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What’s Next In The Global Financial Downturn?

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

The global economy has everyone in a spin. However, as we study history we see that a financial adjustment is made about every 50 years according to a book written about the federal notes in the United States. There were financial wizards in France who use governments to finance their conspicious lifestyles without earning the money, themselves. Selling bonds and government projects must be paid by someone. So, the regular thought of those in power is to break it up into the cost of the individual wage earner-the working man of the nation. This only works if they are working and can make a middle income or better salary. You cannot send all the jobs overseas and keep the public working in your own land. What you can do, is start more industry in your own land so there will be wealth for your overseas neighbors and yourself. Take care of your own family first, then help your neighbor.

Some truths cannot be broken. You cannot spend your way out of debt. You cannot continue to build up debt and bullly your way out of not paying it. However, I have seen the third world countries ignore debt and ask for more. You cannot use Kennizean financial philosophy and succeed at making the fiscal year stable.

There is an old proberb about voting in economic times: “The poor vote at the ballot box, and the rich vote with their feet.”
The poor cannot afford to move, so they attempt to change the government with votes and political sway. The rich(those who have more than their daily expenses per paycheck) move to another state, take their stocks and bonds and invest overseas, change thier finances to another bank or institution. The rich just move to a state that is kind to them business wise and financially by tax breaks.

The exception to this rule was The Great Depression. People poor and rich had to move to find work, and the biggest paycheck was building dams, roads, freeways and federal buildings. In other words, the goverment was spending just like they are doing today.

I’d like to recommend that the government workers, the Senators, the House of Representatives, and all the people who work for the goverments including school and teachers under the pension acts the of The NAACP unions take a cut like the rest of the public. It would do wonders for the national debt and current fiscal short falls.

The banks have been bailed out, but they are greedy. The banks forgot they serve the people, not only the investors in the banks who buy their loans. We could have pulled out of this recession a long time ago, if the investors who buy the loans would have let the banks bring in the borrowers of that financial institution, bring their loan, reduce the debt, change the interest rate and resign the papers and let the average working man keep his house. It is only a paper loss, it doesn’t have a real value, because the world economy is all down. So, adjust the debt and the loss and get on with living. People have negociated old bills in this manner since the beginning of bartering. It it so simple, it would work.

I would like the Federal government to stop paying ACLU, planned parenthood, and the National media money for subsidy. If they cannot make it financially on their own, let them fail. My tax dollars are for running the government only. The government is not to dictate to me my morals, and court fights paid by my taxes. It is like fighting myself so I cannot win. That makes the subsidy subserversive toward myself, a citizen and tax payer.

As Charles Dickens said, It is the best of times and the worst of times.” As the common man, I can:
start my own business, work with my neighbor, help my neighbor, work as a team with my neighbor, lift someone else up, and work every day at what I can do to better myself and care for my family and my neighbor. I can pray and ask God to help us out of this pit. I can learn to be grateful and thankful for what I have and share with those less fortunate than myself. I can find a way.

Remember, a man is never defeated until he decides to quit.
In closing, I would like share a poem with you that was written by Edgar A. Guest, an American Poet, around 100 years ago:
Courage by Edgar A. Guest
This is courage: to remain
Brave and patient under pain,
Cool and calm and firm to stay
In the presence of dismay;
Not to flinch when foes attack,
Even though you’re beaten back;
Still to cling to what is right,
When the wrong possesses might.

This is courage: to be true
To the best men see in you;
To remember, tempest-tossed,
Not to wimper, “All is lost.”
But to battle to the end
While you still have strength to spend:
Not to cry that hopes is gone
While you’ve life to carry on.

This is courage: to endure
Hurt and loss you cannot cure;
Patiently and undismayed,
Facing life still unafraid;
Glad to live and glad to take
Bravely for your children’s sake,
Burdens they would have to bear
If you fled and ceased to care.

Keep looking up, God is painting beauty in the clouds and the sun will surely rise and the moon will cast cool evening shadows on all your days. God bless you all.

