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No, it isn't written in stone, but was based upon the WORD. Many of the US forefathers, wanted to build a NATION founded upon HIS WORD, so that they could enjoy freedom, of religion. This freedom, also includes how we raise our children...

I am patiently waiting to hear the news, on this bill.

House Passes Mandatory National Service Bill http://www.infowars.com/house-passes-manda...l-service-bill/ Congress Sends Obama a Bill to Boost Community Service The House passed legislation that will dramatically increase the size of AmeriCorps http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/obama/...ty-service.html OBAMA WATCH CENTRAL 'GIVE' creating youth brigades? Service corps expansion gives opponents shivers http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=...mp;pageId=94373

I disagree. When reading through th bill, it is evident, that this bill is sqaushing the rights of citizns, to practice their religion, while being forced, to serve in a Civil Defense program. Not only that, but it is taking away our rights to CHOOSE to serve in volunteer roles. THe woring is doule speak, plain and simple. You need to go back and....calmly....read it again. It is NOT mandatory and particpants are only prohibited from religious, political or social activities while acting in their volunteer role. What you do on your own time is not covered. I can't believe how many people believe that this is something you HAVE to do. It even gives the greater power to the individual states regarding curriculum and activities and prohibits lobbying for or against abortion or labor unions. This is how half the electorate in the U.S. got so clueless...by NOT reading things or researching them and relying on the blogs for talking points. Please see post 8... I am praying for our country and the decisions being made. And I am am also listening to what is being said. Often, what is being said, is a tale tale sign, of what is being written, into our laws...

Who will raise kids: Mom, Dad or state? Parental rights: 67 in Congress pushing to amend Constitution http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=...mp;pageId=93333

I am glad your hubby is following this. Yes! We all need to be praying for our country leadership, and also speaking out against these bills that are NOT being fair to our Democratic/Republic government. A Democratic/Republic, is actually the center of the types of government that we can have. Those that are far left, will be the types of government are socialism, communism, monarchy, nazism, etc. the far right, there is very little or no government implementation. For a better understanding: http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment/

I disagree. When reading through this bill, it is evident, that this bill is sqaushing the rights of citizens, to practice their religion, while being forced, to serve in a Civil Defense program. Not only that, but it is taking away our rights to CHOOSE to serve in volunteer roles. The wording is doule speak, plain and simple.

Please watch the video clip on this link. Pay close attention to what Rahm Emanuel is saying" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/3#3431

