The message
of the angels to the shepherds on the first Christmas:
And this is
the sign unto you: Ye shall find a Babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger. And
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God
in the highest, And peace
on earth among men in whom He
is well pleased.
His lord said unto him, `Well
done, thou good and faithful servant. Thou hast been
faithful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over
many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.' Matthew
25:21
Transcript and Analysis of the President's
Weekly Radio Address: “Coming
Together to Remember”
The
White House Press Office: — In this week’s
address, President Obama called on the American people to come
together in the spirit of service and remembrance as we
approach the tenth anniversary of the September 11th
attacks. All Americans can pay tribute to those who lost
their lives during 9/11 by visiting Serve.Gov to find ways to
help within their own communities. Through even the
smallest of actions, we can reclaim the sense of unity that
followed the attacks, and demonstrate that our sense of common
purpose is just as strong today as it was ten years ago.
Americans can once again come together to mark this solemn
anniversary with service, and move towards a bright future as
one nation.
President
Obama's Saturday Morning Radio Address Saturday
Morning, August 27th, 2011
Another
Perspective: "Liberty
Under God"
In just two weeks, we’ll
come together, as a nation, to mark the 10th anniversary
of the September 11th attacks. We’ll remember the
innocent lives we lost. We’ll stand with the
families who loved them. We’ll honor the heroic
first responders who rushed to the scene and saved so
many. And we’ll pay tribute to our troops and
military families, and all those who have served over the
past ten years, to keep
us safe and strong.
We are
not safe. A child walking on thin ice is not
"safe." An adult needs to coax or remove the
child from the lake. Every day the U.S. federal government
kills innocent people around the world, adding fuel to the
fire of anti-U.S. hatred, making the work of terrorist
recruiters easier. The federal government endangers us
all. Abolish
it entirely and we would all be safer.
The "Defense" Department failed to defend us
from terrorists on 9/11/2001. There is no excuse for this.
Nobody was held responsible. Nobody was fired. Nobody
admitted their mistake. Whistle-blowers were punished.
Questioners were called "conspiracy theorists."
We are not strong. We are bankrupt,
largely because we spend a trillion dollars a year on
corporate welfare through the Military-Industrial Complex.
We’ll also recall how
the worst terrorist attack in American history brought out
the best in the American people. How Americans lined
up to give blood. How volunteers drove across the
country to lend a hand. How schoolchildren donated
their savings. How communities, faith groups and
businesses collected food and clothing.
We were united, and the
outpouring of generosity and compassion reminded us that in
times of challenge, we Americans move forward together, as
one people.
This September 11th,
Michelle and I will join the commemorations at Ground Zero,
in Shanksville, and at the Pentagon. But even if you
can’t be in New York, Pennsylvania or Virginia, every
American can be part of this anniversary. Once again,
9/11 will be a National Day of Service and
Remembrance. And in the days and weeks ahead, folks
across the country—in all 50 states—will come together,
in their communities and neighborhoods, to honor the victims
of 9/11 and to reaffirm the strength of our nation with acts
of service and charity.
In Minneapolis, volunteers
will help restore a community center. In
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, they’ll hammer shingles and
lay floors to give families a new home. In
Tallahassee, Florida, they’ll assemble care packages for
our troops overseas and their families here at home.
In Orange County, California, they’ll renovate homes for
our veterans. And once again, Michelle and I look
forward to joining a local service project as well.
The rest of the
address on acts of service fails to address the more
important issues of U.S. defense
and foreign policy. The
causes and cures of terrorism
are not addressed. This is political distraction at its
best.
There are so many ways to
get involved, and every American can do something. To
learn more about the opportunities where you live, just go
online and visit Serve.gov. Even the smallest act of
service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor
those we lost; a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that
followed
9/11.
On this 10th anniversary,
we still face great challenges as a nation. We’re
emerging from the worst economic crisis in our
lifetimes. We’re taking the fight to al Qaeda,
ending the war in Iraq and starting to bring our troops home
from Afghanistan. And we’re working to rebuild the
foundation of our national strength here at home.
None of this will be
easy. And it
can’t be the work of government alone. As we
saw after 9/11, the strength of America has always been the
character and compassion of our people. So as we mark
this solemn anniversary, let’s summon that spirit once
more. And let’s show that the sense of common
purpose that we need in America doesn’t have to be a
fleeting moment; it can be a lasting virtue—not
just on one day, but every day.
Response of the Republican Party Saturday
Morning Radio Address
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Once again, the Republican Party leadership
has asked Congressman
Ron Paul of Texas to deliver . . . wait a minute . . .
I'm sorry . . . Senator Dean Heller of Nevada delivered the
GOP Weekly Address
Hi, I’m Senator Dean
Heller from the great state of Nevada.
