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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Happy New Year 2015 From the Daily Thought Pad

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Take a moment to enjoy the beautiful photographic train ride and the accompanying words: HERE. <–

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At the end of the year it has become a journalistic tradition to recap the year’s top stories, to recall the highlights and low points of the months and to remember those who have left us.  It is also a time to look forward with hope… This year that reach for hope and improvement seems more difficult than at anytime in my memory.

“It’s Auld Lang Syne time again. Robert Burns is credited with ‘collecting’ the lyrics for the old Scots’ drinking and dancing ballad that’s become a traditional part of New Year festivities. The most memorable verses: "Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?" and the chorus, "For auld Lang Syne, my dear, for auld Lang Syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld Lang Syne," are oft’ described as reminders of "the good old times" amidst new beginnings. That’s a tough task this year. Saying goodbye to 2013 won’t be hard. But looking forward with hope for a better year in 2014 is a bit of a challenge!”

Happy New Year!

B-Day Card - Chi Martinis

Angel and Annabelle Celebrating… Happy New Year 2012~

(And it is water in that glass… Please no alcohol for your pets!!

And if you possible can… adopt just one more pet (or two) in 2015 or become a pet foster parent and donate to your local shelter.  Our shelters are over-flowing and your help will save a life or perhaps many lives

Wishing you all health, wealth and happiness in 2015 and wishing America the kind of leadership she deserves!

Thanks to our sister site Just One More Pet

Monday, February 3, 2014

The Wrap at Ask Marion 1.26.14 Thru 2.02.14

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Our weekly wrap… Sunday to Sunday… Please share! Ask Marion

Quote of the Week: "If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth." …Ronald Reagan

Lincoln on the Congress and Courts

Want things to change… then elect someone that believes in the principles that made this country great, but who can win against the Democrat’s probable ‘first female president’ candidate carrot… and that person is someone the left fears.  That person is Sarah Palin who just Polled With Highest Favorability Rating Among GOP Primary Voters.  Palin is Reaganesque, undefeated and tested after unending attacks by the Left which includes the probable 2016 Democrat ‘Female’ Presidential Candidate… Hillary, who really is Barack Obama in a Dress. Sarah can win!!  She had the crowds eating out of her hand in 2008 after her VP Presidential Nominating Speech! And Rino John McCain and the Progressive Liberal Media tried to destroy her.

Hillary is Obama in a Dress

Protecting Hillary…

Obama's America

The Persecution of Conservatives in Hollywood  

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Book of the Week – Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics (Kindle) by Charles Krauthammer

    In an interview with Bret Baier about his latest book: Things That Matter, Charles Krauthammer said that sometime between his accident and the process of getting his degree and finishing Med School to become a Psychiatrist he realized that everything in life is affected by politics (and religion) in one way or another, therefore touching all the Things That Matter in our lives.

    From America’s preeminent columnist, named by the Financial Times the most influential commentator in the nation, the long-awaited collection of Charles Krauthammer’s essential, timeless writings.

    A brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenges conventional wisdom at every turn, Krauthammer has for decades daz­zled readers with his keen insight into politics and government. His weekly column is a must-read in Washington and across the country. Now, finally, the best of Krauthammer’s intelligence, erudition and wit are collected in one volume.
    Readers will find here not only the country’s leading conservative thinker offering a pas­sionate defense of limited government, but also a highly independent mind whose views—on feminism, evolution and the death penalty, for example—defy ideological convention. Things That Matter also features several of Krautham­mer’s major path-breaking essays—on bioeth­ics, on Jewish destiny and on America’s role as the world’s superpower—that have pro­foundly influenced the nation’s thoughts and policies. And finally, the collection presents a trove of always penetrating, often bemused re­flections on everything from border collies to Halley’s Comet, from Woody Allen to Win­ston Churchill, from the punishing pleasures of speed chess to the elegance of the perfectly thrown outfield assist.
    With a special, highly autobiographical in­troduction in which Krauthammer reflects on the events that shaped his career and political philosophy, this indispensible chronicle takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the fashions and follies, the tragedies and the joys of Krauthammer’s life.

