Throughout the summer we saw scenes of angry Americans trying to get through to their representatives in Washington. They were taunted, disrespected, laughed at and ignored. Then… the folks in DC and the media wondered why the people were so furious. They just couldn’t understand how any reasonable person could be against the plans of such a messianic leader like Barack Hussein Obama.
There is at least one of our representatives who gets it. A few days ago I had the opportunity to attend a constituent meeting with Congressman Randy Forbes (VA-4). There were no hostile visitors or angry tirades. There was useful conversation between the residents of the district and a man who respects them and does his best to look out for their interests in the nations capitol. This is a concept that so many from both parties have a difficult time comprehending.
The meeting took place in response to a Petition for Redress of Grievances presented by a local citizen group called the Chester Patriots. They are just a group Americans concerned about the direction of their country. What they are doing can be done anywhere… check them out at http://www.wst-chester.com/.
The petition covered eighteen points including the devaluation of American currency, passing laws without due consideration and movement to give constitutional rights to illegal aliens. Similar petitions were presented to the commonwealths two Senators and another well known congressman. You can see the videos of the original presentations on their web site… some of them are kind funny as the people in the local offices are not used to thirty people stopping when they are not looking for a handout. Forbes was the only one who took the constituents seriously enough to respond. One out of four is probably better than the national average, but not good enough. Read more of this article »
[Note: My son, Tim, writes today's column. He is an attorney who received his Juris Doctor degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a former felony prosecutor for the Florida State Attorney's Office and now owns his own private law practice. He is the author of a soon-to-be-published new book, entitled FREEDOM FOR A CHANGE.]
September 17, 2009 not only marked the celebrated day of the approval of our Constitution by the Constitutional Congress in 1787 (which had to be ratified by 9 of the 13 STATES–not the majority of the PEOPLE), it also marked another, what I call, LAY case, reflecting the power and control of the federal government over individual, local and state affairs, and the submission of its lowly subjects, We the People.
Some of you may have learned of the principal of Pace High School in Pace, Florida, Frank Lay, who was charged with violation of an order entered by Federal Judge Margaret C. “Casey” Rodgers, prohibiting him, the teachers and the staff of Pace High from praying or holding any religious ceremonies at school or at school functions, which originated out of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU. As you have likely already guessed, sometime after the order entered (and was actually consented to by Lay), Lay had a prayer conducted at a Pace High staff function (a building dedication with no students present). This was deemed a violation of the court’s order and Lay was charged with contempt of court.
Lay had a hearing on the contempt charges on Constitution Day, September 17, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. (CDT). Hundreds of people stood outside the federal courthouse in Pensacola, Florida, showing their support for Lay, their disgust with the federal government, or just their interest to see what would happen. (A few even showed their protest against Lay.) It appeared as though it was a pep rally of sorts with high-school kids chanting, “We Love Jesus, Yes We Do, We Love Jesus, How ‘Bout You!” and other similar chants. Around 11:30 a.m., much of the crowd began marching around the federal courthouse (which sits downtown Pensacola) seven times, to sort of re-enact and metaphorically demonstrate the judgment of God falling on the city of Jericho in the book of Joshua, as if to suggest that they wanted God to condemn Judge Rodgers, or that Judge Rodgers was attacking Lay and she was the sole evil presented in this case, or other similar theories to that effect. Read more of this article »
The first time I observed Yom Kippur was with my Jewish friends at The Louis De Torres synagogue in Grand Bahama. In partial ignorance, a dear Christian friend and I had even started the “full fast” a day early. Even though I am not a stranger to fasting, I was weak by sunset, perhaps it was the anxiety. Whether you are a Christian or a Jew the concept of the necessity for atonement is one that is riveting to the mind.
This Monday will be the official observance of Yom Kippur, which means Day of Atonement. This is the most solemn of the Jewish holidays. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. This day goes hand in hand with Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) because it is set aside to atone for the sins of the past year.
Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. As I learned from observing it, Yom Kippur is a complete, 25-hour fast beginning before sunset on the evening before Yom Kippur (this Sunday evening) and ending after nightfall on the day of Yom Kippur (Monday).