SEC. 1305. ASSISTANCE TO STATE COMMISSIONS; CHALLENGE GRANTS. Section 126 (42 U.S.C. 12576) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking `$125,000 and $750,000' and inserting `$250,000 and $1,000,000'; and (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: `(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT- In making grants to a State under this subsection, the Corporation shall require the State to provide matching funds of $1 from non-Federal sources for every $1 provided by the Corporation. `(3) ALTERNATIVE- Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Chief Executive Officer may permit a State that demonstrates hardship or a new State Commission to use an alternative match as follows: `(A) FIRST $100,000- For the first $100,000 of grant amounts provided by the Corporation, a State shall not be required to provide matching funds. `(B) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $100,000- For grant amounts of more than $100,000 and not exceeding $250,000 provided by the Corporation, a State shall provide $1 from non-Federal sources for every $2 provided by the Corporation in excess of $100,000. `© AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $250,000- For grant amounts of more than $250,000 provided by the Corporation, a State shall provide $1 from non-Federal sources for every $1 provided by the Corporation in excess of $250,000. `(4) RESERVATION OF FUNDS- From the amounts appropriated to carry out this subsection each fiscal year, the corporation shall ensure that it reserves funds for assistance provided under this subsection at an aggregate amount equal to that of at least 150 percent allocated in fiscal year 2004 for the first full fiscal year after the date of enactment of the GIVE Act. Each subsequent year the corporation shall increase the amount reserved proportionately including minimum and maximum amounts described in paragraph (1) to the amount of program funding allocated in subtitle C.'; (2) in subsection (b), by striking the period and inserting `and to support, including through mission-assignments under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5147), nonprofit organizations and public agencies responding to the needs of communities in disasters.'; and (3) in subsection ©-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking `to national service programs that receive assistance under section 121' and inserting `to programs supported under the national service laws'; and (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: `(3) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE- A challenge grant under this subsection may provide, for an initial 3-year grant period, not more than $1 of assistance under this subsection for each $1 in cash raised from private sources by the program supported under the national service laws in excess of amounts required to be provided by the program to satisfy matching funds requirements. After an initial 3-year grant period, grants under this subsection may provide not more than $1 of assistance for each $2 in cash raised from private sources by the program in excess of amounts required to be provided by the program to satisfy matching funds requirements. The Corporation may permit the use of local or State funds as matching funds if the Corporation determines that such use would be equitable due to a lack of available private funds at the local level. The Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the amount of assistance that may be provided to a national service program under this subsection.'. SEC. 1306. ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND OTHER ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. Section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) is amended to read as follows: `SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. `(a) 1-Percent Allotment for Certain Territories- Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent for grants to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands upon approval by the Corporation of an application submitted under section 130. The amount allotted as a grant to each such Territory under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears the same ratio to 1 percent of the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population of the Territory bears to the total population of such Territories. `(b) Allotment for Indian Tribes- Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve at least 1 percent for grants to Indian tribes, to be allotted by the Corporation on a competitive basis. `© Reservation of Approved Positions- The Corporation shall ensure that each individual selected during a fiscal year for assignment as a VISTA volunteer under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a participant in the Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program under subtitle E shall receive the national service educational award described in subtitle D if the individual satisfies the eligibility requirements for the award. Funds for approved national service positions required by this paragraph for a fiscal year shall be deducted from the total funding for approved national service positions to be available for distribution under subsections (d) and (e) for that fiscal year. `(d) Allotment for Competitive Grants- Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year and subject to section 133(d)(3), the Corporation shall reserve up to 62.7 percent for grants awarded on a competitive basis to States for national service programs and to nonprofit organizations seeking to operate a national service program in 2 or more States. `(e) Allotment to Certain States on Formula Basis- `(1) GRANTS- Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under subsection (a) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall make a grant to each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that submits an application under section 130 that is approved by the Corporation. `(2) ALLOTMENTS- The amount allotted as a grant to each such State under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears the same ratio to 35.3 percent of the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population of the State bears to the total population of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in compliance with paragraph (3). `(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT- Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the minimum grant made available to each State approved by the Corporation under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year must be at least $600,000, or 0.5 percent of the amount allocated for the State formula under this section, whichever is greater. `(f) Effect of Failure To Apply- If a State or Territory fails to apply for, or fails to give notice to the Corporation of its intent to apply for an allotment under this section, or the Corporation does not approve the application consistent with section 133, the Corporation may use the amount that would have been allotted under this section to the State or Territory to-- `(1) make grants (and provide approved national service positions in connection with such grants) to other community-based entities under section 121 that propose to carry out national service programs in such State or Territory; and `(2) make a reallotment to other States or Territories with approved applications submitted under section 130, to the extent community-based organizations do not apply as described in paragraph (1). `(g) Application Required- The allotment of assistance and approved national service positions to a recipient under this section shall be made by the Corporation only pursuant to an application submitted by a State or other applicant under section 130. `(h) Approval of Positions Subject to Available Funds- The Corporation may not approve positions as approved national service positions under this subtitle for a fiscal year in excess of the number of such positions for which the Corporation has sufficient available funds in the National Service Trust for that fiscal year, taking into consideration funding needs for national service educational awards under subtitle D based on completed service. If appropriations are insufficient to provide the maximum allowable national service educational awards under subtitle D for all eligible participants, the Corporation is authorized to make necessary and reasonable adjustments to program rules. `(i) Sponsorship of Approved National Service Positions- `(1) SPONSORSHIP AUTHORIZED- The Corporation may enter into agreements with persons or entities who offer to sponsor national service positions for which the person or entity will be responsible for supplying the funds necessary to provide a national service educational award. The distribution of these approved national service positions shall be made pursuant to the agreement, and the creation of these positions shall not be taken into consideration in determining the number of approved national service positions to be available for distribution under this