Is Gov. Perry's "The Response" A Biblical Response?

Brannon Howse of "Worldview Weekend" has written a ver good article on why the "Response", a "restore America Campaign" championed by Gov. Rick Perry of Texas.  While I am all for restoring America, I must say that I agree with Mr. Howse and false teachers who teach a false Christ through occultic methods is not the way to do it.  In fact, it will do more harm than good.  Click the link above and read for yourself, you decide.  I think the author is right and Christians should have no part in it.

Homestead Thoughts

I shouldn't have to be feeding hay in July.  I also don't think that I should be paying $3.57 per gallon of gas, either.  It will be neat to see how God works to get us through the winter, which is months away.

Here We Go Again With Animal Tracking

The USDA, or the USDuh, as I like to put it, is at it again.  They are pushing animal tagging in the form of ear tags for traceability.  Remember the big fight that took place with the NAIS (Nation Animal Identification System)?  This is the same thing with a few twists.  Read this article and be on the lookout.  The USDuh does not give up.  The bottom line is that there is a lot of money out there and the big guys are upset that they might lose their share (Monsanto, Cargill, Tyson, etc...).  The problem for them is that the average farmer/rancher wants nothing to do with all the big government bureaucracy that comes with it.  I feel the same way.  Big government has proven, time and again, that they can do nothing well.  Why do we continue to trust them?

What Is Prayer?

Prayer is the disinfectant and preventative that destroys the contagion of evil.

15% Off Sale-Boysofsummer/menofetsy

This is a neat little key chain/fob that I made, a monkey's fist with a hangman's noose around the keyring.  Check it out at my Etsy shop.  Use the coupon code, boysofsummer to receive 15% off your purchase.

The Men Of Etsy Sale

Tomorrow is the first day of the 15% off sale with the Men Of Etsy Team.  There are a slew of shops that are participating, including mine, so go check it out.  Use the coupon code bouysofsummer, and do a search at Etsy for menofetsyteam to see the couple thousand items.

Here is a cool treasury collection I put together called The Wild, Wild West.

Is Financial Collapse A Foregone Conclusion?

I hope that it is not too late, but I think that we all need to be prepared for something big to happen, economically.  There are several nations in Europe that are on the brink of default, which this article explains and just might set off the dominos.  As a believer, I need to think of my wife and children, not just their safety and sustenance, but their spiritual well-being.  My children are saved, but are they prepared for what might lay ahead in the near future?  Am I, for that matter?  The time for keeping our heads in the sand is at an end.  Use the link and read the article.  This is not to scare anyone, God has been and always will be in control, just be aware and keep a level head.

Men Of Etsy Team Sales Event

The Men Of Etsy, of which I am a part, is having a huge 15% off sale starting this Sunday the 17th through the 24th.  There are a couple of thousand hand made items to choose from, so give them a look.  Go to Etsy.com and do a search for boysofsummer, you will get a large selection of quality items, you won't be sorry.  Check it out.

Here is a set of Thump Mat Coasters that I am offering for sale, made with nylon cord. 

The Government Owns The Rain Water That Falls On Your Property

You have got to read this.  Is there no limit on government?  I do not believe there is.

Update

Brother, it's hot!  'Tis summer, I guess.  The ground is parched and so are we. 

I am working on a chicken coop made with cattle panels hooped up on a frame.  i will try to remember to post pictures of the completed project.  I have some friends and relatives that use these and I am impressed with the durability of them.  Some have hung rabbit hutches in them, others have put egg boxes in them.  They all use hanging waterers and feeders.  I didn't like them at first, I thought they would act like a parachute in the wind and we get some stiff winds here.  Typically, they are covered with tarps, so I thought the wind would get under them and carry it away.  Our one friend leaves enough of the panels open that the wind passes through and she has not had a problem-yet.  But, I am warming up to this style of coop and may use this design for other things-who knows?

Other than temps that could bake a potato, that's all I have going on right now.  I still have my laundry list of tasks, but I am sure I always will.  I am going to await a little cooler weather.

Cool Purple Martin Birdhouse Gourd

My kids and I made this.

Cord Thump Mat Coasters

Independance Day 2011-Let Us Remember

Tomorrow is Independance day, so have a happy one.  No, i did not say "happy fourth" as so many do.  It is Independance Day, a day to recall what those brave, noble, christian men did 235 years ago.  They, quite literally, signed their own death warrants when putting pen to the Decalration of Independance from Great Britain.  They were not scared, nor did they falter, but laid it all on the line for their posterity.  This is what I and my family choose to remember on this serious day.  Of all the wars fought by the USA, none really compare in importance to the one of the Revolution.  The original one that gained the liberty that has made the USA the envy of the world.  What a shame that this is slipping from our fingers as we speak.  What a shame that there are enemies in government that do not think the priciples of the founding of this country are wprth holding to.  Let us remember that there are enemies to your liberty, both foreign and domestic.  Don't leave out the "domestic" part, there are those that would destroy from within.  So, with that, I share a quote from Mr. Thomas Jefferson:
"The way to have safe government is not to trust it all to the one, but to divide it among the many, distributing to everyone exactly the functions in which he is competent....To let the National Government be entrusted with the defense of the nation, and its foreign and federal relations..... The State Governments with the Civil Rights, Laws, Police and administration of what concerns the State generally. The Counties with the local concerns, and each ward direct the interests within itself. It is by dividing and subdividing these Republics from the great national one down through all its subordinations until it ends in the administration of everyman's farm by himself, by placing under everyone what his own eye may superintend, that all will be done for the best." Thomas Jefferson


The founders were not stupid, they understood history very well and that democracies, historically, have failed.  We are a Republic, let us remember.