Judaism teaches that Yom Kippur atones only for sins between man and G-d, not for sins against another person. To atone for sins against another person, you must first seek reconciliation with that person, righting the wrongs you committed against them if possible. That must all be done before Yom Kippur. Read more of this article »
Have a look at this video. Think about it. What are the consequences of getting the swine flu… excuse me, h1n1. For most it is a few days of discomfort… sort of like the regular flu. The doctor said the flu is loosing its virulence – it’s getting weaker. As with much of this administration’s work, it is working hand in hand with the UN’s World Health Organization in creating concern – fear even, then providing a “solution” whether we want one or not.
According to Dr. Holtorf the vaccine presents a greater hazard to most people than the flu itself. While there are other opinions, he seems quite credible. The proposed vaccine has been rushed to market without the normal FDA test procedures. Drug companies have invested heavily following governments (both US and UN) and they must get their money back. If people don’t take the drugs, the drug companies don’t get their money back. Drug companies, not American companies like Merck, but foreign companies like Novartis, stand to make out like bandits if this forced inoculation goes through. This brings up a very important point…
Already the Massachusetts legislature has set in motion a plan authorizing Governor Deval Patrick to declare a state of emergency, and require everyone to submit to vaccination. This is the first and most heavy handed approach to date to letting we the people know we are nothing but twits and need the government to take our hand and to do what our masters have decided is best for us. Read more of this article »
Before the entire world, at the marginally legitimate United Nations, Barack Hussein Obama officially threw the nation of Israel under the bus when he told the assembled mob of assorted dictators and thugs, with a few of America’s friends thrown in, that our country “does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.” Of course the comment was cheered by the major part of the world that despises the Jewish state… but while he may speak for the government, he does not speak for all of the American people.
What Mr. Obama does not understand about Israel is that their safety is not dependent on US good will or power… and neither is the success of her enemies. Thousands of years ago the restoration of Israel to their homeland was forecast by a power greater than Barack Obama. It was this power that brought the Jewish people home and this power will preserve it there without the help of our aircraft and intelligence.
By taking upon himself to decide the propriety of settlements in another country the President may have put our own country at greater risk than we have ever been in the past. As far back as the book of Genesis the Lord told Abram, later to be called Abraham and become the father of the Jewish nation, that, “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse.” Everyone has the choice of whether or not to accept this… it is apparent that this president does not.
Is he bringing a curse down upon our country at a time that we can least afford to further offend the Almighty? Perhaps. Perhaps he will bring his curse down upon our nation or perhaps it will fall upon Obama and his parters in crime. We need to consider Abraham’s negotiation with God over the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah. “Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?” he asked. Then he continued, “Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?” Read more of this article »
It’s amazing how much misinformation can be held in one human head. Yesterday Barack Husssein Obama told the assembled United Nations brain trust that the United States was committed to fulfilling our obligation to the world in doing more and more to stop the dread specter of climate change. He said, “We understand the gravity of the climate threat. We are determined to act. And we will meet our responsibility to future generations,” He might have added that “they may be eating gruel, but the climate will not change,” but he didn’t. Had he done so… it would have added a ring of truth to his talk.
It’s ironic that he spoke these words just a week after a man who has actually studied the subject, Professor Mojib Latif of Germany’s Leibniz Institute, addressed the UN’s World Climate Change Conference in Geneva, telling them that things may not be quite as they have been predicting… that the Atlantic, especially the North Atlantic, was running temperatures considerably cooler than anticipated and that we would be entering “one or even two decades during which temperatures cool.”
Professor Latif is not just some schlep off the street. He has won numerous prizes for his work on climate change and has been the lead contributor to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) last two five year reports that were of the “Omigosh, we’re all gonna get killed” variety. One has to wonder if he will be invited back next time. Read more of this article »
On this 8th anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, it behooves me to comment on the spirit of hatred that seems to motivate many people in and out of our great land. That the supporters and disciples of Vladimir Lenin, Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Mao Tse-tung, and Adolf Hitler would hate America is understandable. Communism, socialism, and fascism are diametrically opposed to everything the United States was founded upon. Therefore, it is not surprising that people who espouse the tenets of these “isms” would exude hatred for America–at least for the America of our forebears. What is most disconcerting, however, is the number of people within our country (and I don’t mean illegal aliens) who harbor hatred in their hearts for our beloved land.
