Monday, 8 June 2009
Healing the Heartland Festival
I received this email from THE Parade Firetruck man himself, Steve West.
What a worthy cause go hither and read on it'
Healing the Heartland Festival is a Three Day Event
Marking the Anniversary of the Great Flood of 2008
- A message of faith and hope for the heartland -
Music • Food • Fun • Inspiration • Community Care
Since the time I first put this video slideshow up, I have also discovered a equally moving Youtube Video.
Get reminded
The Year of the River: Flood Photography from The Gazette @ Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Information: (319) 366-7503 or www.crma.org
I received this communication:
June 8 at 9:26pm
I have an email with the list of all the BBQ locations. Would you like me to email it to you?
For those who might not know Rene is Our Local Iowa House Representative for District 37
| Representative Renee Schulte |
| | Eighty-Third General Assembly |
|
We are very fortunate here in Linn County to have elected officials who pay attention to local affairs and do not wait to be asked to offer assistance
Service Providers: I'm including you in this email so that you can pass on this free event to those who may benefit.
Everyone: Please forward this email on to all you think may be interested. It is going to be a great way to bring encouragement, help and healing to our community.
Healing the Heartland Festival is a Three Day Event Marking the Anniversary of the Great Flood of 2008
- A message of faith and hope for the heartland -
Music • Food • Fun • Inspiration • Community Care
Serve The City is a coalition of over 40 area congregations and ministries hosting the Healing the Heartland Festival.
Most of the events and entertainment are FREE to the community!
Day 1 - Friday, June 12; 6pm-9pm: Neighbors & Friends Barbecue
11 FREE, Giant, Neighborhood Barbecues will be held throughout Cedar Rapids and surrounding area. Bring a lawn chair and your appetite, everything else will be provided. No reservations necessary.
Find one closest to you & join us! (Listed alphabetically)
Bever/Erskine
Held at Bever Pavilion in Bever Park
Cedar Valley Bible / First Lutheran / Valley View Baptist
Cedar Hills
Held at the Cherry Hill Park Pavilion
Calvary Baptist/Cedar Rapids Family Church / Stonebridge
Czech Village/Linwood
Taylor School
First Church Of The Nazarene / Hus Presbyterian / The Salvation Army
Kennedy
Held in the Kennedy High School South Parking Lot
Oakland Nazarene / River Of Life Ministries
Marion
Held at Donnelly Park
Antioch Christian / Cornerstone E-Free / Faith Bible / New Life Community
Metro/McKinley
McKinley Middle School
First Lutheran / Oakhill- Jackson / Family Of Faith
Mound View
Held at Daniels Park Splash Pad Pavilion
Cedar Rapids Grace / Ellis Community / First Church Of The Open Bible. Imago Christi / Oakland Church Of The Nazarene
Noelridge Park
Held at the Lagoon Pavilion
Eastview Christian / New Covenant Bible / Noelridge Park / The Alliance Church
Palo
Held at The Cedar River Garden Center in Palo.
New Covenant Bible / Peace Church / River Of Life Ministries
Robins
Held in Robins on Saturday, June 6th
Faith Bible / New Covenant Bible
Time Check/Harrison
Held at the Ellis Park Duck Pond Pavilion
Cedar Rapids Christian Center / Edgewood Family Fellowship / Ellis Park Church of God / Encounter Christian / First Church Of The Open Bible
Day 2 - Saturday, June 13; 9am-10pm: Community Festival at the Kingston Sports Complex
Food vendors with special budget-friendly prices will be there. For instance, a hot dog, bag of chips and lemonade all for $1. Food will be available between 11am & 8pm.
9am – Cedar Rapids "Run The Flood" Run to Rebuild - Run to Recover - Run to Remember Read more about this effort at
www.CRRunTheFlood.com (Entrance Fee Required)
11am - 5pm – Community Care Tent - FREE Over 50 booths offering information and care to community members. Care Tent includes job search and resume writing, mobile medical clinic, registration & fingerprinting of children by CRPD and more.
1pm - 4 pm – Family Fun Zone - FREE Activities include face painting, balloon artist, stick-on tattoos, bounce around playground, puppets and kids’ songs. Visits from local mascots including Shucks from the Kernels and Ricochet from the Roughriders.
