Most Christians have really read little of their own Bible, so expecting them to be familiar with so-called holy books of other faiths is somewhat of a stretch. N.J. Dawood gave us an English translation of the Koran so that we might have a better understanding of the religion that drives some to violence. Admittedly the following quotes do not present a complete picture of Islam… nothing a few paragraphs in length could do that. It should, however show that there are areas of concern and prompt further study.
“Slay them wherever you find them…Idolatry is worse than carnage…Fight against them until idolatry is no more and God’s religion reigns supreme.” (Surah 2:190-)
“Believers, do not make friends with any but your own people…They desire nothing but your ruin….You believe in the entire Book…When they meet you they say: ‘We, too, are believers.’ But when alone, they bite their finger-tips with rage.” (Surah 3:118, 119)
With official government unemployment numbers hovering around nine percent, and real numbers between fifteen to twenty percent, it’s obvious that we have a serious problem in our country. Our government has tried all sorts of Keynesian tricks to use our money, and Chinese money, in futile attempts to jump start the economy it is destroying. I guess they think we won’t notice the dreadful job they have done if they can squeeze a few more jobs into the moribund business cycle.
Unfortunately for us, and for them: they are wrong. Government officials say we are unpatriotic for not supporting their efforts. The reality is that it would just compound the foolishness if we got behind programs that we know will not be effective. Real patriotism involves working to take our country in the right direction. We are told it is just politics that leads to citizen resistance… but, it is just common sense.
As with much in this world, those of us who depend on the national government to fix our problems will be sadly disappointed. As individuals, is there anything we can do to help restore the nation that was the arsenal of democracy during the second world war? Our government and the multi-national corporations have led us down the free trade path that gave us some lower prices, but at the cost of good paying jobs disappearing and miraculously reappearing in some third world sweat shop. Corporate profits rose and American workers income went down.
Did you ever notice that whenever Barack Hussein Obama gets himself all worked up about congress not giving him more and more of our dollars to fritter away, he always falls back on threatening the same people. These are voters who legitimately depend on government checks to live. There are the folks on social security, military and federal retirees, and the ever present police, teachers and firemen (if you will forgive the politically incorrect term).
It seems that the only places the Democrats and some Republicans can come up with to save money is in areas they know the people will reject. It is not only dishonest, which is not surprise nowadays for members of the political class, but this approach also insures our country will never see any progress in returning fiscal.
I would like to suggest to both parties that there are far more productive paths that can be followed to more economical government. They are never suggested because the inside the beltway crowd knows that the people will embrace the cuts and a part of the gravy train will end for the connected class.
Europe and, to a lesser extent the United States, have voluntarily disavowed God and faded into the dark night of hellish alienation.
Liberal-progressivism’s pursuit of one-world, Godless socialistic government inescapably reduces every person to soulless equality with no meaning apart from the will of the political state. In this Brave New World, history and tradition are thrust aside. Clinging to standards of culture and morality become anti-social crimes.
Europeans, before the evolution of strong nation states in the 16th century, thought of themselves as inhabitants of Christendom. It is thus accurate to assert that everything that we know as western civilization is an exclusive product of Christianity emanating from the church at Rome. Read more of this article »
The formerly mainstream media reports on tsunamis, earthquakes, floods and tornadoes, just like they report on other events at home and around the world… as if they were discreet events, totally unconnected. To do otherwise, would potentially expose the puppet masters among us. While this may be the case sometimes, sometimes it may be a simple case of willful ignorance.
I have no special revelation from God, a la Harold Camping, but with all the death and destruction brought to us courtesy of natural disasters, it’s hard not to believe we are seeing a pattern. The true believers in the warmer brigade will try to tell us that it is our fault for driving cars we can fit in with sufficient power to get out of their own way and wanting to keep our homes warm in the winter and cool in the summer. However, pretty much all their best arguments have been debunked by honest scientists willing to go against the flow of political correctness.
