tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85468795391068334162024-03-04T20:20:57.192-08:00Kimble's CornerThe Blog of Representative Jack Kimble. Welcome voters and concerned citizens.Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-58667351881180261002016-11-28T08:31:00.001-08:002016-11-28T08:31:11.759-08:00No More Political Correctness or Safe Spaces<br />
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This is probably going to cost me, but you know I'm a politician that
speaks truth and takes the hits for it. Anyway, I've really had it up
to hear with wimpy liberals and their safe spaces and their political
correctness. Grow up already would you?<br />
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During Small Business
Saturday I was shopping at the Walmart in Glendale Valley when when of
these so called Millennial came up to me. They were demanding I support
a voter recount for the last election. I told them that elect<span class="text_exposed_show">ions have consequences and this country had made it's choice. They were just going to have to shut up and live with it.</span><br />
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They were so mean in their remarks to me that it triggered a horrible
and traumatic memory of getting chased from my own town hall by seniors
on mobility speakers. They badgered me so much that I had to leave the
store and get away to someplace where I felt safe from them.<br />
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Liberals need to grow up and accept things. This is the real world and
there is no place for safe spaces or political correctness. We just
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<br />Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-82137742920812106152015-06-14T11:24:00.001-07:002015-06-14T11:24:41.253-07:00Straight Outta Congress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Look for a big announcement July 4th. In the meantime, here is Congressman Jack's rebuttal to Governor Perry's new rap campaign song.Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-22506509050642795102014-11-27T19:54:00.000-08:002014-11-27T19:54:25.824-08:00Congressman Kimble Calls for Calm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Like many Americans, Thanksgiving is one of my absolute favorite holidays. It's the time we all look forward to. For men, it's a day off of work and a chance to watch football and relax. For women, it's a chance to prepare a special meal for the family they love and present a lovely home for friends and relatives who drop by. <br />
<br />This year, incidents in Missouri have been on all our minds. However, I urge calm and ask people to not loot. Thanksgiving is about being thankful for what you have and not about taking things that don't belong to you. How would those brave men and women who first settled this land and celebrated the first Thanksgiving feel about the people who should be carrying on their legacy stealing things from other people. They would probably have to excuse themselves from their Indian guests because they'd be so sick at the thought.<br />
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Thanksgiving is all about the stuff in your life that you are thankful for and all the things you can buy at reduced prices so that you can be thankful for them next year. There is no place in this holiday tradition for mistreating people. I certainly hope that we won't see these rioters out there disrupting Black Friday with their screaming and rude behavior. That sort of thing just takes away from those of us who want to celebrate Black Friday in our traditional way. <br />
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Now, I'm not saying people shouldn't let their voices be heard, only that tonight isn't the time for it. Why not wait until your city wins another championship? The Cardinals have a chance next year even if the Rams are probably a few seasons away. Have a safe and blessed holiday and please do not let radical atheists take Jesus out of Thanksgiving. There's a war out there and for God's sake, we must win.Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-90622003820523986612014-09-27T22:00:00.001-07:002014-09-27T22:01:14.764-07:00Jack Kimble's Speech to the 2014 Values Voter Summit<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="244" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mQvhzl1rFA8" width="360"></iframe>Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-90234688728119494062014-09-01T19:26:00.003-07:002014-09-01T19:36:22.947-07:00The History of Labor Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></b>One of the most misunderstood
days on the American calendar is Labor Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Labor Day is perhaps the only sarcastic holiday in the entire
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The day traces its roots back to New York City in 1882.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that time there was a benevolent factory
owner named John Fitzpatrick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fitzpatrick
had been an Irish immigrant himself, but through his own blood and sweat, he
had managed to purchase a soap factory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It wasn't glamorous, but he made a good living for himself and for his
family with the soaps he produced.</div>
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of the business leaders of the 19th century, Fitzpatrick wanted to make a
profit, but he cared first and foremost for his workers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they had a problem they not only knew they
could always come to John, they knew he'd probably come to him first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fitzpatrick Soap Factory was like one big
family with 60 members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The workers
enjoyed their jobs and John had loyal workers.</div>
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International Brotherhood of Soap Factory Workers came to town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first, John's employees resisted joining
the union, but a couple of his men got greedy and before long union membership
had spread through the factory like venereal disease through a Parisian
brothel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, when it was time to
discuss money or working conditions, instead of seeing one of his loyal workers
sitting across the table from him, John had to deal with a suit wearing thug
