I had a drug problem when I was a young person and teenager.
I was drug to church on Sunday mornings.

I was drug to church on Sunday nights.
I was drug to church on Wednesday nights.
I was drug to Sunday School every week.

I was drug to Vacation Bible School.
I was drug to the family alter to read the Bible and pray.
I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents.
Those drugs are still in my veins, and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say and think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack or heroin.
If our children had this drug problem, America ( the world ) would certainly be a better place.

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LET US NEVER OFFEND ANYONE ?

To ensure we Americans never offend anyone ( particularly fanatics intent
on killing us, ) airport screeners will not be allowed to profile people.
They will continue random searches of old women, little kids, airline
pilots with proper identification, Secret Service agents who are members
of the President's security detail, 80-year old Congressmen with metal
hips, and Medal Of Honor winning former Governors. Let's pause a moment
and take the following test :

In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred
by :
( a ) Olga Korbut.
( b ) Sitting Bull.
( c ) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
( d ) Muslim male extremists mostly between
the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by :
( a ) Lost Norwegians.
( b ) Elvis.
( c ) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women.
( d ) Muslim male extremists mostly between
the ages of 17 and 40.

During the 1980's, a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by :
( a ) John Dillinger.
( b ) The King of Sweden.
( c ) The Boy Scouts.
( d ) Muslim male extremists mostly between
the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by :
( a ) A pizza delivery boy.
( b ) Pee Wee Herman.
( c ) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow
news day.
( d ) Muslim male extremists mostly between
the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1985, the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70-year-old
American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard by :
( a ) The Smurfs.
( b ) Davy Jones.
( d ) Muslim male extremists mostly between
the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1985, TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens and a U.S. Navy diver was
murdered by :
( a ) Captain Kidd.
( b ) Charles Lindberg.
( c ) Mother Teresa.
( d ) Muslim male extremists mostly between
the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by :
( a ) Scooby Doo.
( b ) The Tooth Fairy.
( c ) Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid..
( d ) Muslim male extremists mostly between
the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by :
( a ) Richard Simmons.
( b ) Grandma Moses.
( c ) Michael Jordan.
( d ) Muslim male extremists mostly between
the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by :
( a ) Mr. Rogers.
( b ) Hillary, to distract attention from
Wild Bill's women problems.
( c ) The World Wrestling Federation to
promote " Mustafa the
Merciless. "
( d ) Muslim male extremists mostly between
the ages of 17 and 40.

On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed and thousands of
people were killed by :
( a ) Bugs Bunny, Wile E. Coyote, Daffy
Duck, and Elmer Fudd.
( b ) The Supreme Court of Florida.
( c ) Mr. Bean.
( d ) Muslim male extremists mostly between
the ages of 17 and 40.

In 2002, the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against :
( a ) Enron.
( b ) The Lutheran Church.
( c ) The NFL.
( d ) Muslim male extremists mostly between
the ages of 17 and 40.

In 2002, reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by :
( a ) Bonnie and Clyde.
( b ) Captain Kangaroo.
( c ) Billy Graham.
( d ) Muslim male extremists mostly between
the ages of 17 and 40.
Hmmm . . . no patterns anywhere to justify profiling !

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P.U.S.H.

A man was sleeping one night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light, and God appeared.
The Lord told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might.

So, this the man did, day after day. For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down, his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all of his might. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain.

Since the man was showing discouragement, the Adversary ( Satan ) decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the weary mind :

" You have been pushing against that rock for a long time, and it hasn't moved. " Thus, he gave the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure. These thoughts discouraged and disheartened the man.
Satan said, " Why kill yourself over this ?  Just put in your time, giving just the minimum effort; and that will be good enough."
That's what the weary man planned to do, but decided to make it a matter of prayer and to take his troubled thoughts to the Lord.  " Lord, " he said, " I have labored long and hard in your service, putting all my strength to do that which you have asked.  Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter.  What is wrong ?  Why am I failing ?
The Lord responded compassionately, " My friend, when I asked you to serve Me and you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all of your strength, which you have done.  Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it.  Your task was to push.
And now you come to Me with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed.  But, is that really so ?
Look at yourself.  Your arms are strong and muscled, your back sinewy and brown; your hands are callused from constant pressure, your legs have become massive and hard.  Through opposition you have grown much, and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have.  True, you haven't moved the rock.
But your calling was to be obedient and to push and to exercise your faith and trust in My wisdom.  That you have done.  Now I, my friend, will move the rock. "
At times, when we hear a word from God, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what He wants, when actually what God wants is just a simple obedience and faith in Him.  By all means, exercise the faith that moves mountains, but know that it is still God who moves mountains.

When everything seems to go wrong.....
 just P.  U.  S.
H.!
& When the job gets you down.....  just P.  U.  S.  H.!

When people don't react the way you think they should.....
 just P.  U.  S.  H.!

When your money is " gone " and the bills are due...
just P.  U.  S.  H.!

When people just don't understand you...  
just P.  U.  S. H.!

P= Pray
U= Until
S= Something
H= Happens

If you find you cannot control yourself from sharing this message, just P.  U.  S.  H.!

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MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW COUNTRY MEN ! HOW WILL WE EVER FORGET ?
MEMORY'S ARE MADE OF THIS   QUESTION :
IS THIS THE BILL THAT WILL STOP TERRORISM ?

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A BLONDE FOOTBALL FAN !  

A guy took his blonde girlfriend to a football game for the first time.
After the game he asked his girlfriend how she liked the game.

" Oh, I really liked it, " she said, " but I just couldn't understand why
they were killing each other for 25 cents. "

" What on earth do you mean ??? "

" Well, I saw them flip a coin and one team got it and then for the rest
of the game all they kept screaming was :

Get the quarter back!  Get the quarter back !

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A MERIT BADGE FOR THE BLOND !  

A Blond lady in a real panic state, called the fire department.
Come Quick, Hurry, Hurry, My house is on fire !
The dispatcher at the fire department said : " Lady, Lady, Please just calm down a little bit, so I can understand you. "
Tell me Lady, " How do we get to your house ? "
Why ! In that big red truck y'all have down there !

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PLEASE !   PLEASE !   JUST ONE MORE, FOR ALL THE
HUSBANDS WHO HAVE BLOND WIVES

At 3:00 A.M. in the morning when both husband and his blond wife were sleeping sound in bed,
the phone rings and since it was on the wife's side of the bed, she picked it up and answered it.
The husband heard her say, " Why, I don't know, that is over two hundred miles away from here ! "
After she hung up the phone the husband asked her, " Who was that who called and what did they want ? "
She replied: " Why it was some idiot woman, who wanted to know : " IF THE COAST WAS CLEAR ? "

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