Any serious student of biblical prophesy understands that the end times show us the human toll of these tragedies. As I write this, reports are just coming in of four more lives snuffed out by tornadoes in Oklahoma with severe weather bearing down on the stricken Joplin, Missouri. Read more of this article »
We all understand the power of working as a team. It is good to have others to share burdens with. Yet there are times when we are faced with choices where no one goes with us. We sometimes come to cross roads where we can go with the crowd down a path we know to be wrong, or we can break with the group think and follow the promptings of our conscience.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is standing at such a crossroads. He could follow the desires of most of the world and allow the enemies of his country to possess land that was given to his ancestors and promised to succeeding generations, or he could do the right thing. The left in this country and his own are saying all manner of evil about him. They are plotting his political demise… although the people of his homeland believe otherwise.
He understands the principle that doing the right thing is more important than being popular. Read more of this article »
Billed as one of the answers to our energy supply deficit, ethanol appeared to be the magic element in the plan to keep the consumers thinking the government is addressing the energy issue while buying votes with subsidies to keep the farm bloc happy. From the politicians perspective, it’s a winner all the way around.
However, from the taxpayer/consumer viewpoint, it’s just one more boondoggle that delivers less than promised at a higher than anticipated cost. If we are to believe the many groups dealing with worldwide hunger, as well as overpopulation alarmists, the world needs more food… and we are burning it in cars in our quest to free ourselves from servitude to the Saudis, Venezuelans and their cohorts.
Now, if it there were an economic benefit to this inefficient use of our land and other agricultural resources in this terminally politically correct world, it may be even be a halfway decent idea. But this is not the case. For virtually no decrease in our dependency on foreign oil, our friends in Washington dole out somewhere between 6 and 7 billion dollars a year to buy votes of mid-western farmers and farming conglomerates. It’s just the way things are done inside the beltway – take the taxpayers money and give it favored people or groups. Oh yes, even after forking over the subsidy dollars, we are also paying higher prices at the pump. Read more of this article »
While flooding the banking system with excessive amounts of fiat dollars, Fed Chairman Bernanke has talked endlessly about the need to avert deflation. Unspoken was the real reason: promoting inflation – robbing retirees and working people who are saving to support their retirements – in order to fund mounting federal debt.
It’s now clear that government stimulus spending, under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and unending expansion of the money supply by the Fed, have prolonged our agonizingly slow economic revival. That is hardly surprising, since no previous resort to Keynesian macroeconomics has worked as advertised. At most they have promoted stock market bubbles, and all such essays, beginning in the 1930s Depression, have led to continual and ruinous inflation.
The Ishtar Gate of Babylon (Iraq) is so breathtaking to behold that it is easy to forget their cultic past. Built in about 575 BC, this gate was once one of the Seven Wonders of the World. But, despite its opulent splendor, it was built by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II in honor of the goddess Ishtar.
Archaeological digs within the last century have caused this cedar gate to re-emerge to our present generation. Initially, only the foundations of the gate were found, going down some 45 feet, with molded, unglazed figures. The gateway has been reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum, in Berlin, from the glazed bricks found. It sits there now as a major German, tourist attraction.
Biblical records show us that Nebuchadnezzar was responsible for bringing the kingdom of Judah to an end by his destruction of Jerusalem and carrying off the Jews into exile. The Ishtar Gate was the starting point for the processions. This gate was one of the eight gates of the inner city of Babylon. Read more of this article »
When President Ronald Reagan called up the Soviet Premier to tear down the wall the divided free Berlin from enslaved Berlin, he spoke with the moral authority of one who understood the difference between right and wrong. He spoke as one who understood the difference between liberty an oppression. He also understood that one was better than the other in each case.
It could have been just the fanciful ranting of a semi senile old man… but, it wasn’t. He persisted in pursuing the evil empire until it became obvious that the central planning and control of the oppressive regime was no match for the creativity and industry of our free people. He knew that there was no substitute for victory. He knew that making nice with those who want to defeat you and wipe you from the history books only gives them time to regroup and plan for more dastardly attacks. He knew so much this current administration hasn’t even considered. Read more of this article »
“The United States has alienated its allies, dismayed its friends and inadvertently gratified its enemies by proclaiming a confused and disturbing strategy of preemptive war. With our allies disunited, the world resenting us and the Middle East ablaze, we need [new leadership] to restore life to the global war against terrorism.“- Jimmy Carter
Funny how those words ring so true, but at the wrong time. The sad reality is that those words, uttered by Jimmy Carter, were said in 2004 in the Presidential campaign of John Kerry, and designed as an attack on then-President George W. Bush.
