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Relating to Past Evil
Recent actions by the Obama administration have raised numerous comparisons between the people running our county and Nazi Germany or worldwide Communism. Some, on hearing this, pooh pooh the idea this it is just the product of an overactive imagination or a simple antipathy to the White House resident… or possibly both. Progressives, of course, fall back on their old standby: racism. Others see these similarities based on the inspirations to Obama and those he surrounds himself with. Some have been quoted as admiring Chairman Mao. Many are disciples of Saul Alinsky. Then, we have the family and friends who raised Barry Soetoro, aka Barack Hussein Obama: everyone, Marxist to the core with a dislike and distrust of our home, the United States of … Read entire article »
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What Will They Say To Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego?
Let me start with a story. A man who had survived the great Johnstown flood died and went to Heaven. And not long after, all of the inhabitants of Heaven were allowed to take center stage and tell everyone about the most significant event that had happened to them while on Earth. The man couldn’t wait to tell everyone about his surviving the great Johnstown flood. After a long wait in line, it was finally his turn. The man was so excited to tell everyone his story. But just as he was climbing the stairs to the platform, an angel leaned over to him and whispered, “Don’t forget; Noah is in the audience.” I am reminded of that story when I read the Scriptural passage in Hebrews 12: “Wherefore seeing we … Read entire article »
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Not That We Loved God, But That He Loved Us
Some wisdom from one of our Catholic brothers, Father Frank Pavone. It puts things in perspective as we did nothing to warrant the love of God. He loves us because of who He is. It kind of sets the example for a mothers love. Related Posts: Our Christmas Present To You Netanyahu Sets The Record Straight Sanctity of Life Month Those Voices Don’t Speak for the Rest of Us Wisdom From The Past Authored By Larry Miller Political Christian … Read entire article »
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Barack Hussein Comes Out!
Barack Hussein Obama has finally publicly endorsed the idea of marriage between members of the same sex. This move should come as no surprise to anyone who as been paying attention, and many, including former presidential candidate Rick Santorum see the move as the end of a “charade” rather than the touted “evolution” of a position. It is a necessary “evolution” for Obama as homosexuals are one of his key constituent groups. This happens because the Democrat Party, for all their rhetoric about standing up for the “common man”, really only sees constituency groups. They think of people as part of groups based electoral preferences. Are they union members? Do they work for the government? What is their race? We are told they are … Read entire article »
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Christians And Politics – Part II
By: Paul R. Green Jr. Can/Should we do the Lord’s work through our political involvement? If the person holding the position of authority operates in obedience to God’s Word, he or she will make decisions which God will honor whether or not those decision were made of own volition based upon their personal relationship with God’s son, Jesus Christ or because of Godly advice received from an adviser who garnered his advice from study with God’s word as his counsel. John 14:13. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Such a person will not poll you to see whether or not you agree. Because all too often in our society, we apply the WAM concept that asks the question: What … Read entire article »
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Christians And Politics – Part I
By: Paul R. Green Jr. Can/Should we do the Lord’s work through our political involvement? 1. By Christian, I refer to a person who has accepted Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior and who, in so in so doing, has committed to a life of worship and obedience of Him. Such a person is one who is “saved” from an eternity in hell (a real place designed for the devil and his angels where both the body and soul of those who have not accepted Jesus will burn forever (Mt. 10:28) in an inexhaustible fire). Such a person is one who will understand that he or she is “saved” by God’s grace through faith and not by works lest he or she should boast. Such a person is one who believes in Christ’s deity … Read entire article »
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Why Me, Lord?
Why me, Lord? What have I ever done, To deserve even one, Of the pleasures I’ve known… Have you ever felt that way? I guess we all do if we really think about it and take our eyes off our immediate situation. It’s good to back away from life’s struggles and look at the blessings that have come into our lives. We have been give so much more than we deserve, and the best way to keep those blessings coming is to thank the Lord and let Him know you appreciate them. Related Posts: Our Christmas Present To You Sanctity of Life Month Those Voices Don’t Speak for the Rest of Us Time To Be Courageous! Netanyahu Sets The Record Straight Authored By Larry Miller Political Christian … Read entire article »
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Proposed Law Would Force Churches to Host Drag Queen Parties
www.LC.org [Editors note: this story illustrates the importance of even local elections in selecting the people who hold responsible positions at all levels. Cases like this bring to our consideration of what a law abiding citizen is and how far we can go in following our leaders and what we must do when faced with situations like this.] Hutchinson, KS – The battle for our religious rights and moral values is now being fought in Hutchinson, Kansas. On May 15, the city council of the small town, just northwest of Wichita, will vote on whether to add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the list of other protected classes, such as race, age, and disability. If passed, this new law will destroy the “free exercise of religion” in Hutchinson: First Baptist Church … Read entire article »
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Keynesian Economics 2.0
There is been a lot of discussion about the wasteful spending done by our government in the name of John Maynard Keynes. He preached the hair brained ideas that any kind of government spending was good for the economy. It put money in the hands of people who would spend it and stimulate businesses and help the economy. The reality is that it only takes from the hands from the productive people who earned it and could use it productively, and places it in the hands of people who only use it to increase the size and scope of governmental control. One of the unexpected consequences, to the public at least, is additional wasteful spending in the private sector. A few days ago I received a letter … Read entire article »
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Macroeconomists Trade Punches
By Thomas Brewton Both of them are dead wrong. Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and New York Times liberal-progressive polemicist Paul Krugman disagree about the Fed’s monetary policy. Krugman continues to expound the view that, if the Fed accelerates its rate of creating phony dollars, consumers will go on a spending splurge and businessmen will put their excess cash reserves into expanding their operations and hiring more people. Earlier he advocated multi-trillion dollar increases in government stimulus spending, i.e., fiscal policy, for that purpose. To answer the fact that such policies have never worked, Krugman and his fellow Keynesian economists always say that, however huge government spending may have been, it wasn’t big enough. There may be a short-term flare up of business activity, as with Obama’s cash-for-clunkers or subsidies for home purchases, but such … Read entire article »
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What Are We Losing?