from the IBSFW.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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workers 8 cents and hour, but once the union was running things, they demanded
14 cents an hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was more money
than John could afford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though he
wanted to pay his workers well, he knew this would bankrupt him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John offered to pay 10 cents an hour, which
was a 25% raise and all the money that he could afford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The IBSFW didn't care and they immediately
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the strike raged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The union hired thugs
and they smashed the windows on the factory and broke the lock on the front
gate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things began to get violent and
John was worried that somebody would be badly hurt, so he conceded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He called the union and let the workers know
that he was willing to pay the 14 cents an hour they demanded.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When the
workers returned to the factory, they sheepishly looked around at all the
damage their strike had caused.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They all
assembled in the factory yard, excited to return to work feeling that they had
won something that they fought for.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A very
tired John Fitzpatrick walked out to greet them all feeling every bit of his 56
years of age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The men smiled as he
approached and asked John what he wanted them to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John was so disgusted he looked at his
expensive work forced and told them, "Oh boys, you've worked so hard with
your strike and everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why don't
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>To John's
surprise, the workers let out a mighty cheered and happily the men shuffled out
of the factory yard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John shook his
head and sighed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somehow, those workers
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the greedy workers had killed John Fitzpatrick' business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within 6 months, the factory was boarded up
and the workers were out of jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
one remnant of the factory was the holiday that John Fitzpatrick had created
sarcastically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Labor Day has grown to be
a national holiday and workers everywhere owe it all to one soap factory and
the sarcastic boss that created a national institution.</div>
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To look at it, it's not a very imposing school building. It almost looks more like a home or a lodge than an educational institution. You wouldn't find a computer lab or a playground for the little ones, but Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie School is exactly the type of education that we must try to provide for all of our country's children. How influential was it? Here's a sampling of quotes I found:<br />
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<i>The Encyclopedia of Chicago defines the Prairie School by saying, "[it] began in Chicago yet rapidly spread across the
Midwest. Ultimately its influence was felt around the
world—most especially in north-central Europe and Australia. Its origins
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<i> Asia-Pacific Journal says, "The influence of Frank Lloyd-Wright's prairie school on Japan cannot be overlooked."</i><br />
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It's worth noting that Japan has one of the highest achieving school systems in the world. Now, the Prairie School was not inside a school district. In fact, I've had a hard time finding its location other than that it began in Chicago. It was a labor of love from one man who had already established himself as one of the most influential architects in the world. They had no tenure or teacher unions. In many ways, Frank Lloyd Wright established the country's first charter school. This influential school should be an inspiration for all people who value education everywhere. <br />
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When something important like the border crisis comes along, I don't believe in patience. I certainly didn't believe in waiting until Congress has the month of August off to do something about the problem. Yesterday, I joined fellow Congressman Louie Gohmert and Texas Governor Rick Perry for a morning patrol of the border region.<br />
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I find myself outraged when I see immigrants from Central American countries like Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador when the United States has spent so many years looking out for the welfare of their people. When a government that was too socialist or wanted some crazy scheme to take unfarmed land and give it to poor people, we have always been willing to intervene. When the people of those countries rose up against socialist governments, we have always been willing to support democracy by training rebels at the CIA and supporting militaries when the will of the people was for a coup. After we gave their countries the American dream, it seems like such ingrattitude that they reject it to come here to the land we stole from Mexico fair and square 160 years ago regardless of what Abraham Lincoln said.<br />
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Don't let malnutrition fool you. These illegals are wiry and they are a crafty opponent. Once we let them into the country, who knows what sort of evil they will do. That's why it's important that we meet them head on with force, even if it means inadvertently blowing up a church or camp bus or two.<br />
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We made quite an impression when we met agents along the border. They even started calling us, The Electables. Sadly, we didn't get to shoot any illegals, though we did wing a very tan Italian-American who happened to live near the border. With Rick and Louie manning the guns, I flew an attack helicopter deep over the border, but the children at the age are just so small, they're much harder to spot than I had hoped. Still, it felt good to know that we had done our part for the good old USA. It's our border, we all must protect it.<br />
