Voting Guide for Harris County

Below is my voter's guide which combines the input of several different sources.  There are three ways to access my voting guide:

By excel (attached), pdf (attached) & online at google docs at the following url:

• http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p9oSZXPBYdA5hXnuMuGubTQ

Resources used:

• Texas Eagle Forum
• Questionaire/Voter's guide at this url:
• http://www.texaseagle.org/Nov2008VGWeb.pdf
• Texas Right to life
• Voter's Guide:
• http://www.texasrighttolife.com/documents/VoterGuide10-2008.pdf
  
• Legislative Record and Scorecard (for incumbents)
• http://www.texasrighttolife.com/legislation_scorecard.php
• The What's Up Radio Program, Terry Lowry, 100.7 "The Word" guide
• attached to this email, received in mail.
• Their URL is http://www.terrylowry.com/
• Texas Alliance for Life
• Voter's Guide
  
• http://www.texasallianceforlife.org/PDF/2008General/TAL_Voter_Guide_NOV_2008.pdf
• Texas Legislative Website (Vote records)
• http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/VoteInfo.aspx
  

Please note only republican candidates are listed here because I don't know of any pro-life democrats.  Texas Right to Life does endorse pro-life democrats, they just aren't many that exist.  You can see from their guide that there are a few, just not any that we can vote for in Harris county.

God bless,

Brad Reynolds

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Baby Video & Aborter Encounter

I was forwarded the website below.  The banner on the front of this website shows video of babies at different development ages.  See for yourself how early a baby develops.  Sad to say, some will respond to this by not even believing their eyes:

http://www.ehd.org/index.php

You can see that even at 4 week, what we have is a little child.

I was talking to someone I know and he told me he had made his partner of the past have repeated abortions.  He now was pro-life but not willing to call it murder.  Sometimes we can be so preoccupied with not allowing ourselves to feel guilty, that we will deceive ourselves and avoid truth even when it stares us in the face.

For those who have had or have encouraged abortion, I can tell you no other than that it is murder.  That needs to resonate.  That needs to weigh on your soul so that you can feel the weight of your guilt before God. 

After you have fully accepted the weight of your guilt, having committed murder, you can come to Christ for forgiveness.  Jesus Christ can forgive the murder just like he forgives the adulterer, the liar, the effeminate.  God's forgiveness is there for the taking, but you can't receive that until you truly repent and repentance requires a full admission of guilt.  Never allow pride to separate you from the forgiveness, grace and mercy of God.

You can call out today "Lord Jesus though I am a sinner and a murderer, I call to you for forgiveness today.  Lord cleanse me of my sin.  I trust not in my own righteousness, perceived through the convenience of avoidance.  I acknowledge my guilt and trust in nothing more than the blood of Christ to cleanse me."

Final (& Short) Presidential Update

As you know, Mike Huckabee has left the race.  I will not be voting for John McCain and of course not a pro-abortion democrat in the general election.  I'll have to pick some third party or something.


Now there has been much controversy over the religion of Barack Obama.  We know he claims to be a Christian convert.  Based on this NY Times article Obama: Man of the World, I seriously have to consider the possibility that Obama is still Muslim and is attempting to deceive the population.  Even if he is not still Muslim, his comments show that having him as president while we are dealing with Islamic terrorists IMO will put us in great danger.  The article states:

Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it'll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset."

What call to prayer is this?  Here are the words:

Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar (Allah is greater).
Ash'hado Aan La Illaha Illa Allah (I witness that there is no God but Allah).
Ash'hado Aanna Mohammadan Rasoul Allah (I witness that Mohammad is the messenger of Allah).

And what is the significance of this prayer?  This prayer is the religious test often applied to those who would be forced to convert.  If a pagan is not willing to convert and recite this prayer stating that Allah is the only God (Denying Jehovah of the bible or any other supposed God for that matter), they are executed.

Koran's verses:

008:039: And fight with them until there is no more persecution and religion should be only for Allah; but if they desist, then surely Allah sees what they do.
009:005: So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

 
Obama is an intelligent man, super intelligent.  How could he see these words which are used to slaughter Christians and Hindus around the world...words that require subjection to Islam alone...words that if used in conjunction with Koran 9:5 would be the only words by which you could save your own life...how could he call them "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset"?

I don't know, but I seriously fear that we may be witnessing the rise of an anti-Christ president who pretends to be a Christian so he can be elected.  At best we have someone who has no understanding of the real threat of Islam and is far too friendly with it.

