Friday, October 19, 2012

JUDGE OKS SOCIAL WORKERS' INVASION OF HOMESCHOOLERS


Police cars screech to a halt outside your door, six deputies approach along with two social workers who warn they have information from an anonymous tipster and threaten that unless you allow them to enter RIGHT NOW, the armed officers will take your children away from you.
So your decision to allow the authorities to enter is completely voluntary?
That’s the determination of a federal judge who has relieved two social workers – Rhonda Cash and Jenna Cramer – of liability for their actions in a case brought by homeschooling parents John and Tiffany Loudermilk in Arizona.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled that deputies Joshua Ray, Joseph Sousa, Richard Gagnon and Michael Danner had qualified immunity for their role in the 2005 confrontation with the Loudermilks, the parents of five children.
Jim Mason, a senior counsel for the Home School Legal Defense Association’s litigation team, which represents the Loudermilks, explained that in 2005, the couple was confronted at their door by authorities investigating a two-month-old anonymous allegation that their home was unsafe.
Faced with losing their children, Mason said, the Loudermilks opened their door to the investigators, “and the allegation was quickly proven false.”
However, the Loudermilks’ civil rights lawsuit against the social workers and the deputies, citing Fourth and 14th Amendment rights, has faced an uphill battle.
“We argued that the search of the Loudermilks’ home was coerced because the social workers used the threat of taking their children to gain access,” Mason said. “Both the social workers and sheriff’s deputies argued that they were immune to such claims because the Loudermilks ‘voluntarily’ opened their home to be investigated.”
The district court ruled in the Loudermilks’ favor in 2010, but the deputies then obtained a ruling from the 9th Circuit, which said the deputies were entitled in immunity.
Then the lower court, which originally concluded that such searches were not voluntary, changed its mind, Mason said.
“While the sheriff’s deputies had arrived on the scene late and were not insisting to enter the home, the social workers were. It was the social workers who claimed that their visit was an ‘emergency’ despite the allegation being two months old. The social workers, not the deputies, threatened to take the Loudermilk children into custody. Despite our response to the social workers’ request, the district court ruled that the social workers were also immune from violating the Loudermilks’ rights based on the ruling of the Ninth Circuit in favor of the deputies,” he said.
Mason said the organization now is considering whether there should be an appeal.
“Based on the facts and the law, it is our view that the social workers should not be entitled to the same benefit of the doubt that the Ninth Circuit afforded the deputies,” he said.
The HSLDA has noted in court papers: “For 40 terrifying minutes, this homeschooling couple had asserted their Fourth Amendment right to be free from an unreasonable search of their home. The two investigative social workers were eventually joined by six uniformed sheriff’s deputies who were called because the social workers considered the Loudermilks to be ‘uncooperative.’”
But the HSLDA said the Loudermilks were forced to allow the search when the social workers “played their ace-in-the-hole,” warning, “If you don’t let us in immediately, we will take your children into state custody.”
The court filing explains that the still-anonymous tipster told authorities that there was a danger to the children in the new home, but social services took some two months to respond.
“In the two months between receiving the anonymous report and arriving unannounced on the Loudermilks’ front porch, social services clearly never believed that the situation needed emergency intervention,” HSLDA asserted. “No one ever asked a judge for a court order. But when it came time for the social workers to complete their investigation, the family’s Fourth Amendment rights just got in the way.”
According to court filings, the Loudermilks had been building their dream home in Arizona. They eventually obtained permission from the county to move in, even though there were minor projects to be finished.
One social worker left a business card and later explained when the parents contacted the office that there had been an anonymous tip. A visit was scheduled for the social worker to investigate what allegedly was a “danger” to the children two months later.
However, the family consulted a lawyer who warned the county that the county itelf had given proper permission for the family to move in.
When social workers Cash and Cramer appeared at the home unannounced some weeks later, they threatened to take the family’s five children.
The petition says Cash “appeared to believe that her simple inability to determine the children’s living conditions was sufficient grounds for her to remove the children from their parents.”
That’s even though the social workers were allowed to talk to the children to see that they were fine.
Nevertheless, the threats from Cash continued.
“Faced with unrelenting ultimatum that the officers would physically remove the children from the home unless they were admitted, together with a significant show of force, John felt that he had no option besides allowing the search of his home. He believed that he would be arrested and the children removed if he continued to refuse. … Tiffany believed her children would be immediately removed from the home if she did not allow the social workers and officers to search her home.”
The ultimate search took only minutes and uncovered no issues, showing that the “tip” was wrong.
U.S. District Judge Earl H. Carroll previously concluded the lawsuit by the family against the social workers, sheriff and deputies would be allowed to continue, because the social workers’ concerns were based on “an anonymous tip that the … Loudermilk children were being neglected and that plaintiffs’ home was uninhabitable.”
However, the judge said that under federal law, an anonymous tip “without more, does not constitute probable cause.”

