I am currently working 10 hour days, seven days a week, so I have cut the
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week. I am hanging out in a hotel room on the Atlantic Coast of Florida.

If you are going through hell, keep going.
~ Sir Winston Churchill ~


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Was Solution To Energy Crunch Offered In 1995?

"If he (Clinton) had not vetoed that bill, we would be getting the same amount of crude oil from our own state
of Alaska as we now have to import from Saudi Arabia today," points out Wicker, who is now supporting new
legislation that would open ANWR for oil exploration.

Around the World
Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month: Gore devours an average of 17,768 kWh per month.... at a cost of $16,533. By comparison, the average American household consumes 11,040 kWh in an entire year....
Heinz In Pickle Over Homosexual-Laced Mayo Ad: Trying to sell mayonnaise has turned messy for Heinz, the U.S. food giant that has found itself in a public relations pickle as pro-family and homosexual organizations both are threatening boycotts. The controversy is over a British television advert that appeared to use mayonnaise as spread for the homosexual agenda. 
Media Ignore Gagging Sound From Canada: Usually, when a journalist is censored in a Western nation, American news organizations respond with collective outrage. But as a major attack on press freedom unfolds in Canada, America's mainstream media are silent.

National
Declaration of Independence - America's 'submission to God': As Americans celebrate the 232nd anniversary of the signing of The Declaration of Independence, one scholar notes the document is more a submission to God than an assertion of rights.
Pro-Life Pharmacies Opening Around The U.S.: A pro-life pharmacy which will not stock contraceptives will open this August in Chantilly, Virginia, is joining several pharmacies around the country that accommodate workers with objections to distributing contraceptives.
Drug Discounts For Planned Parenthood? Pro-life advocates are denouncing an amendment to the 2008 War Supplemental bill that would give a bonus to Planned Parenthood. The amendment, added by the Senate Appropriations Committee, would permit Planned Parenthood and university health clinics to receive drugs at discount prices. Aren't these the same folks who voted down allowing Medicare to get drugs at discount prices?
ACLU bats .000 in TN school case: The ACLU has come up empty in another attempt to stop religious expression by students in a public school.Library Shuts Out Christians -- And Everybody Else: An Ohio county public library has closed its meeting rooms to the public rather than allow them to be used by a Christian group. And who paid for the library and the salaries of those who work there?

Schools
Gideons Chased From Maryland Schools
Gideons Emerge Victors In Florida Case: A Florida law that was used to arrest two Gideons for handing out Bibles on a public sidewalk has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge.

The Law
Police Officer Sues Lapd And Los Angeles, Alleging Religious Discrimination: The Los Angeles Police Department engaged in religious discrimination by disciplining an employee for off-duty remarks made about homosexual acts, an LAPD sergeant has alleged in a lawsuit filed against the city and the department.

Abortion
Controversial Drug Claims Another Life: A Christian teenager in Britain has become at least the 14th person to die after using the controversial abortafacient RU-486.
Anti-abortion Group Wins Free-speech Ruling: A federal appeals court gave an anti-abortion group the go-ahead Wednesday to drive trucks with enlarged photos of aborted fetuses past California schools, saying the Constitution protects the display of disturbing messages.
Another Study Suggests Planned Parenthood at Fault in Abortion Drug Deaths: It wasn't until four California women all died within a week of using the abortion drug they received from Planned Parenthood abortion businesses that it changed its policy to conform to the FDA protocol.

Source: CrossAction News / One News Now

Source: The Timothy Report

Most of us have read through the Bible only to run across some names that
difficult to pronounce. While we may wish that the parents of the Bible had
used easy names like Bill or Jane, it is good to note that God has not
reduced us to a number. This little piece of humor makes a good point.

The doorbell rang and the little girl ran to open the door. In the doorway stood
a man with a clipboard. He explained he was from the Census Bureau and
wanted to know how many were in the family.

Coming over, drying her hands on her apron, the mother said, "Let's see.
There's me and my husband, and my children Tracy, Katherine, Amanda, Alfred,
Benjamin--"

The census taker interrupted, saying, "I'm not interested in the names. The
numbers will be enough."

The little girl pitched in. "We don't use numbers. We haven't run out of
names yet!"

Because of a shortage of maids, the minister's wife advertised for a manservant. The next
morning a nicely dressed young man came to the front door. "Can you start the breakfast by
seven o'clock?" asked the minister.

"I guess so," answered the man.

"Can you polish all the silver, wash all the dishes, do the laundry, take care of the lawn, wash
windows, iron clothes and keep the house neat and tidy?"

"Say, preacher," said the young fellow rather meekly, "I came here to see about getting married
but if it's going to be as much work as all that, you can count me out right now."

One thing we may be sure of, however: For the believer all pain has
meaning; all adversity is profitable. There is no question that adversity
is difficult. It usually takes us by surprise and seems to strike where
we are most vulnerable. To us it often appears completely senseless
and irrational, but to God none of it is either senseless or irrational.
He has a purpose in every pain He brings or allows in our lives. We can
be sure that in some way He intends it for our profit and His glory.

~ Jerry Bridges ~

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Courtesy of Timothy Report

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright once told of a childhood incident that
may have seemed insignificant at the time, but had a profound
influence on the rest of his life. It happened when he was nine
years old. It was winter. Young Frank was walking across a snow
covered field with his uncle. As the two of them reached the far
end of the field, his uncle stopped him. He pointed out his own
tracks in the snow, straight and true as an arrow's flight, and
then young Frank's tracks meandering all over the field.

"Notice how your tracks wander aimlessly from the fence to the cattle
to the woods and back again," his uncle said. "And see how my tracks
aim directly to my goal. There is an important lesson in that."

Years later the world-famous architect liked to tell how this experience
had greatly contributed to his life's philosophy. "I determined right then,"
he'd say with a twinkle in his eye, "not to miss most things in life, as my
uncle had."

He determined to be alive and present. To be fully aware and squeeze
as much life out of each moment as possible.

We will miss most things in life if we live in the past. Let us learn
from the past, but not live there.

We will miss most things in life if we live in the future. Let us plan
for the future, but not live there.

We will miss little if we live in the present. And we'll have more fun
along the way!

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