2pm - 5pm – Sports Zone - FREE Emcee: International Speaker Keith Cook Exhibitions: “Untitled Skateboards” Team, Basketball Exhibitionist Tanya Crevier, Mike Hagen Strength Team
Saturday Evening Main Stage Concerts & Inspirational Speakers - FREE
Emcee: Dennis Swanberg – Christian Comedian
Music for All Ages – Bands Include:
5pm David Phelps - from Gaither Vocal Band
7pm BarlowGirl - 2005 Artists of the Year
8:30pm Newsboys - New Mix with Michael Tait
Day 3 - Sunday, June 14; 3:30pm-8pm: Serve The City Day at the Kernels
Our festival winds down with a day at the ballpark.
3pm - A FREE Exhibition by the Mike Hagen Strength Team (Located outside the ballpark)
PLEASE NOTE: Regular Kernels’ ticket prices apply for entrance into the ballpark for concert and game
4:20pm - A Big Band Concert featuring a 16 piece brass ensemble
5:05pm - Cedar Rapids Kernels take on the Kane County Cougars
A River Renaissance and Freedom Festival Affiliated Event.
Sunday, 7 June 2009
The Linn County Shell Game
The shells move around and around. Where will they stop and under which shell will we find the Linn County Republican Central Committee Meeting?
I have a mental image of Central Committee members wandering in the Wilderness, trying to find the Central Committee.
You think that is an exaggeration?
On May the 27th I received this email
hey Daniel,
are you still attending the linn county central meetings ? the last two times i went i showed up at the wrong location. can you tell me where and when the next one is ? the http://www.linncountygop.org/ website is down.
thanks
My reply was"
The New Executive Board changed it to the Kirkwood Continuing Educational Bldg
they may have some at a Kirkwood facility in Marion,
I will fwd the last announcement I got from another email account, you may wish to email Dawn Brown or Brent Shulte and get on their mailing list.
I think I better send this person another email saying Disregard last location, if you have not already been informed we have moved again to
Date:
| Tuesday, June 16, 2009 |
Time:
| 7:00pm - 9:00pm |
Location:
| Marriot |
Street:
| 1200 Collins Rd NE |
City/Town:
| Cedar Rapids, IA |
| | |
Regular business meeting. Focus will be on developing
One hopes the word gets out and we do not have people spread out around the County trying to go to where the meeting USED to be.
I stumbled upon this because I noticed that for the first time in a while the
Linn County GOP, Iowa. Face book site had been updated. Since it had been inactive for some time I was curious. I have not received one of those Evite emails, so who knows?
They may change their minds yet again.
Sigh, one of the Facets of being Conservative, whether it be a positive or a negative trait, is that we like at least some semblance of stability.
I find that lacking lately.
So the Meeting has moved again and you can find out about the change on Facebook
You are not a member of Facebook?
Well then call the Linn County Central Committee Office for the latest information.
Oh I forget we don't HAVE a Linn County Central Committee Office anymore.
The New Executive Board decided we no longer needed it.
It did not matter that it was set up and established by a Vote of the Central Committee,.
They don't seem to think that we need that anymore either.
Voting to make decisions on the General Management of the Central Committee.
There is an agenda, they have plans in the works it seems.
Focus will be on developing precinct organizations to help support our elected officials and candidates.
One problem with this as I see it. First the Central Committee has to decide that is what it wants to do.
You see there is a facet to how we are suppose to operate that the Executive Board has over looked.
The Executive Committee is subject to the orders of the Linn County Central Committee
I have been getting the impression that they view the direction of powers and responsibility to be in the other direction.
They are mistaken,. The above was a direct quote from the County Constitution by the way.
We need to discuss and clarify these matters before ANY other actions are taken.
I have had long discussions on this subject, With one gentleman who stated and I believe it to be true that his and my ultimate goals are the same.
I think that to be true. Our ideas on Means and Methods differ.
In one communication he wrote to me:
The Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do
FIRST: Is it the TRUTH?
SECOND: Is it FAIR to all concerned?
THIRD: Will it build
GOODWILL
& BETTER FRIENDSHIP?
FOURTH: Will it be BENEFICIAL to all
concerned?
I have tried to stay with the Truth, but the Truth is not FAIR it is what it is. You cannot split the truth up so both sides have equal shares, The Truth may or may NOT build Goodwill or Friendship.
It is said the Truth will Set you Free, but First it will Tick you off. Oh and the Truth is not necessarily going to benefit all concerned,
If some one is acting out of mistaken beliefs they may not react in a friendly manner to having that pointed out, they may not feel that action is a benefit to their plans.
Some times you have to make a choice between what you think is Right and how other people Feel about it.