Top Five Worst Obamacare Taxes Coming in 2013



Americans Tax
      Reform

Top Five Worst Obamacare Taxes Coming in 2013

Of the twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare, below are the five worst that will be foisted upon Americans for the first time on January 1, 2013.
Of the twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare, below are the five worst that will be foisted upon Americans for the first time on January 1, 2013:
The Obamacare Medical Device Tax – a $20 billion tax increase:  Medical device manufacturers employ 409,000 people in 12,000 plants across the country. Obamacare imposes a new 2.3 percent excise tax on gross sales – even if the company does not earn a profit in a given year.  In addition to killing small business jobs and impacting research and development budgets, this will increase the cost of your health care – making everything from pacemakers to prosthetics more expensive.
The Obamacare “Special Needs Kids Tax” – a $13 billion tax increase:  The 30-35 million Americans who use a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) at work to pay for their family’s basic medical needs will face a new government cap of $2,500 (currently the accounts are unlimited under federal law, though employers are allowed to set a cap).
There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children.  There are several million families with special needs children in the United States, and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education. Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington, D.C. (National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education. This Obamacare tax provision will limit the options available to these families.
The Obamacare Surtax on Investment Income – a $123 billion tax increase:  This is a new, 3.8 percentage point surtax on investment income earned in households making at least $250,000 ($200,000 single).  This would result in the following top tax rates on investment income:

Capital Gains
Dividends
Other*
2012
15%
15%
35%
2013+ (current law)
23.8%
43.4%
43.4%
The table above also incorporates the scheduled hike in the capital gains rate from 15 to 20 percent, and the scheduled hike in dividends rate from 15 to 39.6 percent.
The Obamacare “Haircut” for Medical Itemized Deductions – a $15.2 billion tax increase: Currently, those Americans facing high medical expenses are allowed a deduction to the extent that those expenses exceed 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI).  This tax increase imposes a threshold of 10 percent of AGI. By limiting this deduction, Obamacare widens the net of taxable income for the sickest Americans.  This tax provision will most harm near retirees and those with modest incomes but high medical bills.
The Obamacare Medicare Payroll Tax Hike -- an $86.8 billion tax increase:  The Medicare payroll tax is currently 2.9 percent on all wages and self-employment profits.  Under this tax hike, wages and profits exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 in the case of married couples) will face a 3.8 percent rate instead. This is a direct marginal income tax hike on small business owners, who are liable for self-employment tax in most cases. The table below compares current law vs. the Obamacare Medicare Payroll Tax Hike:

First $200,000
($250,000 Married)
Employer/Employee
All Remaining Wages
Employer/Employee
Current Law
1.45%/1.45%
2.9% self-employed
1.45%/1.45%
2.9% self-employed
Obamacare Tax Hike
1.45%/1.45%
2.9% self-employed
1.45%/2.35%
3.8% self-employed
Click here to view PDF form.
Posted by John Kartch on Friday, September 28, 2012 2:58 PM EDT



--
GOVERNMENT = SELF APPOINTED LEGALIZED CRIME SYNDICATE !!!!

