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Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important. Since there were no telephones, TV's or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars. They were told to "go sip some ale" and listen to people's conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at different times. "You go sip here" and "You go sip there." The two words "go sip" were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus we have the term "gossip."




"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless Acts they perform for us in our time of need. I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen."




WHY DID MY SON HAVE TO DIE, …..




A mother asked President Bush,

"Why did my son have to die in Iraq?"



Another mother asked President Kennedy,

"Why did my son have to die in Viet Nam?"



Another mother asked President Truman,

"Why did my son have to die in Korea?



Another mother asked President F.D. Roosevelt,

"Why did my son have to die at Iwo Jima?"



Another mother asked President W. Wilson,

"Why did my son have to die on the battlefield of France?"



Yet another mother asked President Lincoln,

"Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg?"



And yet another mother asked President G. Washington,

"Why did my son have to die near Valley Forge?"



Then long, long ago, a mother asked…

"Heavenly Father, why did my Son have to die

On a cross outside of Jerusalem?"



The answers to all these are similar --

"So that others may have life and dwell in peace,

Happiness and freedom."



IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS,
PLEASE, FEEL FREE..

TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !!!




> "Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness
and to
> seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to
those
> who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We
have lost our
spiritual
> equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor
and called it
> the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We
have killed
> our unborn and called it choice.
>
> We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have
neglected to
> discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We
have abused
power
> and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions
and called
> it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and
pornography and
> called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the
time-honored values of
> our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God,
and know our
> hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free Amen!"
>
> Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program,
"The Rest of
> the Story," and received a larger response to this program than
any other he
> has ever aired. With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over
our nation and
> wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called
"one nation
> under God."







If all is not lost, where is it?











George Washington's prayer for America

' Almighty God; We make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline the hearts

Of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; and entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow citizens of the United States at large. And finally that Thou wilt most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind which were the characteristics

Of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and without a humble imitation of whose example in these things we can never hope to be a happy nation. Grant our supplication, we beseech Thee, through

Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.'