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Louie and I promised Rick that we'd come back in August. I know Texas, isn't part of my district, but as a Congressman you go where the trouble is. It's just what we do.Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-90375374764806893692014-05-26T19:04:00.002-07:002014-05-26T19:08:46.248-07:00University of Western Topeka Spring 2014 Commencement<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Fhm_3r-HLyg" width="400"></iframe>
On Saturday, I was lucky enough to be invited to speak at the University of Western Topeka's 2014 graduation. This is a great school and there's a reason that it's known as the University of Michigan of Kansas. You can visit the UWT web page at <a href="http://www.uwesterntopeka.org/">http://www.uwesterntopeka.org/</a>Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-89850820171860140112014-02-14T17:41:00.001-08:002014-02-14T17:52:04.128-08:00Finding Love with A Conservative Man<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, tonight I was going to write an article about how to find love
with a conservative woman. However, after sitting through an
insufferable dinner at Applebees where I listened to my date discuss her
views on global warming and I realized I really don’t have a clue how
to find love with a conservative woman. What I do know is what I like,
so I thought perhaps an article aimed at conservative women on how to
date conservative men would be more useful to my readers.<br />
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<b>Meeting a Conservative Guy</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Tea Parties are what fondue was in the 1970s. A lot of guys aren’t
that good at spelling and a misspelled sign gives you a great opening
to approach a guy. The numbers favor the men and they’re all
conservative so make this your first stop.</li>
<li>Gun shows are a sure shot. Guys love guns and if you act knowledgeable, guys will quickly take notice.</li>
<li>NASCAR is a winner. The numbers are very male dominated and this
sport is very easy to understand. The cars just keep going around in a
circle over and over.</li>
</ul>
<b>What Not to Do</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Don’t talk about past boyfriends. It makes us feel insecure.</li>
<li>Don’t share your views. We really don’t care. Sure, we’ll nod
and act like we’re interested, but we’ll probably be looking over your
shoulder at the television set.</li>
<li>Avoid talking long term. If the Bush administration taught you anything, it should be that we’re terrible at long term planning.</li>
</ul>
<b>What to Do</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Offer to pay for our meal too. Let’s face it, traditional family
values may say the guy should pay, but our economic conservative hearts
will be glad to save the cost of the meal.</li>
<li>Make friends with his father. If things don’t work out, he will probably be the one paying you off to keep quiet.</li>
<li>Spice up pillow talk with conservative nicknames like The Gipper or
Dutch. In general if you can make Reagan references, it’s a good idea.</li>
</ul>
Don’t be alarmed if he cries before, during, or after sex. This is
something all conservatives do. If you follow these simple rules and
show him the love and affection he needs, your conservative relationship
can last you long after the sex stops being enjoyable and you still
feel any affection for each other.Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-74584809507022367452014-01-20T15:22:00.002-08:002014-01-20T15:22:46.049-08:00Pick Up Your Paint Brush and Honor Reverend King<br />
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The liberal media, for obvious reasons, likes to portray Reverend Martin Luther King as a social reformer who fought for the rights of African-Americans in the South and then in the last 3 years of his life, took his campaign national and fought for workers' rights, and end to poverty, and an end to the War on Vietnam. Of course, this is all a falsehood. <br />
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Sure, Martin Luther King did all these things, but that represented only a small portion of his life. Like any black man in the South during the 1950s and 1960s, he got swept up in the civil rights movement. Because people knew that he could motivate people. Where did his experience as a leader come from? Mostly, it came from his campaign to beautify the South.<br />
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Martin Luther King first came to prominence in 1955 when he led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In those days, the buses were not air conditioned and a lot of sweaty commuters in close quarters would cause quite a funk to develop on the buses. The buses were also not regularly cleaned so papers, soda cans, and old newspapers cluttered the eyes. Martin Luther King led a very successful boycott made famous when a woman named Rosa Parks refused to walk through refuse to the back of a filthy bus.<br />
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In the March from Selma to Montgomery, King joined a large contingent led by the SNCC in an effort to beautify a road that the state of Alabama was not taking care of weeds. Even the Edmund Pettus Bridge had become overgrown with weeds. Problems erupted when a white sheriff named Bull Conner who was embarrassed that black people were outcleaning the whites turned on fire hoses to quickly clean the bridge and in the process got many of the African-Americans hurt.<br />
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We recognize Martin Luther King for his dreams of painted schools and cleaned up parks. To many people try to make King out to be some kind of social reformer, but I think if he was alive today, he'd be the first one to put down the picket sign and pick up a paint brush. Would King care about voter suppression, a living wage, continued racism, or the war in Afghanistan---I doubt it. King's main focus would probably be painting. Sadly, Reverend King was shot and killed while trying to settle a garbage strike in Memphis, but he backed cleanliness to the end. Regardless of your political views, this is an Martin Luther King that we can all get behind.Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-15720694372289634242013-12-25T12:06:00.001-08:002013-12-25T12:06:37.534-08:00Chistmas Wishes from Congressman Kimble<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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This Christmas season, I send you and your family my warmest wishes.
