While you were sleeping...

To get you in the loop... Here is an small part of the very chilling letter written to Attorney General, Eric Holder, from a lawyer (Andrew McCarthy) asked to take part in President Obama's roundtable discussion on the "Task Force on Detention Policy".

McCarthy declined the offer for MANY reasons including...
"Obviously, I am powerless to stop the administration from releasing top al Qaeda operatives who planned mass-murder attacks against American cities—like Binyam Mohammed (the accomplice of “Dirty Bomber” Jose Padilla) whom the administration recently transferred to Britain, where he is now at liberty and living on public assistance. I am similarly powerless to stop the administration from admitting into the United States such alien jihadists as the 17 remaining Uighur detainees. According to National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair, the Uighurs will apparently live freely, on American taxpayer assistance, despite the facts that they are affiliated with a terrorist organization and have received terrorist paramilitary training. Under federal immigration law (the 2005 REAL ID Act), those facts render them excludable from theUnited States. The Uighurs’ impending release is thus a remarkable development given the Obama administration’s propensity to deride its predecessor’s purported insensitivity to the rule of law."

PEOPLE do you not understand... "Foreign terrorists trained to execute mass-murder attacks cannot simply be released while the war ensues and Americans are still being targeted (quote taken from the letter too)." If America loses its security... its economy will fall even further until security it brought back. Remember the stock market crash after 9-11... but more importantly remember the 3000 people who died in the name of jihad.

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these are some lyrics that always kick me into political reality:

United States of America
Looks like another silent night
As we're sung to sleep by philosophies
That save the trees and kill the children
And while we're lying in the dark
There's a shout heard 'cross the eastern sky
For the Bridegroom has returned
And has carried His bride away in the night
America, what will we miss while we are sleeping
Will Jesus come again
And leave us slumbering where we lay
America, will we go down in history
As a nation with no room for it's King

But here are even more moving lyrics that kick me out of politics and into God's arms:

who's your brother, who's your sister
you just walked passed him, i think you missed her
as we're all migrating to the place where our father lives
'cause we married in to a family of immigrants

my first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man
my first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
it's to a King & His kingdom

there are two great lies that i’ve heard:
“the day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die”
and that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican
and if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him

but nothing unifies like a common enemy
and we’ve got one, sure as hell
but he may be living in your house
he may be raising up your kids
he may be sleeping with your wife
oh no, he may not look like you think

please wake up America.

I can't freakin' do it all.

I wanna be...

an awesome best friend
a good sister
an involved daughter
an even more healthy eater
a partcipating Christian
a straight A student (ha.)
an energy-ful fiance
a political activist
an organized do-er
a regular reader
an available listener
a consistant gym member

but I just can't do it all.
& its very dissappointing.

anyone wanna help me address the 200+ wedding invites that need to go out in the next couple weeks?? or maybe you'd rather help me CLEAN my room & car? How about anyone wanna make me make time for the gym, my bible, my neices & nephews, my best friends, my homework, & my job!?

life is SO good, but SO fast... its hard to fit it all in.

PRAY I MAKE IT TO MAY 16TH (end of the semester) SUCCESSFULLY.

[84 days till I marry my best friens & get to vacation with him]

GASP! & a quote to think about.

I AM ONE OF THE 47 MILLION* AMERICANS WITH NO HEALTH INSURANCE.

BUT THATS BECAUSE IM 20, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I'VE BEEN SICK, & I CHOOSE TO WORK FOR A SMALL BUSINESS WHO DOESN'T OFFER HEALTH COVERAGE.

HERE IS THE "GASP!" OF MY SHORT STORY... I'M ABOUT TO HAVE TWO [MAYBE 3] DR. "CHECK UP" APPOINTMENTS & I'M PAYING CASH :] DOCTOR'S LOVE CASH.

*THIS #, ALTHOUGH USED BY SOME, HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN ACCURATE. IN FACT NO ONE KNOWS HOW IT WAS CALCULATED AND ISN'T EVEN CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL # LISTED ON THE LATEST CENSUS.



and here is the quote to think about -

"It stands to reason that where there’s sacrifice, there’s someone collecting sacrificial offerings. Where there’s service, there’s someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master."