Americans United Nov 25, 2010

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

Since 1975, the forces of division have been at work in America slowly eroding our morals, faith in God, our educational choices of challenging to learn the truth, our courts, our living and growth finances and our future planning for retirement. We need to stand up, stick together and unite working as a united people, united communities, and work as a team.

I’ve lived long enough to know that the worst method is to be resentful, spiteful and separated. We will always have destruction.

 ”Enough!” I say.

Today, I choose the Constitution of the United States of America. Our nation has been one of no kings or potentates, because men are forever fallible. Men without laws is lawless. Men with too much power corrupt. Men with too little power are terrorists. We established America to be ruled of the people, by the people and for the people. Thomas Paine wrote much to many men in his time to influence the ideas written into our original Constitution.

Today, the courts rule the people. We have let one branch of the government gain a foothold on our freedom. Originally, we had a balance of power. The President, the Legislature and the Courts. We must stop letting the government fund groups like the ACLU and Planned Parenthood. Did you know the ACLU gets paid by the government when they win a case. No, this is wrong. Planned Parenthood is paid by the government. Agencies must live on their own incomes and not be paid out of the coffers of our taxes. The banking system can no longer be sued. There should be no one in America who is above the law. Every man is accountable to his neighbor. We have too many agencies who want the government to pay, instead of earning our way, win or lose, like every man, woman and family must do.
The government thinks they can manage our lives better than us. We have too many rules. The American system of free enterprise is being strangled by too much government and too many laws. We need less government and less laws so we are free to make a living and rebuild America.

What makes an American in my opinion?

We are the relatives of men and women who came to this country to have freedom, to have a chance at success on our own terms, to have safety and a choice where to work, to live and to have children of our own, whether it is one child or 25. My Aunt Alphonse and Uncle Herb had 18 children on their farm. 

We want to keep what we earn. We don’t want it stolen by bankers, thieves, neighbors and Internet robbers. If you commit a crime, you should pay it back seven fold of the amount you took  in US dollars. I think it is a shame that we have let identity theft go unpunished. Let’s post their faces on the Internet along with the car thieves and rapists. The public stocks in the town square were a shameful deterrent to crime years ago. It is not popular, but it is a good reason not to dabble in crime. Steal and you pay it back seven times.

I recommend the Ten Commandments that the raving of a few have removed from our schools and off our court houses. A man without morals is a wreck about to happen.
America was started by the few brave souls who came to this country and celebrated on this assigned day, Thanksgiving, to be able to worship G-D on their terms, not of that of the King of England. Every race and religion have come to this country to have freedom. Yet, we cannot and shall not exclude Christianity, for they have been the driving force that has let America throughout all the years of our freedom. A man must rule his emotions and actions, or others will rule him.

So, stand up all you Americans and tell the world that we are a free people who can worship God on our own soil. Be brave and use your voice! Stand and unite! We are Americans and we are free and will defend our citizens, our finances and our land.
God bless America on this Thanksgiving Day!

The 10 Commandments: (KJV)

Exodus 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying,
Exodus 20:2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Exodus 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Exodus 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exodus 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exodus 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Exodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.
Exodus 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Exodus 20:15 Thou shalt not steal.
Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
Exodus 20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
Exodus 20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Exodus 20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
Exodus 20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
Exodus 20:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
Exodus 20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

How to Prepare my “Finance Snapshot,” Before I Apply for a Home Loan, Again

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

How do we get ready to apply for a home loan? There is a myth: “No one can tell you how to handle your money.” I  ask that  someone would help guide me through the mine fields and financial pitfalls! My life would  be easier. I’d rather my learning be taught and not caught. I have applied for  home loans to learn some knowledge about getting a loan.

I have applied for three loans and learned:

1. How much we owe and earn is called the Loan to Debt Ratio, which is very important.  Ideally, we would like to owe less than 25% of what you earn each month. You’re over the top, when we owe 43% of what we earn. Above 43% debt, we are a risky borrower and a red flag goes up, when we apply for a home loan.