It was slightly more than a year after the start of the Iraq War and an insinuation of the myth that America waged that war unilaterally, which is not true despite the breathless claims of leftist politicians and pundits. At its inception, the campaign in Iraq – and its predecessor in Afghanistan – was waged by more than sixty nations, all of which were cavalierly dismissed by the Democrats. Read more of this article »
Job 25:2 (KJV): Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places (the heights of heaven).
Air superiority is a necessity in any battle here on earth because the upper atmosphere controls all that is underneath it.
This principle truth had relevance long before Bildad the Shuhite ‘s dialogue with Job. The “heights of heaven” is the location of the Lord’s success in spiritual warfare against Satan (Rev. 12: 7 – 8). The heavens are also a powerful witness to Bildad’s forefather Abraham (through Keturah). G-d used them as a celestial screen to showcase His covenant to Abraham; to be the father of many nations (Gen 17:4).
Genesis 22: 17: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; Read more of this article »
The wise doctor lets you solve your own problems once you lay on their couch for counsel.
There is a lesson in that for many of us that may think ourselves wise enough to offer answers for solving some of the major problems of other people. The lesson is that regardless of the wisdom that we may have, there is a certain line that we should not cross, and where we learn to “mind our own business”.
Often times when people solve their own problems they are their own best psychologist. This is a point of personal and national relevance.
Nationally, on February 4th I began this message on “Minding your own business”. It was a timely message as we saw that on February 11th, 2011, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned and fled Cairo. This change came without the military intervention of any other nation. Mubarak’s, alleged corruption had inflamed the citizens of his nation causing them to rise up and riot. Read more of this article »
“Minding your own business” works best on a personal and national basis when you clearly define what your “business” is.
The national reality of this statement is now clearly seen in the volatile and crisis state of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Last month riots erupted against the 30 year governance of President Hosni Sayyid Mubarak. This is a presidency that he assumed since the October 14, 1981, assassination of President Anwar El Sadat.
According to the BBC, Mubarak has survived six assassination attempts, so opposition to his leadership is not a new issue for him. However, this latest uprising of his people is probably the greatest threat yet to his presidency.
British historian Lord Ashton once said that “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad man.” Many may say that this statement so aptly describes President Mubarak and why change must come to his nation. Read more of this article »
The President has made his spectacular speech, and, by generally accepted political standards, it was a success in that he said something to annoy just about everyone. This thinking presupposes that compromise – moving to the middle – is always a good thing. It’s the product of the belief that all points of view are equally valid and meeting in the middle is something that helps everyone move their agenda forward.
The problem is that when you have completely opposite views, compromise will will do neither side justice. Today, we have a government run by orthodox Keynesians who believe infusions of public cash are necessary to keep the economy running on all cylinders. These people have told us time and time again that more and more spending is the answer to our troublesome times, even if we have to watch our debt skyrocket to do it.
There opponents tell us that excessive government spending saps the market of capital needed to create businesses that hire workers. Then we have some, who say they are in league with the reduced spending, smaller government crowd who, enter into negotiations with the big spenders, already looking for a common ground compromise… so they have given significant ground before the battle has even begun. All the other side has to do is make more and more outrageous demand, depending on the “reasonable” conservatives, usually calling themselves “fiscal” conservatives, desiring to distinguish themselves from “principled” conservatives, to give in so as to give the appearance of a statesmanship that is above mere politics. Read more of this article »
The twelfth chapter of the book of Genesis begins:
The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you. (Genesis 12:1-3 NIV)
This it was from the very beginning. Israel was created to be a unique nation in the world, with a special relation with God. Later we see:
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.” For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.” For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your prosperity. (Psalm 122:6-9 NIV)
These passages make it pretty plain that our Creator is looking out for the nation of Israel and expects those who follow him to do the same. This is true even though the modern country is a relatively new addition to the brotherhood of nations, but even it’s brief history is full of miraculous appointments and interventions. Read more of this article »
Once again Republican Senators failed to hold together to stop the Obama administration from further weakening America’s defenses and bowing to benefit a foreign power. Through smooth talk and lying lips the anointed one convinced no less than eleven GOP Senators to bend to his will and vote for cloture on the START Treaty. The pact, among other things, limits our nuclear warheads and could well limit the deployment of the ones we have in defense of the United states. It was necessary, the President informed us, to placate the Russians whose help we need in stifling Iranian nuclear ambitions. I had to look up the word appeasement in the dictionary as it was not part of my functional vocabulary.