Please pray for the wellbeing of our country and that God will give us a president that is not an anti-Christ.

Presidential Election (February Update)

Everyone so much has happened.

Mitt Romney has dropped out of the race, leaving only Mike Huckabee and John McCain as contenders.

The media has been sabotaging Mike Huckabee this whole race. Every attempt they get they say he can't win. He's not a factor. He only has evangelicals. So on and so forth. THIS RACE IS NOT OVER!

McCain has ~700 delegates right now. He needs almost 1200 to get the nomination. There are 1199 delegates still up for grabs. To seal this he needs 40% of the remaining delegates. Now mind you that these delegates are not assigned proportionally. Even in states that are not Winner Take all statewide, some are Winner take all by precinct. In states like that, even a small margin of victory can give you the overwhelming number of delegates. We've seen that in earlier states where winning by a few point might give you a 30 to 5 delegate advantage.

For Huckabee to seal the deal he would have to win 80% of the remaining delegates. This is doable, but HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. HE ONLY NEEDS TO WIN 60%+ to force a convention vote that would causes the Romney and other delegates to have to make a choice. MOST OF THESE DELEGATES WOULD GO TO HUCKABEE BARRING ANY INTERFERENCE FROM ROMNEY TELLING THEM TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.

It is easy, very easy for a conservative like Huckabee, no longer splitting the vote with Romney get to more than 60% of the remaining delegates. If he gets 75% or so, I think he has an almost even chance of picking up enough of Romney's delegates to win. Getting 75% of the vote would be hard, but with these winner take all precincts, getting 75% of the delegates is VERY doable!!!!

Let's be reminded of who McCain is. He is the man that called the leaders of the Christian Coalition within the party "agents of intolerance" and went on to call us "evil" influence on the Republican party. EVIL!!!! McCain believe us Christians who want a voice in the party are evil!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/05/AR2006050501745.html

He supports embryonic stem-cell research which fundamentally is just another form of abortion/murder. He does not support defining marriage as between a man and a woman, which I guess is in line with his view that we are "agents of intolerance". He tried to give amnesty in the last immigration bill (McCain-Kennedy), before building a fence. He is co-author of the McCain-Feingold bill to restrict political free speech.

Some have said that he has explicitly stated he would not support justices like Alito, although there may not be enough evidence to confirm that. Considering that he views us Christians as EVIL I can imagine that he would not nominate an Alito or Thompson to the court.

There is a concerted effort by the media to end this race now, to discourage voters. Scott Rasmussen has even gone so far as to end his polling on the republican side to sabotage Mike Huckabee, or so it appears:

http://bradbeblogging.blogspot.com/2008/02/action-alert-scott-rasmussen-sabotages.html

What can you do?

Mike Huckabee has been running on a shoe-string budget. He needs contributions to get the 70% of the remaining delegates he'll need to win at convention by winning over Romney's delegates.

Contribute Here:

https://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Contribute.Home&r=17962

God has given us a great opportunity to influence our party. Do we want another Republican who is not socially conservative, someone like Reagan or Bush Sr. who gave us a record of 3 out of 5 Supreme Court Justices that support Roe vs Wade? McCain would probably give us all bad judges. We need a true social conservative and that man is Mike Huckabee.


Go to his website at http://www.mikehuckabee.com to see where he stands on the issues (click the issues link).

ACTION ALERT!!!! - Scott Rasmussen Sabotages Us

Scott Rasmussen has decided to stop polling the Republican race.

This is an direct attempt at sabotage!!  I called them and asked why, and they basically told me the race was over and it was their decision to make.  The tone of the conversation made it clear that they have no intentions of changing their minds on this.

This poll is extremely important.  I'm speaking only as an individual Huckabee supporter, but I believe we need to go into action on this.  Let me explain why this appears to be deliberate first.

When the race was between 3 men, with McCain way ahead, he still polled on both Wednesday and Thursday.  Even though the conservative vote was still split between Huckabee and Romney, he still polled!  With the conservative vote split between those two, it was practically IMPOSSIBLE for Huckabee or Romney to win.  Yet he still polled!

Now that Romney is out, it is now VERY POSSIBLE for Huckabee to win taking the conservative vote, and it is now that he decides to stop polling saying the race is over.  Huckabee could easily win almost all of the remaining states, because THE CONSERVATIVE VOTE CAN NOW BE UNITED.

If he had decided to stop polling immediately after Tuesday's results were known, maybe his decision could be regarded as misguided but genuine.  Since he continued polling, this decision can only be regarded as a deceptive attempt at sabotage.