On the subject of closing the Permanent Party Office? The gentleman's opinion seemed to be that closing it did not matter, that in the Past such offices were temporary, mostly for elections.
I could have responded that the Permanent Office was a Symbol of our presence in the Community, That symbols are important,. They give Structure and Purpose.
They give us something to work toward and maintain during the periods of time between elections, That the temporary offices for the Election were the Victory Offices in Marion.
That is really beside the point. The Point is the Executive Board
HAD NO RIGHT to take such an action without the approval of the Central Committee. That is the point,
Now this man I spoke to is a very nice person, He really wants the Central Committee to function and work,.
He also wants this to be done without hurting anyone's feelings or making a big ruckus,.
My thoughts?
If you want Happiness Believe
If you want Truth Inquire.
I am not one to sit back and believe everything I am told, I looked into these matters as they are laid out in the County Constitution and By-Laws
IE I Inquired.
And I decided that this must stop and the only way that will happen is if they are brought out into the Light of Day.
Friday, 5 June 2009
Let's Pretend The Train Is Running
One of the aspects of Cosmic Synchronicity, is the same message keeps popping up.
It is as if the Universe is saying, "Not paying attention are we? Well let's see if you notice THIS."
Lately I seem to be running into the same dialog.
During a long thread on an international forum concerning some of the financial and business manipulations of our present administration a gentleman from the UK posted to me:
Your mania to dissect the done deed serves little purpose because the vast majority are now concerned with the overall crisis impact and culture solutions -- rather than the failure to perhaps cross a few " Ts" and dot a few " Is" in the past .
Myself I think trashing Contract and Lending Law, the intimidation and coercion of Creditors by the Government to be more than just failure to dot Is and cross Ts.
When I have made my views known about the situation of the Local Central Committee as regards Voting Credentials and activities of the Executive Board?
What I receive in reply, is "Let's not create a public spectacle, just let it ride, we can fix these problems in the NEXT Precinct Caucuses.
In the same manner we did NOT fix these things in the previous Caucuses?
I mean the Election Code WAS written quite some time ago.
All these messages I keep getting remind me more and more of a Soviet Era Russian joke.
Stalin, Khrushchev, and Brezhnev were riding on a train, which suddenly came to a halt.
Stalin jumped up and shouted, "I will get this train running. Shoot all the Engineers!"
The train still sat.
Krushchev jumped up and exclaimed, "I will get this train running. Give everyone a RAISE."
The train still sat.
Brezhnev just looked at the two, shook his head and said, "Draw the drapes Comrades, we can pretend the train is running.
What difference does it make?"
So every time someone tells me that the Rule of Law, Sanctity of Contracts, Constitutions, Rights of Individuals, when they become Inconvenient or in the way of the Greater Good, can be set aside and we can just act like we are doing what we should?
When I am told I am creating too much of a stir over technicalities which might hinder more important plans?
What I hear is:
"Draw the drapes Comrades, we can pretend the train is running. What difference does it make?"
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
They Are Succeeding
Cross Posted at :
Committees of Correspondence
Perhaps I have been too judgmental in my polemics.
So I got to thinking in what areas have the New Executive Board been succeeding?
Those who were at the nomination meeting may recall that one of the major platform items presented was a Precinct Initiative to, as we were informed, replicate the success of the Obama Political Machine on Precinct level here in Linn County.
To Win Elections
Well the Obama Machine did win their Election.
What have they done since?
They have been busy slighting, insulting and alienating our Allies
Here we have seen the same results with Issue organizations that one would normally think of as Allies of Conservatives,
The Tea Party movement and the NRA, we have not shined in our relationship with either.
The Obama Machine has also been busy tearing down those institutions which have served us well the during this decade and helped keep us safe.
And here in Linn County?
In the last few months, the strong system of sub-committees formed to
organize Fund Raising and Volunteer Assembly has fallen by the Wayside.
We are told that the Executive Board will follow the wishes of the Central Committee,
If they so choose.
Both the Obama Administration and the New Executive Board have plans to spend far more than the income that seems to be available.
Though here in Linn County, I have yet to hear of any viable plans to raise funds
Other than moving the meeting out of the Longbranch to placate some mysterious big donors who do not wish to be sullied by too close a proximity between the Linn County Central Committee Meeting and Demon Rum.
Oh Yes I did over look ONE of the New, Fresh Ideas
They have created a method for us to donate money via automatic drafts from our Bank Accounts for them to use for whatever purposes they so desire, With or without consulting us, or getting our approval
All this reminds me of a Song
So I guess in some Areas they HAVE succeeded in carrying through with their campaign commitments.
