free institutions will not be preserved except at the price of life and blood. . . . . . . the paths we are following that, if we move forward thereon, will inevitably lead us to socialism or communism, and these two are as like as two peas in a pod in the ultimate effect upon our liberties. . . . We may first observe that communism and socialism—which we shall hereafter group together and dub Statism—cannot live with Christianity, nor with any religion that postulates a Creator such as the Declaration of Independence recognizes. The slaves of Statism must know no power, no authority, no source of blessing, no God, but the State. The State must be supreme in everything. . . . . . . this country faces ahead enough trouble to bring us to our knees in humble, honest prayer to God for the help which he alone can give, to save us. . . . Is any one so naive as to think that things will right themselves without a fight? There has been no more fight in us than there is in a bunch of sheep, and we have been much like sheep. Freedom was never brought to a people on a silver platter, nor maintained with whisk brooms and lavender sprays. . . . And do not think that these usurpations, intimidations, and impositions are being done to us through inadvertence or mistake. The whole course is deliberately planned and carried out; its purpose is to destroy the Constitution and our Constitutional government; then to bring chaos, out of which the new Statism with its slavery, is to arise, with a cruel, relentless, selfish, ambitious crew in the saddle, riding hard with whip and spur, a red-shrouded band of night riders for despotism. . . . . . . if we do not vigorously fight for our liberties, we shall go clear through to the end of the road and become another Russia, or worse. We have largely lost the conflict so far waged. But there is time to win the final victory, if we sense our danger and fight.” Harold B. Lee, Conference Report, April 1950, p. 96. “If we were united as a people in electing honorable men to high places in our civil government, regardless of the political party with which we have affiliation, we would be able to safeguard our communities and to preserve law and order among us. Our failure to be united means that we permit tyranny and oppression and taxation to the extent of virtual confiscation of our own property.” Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, April 1962, p. 105. “We must return to a love and respect for the basic spiritual concepts upon which this nation has been established. We must study the Constitution and the writings of the founding fathers. Yes, we must protect the Lord's base of operations by moving away from unsound economic policies which encourage creeping socialism and its companion, insidious, atheistic communism. If we are to protect this important base we must as a nation live within our means, balance our budgets, and pay our debts. We must establish sound monetary policies and take needed steps to compete in world markets. Ezra Taft Benson, BYU Speeches, December 10, 1963, p. 17. “The scriptures tell us about the war in heaven over free agency—similar to the war we are going through now, where the devil's program was guaranteed security as opposed to the Lord's program of letting each choose for himself even if he makes the wrong choice. Once you understand these scriptures you will understand why the Presidents of the Church have opposed Communism, Socialism, and the Welfare State and you will see why you must oppose them, too, if you are in harmony with the word of the Lord.” Ezra Taft Benson, “Our Immediate Responsibility”, BYU, October 25, 1966. “Our Republic and Constitution are being destroyed while the enemies of freedom are being aided. How? In at least ten ways: 1. By diplomatic recognition and aid, trade and negotiations with the Communists. 2. By disarmament of our military defenses. 3. By destruction of our security laws and the promotion of atheism by decisions of the Supreme Court. 4. By loss of sovereignty and solvency through international commitments and membership in world organizations. 5. By undermining of local law enforcement agencies and Congressional investigating committees. 6. By usurpations by the Executive and Judicial branches of our Federal Government. 7. By lawlessness in the name of civil rights. 8. By a staggering national debt with inflation and a corruption of the currency. 9. By a multiplicity of executive orders and federal programs which greatly weaken local and state governments. 10. By the sacrifice of American manhood by engaging in wars we apparently have no intention of winning. . . . I warn you, unless we wake up soon and do something about the conspiracy, the communist-inspired civil rights riots of the past will pale into insignificance compared to the bloodshed and destruction that lie ahead in the near future. . . . As members of the Church we have some close quarters to pass through if we are to save our souls. . .The Lord is letting the wheat and the tares mature before he fully purges the church. He is testing you to see if you will be misled. The devil is trying to deceive the very elect. Have you counted the cost if our countrymen, and especially the body of the priesthood, continue to remain complacent, misled through some of our news media, deceived by some of our officials, and perverted by some of our educators?” Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, October 1967, p. 36. “Total government is the objective of Communism. Without calling it by name, build Communism piece by piece through mass pressures for presidential decrees, court orders, and legislation that appear to be aimed at improving civil rights and other social reforms.

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