Considering that only 56 of the President’s men voted to bring the treaty to the floor, the Republicans had him and his anti-American agenda beaten by four votes… then they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
It’s hard to tell if this debacle was the result of ineffective leadership or if these people who call themselves Republicans just don’t comprehend the concept of peace through strength. One of them, Lamar Alexander, is quoted as saying, “I will vote to ratify the New START treaty between the United States and Russia because it leaves our country with enough nuclear warheads to blow any attacker to kingdom come and because the president has committed to an $85-billion, 10-year plan to make sure that those weapons work.” Read more of this article »
John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
[Editor's note: It's interesting how time changes perspective. At the time of President Kennedy's election, I thought it was the worst possible thing that could happen to our country. Looking back now, I have acquired a new found respect for the man even though I still do not agree with parts of his political philosophy.
Having dealt with the shock of a math class interrupted by a classmate sticking his head in the door, telling us the President was shot, then a few months later, standing by his grave site during our senior class trip to Washington, I've seen this country come through difficult times. My parents came through World War II and the Great Depression. All this means that the problems our country faces need to be looked at as challenges to help us grow into what we can be. Let's look at President Kennedy's Inaugural Address and try to recapture the can-do spirit that set our country on the path to landing a man on the moon.]
We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom — symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning — signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago. Read more of this article »
There is no doubt that the Judaic gateway to the “New World” begins in the Caribbean region with the voyages of Christopher Columbus and his Jewish crew. Today, this region is still powerfully and globally prophetically relevant as a gateway to the issue of world peace and the fulfillment of end time prophecies.
The biblical concept of the “end times” or the “last days” is not one that is exclusive to any religion or time period. Logical deduction will tell us that consequential action is an inevitable part of a G-d of justice. Kingdom and natural law confirms this truth by showing us that we reap what we sow (Gal 6:7). It is from this foundation of reason that religions “part company” with regards to their expectation of the details and actions that will bring G-d’s “end time”judgment.
My message is for those of us whose hope is fueled by the promise of the return of our Jewish Messiah. The place of His promised return and the establishment of the Kingdom that He has promised is not just a place of illusionary reality, where we will float or fly around forever playing harps.
There is a tangible, physical place where Yeshua shall return (Revelation 16:13-16) and a tangible physical place where His governmental throne of leadership and judgment shall be established for all people: Read more of this article »
[After the constitutional convention, there was still much discussion prior to its adoption. Some of the concerns were resolved by the addition of the Bill of Rights. Others were not, and we see some of their fears of an open door to tyranny are being realized today. Even so, there was a recognition of the need for some sort of central government. As we see today, the key debate was over just how much power to trust this central government with. This particular letter to an editor which is part of a collection known as the Anti-Federalist papers, signed with the pseudonym of The Federal Farmer, is thought to be the work of either Richard Henry Lee or Melancton Smith, both Virginians.]
October 8th, 1787.
