Go Buy the Movie Fireproof

I just watched this movie last week. It is a fantastic movie. It was put out by the same Mega-Church that put out "Facing the Giants".

It is about Marriage. It made me laugh and cry and at the end smile.

Hollywood isn’t known for its portrayal of what love is supposed to be like – selfless, honest, and faithful. Often, films are wrought with adultery, abuse, and easy divorces. That’s what makes Fireproof, a new drama from the Kendrick brothers, so unique.

Alex and Stephen Kendrick, along with countless volunteers from Sherwood Baptist Church in Georgia, have done it again. Following Facing the Giants’ surprising box office success, the Kendrick team is using film to tackle a prominent cultural issue – marriages on the brink of divorce.

Capt. Caleb Holt (Kirk Cameron) knows how to manage a crisis. Everyday, he directs a team of brave firefighters as they answer calls for help. At the same time, he doesn’t realize the danger his own marriage is facing. In a desperate attempt to win back his wife Catherine (Erin Bethea), Caleb goes to his father for some veteran advice. Seeking a quick way to fix his marriage, Caleb slowly learns how to love.

As far as ministry tools go, this new movie is one of the best at showing what God intends for marriage. Singles and married couples alike will witness the reconciliation of two broken people and how God can heal even the most damaged of relationships.

At first, Caleb is ready to give up on his wife and move on. Their relationship has deteriorated over time and he isn’t too keen on working to save it. That’s when this story really begins to unfold.

You’ve got a husband who doesn’t feel validated at home and a wife who feels unappreciated and unloved. Sound familiar? It’s a simple storyline, but the plot starts to thicken as Caleb tries to recapture his wife’s heart. Through the wisdom of his father and a 40-day experiment called “The Love Dare,” Caleb begins to realize the meaning of love.

True love isn’t what’s best for me; it is seeking what’s best for you. To have a good marriage, you must first understand how to love someone and that comes from the source of unconditional love – God. That’s the point of this story.

One qualm with the story is the lack of response to Catherine’s actions. During the semi-separation phase of their marriage, she enjoys the affection and attention given to her by another man. Her willingness to commit this emotional affair isn’t adequately addressed in the movie. Although some would agree that her actions are wrong, this “adultery with the eyes” should have been dealt with better in the script.

All in all, this is a great movie. But I liked Facing the Giants a little better.

This is one movie critic who highly recommends everyone see Fireproof. Marrieds may learn valuable lessons from it, as all the singles out there will too. Also, kids will enjoy it and understand a little something about love and God’s part in our lives.

All the Actors (including Kirk Cameron) were VOLUNTEERS. This is why the movie only cost $500,000 to make.

Hollywood should take note: This movie only cost $500,000 and made over 6 million bucks on its first weekend last year. This Church (Sherwood Baptist in Albany, Ga.) which produced "Facing the Giants" made 10 million bucks on that movie, and that one only cost 100K to produce. Now, much of the profits go towards the movie theatres and such but the Church does get to keep a portion. So I just want to Thank God that this Church is making Great Family friendly movies, and making a nice profit to further God's work as well. These movies are much better than the Drab, depressing, violent, God-hating movies that Hollywood puts out on a regular basis.

Go buy or rent Fireproof today.

jimbo

Aborted Live Baby thrown in Bag of Bleach then on Hot Roof

I heard this story last week but have not been able to blog about it until now. I am glad it got "some" press, but not nearly enough.

It is Shocking and Ghastly, so here it is.....

Eighteen and pregnant, Sycloria Williams went to an abortion clinic outside Miami and paid $1,200 for Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique to terminate her 23-week pregnancy.

She concluded she didn't have the resources or maturity to raise a child, he said, and went to the Miramar Women's Center on July 17, 2006.

Sonograms indicated she was 23 weeks pregnant, according to the Department of Health. She met Renelique at a second clinic two days later.

Renelique gave Williams laminaria, a drug that dilates the cervix, and prescribed three other medications, according to the administrative complaint filed by the Health Department. She was told to go to yet another clinic, A Gyn Diagnostic Center in Hialeah, where the procedure would be performed the next day, on July 20, 2006.

Williams arrived in the morning and was given more medication.