WHITE HOUSE INSIDER: Obama In Serious Trouble – And That Makes Him Very Dangerous



WHITE HOUSE INSIDER: Obama In Serious Trouble – And That Makes Him Very Dangerous

“He owes them for everything.  Everything he’s got – they gave to him.  Everything.  The guy’s Manchurian to the shoes on his feet.” -WHI


Note:  For the past two years we have been receiving information from a longtime Democratic Party operative who has worked at the highest levels of American politics -including direct access to presidential administrations.  Once closely allied to the Clinton machine, and then later playing a significant role in helping to elect Barack Obama in 2008, this individual came to realize just how inept and dangerous was the then-newly elected President Obama and his circle of closest advisers, namely Valerie Jarrett.  Since that time this insider has time and again shared information that has later proven accurate, including rampant White House infighting, re-election strategies, Obama’s strained relationship with Democrats in Congress and the U.S. military, and more personal details specific to Barack Obama the man – a figure who suffers from emotional extremes including depression and who spends far more time in his second floor White House study than he does working in the Oval Office as President of the United States.

UM:  We agreed to a series of word associations to start this off.  You still ok with that?
WHI:  Sure – yeah. Fire away.
UM:  Mitt Romney.
WHI:  The next President of the United States.  He better be – or…or people don’t know – they don’t realize how bad – how dangerous things will get.  And fast.
UM:  Hillary Clinton
WHI:  Don’t trust her.   Never have.  I used to respect her…I still want to…Hope she proves herself – hope she does the right thing and stays the f-ck away from this administration when she leaves.  IF she leaves.
UM:  Bill Clinton
WHI:  (Long Pause)
…..Disappointment.  But he might surprise us yet.  He…he could be playing this about right.  Maybe.  He’s still got game, but word is…he gets tired fast.  Ain’t got the focus…I’d still count him as a friend though.  Yeah – I would.
UM:  -Name Deleted-  (Wall Street Insider)
WHI:  God bless him.  And I mean that.  What he’s going through…tough little son-of-a-b-tch.  I’ve come to love that man.  He still scares the sh-t out of me too.  But man oh man…no way we could have kept at this without him.  He’s pushed this-this…whatever we call what we’ve been doing here…he’s legitimized it.  Protected it.  Protected us.  I don’t know if you’ll ever know how much…he don’t talk about it…but I know.  I’m seeing things in the news everyday now – just about everyday…I read the headline and smile.  It’s him.  He’s doing it.  Will it be enough?  (shrugs)  Maybe.  Maybe not.  But g-dammit I’m sure as hell grateful we got him on our side.
UM:  Valerie Jarrett
WHI:  Most dangerous woman in America.  Bar none.  She’s the conduit – Obama and Chicago.
UM:  Michelle Obama
WHI:  Second most dangerous woman in America.  And both those ladies…they scare the hell out of the president.  I was told he hates them both – on some level.  Hates them both.  Now I don’t – I won’t pretend to know the psychology behind that kind of thing…but it don’t take adegree to know whatever it is they got there…it’s all kinds of f-cked up.
UM:  Eric Holder
WHI:  Borrowed time.  Tough-tough-tough.  Smart.  You know…now don’t take this the wrong way here now…I come to respect him on some level.  Not saying I like the man – not in the least.  But he has managed to intimidate enough people…use the machine to his advantage…the guy is good.  Real good.  And that is horrible for the country.  That’s why I have been saying for – since we started this.  The guy has got to go.  Got to be forced out – removed…whatever.  I called him Obama’s firewall…long time ago. Right?  Day one that’s what I called him.  Obama’s firewall.  Jarrett’s firewall.  Jarrett has kept him in place.  Confirmed that.  There was a moment…last year.  Late last year.  Talks within the administration – they were getting heat from some of the boys on the Hill.  Wanted the bad P.R. that was surrounding the DOJ to be put to bed long before the election year stuff ramped up.  Take their licks and then move on.  So they wanted Eric Holder to step down.  Put a fresh face in there.
(Pause)
You mind if I go on about this for a bit?
UM:  Go ahead – please proceed.
WHI:  So…where was it?  Where was I?
UM:  Members of Congress wanted Holder gone.  Before the election year started.