Dear Sir,
My letters to you last winter, on the subject of a well balanced national government for the United States, were the result of free enquiry; when I passed from that subject to enquiries relative to our commerce, revenues, past administration, etc. I anticipated the anxieties I feel, on carefully examining the plan of government proposed by the convention. It appears to be a plan retaining some federal features; but to be the first important step, and to aim strongly to one consolidated government of the United States. It leaves the powers of government, and the representation of the people, so unnaturally divided between the general and state governments, that the operations of our system must be very uncertain. My uniform federal attachments, and the interest I have in the protection of property, and a steady execution of the laws, will convince you, that, if I am under any biass at all, it is in favor of any general system which shall promise those advantages. The instability of our laws increases my wishes for firm and steady government; but then, I can consent to no government, which, in my opinion, is not calculated equally to preserve the rights of all orders of men in the community. My object has been to join with those who have endeavoured to supply the defects in the forms of our governments by a steady and proper administration of them. Read more of this article »
Hadassah’s wisdom secured the welfare of Zion when her arms embraced the Persian King and won his heart. Today, Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem is another fore runner in bringing peace between Jews, Muslims and Christians, as it ignores the rhetoric of hatred and reaches out to bring healing to ALL those that are in need of it.
After the Six Day War, also known as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, when Hadassah reopened its hospital it made a commitment to serve the entire population of Israel, both Arab and Jew. Today, the hospital enjoys a large presence of Arabs in both the staff and among patients, and the policy symbolizes a commitment to healing over race or religion.
Hadassah is the Hebrew name of Queen Esther, the heroine of the Book of Esther, she was the Jewish Queen of the Persian King Ahasuerus. To this day a building known as The Mausoleum of Esther and Mordecai is located in Hamedan, Iran. Read more of this article »
When my fathers generation, the greatest generation, conquered the Axis powers, there was no question: the only goal was to defeat the enemy. There was no attempt to understand Adolph Hitler or work out an arrangement for coexistence. There was pretty much general agreement that we could and should emerge victorious.
Later, the concept of limited war took hold and our country was content to push the North Koreans back and keep them out of South Korea. We had a similar strategy in Vietnam. In this case, not only did it not work, but our country lost somewhere around fifty eight thousand precious men and women in the process.
Maybe it was guilt that came from using our technological advantage to end World War II with the atomic bomb. This is something that the left still regrets in spite of the fact that many times more Japanese would have died, not to mention American Gis, if they had to bring the war to a conclusion by invading the country. Read more of this article »
This weekend we heard the tragic news that a medical team working to bring basic services to the villagers of Afghanistan were brutally gunned down by Taliban thugs. Although their purpose was to meet the physical needs of poor third world residents, Islamic terrorists, unsure that their beliefs could stand up to another viewpoint, had to put a stop to it.
Unfortunately, for Americans who included dentist, Thomas Grams, Cheryl Beckett who worked in nutritional gardening and mother-child care, Glen Lapp, administrator of the group, optometrist Tom Little and Dr. Karen Woo, along the Dan Terry who lived the last thirty years in Afghanistan, along with four others from from Germany and Great Britain, and two Afghanis, those hiding in the mountains and wanting to return the country to Sharia law under their control let their paranoid delusions lead them to deprive their fellow countrymen of desperately needed aid with the slaughter of these innocent humanitarian workers… and then to boast about it.
The ten were working with the International Assistance Mission whose web site describes the organization’s mission as “an international charitable, non-profit, Christian organisation, serving the people of Afghanistan, through capacity building in the sectors of Health and Economic Development.” As with any such organization working in repressive environments, they understand that working to help “the least of these” means sticking to the task at hand and not proselytizing the people they help. Read more of this article »
It’s kind of hard not to feel like the world is spinning out of control and we have absolutely no input into the major or even minor decisions of our lives. Over seven out of ten Americans supported Arizona’s attempt to put a crimp in the illegal invasion from the south, yet a Clinton appointed judge overruled their efforts. Missouri voters, in about the same proportion, just cast their votes to be exempted from the despised Obamacare. However, no one is holding their breath for the health control abomination to be stopped, just because the people don’t want it.
Now, in the most recent rejection of public sentiment a California judge set aside the results of a referendum where the good people of the state voiced their desire to retain the traditional marriage composition of one man and one woman. Following the usual progressive objection that this thinking was too restrictive and left those with other inclinations unprotected, the judge set herself above the people, where most progressives believe they belong anyway, and nixed the election results. I’m not sure what kind of protection the judge thought they needed. No one is keeping them from performing their acts of depravity… and we already have laws protecting them from having the tar beaten out of them, no matter how annoying some of them may be.