    And another must read is: Collusion: How the Media Stole the 2012 Election—and How to Stop Them from Doing It in 2016 (Kindle)

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    Is the House GOP Leadership Being Blackmailed Into Voting for Amnesty?

    There are some great options on the GOP side if we don’t let the old guard Establishment Co-Opt the process as they did in 2008 and 2012 and the Democrats must have someone better than Hillary or their old Establishment guard.

    Sarah Palin for President and Ted Cruz for Vice-President… a winning ticket that would represent ‘the American people’, restore the Constitution and get government out of our lives and pockets

    And just today I heard a new interesting option: Dr. Ben Carson for President and Judge Jeanine Pirro for Vice-President

Bombshell: Pentagon ‘didn’t know’ Benghazi annex existed; includes overview of Benghazi Attack and Scandal Events and Timeline

Ghosts of Benghazi 2

Hillary 2016 Is Washing Away

Hillary now wants to get Benghazi out of the way… Clinton said when asked to identify “do-overs” of her time as America’s top diplomat during her keynote appearance before the National Automobile Dealers Association in New Orleans. she said, “My biggest, you know, regret is what happened in Benghazi,”  I think what Hillary meant was that her biggest regret is not being able to squelch the Benghazi scandal.  Just for the sake of history, let’s recall that Clinton could have prevented the attack but failed to do so

Benghazi Report: Obama and Hillary Lied, Americans Died, Media Complicit… Obama Went to Vegas and they need to take responsibility!  Yet, RNC Chairman Says Hillary 2016 Candidacy is Set… And Female Presidency Will be the Carrot… Time to say no thanks and fight back with our own powerhouse!!

In the meantime, there are rumblings that there has been a shake-up in the White House because Obama Puppetmaster, George Soros, is not happy; perhaps coming off the meetings by the power elite in Davos?  And the Democrats facing re-election in 2014 are also running scared. 

Obama has already warned that he will use his phone and pen to sign executive orders to circumvent Congress and the witch hunt against Conservative Opponents and anyone the White House considers to be in their way will be investigated, minimalized and silenced.  David Plouffe is said to be out, Valerie Jarrett has been demoted and replaced by John Podesta and David Simas will run Obama’s new operations office.  The State of the Union is expected to be anything but a call for unity, and 2014 definitely will be the most divisive Obama year yet as Soros pushes his agenda to move the U.S. toward Socialism. It is time for everyone to get-involved and for Conservatives, Libertarians, Tea Party Groups and all the other small groups who are fighting to take back our Country to find common ground and work together to save America for our children, our grandchildren and future generations.  There is too much at stake not to!!

Stand Together When the Time comes

The real question is… will we, Conservatives, Libertarians, Tea Party Groups and all the other patriotic groups, continue letting the media and RINOs and Progressives from both parties steal elections from us? because we can’t or won’t find common ground and compromise?

David John Marotta, a Wall Street adviser and President of Marotta Wealth Management, puts U.S. unemployment closer to 37.2%, much higher than even the 25% most bloggers and honest journalists have estimated, and certainly not the unicorn dust propaganda of 6.7% claimed by the Fed.

Here Come the Judge... Pirro

Alert: Rand Paul Sues Obama… Join Class Action Suit

Memorable Photos…

We Are All Waiting...

Thousands of Shelter Pets Killed Every Day Yet Half of Americans Uninformed and Unaware 

Crews Killing Thousands of Dogs for Sochi Olympic Games

Dogs slaughtered for meat in Vietnam… Stop the Dog Meat Trade

Stop the Pain… Get-Involved and Speak Up Whenever You Suspect Abuse, Of Any Kind

We are living in amazing times, good and bad, the kind of times that truly try men’s (and women’s) souls and that make or break countries and shape (or reshape) societies. Please get involved, pray for guidance, prepare for the worst (for yourself and to help others), then educate yourself and share what you learn with as many people as you can. All our futures depend on it!!

