I just heard the founder of Life Remodeled, Chris Lambert, interviewed on Detroit AM radio station, WJR.  He’s a man who was born in California, was raised in Indiana and, in his words, was called to Detroit.
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His organization has been working in the Southeast Michigan area for several years now, concentrating on improving the life of one family, and one neighborhood, at a time.  The family gets a new home, financial counseling, family counseling, and religious counseling if the family desires it.  The neighborhood gets a facelift.  Since 2011 they have built five brand new houses (each in 6 days) in Farmington Hills, Hazel Park, Pontiac, Redford, and Westland, Michigan.  These are all in the Metro Detroit area.
The 2013 Build in is Detroit.  Their goal, to accomplish in just 6 days:
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In one corner you have Chris Christie, Peter King, Mitch McConnell, Lyndsey Graham and John McCain Inc. With the branding and advertising campaign of Karl Rove. The establishment class, or as I prefer to call them “The Decepticons”.
In the other corner you have Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson Inc. With the branding and advertising campaign of the Tea Party and Bill Whittle types. Fundamental conservative patriots without fear and shame to restrain them.

Desperately running back and forth you have the “Tweeners” John Boehner, Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio et al. Decepticons and Patriots depending on the events of the day. (more…)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Sheeple is an oft used word when people describe the manipulations exhibited the current Executive Branch and POTUS administration. The Marxist occupy crowds come readily to mind. The current astroturf around the George Zimmerman case is, well, astounding. President Obama has delivered his own ideologically driven race-based fuel to stoke the fires – and a vast contingency joins.

We have meticulously outlined how the Eric Holder Department of Justice was used last year to subvert the traditional law enforcement mechanisms in Sanford Florida. Specifically how the Civil Rights Division, led by recently confirmed for Labor Secretary, Tom Perez, used the Community Relations Service, to assist the civil rights law firm of Benjamin Crump and Daryl Parks.
The DOJ/CRS dispatched Atlanta based division head Thomas Battles to coordinate protests against the Sanford law enforcement community. Thomas Battles coordinated several groups to assist in the campaign. Local Organizing for America (OFA) leaders were paired with local NAACP leaders, and the Community Relations Service led, fully indoctrinated students called, “Dream Defenders” were used as unwitting foot soldiers. We outlined the Federal engagement, and several other sites have outlined the local Dream Defenders engagement. Fully connecting all the dots to show the ideological alignment. A coordinated Astroturf campaign top to bottom.
Here’s the latest – FLORIDA  Dream Defenders Executive Director Philip Agnew has said he knew the group would have to “get comfortable with being uncomfortable” during its now-13-day sit in at the Capitol. (more…)

Radio Patriot Andrea Shea King sends a tip that Robert Zimmerman Jr. will be on the AAR radio tonight to talk about how the family is getting along.

[…]  This column first announced the special broadcast on Wednesday, and has since confirmed with Walters that the tone he intends to set will allow Zimmerman to present a human side to the ordeal his brother and family have gone through, something “mainstream” networks have not focused on, many relying instead on sensationalism and an unmasked political agenda.  (link)

The nationally-syndicated Salem Radio Network program will broadcast tonight from 8 to 11 p.m. Eastern Time. Listeners can tune into the program from a local station or hear it via live streaming options linked to on the AAR website.  (read more)

One of the reasons we discuss stuff is to intellectually provide a basis for understanding.
The sword of “why”, and the shield of “so”.
So much rot has infected the DNA of our republic it is important to understand the value of asking the question “why”, and also shield yourself with the disinfecting counter of a righteous “so”. (more…)

When I was a punk teen and twenty-something, I did drugs, dealt drugs, debased women, burglarized homes and was kicked out of both high school and college for my behavior.
When I was sixteen-years-old, I was arrested on Mother’s Day for stealing water skis and was placed on probation.

This essay by Doug Giles appears today in Townhall.
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Please scroll down and get the Sousa music going before you begin reading this morning….  

At four thirty on a July morning when I was about fifteen years old, I was awake. Unusual. Don’t know why.
The house is quiet. Dad has breakfast and heads down to the barn to milk the two cows before beginning a long day’s work around six o’clock.
My bedroom on the second floor of the big farm house is actually the farthest point in the house from the front door or the back door, so slipping out of the house isn’t a matter of just stepping out of the door. But it’s a quiet, somewhat balmy morning and I suddenly realize that if I wanted to, I could go for a bike ride in my pajamas. I want to, so I do. (more…)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Another recent shooting story is being discussed.   In New Orleans a 14-year-old black boy was shot, and the shooter arrested and now charged with attempted 2nd degree murder.
Quickly the Justice for Trayvon advocate types are rallying around “another Trayvon“, but this story does not pan out.   However, the bigger conversation being avoided is within the surrounding details.
First the details as reported by the local media:    NEW ORLEANS – A 14-year-old boy remained in critical condition Friday after being shot in the head by a homeowner who said he thought the teen was trying to break into his house. But police said the teen was unarmed and did not pose an “imminent threat” when he was shot and have charged the owner with attempted second-degree murder.

David Coulter, 23, said he largely raised his seven siblings, of which Marshall Coulter was the second-youngest, after their father died three years ago of stomach cancer.

The family of Marshall Coulter said the teenager could move only the right side of his body a little, but not the left. Doctors told the family that if Coulter survives, he would likely be severely brain damaged.
Coulter’s family acknowledged the teen’s history of burglary arrests but said he had never used a gun. (more…)