NEW SITES!!!

hey everyone!!!

so with all that has been going on with the budget cuts and the excitement of everything, i started a grassroots tobacco prevention movement called Project:1200. when i havent been at the capital i have been working on some websites (well... blogs really...) for my new organization. please feel free to check it out and tell me what you think!

www.projecttwelvehundred.blogspot.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Project1200/50280176793?ref=ts#/pages/Project1200/50280176793?ref=ts

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=50614233703&ref=ts

thanks for all your help and support!

faith.hope.charity.
peter.moosman.

Lobbying at the capital!!!

hey everyone! we are lobbying/rallying at the capital today to try to save the Tobacco Prevention program budget! if you have time, PLEASE do your best to get there! there is more info on my facebook. (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=61785158783)

we are also trying to get this video to all of the committee members that will be voting on it. please send it to them asap! here are their email addresses:

achristensen@utahsenate.org, mdayton@utahsenate.org, pjones@utahsenate.org, dliljenquist@utahsenate.org, lhillyard@utahsenate.org, pknudson@utahsenate.org, gbell@utahsenate.org, sjenkins@utahsenate.org, skillpack@utahsenate.org, kmayne@utahsenate.org, lrobles@utahsenate.org, rromero@utahsenate.org, waddoups@utahsenate.org, ronbigelow@utah.gov, blast@utah.gov, dclark@utah.gov, bdee@utah.gov, kgarn@utah.gov, jgowans@utah.gov, dlitvack@utah.gov, blockhart@utah.gov, csmoss@utah.gov, jseelig@utah.gov, jdougall@utah.gov, rchouck@utah.gov, bcferry@utah.gov, keithgrover@utah.gov, kraigpowell@utah.gov, pray@utah.gov, rfrandsen@utah.gov, sjardine@utah.gov, Smallred@utah.gov, Jball@utah.gov

copy and paste it onto the BCC line of your email... then write a short message, urging them to keep tobacco prevention funded! thank you so much!!!

faith.hope.charity.

peter.moosman.

it is not in numbers but in unity that our great strength lies

so i finished Common Sense. good book. its a tough read, but alas, i was able to get some real good stuff out of it (most of which i have already posted on)!!!

i will finish my common sense blogs with a some final thoughts from the "pamphlet."

thought 1:
"it is not in numbers but in unity that our great strength lies..."
though he is talking about the size of america verses great britain, this can connect to us in our own lives. look at any successful organization. look at the church. we are such a strong group of people. rarely if ever do people notice our numbers, but our unity. people are drawn to LDS members and families because of their bond and love for life and one another. and even with our missionary work: we arent out to bring our numbers up, but to build a stronger network of family. to share love and respect. to give the pure love of christ to those round the world. Paine is right. its not in numbers...
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

thought 2:
in discussion between a monarchy and a democracy, Paine describes:
"But where, says some, is the king of america? i'll tell you, friend, he reigns above, and does not make havoc of mankind like the royal brute of britain. Yet that we may not appear to be defective even in earthly honors, let a day be solemnly set apart for proclaiming the charter; let it be brought forth and placed on the divine law, the word of God; let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know that, so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other."

"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." - John 14:6

"Behold, I am the law, and the light. Look unto me, and endure to the end, and ye shall live; for unto him that endureth to the end will I give eternal life." - 3 Nephi 15:9

the Law is king. as we rest the crown on the Law, and follow the Law in all things so that the world may know who and what we approve of. as we let Him be above all else, the rest will be taken care of. we were told to found this nation on the gospel, that it may prosper. we see the nation decaying rapidly, and why? because people have lost focus. they have forgotten what this nation was built on. they are trying to rip the foundation right out from under the building. we all know how that will end up. we are slowly destroying ourselves, and for this, we should be ashamed. but let us once again return to the Law. the Law has provided the atonement needed to repair the damage done.
"I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise." - Doctrine and Covenants 82:10

faith.hope.charity.
peter.moosman.

O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose not only the tyranny but the tyrant, stand forth!

some thoughts of my study of Common Sense, by Thomas Paine:

so a little background. common sense is Thomas' cries to the lovers of mankind to see the importance of independence from the monarchy of england. and i quote,

"Men of passive tempers look somewhat lightly over the offenses of Great Britain and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, 'Come, come, we shall be friends again for all this.' But examine the passions and feelings of mankind, bring the doctrine of reconciliation to the touchstone of nature, and then tell me whether you can hereafter love, honor, and faithfully serve the power that has carried fire and sword into your land? if you cannot do all these, then are you only deceiving yourselves, and by your daily bringing ruin upon posterity. Your future connection with britain, whom you can neither love nor honor, will be forced and unnatural, and being formed only on the plan of present convenience will, in a little time, fall into a relapse more wretched than the first. But if you say you still can pass the violations over, then i ask, has your house been burned? has your property been destroyed before your face? are your wife and children destitute of a bed to lie on or bread to live on? Have you lost a parent or a child by their hands, and yourself the ruined and wretched survivor? If you have not, then are you not a judge of those who have. But if you have and can still shake hands with the murderers, then are you unworthy the name of husband, father, friend, or lover; and whatever may be your rank or title in life, you have the heart of a coward and the spirit of a sycophant."

its long yes, but i hope you read it.   my thoughts:

though we arent in battle over independence from a mother country... we are in battle.

(people have different passions: this is in perspective to mine)

Big Tobacco has affected all of us. whether it be a loved one in the family, or a child of God that passes us on the streets or in the grocery store isle. millions of people die a year. do we continue to say to those industries through our passive, comfortable lifestyles, "come, come, we shall be friends again for all this." Elie Wiesel said, "we must take sides. neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

the youth are being targeted, and everyone is suffering the consequences. we can be active in the battle to preserve the health and lives of those around us, or we can be like mentioned by Paine: we can pass the violations over, with no thought of what has happened, and shake hands with the murderers by closing our eyes to the issue, then we are unworthy the name of husband, father, friend, lover (and i add saint). you have the heart of a coward...

another book i read recently teaches how we should escape the rutt of "what people do" to move to a higher plane or understanding of what we are really capable of. and then becoming it. at the end, the main character discovers that the love that raises above all else, is not just becoming, but helping others become.

let us be like the Savior: humble, selfless, and full of passion. let us be active in fighting for truth and freedom for ALL, whether they be captives to war, the world, or their own addictions (summed up in being captive to the devil). let us be active in fighting against the servants of satan that uphold his work.

find your passion and fight for it.

faith.hope.charity.

peter.moosman.

success!!!

hey everyone!!!

good news!!! the TPCP (tobacco prevention and control program) will be funded for another year! thanks to everyone who helped out in signing petitions and making your voice heard!

we are still trying to raise 1000 signatures on the petition for next years battles! so if you havent already, no fears! you can still make your voice heard! the website is:

www.thepetitionsite.com/2/save-the-tobacco-prevention-and-control-program

just copy and paste it! sign it and save it!

thanks again. keep the faith. keep fighting for truth.

faith.hope.charity.

peter.moosman.