It seems like the only reason this administration cares about what the American people want is to do the opposite. These days, we hear talk of FEMA camps, secession, rebellion and civil unrest. Our country has survived a bloody civil war and, more recently, we survived the assassination of a president. A few years later our country went through the convulsions of the murders of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. Riots tore at the heart of a hundred cities and our finest young men were coming home by the hundreds, then thousands, in body bags from Vietnam. The atmosphere in the country was so poisonous that Lyndon Johnson was forced to drop out of the presidential race rather than run for a second term. Such was the work of new left as they flexed they muscles and worked to bring about a socialistic revolution. Read more of this article »
Let’s try something new shall we? I got this idea after spending a weekend with my wife’s family. The Andersons are great group of folks who I enjoy spending time with, however, they are about as politically divided a family as I have ever seen. This is not just your standard “this is my view, this is your view lets have a drink and discuss it” type of family. Politics are a sport and are argued as vehemently as two teams fighting like the score is tied with 30 seconds to go in the championship game. Based on my wife’s request, I try to stay out of the circle of engagement, but every now and then I am drawn into an argument. My party affiliation is no secret as I am a registered independent, but my viewpoints are anything but neutral. I am, as my brother-in-law has labeled me, “a right-wing-nut-job”. I am devoutly conservative with my ideals and hence am a target for the “left-wing-kooks”. More times than not, I am challenged to defend the actions of my party affiliations or my ideologies. This has grown tiresome, as my arguments are often dismissed by the those who do not like to hear what I have say or are interrupted prior to my conclusions, so I am going to make an offer of unusual stature.
I do not believe the Republican party has the answer to every problem, nor do I always agree with they way they handle situations, however, I almost always find myself in disagreement with the Democrats and their ideology. Above all, I am searching for what I believe is best for AMERICA. I do not care about political affiliations, but I believe in upholding the ideals of our Founding Fathers and the integrity of the Red, White, and Blue. I do not believe I can effectively call myself a supporter of Americanism if I do not listen to both sides of the argument, likewise, I do not give much weight to an someone’s opinion who does not let me finish a statement without interjecting, arguing, or being otherwise “closed-minded”. Read more of this article »
Now that the media circus surrounding the surprising honesty of General Stanley McCrystal is dying down, we can look at the reactions of both the players and spectators, and possibly learn something from them. Essentially they fall into two categories. There are those who see this as strictly an insubordination and chain of command issue. In the other camp are those who see only the right and wrong of the issue. Like many of life’s questions there is some virtue surrounding both positions, but they do tell us a lot about the person holding them.
As a soldier, Gen. McChrystal was expected to follow orders. As a career soldier, particularly one who achieved his rank, he knew not to publicly question his orders, or the civilian source. This is pretty much cut and dried that his actions warranted his dismissal. Some who publicly criticized him did so primarily on the principle that the man should know his place in the overall scheme of things Others could not accept the fact that this man who was almost universally highly regarded, both at home and abroad would have the temerity to question the alleged manhood of the White House resident. It is unfortunate that those of honor and good will would be lumped together with the blatant partisanship of this administration.
The concept of civilian control of the military is basic to our American system of government. The elected representatives of the people must be able to direct or restrain the vast power to kill and destroy that we have developed. The rub comes when this civilian control is exercised by those who despise the soldiers, sailors and airmen who keep us safe, or if they have no clue as to what will preserve or harm our great nation. Read more of this article »
The Stanley Cup Finals are over and World Cup soccer time is upon us. I suppose we need the break from the drama and excitement of men flashing across the ice and bashing each other into dasher boards to get the little puck in the net. The World Cup time is an ideal time to relax, have a cook out with the family, go to the beach, or even read a good book. According to a recent Zogby poll, only 31% of the American men and 17% of the American women are planning to watch any part of the matches. Observing the hype on TV, one would think this is a major event for the people of the United States.
Numbers for the under 30 crowd are somewhat higher than this average, reflecting the globalist thinking foisted up the students in the public schools and academia. Yet even in this group, there is enough realism the prevent them from believing that soccer will become a major sport, ranked with football, baseball, basketball and hockey, in the US. It is notable that auto racing was not included in the question, even though it outdraws the other sports leaders.
