Vehicle breaks down and youtube come to the rescue ... again.

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  How is everyone doing.  I pray that this blog finds everyone in good health and spirits.  The past several weeks has been very eventful for me and my family.

Several weeks ago, I slipped on ice while going to work.  My hands were full with my book bag, lunch, and other items, so when I fell, I fell on my elbow. I heard something in my shoulder crack and I was unable to get up.  Luckily, I ended up breaking my shoulder blade and not my elbow.  The doctor said that it normally heals in 6 weeks but it ended up healing in 3 weeks.  My employer, Ball Pipe and Supply was real good.  It wasn't worker's comp because I wasn't working at the time the accident happened.  But they allowed me to go on limited duty so that I didn't miss any work days.

This past Thursday, our car broke down.  My wife took me to work cause she needed the car to take our son to Therapy Works in Tulsa, OK.  When she left Ball Pipe and Supply, she stopped to get fuel.  She goes to start the car after fueling and the car didn't even try to start.  The lights worked, the chime worked, the battery tested positive, the the car wouldn't start.  No 'click' or anything.  She calls me up and we had to cancel our son's appointment at Therapy Works.  We have the car towed to Fred's just to find out that their mechanic quit.  Great, now what?  They were nice enough to look over the vehicle and figured that the starter must be bad but really couldn't be positive since the guy who looked at it was a tire guy. They were real good at telling me that they can't be sure.  Based on the fact that they were not mechanics (and I really doubted that it was the starter), I decided to see if we could get the car to another shop.  They called around to several shops in the area but none could look at the car until Monday.  Not good.  I asked a co worker if he could take my wife and I home and then pick me up Friday morning to go back to work.  After work Friday, I walk to the car (was picked up on my way by a co worker who saw me walking).  When I get in the car, I decide to try to start the car.  Immediately I notice that something is wrong with the ignition.  The key turned to the start position with no resistance at all and it didn't snap back to the on position when I let go of the key.  The problem was in the ignition and I didn't like it.  I have to admit, this vehicle intimidates me when it comes to working on it.  It is a 2006 Jeep Liberty and it is the newest vehicle I have ever owned.  It also has lots of fancy electrical things that I do not understand.  But, this vehicle broke down in Shawnee once before and I stumbled upon a youtube video that helped me fix the problem back then.  I decided to try youtube again.  I knew I was going to have to replace the ignition so I went on youtube and searched:  Replace ignition 2006 Jeep Liberty.  Lots of videos popped up in the results, but one caught my eye.  It was "My Jeep Won't Crank Over SOLVED".  This video was great.  It described the problem he had with his vehicle, which was the same problem I was having.  He explained that the problem was a bad ignition actuator and recommended changing both the ingnition switch and actuator and explained why. He showed how to get to the two parts, how to removed the parts (even named the special tool needed), and even went into detail on how the parts work.  He was very detailed.  The only thing I would recommend is for him to improve the lighting. Once I got the parts and tools I needed, the task was easy and went very smooth.  The hardest part was putting the covers for the steering column back together.

I will tell y'all something.  I hear a lot of people talk about the things that is bad about the internet, but there is a lot of good things.  It is filled with lots of information that can help us out a lot.  I probably wouldn't have been able to afford to have this done at the shop but because I was able to look it up on the internet and get the parts at Auto Zone, I was able to get the job done.  The other thing is that my confidence is building and I am not as afraid as I use to be to work on the car.  It goes to show how God can take a terrible thing (my car breaking down away from the house) and turn it into a good thing (I can do all things with God).  Y'all have a great day and God bless.

The Oklahoma Tomcat
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In this video blog I talk about a rock band, The Dirty Unkuls and play two of their songs.

I than talk about the $1.1 trillion spending bill that was passed and how I feel about it.

Last, I talk about the police shooting protests.

Listen to my blog at http://goo.gl/qhzNsE

Riots And Helping Out The Homeless

White police officers shooting blacks seem to be the big news lately.  Because of a few people that use racism to make money and gain power, protests and riots are occurring.  I talk about these riots in my latest video blog and I also give an idea of how we can help out the homeless without aiding in their bad behavior.  

Immigration and lawlessness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHw1g3mJaGo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Say "no" to the Expatriate Terrorist Act and "yes" to the Constitution

On this evening's show, Travis Pope and The Oklahoma Tomcat talked about Ted Cruz's bill that would strip citizenship from any American that fights with ISIS (AKA ISIL). While this sounds like a good bill, Travis Pope and The Oklahoma Tomcat disagrees with it. Article III Section 3 of the Constitution already gives Congress power to deal with treason:

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted."

Notice that it says that "Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason." Ted Cruz's bill would take this out of the hands of Congress and that would be wrong. Lets tell the Senate to follow the law of the land. Contact your Senator and tell them to vote no to Ted Cruz's bill and vote yes to Article III Section 3 of the US Constitution.

To listen to our show, go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/politicaltandt/2014/09/20/isis-ted-cruz-and-the-liberal-collective

ALS, Love, War, and Helping Others

I know a lot of people who refuse to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge or donate any money for research because they are against Embryonic Stem Cell Research.  I totally understand because I am also against Embryonic Stem Cell Research.  I have just uploaded a video blog to let Christians know that there are medical research institutes that do not use embryonic stem cells and how they can help find a cure for ALS and promote research without the use of embryonic stem cells.  I also talk about Iraq and helping out people in other countries.

Rioters don't love

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  How is everyone doing?  Things are doing good here.  I have been busy with work and a new internet radio show that I am co-hosting on called Political T&T.  I still have a lot of improving to do on the show.  I can't wait til we start getting people calling in because it is hard to talk for 2 hours without having different people commenting back or disagreeing.  I know there are people who may be shocked that I have trouble talking for 2 hours but remember, when I am talking to people in person, they talk back. lol  The radio is much different than talking to people in person. I do give radio talk show hosts a lot of credit.  The job is a lot harder than it appears.

I have come across a lot of liberals who support the rioters in Ferguson, MO.  Don't tell me that they are protesters and have the right to protest either.  The people who are stealing, destroying property, and hurting people are not protesting.  They are rioters and they don't care about Mr. Brown at all.  They hate the people in Ferguson, MO and hate everyone who doesn't think like they do.  They only are about one person and that is them self.  Anyone who supports riots, hates their neighbors because this type of action takes away other people's rights.  The people who is having their things stolen and destroyed has nothing to do with the officer who shot Mr. Brown.

Listen, I am all for peaceful protests.   Even if I don't agree with what you are protesting, I will always stand for your right to protest PEACEFULLY.  But the minute that you start taking away other people's rights, you will become my worst enemy.  I can never support hate towards other people and that is what rioters are doing.

Take care and God Bless,
The Oklahoma Tomcat
Co-host Political T&T