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At Christmas we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. We rejoice in his birth and his mission to save us from sin. We
remember him as the white baby he was and we remind others of things that he
said that we agree with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During this season
of hope and joy, we thank God for the blessings he has bestowed upon our
nation. Even in times of difficulty, we are thankful for the freedom and
liberty we enjoy, no thanks to President Obama</div>
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We recognize the devastating impact of these tough times – many
families are losing their savings, their jobs and their homes. You are in
our prayers. However, some of life’s greatest lessons are learned in adversity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no greater cure for the over
commercialism of Christmas than the inability to buy anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will find that poverty can be great fun
if you have the right mindset. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Among the many families that call the Fifty-Fourth Congressional District
home, we admire the military families who serve our nation and community. We
offer them our deep gratitude, especially those families who are
separated. We look on your service with pride as you keep our nation safe
from harm and as you launch invasions of Syria,
North Korea, and Iran in the
year ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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As we not only celebrate Christmas, but look forward to a new year, I am
hopeful that we can change the direction of our country or at least bring our
government to a screeching halt. We have many challenges, but, together,
we can come together and go into 2014 with the remembrance of our many
blessings. </div>
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I wish you all a very merry Christmas and God bless. </div>
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Sincerely,</div>
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Jack Kimble</div>
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Dear Liberal Media, <br />
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Today, I turned on the Twitter to discover that yet another liberal media type had fallen for a parody account. The reporter in question was named Toure (He has an accent over the e, but my keyboard only types American) and he works at CNN. You can see why I get my news from FOX and Jay Leno monologues.<br />
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Anyway, what really got me mad was that this twitter account pretended to be a Congressman. Excuse me, but how hard is it to keep us all straight? There's only like 380 or so Congressmen, maybe 450 at most. Gym teachers have to keep track of that many names, surely reporters can be expected to do the same? <br />
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Being a Congressman is a special privilege. It means you're walking down the hallowed halls that Joe Schwarz and Bill Sali once called home. Sure, we haven't done a lot lately, but there was a time when Congress passed laws and helped to run this government.<br />
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The least the media can do is keep us straight. There is nothing more insulting to somebody like myself than when the clueless lamestream media calls somebody a Congressman who wasn't even elected. It's time to do better media or America might just vote with their remote controls.<br />
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Jack KimbleRepresentative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-16735361150380805802013-10-25T19:51:00.001-07:002013-10-25T19:51:18.295-07:00Saving Halloween from the Atheists and Pagans<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The forces of radical atheism are
at war with more than Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even
Halloween is frequently under attack by those who would tell you that it's a
Pagan holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing could be further
from the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One need look no further
than Mexico
to see that their Halloween traditions are tightly tied to religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course this is because Halloween is a
Christian holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The name Halloween
comes from the word hallowed, which means "holy" and the word ween
which is an old English word meaning "to think". In other words, Halloween is a day
for thinking holy thoughts.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Unfortunately,
the forces of radical atheism threaten to rob this great day of the symbols of its
proud Christian heritage. If these people have their way all traces
of Halloween's Christian roots would be erased and all references to Jesus
would be stricken from Halloween parades, store displays, and the hopeful
mouths of trick or treating Christian children. We must all
stand together against this atheistic tyranny.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>One
of the stories, atheists don't want you to know is the story of the Jack
O'Lantern. In Ireland,
Christians were persecuted for many centuries. One of the reasons that
St. Patrick was celebrated for driving the snakes from Ireland is
because they used to feed Christian children to the snakes.