section. `(2) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTION- Funds provided pursuant to an agreement under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the National Service Trust established in section 145 until such time as the funds are needed. `(j) Reservation of Funds for Special Assistance- From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 501(a)(2) and subject to the limitation in such section, the Corporation may reserve such amount as the Corporation considers to be appropriate for the purpose of making assistance available under subsections (b) and © of section 126. `(k) Reservation of Funds To Increase the Participation of Individuals With Disabilities- `(1) RESERVATION- To make grants to public or private nonprofit organizations to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities in national service and for demonstration activities in furtherance of this purpose, and subject to the limitation in paragraph (2), the Chief Executive Officer shall reserve not less than 1 percent from the amount allocated to carry out program grants under the national service laws. `(2) LIMITATION- The amount reserved in paragraph (1) may not exceed $10,000,000. `(3) REMAINDER- After making grants under subsection (k), excess funds may be used by the Chief Executive Officer for other activities under section 501(a)(2). `(l) Authority for Fixed-Amount Grants- `(1) IN GENERAL- `(A) AUTHORITY- From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to provide financial assistance under the national service laws, the Corporation, subject to the limitation in subparagraph (B) may provide assistance in the form of fixed-amount grants in an amount determined by the Corporation under paragraph (2) rather than on the basis of actual costs incurred by a program. `(B) LIMITATION- Other than fixed-amount grants to support programs described in section 129A, for the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the GIVE Act, the Corporation may provide assistance in the form of fixed-amount grants only to support full-time positions. `(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF FIXED-AMOUNT GRANTS- A fixed-amount grant authorized by this subsection shall be in an amount determined by the Corporation that is-- `(A) significantly less than the reasonable and necessary costs of administering the program receiving the grant; and `(B) based on the amount per individual enrolled in the program receiving the grant, taking into account-- `(i) the program's capacity to manage funds and achieve programmatic results; `(ii) the number of national service positions approved for the program; `(iii) the proposed design of the program; `(iv) whether the program provides service to or involves the participation of disadvantaged youth or otherwise would reasonably incur a relatively higher level of costs; and `(v) such other factors as the Corporation may consider under section 133 in considering applications for assistance. `(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS- In awarding a fixed-amount grant under this subsection, the Corporation-- `(A) shall require the grant recipient-- `(i) to return a pro rata amount of the grant funds based upon the difference between the number of hours served by a participant and the minimum number of hours for completion of a term of service (as established by the Corporation); `(ii) to report on standardized and other performance measures established by the Corporation; `(iii) to cooperate with any evaluation activities undertaken by the Corporation; and `(iv) to provide assurances that additional funds shall be raised in support of the proposed program, in addition to those received under the national service laws; and `(B) may adopt other terms and conditions as it considers necessary or appropriate based on the relative risks (as determined by the Corporation) associated with any application for a fixed-amount grant. `(4) OTHER REQUIREMENTS NOT APPLICABLE- Limitations on administrative costs and matching fund documentation requirements shall not apply to fixed-amount grants provided in accordance with this subsection. `(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION- Nothing in this subsection shall relieve a grant recipient of the responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Single Audit Act (31 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.) or other requirements of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133. `(m) No Matching Funds Requirement for Severely Economically Distressed Communities- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a severely economically distressed community that receives assistance from the Corporation for any program under the national service laws shall not be subject to any requirement to provide matching funds for any such program, and the Federal share of such assistance for such a community may be 100 percent.'. SEC. 1307. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY. Part II of subtitle C of title I is amended by inserting after section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) the following: `SEC. 129A. EDUCATION AWARDS ONLY PROGRAM. `(a) In General- From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to provide financial assistance under this subtitle and consistent with the restriction in subsection (b), the Corporation may, through fixed-amount grants (in accordance with section 129(l)), provide operational assistance to programs that receive approved national service positions but do not receive funds under section 121(a). `(b) Limit on Corporation Grant Funds- Operational support under this section may not exceed $800 per individual enrolled in an approved national service position and may reach $1000 per individual if the program supports at least 50 percent disadvantaged youth. `© Adjustments for Inflation- For each year after 2009, the amounts specified in subsection (b) shall be adjusted for inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers published by the Secretary of Labor. `(d) Inapplicable Provisions- The provisions under section 129(l)(4) and the living allowances and other benefits under sections 131(e) and section 140 (other than individualized support services for disabled members under section 140(f)) shall not apply to programs that receive assistance under this section.'. 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H.R.1388 GIVE Act (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- `SEC. 125. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS . `(a) Prohibited Activities - A participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle may not engage in the following activities : `(1) Attempting to influence legislation. `(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes. `(3) Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing. `(4) Impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements. `(5) Engaging in partisan political activities , or other activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to any public office. `(6) Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials. `(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization. `(8) Providing a direct benefit to-- `(A) a business organized for profit; `(B) a labor organization; `© a partisan political organization; `(D) a nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in section 501©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 except that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent participants from engaging in advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative; and `(E) an organization engaged in the religious activities described in paragraph (7), unless Corporation assistance is not used to support those religious activities . `(9) Conducting a voter registration drive or using Corporation funds to conduct a voter registration drive. `(10) Such other activities as the Corporation may prohibit. `(b) Ineligible Organizations - No assistance provided under this subtitle may be provided to the following types of organizations (including the participation of a participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle in activities conducted by such organizations ) or to organizations that are co-located on the same premises as the following organizations : `(1) Organizations that provide or promote abortion services, including referral for such services. `(2) For-profit organizations , political parties, labor organizations , or organizations engaged in political or legislative advocacy. `(3) Organizations that have been indicted for voter fraud. `© Nondisplacement of Employed Workers or Other Volunteers- A participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle may not perform any services or duties or engage in activities which-- `(1) would otherwise be performed by an employed worker as part of his or her assigned duties as an employee or by another volunteer who is not a participant in an approved national service position; or `(2) will supplant the hiring of employed workers or work of such other volunteers.'. _________________

