THE ULTIMATE R.O.A.M. T.E.A.M. MISSION 2008

To realize the Ultimate Sacrifice that Respecting Others Awareness Month brings to today's Mission of Success, you must take a Special Example of a Person who knows what service to OTHERS really meant. Yes, today there are examples in the world that some of His followers continue to carry on through their daily living HIS WAY, HIS TRUTH, AND HIS LIFE. Being Doubles for another person means to observe, to listen, to read, to understand, to be selfless, to be humble, to be patient, and to observe all that He commands you to do through the script that you are to follow as He already has followed.

In a very special Good News reading today, we find the following inspirations:

"Is there any such thing as Christians cheering each OTHER UP? Do you love me enough to want to help me? Does it mean anything to you that we are brothers and sisters in the Lord, sharing the same Spirit? Are your hearts tender and sympathetic at all? Then make me truly happy by loving each other and agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, working together with ONE HEART and MIND and PURPOSE."

"Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don't just think about your own affairs, and be interested in others too, and in what they are doing."

"Your attitude should be the kind that was shown us by JESUS CHRIST, who though He was God, did not demand and cling to His rights as God, but laid aside His mighty power and glory, taking the disguise of a slave and becoming like men. AND HE HUMBLED HIMSELF even further, going so far as actually to die a criminal's death on A CROSS."

"Yet, it was because of this that God raised Him up to the heights of HEAVEN and gave Him a name which is above every other name, that at the name of JESUS every knee shall bow in HEAVEN and on EARTH and under the earth, and every tongue shall confess that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER."

In today's mixed up world and mixed up economies, there is solace in knowing that there is a God who really cares about His creation and His Awesome unconditional Love for His children no matter what poor choices these children may have made with their free will...a gift from God for all eternity. If today's politicians, statesmen, ambassadors, diplomats, and public servants would take a lesson from the Holy past, there may be plausible solutions to the crisis that plagues the greedy, the selfish, the death peddlers, the terrorist extremists, the ignorant intelligent liberal elitists, and the many other negative actions created by the poor decisions made by His creation.

As we continue the encouraging words that God has inspired His spiritual writers: "Fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely, and dwell on the fine, good things in others. Think about all you can praise God for and be glad about. Keep putting into practice all you have learned from ME and saw me doing, and the GOD OF PEACE WILL BE WITH YOU...NOW AND FOREVER." (Philippians 2, 4)

40 DAYS FOR LIFE STARTS TODAY*****CHOOSE LIFE

For all God-loving individuals, today is the first day of the rest of your Pro-Life focus. Today emphasizes the need to pray and to fast on behalf of the more than 4,000 unborn babies who are killed everyday in the United States of America because a law protects the DEATH PEDDLERS CHOICE to kill unborn babies through elective abortion. With all of the concern on the economical challenges in our Country today, we often overlook the basic Factor of Production in any economy....LABOR...HUMAN RESOURCES...HUMAN LIFE PROTECTION...

In assessing the solutions to resolve the economic crisis in our Country, no mention is made of the basic rights to LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS FOR EVERY AMERICAN....BORN AND UNBORN as spelled out in our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, and our Bill of Rights. For too many years, the apathy of the general public and of elected and un-elected public officials has been to ignore the Sanctity of Human Life in preference to selfish and accommodating social values at the expense of genuine life principles.

Unless the attitude of change occurs within each American to respect human life at all stages of development, there will be more consequences down the road for those who perpetuate the myths, the misinformation, and the selfish and negative attitudes regarding life choices. DEATH PEDDLERS PROMOTE NEGATIVE CHOICES IN A CIVILIZED SOCIETY...if you call this attitude civilized. HUMAN LIFE IS A CONTINUUM FROM CONCEPTION TO NATURAL DEATH. THE TIME HAS COME TO CHOOSE LIFE AND TO RESPECT HUMAN LIFE at all stages of development and dependency and residency. THIS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY.

When you examine the 2008 Political Parties Platform, you will find a definite value statement regarding human life principles. One is Pro-Choice (Death Peddlers) and the other in Pro-Life. Remember to vote your conscience on Election Day, and hopefully, you will make a sound decision for PRO-LIFE candidates who repect human life and will promote legislation that will once again protect human life at all stages of development. This is Constitutional and in the Spirit of what our original Declaration of Independence was intended.
From September 24 until November 2, remember to PRAY AND to FAST to end the negative attitude of killing unborn babies at the rate of ONE IN EVERY 30 SECONDS EVERY DAY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...CHOOSE LIFE!