Christians were kept <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>poor and not
allowed to hold jobs. Their possessions were simple, but their faith was
mighty.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As
the Irish traveled along the countryside at autumn harvest time looking for
work picking crops, they were frequently met with signs that said Christians
need not apply. Even a non-Christian who hired a Christian to pick
his crops faced persecution from the Irish King. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
Irish needed a subtle symbol to let others know that they welcomed
Christians and that the light of Jesus shined within them. They
came up with the idea of taking a pumpkin and carving a smiling face on
it. They then placed a candle inside the pumpkin and placed it in
the window.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
Irish named this pumpkin Jack of the Light or the Americanized version,
"Jack O' Lantern". Christians knew if they saw one of
these Jack O'Lanterns in any home, they could receive help there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they needed shelter they could stay there
and if they needed food, they needed food, the home owners would share whatever
meager provisions they could.</div>
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families of more well to do Christians began to get a reputation for their
generosity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, this also
drew the attention of those powerful people in the government who were against
Christians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They began to pay attention
to the people who came to those houses and to record their names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After
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their identities from government spies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It became a beautiful tradition, which we exported when Halloween was
brought to America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Nowadays,
pumpkins are carved into the most grotesque and hideous shapes imaginable and
the original meaning of the Jack O'Lantern has been lost. Costumes
likewise, have become more about displaying skin than about obscuring
identities <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, Ireland has become one of the most
Christian countries in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
many prayers would have remained unprayed if not for Jack of the Light.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>America may not have had Ireland's
religious persecution, but Halloween has remained an important holiday since it
was brought to this country by Irish immigrants in the 19th century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the early part of the 20th century, the
holiday had spread throughout the entire United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The concept of Trick or Treating became
especially important in the years of Roosevelt's
Great Depression when candy was replaced by canned goods and the peas or stewed
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through the Depression because of trick or treating than from any expensive
social program that President Roosevelt launched in a misguided attempt to
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It's a pleasure to be here today. I am proud of my values and they have always informed my policy decisions. I developed these traditional values during my amazing upbringing, which you can read about in <i>Profiles in Courageousness</i>, which I will be selling after my presentation. If you can't get it here, you can get it at better bookstores everywhere or at Amazon.com if you don't make a habit of going to bookstores. <br />
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I look at those of us upholding the Constitution and conservative values in Congress as being inheritors to the mantle of Columbus. Much like the so called experts of his day, warned Columbus that the Earth was flat and he'd meet certain doom, so too have the pundits of today told us that we were heading for certain doom by shutting down the government. While Columbus had to face down fierce Indian warriors, we face the Democrat party. Columbus had no road map to take him to the new world, and neither do we, but we're both guided by an overwhelming faith in God to guide us. And like Columbus, we shall bring civilization to this country.<br />
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I have to admit, that I often wonder what Columbus would think about our country today. Would he recognize it? When he sees our failing economy and our unsecured borders, how would he feel about seeing illegal immigrants swarm into his beloved country? Would he be shocked that many of them don't even speak English? If he heard about Obamacare, would he just get back in his boat and turn around?<br />
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Yesterday, this hall was buzzing with notices of the EBT shutdown. At first, many of you assumed it was something to do with the government shut down. I had a bunch of people come up to me and ask, "did you have something to do with this?' While, I would have liked to take credit, I think perhaps maybe you can take credit for it. Maybe when enough of us with faith and morals and values gathered together praying so hard for this country that the EBT glitch was an answer to our prayers. Maybe God stopped those people from getting food as a sign to us that he hears us. <br />
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Columbus and his men didn't need government handouts. They went off to discover their own futures. I advocate that we do something similar for the poor in this country. Let's equip them with ships and weapons and allow them to "discover" some countries that are weaker than ours and subjugate and colonize them. They will find fortune and we will gain us a country from their labor.<br />
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The population of Australia is about 23 million people. The number of Americans living in poverty is about 46 million. Surely, Australia would be a wonderful addition to our great land. If not Australia, what about Bolivia or Guam? It's time we end the era of big government handouts and open a new era, an era of discovery.Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-22168395743978707672013-10-08T21:13:00.001-07:002013-10-08T21:13:26.858-07:00Our First 2014 Internet Ad - One More Chance<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Xe5NVvjlDcs?rel=0" width="420"></iframe><br />Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-65969275587391151802013-10-03T18:44:00.002-07:002013-10-03T18:44:22.878-07:00Congressman Kimble Doesn't Let Shutdown Stop Him<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The recent government shut down has been a hardship for Congressmen. The Members Dining Room has closed leaving many politicians wondering where their next meal will come from and without interns to operate things like remote controls and bottle openers, life has been anything but normal for the Congressmen they left behind. <br />
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Fortunately, for the Washington area's young people, Jack Kimble has used the shut down to redouble his efforts to promote his Caddy for Congress program aimed at teaching important work force skills to teenagers in the Washington area.<br />
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"Caddying is one of the world's noblest occupations and it's a great start in life for a teen who isn't afraid of a little hard work. Caddy for Congress gives kids a chance to perfect their caddying skills while receiving quality mentoring from an actual member of Congress during a round of golf. While the amateur caddies aren't paid, you can be sure being selected to the program looks great on a resume."<br />