So we sit and wait, Wait to be informed of matters that an amazing amount of folks seem to know before we do.
It would appear there is only one function desired of the Central Committee in the present times.
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Taking Turns
We have all heard many times the justification for Affirmative Action.
It is we are informed, corrective action to redress discrimination of the Past.
Well it seems that in the Post Racial Era of the Obama administration that activity has been expanded to include Voter Intimidation.
Makes sense, the Klan did it after all, it is now someone else's turn?
From the Washington Times
Black Panthers had wielded weapons, blocked polls
By Jerry Seper (Contact) | Friday, May 29, 2009
Justice Department political appointees overruled career lawyers and ended a civil complaint accusing three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense of wielding a nightstick and intimidating voters at a Philadelphia polling place last Election Day, according to documents and interviews.
The incident - which gained national attention when it was captured on videotape and distributed on YouTube - had prompted the government to sue the men, saying they violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act by scaring would-be voters with the weapon, racial slurs and military-style uniforms.
Career lawyers pursued the case for months, including obtaining an affidavit from a prominent 1960s civil rights activist who witnessed the confrontation and described it as "the most blatant form of voter intimidation" that he had seen, even during the voting rights crisis in Mississippi a half-century ago.
Some time back I heard a radio personality from Cincinnati, Mike McConnell say something I thought very profound.
He said that when we use terms like Reverse Discrimination, it is wrong, because we are accepting something that is not true.
That there is a third state in addition to Discrimination and Not Discrimination.
That is one of the Big Lies that some think can become truth if it is repeated loud enough and often enough.
THIS Man believed differently,
On 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
Dr Martin Luther King said, I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where
they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
He did not say, "I have a dream that one day it will be OUR turn to intimidate Voters."
It would seem that some Political Appointees in our Government don't know that,
We must remind them.
Sunday, 31 May 2009
What They Don't Tell Us
Clichés are clichés because they express obvious or Universal Truths.
There are two sayings in Politics that I am certain are familiar to all of us.
One person can not make a difference,
All politics are Local.
The first we are continuously told.
The second is an Article of Faith in the Political World.
The reasons for that dichotomy should be obvious, we have power that they do not wish us to realize.
Recent events have proven to me that one person, what they think, do, say, write, can institute change,
Maybe not in the entire system, but in the way people think.
When one person says what others are thinking, people realize that they are not alone in their thoughts, and that together, they DO have a power to initiate Change.
Now it is true that we here on the Local Level can not change the entire system,
But we CAN change what happens in our neighborhood and act as examples to people elsewhere.
When enough neighborhoods take control of their destiny on the Local Level, then the entire system WILL change.
I have presented to Linn County Iowa, the idea that there are things we need to change,
There HAS been a response, People HAVE been listening or rather reading. I can tell that by my server logs.
So we must gather together to address the problems in our neighborhood,
Those of you from elsewhere are responsible for your neighborhoods and your own destiny.
We all change our own backyards for the better, everything change.
Baby steps to start, when we have our side of the street cleaned, then we can move on to the District, State and National Level.
Just remember that bit about one person not being able to make a difference?
Is a LIE.
Where Did My First Amendment Go?
They say you often don't realize how important some things are until they are GONE.
We better start paying attention, because there are some very important things , that the Powers in Office, seem to find inconvenient.
This in from the incomparable Captain Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air
White House: We’ll cut off criticism of Porkulus
I don't know about anyone else but this sounds a lot like
" abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
“First, we will expand the restriction on oral communications to cover all persons, not just federally registered lobbyists. For the first time, we will reach contacts not only by registered lobbyists but also by unregistered ones, as well as anyone else exerting influence on the process. We concluded this was necessary under the unique circumstances of the stimulus program."
Go hither and find out what the PTBs think you no longer need.
Make no mistake friends this is as much of an attack on the basic structure of our Republic as the British attack on Fort McHenry, which inspired these immortal words:
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
America IS under attack, we must as our forefathers have done down through the generations, spring to her Defense.
I will put my trust in the American People.
Every person in our Military has taken an Oath to:
support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same
25 Million Veterans have taken this Oath and their ranks are swelled by every Red Blooded American who holds the Constitution as Sacred.
and they will speak with one Voice that will resound from Shore to Shore
UP THE CONSTITUTION!
Cross Posted at Committees of Correspondence
Friday, 29 May 2009
You CAN Lie To Computers.