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Sunday, January 12, 2014

The Wrap at Ask Marion 1.05.14 Thru 1.12.14

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Our weekly wrap… Sunday to Sunday… Please share! Ask Marion

Quote of the Week: "If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton

Election 2014 and 2016… All Sewn-Up or the Battle(s) for Americas Life

Devil... Lies

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Alert: Rand Paul Sues Obama… Join Class Action Suit

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Book of the Week – Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War (Kindle)

Gates Book Puts White House in Defense Mode… And Conveniently a Christie Scandal Appears

Rush Limbaugh slammed the media on Wednesday for its coverage of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, saying “The focus on the bridge controversy only serves to take former defense secretary Robert Gates’ critique of President Barack Obama “off the front page.”

From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Before Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House in 2006, he thought he’d left Washington politics behind: after working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happy in his role as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty. Now, in this unsparing memoir, meticulously fair in its assessments, he takes us behind the scenes of his nearly five years as a secretary at war: the battles with Congress, the two presidents he served, the military itself, and the vast Pentagon bureaucracy; his efforts to help Bush turn the tide in Iraq; his role as a guiding, and often dissenting, voice for Obama; the ardent devotion to and love for American soldiers—his “heroes”—he developed on the job.

In relating his personal journey as secretary, Gates draws us into the innermost sanctums of government and military power during the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, illuminating iconic figures, vital negotiations, and critical situations in revealing, intimate detail. Offering unvarnished appraisals of Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Presidents Bush and Obama among other key players, Gates exposes the full spectrum of behind-closed-doors politicking within both the Bush and Obama administrations.

He discusses the great controversies of his tenure—surges in both Iraq and Afghanistan,  how to deal with Iran and Syria, “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” Guantánamo Bay, WikiLeaks—as they played out behind the television cameras. He brings to life the Situation Room during the Bin Laden raid. And, searingly, he shows how congressional debate and action or inaction on everything from equipment budgeting to troop withdrawals was often motivated, to his increasing despair and anger, more by party politics and media impact than by members’ desires to protect our soldiers and ensure their success.

However embroiled he became in the trials of Washington, Gates makes clear that his heart was always in the most important theater of his tenure as secretary: the front lines. We journey with him to both war zones as he meets with active-duty troops and their commanders, awed by their courage, and also witness him greet coffin after flag-draped coffin returned to U.S. soil, heartbreakingly aware that he signed every deployment order. In frank and poignant vignettes, Gates conveys the human cost of war, and his admiration for those brave enough to undertake it when necessary.

Duty tells a powerful and deeply personal story that allows us an unprecedented look at two administrations and the wars that have defined them

Judge Jeanine Pirro Opening Statement – Benghazi IRS NSA 1-11-2014

NYT, Hillary & Obama’s War on a Mom 

Hillary and Bengahzi Facts

Anti-Hillary Campaign Bus

We are living in amazing times, good and bad, the kind of times that truly try men’s (and women’s) souls and that make or break countries and shape (or reshape) societies. Please get involved, pray for guidance, prepare for the worst (for yourself and to help others), then educate yourself and share what you learn with as many people as you can. All our futures depend on it!!

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Be sure to come visit us here at Ask Marion regularly and subscribe to receive the latest posts first… as well as visit: Just One More Pet, True Health Is True Wealth!!, Knowledge Is Power, and the Daily Thought Pad.

Memorable Photos…

We Are All Waiting...

Dogs slaughtered for meat in Vietnam… Stop the Dog Meat Trade 

Stop the Pain… Get-Involved and Speak Up Whenever You Suspect Abuse, Of Any Kind 

True Meaning Of Family – Stray Cat Takes Day-Old Puppy Off The Streets

Sunday, January 5, 2014

The Wrap at Ask Marion 12.29.13 Thru 1.05.14

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Our weekly wrap… Sunday to Sunday… Please share! Ask Marion

Quote of the Week: “Only in America can you find a movement of People who aren’t satisfied with the Freedom they have to Believe or Not Believe, but rather have to go on the attack against the beliefs of others.”