To be sure, one can count me in with those who hate the manner in which the international banking cartel has wormed its way into the inner workings of our federal government. I hate the condescending, elitist attitudes of many in higher education. I hate the way globalists–such as David Rockefeller and his ilk–have been able to use the federal government to promote and safeguard their own private financial and political agendas. I hate the way secularists in public education and private organizations–such as the ACLU, People For the American Way, the Anti Defamation League, etc.–have been able to strip our culture of its Christian heritage. I hate the way politicians from both parties in Washington, D.C., ignore and trample the U.S. Constitution. I hate the way professing Christians and “conservatives” turn a blind eye and deaf ear to the warmongering, police-state mentality of many within the national Republican Party. I hate the way Nancy Pelosi and her gaggle of liberal Democrats use their power to promote socialism in America. I hate the liberal bias of the mainstream news media. I hate the so-called “political correctness” that permeates the philosophy of virtually every major organization in America these days. I hate the attempts by liberals and “do-gooders” of all stripes to take away my right to keep and bear arms. And, yes, I hate the way America’s foreign policy has been manipulated by foreign lobbyists, socialists within the United Nations, and international business interests.
I guess by now, most everyone has heard the deafening silence of the state media when pro-life demonstrator, Jim Pouillon, was gunned down as he did what he had done hundreds, perhaps thousands of times before. He was known for showing pictures of the results of an abortion. This, we were told, was controversial… it caused people discomfort. Unfortunately, these same people were not put off by the procedure that created dismembered babies itself. Pictures of dead babies seem to upset people more than the fact that someone is actually responsible for their violent and painful deaths.
The same lack of concern for the demise of the innocents was shown to the death of the protester himself. The press and most pundits acted as if the man’s passing was little more than a footnote if they mentioned it at all… and if they did mention it, it was to infer that the man had most likely brought it upon himself. Barack Hussein Obama, who had a firm opinion about Professor Gates, definite thougths about Kanye West and expressed his distress when George Tiller, the man responsible for the destruction of thousands of unborn infants, was shot while ushering in his church had nothing to say, either about the act of violence or as comfort to the victim’s family. Was he unconcerned or should it be construed as implied consent?
The reaction of the state media should not be surprising considering that those inside the media bubble believe Tiller was indeed the hero for helping women rid themselves of their troublesome offspring, and people like Pouillon were gnat-like nuisances in implementing their elitist, narcissistic vision of utopia. Most modern “journalists” fail to see these children as gifts from God, and have no problem with someone zapping them out of earthly existence if they are personally inconvenient.
Spokesmen Catholic and evangelical church groups were quick to honor Jim Pouillon as a martyr for the pro-life cause, yet this were not the the only “religious” view. For instance, the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita KS, not only failed to take a stand against the the brutality of late term abortions, but actually permitted Dr. Tiller to represent them as an usher the Sunday of his death. Read more of this article »
James 2:20 tells us that “faith without works is dead”. What this means is that whatever we believe only has meaning if we put action to our beliefs. Years ago I had a preacher tell me that you only act on things you really believe. The point of both was twofold: first, that you only act on what you actually accept as reality, and second, that if you are not acting on some information, you probably don’t really believe it… or at least you don’t take it seriously enough to leave your comfort zone.
Many people reading this believe this country is heading in the wrong direction. Many believe destroying our entire health care system in favor of a government run health care plan because of the approximately fifteen million legitimately uninsured is a foolish move – that there are better ways to handle the situation. Many are concerned about the plethora of czars, advisors and cabinet members that aid the President in pushing our country into the hands of the radical left.
Now comes the hard part. So many people, in their frustration think there’s not much they can do and either sit at home, watching FoxNews as their blood pressure soars or they huddle together with others like themselves, whining and complaining about how bad things are and how much worse they are going to be. Neither choice will help the situation. Neither choice will stop our nation’s downward slide or make a better world for our children.
If the tea parties and the recent gathering in Washington have shown us anything at all, it is that we are not alone. Many of us feel the same concern and see the same problems in our country. There is no reason to stew in our own juices, or gather in impotent pity parties. There are plenty of people to join hands with and help preserve our wonderful country. Read more of this article »
When George W. Bush was President, he greatly advanced the prospect of integrating the United States with a North American Union (NAU). With no thanks to most Christian conservatives or the mainstream news media, hundreds of thousands of patriotic Americans rallied against this proposal and–at least temporarily–seriously stymied Bush’s draconian dream. But if you thought President Barack Obama would be content to let the NAU die a natural death, think again.