The traditional sports tend to be American generations, including hockey where the primary development came from our neighbor in the frozen north. Our sporting preferences show what our “betters” would describe as a negative North American-centric mind set that blinds us to virtue in other parts of the world. It is the ugly face of American exceptionalism that the left and academia (but I repeat myself) have been fighting for decades. Read more of this article »
Sometimes I look at the news and wonder if the people writing the stories or those talking to the press even think about what they are passing on the the formerly unsuspecting public. Of course the story may fit the propaganda needs of the issuing government or news organization, but they could at least work a little harder to give us plausible (mis)information that doesn’t strain the credibility of even recent public high school grads.
The current journalistic malfeasance is a story I picked up this afternoon about how the Israel’s recent actions were straining the relationship they had with the government of Turkey. A quick review of the facts shows this to be a ridiculous position from the very start. This “offended” Turkish government gave behind the scenes approval to send a ship load of goods, wide eyed ideologues and a few weapons into an area that the Israeli government had publicly stated for years was a source of terrorist activity against their citizens.
The fact that the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) stopped the ship and several of the activists died in the process of beating and stabbing the Jewish defenders is considered by the Turks as an affront to their formerly great nation. Their fussing over IDF action defending their homeland is akin to North Korea telling the world that maybe the South Korean vessel was struck by a torpedo, but but that any retaliation would be an act of war. What do these people think of the initial provocation? Read more of this article »
In watching the reaction to the Israeli enforcement of the Gaza blockade, I am amazed at how much support there is for the Palestinian and those trying to slip through to them. I guess it should not be so surprising as the Jewish people have the object of hate and derision through the ages. They have been persecuted almost everywhere they have lived. What is most disturbing is it is not peasants from some third world country who don’t have the education or common sense to know any better… it is our own fellow Americans who like to think of themselves as so open minded and tolerant – that prejudice is the last thing on their minds.
Even if one does not understand the historical and spiritual significance of Jewish people returning to their home land, just observing the parties in the middle east should show the foolishness and short sightedness of that position. Just as the values are inverted by our government in looking at the tea partiers as a threat to domestic tranquility while ignoring a havoc raised by illegals sneaking across the border, cozying up to people who send their own children to kill themselves in the name of hatred as the older folks hurl rockets into schools and hospitals of people trying to mind their own business just doesn’t make sense. Read more of this article »
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Most Christians have really read little of their own Bible, so expecting them to be familiar with so-called holy books of other faiths is somewhat of a stretch. N.J. Dawood gave us an English translation of the Koran so that we might have a better understanding of the religion that drives some to violence. Admittedly the following quotes do not present a complete picture of Islam… nothing a few paragraphs in length could do that. It should, however show that there are areas of concern and prompt further study.
With official government unemployment numbers hovering around nine percent, and real numbers between fifteen to twenty percent, it’s obvious that we have a serious problem in our country. Our government has tried all sorts of Keynesian tricks to use our money, and Chinese money, in futile attempts to jump start the economy it is destroying. I guess they think we won’t notice the dreadful job they have done if they can squeeze a few more jobs into the moribund business cycle.
Did you ever notice that whenever Barack Hussein Obama gets himself all worked up about congress not giving him more and more of our dollars to fritter away, he always falls back on threatening the same people. These are voters who legitimately depend on government checks to live. There are the folks on social security, military and federal retirees, and the ever present police, teachers and firemen (if you will forgive the politically incorrect term).
By Thomas Brewton
The formerly mainstream media reports on tsunamis, earthquakes, floods and tornadoes, just like they report on other events at home and around the world… as if they were discreet events, totally unconnected. To do otherwise, would potentially expose the puppet masters among us. While this may be the case sometimes, sometimes it may be a simple case of willful ignorance.
We all understand the power of working as a team. It is good to have others to share burdens with. Yet there are times when we are faced with choices where no one goes with us. We sometimes come to cross roads where we can go with the crowd down a path we know to be wrong, or we can break with the group think and follow the promptings of our conscience.