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Sometimes alone, sometimes with several other members of Congress, Kimble has been hitting the links and helping local teens for the past 3 years since he saw a need. According to caddy Jennifer Easton, "It's hard work, but it can be a lot of fun. I just wished I had known we weren't going to get paid. I wouldn't have called off work at the Arbys if I knew."<br />
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I know Congress has a horrible approval rating right now, but it's great to know the 54th District is represented by a man who doesn't stop serving the people, even when the government is shut down. <br />
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Today, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's march on Washington D.C. This is an important milestone in American history that we shortchange if we only look at it in terms of race. When Martin Luther King marched on Washington, it wasn't just for the black police officer or the black soldier. It wasn't just for the Native American, but for the white construction worker, the white cowboy, and the white leatherman as well. <br />
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People of all parties and political beliefs respect what Martin Luther King did for this country, but his legacy is threatened when modern day liberals attempt to graft him onto their pet causes. The reason that people like myself have such respect for Martin Luther King is because we are sure to keep the causes he fought for out of our mind, while still honoring his legacy by cleaning up a local park or painting some lockers in a charter school. <br />
<br />I like to think that Martin Luther King's dream was smaller government, lower taxes, and less regulation on business- that is a civil rights leader I can get behind. When we start throwing actual facts into the mix, we find a radical who supported letting minorities vote, school and neighborhood desegregation, and and labor unions. I'm sorry, but this is a hero--this is a radical. I don't want to celebrate his memory. He wants to destroy my way of life.<br />
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It's much better to have a Martin Luther King we can all believe in. Let's not let the man's beliefs tarnish his image because when it does, we all are lesser for it. Martin Luther King had a dream and that's the important thing. I just like to think of the dream as being lower capital gains taxes.Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-57768220175695663592013-07-15T19:15:00.003-07:002013-07-20T19:55:29.992-07:00Congressman Kimble Needs Your Help<br />
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According to Amazon, the paperback version of Profiles in Courageousness came out July 2nd, but that's not really true. For a print on demand book like mine, things move a bit slower. They haven't even uploaded the cover to Amazon yet and I am anxiously awaiting holding my very own copy of Profiles in Courageousness in my hands.<br />
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Creating my online persona has been a labor of love and I am very appreciative of the support that I have received. If it wasn't for it, I would have stopped doing this sometime in 2009. However, 267 days ago when my eBook came out, I soon realized that when it comes to promoting books, I'm clueless. For that reason, I'm really calling on those of you enjoying what I do on Twitter and in this blog to help me.<br />
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If you've already bought the eBook, I'd love it if you bought the paperback, but it really isn't expected. What would be great, would be a review (if you enjoyed it, of course). I've gotten universally positive reviews, but I'd really like to get some more. <br />
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If you have a blog, radio show, or show on CNN (I'm looking at you Jake Tapper), anything you can do to get the word out is so appreciated.<br />
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If you're on Twitter or Facebook, please just mention on your page or timeline that you've read the book and enjoyed it. The only chance a small book like mine has is word of mouth. This book is the realization of a dream for me and maybe my last chance at a second career in writing. I don't mind spending whatever time, money, or sweat it takes to give it a chance to find an audience, but you can do a lot to help.<br />
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Thanks, in advance.Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-74737972822077162762013-05-29T17:09:00.000-07:002013-05-29T17:09:04.374-07:00Meeting Michele Bachmann for the First Time<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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At this point, I
was feeling toxic. Nobody wanted to talk to me and I just wanted a giant hole
to swallow me up. What had I gotten myself into? My only friend was in the
other party and his play in the NFL gave me absolutely no confidence in our
relationship. When the moment finally came for us to take a short break, I
welcomed it. I did what I did back in California
when times were tough; I headed outside to be alone with my thoughts, or as
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As I stood on the
porch, lost in my own thoughts, I failed to notice a woman approaching me. She
was a raven-haired goddess, her black and white checkered shawl covering her
simple black dress, but her conservative attire did nothing to hide the fact
that this was a woman. Her perfume had hints of lilac and gardenia with just a
small note of russet potato. I have always remained reasonably faithful to my
wife, but I admit at that moment, I lusted in my heart.</div>
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“Don’t let Pelosi
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“I try not to, but
I really wanted to make a good impression on my first day on the new job,” I
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“Well you made an
impression, but believe me, Pelosi is Un-American. I hope to have public
hearings where we can weed out any Anti-American members of Congress for the
good of this country. I hope you’ll support me,” she smiled.</div>
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“I definitely
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“It’s nice to meet
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“I’m from California,” I replied, “but I was educated at Notre
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“You’re not one of
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“No more than
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“I like you, Jack
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“Son of a ****”, I
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I won't start in any particular spot. This particular press conference is the hardest thing I have had to do in at least 3 or 4 years. I guess to begin with, I have always had a love affair...actually that's a bad choice of words. I have always loved Yosemite National Park. It's one of nature's last frontiers and I have long looked forward to someday visiting the park.<br />
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So all those things I said about Yosemite were true, but they're
not the whole story, and that's obviously why everybody's gathered here
right now. So let me lay out that larger story that has attracted so
many of you all here. I'm a bottom line kind of guy. I'll lay it out.