WHI: Right – that’s it.  They – not a big group of them…but some big names.  Handful of them telling the White House…they were worried the hearings might catch on with the public…Fast and Furious – they didn’t want to contend with that situation during an election year.  So they wanted Holder out.  They made that clear – made it very clear to the White House.
…then Jarrett got word of it.  Real quick of course because almost everything that is to get to the president she approves of first.  I told you that – two years ago.  Before almost anyone even knew who the hell Valerie Jarrett was, right?  She is management in the White House.  She has the veto power over who gets in and who stays the f-ck out.  So she got word of these particular Democrats – a Senator in particular who the rest of them were hiding behind.  And she brought the wrath of God down on that poor bastard.  There was a meeting.  The two of them.  Face to face.  He was at the White House on something totally unrelated – but she had someone send him up to the second floor – her office upstairs.  The real West Wing in the Obama White House…and she absolutely destroyed a United States Senator and she didn’t give a sh-t who overheard it.  The man left her office…he was pale.  Shaking like-like one of them poor palsy bastards.
There had to have been a threat made.  On him. On his family.  Money.  Something.  And she must have made it absolutely clear to the guy she was not playing around.  And there has not been a word about Holder stepping down from those people since.  This Senator you see – the others were hiding behind him.  They figured he had enough…hell I woulda thought the same damn thing.  The guy is a f-cking institution.  She left him pale and shaking and once he backed off – the others went running for cover.
You ask me about Valerie F-cking Jarrett?  That’s Valerie Jarrett and her relationship to the Obama White House.  She IS the Obama White House.  Even Michelle defers to her – and that woman…she’s a hard unlikeable…I won’t use that word…but even she defers to Jarrett.
(Pause)
UM:  Back to the word association…Barack Obama.
WHI:  Dangerous.
UM:  Please elaborate.
WHI:  Barack Obama is in serious trouble  – and that makes him very dangerous.
UM:  Talk about that trouble – explain that.
WHI:  Not just political…the election.  It’s what losing…if he loses there are people who are gonna be…extremely disappointed.  Back to Chicago.
(Pause)
You remember when I was telling you how I took some trips – I was in Chicago regularly for a while…how I kept seeing Obama operatives.  They were everywhere?  You remember that?
UM:  Yeah.  –comment deleted—
WHI:  Leave that part out…now remember, this was long before Obama’s campaign headquarters were announced, right?  When I was telling you that?  How I thought it was weird they were everywhere?  A president…the re-election team normally stays in D.C.  But I was seeing them all overChicago…and later of course…we find out the re-election headquarters is in Chicago.  Now why is that?  Media never chased that one.  That’s different.  Odd.  Shoulda got some more attention – hell like a lot of things, right?  But it was another Back to Chicago moment for these people – Obama.  All of them.  The whole thing…the whole operation.
Why do we got a sitting president who resides in Washington DC…why is his re-election headquartered in Chicago?  That make sense to you?
UM:  No – but very little about this administration makes sense to me.
WHI:  Fair enough – fair enough.  I get that.
Well…then it hits me.  Dumbass like me- sometimes I gotta get hit over the head with it before I figure it out.  They are back in Chicago because the ones who invested in this whole thing…Obama’s career…all the way to the White House…they were getting nervous.  They want a return on this investment, so they want the re-election efforts…they want all of that right under them so they can keep it close.  So they can jerk Obama’s chain if they need to.  Because if Obama doesn’t get that second term…the plan is left unfinished and in danger of being undone.   And they are gonna be pissed.  And that scares the sh-t out of Barack Obama.  He owes these people. He owes them for everything.  Everything he’s got – they gave to him.  Everything.  The guy’s Manchurian to the shoes on his feet.
UM:  Manchurian?
WHI:  Yeah – and I ain’t throwin’ that out there offhand.  I mean it.  He’s Manchurian to the shoes on his feet.  Barack Obama.  The President of the United States.  He has been manufactured since day one.  Day f-cking one.  And I don’t mind sayin’ it like that.  Not one bit because it’s true.  And I’ll tell you this too – you stay the hell out of Chicago.  Don’t even think about touching down there.  And that comes from the Old Man himself.