2. Credit comes from several places. First, the credit bureaus are owned by the Retail Merchants of America. The worse your credit, the more money they make from your paycheck. Poor credit payments equals paying back more debt.  So, we need to know that the credit bureaus want us to do worse than better, then they make more money by charging higher interest rates to you. If we don’t pay or negociate a debt, and it goes to collection, we will pay a seven year higher interest  penalty. That is a long credit prison sentence. Make every effort to avoid collections. We can call the creditor and make arrangements to pay in smaller parts.

3. We need credit cards. Two cards is a maximum.  I know, everyone is saying get rid of them. How we handle them is the important issue. A mortgage lender doesn’t want us to have more than 45% of the max on each credit card. To raise your credit scores, it should be between zero and 25% owing.  Keeping payments there will raise credit scores. Pay your credit cards on time and if you can, pay them through an online account. This saves paper and your payment date is the day you pay them. Paper in the mail takes too long. I ‘ve had late charges, even though I mailed the payments on time.

4.  Where do you live and work right now? The mortgage lenders like us to live in the same place for two years. This proves your rent and shows your payment history. Moving around shows instability. Pay your rent on time every time. Your payment is like a house payment, but for someone else. Job stability requires a minimum of two years on the same job. You are rated  on your gross income. Bonuses count, but they are not part of income ratio. IRAs are important. If your company has one, use it! It is a valuable asset.

5. Start saving money, today. We could put 10% in a savings account every paycheck. If you have a 401K at work and they pay half, that is 50% interest on your money. Sign up, today. You can borrow against 401Ks for a downpayment for a home loan.

6. There is a gifting program, when we are buying a home.  Ask your mortgage lender how to do it. We cannot  ask the seller of a home to pay your downpayment. You cannot borrow the downpayment or use credit cards for it. The down payment can be gifted to us. We could ask your parents or family to gift you the downpayment. Let’s say we are getting married, instead of wedding gifts, we could ask for gifts for your future home you will buy. Set up a money tree or box that people can give at the wedding for your first home. Avoid spending it on the honeymoon, but add to the amount each month to make your downpayment grow. You could skip the honeymoon, $3,000+ and move into a home sooner. Interest rates are low right now.

7. You could ask the seller to pay the closing costs.

8. Paying your monthly bills on time is a reflection of your reliability. It counts for 35% of your credit score. So pay the lights, the garbage, phone, cell phone, cable on time. If you cannot and you are late, that is an indication you need to cut back on your spending and cut some services. I cut my cable, my home phone line, lowered my cell phone payment and car insurance. I even cut my elect bill by washing in cold water, having shorter showers, unplugging appliances that pull power all day long when not in use.

9. Look at your three credit reports. If the credit reported is older than 7 years, ask the reporting company to remove it from your report. Read the report carefully. Your current FICO score is going to be 25% less than it shows for a home loan. It is the way the mortgage companies rate it. It is lower than you see on your score. Your house payment and loan borrowing rate relies on your FICO score. The higher your credit score, the lower your interest on the loan, and the more money you save.

10. A home is your biggest purchase in your life, unless you have a major medical accident. Plan for both. With some care and planning, you’ll have a home of your own.

The loan companies want someone who gets a paycheck. You can get a loan if you are self employed. You must have 2 years Profit and Loss Statements. If you just started a business, you may have to wait to buy a house. However, Proverbs says, Plow your fields and plant your crops, then build your house (while your crops are growing). When harvest comes, your house will be built, you harvest your crops and are ready for the winter.

These habits can make you wealthy. You will pay less in interest, have more buying power, and have more to spend in your pocket, instead of the lenders. You deserve to have a better financial life. Money and Credit management are how much you  make, pay out and how much more you can keep.

When I learn more, I’ll update this post.