It's gonna hurt, and we'll let the chips fall where they may. Yep, I'm going to be taking responsibility here. Oh yes, it's responsibility taking time right now.<br />
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In so doing, let me first of all apologize to my wife Keri, and our adopted daughter Ayn. We may have adopted her to save our marriage, but the full responsibility for this breakup does not fall on her shoulders.<br />
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I would secondly say to Keri, anybody who has observed her over the
last 26 or 27 years of my life knows how closely she has stood by my side in
campaign after campaign after campaign and literally being my campaign
manager and I hope that she will return to our home when she thinks things over. I have no idea where she put my brown socks and we will be back in session very soon.<br />
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I would also apologize to my staff, because as much as I did talk about
going to Yosemite, that was one of the original scenarios
that I'd thrown out to Joe E. Lee, that isn't where I ended up. And so I
let them down by creating a fiction with regard to where I was going,
which means that I then in turn given as much as they relied on that
information, let down people that I represent across this great district.<br />
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I've let down a lot of people. That's the bottom line. And I
let them down and in every instance I would ask there forgiveness.
Forgiveness is not an immediate process, it is in fact a process that
takes time and I'll be in that process for quite some weeks and months
and I suspect years ahead as I attempt to show my wife that I love her and that I am willing to buy incredibly expensive jewelry for her. I truly believe she is my soul mate and I stand by everything I said about her in my eBook <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Profiles-In-Courageousness-ebook/dp/B00A3THMS6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367799240&sr=8-1&keywords=Profiles+in+Courageousness" target="_blank">Profiles in Courageousness</a>, available at better eBook stores and soon to be available in paperback this Summer. <br />
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It would be very easy to blame the homosexual agenda for the disillusion of my marriage. In Congress, I have spoken for sometime about just how damaging to our heterosexual marriages, allowing gay marriage would be. Today, I am sadly living proof. However, I know in my heart that God wants me to overcome this hurdle he has placed in my way and I will endeavor everyday to do just that by remaining true to the morals that have always been the bedrock of my life of public service.<br />
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My situation is one where I am unfortunately victim as well as guilty party. The pictures that I sent of Yosemite were Photoshopped and they fooled most people, but it began to unravel when a Twitter user named @LitThom recognized one of the bears I claimed to be in a karate fight with and suspected Photoshop.<br />
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The sad truth, is that I spent the weekend at a Fairfield Inn in Akron, Ohio. I had been lured there, but a woman who I believed I had been having a torrid online affair with on Club Penguin for the past 2 years. She was a beautiful 22 year old woman who lived not far from my home district. Unfortunately, I discovered this weekend through the course of several very long phone conversations that the girl that I knew as Lennay Kekua did not in fact exist, but was a hoax being played on me by a very disturbed individual named Ronaiah Tuiasosopo.<br />
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In retrospect, leaving my wife and daughter for a woman that I had never met, was one of the biggest mistakes I've made in some time. It is my hope, that my wife will accept my failings as I accept hers and that she will take me back. I truly am a victim here, but with God's help, I will overcome and my family will become a shining city on the hill and together we will be a new Jerusalem. Thank you. Thank you very much. Stay Free America!!Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-41275209845451392442013-04-02T17:48:00.000-07:002013-04-02T17:48:03.166-07:00Congressman Kimble to Appear in Vagina Monologues<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's not the sort of thing you'd expect from 4 ruggedly conservative Congressmen, but this April 12th and 13th, Congressmen Jack Kimble, Jim Sensenbrenner, Louie Gohmert, and Steve Fincher will be appearing in a production of The Vagina Monologues at Glendale Valley Community College. We're joined by Congressman Kimble to talk about the production:</div>
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OVS: Welcome Congressmen</div>
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JK: Thanks for having me</div>
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OVS: So, have you always been a thespian?</div>
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JK: No, this is actually my first play since second grade [laughs], but I think politics is a lot like show business for ugly people.</div>
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OVS: So 4 male Congressmen are performing a play about women's vaginas. Doesn't that strike you as odd?</div>
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JK: Not really. We make laws about women's vaginas all the time.</div>