POSITIVE ACHIEVEMENT IS MEASURED BY POSITIVE ATTITUDES

In today's advertisements for a presidential candidate, NEGATISM was used to bring about a response to savagery that may or may not exist in one of our States in the United States of America. The advertisement pictures an animal being stalked by a helocopter as the animal is running through the landscape. A rifle is used to bring down the animal, and the people on the ground are shown recovering the animal and then butchering the animal for many purposes. Although this advertisement may or may not be based on actual photographic exploits, the point is made that animals are more valuable than human beings who are slaugtered every day in the United States of America because unborn babies are considered as a "product of pregnancy." In addition, these actions are protected by a High Court of the Land, the Supreme Court. With no legal protection available because a "woman's right to her reproductive actions" makes her "embryo or fetus" a matter of a woman's choice. In each case the woman chooses "DEATH" for her independent life unless the unborn baby escapes through birth. With this negative attitude that is protected by the full extent of the law, an American citizen with potential is stuffed out of existence.

When will we as American citizens start to value human life as a gift from God? When will we as American citizens start to realize that many of the problems that we are experiencing in social circles comes from negativism and the "THROW AWAY MENTALITY" of uninformed and selfish individuals? When will we as American citizens start to put more emphasis on the value of human life from conception to natural death rather than the obsession with animals as a replacement for humans? When will we as Americans remember the love that our parents gave us in providing an opportunity for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in a land that used to be called " the LAND OF OPPORTUNITY?"

The answers will be when we as Americans start to get down on our knees and thank God for all that He has blessed our wonderful country and the diversity of many interdependence cultures with the "UNIQUENESS OF EACH HUMAN BEING." In addition, the answer will become more apparent when we value the opinions, the comments, the suggestions, and the inputs of ALL AMERICANS rather than just the exclusive, radical, extremist elitists who want to take over our beloved country in the name of CHANGE. In this election year, let us as Americans be more vigilant in preserving the values and the fundamental principles that have made our Country the envy of dictatorial governments. Remember to take your responsibility to VOTE as a God-given right rather than just a civil right. VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE. VOTE YOUR GOD-GIVEN VALUES.
REMEMBER TO BLESS GOD WHO HAS ALREADY BLESSED AMERICA!

PRIVATE OWNERSHIP IS A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT

As we read the headlines from the front page and the explanations given in the Business Section of our daily newspapers, we start to wonder why the public sector of our United States of America continues to take away more and more opportunties to acquire private ownership. We are slowly allowing the liberal elitists from prestigious institutions of higher learning dictate the economic philosophy that they learned from these exclusive schools. Free enterprise for these elitists is contrary to the economic philosophy that they learned in their economic classes. Now we have many of these individuals in the public section taking away personal freedoms that once was protected by the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.

Their actions in the political arena are camoflaged with Washington spin and elitist jargon to deceive the common person. No wonder these elected officials have the lowest rate of confidence by the American public. They have no room for compromise and non-partisan actions. Truly what they are saying is: IT IS EITHER MY WAY OR NO WAY! However, the American people are wiser that these elected officials give their constituencies credit. IS IT TIME DURING THIS ELECTION YEAR TO CLEAN HOUSE...THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES? and THE SENATE? Why do we have so many persons seeking public office whose credentials are LEGALLY CAREER BASED AND BIASED? Are the American people missing an opportunity to have TRUE REPRESENTATIVES voted in to office for a change? A legal staff can be utilized if necessary to resolve legal problems. In addition, many of these public politicians are STUCK IN THEIR WAYS...TOO MUCH POWER, TOO MUCH IGNORING THEIR CONSTITUENCY when push comes to shove. Why have voters continued to vote these elitists and extremists back into office every time?

With both Democratic and Republican 2008 Approved Platforms available on the internet, why have the public officials running for office again ignoring the philosophical and ideological differences in the campaigns. MUD SLINGING MAY BECOME A NEW AMERICAN PAST TIME! Also, why are so many unelected public officials given the green light by Congress to take away more and more private ownership and making these acquisitions PUBLIC DOMAIN? Are the taxpayers going to pay for these public programs again and again and again? THESE PUBLIC OFFICIALS LOVE TO GET BLOOD OUT OF A TURNIP? Now is the time for all good men and women to come to....WAKE UP AMERICA! You are losing your dream home, your hard earned income, your careers, your future, etc. to the public elected and non-elected officials who really do not care about your interests. These presidential campaigns are a disgrace to the intelligence of the American Public...Money comes and goes...easy come, easy go....Spend, Spend, Spend without any positive results in the long run. Imagine what that money collected could have been used for the typical person in our American cities and towns and country places. Imagine what could have been done with those $9 million dollars collected in one night by the entertainment showplace for the underemployed, the unemployed, the homeless, the disenfranchised, the really poor and ignored. Greed feeds on Greed! Negativism begets Negativism!

Yes, America, the time has come for us to take back our America and have the pride that we once held for patriotism, honor, respect, and love of country. IN GOD WE TRUST WHO GIVES US ALL OF OUR BLESSINGS...AMERICA BLESS GOD!