Reporting for World Net Daily, author/researcher Jerome Corsi recently reported, “President Obama is continuing President George W. Bush’s effort to advance North American integration with a public-relations makeover calculated to place the program under the radar of public opinion and to deflect concerns about border security and national sovereignty.
“The Obama administration has ‘rebranded’ and ‘refocused’ the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, or SPP, to advance the Bush administration’s agenda of North American integration under the rubric of the “North American Leaders Summit,’ a less controversial banner, according to confidential sources in the U.S. Department of Commerce and State Department who agreed to speak with WND only if their comments were kept off the record.”
As further evidence of President Obama’s determination to continue the Bush policy of a commercial union between countries (or “League of Democracies” as John McCain called it), Corsi also reported, “President Obama has actively backtracked on his campaign promises to renegotiate NAFTA to get provisions more favorable to American workers.” Read more of this article »
When Joe Wilson shouted “You lie!” during Barack Hussein Obama’s big speech, he spoke for many people in flyover country who have had their fill of the misinformation and disrespect coming out of the White House. He has since become a folk hero to the millions who are just waiting to see someone in Washington speak for them. It was kind of like the boy who told the assembled crowd that “the emperor has no clothes”. Many know this, but are afraid to speak up about it.
For those who appear to be so concerned about the decorum of their club, it would appear that a president telling congress and the American people things that are provably untrue if one were to read the bill coming out of the House of Representatives is a even greater affront to decorum. Everyone in that room has pledged to work for the good of the citizens of the US. However, in a victory for form over substance, they ignore the misleading words, and criticize the one who has the audacity point them out, and hope they get noticed. It’s almost like the folks from ACORN criticizing methodology of the two budding journalists who figured out how to prove they were corrupt.
Displaying the understanding of the people and political strategy that led to his second place finish in last years presidential election, John McCain, said, “There is no place for it in that setting, or any other…” News reports tell of numerous party insiders aghast at Wilson’s display of honesty. Many would rather have their ruling club undisturbed by such intrusions of support for the opinion of the riff raff back home. This Republican leadership, on one hand, has a difficult time dealing with such principled stands. On the other hand, they understand that they need the votes and support of this “fringe” as they call it. They are looking for the support of this “fringe” yet are giving none in return. Read more of this article »
Recently, I sent my mom a video link depicting an encounter between a policeman and a protester. My mother’s response was a natural one for a sweet, Christian woman in her seventies. ‘Isn’t this just scary? Where is it going to end?” She’s right, you know. It IS scary. And to those of us who have never witnessed or experienced personally an out-of-order policeman or been face to face with an angry protester, we also wonder, “where or when will it end?”
What is the answer to that question? Perhaps we must define “it” before the question has an answer. When my mother asked the question, I believe she meant that “it” is the fighting, the bickering, and the belligerent exchanges between people of differing views. She also meant the demands placed on ordinary people who must state their views publicly at rallies, tea parties, and protests, behavior that is the antipathy of their normal workaday lives usually filled with work, family, and more “peaceful” activities.
Since the mortgage and banking meltdown last Fall, Americans have been overwhelmed by the activity in Washington, D.C. We witnessed an unpleasant election process, and then a new administration putting forward an expensive agenda. Alarmed by a complex, costly, and wasteful stimulus bill and an omnibus budget bill that also appeared deceptive and wasteful, Americans jammed Congressional phones and flooded legislative email accounts with demands for “No” votes and clearer explanations. Read more of this article »
Today most of us thinking back to that awful day when our country was brutally attacked by nineteen men blinded by hate fueled by following an evilly false doctrine. We were taken by surprise – how could anyone hate such good people like us? This question brings up two important points. First, that the hatred of the Islamofascists is only logical from within their distorted view of the world. Second, that there actually are many who show disdain for what our great country has traditionally stood for – some living among us… and some in our leadership.
The sad and frightening part about this is that after two world tours apologizing for America’s misdeeds and surrounding himself with people who denounce the idea of American exceptionalism, it’s hard to have confidence in our President’s ability or inclination to protect us from further attacks. This uneasy feeling is enhanced when we see him more open to friendship with our enemies like Hugo Chavez than our traditional friends like Great Britain or Israel.