Just before noon she began to feel ill. The clinic contacted Renelique. Two hours later, he still hadn't shown up. (He was probably out playing Golf)

Williams went into labor and delivered the baby.

She came face to face with a human being, and she instantly changed her mind about abortion.

What happened next was nothing but Crude and Ghastly.

Williams witnessed the live birth and suffering of her daughter as she struggled for life in pain, moving and breathing on the recliner. She witnessed Belkis Gonzalez (one of the clinic's owners with NO MEDICAL LICENSE) enter the room and knock the live baby from the recliner seat where she had given birth to the floor. She then witnessed the murder of her daughter by Belkis Gonzalez before her eyes, as Belkis Gonzalez picked up a large pair of orange shears and cut the umbilical cord connecting mother and daughter. Belkis Gonzalez did not clamp the baby’s umbilical cord allowing the baby to bleed out and also threw or by some accounts literally swept the breathing live child into a biohazard bag filled with Chlorine Bleach to suffocate and bleed to death.

“The baby writhed and gasped for air, still connected to Williams by the umbilical cord. Immobilized by shock, Williams watched Gonzalez run into the room, cut the umbilical cord with a pair of orange-handled shears, stuff the baby and afterbirth into a red biohazard bag and throw the bag into a garbage can,” the lawsuit explains.

Someone at the clinic, horrified at what had happened called police. Gonzalez threw the bag with the baby in it on top on the Hot Florida roof, so Police would not be able to find it.

Finally, six days later, Police were called again, by an inside source in the clinic , and the decomposing body was found in a cardboard box in a clinic closet. DNA confirmed it was the body of Williams’ daughter.

The county medical examiner confirmed the baby had been breathing after birth and before death but blamed the death on “extreme prematurity.”

"Extreme prematurity", YEAH RIGHT. This is MURDER PLAIN AND SIMPLE!

The Thomas More Society took an interest in the case when a local law school professor was quoted in the Miami Herald to the effect that if the baby wasn’t “viable,” then it “couldn't be a case of homicide.”

“That opinion is dead wrong,” said Brejcha. “A disabled or dying patient may not be ‘viable’ in the sense of being able to live very long or without help, but if you kill them, it’s murder. This was a case of infanticide, and we’re not going to let it go ignored or unpunished.”

A pathologist retained by the law firm established “the acts and omissions of the abortionist and clinic staff were causative factors in Shanice’s untimely death.” The lawsuit said the clinic staff members refused to call 911 for help nor did they “seek any medical or neonatal assistance of any kind.”

Further, the abortion businesses falsified records, the lawsuit contends, stating that Williams left shortly after noon, even though there were blood pressure and other medical readings in her records after that time.

Technically, the death has been “under investigation” by prosecutors for more than two years, without charges being filed.

This is what really irritates me, how is it that NO criminal charges have been brought after TWO WHOLE YEARS???

This case will trumpet to the world that abortion clinics are places of barbarism where mothers as well as their babies are at serious risk.

This is why I vote ONLY for Pro-Life candidates, to stop this barbarism.

Hopefully, justice will be done in this case and the Doctor will have his License revoked and have to pay Millions in fines. Hopefully, this Belkis Gonzalez will be thrown in jail for outright Murder.

I will leave you all with this quote:

Abortion is a demonic industry. Abortion is blood sacrifice of innocent blood to the devil. The clinics are like temples, the doctors are like priests, the medical table is like their altar. It’s a ritualized sacrifice. They have a dogma called choice, a hierarchy called Planned Parenthood, and guardian angels in the form of police guards that will arrest you if you try to stop them.

Jimbo

I am Tired of Everyone Trying to SCAM Me.

A couple of days before Christmas my American made Dodge Intrepid died out and the last month I have been looking for a new used car.  

I looked on Craigslist and on Autotrader and Cars.com, plus the local newspaper and even ebay.

Well, time after time I would run into people who were trying to scam me.  Here are a few examples.

I called this one guy about his Honda Accord.  We agreed to meet at his house at a certain time and date.  Me and my wife went there, but he was not there.  He stood us up.  This happened with 2 different people on 2 different cars.

