“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,” he told CNBC. “You just
pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more
than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible
for re-election.

The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds)
took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple!
The people demanded it. That was in 1971 – before computers, e-mail,
cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year
or less to become the law of the land – all because of public pressure.

Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to
a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask
each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will
have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed
around.

Congressional Reform Act of 2012

1. No Tenure / No Pension.

   A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no
   pay when they’re out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social
   Security.

   All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the
   Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into
   the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the
   American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all
   Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.
   Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and
   participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the
   American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void
   effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this
   contract with Congressmen/women.

   Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in
   Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
   envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their
   term(s), then go home and back to work.

If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will
only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive
the message. Don’t you think it’s time?

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!
(This post isn’t copyrighted. Let it rip on blogs, social networks, and web sites.)

‘Let me get this straight . . ..
We’re going to be “gifted” with a health care
plan we are forced to purchase and
fined if we don’t,
Which purportedly covers at least
ten million more people,
without adding a single new doctor,
but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents,
written by a committee whose chairman
says he doesn’t understand it,
passed by a Congress that didn’t read it (but
exempted themselves from it),
and signed by a Dumbo President who smokes,
with funding administered by a treasury chief who
didn’t pay his taxes,
for which we’ll be taxed for four years before any
benefits take effect,
by a congress which has
already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare,
all to be overseen by an obese surgeon general
and financed by a country that’s broke!!

What the hell could possibly go wrong?’

(Time: ~60 minutes)

Paul Tournier was considered by many to be the greatest doctor of the last century, and was based in Geneva, Switzerland. Many other doctors sent patients to him that they could not heal, and they were healed in Tournier’s ministry. What was he doing?

The Speech (audio only)

The Speech (video)
(There is slight delay on starting. If you have problems, see here.)

Handout: Paul Tournier Handout

Carl is out of stock on his Pursuit of Healing book, but the book can be ordered from Amazon.com. In fact, Amazon sells a Kindle edition of it for $3.99:
Order from Amazon.

Recorded at Rolling Hills Community Church April 8, 2012 as part of their S.A.M. (Single Adult Ministry) program. The ministry meets each Sunday at the church (3550 SW Borland Rd., Tualatin, OR 97062) starting at 10:45 A.M.. It is open to all single adults, 40 and up. Thanks for this speaking opportunity to Dave Myers & Toni Anderson; and thanks to Walter Gaedes, the church, and to Blake McMahon for making the recording possible. For more information on the ministry contact Dave Myers, 503-539-7516.

“The person always eludes our grasp; it is never static. It refuses to be confined within concepts, formula, and definitions. It is not a thing to be encompassed, but a point of attraction, a guiding force, a direction, and attitude, which demands from us a corresponding attitude, which moves us to action and commits us. The world of things does not commit us. It is neutral, and leaves us neutral. We are cold, objective, impersonal observers, watching the operations of blind … mechanisms.”

“The personage is the visible expression of our person – our words, our voice, gestures, our non-verbal actions.”

“We strive continuity, the preserve our imaginary self, the personage.”

“We are slaves of the personage which we have invented for ourselves or which has been imposed on us by others.”

“It is the calling that creates the person.

You cannot know yourself except through others. There is a double dialog. The inward and invisible of the person with God. The second, is apparent and visible with words and gestures. , and encounter of personages. We cannot know one without the other. A doctor, psychologist, or even a pastor would have you believe the process is deterministic, logical, and objective. It isn’t.

“As the patient begins to discover the person (the dream), there is a new freedom in his or her behavior. At the same time, they discover resistance. They are disturbing the order about them.”

A lady came to Tournier suffering from stomach trouble. She told Tournier she had consulted a dozen doctors, specialists, and even a hospital. They seemed not able to help her.

Tournier began with a question,

“How old are you?”

“Thirty-six,” she replied.

“But you look at least ten years younger!”

“Yes, everyone says I look very young.”

“I wonder why that is? There must be some reason.”

As this continued, what did Tournier do? Why had the healing process started as she left his office? Why was she completely healed in a very short time?

Come hear what Tournier did when Carl Townsend will be sharing those insights from Tournier on Easter morning (April 8th) at Rolling Hills Community Church. Address is 3550 SW Borland Rd., Tualatin, OR 97062. For more information contact Dave Myers at 503-539-7516.

Carl Townsend will be sharing those insights from Tournier on Easter morning (April 8th) at Rolling Hills Community Church. Address is 3550 SW Borland Rd., Tualatin, OR 97062. For more information contact Dave Myers at 503-539-7516. The class room is the SAMS class (40+ single adults), but everyone is invited. Class starts at 10:45 A.M.. Enter the rear door of the church at the big circle. Go right immediately, through an open door, and up a glassed-in staircase. The room you want is the second one after exiting the staircase. (If you get lost ask for the SAMS class.) Hope to see you there!

  The increase in the price of gas this summer is primarily controlled from the speculation by the Wall Street power forces (i.e. Mr. Golden Sacks) and the congressmen controlled from K street (i.e., Blarney Franks). Again, Obama and Congress has failed to control this speculation and bails them out if the speculation goes wrong. It's time Main Street took control of Washington, not Wall Street. Time to vote Obama and Congress out, sending them home.
http://www.reagancoalition.com/articles/2012/20120224005-gas-price-heat-map.html
See also: http://www.moneytalksnews.com/2011/03/31/wall-street-wagers-pump-gas-prices/

This posting is NOT copyrighted. Spread the word, and then act to take out the corruption in Washington. It will take patience, courage, and more than one election.