It is apparent that we shall have to depend on divine protection if we are to survive this peril, as it is clear we cannot look to an incompetent and unconcerned government for our safety. This is the same divine providence that provided the screen of fog that shielded George Washington’s retreating troops from pursuing British regulars at Brooklyn Heights in 1776. This is as it has always been from that time forward, but more so today than ever, which is ironic as our leaders are attempting more and more every day to be the primary source of our salvation. Read more of this article »
I am amazed at how good ObamaCare sounded as our President gathered the members of the House and Senate to cajole and deceive them into destroying the best health care system in the world. He gave us all sorts of generalities… many of them having no relationship to the house passed bill. This leaves me wondering if we will be seeing a new bill or if the current bill will be modified… or if the Pelosi bill will go through as passed. After all, the Obamessiah wouldn’t tell us these things if he didn’t want us to believe them.
When it comes to believing him, it is obvious not all in the room did. South Carolina’s Joe Wilson had enough and at one point shouted “You lie!”. It was a natural reaction. It was a reaction shared by millions throughout our land. The look on the Speakers face was priceless. In a later interview, John McCain showed he was never presidential material by emphatically criticizing Wilson for the violation of legislative decorum. Apparently McCain doesn’t appreciate the boisterous British House of Commons where they let their feelings be known either.
While respect for the office is fine, this thinking is indicative of the “club” mentality of many beltway insiders, especially those who have been around for some time. This often overrides their sense of right and wrong as well as their duty to the folks back home. Avoiding “bad taste” at the expense of allowing the proposed health plan to pass would be the ultimate in “bad taste”.
The evening started off by talking about the thirty million Americans without health insurance. This is down from the forty seven million last time we heard about their plight. Did seventeen million suddenly buy insurance, die off or sneak back out of the country? Perhaps he was tacitly admitting that they had been using an inflated number all along. Read more of this article »
Barack Hussein Obama made his American classroom debut, cutting into busy first day schedule of many teachers, missing some who started the next day. The timing did, however, obscure the actions of a California judge who set a hearing date to look into the presidential birth certificate matter. The soaring rhetoric was gone… possibly to stay within the understanding of the younger members of his audience, and it just might be that some of his strongest supporters may have understood him for the first time.
There was the usual collection of cliches intermixed with some personal stories of the sacrifices his mother made for him along the way. He said the right things… or his teleprompter did. The only line that may have been troublesome was when he fell into the community organizer mode and told the young impressionable minds that they should study and work to make the nation more fair and free. This really begs the question of what the speech would have been like absent the public outcry. Some reports thought the speech was inspiring, and it might have been if one was an awestruck fifth grader.
For those of us who have had our fill of the false statements coming out of the presidential mouth it was fairly apparent that he was applying Saul Alinisky’s Rule Number Two about keeping your verbiage within the scope expected by the audience. The President said all the right things and in the process gave his supporters reason to claim the detractors were just paranoid. Read more of this article »
[Note: My son, Tim, writes today's column. He is an attorney who received his Juris Doctor degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a former felony prosecutor for the Florida State Attorney's Office and now owns his own private law practice. He is author of a soon-to-be-published new book, entitled FREEDOM FOR A CHANGE. Tim is also one of America's foremost defenders of State sovereignty.]
The arguments against the power of the states to arrest federal tyranny are as predictable as the sun coming up in the morning, and they are as philosophical in nature as the Declaration of Independence. One of the most commonly used arguments against such a State power is the United States Supreme Court (US S CT) dicta opinion in Marbury v. Madison in 1803, written by Chief Justice John Marshall. Before getting into the misunderstandings and misapplications of that infamous decision, we must first recognize the source and character of Marshall’s opinion. As Marshall himself admitted that the US is to be a country of “laws, not men,” we must establish that Marshall’s opinion does not equate to the “supreme law of the land” which the states and individuals are bound to obey. If our submission only requires that the US S CT speak, then we do not live as freemen, but as slaves.
Marshall was an ardent member of the Federalist Party (a pro-centralist party) and served as the Secretary of State in the pro-centralist administration of President John Adams, who appointed Marshall to the US S CT in 1801 at the “midnight” hour before Thomas Jefferson was sworn into office as President of the US. Marshall’s nationalist opinions were no secret either. Marshall believed that the US Constitution and Union were formed by the aggregate whole of the American people, and not by a compact of the states; that the Union formed “one nation, indivisible” and not a confederation of states; that State sovereignty as expressed in the Tenth Amendment equated more to a general idea than to any real applicable and relevant State power over the federal government; that the Constitution must be liberally interpreted for the sake of expanding federal powers at the expense of State sovereignty; and that the idea of State sovereignty was literally ridiculous. By the way, even most self-called conservatives today probably subscribe to these political beliefs, not even knowing the real historical facts behind such fallacious ideology. Read more of this article »
Ding dong the czar is gone,
The wicked czar,
The mean old czar,
Ding dong the green jobs czar is gone!