Speaking in passing today with a friend who has been following my Posts, I told him that I would welcome comments.
He then mentioned the registration form in the comments window.
So THAT must be the bottleneck on comments here?
I can understand why some may not wish to fill in their Name, Homepage or Email Address.
Well I have some GOOD News for those who are bothered by that requirement.
You don't have to.
You CAN lie to the Computer and the Blog Software here.
It won't KNOW it.
You can fill anything you want to on those lines.
You can even leave them BLANK
and your comment will show up as from "anonymous"
At the risk of being thought as having a Multiple Personality Disorder
I will create a demonstration,
I will coment under the pseudonyms
Demon-in-Darkness
Kumbaiyah-Bambi
Wannabe-Che
and
McLenin
and will leave the fields blank in one comment so you can see what happens with the comment software
Warning the above personas may not agree and you might be intering a Flame War Zone.
So Beware. ;-)
Fiscal Newspeak
Newspeak a creation in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. it's characteristics are
The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible.
It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak forgotten, a heretical thought
-- that is, a thought diverging from the principles of IngSoc -- should be literally unthinkable,
at least so far as thought is dependent on words.
Its vocabulary was so constructed as to give exact and often very subtle expression to every meaning that a Party member could properly wish to express,
while excluding all other meaning and also the possibility of arriving at them by indirect methods.
I encountered what might be an example of this during an online debate with one of our local elected officials recently concerning the LOST (Local Option Sales Tax) Ballot initiative.
The Gentleman was delighted and celebrating the Victory of a Tax Increase.
To which I took exception, an occurrence that should come as no surprise to anyone who has been reading the posts on this website.
Now I am sanguine about Tax increases, their major premise seems to have been that it would not have been Fiscally Responsible to NOT support the New Tax since for an estimated $13 Million in Tax Revenue raised the State would remit to the Municipality $20 Million.
Say that again? Spending 54% more than Tax Revenue is Fiscal Responsibility,
In WHAT Universe?
Oh I see, it's fiscally responsible since the extra $7 Million will come from Taxes on citizens who do not live in your Municipality?
Like ME for instance?
My thoughts on these subjects run on the order of
Americans don't save money, as a rule we spend it.
When you spend money, that increases the demand for goods and services.
An increase in demand for goods and services, helps create jobs.
I consider the above on the order of
Run Spot, Run
When you Tax money, the public does not spend it, does not increase the demand for goods and services and does not help create jobs.
But Dan you might say, the STATE and the Municipalities will spend that money and help create jobs.
True, but a portion of it will be absorbed in the Cost of Government.
That will also create jobs, jobs, for Government Employees.
So you can leave the money in the General Economy and create jobs there, or Tax it and create jobs in Government. The size of Government increases in Direct Proportion to an increase in Revenue and Budget,
I know what my choice is..
So to sum up the situation.
This Elected Official believes in
Increased Taxation
Increased Government Spending
Deficit Spending
Spreading the Wealth
An increase in the Size of Government.
For 10 Extra Credit Points, the Conservative Principles enshrined in the above ARE??
Did I mention the person is a REPUBLICAN?
Sigh, maybe it's not their fault. Maybe they just don't know any better.
We must EDUCATE them!
As a start in a Remedial Course in Political Philosophy, I think I will recommend.
I welcome input and comments and you do NOT have to fill out
the registration informaiton in the Comments Box, you will show
up as anonymous .
Thursday, 28 May 2009
I Will Not Be Silent
Word has reached me that some of the events taking place here in Linn County are seen as an embarrassment by some of our GOP Party Leaders in Des Moines.
One of whom called a gentleman here to discuss moderating the tone in order to enhance Party Unity.
One problem, is the Gentleman with whom he was speaking, does not happen to be in charge of any of these events,
Certainly not in charge of what I write,
Now he and another person from the previous Executive Board Circle DO receive from me emails with copies of my posts, but then so do the Present Chair and Co-Chair of the new Executive Board,
This happens AFTER I post my missives.
As I have severe philosophical differences with some of the events that have taken place recently, I will continue to speak out.
To the question, "What does this have to do with electing Republicans?"
My reply is, "How can we as a Party oppose Election Corruption and Violations of the Rule of Law, if we do not keep our own House clean?"
While I was musing on these matters I stumbled onto this song and despite it being from a Hillary PUMA supporter, I find it appropriate.
PUMA for those not in the know stands for
Party Unity My A#%
Now some of the verbiage is WAY past what I would claim, but it is IMO fitting at this cusp
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