Billed as one of the answers to our energy supply deficit, ethanol appeared to be the magic element in the plan to keep the consumers thinking the government is addressing the energy issue while buying votes with subsidies to keep the farm bloc happy. From the politicians perspective, it’s a winner all the way around.
The Ishtar Gate of Babylon (Iraq) is so breathtaking to behold that it is easy to forget their cultic past. Built in about 575 BC, this gate was once one of the Seven Wonders of the World. But, despite its opulent splendor, it was built by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II in honor of the goddess Ishtar.
By Daniel James Wood
Job 25:2 (KJV): Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places (the heights of heaven).
The wise doctor lets you solve your own problems once you lay on their couch for counsel.
“Minding your own business” works best on a personal and national basis when you clearly define what your “business” is.
The President has made his spectacular speech, and, by generally accepted political standards, it was a success in that he said something to annoy just about everyone. This thinking presupposes that compromise – moving to the middle – is always a good thing. It’s the product of the belief that all points of view are equally valid and meeting in the middle is something that helps everyone move their agenda forward.
The twelfth chapter of the book of Genesis begins:
Once again Republican Senators failed to hold together to stop the Obama administration from further weakening America’s defenses and bowing to benefit a foreign power. Through smooth talk and lying lips the anointed one convinced no less than eleven GOP Senators to bend to his will and vote for cloture on the START Treaty. The pact, among other things, limits our nuclear warheads and could well limit the deployment of the ones we have in defense of the United states. It was necessary, the President informed us, to placate the Russians whose help we need in stifling Iranian nuclear ambitions. I had to look up the word appeasement in the dictionary as it was not part of my functional vocabulary.
John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
There is no doubt that the Judaic gateway to the “New World” begins in the Caribbean region with the voyages of Christopher Columbus and his Jewish crew. Today, this region is still powerfully and globally prophetically relevant as a gateway to the issue of world peace and the fulfillment of end time prophecies.
[After the constitutional convention, there was still much discussion prior to its adoption. Some of the concerns were resolved by the addition of the Bill of Rights. Others were not, and we see some of their fears of an open door to tyranny are being realized today. Even so, there was a recognition of the need for some sort of central government. As we see today, the key debate was over just how much power to trust this central government with. This particular letter to an editor which is part of a collection known as the Anti-Federalist papers, signed with the pseudonym of The Federal Farmer, is thought to be the work of either Richard Henry Lee or Melancton Smith, both Virginians.]
Hadassah’s wisdom secured the welfare of Zion when her arms embraced the Persian King and won his heart. Today, Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem is another fore runner in bringing peace between Jews, Muslims and Christians, as it ignores the rhetoric of hatred and reaches out to bring healing to ALL those that are in need of it.
When my fathers generation, the greatest generation, conquered the Axis powers, there was no question: the only goal was to defeat the enemy. There was no attempt to understand Adolph Hitler or work out an arrangement for coexistence. There was pretty much general agreement that we could and should emerge victorious.
It’s kind of hard not to feel like the world is spinning out of control and we have absolutely no input into the major or even minor decisions of our lives. Over seven out of ten Americans supported Arizona’s attempt to put a crimp in the illegal invasion from the south, yet a Clinton appointed judge overruled their efforts. Missouri voters, in about the same proportion, just cast their votes to be exempted from the despised Obamacare. However, no one is holding their breath for the health control abomination to be stopped, just because the people don’t want it.
by Kelsey Hilderbrand
Now that the media circus surrounding the surprising honesty of General Stanley McCrystal is dying down, we can look at the reactions of both the players and spectators, and possibly learn something from them. Essentially they fall into two categories. There are those who see this as strictly an insubordination and chain of command issue. In the other camp are those who see only the right and wrong of the issue. Like many of life’s questions there is some virtue surrounding both positions, but they do tell us a lot about the person holding them.
Sometimes I look at the news and wonder if the people writing the stories or those talking to the press even think about what they are passing on the the formerly unsuspecting public. Of course the story may fit the propaganda needs of the issuing government or news organization, but they could at least work a little harder to give us plausible (mis)information that doesn’t strain the credibility of even recent public high school grads.