With apologies to the Wizard of Oz, this is the reaction by many to the news that Van Jones, the Green Jobs Czar had resigned from his position. This departure was several weeks in the making as the digital age has given us a massive archive of most anything a public figure says or does… and people were searching this database to learn about Jones real character.
Being a card carrying member of the left… communist even, Jones reaction was that he was victim of lies and distortions. But, how can there be lies about his quotes when they are available on YouTube for all the world to see? He was accused of being a communist/ He was accused of wanting to expand the “green” movement to achieve the Marxist version of justice he has espoused for some time/ He was accused of being a “truther”. The electronic evidence showed these to be facts beyond a shadow of a doubt… yet he was a victim of character assassination we were told.
Van Jones was clearly out of step with the American people, but apparently not out of step with the Obama administration. When Jones came on board, Valerie Jarrett rhapsodized about how happy they were to have him as part of the team… that they had been watching him for years, and loved what they saw. It’s not as if Jones is the only member of the administration to find disfavor after their team membership was announced. Steven Rattner, the car czar is gone. Tom Daschle didn’t make it through the confirmation process, and the list goes on.
It seems that Van Jones was the “victim” of Saul Alinsky’s rule number eleven which says, “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it.” Glenn Beck, among others, saw something fishy about Jones and tenaciously pursued the man, finding all sorts of irrefutable evidence that his beliefs and morality made him unsuited for this office or pretty much any office. It was not a general objection to the government program, but it was a specific to a man in a position of power, and it worked! FoxNews and the blogosphere pushed this story… the rest of the main stream media ignored it. Yet, word got through to the world and justice was served – poetically as well, since an application of Saul Alinsky’s teaching got the job done on another community organizer. It’s amazing and encouraging how the media power structure is shifting.
This should give us hope, that even when we see most of the media pushing the statist agenda, people are turning from them to alternate news sources. Word is getting out, but the administration is fighting back with the likes of Diversity Czar, Mark Lloyd. We may need different strategies as we move forward, with some of the changes being discussed at the FCC. However if we persist, we can keep up the pressure – Alinsky’s rule number eight – as we continue to throw them off their game, until we achieve our victory. We cannot give up or let up!
With Jones gone, what can we expect? First thing we will see is the depth of the Obama bench. We will see who be next in line and how aggressive they will be in pursuing the marginally-legitimate green portion of the job and the big-government inspired expanded economic intrusion into everyone’s life. Jones will be gone, but will his spirit remain… much as Tom Daschle’s influence is still felt in the area of health care even though he was denied the official position. Read more of this article »
There has been quite an uproar over President Obama’s plans to address students in public schools around the country. Parents across the land are up in arms about this intrusion in their children’s classrooms. It’s not enough that the overall thrust of the public education system is pushing their charges toward embracing a big government welfare state… now the socialist-in-chief wants to use his telepromptored oratorical skills on them directly.Part of the heartburn was caused teacher’s guide accompanying the program that came from the White House by way of the Education Department. The guide called for such things as listing ways the students could help the President and why it is important to listen to the President. A copy of the original instructions can be found at http://bizy.be/RVl8S. To most it appeared more like indoctrination than encouragement for young scholars.
Amid the brouhaha the White House backed off and issued a less aggressive program guide. The peasants rejoiced that they had won a small victory over the intrusive administration. But, what really happened? The President is still by-passing parents and addressing the young, impressionable minds, that are accompanied by teachers, many of whom are already enamored of the One. We need to watch this pattern from the current administration of an outrageous intrusion into our lives followed by a willingness to back off slightly if there is too much public outcry.