What can we do?  We need to get this in front of the media and hammer and hammer and hammer it until the story gets picked up and some political pressure causes Scott to change his mind.

ACTION:

• Write in to every news show you know, telling them Scott and much of the other media is trying to sabotage the race and end it early.
• This one is Huge, because it can't be ignored....call into EVERY RADIO TALK SHOW you can and voice the message before they can cut you off.
• Contact the Huckabee campaign and advise that they address this issue as well in the media.
• And finally (and probably least effectively, but still worth the time) send email to Scott Rasmussen, and call (732)776-9777.
• Lets get this out to every huckabee meetup, or forum group we can.

Let's stop this concerted attempt by the establishment to have an abortion of this election!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tough Road Ahead with No Regrets

 As I'm sure you know, we lost South Carolina.

A win in Florida will turn it back into a good tight race.  Still we have to WIN Florida, having taken a significant hit in momentum.

One thing I know.  I can look back at this win or lose and not have regrets.  I did what I could knowing that Huckabee is the only candidate who will protect the unborn.  My voice was heard.  My sacrifice was made.  I laid it on the line.  For that I am eternally grateful to God for putting it in my heart.  I can walk away from this election no matter how it turns out knowing that I represented what was righteous....not what was for me advantageous.

I don't mean to talk like it's over, but it would be unrealistic to not see that we missed a big big opportunity to really jump ahead in this race, and the road is now much more difficult.

I thank my God continually that he appoints our rulers, or else I could be more distressed.  I know that His wisdom is so much greater than mine.  Into God's hands we continue to leave this race as we are faithful in what we can do through God's strength.

Continue to pray for Mike Huckabee and for our nation.  Pray for the children, the little people in their mother's wombs who are being murdered.  Pray for our country to open it's eyes and reject this inhumane practice.  Every person deserves to have the same rights to live protected by due process of law.

I fear in my heart that if Mike Huckabee is not elected, we will see in the next president's term the true wrath of God against our ungodliness.  I know that might sound "fundamentalist".  Sorry, that is what I believe is a good possibility.  God has sent us a man after his own heart, and if we reject him, I can see that being the impetus in God moving forward with his judgment of our nation.  Time will tell.

Presidential Election (January Update)

Hi all,

Mike Huckabee, the only truly pro-life candidate in the race (and here is the proof) is once again on top of the daily rasmussen national poll as the national front runner, but it is very very close.  Mike Huckabee is really hurting for money.  He's been very effective and much more efficient than his rivals, but he needs more money to fight the negative and false ads flooding South Carolina.  Also, Feb 5 has like 20 states, and Huckabee needs a lot of money now to get the organizations set up in those states to get the vote out and inform the public.  The primary is just a few days away and we need to give right now!!!  Then forward this to everyone you know and ask them to give.

Also, if you don't have money YOU CAN MAKE CALLS FOR HUCKABEE.  Go here to register:

http://phonecallsformike.blogspot.com/


If you don't have long distance minutes but DO have a computer, you can download software to make FREE phone calls across the Internet here:

http://icall.com/

All you need is a computer headset, an Internet connection and a heart that cares.


Attack groups like the Club for Growth and others are subverting election contribution limits by attacking on behalf of candidates getting far more in contributions from single donors than is legal if those contributions were given to the campaign.

On taxes, you can go to my blog and see rock solid proof from tax tables of the states to show that Romney increased the tax burden of his state as a percentage of the economy year over year 75% faster than Huckabee :

http://bradbeblogging.blogspot.com/2008/01/romney-rebuttal-enclosed.html

If you watched the debate, you know that Romney had the 3rd worst job growth in the nation during his term, while Huckabee was able to produce a prosperous state.  Even though Romney increased tax on the economy 75% faster than Huckabee, Huckabee did more with the more moderate increase that he had:

• Huckabee through their kids insurance initiatives brought the rate of uninsured children down from 29% to 19%.
• Huckabee took their roads which were one of the worst according to Trucker magazine to the most improved according to the same group.
• Huckabee passed the first ever broad based tax cut in the state's history, and that with a democrat legislature!
• Huckabee took an education system that was 49th in the nation, and it is now 8th.  49th to 8th!!!!!

What Huckabee did was govern.  OK, so he's not just looking out for big business.  He cares about people too.  And to some, that's going to be a turnoff.  But considering how well he did with so much smaller tax increases than Romney, that has to be impressive.