This morning I received this in an email! Forced Volunteerism, under the heaing of:"civil security force plan", and in other words: "'universal service' and 'required'." American Brown Shirts? Yes We Can! Excerpt: Excerpt: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/3#3431

Nations shall rise against Israel...Psalms 83. There are many PROPHECIES concerning this.

Get your Bible program and look up: " The LORD shall roar from on high"

"As in the days of Noah..." Look up, your redeemer draweth nigh!

It must have been all the dust from Fred's feet as he manuevered thier stone age car!

Thank you, for the simple reminder, of who our neighbor is, and that how we treat them, is in HIS LOVE.

Thank you all, I needed a little lift today. So many things are happening, and I can't tell you how much each post here has touched my heart. Yes, we are to run the race. The finish line is just ahead. JESUS is waiting. Yes! There is the urgency, of just one more, soul, LORD. Let it happen today! Oh! that we might obtain the crowns of GLORY, just to lay them at the feet of the ONE, who is WORTHY. Can't wait to meet all my brothers and sisters, in heavely places. I can't wait to hear, "Well done, my good and faithful servant". I can't wait to look upon the face, of the ONE, who SAVED a sinner like me. Thank you LORD, for sending YOUR SON, JESUS. I am ready for a heaven bound journey. Holding on to YOUR WORD, that you will come again soon. , in JESUS NAME, AMEN.

FresnoJoe, Thanks for fixing the links for me. I really wanted to take more pic's but we were not able to pull off the road in some places. It looked like a war zone. It was an emotional day for me, to actually see the damaged area. As you may have heard, there were three people that didn't make it out of one of the warehouses in Memphis. The damage you see, is not too far from that warehouse, in these pictures. It is truly amazing that not more deaths were reported, here, or in Jackson, TN. A few days ago, another warehouse that was damaged, in Southaven MS, caught fire, when the crew began to remove the damage. It had ammo inside, and some of it did explode from the fire, and outside, were propane tanks. Thank the LORD, no one was injured in that fire. Memphis was hit with an f2 tornado. Jackson, TN was hit with an f4 tornado. I received an email, yesterday, from one of my HS classmates, in it contained a letter of one of the students, that was trapped, in her dorm. The letter moved me to tears, because of the testimony of GOD'S HAND upon them. I feel that we are going to be seeing more testimonies in the days and weeks to come. Even through these events, the LORD is GOOD!

If you still can't pull them up, try this link. It is my photobucket album of the tornado damage. http://s48.photobucket.com/albums/f230/one...0Damage%202008/

Oh, I forgot you can't post pictures. Take the link and paste them to your address bar. You should be able to see them that way. This was an EF2 Tornado that came through our area.

Warehouse, Stateline Road, Southaven, MS Warehouse, Stateline Road, Southaven, MS Warehouse, Stateline Road, Southaven, MS Treetop ripped off, Memphis TN Old Coors Warehouse, Memphis, TN Old Coors Warehouse, Memphis, TN Sears, Hickory Rodge Mall, Memphis, TN

Your welcome. I understood the point... May I ask a question? I hope so, here is my question... Do you think that the 12th Imam is the same as the antichrist?

Not the 13th Imam. He thinks he will usher in the 12th Imam.

Bump.

Someone asked me this and I wanted to share it with you as well. Why am I homesick? Here is what I told them... I guess I am homesick, because I see how aweful this world really has become. I watch the news each night thinking, can it really get any worse...and it does. You know, I go to some other forums, and see Christians quarraling over doctrines that they have been taught, and how it doesn't magnify JESUS, and my heart breaks. There are new Christians that see this behavior and turn away from their faith...it makes you wonder sometimes, what side these, "Christians" are on. Then there are those that do not know JESUS as a PERSONAL SAVIOR, and they run from this, because they see how we act towards one another. There is a lack of love among the brethen. The enemy comes in to steal, kill and destroy all that is good and of the LORD. We know this, and yet, we fall into his trap, so easily. In visions, I see the harvest is plenty, and the labourers are few. Who among us will go in to reap the harvest? Matthew 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. Then there is the feeling of this all being surreal. It is like watching a movie that you know is fantasy, but it really is happening. Somehow, our emotional state has become so bombarded with these things, that we loose our sense of direction. If we don't stay focused on JESUS and HIS WORD, we loose our perceptive ability, to know what is really happening around us. We become numb to it. The Bible warns us of this. Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before. 26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Mark 13:5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 1 Corinthians 8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. 2 Timothy 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. I don't want to loose my focus. That is why I continue to look for the Promise that is coming. That promise, is JESUS returning for HIS CHILDREN. I am looking forward to that day and celebrating in HEAVEN with you and all other Christians and JEWS that have accepted the MESSIAH.