Too dangerous.  Way too f-cking dangerous.  For me.  For you.  For any of us.
UM:  You’ve turned into a full blown conspirator.
WHI:  You call it whatever the f-ck you want.  I’ll call it this…I’ll say it…what it really is.  John 9:30.
UM:  What?
WHI:  (Smiles)  John 9:30  You go look it up.  I been getting religion lately son.  For real.  I was never one for praying…but I am praying every damn day now.  Praying for all of us.  My own       f-cking redemption.  Yours.  Mine.  This country that’s hanging by a thread like nobody knows.  And my eyes have been opened.
Look – I ain’t joking around here.  You stay out of Chicago.  That’s not just me sayin’ that.  That’s comin’ from the Old Man.  We’re takin’ our ball and going home on that one.  No more.
UM:  How’d you know?
WHI:  Don’t bother asking that.  Move this along.
UM:  Who are these people?
WHI:  We’ve discussed them.  It’s all there.  Most of it anyways…that’s the most frustrating thing really.  It’s all there.  You’ve touched on it…others have done it in a lot more detail than you have.  No offense…but there’s been others who have really put a lot of it together.  But you’ve got the basics down…the unions are big in it.  They own him.  Obama.  They own him.  Globalists.  Jarrett is in that.  Obama was taught day one to hate America, right?  So Big Labor, the globalists, the socialists, the communists, Green Energy…all that bullsh-t is just a different side of the same f-cking face.  It’s all the same.  And Barack Obama is their creation.
(Pause)
You did something on the…the drone story, right? How Obama loves to use those drones.  His kill list?  The Times did a write up on that?
UM:  Yes – I…just yesterday.  Obama’s interest in personally giving the go ahead to bomb specific targets using drones. 
WHI:  Right – now ask yourself this…why is a president so consumed by this one little part of the job?  Now that may sound…I don’t mean to dismiss the taking of human life as a little part of the job…but hell…fact is…I don’t know of a president who has ever taken such…personal interest…I’m gonna come right out and call it pleasure, ok?  Barack Obama takes personal pleasure in using those drones.  Now why is that?  ‘Cause that kind of obsession – that ain’t normal.  He’s a lazy slob of a president – but that damn drone program has his full attention.  He love’s the sh-t outta those godd—mn drones.  He spends hours watching television, or flying around giving another speech – but he don’t miss one of those kill meetings.
So ask yourself – WHY?  And I’ll tell ya that once you figure out that, then you see the big picture.  You see what’s going on here – you see the payoff.  You see how odd things he’s said in the past…how they now make a hell of a lot more sense now.  You see what a second Obama term really means for us.  You see why the military is getting more and more nervous about this guy…you see why it’s got somebody like the Old Man so upset and so damn afraid.  You have…just like I did…you have your own John 9:30 moment.
(Pause)
…Obama loves them drones.  He has made them a personal priority above all else.
The question that is also the answer to so much of this then – is WHY?  From there…I got the goods…I told you what their re-election plan was.  How they are gonna use race, division, chaos…that’s the re-election plan.  Folks are talking now…from inside the administration.  And they are afraid.  Sh-t ain’t right.  Where they wanna take us – and it’s got people upset.  Military had wind of it first…the Old Man knew…now it’s spreading.  Not about the election campaign -the second term plan.  There’s denials being sent back…but nobody trusts them now.  And the ones who do…they are in on it themselves.  Others…like me…you might see us smilin’ and noddin’…but know that’s just the public face we are putting on.  We gotta do that to maintain access.  Don’t let that throw you – you’re gonna see more and more of that in the coming months.  That just needs to be done.  We lose our access…makes it a hell of a lot tougher to plan, right?  So you may see me saying one thing…I’m doing it different.  You gotta trust me on that.  There will come a time in all of this…it’s gonna get tough, it’s gonna get weird…you’re gonna feel used up.  Betrayed.  When we reach that point, and we will – I’m tellin’ you now – we will reach that point…trust is what will keep it all together.  If we don’t have that…they win.  And if they win – we all are gonna lose and lose hard.
The country’s really in the sh-t now…and the papers runnin’ low…
_____________________