The Atheist War on Christmas and Religious Freedom – WoC 2013/14

Read this normally… and then read it again from the bottom up.

Atheist vs Christian View of Life

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Book of the Week – Lethal Engagement

“The Iraq/Afghani War Has Cost Nearly 3-Trillion Dollars and 51,778 U.S. Casualties, Including 4489 Killed…” So Why Would We Have Pulled Out Against the Advice of All The Leadership and Troops on the Ground?  It Makes No Sense!

Full constitutional rights for foreign Islamic terrorist detainees. Apologies to the Muslim world for American 'misdeeds,' and promises to make amends even if the security of the American people is placed in peril. Welcoming radical Muslim sympathizers into high positions of authority. Abridging freedom of expression. And much, much more. Lethal Engagement documents how in these and other ways President Barack Hussein Obama has forsaken the oath of office he took to 'preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.' Lethal Engagement exposes how radical Muslims are re-branding their barbaric ideology to fool their gullible audience in the West and how they play the racism victim card, all with President Obama's help. Lethal Engagement systematically lays out the dangerous entanglement of Obama with the United Nations, which radical Muslims are manipulating to promulgate international law to their liking, and how his nomination of more activist judges willing to throw away the Constitution allows radical Muslims to subvert American law. Lethal Engagement also reveals the radical Muslim plan to destroy the value of the dollar and use the United Nations to replace it with a new global reserve currency, all helped along by the Obama administration's disastrous economic policies. After connecting all these dots, Joseph Klein explains the steps 'we the people' must take to rescue our country.

Iraqi Army Shells Fallujah As Street Fights Rage In Ramadi

Fallujah falls fully into hands of al-Qaida group 

McCain, Graham blast Obama for Al Qaeda-related takeover of ...

If You R Not Outraged...

If You Like Your Plan

 

We are living in amazing times, good and bad, the kind of times that truly try men’s (and women’s) souls and that make or break countries and shape (or reshape) societies. Please get involved, pray for guidance, prepare for the worst (for yourself and to help others), then educate yourself and share what you learn with as many people as you can. All our futures depend on it!!

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Be sure to come visit us here at Ask Marion regularly and subscribe to receive the latest posts first… as well as visit: Just One More Pet, True Health Is True Wealth!!, Knowledge Is Power, and the Daily Thought Pad.

Memorable Photos…

Ameridcas Demon

Obama’s ring: ‘There is no god but Allah’

Saggy Pants

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

The Wrap at Ask Marion 12.15.13 Thru 12.22.13

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Quote of the Week: “There Is None So Blind As He Who Will Not See!!” …John Heywood paraphrasing Jeremiah Chapter 5: verse 21, written over 1500 years earlier

Obama Law License 

What will it take for Americans to see?

A must read: The Black Book of the American Left: The Collected Conservative Writings of David Horowitz (Kindle) – The first of a ten part series by former Communist radical turned Conservative. Author of The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party (Kindle)

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Book of the Week – Margaret Thatcher on Leadership: Lessons for American Conservatives Today (Kindle)

This inspirational and practical guide for conservatives combines stories from Lady Thatcher’s life with principles and strategies conservatives can apply to their challenges today. Nile Gardiner and Stephen Thompson outline the critical lessons conservatives can learn from Lady Thatcher on articulating conservative principles to a broader audience, cutting through bureaucratic messes to achieve goals, and standing up to aggressive opponents.

“This is one of those very rare occasions when individuals share timely works that have the insight and potential to impact current issues. Gardiner and Thompson have accomplished just such an occasion. They have produced a must read for our future leaders and all who have a vested interest in solutions, not more crises.”

