No "GOD" allowed at this Capitol...

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"U.S. Capitol's architect won't allow God to be mentioned in certificates of authenticity accompanying flags flown over the Capitol and bought by constitutents."

A 17-year-old Eagle Scout from Ohio reportedly was denied the request to have a certificate read, "This flag was flown in honor of Marcel Larochelle, my grandfather, for his dedication and love of God, country and family."

"I can't believe the U.S. House of Representatives can pass a resolution recognizing the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, which we did this week, but can't send out certificates with the word 'God' on them," Representative Camp said. "It doesn't make any sense. The policy needs to be changed."

http://www.ourmidland.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18894793&BRD=2289&PAG=461&dept_id=472542&rfi=6

Hey now, How did that saying go?:

Freedom of Religion,

Freedom from Religion,

Freedom for Religion,

Freedom by Religion,

Freedom with Religion,

Freedom associated with Religion,

Freedom depending on Religion?

New Augusta County Republican website...

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I had heard that there was a new website being developed for the 2007 elections in Augusta County for the Republican Party and today I was sent the link...

The new website can be found at: http://augustarepublicans.com/index.php

and it provides information and links to existing elected Republicans as well as Republican Candidates for this upcoming November elections...

Interesting site and it looks to provide a valuable resource about the Republican Party in Augusta County...

Americans for Prosperity ~Washington DC~ 2007

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Took a ride up to Washington D.C. yesterday to attend the "Defending The AMERICAN DREAM Summit" that was presented by the Americans For Prosperity Foundation. Impressive meeting with many speakers and great opportunity to meet and talk with people responsible for promoting and living The American Dream...

The agenda for the day was full of interesting speakers ranging from numerous Republican Presidential Candidates, Senators, Congressmen, Delegates, members of prominent media groups, and over 1500 Conservative members attending…

A strong incentive for me to attend this seminar was to see the many Republican Presidential Candidates that were schedulled to speak but there were also many prominant Conservatives to meet and hear them talk. This was my first opportunity to hear Dinesh D'Souza and he did an incredible job at describing his tenure with Ronald Reagan and efforts since then promoting conservatism. I first read his works in "Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader" and have read this book many times. I have also given this book as gifts many times and have heard great comments come back about it. D'Souza was truely a great opportunity to hear about how Ronald Reagan did the great things he did for this country...

Fred Thompson was interesting to hear both in front of the main crowd of more then 1,500 then at the luncheon hosted by Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell with 400+ Virginia members.

Mayor Rudy Giuliani started off the day with his speech and the room remained excited for another 4 hours before lunch...

The day was full of speakers and topics and took as many photos as possible when I could but unfortunately I missed the opportunity to get some shots. One of the shots I missed was of former Lt. Governor Michael Steele which I have heard speak in the past and is an outstanding Conservative.

Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell represented Virginia well during the “Remarks From the States” portion of the program and was very well received by the crowd. He also hosted a luncheon for the Virginia delegation which was treated with a special visit from Presidential Candidate Fred Thompson…

Wall Street Journal John Fund has always written interesting columns and articles and was even better in person. Like his articles he presented a sharp and true view of the ongoing Democratic Presidential nomination campaign and mentioned other topics with descriptions like the “Hillary Healthcare Hotel”. Where EVERYBODY can check in but nobody knows how we will pay the bill”… But lets not forget the Democratic Party congressional leaders of Pelosi and Reid “Where you can walk through their deepest thoughts and still not get your ankles wet”… Fund is the author of the book: "Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy" . A book I own and heave read several times and will be reading again this week, just after I pen a note to my Virginia Senator Jim Webb asking how come he voted against requiring photo I.D.'s before voting on election day...