PROTECT OUR CHILDREN ACT.....SENATE BILL 1738

As part of our responsibility as American citizens and voters, we are to alert our representatives in Congress to listen to their constituency. If you take this responsibility serious, you will act on this information NOW.

On the Oprah Show today, a plea was made to write, call, email, and encourage our American Senators to vote for Senate Bill 1738, which is designed to PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM PORNOGRAPHIC PREDATORS. In addition, the bill provides positive action to law enforcement with the tools to protect our innocent children from negative internet pornographic pictures and their predators. The challenge is overwhelming for all law enforcement agencies who are trying to protect the innocent from the vicious, heinous literature that is meant to destroy rather than build the most vunerable in our Country.

If you go to www.oprah.com, you will find the necessary links to send your State's Senators in Washington, D.C., a message to vote for Senate Bill 1738 before they recess on September 26, 2008. Although this is a political football for many who want to protect the first amendment of the United States, the bipartisan action by Democrats, Independents, and Republicans will STAND UP FOR CHILDREN when they need the CARE AND CONCERN THE MOST. SEND YOUR EMAIL TODAY! THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN CHILD.

R.O.A.M. T.E.A.M. -- HURRICANE IKE CHALLENGES

For all of those who were spared the devastation of Hurricane Ike, you are encouraged to provide your time, talents, and treasures to assist your American citizens in the Texas areas affected. In addition, Tropical Storm Ike has caused damages and challenges for the Midwest of our wonderful country. Already, there have been examples of many individuals helping their neighbors and strangers in dire need in the effected areas. Commendations to the United States Coast Guard, the National Guard, the Salvation Army, the American Red Cross, and any governmental agencies that were compelled and prepared to assist their fellow Americans. Also, kudos are warranted for local recovery efforts by volunteers.

Yes, there are many opportunities to volunteer for the less fortunate. There are also many opportunities for those who are physically unable to assist others to PRAY for their recovery efforts and their return to safe conditions. Many volunteers will assist in rebuilding where possible as occurred with Hurricane Katrina and is still going on for years to come. Thank God for the sparing of life and limp for what could have been more devastating if conditions were different.

Reaching out to Others and being aware of their immediate needs through agencies equipped to reach the homeless, the displaced, and the affected Hurricane Ike victims is your best way to assist the efforts from a distance. When the opportunities do occur for actual volunteer assistance, you are encouraged to offer your time, talents, and treasures to rebuild a part of America that has been extremely affected. AMERICA BLESS GOD....GOD HAS ALREADY BLESSED AMERICA. Your brothers and sisters are waiting for your "YES."

SEARCH FOR ACHIEVEMENT--2008 PARTY PLATFORMS

You may want to search through the internet for the 2008 Democratic and Republican Platforms for the upcoming election on November 4, 2008. In my research, both Parties have posted their approved Convention Platforms that will assist voters to make a sound, conscientious decision based on the distinctions of philosophies of the two political parties. With all of the misconceptions, myths, accusations, negative ad campaigns, biased information, and untruths, the voter will be given an opportunity to make up their own minds by what was adopted as a Preamble and a Vision of what to expect for the upcoming four years.

With all of the opinions, falsehoods, and jargon that is meant to confuse the typical registered voter, the choices are realistic and forthcoming for all who are able to read and to understand what each plank of the platform entails for the American voter. Making an informed decision is more important that working on a whim or an inkling of what might be rather than on what should be for the future of our great Nation.

Critical thinking entails sifting threw the assumptions, the predictions, the stereotypes, the inferences, and the biases that cloud a person's reasoning. Using the C.O.P.E. method of resolving the issues that are upper most in the typical American voter, discover what are the CHALLENGES, the OPTIONS, the PLAN, and the EVALUATION of activities will assist the undecided and the independent voter who wants more concrete evidence. Political spin and the same old election, rhetoric jargon are meant to confuse and to keep the cloud over the voter as a means of fooling people into making rash decisions. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. WE ARE NOT FOOLS! WE ARE AMERICANS FIRST AND PROUD OF THAT NAME.

Whatever means of research that you can find to assist you in your ultimate decision about political candidates for president, vice-president, congress, or the senate, you will be better off ignoring the negativism that will be overwhelming and expensive in the long run from the political arsenal of SMEAR, DISCREDIT, AND DESTROY. Let us ask to hear about the essential issues in this election year, and to have explained the 2008 Platform Planks in its totality. We are all learners with different learning styles asking to be respected and to be honored for completing our civic duty of actively voting in each election process. VOTERS DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE...LET THIS BE A BANNER YEAR OF 80 PERCENT OR MORE VOTING IN THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE CANDIDATES OF YOUR CHOICE AND YOUR CONVICTIONS.