_____________________
UPDATE:  FORMER NEW YORK TIMES  EDITOR CALLS VALERIE JARRETT THE “DE FACTO PRESIDENT”  THE EXACT TERM USED BY OUR OWN WHITE HOUSE INSIDER WELL OVER A YEAR AGO:


Larry King to Moderate third-party Presidential Debate with Gary Johnson!


The Rumor Mill News Reading Room 

Larry King to Moderate third-party Presidential Debate with Gary Johnson!
Posted By: CGI_admin [Send E-Mail]
Date: Friday, 19-Oct-2012 13:08:12

WOO HOO
Maryhrt
http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe_legacy.php?linkid=157349
By Meredith Blake
October 17, 2012, 8:59 a.m.
Larry King will moderate a debate among the third-party presidential candidates on Oct. 23, the Free and Equal Elections Foundation announced on Tuesday.
The debate, which will be held in Chicago, will feature Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode, and Rocky Anderson of the newly formed Justice Party. The event will be broadcast live on Ora TV, the digital programming service where King launched his online talk show, “Larry King Now,” earlier this year. The Free and Equal Elections Foundation and, for unclear reasons, Russia Today will also stream the debate online.
“We are honored to have Larry King moderate this historic debate,” Christina Tobin, founder and chair of the foundation, said in a release. “The previous debates between President Obama and Gov. Romney have failed to address the issues that really concern everyday Americans. From foreign policy, to the economy, to taboo subjects like our diminishing civil liberties and the drug war, Americans deserve a real debate, real solutions, and real electoral options.”
The addition of King, who hosted "Larry King Live" for 25 years before singing off in December 2010, certainly lends some star power to an otherwise neglected corner of the American political system.
The exclusion of third-party candidates from the officially sanctioned presidential debates has been a source of frustration for activists on both ends of the political spectrum since at least 1987, when the Commission on Presidential Debates was formed by the Republican and Democratic parties.
The last time a third-party candidate was invited to participate in a presidential debate was in 1992, when independent Ross Perot famously invoked the “giant sucking sound” of jobs leaving the country thanks to NAFTA in his face-off with George Bush and Bill Clinton.

Binders full of flim flam


Subject: Binders full of flim flam
Ronald

About the only thing we know about
Mitt Romney besides the suits he wears
and the fact he slicks back his hair is...

Gee, we don't know much, do we?

Here's a few things the news media missed.

Prepare to be shocked.

(Note: Critical appraisals of Romney are NOT
endorsements of the current Clown in Chief.)

Video:

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/20723.html

- Brasscheck

P.S. Please share Brasscheck TV e-mails and
videos with friends and colleagues.

That's how we grow. Thanks.

================================

Visit out partner sites:

Real Econ TV: http://RealEconTV.com
Financial news without the big bank baloney

The Real Food Channel: http://RealFoodChannel.com
The truth about the food you eat

================================
Brasscheck TV
2380 California St.
San Francisco, CA 94115

To unsubscribe or change subscriber options visit:
http://www.aweber.com/z/r/?zAxs7OwctKxMHAzsTMwctEa0jGyMTKwsnEw=

Al Smith Dinner - Video Of The Fun


It's time for some fun at the Al Smith Dinner...
 

Florida billboard

MUST SEE On the Florida Turnpike between Port St. Lucie and Palm City .. just south of Becker Rd.   Pic taken this am.  Can't believe it's up in our area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We are moving forward!!!!!!



"

When the Nation is Thrown a Curve Ball

Subject: READ JIM GOLL'S PROPHETIC WORD 2008




  

When the Nation is Thrown a Curve Ball
By James W. Goll

In early 2008, when the U. S. Presidential primaries were in full swing, I was given a visitation from the Lord. It was one I did not fully understand at the time. On the Republican side of the political aisle, John McCain had not yet secured his nomination from his party and Barack Obama was still in a heated debate with Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side of the ticket. Much was at stake and eventually Barack Obama was elected President of the United States at our national elections close to four years ago.
A CONFIRMATION COMES
What I am about to share is to be discerned and prayed over – as is the case in all revelatory experiences. It was only in recent months, after I relistened to a recorded word given to me by a trusted prophet in January 2010, that I realized the magnitude of the word given directly to me by the Holy Spirit. This prophetic person stated that I had been given a visitation in early 2008, which was for the country and was governmental in nature. I had thought it was for then, but the Lord said it was a word for what was about to come.
When I received the word in January 2008, I wrongly interpreted the message. I thought, “Oh that is about my visitation to start Prayer Storm – The Hour that Changes the World.” I thought – that is a great confirmation! Only in recent months when I relistened to the word recorded on my phone, I realized my commissioning encounter to start PRAYER STORM was in April 2007 not 2008!  So my interpretation was wrong. I was left musing.
So I searched through my materials and realized, “I did have a visitation in early 2008. It was governmental in nature and for the United States of America.” (Maybe my getting it wrong and then getting it right will encourage some of the rest of you in your 3-stage journey of revelation – interpretation – application!)

