I Wanna Be Like Jon Post

Jon started a "thing" on his blog called Way Back Wednesday some time ago and it is a time in which he placed old photos on his blog. Since then, there are others who have followed suit, but used other days. I didn't want to use someone else's day, so my wife suggested I call it "I wanna be like Jon posts". This picture is of my sister and I many moons ago. We were dressing up for school that day. By the way, have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Random Pictures From Recent Past

Tyler lounging.

Sunday afternoon.

Hanging out.

Kayla

Justin's birthday party.

Justin wanted Regan to come for his party.

Laura made his cake.

For the first time I saw the end of the rainbow.
Unfortunately there was no pot of gold. Reports
have it that the Obama camp had already
gotten it and was spreading it among the
less fortunate in the area.

We voted.

Church Hayride 2008

We always have a great time during our annual hayride. Neal and Carrie Zimmerman do a great job of hosting the event. We always see some deer and other wildlife throughout. The food is always delicious. It seems to be tradition to have BBQ'd chicken that has been cooked over an open flame all day. It is top-notch stuff. All said, a good time was had by all.

A Must Watch...Over 11 Viewed Already!

I do not know how to post the actual video clip to my blog, so here is the link. Click on it, you will be glad you did! It is powerful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8 .

Weird

Tonight after Justin got out of the bath he said, "I didn't have to dry off much because I wasn't in very long and the water wasn't that deep". Wow. What a concept.

Sore Losers?

A "dear friend" Matt Drudge has once again been faithful to share some true bits news. If you click on this link, www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQXcImQfubM, you will see an interview with Joe Biden. He was asked some straight forward questions. Due to the fact that the Democrats did not like the straight questions, they have cancelled a interview that was scheduled with Mrs. Biden. The station was also told that any future interviews were unlikely. (see the response here, blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2008/10/obama-campaign.html.) Come on now, I have always been told, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." Maybe it should be stated, " If you can't stand the heat, get out of the race."

Yesterday

This is a picture I found of days long ago. It is of me, my sister Laura, Alicia Plank and her brother Jonathan. I don't remember where it was but I am assuming it was in West Virginia where we would see them from time to time.

Outer Banks, North Carolina

First things first.

Megan after being stung by jelly fish.

"The Hammock"

The ocean was a ghost town...thankfully1

The Corolla Lighthouse

Jellyfish we caught.

A stranded dolphin. The rescue squad had
to put it to sleep.

"Mr. Crabbs

We had a great first experience at Outer Banks. The weather was beautiful. The oceanfront was empty and the house was huge. We spent all week doing nothing. This was a true vacation. We didn't have a list of places to see, we just was flat out lazy. We played alot of games such as King's Court, Rook, Phase 10, and Skipbo. We grilled out, ate sea food and drank an abundance of Pepsi. Looking forward to next years trip already.

Vacation 2008

Starting tomorrow morning our family vacation officially begins. We are going to this cozy shack in Outer Banks, NC for a week. It has 8 bedrooms, 4 of which are king master bedrooms. 6 1/2 bathrooms, 2 kitchens a private pool, etc. We are 600 feet from the ocean and the crow's nest is supplied with one of the two hot tubs. Please pray for us that we will be able to enjoy such lousy accommodations. I am not as high-tech as my fellow bloggers (aka edgewise.com and the winding tale) so I will not post pics from the road. But then again, you are used to me going weeks without posting. See you next week.

New Bail Out Plan

I recently ran across this formula and kinda liked it...enjoy!

Hi everyone, check this formula out,

Im against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.

Instead, Im in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in

a We Deserve It Dividend .

To make the math simple, lets assume there are 200,000,000

bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.

Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman

and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00.

My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a

We Deserve It Dividend .

Of course, it would NOT be tax free.

So lets assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.

That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.

A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?

Pay off your mortgage housing crisis solved.

Repay college loans what a great boost to new grads

Put away money for college itll be there

Save in a bank create money to loan to entrepreneurs.