If You Like Your Plan

We are living in amazing times, good and bad, the kind of times that truly try men’s (and women’s) souls and that make or break countries and shape (or reshape) societies. Please get involved, pray for guidance, prepare for the worst (for yourself and to help others), then educate yourself and share what you learn with as many people as you can. All our futures depend on it!!

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Be sure to come visit us here at Ask Marion regularly and subscribe to receive the latest posts first… as well as visit: Just One More Pet, True Health Is True Wealth!!, Knowledge Is Power, and the Daily Thought Pad.

True Meaning of Season

 

Monday, December 9, 2013

The Wrap at Ask Marion 12.01.13 Thru 12.08.13

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Quote of the Day:  “There are three stages of a man’s life: He believes in Santa Claus or St Nickolas, he doesn’t believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus.” …Unknown

One of the best things we can do as parents, grandparents, members of the religious community and patriots is to share the values and traditions we hold dear as individuals, families, churches and concerned citizens by teaching the histories and details of each to the next generation as well as standing up against those who would try to steal them from us and from future generations.

In that spirit we began our part in the War on the War on Christmas with our ‘War on Christmas verses the Spirit of Christmas Series 2013’ at AskMarion on December 1st with an article on Advent and will post part 9 tonight after mid-night.  Please come check in daily for our Christmas, Hanukkah and related daily posts between December 1st and January 6th. 

And today… December 8th, I took a moment to recognize my Dad on what would have been his 101st birthday…

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Book of the Week - Republican Punk (Kindle)

“I received a copy of Jason Price’s Republican Punk a short while ago. With the holidays, it took a bit to get to it, but once I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down. Frankly, the book is a great escape from everything that is going on out there. Well written, with a great plot and characters — I heartily recommend the book.”  …Terresa Monroe Hamilton 

Overview of the book:

Jack Turner lives a content life as a devoted family man and small-business owner. That is, until the day he confronts a politician at a staged rally. When footage of the encounter goes viral, the self-described “everyday, hard-workin’ American” becomes an unlikely celebrity.

Traveling in a used Winnebago with his family and close friends, Jack leads a national movement to save America from the fat cats and bureaucrats-one city at a time. His overnight fame attracts the attention of wealthy Republican Party financiers; and his popular cross-country tour soon explodes into a full-fledged campaign for the Party’s nomination.

But Jack’s resolve is tested when rumors surface of an internal coup. As tensions rise, and his poll numbers fall, he realizes his greatest threat isn’t a single candidate but the Party itself-a powerful enemy who will stop at nothing to ensure his defeat.

Ah, life imitates art, but with a twist. Whereas Jack Turner is a good guy, John Boehner is not. And an internal coup of the Republican Party is coming, with the Tea Party leading the charge into the fray. If you look at the story from the Tea Party’s point of view in the House, the Republican party is indeed a powerful enemy. So, you can see why I am enamored with the storyline.

Jack Turner could be any one of us… he certainly could be Joe the Plumber. In fact, aside from being a great read, this book should be a clarion call for those who can, to step into the battle and fight now as never before. Either in the political arena, at protests or at a key board… we are all Jack Turner now. The Tea Party is viral and is the basis for a return to Constitutional foundations. This is a book for our times and cheaper than therapy. Seriously.

Buy Jason Price’s Republican Punk today (Kindle). It will make an awesome Christmas gift or a holiday release valve. Think of it as survival enhancement.

MSM Cartoon

We are living in amazing times, good and bad, the kind of times that truly try men’s (and women’s) souls and that make or break countries and shape (or reshape) societies. Please get involved, pray for guidance, prepare for the worst (for yourself and to help others), then educate yourself and share what you learn with as many people as you can. All our futures depend on it!!

Its_a_Wrap

Be sure to come visit us here at Ask Marion regularly and subscribe to receive the latest posts first… as well as visit: Just One More Pet, True Health Is True Wealth!!, Knowledge Is Power, and the Daily Thought Pad.