Stealing Leads to Poverty in Heart, Soal and Pocketbook by Grandma Kris

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

I did not write the rules or create this world, but the The LORD God Almighty Creator did. There are rules and consequences that will follow, regardless of who you are, where you were born from the moment you break these written rules. Unseen consequences are like walking in the dark: you fall or skin your knees, fall off cliffs or down wells. The world has built-in consequences for us all.
I knew a girlfriend who used to steal a dollar or two from her Mother’s purse when she was a teenager. She lied about it and blamed her sister. She was known to take money from her sister’s piggy bank. Once it started, it didn’t stop. It was like an addiction. It caused people not to trust others in the house. It caused fights and lying. It caused strife and pain for the innocent ones. They were always in a turmoil and argument. The girlfriend began stealing from her friends and blaming her other friends. She was smooth with her words, but it destroyed those close to her. Sooner than you think, people figure out who is stealing and making excuses. Then, out the door, out of marriage, out of the house, out of friends, she was just out. She fell in with the drinking crowd and they were used to her-well- down, down she went. Stealing robbed years of good relationships, trust and connected friends from her. She could not understand that stealing was the cause of it. I have known her from afar all my life. In her 40′s, she decided to stop drinking and get her life straight. She went to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). She started looking pretty good.
I heard a middle aged man telling his story on television about his youth and being a professional thief. He said it started out profitable and seemed the way to get ahead, but the people who stole were dishonest, so he could not trust them. As much as he tried to get ahead, he always lost. He came to the end of stealing and being a thief when he bought groceries with some of his money. When he went to the cupboard, all that was left was a can of beans. He gave up that life and decided it was very unprofitable. Thieves have no honor among friends.
Have you heard of the “Flying Scroll?” The story can be found in the Bible(KJV) in Zechariah 5:1-4:
“1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. 2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. 4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.”

Could you live around liars, thieves, grocery takers, strife, anger, termoil, poverty, heart ache and a feeling of never getting ahead, because you’re always hiding and cannot be yourself? What a mean way of living!
Being honest and paying for what you use and eat and where you live, then you can be happy, work for dignity, be a good neighbor and have a place where you can connect, have friends and share from the abundance with others.
Poverty is caused by lying stealing murder, strife, being dishonorable, turmoil, lack of food, rent and household items. Poverty is a state of mind, not how much money you have in your pocketbook. Riches are not measured only by your bank account, but by the influence in your community, favor, friendships, a place in society, skills and abilities, a good education, and out of these abundances comes a good living. Give and it shall be given unto you pressed down and overflowing. I like walking in the abundance of life. You can too.
“Behold I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD, your God, which I command you this day: And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way, which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which he have not known.” Deuteronomy 11:26-27
It is a simple decision: choose life or death. You can choose life!

If someone has not told you this recently or ever in your life, “I believe in you. I know you have good in you. I know you can do it. I give you permission to stretch yourself, pass your fears, and climb your visions and dreams, while having many friendships along the way. So, get busy living, choose life, instead of dying!”
Your:
Grandma Kris
May 25, 2010

Grandma Kris Stays here.

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

I will stay here.

Honoring my Mother and Grandmother on Mother’s Day 2010

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

Mothers are not perfect, but their love for us makes them the best Mom in the world. She taught, loved, waited, hurried, pick up things, washed them, taxied us, planned for us, counseled, mended our pants tares, wiped our tears, bandaged our knee, washed the soft rug in the bathroom, had clean towels, watched us play, planted a garden with vegetables, and cooked dinner, and read bedtime stories.

No, my Mom was not perfect and neither was Grandma, but they gave me so much and loved me, too.
My Mom has done things that caused a chasm between us. What turned me around? I went to consoling. The Pastor pointed out that the Ten Commandments are there as a short list to guide me in my life. The first four commandments are about how we react and honor, love and relate to the LORD God Almighty. The next one is: “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”

I want to love a long life. That is a nice promise. So, I decided to forgive my Mother her faults and look on the good that she taught me over the years. I really enjoy her memories, today, and all the simple and uncountable tasks I learned at her side. I was fortunate to have such a good person for a Mom.