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OVS: Well, how do you think women will feel when they see four Congressmen doing this play?</div>
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JK: I hope they will feel empowered.</div>
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OVS: Will this be your first time in drag?</div>
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JK: We're not doing drag. We made a decision that we're going to present this dressed tastefully in suits and ties.</div>
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OVS: So, tell us about your part?</div>
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JK: We don't really have parts. It's a series of monologues that we have divided up between us. Steve Fincher and I will take the younger monologues, while Jim and Louie do the more mature ones. I think the monologue I do called "When I was 12 my Mother Slapped me" is very powerful and I think "My Angry Vagina" Is very funny. I think the best moment in the show might be when Louie talks about the birth of his granddaughter.</div>
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OVS: What made you decide to do this?</div>
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JK: It just seemed like a natural extension of a lot of the legislation we were working on regulating women's vaginas and uteruses? Uteri? Anyway, we're willing to try about anything to reach out to women voters.</div>
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OVS: I am really looking forward to seeing this.</div>
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JK: Tell your friends.</div>
Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546879539106833416.post-39465539658224363822013-03-30T16:33:00.002-07:002013-03-30T19:43:15.083-07:00An Easter Gift for my Constituents and Friends<br />
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There are two huge pieces of news on the book front. First, Profiles in Courageousness will be coming out in paperback form and secondly, it's been proofread and copy edited. The new version will be appearing in the eBook stores soon and when that happens, I will make sure that anybody who bought the first version will be able to get the proofread copy free of charge.<br />
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In addition, I am as always on a crusade to save Easter from the Communists, Atheists, and Unitarians who wish to destroy it. To that end, I am encouraging wholesome family values by giving away my eBook free of charge. Simply go <a href="https://www.ebookit.com/books/0000002060/Profiles-In-Courageousness.html?Easter" target="_blank">eBookit.com </a> and enter the coupon code "Easter". You can even get the book in PDF format if you don't have an E-Reader. This free book give away will only last until tomorrow night at 8PM Eastern time.<br />
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To all my Christian friends, have a joyous and Happy Easter. To my non-believer friends, no hard feelings about the whole crucifixion thing.<br />
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<b>[Update] </b>If you enjoy the book, please spread the word. A review on Amazon or elsewhere would be great, but so would just telling your friends. <br />
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If you've ever seen Mr. Holland's Opus, you will remember the amazing moment at the end of the movie when many of Mr. Holland's former students reunite to play the symphony he wrote, but never got to really do much with because he was too busy teaching his students and helping them in their lives. <br />
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I can only imagine when these Lafayette School students become adults and reunite to thank Chicago <a href="http://www.substancenews.net/articles.php?page=4100&section=Article" target="_blank">Mayor Rahm Emanuel for closing their school</a> and providing them with much greater educational opportunities. One can't help, but feel sorry for these kids who don't even have woodwinds and must rely almost entirely on strings and one drum to make their music. <br />
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Lafayette School is just one of 54 schools that the Chicago Public Schools are planning to close. <a href="http://iirc.niu.edu/School.aspx?source=Profile&schoolID=150162990252305&level=S" target="_blank">Lafayette's Illinois School Report Card</a> shows just what a colossal failure it is. With 98% of the student population living in poverty, should they really be earning the upright bass? Why not teach these students instruments that they could play on street corners and help their families out? It seems to me fine arts money could be better used on more affluent students in the first place.<br />
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Mayor Emanuel has never visited Lafayette School nor have any School Board members, but they must have done their homework shutting down this school and making these students go to a new school 10 blocks away. It may even be a good chance for the 166 students at the school with special needs to learn some life skills. Now, if only the parents would stop complaining and <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130321/humboldt-park/lafayette-school-ryerson-schools-closing" target="_blank">start letting the Mayor do what's best for their kids</a>.Representative Kimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022083658071672258noreply@blogger.com0