Some parents are looking at keeping their children home on the day of the address. If enough do this, it could make an impression on the various school districts. There is a concerned parent from Louisiana who is formalizing this with the idea of a Parent Approved Skip School (PASS) Day. He has gone so far as to provide a sample letter to explain this act of civil disobedience. You can find a copy at http://bizy.be/345z4. Read more of this article »
Where has the principled courage of the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) gone? Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds has been raising a ruckus about a thirty year old thesis written by his Republican opponent Bob McDonnell. This thesis, written in youthful enthusiasm, said such terrible things as killing unborn babies was wrong and that children raised by stay-at-home mothers tended to fare better than those whose mothers worked outside the home. Deeds questions how anyone with such outdated ideas could be taken seriously. RPV has no defense, only a strategy of duck and cover.
While times have changed, principles have not. Former Attorney General McDonnell may express himself differently these days, but I would hope the ideals of the young student have not changed significantly. Instead of defending ideas that have broad appeal in the normally red state of Virginia, RPV Chairman Pat Mullins issued a statement complaining that Mr. Deeds has introduced divisive social issues into the campaign. One has to wonder if this is the milquetoast leadership the party insiders were looking for when they ousted Jeff Frederick from the position and replaced him with Mullins a few weeks before this summer’s convention in Richmond. A recent Rasmussen poll shows that 74% of Republicans believe that their congressional representatives have lost touch with the voters. Is it much of a stretch to believe the same of party leaders as well?
The Republican candidate, who is a good man and has compiled a strong conservative record during his years in the General Assembly, is now running as a jobs and energy moderate… not that there is anything wrong with either issue. They are about making a living… not a life. As this is written, McDonnell is up by seven points over Deeds… down from double digits a few weeks ago. Unfortunately it appears that his political gurus are working to mellow him down the same road of defeat that they showed previous candidates for this position, Jerry Kilgore and Mark Earley. Read more of this article »
On July 10, Barack “I owe these unions” Obama’s Office of Management and Budget issued a policy memorandum to all federal department and agency heads “encouraging” the use of costly project labor agreements (PLAs) that pushed unionized labor to the front of the line when hiring for federal construction projects. This memorandum was issued in coordination with Executive Order 13502 (available at http://bizy.be/rmASp) which further clarifies the union preference for projects over $25 million.
These union workers represent only about 16% of the construction labor force, yet after supplying millions of dollars to the Obama campaign and thousands of foot soldiers to execute the political ground game, they are now in the preferred position for the taxpayer financed government projects.
PLAs have been touted as lending more stability to the projects. Sometimes they workout, as they did decades ago with the Hoover Dam project. Sometimes they don’t. Boston’s Big Dig project is an example of a project at the mercy of the unions run amok. The project’s budget ballooned from $3 billion to over $15… with a “B” and went years over schedule. Read more of this article »
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[Note: My son, Tim, writes today's column. He is an attorney who received his Juris Doctor degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a former felony prosecutor for the Florida State Attorney's Office and now owns his own private law practice. He is the author of a soon-to-be-published new book, entitled FREEDOM FOR A CHANGE.]
The first time I observed Yom Kippur was with my Jewish friends at The Louis De Torres synagogue in Grand Bahama. In partial ignorance, a dear Christian friend and I had even started the “full fast” a day early. Even though I am not a stranger to fasting, I was weak by sunset, perhaps it was the anxiety. Whether you are a Christian or a Jew the concept of the necessity for atonement is one that is riveting to the mind.
Before the entire world, at the marginally legitimate United Nations, Barack Hussein Obama officially threw the nation of Israel under the bus when he told the assembled mob of assorted dictators and thugs, with a few of America’s friends thrown in, that our country “does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.” Of course the comment was cheered by the major part of the world that despises the Jewish state… but while he may speak for the government, he does not speak for all of the American people.
It’s amazing how much misinformation can be held in one human head. Yesterday Barack Husssein Obama told the assembled United Nations brain trust that the United States was committed to fulfilling our obligation to the world in doing more and more to stop the dread specter of climate change. He said, “We understand the gravity of the climate threat. We are determined to act. And we will meet our responsibility to future generations,” He might have added that “they may be eating gruel, but the climate will not change,” but he didn’t. Had he done so… it would have added a ring of truth to his talk.
On this 8th anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, it behooves me to comment on the spirit of hatred that seems to motivate many people in and out of our great land. That the supporters and disciples of Vladimir Lenin, Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Mao Tse-tung, and Adolf Hitler would hate America is understandable. Communism, socialism, and fascism are diametrically opposed to everything the United States was founded upon. Therefore, it is not surprising that people who espouse the tenets of these “isms” would exude hatred for America–at least for the America of our forebears. What is most disconcerting, however, is the number of people within our country (and I don’t mean illegal aliens) who harbor hatred in their hearts for our beloved land.