Americans
have had to endure great hardships over the past few
years. This recession has robbed millions of people of
their jobs, their homes and their sense of security.
No state has
been hit harder than Nevada. My state has the unfortunate
distinction of leading the nation in unemployment,
foreclosures and bankruptcies. There is no question that
the status quo of dysfunctional government must end.
People from all over the country are struggling just to
get by and are desperate for real solutions.
Unfortunately,
job creation and economic growth has taken a back seat to
political posturing and grandstanding in Washington.
It is clear
that the approach of this administration and its
supporters have taken for economic recovery has failed
miserably.
Out of
control spending, a healthcare law that no one can afford,
and a seemingly endless stream of regulations are
crippling employers, stifling economic growth and killing
jobs. Threats of a cap-and-trade bill that will cause
energy costs to skyrocket, and efforts to pass card check
legislation that would take away American workers’
rights to a secret ballot are more of the same.
Instead of
fighting for measures that create and protect jobs, this
administration has created more government that continues
to impede economic growth at every turn. To paraphrase one
of the business leaders in my state, this president and
his policies have been a big wet blanket on our economy.
The American
public and businesses alike are waiting on a plan that can
plant the seeds of economic growth and bolster job
creation.
I believe our
best days are still ahead, but we need to change course
now.
Let’s pass
a balanced budget amendment to force the federal
government to live within its means, repeal the president’s
small-business-killing healthcare law, open up our country
to energy exploration and reverse the regulations that are
tying the hands of entrepreneurs across America.
Let's pass a
BalancedBudgetAmendment Amendment to force the federal
government to pass a balanced budget Amendment. But before
we can do that, we need a BalancedBudgetAmendmentAmendment
Amendment to force the federal government to pass a
BalancedBudgetAmendment Amendment. Or we could just
pass a balanced budget, which requires fewer votes than a
Balanced Budget Amendment would.
Congress does not respect the heart and soul -- the
"first principle"
-- of the Constitution. Why would it respect one of those
silly Amendments?
We can help
hasten an economic recovery by embracing pro-growth
policies that place more money in the pockets of
Americans. At the same time, we should be assisting
those who have lost their jobs and need help.
These are all
the things that both this administration and Congress
could be doing immediately to boost economic recovery.
Then we
should take the aggressive steps of reforming our tax
code, make it simpler for individuals and employers. Cut
out the special interest loopholes while reducing the
overall tax burden on all Americans.
Instead of
looking for new ways to tax the American public, we should
make our tax code more competitive and provide businesses
the stability they need to grow and create jobs. The
continual threat of tax increases feeds the uncertainty
that serves as an impediment to economic growth.
Finally,
members of Congress should stop using scare tactics
against our nation’s seniors. Let’s stop the lies
about who wants to end Medicare or eliminate Social
Security and fix both programs now. Every member of
Congress knows these programs are unsustainable in their
current state. They will not be around for our generation
or the next unless Congress takes the necessary steps to
strengthen these programs. They can be fixed, but the lies
have to stop. Nobody is proposing that we end
Medicare or Social Security.
If some in
Washington would stop campaigning long enough to do their
jobs we could fix both and ensure their existence for
generations to come. Over the past few weeks I have been
traveling around my state, speaking with Nevadans. The
message is clear, it is time for both Democrats and
Republicans to come together, put our differences aside so
that we can solve our nation’s problems, and deliver the
solutions the American people are asking
for.
Let’s give
the American people a government that works for them.
Removing impediments to job creation will get Americans
working again and ensure our children and grandchildren
have a brighter future.
I’m excited
about where we can be in a year, two years, 20years
from now, but we must seize this opportunity---this
moment--- to make a change in the way our government does
business. It’s time to turn the power back to the
people and jump-start our great country like never before.
Thank you for
your time. May God continue to bless
America. ####
The Constitution creates a
government of enumerated
powers. Any federal bureaucracy which has no
Constitution authorization should be abolished.
This is the key to cutting federal spending.
The United States federal government
gets no credit for keeping America safe on 9-11.
The United States Federal Government
helped create Osama bin Laden, by aiding the
"freedom fighters" who were resisting the
invasion of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was
able to invade Afghanistan because the United States
Federal Government helped build the largest truck
factory in the world for the Soviets on the Kama
River, which built the troop carriers that invaded
Afghanistan on a superhighway from the U.S.S.R.
through the mountains into Afghanistan -- also built
with U.S. tax dollars. References here.
Is it possible that there could have been
individuals within the U.S. Federal Government
-- in sufficient numbers and with sufficient
authority -- to intentionally implement
policies which would knowingly permit
thousands of Americans to be killed -- even
though these deaths could have been prevented
-- to protect what these highly-placed
individuals would call "U.S.
interests?"