Some of you never met your Mom or had a Mom, well if you are a girl, you’ll be a Mom someday. The LORD God Almighty gave us the Bible to lead us as a manual of how to live. You can change your history in your lifetime. Trust in the LORD and serve Him. He will be your family and lead you through your life. There are plenty of older women at church whose children are far away. Take one of them to church with you and have dinner with them. Both of you need one another.

Love is more powerful than hate. Love wins friends and brings joy. Love makes room for you and me together. Love is truth and honest sharing. Love is a joy for me and you. We are connected as neighbors and family. God first loved us by creating this world and us in it. He wanted to know we loved Him. He loved us first and gave us parents to show us love. Then we can love our parents and love the LORD God Almighty, too, for HE is good.

So, if you are alone, today, call someone: a neighbor, an older woman, and an aunt. Talk to them and tell them what you appreciate about them, today. Then, have dinner with them and share time at church. You’ll both feel better.

Happy Mother’s Day
Grandma Kris

The Value of A Woman

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

The value of a woman is equal to men, because God made her by taking a rib from man and building a woman with his hands. So, man and woman can walk side by side and live together. A woman represents approximately 1/2 of the human population on the earth. “She is at least as good as a man.” said Peter J. Daniels from Australia.

She is a person first. She could be a wife, a mother, a Grandmother or a great Grandmother. A woman is someone’s daughter, and a member of her family or tribe.  Without her, a man would have no heirs. A woman is the keeper of her future family generations. Her health and stability is a very important element and the foundation of the family. She keeps herself for her husband, so disease and problems will not plague her herself, her family or her children. The future generation of a man’s family name depends on a lineage of sons and daughters.  She is the child bearer of children, our future generations.  That is why men should treat all women of any age as if they are someone’s future wife and respect them privately and publicly.

She is the Mother of her children, and watches over her sibling’s children and her neighbor’s children. She is part of a community that brings safety and nurturing to her family and neighbors. Her community or tribe benefits from her contributions. She is the teacher and example of faith and love to her family and neighbors.

A woman’s life is her faith, husband, children, neighbors and community and her country. She binds & amplifies society. She holds the social fabric of living. She builds a world for her family with her husband and their families.

 In Jan, 2009 a new baby called Moses was born, and hours later his Mother dies from a rare ambolism. His Father needed breast milk for baby Moses,  which cost $5 an ounce. Some mothers the family knew agreed to give the baby their mother’s milk. More people heard about it and there are 20 women who donate milk for the child. The Father was shocked by the loss of his wife and the need to share his life with others to feed his newborn son. Moses is doing well, today. He has  a strong community around him to care for him and he is a year old.

In the land near Israel in 2003, women concerned for the food supplies of their families in a war-torn area,  asked for donations from charities to give them olive trees to plant, so they could have their own food. All the women in the neighborboods worked together to plant, and water the trees.

In early 1915 in America had a leaf blite that killed all the chestnut trees in the Northwest forests. In 2007, a group of women bought chestnuts and asked their friends and neighbors to carry them, wherever they go, and plant them back into the forests and road sides.  Working together builds our communities and helps us provide for our familes and future families.

Women are storytellers of the family. They take photos, scrapbook, remember to send birthday cards, anniversary and Christmas Cards. They keep letters and treasures of the children. My Mother treasured clippings that I didn’t remember from when I was born and through my years with her. She tells us of her youth and how her parents raised her.Their family history is a treasure to them.

As a woman, you can live up to our expectations and visions or diminish down to the criticism of others. You can choose! So, keep looking up with optimism and hope while building your life and future of your family, for each day is new and rises with the light of day.

Lost Boys at Home by Grandma Kris

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Having all you Men overseas is hard on the little boys growing up at home, whose Dads, Uncles and Grandpas are away.
The suicide rate in teen children is highest in boys ages 11-18 years old.
#1 death is Driving with others in a car with alcohol
#2 Suicide of boys 11-18 years old
#3 Overdose of drugs by experimentation
Statistics from Focus on the Family. org.