I guess by now, most everyone has heard the deafening silence of the state media when pro-life demonstrator, Jim Pouillon, was gunned down as he did what he had done hundreds, perhaps thousands of times before. He was known for showing pictures of the results of an abortion. This, we were told, was controversial… it caused people discomfort. Unfortunately, these same people were not put off by the procedure that created dismembered babies itself. Pictures of dead babies seem to upset people more than the fact that someone is actually responsible for their violent and painful deaths.
James 2:20 tells us that “faith without works is dead”. What this means is that whatever we believe only has meaning if we put action to our beliefs. Years ago I had a preacher tell me that you only act on things you really believe. The point of both was twofold: first, that you only act on what you actually accept as reality, and second, that if you are not acting on some information, you probably don’t really believe it… or at least you don’t take it seriously enough to leave your comfort zone.
When George W. Bush was President, he greatly advanced the prospect of integrating the United States with a North American Union (NAU). With no thanks to most Christian conservatives or the mainstream news media, hundreds of thousands of patriotic Americans rallied against this proposal and–at least temporarily–seriously stymied Bush’s draconian dream. But if you thought President Barack Obama would be content to let the NAU die a natural death, think again.
When Joe Wilson shouted “You lie!” during Barack Hussein Obama’s big speech, he spoke for many people in flyover country who have had their fill of the misinformation and disrespect coming out of the White House. He has since become a folk hero to the millions who are just waiting to see someone in Washington speak for them. It was kind of like the boy who told the assembled crowd that “the emperor has no clothes”. Many know this, but are afraid to speak up about it.
Today most of us thinking back to that awful day when our country was brutally attacked by nineteen men blinded by hate fueled by following an evilly false doctrine. We were taken by surprise – how could anyone hate such good people like us? This question brings up two important points. First, that the hatred of the Islamofascists is only logical from within their distorted view of the world. Second, that there actually are many who show disdain for what our great country has traditionally stood for – some living among us… and some in our leadership.
I am amazed at how good ObamaCare sounded as our President gathered the members of the House and Senate to cajole and deceive them into destroying the best health care system in the world. He gave us all sorts of generalities… many of them having no relationship to the house passed bill. This leaves me wondering if we will be seeing a new bill or if the current bill will be modified… or if the Pelosi bill will go through as passed. After all, the Obamessiah wouldn’t tell us these things if he didn’t want us to believe them.
Barack Hussein Obama made his American classroom debut, cutting into busy first day schedule of many teachers, missing some who started the next day. The timing did, however, obscure the actions of a California judge who set a hearing date to look into the presidential birth certificate matter. The soaring rhetoric was gone… possibly to stay within the understanding of the younger members of his audience, and it just might be that some of his strongest supporters may have understood him for the first time.
[Note: My son, Tim, writes today's column. He is an attorney who received his Juris Doctor degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a former felony prosecutor for the Florida State Attorney's Office and now owns his own private law practice. He is author of a soon-to-be-published new book, entitled FREEDOM FOR A CHANGE. Tim is also one of America's foremost defenders of State sovereignty.]
There has been quite an uproar over President Obama’s plans to address students in public schools around the country. Parents across the land are up in arms about this intrusion in their children’s classrooms. It’s not enough that the overall thrust of the public education system is pushing their charges toward embracing a big government welfare state… now the socialist-in-chief wants to use his telepromptored oratorical skills on them directly.Part of the heartburn was caused teacher’s guide accompanying the program that came from the White House by way of the Education Department. The guide called for such things as listing ways the students could help the President and why it is important to listen to the President. A copy of the original instructions can be found at http://bizy.be/RVl8S. To most it appeared more like indoctrination than encouragement for young scholars.
Where has the principled courage of the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) gone? Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds has been raising a ruckus about a thirty year old thesis written by his Republican opponent Bob McDonnell. This thesis, written in youthful enthusiasm, said such terrible things as killing unborn babies was wrong and that children raised by stay-at-home mothers tended to fare better than those whose mothers worked outside the home. Deeds questions how anyone with such outdated ideas could be taken seriously. RPV has no defense, only a strategy of duck and cover.