Please see the tax figures for yourself.  Romney and Club for Growth and others have been lying, trying to stick the fiscal liberal tag on Huckabee, but its simply not true.


We have a chance to have a Christian leader with STRONG biblical principles and now is our time to be heard.  He's even being attacked now for not recanting his support for a patriarchal biblical family structure.  Now if there's anything you would expect a politician to compromise on, it's that, but he hasn't.

In the last update, I did not give any information about the Democrat candidates, because I thought it was common knowledge that they are not pro-life.  I'm going to provide some information now to clear that up.

Barack Obama:
A Text Outline of Barack's record on abortion
Alan keyes proving Barack is even more pro-abortion murder than Hillary Clinton. (In Illinois blocked bill to prevent the murder of unsuccessfully aborted babies who were born alive)
Barack Obama himself stating his support of abortion murder

Hillary Clinton:
Hillary's website states clearly that she supports abortion murder and they even have a fact sheet explaining how tirelessly she has supported it.

On Homosexual privileges, you can see where both of them stand.  They both participated in the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual & Trans-sexual debate or as they like to call it LGBT.  The republicans would not participate in such a debate, but you can hear the democrat candidates and how they'll support the homosexual agenda here:

http://visiblevote08.logoonline.com/2007/08/10/video-the-presidential-forum/


Once again, now is the time to act.  If Huckabee doesn't win South Carolina Saturday, his chances become very slim.  If you can't give, pray.  I ask that you would fast and pray with me.  I have been fasting since Saturday night with nothing but water, and plan to continue for about 3 more days until the primary Saturday night.  I have kept this private until now, but I need to request that you participate with me in seeking God's favor in granting us a Christian leader.  Can you complete these last three days until Saturday evening fasting and praying with me for our nation?

Historically no candidate has ever won the nomination without getting South Carolina.  It is a dead heat right now between the big three: McCain, Huckabee & Romney.  Actually Romney isn't as high, but I expect him to get a bump up from winning Michigan.  The importance of this primary CAN NOT be over-emphasized.



God bless you all,

Brad Reynolds

Romney Rebuttal Enclosed

Michael Medved, gives some useful information for a rebuttal in his article on townhall.com:

http://michaelmedved.townhall.com/blog/g/c6692253-551a-45e4-ba9f-37e740fe9411

Specifically he references the tax foundations statistics on tax for the states:

http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/460.html (Massachusetts)
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/442.html (Arkansas)

We need to prevent Huckabee's Long tenure from being used against him. Let's adjust the discussion to put things in a yearly context.

Massachusetts's tax burden went from 9.8% in the year before Romney took office to 10.5% in his final year. Net increase 0.7% of the economy.
Arkansas tax burden went from 10.1% to 11.1% for Huckabee. Net increase 1.0%.

Now let's adjust for length of term:

RateOfIncrease/Year = (base + total increase)^(1/termInYears) - 1

Romney : (1 + .007)^((1/4) -1 = .001745 = .1745%
Huckabee : (1+ .01)^(1/10) - 1 = .000996 = .0996%

As you can see, Romney's per year increase in tax burden is significantly more than Huckabee's. Think of it this way:

that is .1745/.0996 = 175%.

I could say "Under Mitt Romney's tenure as governor the tax burden in Massachusetts increased 75% faster, than it did under Huckabee in Arkansas."

or another way to say it is to use the table below:

Romney
Year	Tax as % of Economy	% increase
2002	9.80%	N/A
2003	10.00%	2.04%
2004	10.20%	2.00%
2005	10.50%	2.94%
2006	10.50%	0.00%
Average Increase/Year		1.75%
Huckabee
Year	Tax as % of Economy	% increase
1996	10.10%	N/A
1997	10.10%	0.00%
1998	10.20%	0.99%
1999	10.20%	0.00%
2000	10.50%	2.94%
2001	10.50%	0.00%
2002	10.30%	-1.90%
2003	10.00%	-2.91%
2004	10.50%	5.00%
2005	11.20%	6.67%
2006	11.10%	-0.89%
Average Increase/Year		0.99%

These numbers generated from the Tax Foundation tables show that Romney increased the tax burden of his state by an average of 1.75% each year (that is 1.75% more than the last years tax burden, not 1.75% of the economy).

This is significantly more than Huckabee. Huckabee increased the tax burden by only .99% each year.

This means Romney increased his state's tax burden 75% faster than Huckabee increased his state's tax burden.