When boys go to school, Women teach.
When they go to counseling, Women teach.
When they go to their parents, the Mom’s teach.
Boys are in trouble with all that women talk!
Young men need men to take them fishing, teach them to work on thier bikes, fix their cars and love them.
A man has the greatest influence in a family by 75% of the structure and influence, stated by Dr. James Dobson.

I was a single Mom for many years. I decided that when my son and daughter were in their teens, they would challenge my authority and beliefs. As a Christian, I told them that they thought I was teaching them something wrong, they could show me in the Bible, and I would change. If they could not, then, the rules stood firm. It caused my children to go to the Bible and search for answers to derail me. My children used God’s authority over mine. They learned. We discussed it. God was first. I was second. They were third. We lived in line of authority and it kept peace in the house.

Remember the lost little boys, when you come home.
You can help each other get well, until you can take your places again.

Oh, by the way, women will gladly relinquish their total responsibility when men step in and help leadership, again.

So:
God be with you while you are far away.
Tell America’s sons we cry when you’re away.
Stand up and be strong,
We’re waiting while your gone.
We are willing and wanting to say,
Welcome home again.

The Value of a Man

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Written by my friends- Copyright Michaels Media
A man is just as good as a woman, for God made him first, then took a rib from his side and made a woman. So, they could walk side by side and let God be in charge of running the universe.
A man is a father in the family, our friends, companions and our soul mate. His name gives us a line of heirs.
A man is stronger than a woman. He is leaner and has more muscle mass. He takes in more oxygen and can work longer and harder. He enjoys hunting, fishing, and conquering. So he goes out to find and kill food, work and protect his family.

Men have many talents and abilities that makes him the right one to go and work long hours and team build with others. He loves a challenge and enjoys tackling big projects. He goes to war, and has a different frame of mind that allows him to deal with combat. He is a team builder, plays sports and likes to get out and fish and hunt. He works with other men and makes and creates buildings, ships and works to better his community and protect his country.

My friend, Bob, said, “A man should be kind. He should keep his word. If he says he will do it, he shall get it done. A man builds a fence around his children to protect them. If they get out of the boundaries, he pulls them back in. When the children show they can be trusted and keep the boundaries I give them, I widen the fence of things they can do. I know I can trust them and they can trust me. Having faith in God gives a man the boundaries to be a good man, because God is good.”

Jim likes to help others with their computer problems. He finds gratification in solving a problem. He loves to win at cards and he likes to help others win at cards. He wants to be useful and his kindness added makes a good friend.

A man with goodness, truth, kindness, generosity, planning, and faith has characteristics greater than himself. He can rule over his appetites and build up strengths rather than lust after vices that can destroy his health, his ability to bear children or kill him. He is a warrior in his youth. When he marries, he can settle into living for something greater than himself, because children are his legacy. He can fashion his sons and daughters to be his heirs, and they care for him in his old age, taking over the business that he has built to care for his family.

Freedom costs less than recklessness. A man must approach his life to self-governing actions. If he refuses, there is the police and Welfare system and government laws to make him pay or put him behind bars. Self-responsibility is the free man’s discipline to live with the least government interference. Young and older men who do not have children are free from the Welfare system and their financial grip on men’s money. If you have a child out of marriage you are genetically bonded with the child and woman the rest of your life. The Dept of Health and Human Services can go to court and demand your paycheck for the next 18-25 years.

One night of casual sex financial costs: Let’s add that up: $700 a month for one child care x 12 mo=1 year costs of $ 8,400 x 18 years= $151,200 for a one night of casual sex. Are you looking forward to paying that bill? That is the most expensive night date you ever bought besides a house or a business. You are in charge of your future- so -slow down today- and you don’t have to pay for 18 years! Your best option is kiss her goodnight and go home. If you find a woman who will marry you and you have a child out of marriage to support, the Government will continue to take your money, and it will hurt your family financial chances to support your future family. Remember, it was your recklessness choice that caused the child problem. It was your choice to pay $151,200 for a one night stand. Are you keeping your wallet closed and protected?