Herman Cain, Author and radio host, “The Herman Caine Show” was outstanding and I have heard his program in the past. A true pleasure to hear him speak in this format and I look forward to hearing more of his radio broadcasts…

Ronald Reagan’s Economic Advisor Dr. Arthur Laffer spoke of how the Dow Jones was at 777 points when Reagan took office and is now over 14,000 with a Quarter century of economic growth. How we now have an unemployment rate of 4.7% and the longest record sustained growth in history…

Virginia Delegate Chris Saxman participated in numerous sessions including the Attorney General’s luncheon and a session with a Senator, Congressman, and two other Delegates concerning “How to Impact Your Legislator”…

Dr. Jim Miller, Reagan Budget Director and AFP Board member…

Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney was the evening speaker and it was interesting to see him in person and how he presented himself. I found the entire speech interesting but one thing stood out to me like a ray of sunshine. Along with cutting other restrictive taxes, he proposed lowering the tax rate on Capital gains for anybody earning less then $200,000 to ZERO !!!

Threat Advisory Level as of Oct 2007...

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2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination per Candidate

Campaign Poll as of Oct 1st, 2007...

Solution?...

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“We cannot build enough prisons to solve this problem. And the idea that we can keep incarcerating and keep incarcerating — pretty soon we’re not going to have a young African-American male population in America. They’re all going to be in prison or dead. One of the two.”

When asked what can be done about "inner-city kids partaking in violence" the Democratic Presidential Candidate John Edwards provided the above statement.

Mr. Presidential Candidate, As President of the United States what is your solution to this problem?

National Review On-line provided the following data: http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Yjk3OGY3MDI4NjcyMGZjZjhjZTY2NDhmZTlkODhkMWI=

Despite popular misperception and those who find it a convenient talking point to illustrate inescapable racism, there are more young African-American men in college than in prison. In 2005, according to the Census Bureau, there were 864,000 black men in college. According to Justice Department statistics, there were 802,000 in federal and state prisons and jails; between the ages of 18 and 24, however, black men in college outnumber those incarcerated by 4 to 1.

UPDATE: Some readers are finding the numbers above confusing. The first set of numbers (comparing 864,000 to 802,000) refers to all black men of all ages. The 4 to 1 ratio is among black men between the ages of 18 to 24. In other words, a large percentage of that 802,000 are black men above the age of 24.

What does this say to the young African American males, who outnumber those who are in federal and state prisons, about how the Democratic Presidential Candidate feels about their reputation and future?

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Michelle K ~2004~

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While working on research for the recent post about the lost "Kayaker" near the Manasquan Inlet, I found the above photo of the "Michelle K" which sunk in the inlet in 2004...

The Point Pleasant Rescue Dive Team responded and have additional information on this incident at the Dive Teams blog: http://ptrescuedive.blogspot.com/

"A Time for Choosing"....

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"Those who would trade our freedom for the soup kitchen of the welfare state have told us that they have a utopian solution of peace without victory. They call their policy "accommodation." And they say if we only avoid any direct confrontation with the enemy, he will forget his evil ways and learn to love us. All who oppose them are indicted as warmongers. They say we offer simple answers to complex problems. Well, perhaps there is a simple answer--not an easy answer--but simple".

"If you and I have the courage to tell our elected officials that we want our national policy based upon what we know in our hearts is morally right. We cannot buy our security, our freedom from the threat of the bomb by committing an immorality so great as saying to a billion now in slavery behind the Iron Curtain, "Give up your dreams of freedom because to save our own skin, we are willing to make a deal with your slave masters." Alexander Hamilton said, "A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one." Let's set the record straight. There is no argument over the choice between peace and war, but there is only one guaranteed way you can have peace--and you can have it in the next second--surrender".

Ronald Reagan

October 27, 1964

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ronaldreaganatimeforchoosing.htm

Missing "Kayaker" recovered ~Mannasquan Inlet~

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The body of a Kayaker reported missing last week in the Point Pleasant Beach N.J. area was recovered about 1.5 miles northeast of Mannasquan Inlet after being reported by a transient boater.

The Point Pleasant Rescue Dive Team was requested by local authorities to search the jetties after the kayak was found approximately 9 miles offshore and found the entry point as reported.

I was up there this weekend and had the opportunity to dive with the team in the Mannasquan Inlet practicing training skills and equipment use. Before this dive the search had already been called off by the Coast Guard but standard operating procedure with the Dive Team is to treat every dive as a training\search operation…

The Asbury Park Press had the following story:
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070918/NEWS/709180324

Cross posted story on this incident and Dive Team information can be found at:
http://ptrescuedive.blogspot.com/