“The Soul of a Collectivist,” For the New Intellectual, 73.

[just one of the gazillion times our president has asked us to sacrifice so far - Obama's says in his acceptance speech (regarding the recovery of the economy): "It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice. So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other." ... what exactly does that mean in the political world... no one is sure... no one will explain it.]

it wasn't TERRORISM...

It was only a "man caused disaster".

sunny day sunday

Mason & I were teaching Pre-School... and the cutest lil kid came on Sunday. His name was Jimi. Mason told the kiddos the Bible story for the day (Jesus traveling to teach people about God). After the story we asked some questions. The first question was "Where did Jesus go?" and Jimi raised his hand... "to da quiet place". I decided to question him further so I added, "What did Jesus do at the quiet place?" ... Jimi looked at me completely clueless, so I clasped my hands together & bowed my head - making the universal sign of prayer - and Jimi said, "oh, oh... He frew his hands togedder". Needless to say, we cracked up! :]]] The little guy was only 3. So sweet.

Not so sweet - was the clueless young lady at walmart. Im minding my own business grabbing a 3lb bag of cheese and some girl probably in her 20's in a little purple summer dress and super high heels looks me up and down and decides I'm probably smarter than she is and asks, "how many ounces make a pound?" ... "16" I replied pretty quickly... "really!?...Thanks!!" she said & looked back down at the package. So when I got home I asked my brother, "hey Nate(still in Jr. High), how many ounces are in a pound?", "16...why?". And with that I concluded I wasn't being TOO critical.

We also got to see our future apartment on Sunday-its tiny[ < 700 sq ft.] & perfect. We ate lunch at Carrabbas with our favs H&B and finished it off with the "blemished" study, my homemade chicken & cheese enchiladas for dinner, and some 4 on 5 [windy] volleyball. It was a great day... not to mention I got the kids in Pre-school to put on animal hand puppets and sing "old mcdonald had a farm...e i e i o" :] Its a good, good life.

"most of us have our own grief, broken dreams, & damaged hearts...

each of us with our own unique losses, our own 'shack'."

If you haven't read The Shack yet... you can borrow my copy! It is an "ahh haaa" book, especially for those who have been in church their whole lives. The story is a story of grace, I remember back in the day when I never thought I'd need grace & now that I do, I don't know how to accept it from a perfect God. This book re-opened my eyes to God's promises of true grace & freedom in "christianity".

My favorite dialogue Mack (main character) with Papa (God) & Sarayu (the Holy Spirit):

"Are you saying I don't have to follow the rules?" Mack had completely stopped eating and was concentrating on the conversation.

"Yes. In Jesus you are not under any law. All things are lawful."

"You can't be serious! You're messing with me again," moaned Mack.

"Child," interrupted Papa, "You ain't heard nuthin' yet."

"Mackenzie," Sarayu continued, "those who are afraid of freedom are those who can not trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control."

The Shack - Wm. Paul Young - Pg. 203

Wow, what a free-ing & truth-ful statement. It gets better but I won't go on, you should read it ALL for yourself.

On a lighter note:

Happy St. Patty's Day!

And back to a more serious note:
Pray for my nephew Brody. He goes into surgery soon... to release the fluid off his swelling brain. Pray for Heather & Bret too. Also Doctor's found another brain bleed on baby Kylee. Remember to pray with great FAITH, because "Faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you can not see." Hebrews 11:1.

And back again to a lighter note:
Im 1/2 way done baking the cakes to make my trial 3-tiered wedding cake... what can I say... I like a good baking challenge. I'll post pictures of it soon :]]] It's supposed to look something like this...

then I'll be adding edible shimmer stuff and my ribbon will be aqua blue. The topper will be a 4" letter "K" but I haven't bought it yet so it won't be here in time for the trial cake... I might throw some Gerber daisies on the top too, we'll see. When it's finished we can have a cake eating par-tay!? anyone? I really shouldn't eat any, I ordered a size 4 wedding dress. :/

well, blogging is kinda fun. I'm still getting used to it.
Im out,

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Aunt Banan got bored on a rainy day at work...
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oh & P.S. -

124 DAYS
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