Another time, I called this dealership about a Nissan Maxima for sale.  The salesman told me the car was absolutely there and to come on down and check it out.  I drove in the snow to get there, over 25min. away.  When I got there, they told me that the car was sold 3 DAYS AGO!  I was steamin mad.  I complained to the Manager and told them that this was bait and switch and would report them to the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission.  By the way the name of this dealership is Midway Kia, in Des Plaines, IL.   Two weeks later, this dealership was still advertising this same car for sale, even though they KNEW it was sold.   DO NOT GO THERE.  THEY ARE SCAMMERS.

Another time a guy advertised about his car for sale, saying it had 98,000 miles.  After I did my Carfax check it turns out this car had 198,000 miles on it.  This happened 2 times with 2 different people.  More Scammers.

Another time a guy advertised about a car being a 1999.  When I got to see the car, I found out that it was a 1997.  

I was getting so tired of the Scammers.  

Finally, I found my car.  I ended up buying a 2003 Mitsubishi Galant with 48,000 miles.  I am happy with my purchase.  

I went with a Japanese model since the American cars that I have been buying have been breaking down way too early.  My 2003 Dodge Durango needed a new transmission at ONLY 50,000 miles.  My Dodge Intrepid's timing belt snapped and the Engine froze up at only 87,000 miles.  This is why I needed a new used car.

It is true that I have in past posts encouraged you to buy American, but when it comes to Cars, you need something reliable and the used Japanese models have a better track record when it comes to reliability.  

I have no problem with free trade amongst developed countries like Japan.  What I do have a problem with is "so-called free trade" with third world countries like China.  China's superlow slave wages put a downward pressure on our much better American wages.  This is the trade that I disagree with.  Japan has wages similar to ours.  China has slave wages.

Also,  when I brought my truck in for an oil change at the local Dodge dealership, it took 3 hours and they tried telling me that I needed new front brakes and rotors.  Little did they know that me and my friend JUST CHANGED THE BRAKES ONLY 8 MONTHS AGO.  So it was obvious they were trying to SCAM me.  And then when the bill came due for the oil change, they tried to overcharge me by $10.  I promptly told them that they were overcharging me.  I had to eventually talk to the Manager in order to get the price reduced.  

Oh I am sick of all the SCAMMERS!

One good company that sells great products that does not scam is a company called ABT Electronics.  They matched the lowest internet price I could find on a Digital Camera that I bought for my mother's birthday.  They didn't try scamming me or anything.  I showed them a lower price that I printed out on the Internet and they simply said, we will match that.  This made me happy since I needed the Camera right away and did not want to deal with a company online when I could deal locally.

I am just getting very weary of almost every company, from the local car dealership to the cable company, trying to SCAM me.  What ever happened to "The Customer is always right" ?  Whatever happened to Honest Businesses?  

So be Wise and DON'T GET SCAMMED.  Ask questions.  Do your due diligence and research everything.  

Jimbo

Bill Clinton Makes Millions from Foreign Nations-Is this Really American?

Former President Bill Clinton earned nearly $6 million in speaking fees last year, almost all of it from foreign companies, according to financial documents filed by his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The documents obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press show that $4.6 million of the former president's reported $5.7 million in 2008 honoraria came from foreign sources, including Kuwait's national bank, other firms and groups in Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico and Portugal and a Hong Kong-based company that spent $100,000 on federal lobbying last year.

The Hong Kong firm, Hybrid Kinetic Automotive Holdings, paid Clinton a $300,000 honorarium on Dec. 4, 2008. Twenty five days later, on Dec. 29, a man listed as the company's chief financial officer, Jack Xi Deng, made a $25,000 cash donation to the Virginia gubernatorial campaign of Clinton confidant Terry McAuliffe, according to the Virginia Public Access Project.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the Hong Kong firm paid at least $100,000 in 2008 to lobbyists on immigration issues.
The other foreign honoraria Bill Clinton received in 2008 are:
• $450,000 from AWD Holding AG, a German-based international financial services company.
• $350,000 from the state-owned National Bank of Kuwait. The Kuwaiti government donated between $1 million and $5 million to the Clinton Foundation, according to the foundation's disclosure.
• $300,000 from Value Grupo Financiero SA de CV, a Mexico-based financial holding company, whose chief executive officer, Carlos Bremer Gutierrez, is one of the Clinton Foundation's leading donors. Gutierrez donated between $250,001 to $500,000 to the foundation, according to foundation's documents.
• $250,000 from Germany's Media Control Gmbh, which bills itself as the world's leading provider of entertainment data and was founded by Karlheinz Koegel, who contributed $100,001 to $250,000 to the Clinton foundation.
• $200,000 from Malaysia's Petra Equities Management on behalf of the Sekhar Foundation run by Malaysian multimillionaire Vinod Sekhar who donated between $25,001 and $50,000 to the Clinton Foundation, according to its documents.
In addition to the foreign earnings, Bill Clinton made just over $1 million from domestic speaking engagements, including $250,000 from MSG Entertainment, $225,000 from the National Association of Home Care and Hospice, $200,000 from the United Nations Association, $175,000 from the ING North America Insurance Corp., $125,000 from the Rodman and Renshaw Capital Group and $100,000 from the Hollywood Radio and Television Society.