Almost every day we see more infringements on the rights given us by our creator and recognized in our constitution. That is they are outlined more specifically the first ten amendments that many insisted upon as a condition of ratifying the document. We see the national government institutionalizing the end run around the Tenth Amendment with their overly broad and self-serving interpretation of the “commerce clause”. Of course everyone is familiar with the attempts to thwart the intent of the Second Amendment with all sorts of regulations, perhaps even treaties. These people, being smarter than we often give them credit for, understand that this amendment is not about protecting deer hunting. Then there is the Fourth Amendment which is supposed to protect us from unreasonable searches and … Read entire article »
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The GSA’s Keynesian Stimulus Program
by Thomas Brewton Why are we upset that the GSA spent a reported $823,000 on a party for themselves? If anything, Paul Krugman and his fellow liberal-progressive Keynesian economic worshippers should castigate the GSA for spending far too little. After all, it’s a fundamental principle of Keynesian economics that saving (what used to be called prudent regard for the future wellbeing of our heirs) causes economic recessions. According to Lord Keynes, when workers spend less than what they are paid, each bit of saving reduces aggregate consumption and drags the economy down. Keynes recommended that government spend as much as possible in order to counter the theoretical drag of saving on the economy. The nature of government spending, in Keynes’ theory, is immaterial. Government could employ people to dig holes one day and fill … Read entire article »
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Those Voices Don’t Speak for the Rest of Us
Related Posts: Our Christmas Present To You Sanctity of Life Month Time To Be Courageous! Netanyahu Sets The Record Straight Wisdom From The Past Authored By Larry Miller Political Christian … Read entire article »
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What is Morally Wrong Cannot be Politically Correct
Statement by EIE President Donna Rice Hughes Abe Lincoln said it best, “What is morally wrong cannot be politically correct.” Yet the exponential pornification of our culture is contributing both directly and indirectly to the epidemic of child sexual abuse, and unfortunately, certain segments of our government are turning a blind eye. The U.S. spends trillions in military engagements overseas to prevent, protect and defend, and yet, research indicates that in our own country, 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually victimized before adulthood (the majority are victimized by family members or someone whom they know and trust). Illegal adult pornography (i.e. obscenity) remains unprosecuted, and every child with unrestricted Internet access is just one click away from viewing this material. In a recent study, 53% of … Read entire article »
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Doggone Offended By The Truth
Utah Republican Senator Orrin Hatch has a problem with the citizens of his state wanting more responsive representation in Washington. He has called the echo chamber of Washington home since he was first elected to the upper house in 1976. That’s thirty six years ago, time enough for this good man to have lost touch with the folks back in the western state and find a new frame of reference for right and wrong among the government elites who run our country today. Of course we all see people who will go beyond our real or imagined limits as over zealous or radical, never considering that we may be falling short. He says of those looking for a more conservative approach to running our country, “They’re radical libertarians … Read entire article »
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Federalist #45 – The Relationship Between The Federal Government And The States
The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments Considered For the Independent Journal. Author: James Madison [As we read the words of James Madison, it is difficult not to consider how far we have strayed from the concepts our founder hand down to us.] To the People of the State of New York: HAVING shown that no one of the powers transferred to the federal government is unnecessary or improper, the next question to be considered is, whether the whole mass of them will be dangerous to the portion of authority left in the several States. The adversaries to the plan of the convention, instead of considering in the first place what degree of power was absolutely necessary for the purposes of the federal government, have exhausted themselves in … Read entire article »
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Hutaree Militiamen Cleared In Court – Part II
In addition, Will Grigg states that another major component of the indictment that is worrisome is the charge that Hutaree is guilty of “seditious conspiracy.” As Grigg writes, “Whatever is eventually learned about Hutaree, as things presently stand the indictment against it could provide a template for ‘seditious conspiracy’ prosecutions involving practically any group that endorses the use of defensive force to protect citizens against government aggression. “Indeed, the definition of ‘conspiracy’ used in the Hutaree indictment could make a criminal out of anyone who reads Federalist Paper 46 in public, thereby sharing James Madison’s commendably seditious admonition that the people preserve ‘the advantage of being armed’ in the event that insurrection against the central government proves necessary in order to preserve liberty.” Let’s look a little closer at Federalist 46, written … Read entire article »
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Hutaree Militiamen Cleared In Court – Part I
Much to the chagrin of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a federal judge has cleared the members of a Michigan militia who were accused by federal law enforcement agents of conspiracy to commit sedition. Since you didn’t hear much about this ruling from the national press corps, here is one online version of the report: “Seven members of a Michigan militia have been cleared of plotting to overthrow the U.S. government as a judge dismissed the most serious charges against them. “In a shock defeat for federal authorities, District Judge Victoria Roberts said the group’s expressed hatred of law enforcement did not amount to a conspiracy. “The FBI secretly planted an informant and an agent inside the Hutaree militia in 2008 to collect hours of anti-government audio and video that became the cornerstone … Read entire article »
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Controlling the News
A few days back, the White House resident had strong words for reporters covering him and his policies. This was in spite of the fact that they almost invariably support him and cover for his flubs and his failures. This was in spite of the obvious selective reporting by the formerly main stream media that emphasizes sometimes unimportant events that make the President look good and totally ignore the truth of his destruction of the American dream and the values that made our country great. He told the reporters, “This bears on your reporting, I think that there is often times the impulse to suggest that if the two parties are disagreeing then they’re equally at fault and the truth lies somewhere in the middle. And an equivalence … Read entire article »
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Sunday’s Coming!