A man is valuable because he will work and build a family and this creates a community, a state and a nation. His family he raises is the future generations of our nation. I wrote another article called Lost Boys by Grandma Kris. Take care of your sons. Protect and cherish your daughters. Love your wife and God. Live a long and healthy life.

Men like to work with other men. They love to learn, build, explore and create the community, the home and the country. Spring is here. After they’ve worked hard all week, they head to the country. It’s past tax day. Let’s plan on fishing this spring and hunting this fall!

Stand Down Resources List in Clark County WA

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

We welcome the men and women who have served America in the military services. I posted these websites in one place to save you time when you arrive home from your last base. Welcome home to Clark County, WA.
copyright by Michaels Media. March 1, 2010. All rights reserved.

Stand down will be September 2010 in Vancouver, WA.

You can send the men a thank you.
Thank you

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Department of Veterans Affairs of Washington

Public Veterans Events

Veterans Relief Fund of Clark Co WA

Return Service Members OEF OIF

US Military Veterans-Disabled Veterans

VA Watchdog Larry Scott Keeping an eye on the VA

Education VA Bill Feb 26, 2010:
New GI Bill Feb 26 2010

WA Go 2 Work Source Official Employment Office
Veterans Orientation 3rd Friday of each Month
We always ask:
“Have you ever served in the military?”

1 Priority of service in employment and training programs, (some restrictions apply.)
2 serve 24,000+ helped find jobs and improve skills in WA.

“Are you the spouse of a veteran?”
1 Veteran of marriage died in military or disability
2 Veteran reported missing, MIA, POW, or force ably detained by foreign government or power more than 90 days.
3 Veteran has total disability from service-connected, or died while disability being evaluated.
(This information may be dated. Contact WorkSource

Clark CO. PUD Apprenticeships

Masters in Business Administration (MBA) Veterans

Politics:
Steve Sanson-Veterans in Politics International

WordPress bloggers for Veterans:

Clark County, WA Resources for Veterans Blog
The Soulful Veteran Blog

Veteran Supporter Blog

Veterans Claims

Veterans Affairs Medical Center of Vancouver, WA

Portland VA Medical Hospital

WSU Vancouver Students Affairs

Clark County Resources for Veterans

SW Washington Veterans Business Resource Center

Clark County Services:
Home Preservation And Energy Assistance

Veterans Resource Committee Clark County

Veterans Family Funds

WA Veteran owned Business Directory

American Merchant Marine Veterans

Homeless Vets Get House Vouchers

Koreans Veterans Memorial Fund

Vietnam Veterans of America

Vietnam Veterans-Washington State Council of Vietnam Veterans of America

Vietnam Veterans

Harley H. Hall American Legion Riders

Vietnam Vets-Service Reps

Women’s Veterans Program Advisory Board

National Veterans Foundation

Veterans Families United

Support Your Vet

Veterans Supporting Veterans

Veteran Love & Appreciation Fund

Social Organizations:
Fraternal Order of Eagles Vancouver WA

2009 Community Resources for Clark County WA

The Political Graveyard WA

When our men and women come home from the service, there are websites to help us at home help them settle into our lives.
Support our Troops

Events: Sept 21, 2009 Veterans Stand Down Day began at 7 a.m. at Pearson Field. Th Stand Down for 2010 is an opportunity to help your Sons and Daughters, our Veterans. It was noted that the event was scheduled for September 21, beginning at 7 a.m., at Pearson Field in Vancouver, WA. Veterans and Homeless Veterans were helps my many companies and volunteers for Stand Down.
Richard Axtel Richard is the chairman for Veterans Stand Down for 2009.

Homeless Vets need our care, too.
If you know a homeless vet, have them call this number in Clark County. 360-859-3631

Movie “Fireproof”

Movie: “Faith Like Potatoes”

Movie: “The Note”

Movie: “Facing the Giants”