Buy a new car create jobs

Invest in the market capital drives growth

Pay for your parents medical insurance health care improves

Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean or else

Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18 + including the folks

who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company

that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.

If were going to re-distribute wealth lets really do it...instead of trickling out

a puny $1000.00 ( vote buy ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.

If were going to do an $85 billion bailout, lets bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!

As for AIG liquidate it.

Sell off its parts.

Let American General go back to being American General.

Sell off the real estate.

Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

Heres my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesnt.

Sure its a crazy idea that can never work.

But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party !

How do you spell Economic Boom?

I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion

We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC .

And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned

instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

Ahhh...I feel so much better getting that off my chest.

Exciting!

Yesterday as I was leaving our house to go to the church, I passed several police cars on our road about 1/2 a mile from our house. I saw the helicopter flying low and slow and thought maybe someone escaped form the Federal Prison or Detox facility, both of which are right near us. Here is what the paper had to say about it today.

http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_270073935.html

Only From Wild and Wonderful West Virginia

www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_269112314.html

Confused?

I am not sure what is happening. Either the Democrats have a highly intelligent plan (which is highly doubtful) or they are really wanting the Republican Party to keep the White House. Sen. Biden and VP hopeful has recently been recorded saying that Hillary Clinton was capable of leading the country and probably was a better choice for VP than he was. Then he recently disagreed openly with Sen Obama on the AIG bailout. Then he scolded his party and an Obama endorsed ad that attacked McCain about his inability to use e-mail as inappropriate. There seems to be some serious problems on the Democratic side. Word has it that Biden will drop out of the running on or near Oct. 5 citing health reason and Hillary will take his place. In a recent talk, Bill Clinton said he now understood why so many like Sarah Palin..."people can relate to her", he said. They feel she is real and one of them. All of this suggests that the Democratic Party is seriously fearing defeat come Nov. 2. Oh well, thanks Biden, Clinton and Obama for the good campaign help

Tyler's Dedication

We recently had Tyler dedicated. It was a honor to have our good friend James Plank do the dedication. He has now dedicated all of our children to the Lord. raising kids is quite a chore and each I am reminded how much of God's guidance we need. It truly is our prayer that our kids grow up serving Jesus and finding themselves in Kingdom work.

Anniversary Sunday

Danny Hubble

Doris Hoffman

Sheri Vinson with Tyler

Janet White's delicious cheesecake.

On September 14, our church celebrated our 60th Anniversary. It was also our 2o year celebration for our Bus & Outreach Ministry. Rev. Barry Arnold from the Lebanon God's Missionary Church was our guest speaker. We took time to honor some special people. Rev.
James Plank, the one who started the bus ministry. Ed Schultz, aka. Uncle Ed, who for years shouldered the ministry and now Marvin Beachel. Marvin does an outstanding job and is seeing more consistent and higher numbers due to his burden for the ministry. Then there is Kieth Forney, Peter Brinkmann, Willard Vinson and many others who do many different thigs to help make things go smoothly. Thanks Ladies and Gents for all your work. We are anticipating greater things this coming year.

Old Friends

(L - R) Pam, Janet, Ba (Shirley), Vonnie

James Holden, a die-hard Michigan fan.

Greg Key

The kids had a great time.

Picking up where we left off.

While we were away for my grandpa's funeral, we spent Sunday in Galax, Virginia, home of our first pastorate. Galax is only a short distance from Beckley, WV, so we took advantage of the opportunity to see everyone again. The Galax Haven of Rest Bible Church is filled with some great people and it was nice to spend the day with them. Pastor Ledford was gracious to us as we worshiped with them. Their Associate Pastor, Chad Winter, did a great job in preaching, challenging us to not lose the annointing. We had lunch with The Keys. Shirley, Sheila, Greg & Pam, Sabrina & James and all the kids, thanks for the lunch and accomodations. It was nice to see you all again!