It’s Good Friday and Easter is on the way. For those intent on just making a buck off the holiday or laughing at the silly Christians, we have a message. Easter is about more than bunnies. Many celebrate Christmas, and often forget that the time of year we call Easter is really the point of Christmas, and of the whole flow of history. It is an entire weekend event. From the brutal execution to the triumphant resurrection we see the entire process of God’s love for his crowing creation, mankind, and the lengths he went to for us all. The cruelty in the video is something we need to see – remember. To say only that Christ died for your sins does not nearly convey … Read entire article »
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Demagoguery – Obama and the Supreme Court
After reading Obama’s remarks concerning the case of Obamacare before the Supreme Court, I can’t let his comments go unanswered. His rhetoric should be a shinning, classic example for the text books on how a demagogue works so that people can spot one when they speak. Obama said, “Ultimately, I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.” There are three things wrong (or should I say false) with this statement. First of all, it is not unprecedented for a Supreme Court to overturn a law passed by Congress. If that were the case there would be no need for the Supreme Court. To cite just one example, … Read entire article »
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What Many Churches And The SPLC Have In Common
Those of us who believe in constitutional government, the Bill of Rights, personal liberty, and State autonomy are beginning to taste what German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and pastor Martin Niemoller experienced back in 1930’s Germany. These two great lovers of God and freedom were ostracized and eventually persecuted by both Germany’s political and social societies and by “German Christians.” History does have a way of repeating itself, doesn’t it? Anyone who does not recognize that America is rapidly being transformed into a fascist state is as dumb as Balaam’s ass. No, dumber! At least the ass had the sense to stop when it realized it was heading smack into God’s wrath. For all intents and purposes, the US Constitution is dead; the Bill of Rights is dead; the vision of the Founding … Read entire article »
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Selling Us Out One More Time
View this video, then view it again… and think about what is really going as leaders of the United States and Russia conspire against the American people. The US president is telling the Russian leader that they should be patient. He is telling him that after he is re-elected he would be more flexible in working with our traditional enemy and selling out our God-given rights and traditional allies. This is something we need to consider, and many see this as just one more indication that Obama is not suited to sit in the oval office any more than he was suited to sit in the Senate. Those of us who care about the security of our nation and the safety of our citizens, as well as the … Read entire article »
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Case Study: Misbegotten Federal Intervention
By Thomas Brewton The Fed’s near-zero short-term interest rate policy distorts the market, with many ill effects and none of its proclaimed benefits. In a speech today before the spring conference of the National Association for Business Economics, Federal Reserve Commissar Ben Bernanke, now an Obama re-election campaign mouthpiece, reaffirmed the Fed’s intention to continue imposing artificially low interest rates for short-term Treasury securities. According to the Washington Post’s report, he admitted that the economy and employment remain weak. But, he maintains, “the Federal Reserve’s existing policies will help boost economic growth.” If that is true, one is entitled to ask why after nearly three years of this policy the economy remains in the doldrums. Unemployment, taking the most favorable measure used by the government, remains north of 8%. Using comprehensive measures … Read entire article »
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A Chu… Sniffles At The Pump
Even though regular gasoline cost around $1.80 when Barack Hussein Obama replaced George W. Bush in the White House, Energy Secretary Steven Chu thinks he is doing a pretty good job as current prices soar past the $3.85 mark. In California, it is even worse with prices well over $4.00. Those of us paying for our own gas see things a little differently. We are pouring more dollars into our gas tanks and less into other necessities and niceties of life. Most of us have a relatively static amount to spend each month and if we spend more in one area, we can’t spend it in on other items. We are not in the same position as the national government where we can just borrow more … Read entire article »
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