It must be nice to make loads of money off Foreign companies who could care less about America.

I guess why this is the reason Bill Clinton is such a big free trader. No wonder he pushed through NAFTA.

This is JUST PLAIN WRONG. An American President needs to be pushing American Interests. But instead Bill Clinton is just pushing his own SELFISH INTEREST.

But that is all we got with Clinton as President. His OWN SELF INTEREST OVER WHAT'S BEST FOR AMERICA.

As Bill Clinton gets MILLIONS from FOREIGN COMPANIES, regular Americans are losing their jobs, losing their homes, and most of all LOSING FAITH IN AMERICA.

Shame on Bill Clinton. Once a Scumbag always a Scumbag.

Jimbo

Spank your Kids on Plane-Go to Jail as a Terrorist

Tamera Jo Freeman was on a Frontier Airlines flight to Denver in 2007 when her two children began to quarrel over the window shade and then spilled a Bloody Mary into her lap.

She spanked each of them on the thigh with three swats. It was a small incident, but one that in the heightened anxiety after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would eventually have enormous ramifications for Freeman and her children.

A flight attendant confronted Freeman, who responded by hurling a few profanities and throwing what remained of a can of tomato juice on the floor.

The incident aboard the Frontier flight ultimately led to Freeman's arrest and conviction for a federal felony defined as an act of terrorism under the Patriot Act, the controversial federal law enacted after the 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.

"I had no idea I was breaking the law," said Freeman, 40, who spent three months in jail before pleading guilty.

Freeman is one of at least 200 people on flights who have been convicted under the amended law. In most of the cases, there was no evidence that the passengers had attempted to hijack the airplane or physically attack any of the flight crew. Many have simply involved raised voices, foul language and drunken behavior.

Some security experts say the use of the law by airlines and their employees has run amok, criminalizing incidents that did not start out as a threat to public safety, much less an act of terrorism.

Indeed, the law has given airlines new flexibility to clamp down on unruly behavior. But the intent of the Patriot Act provisions was to put terrorists in violation of the law before they could execute an actual takeover, said Nathan Sales, a law professor at George Mason University who helped write the Patriot Act when he served in the Justice Department.

Well, I will say this. This lady's actions were not right, but they DEFINITELY were NOT worthy of a TERRORIST ACT. But thanks to the OVERREACHING PATRIOT ACT, the Airlines will continue to ABUSE their authority.

It is time to ABOLISH the Patriot Act NOW. It clearly is being abused to prosecute Americans for nothing more than unruly behavior. It is ridiculous that this lady had to spend 3 months in jail and get prosecuted as a Terrorist for just some unruly behavior.

The most she should have gotten was a small fine and not be allowed to fly on this particular airlines.

But our Congress, in its rush to do something post 9-11, rushed through anti-civil liberties laws like the Patriot Act.

But this should also serve as an example to all parents. Thanks to knee-jerking Liberals out there, DO NOT SPANK YOUR KIDS IN PUBLIC. I don't think that there is any thing wrong with spanking your kids, but MANY IDIOT LIBERALS DO.

So do yourselves a favor and make it a policy not to spank your kids IN PUBLIC. There are way too many busybody people ready to yell "child abuse" and the next thing you know, the authorities have taken away your kids.