THE BACKGROUND
I was alone sleeping in a downstairs room in my home in Franklin, Tennessee. Michal Ann was still with us at the time though very ill with her long fought battle with cancer. We had round the clock home caregivers with her - whether in our bedroom, at the hospital, and in the rehabilitation unit. We slept the last two years of her dear life apart, as she was constantly being taken care of.
So I was desperate and seeking the Lord that night in a little hide-away room down in our basement. That night the Lord gave me a vivid dream followed by a waking vision and an experience where the external audible voice of the Lord came to me.

VISITATION FROM EARLY 2008
In the dream, I saw the nation on a teeter-totter tipping back and forth going to and fro – with great instability. We were going up and down and up and down and it seemed there was no relief in sight. The United States was reeling from fatigue of wars, corruption and economic uncertainty.
Then the voice of the Lord came in the dream, “Liberalism will reign for a season in the land and then it will become popular for moderacy to rule which could ultimately lead to true conservatism.” (It was not the word I honestly wanted to hear from the Holy Spirit at the time but it came very succinctly to me anyway. Sometimes, we have to remove our own preconceived prejudices with our tainted filters to be able perceive a clear word from the Lord.)
Suddenly, I was awakened from the dream and the basement room was tangibly filled with the presence of destiny. I then saw in the seer realm a “baseball game in action”. A young pitcher was throwing a ball to the plate with great force and seeming agility. It was a curve ball that appears to be a strike but instead it was not a ball for the batter to swing at. Another player was squatted behind the plate with a huge catcher’s mitt. He caught the off target ball as it pounded into his glove.
Then the external voice of the Lord came to me saying, 


“When the nation has been thrown a curve ball, I will have a man prepared who comes from the state of Michigan and he will have a big mitt capable of catching whatever is thrown his way.”

HEARING A HARD WORD!
A strange word… I did not understand it except for the sequence – liberalism to moderarcy to the possibility of true conservatism. I have “wrestled with this word and it has wrestled with me”. I remember even being in the state of Massachusetts at a church not long after this encounter, squatting to the ground and acting out the word about the Lord preparing a man from Michigan who would have a big Mitt! Mercy! Some liked what they heard and some did not. I was a bit clueless.
I thought it was for then – 2008 – and I guess part it was. Liberalism has ruled in the nation for the past four years. Some cheer this as a great success and other bemoan this as a disaster. Whatever your view, it has come to pass. Liberalism, unlike any recent time in modern American history, has ruled the land in the past four years.


But the Lord said there would be a man prepared who would come from the state of Michigan who would have a “big mitt”. Little did I know at that time that Mitt Romney – former Governor of Massachusetts, was born in the state of Michigan. Little did I know, when I received this in 2008, that he would win his parties primary for the 2012 national elections!


AT THE CROSS ROADS OF HISTORY
Let me give a word of perspective. We are not voting for a pastor, or an elder, or a deacon of a church. This is not the next“senior pastoral selection committee”. There are many views and I value interaction, discussion and educated dialogue. Let me also be clear and state, I did not say who would win the national election. We have a free choice and God honors that. But He always offers us a choice.
As I have stated earlier, I have “wrestled with this word and it has wrestled with me”. I have pondered deeply if I should even share the word at all publicly. I understand about praying revelation and at times not sharing your word with others. I have privately prayed more words than I have given in public. I have taught this realm for years and these truths are contained in my book The Prophetic Intercessor.
But being that we are in such a crisis of a crossroads in this nation, I for one cannot remain silent. I cannot let this word go unspoken. The Holy Spirit gave a confirmation to it to give me confidence. I have pondered and prayed through this issue. I have made a decision to dare to be bold enough to share my subjective revelatory experience with you.
The New Testament says to, “Test all things and hold fast to that which is good.” But please, whatever you do, do not be apathetic in this hour. Get informed - even at this last minute - pray and seek the face of God and put works to your faith - and VOTE!
This is our American liberty that men and women have fought and died for – the right for the voice of the people to be heard. I urge you – shake yourself off! Arise and make a difference! This I do know: When the nation is thrown a curve ball . . . He has a plan!

Humbly submitted,
James W. Goll