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Ad Campaigns

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June 20, 2009
tj200906020130-1.jpgRandom Ramblings from the Resident Raptor.
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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Matt 5:16 (NKJV)
Coca-Cola/Pepsi???
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“The real thing.” “It brings good things to life.” “When you care enough to send the very best.” “The choice of a new generation.” “Built tough.” “Don’t leave home without it.” “It’s everywhere you want to be.” “Just do it.” “Be All that You Can Be.” “The savings place.” “Membership has it’s privileges.”

How many of these ad slogans have you heard? Can you name the products associated with these ad campaigns? What image comes to mind when you hear these slogans? And does the product advertised live up to its ad campaign? Would you recommend these products to someone else?

How did you do with naming the products? Did you get them all? If not here is the answers to the slogans in order. Coke, GE, Hallmark, Pepsi, Ford, Master Card, VISA, NIKE, the Army and finally your local church. Oh you thought your savings place was Walmart and American Express‘ membership has privileges? Okay I admit “The Savings Place” is a trademark of Walmart, and American Express did coin the phrase “Membership  has it’s privileges but in a way all these terms could be applied to the brand “Christian.”

Walmart has become known as the savings place. In fact I can pretty much guarantee that more people will enter into a local Walmart each week then will enter a local church building. We, as a culture, spend more time, effort, and resources in the pursuit of happiness and material things, then we do in the pursuit of spiritual enrichment and fulfillment. I am sure more people can identify the products being advertised above with little or no problem but when confronted with listing the 10 commandments, or reciting the beatitudes they will stumble. Perhaps one of the reasons for this lack of interest in the real SAVINGS PLACE, is the tarnished name brand. View full article »

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Graduation Day

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June 17, 2009

Random Ramblings from the Resident Raptor
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Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming. Matt 25:13 (NKJV)

I saw a large, white throne and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the sky fled from his presence, but no place was found for them. I saw the dead, both important and unimportant people, standing in front of the throne. Books were opened, including the Book of Life. The dead were judged on the basis of what they had done, as recorded in the books. Rev 20:11-12 (GW)

graduation portrait
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I remember it well. The cap and gown. The slow march to Pomp and Circumstance. The endless speeches. And the solo parade across the stage to receive my diploma. Proof that I had successfully completed my course of study and was dismissed to face an uncertain future. School was out for good. No more pencils, no more books, no more parent teacher conferences. All this was now part of my past. It was time to embrace the future. Head on out into a brave new world. Choose the path you wish to follow, whether it is a road to academia, or a career path. Perhaps you choose to become a world traveler. Or just take some time off away from the books to reflect, and recharge for the next chapter of your life. Whatever road you choose the future lies ahead of you and not behind you. Once you leave the hallowed halls of your Alma Mater it is your choice as to where you end up in life.

Let your learning be your guide and pause long enough to study the road signs along the way. Do not be in such a big hurry to get to your next destination, that you miss the joy of the journey. Life is very much a routine while in the hallowed halls of education. But once you break free of its restraints, sometimes the freedom is too much to handle. Some people who are used to being told what to do day in and day out may find the travel a bit daunting. Those who enjoy a challenge will roll up their sleeves and tackle wherever the highway of life leads them. And then there are the rest of us who somehow manage to get through our day by just trying to avoid any major mistakes.

Oh how I wish things came easily for me, but for the most part everything I ever desired in life came with great struggles. Not being much of a fighter it sometimes took all I had to stay with the project long enough to see it through to completion. Sometimes it would appear the best route to take was the escape route. But patient endurance usually produced good results.

There is another graduation day awaiting all of us at the end of our journey through life. And just like our high school graduation was a time for celebration, so too shall our graduation from this life be a time to celebrate. Unless of course you failed to do your required course work while in training. We never know when we will be given our final exam so it is best to attempt to complete all assignments given to us and do the best we can on each new test. Pop quizzes are never fun but if we prepare ourselves daily they never take us by surprise. Only for those who wait to the day before a test to study does the pop quiz hold some terror.

There is going to be a final exam, just like you had finals in school, and only those who have prepared themselves shall pass the test and be allowed to pass through the gates of heaven and enter into eternal rest. All others will be shut out and cast aside into the lake of fire where there will be endless suffering and torment. Be sure to be prepared so when you stand before the Proctor of the Universe you shall pass your final exam.

Happy trails.

But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness. Isaiah 40:31 (BBE)

Along for the journey

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Flag Day 2009

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June 14, 2009

Flag Day recognizes the June day in 1777 when the Continental Congress adopted the “Stars and Stripes” as the official flag of the United States.

In honor of America and the union that it stands for, long may she wave.
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This Floral Flag was planted by the Bodger Seed Company as a tribute after the September 11, 2001 tragedy.

The 2002 floral flag was 740 feet wide and 390 feet high and maintained the proper flag dimensions as described in executive order #10834. This flag was 6.65 acres and was the first floral flag to be planted with 5 pointed stars, each star was 24 feet in diameter and each stripe 30 feet wide. This flag was estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants with 4-5 flower stems each for a total of more than 2 million flowers. It’s life span was approximately 3 months and went to seed in early August 2002.

Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson

Oh say can you see this flag from space? Yes indeed you can. The flag is so large that it can be viewed from space. Now that is one huge flag.

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Obamanomics Goes Stateside

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June 12, 2009
Just another FINE EXAMPLE of OBAMANOMICS in action. Take money from the working class and give to the POLITICALLY PROTECTED CLASS.

As Obama raped GM and Chrysler GOV Doyle is using the same pattern to rape the citizens of Wisconsin.

If you had any doubt about OBAMA’s plans this certainly should open your eyes.

clipped from www.americanthinker.com
As many states struggle to close big deficits, they are also expanding the power of public employee and other unions. I guess the thinking is, “in crisis, there is opportunity.”
Where have we heard that before?
Stephen Moore of the Wall Street Journal Political Diary takes a look at Wisconsin’s efforts to elevate the public sector unions while trying to close a huge budget gap:
The new budget would increase use of the “prevailing wage law” — the state version of the federal Davis-Bacon Act — to discourage competition by non-union firms for public works projects. The law would also make it easier for labor to sign up workers on state contracts. Spending on health insurance and retirement benefits for public employees would be hiked by expanding eligibility to domestic partners, costing at least $15 million a year. The budget also makes it easier for home health-care workers to become eligible for collective bargaining.
Then there’s a smorgasbord of new taxes to pay for it all.
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Disney/Pixar’s take on Obamanomics

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June 10, 2009
Political Cartoon by Gary Varvel
Spending goes up, employment goes down. Spending goes up,
employment goes down down down. As spending goes up,
employment goes down. All together now…

with credit to:Gary Varvel

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