However, on the Patriot Act, it is time for it to be Abolished.

Call or Write your Congressman, and tell them it is time to Abolish the Patriot Act.

Jimbo

Tim Tebow--Florida's Championship QB both On and Off the Field

Tonight I saw Tim Tebow for the first time. Some of you are saying, "Tim who"?

Tim Tebow is Florida's Quarterback for their College Football team. Tonight the Florida Gators beat the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14. Tim Tebow was the player of the game.

Moreover, Tim Tebow is an ON FIRE BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN, NOT ASHAMED OF JESUS.

In fact, under his eyes, he had John 3:16 marked CLEARLY for the National audience to see for tonight's game.

Tim Tebow is an outstanding Quarterback, a scrambler, not afraid to get hit. He motivated his team to victory tonight. He laid his body out there, getting hit hard but pushing threw for additional yards with each of his many runs. I was pumped up watching the game, and I don't normally watch College Football. I am glad I did tonight.

Off the field Tim Tebow was born to Missionary Parents in the Philippines. He has worked with Lepers in Third World Countries. He lived at an Orphanage for a while in a Third World Country. He is the youngest of five children.

Also, he was HOMESCHOOLED. He was allowed to play Public H.S. Football even though he was being Homeschooled, thanks to Florida Law.

This is why us Homeschoolers need to fight for all our rights. We should be able to place our children in the local public schools athletic programs. We pay Taxes just like everyone else.

Tim Tebow was not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He wore the witness on his face and WAS a witness on the field, giving 110%. Also, during the post game interview, he boldly gave thanks to Jesus Christ his Savior.

Tim Tebow makes me proud to be a Christian and proud to be Homeschooling.

May God bless Tim Tebow's career. Maybe someday he'll play for the Chicago Bears, hopefully.

Jimbo

2009- A Scary Start for My Family

Happy New Year is what everyone is saying now.

I say also, may God Bless you All for this 2009 year.

Unfortunately, I spent the first hours of the New Year in a Hospital.

My wife was brought by Ambulance to the nearest Hospital for a Kidney stone that caused her more pain then the most intense Labor contractions.

I myself am a Healthcare worker, so I know how the system works in the ER.

Lengthy waits and noisy rooms are expected, but RUDE and UNPROFESSIONAL STAFF ARE NOT EXPECTED.

Here is what happened, the Ambulance brought my wife to the ER and I stayed at home to watch our 3 young children. When I found someone to come over and watch our kids for an hour so I could go to the ER and see what was up with my wife, it was about 3 hours later.

As soon as I get to my wife's room in the ER, she is complaining of INTENSE PAIN. She begs me to get the Nurse and get some pain meds. I tell the Nurse and she says, "She just got some", in a callous sort of way. I responded by saying, "Well it's not enough". My Wife continues to moan even LOUDER in INTENSE PAIN.

5 minutes later, the Doctor walks in. He does not identify himself to me. He Callously says in a Condescending way, "Maam, you've got to stop that, you just started that act when He got here and I got here". I WAS INSENSED! I stated to this Condescending Doctor that my Wife NEVER complains of pain unless it really hurts. He proceeds to tell me all the medications that she received. I stated to him, "It is not enough, so get some more".

The idiot Doctor leaves and 5 minutes later, another Nurse gives my wife some stronger pain medication that does indeed work and puts her to sleep. Thank God.

This kind of Condescending, Callous attitude by both the 1rst Nurse and the Doctor is a prime example of how many Healthcare, and many American workers in general do not understand CUSTOMER SERVICE.

Poor Customer Service by these Healthcare workers is one of the many problems with our Healthcare system.

People, especially sick people in the Hospital are not to be treated like Cattle. Pain is Subjective and needs to be dealt with SERIOUSLY. People are Not to be made fun of or automatically Assumed to be overacting and not really in pain.

I wanted to bop this idiot Doctor in the nose.

Well, 3 hours later they discharged her home and said that the stone should pass on its own.

Thankfully, my Wife did not have Appendicitis or something more serious.

I will leave you with some New Year's Resolutions:
Pray more this year. Read the Bible more this year. Spend more time with your family this year. Love God more this year. Learn something new this year. Lose that extra Fat this year.
Make more money this year.

Jimbo