Hi All:
I announced in August of last year the La-Fayette Meeting Place. It's a monthly meeting of likeminded citizens that are concerned about the direction of our country. A time of information sharing, encouragement and fellowship. While we have been meeting since September 2021, I have neglected posting my outlines. It doesn't do the whole meeting justice because there is discussion about the various topics in the outline. Below is from our Feb. 2022 meeting. If you would like previous meeting outlines, let me know. Thank you!
The FCCP Presents: The La-Fayette Meeting Place
Meeting #5 Feb. 10th, 2022
1. Welcome and Announcements
2. Pledge of Allegience
3. National Anthem
O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
4. 2nd Amendmentations :-)
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
5. Scripture Reading
And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
(Ex. 1:15-20)
Joshua Chapter 2. Rahab hiding the two spies.
6. Special Singing? Rhonda Dooley- God Bless America
7. Notable Quotables
"A system of licensing and registration is the best device to disarm the Bourgeois."~ V.I. Lenin
"Bold-hearted men are always called mean-spirited by cowards." ~ Charles Spurgeon
"The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.: ~ W.E.B. Dubois
"In ancient Athens, the world's first democracy, they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people could vote on the politician they thought was most destructive to the democratic process. The winner was banished from Athens for 10 years." ~ Weird-Facts.org.
8. Reading of the 9th & 10th Amendment and from the Constitution
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes DESTRUCTIVE of these ends, it is the RIGHT of the People to ALTER or to ABOLISH it, and to institute NEW Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
9. It's Economical Watson
National Debt: As of 8:30 PM 2/6/22 (61 days later)- $30 Trillion 15 Billion (+ $1T 2B)/ Citizen- $86,958 (+ $3,286)/Taxpayer- $229,705 (+ $10,103). Went from 19T to 29T between 2/16 & 11/21.
10. News With Views
A) Gov. Ron DeSantis says people should not kow to the mob regarding Cancel Culture and the Spotify-Joe Rogan situation.
B) An Illinois Bill would ban no-knock warrants.
C) A Louisiana Bill would ban enforcement of some future federal gun control.
D) Georgia Bill would legalize raw milk sales.
E) Oklahoma Bill would set foundation to end unconstitutional National Guard deployments.
F) Alabama Senate and House Committees pass Permitless Concealed Carry Bill.
G) The Biden Admin Federal Worker vaccine mandate was blocked in court.
H) The Biden administration has officially withdrawn a rule that would have required workers at big companies to get vaccinated or face regular COVID testing requirements.
11. Pester Brat's Message
We have an election this year! May 24th- Primary; June 21st- Runoff; Nov 8th- General
* State elections are very important because of the direction of the federal government
* Some Constitutional Amendments are being proposed. Will address as we get closer.
* Nine Republicans running for Governor: Kay Ivey; Dean Odle; Tim James; Linda Blanchard; Lew Burdette; Stacy George; Donald Jones; Dave Thomas; Dean Young.
* Six Democrats running for Governor.
* Five Republicans running for U.S. Senate: Michael Durant; Mo Brooks; Katie Britt; Karla DuPriest; Jake Shafer.
* Three Democrats running for U.S. Senate.
* Two Republicans running for Attorney General: Steve Marshall; Harry Bartlett Still III.
* One Democrat running for Attorney General.
* One Republican (Robert Aderholt) and one Democrat (Rick Neighbors) running for U.S. House of Representatives 4th District.
12. Website of the Month: www.ballotpedia.org
14. Q & A
15. Prayer for our Nation
16. Closing Comments/Next Meeting Thursday 3/10/2022