Why did the Bush Administration oppose
an inquiry into the causes of 9-11? If your house had
been burned to the ground by arson, wouldn't you want
to know who did it? Wouldn't your insurance company
want to know? What is the purpose of Government if not
to investigate and prosecute criminals?
NORAD and FAA knew of the multiple hijackings in
progress by 8:25 am. Bush and Cheney agreed on
issuing a shoot-down order against two planes
still in attack mode after 9:05 am, when everyone
in the country knew what the nature of the threat
was. No such orders were conveyed to pilots or
carried out if they were.
Standard hijack intercept procedures were not
followed by NORAD or military ready-alert
scrambler planes.
Virtually no defense of any kind was made inside
the most restricted air space in the US, the P-56
area around DC and the Pentagon despite the
presence of combat ready aircraft at local bases.
Nor were other defense measures, including
surface-to-air missiles at the White House and
Pentagon deployed. There was a stand-down on 9/11.
Planes scrambled to intercept were sent long
after the threat was known, so that they arrived
too late to stop the attack. There were at least
two cases of this: Otis AFB fighters who turned
and targeted Flight 77 after reaching NYC too
late, and Pomona NJ AFB combat planes on military
exercises heading into NYC after 8:45 am, were
called back to base or off the pursuit. There are
additional indicators that many combat-ready
planes and units were disarmed and called down
shortly before 9/11. [John
Judge]
Human
casualties -- 6,000 Americans have lost their
lives over 19 terrorists who lost theirs.
"Enemy" Casualties -- who is "the
enemy?" Perhaps one
million human beings have unnecessarily lost
their lives as a result of the U.S. military's
response to 9-11.
Third, the purposes
for which today's government uses taxes are
destructive of civilization
itself.
Politicians both Democrat and
Republican are saying "we must cut taxes on
small businesses to create jobs." But if they
cut one tax, they increase another.
America's Founding Fathers -- who condemned
taxes which were one-twentieth the size of our taxes
-- would condemn today's politicians.
"The government" claims to possess a
morally legitimate monopoly of violence.
The entity called "the government" is the
worst idea human beings have ever come up with. The
whole concept of "the government" is evil.
www.Romans13.com
The federal government only has the powers granted
to it -- "enumerated"
-- in the Constitution.
The "General Welfare" clause is no
exception to this principle.
"States Rights"
-- most government should be carried out on a local
level.
The Constitution created a federal
government with very limited
powers, bound down by the "chains
of the constitution." The Bush-Obama Regime
believes it has vast, unlimited powers to cure all
diseases, fund all causes, and bring salvation.
From this aspect, therefore, the whole of
economics can be reduced to a single lesson, and
that lesson can be reduced to a single sentence: The
art of economics consists in looking not merely at
the immediate but at the longer effects of any act
or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences
of that policy not merely for one group but for all
groups.
Why do they call The United States "The Great
Satan?"
The federal government bombs
Muslims
The federal government has
military bases in Muslim nations
The federal government supports
Israel's actions against Palestinians
These are the reasons given by Osama bin Laden for
declaring a "fatwah" (holy war) against the
U.S.
All of these accusations are true.
All of these government actions are contrary to the
Constitution.
The biggest cause of terrorism
-- and the most dangerous threat to the personal
safety and security of ordinary Americans like you and
me -- is the Federal Government of the United States.
America's Founders envisioned the American people,
acting as businessmen, humanitarians, and
missionaries, engaging in commercial and charitable
activities around the world, bringing peace and
receiving the admiration of the world.
"The
great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign
nations is in extending our commercial relations
to have with them as little political
connection as possible." —
Washington, Farewell Address (1796) [Washington’s
emphasis]
"I
deem [one of] the essential principles of our
government, and consequently [one] which ought to
shape its administration,…peace, commerce, and
honest friendship with all nations, entangling
alliances with none." —
Jefferson, First Inaugural Address (1801)
Under Saddam Hussein's secular government,
Christians in Iraq had greater freedom than in
most other Arab nations, and one of the largest
Christian populations in the Muslim world was in
Iraq.
Iraq is now an Islamic theocracy under Sharia
law. The Christian population has been
destroyed. Christian Churches are burned and
terrorized with impunity. Thanks be to Washington
D.C.
Obama is following in Bush's unconstitutional,
anti-Christian footsteps.
This money-creation system is immoral and
unconstitutional. It steals from the
poor and elderly.
America's Founding Fathers would conclude that The
First Amendment had been repealed
There is no freedom of religion: the U.S. is
officially atheistic.
There is no freedom of the press: the media is the
lapdog of "the
Establishment."
Everyone who signed the Constitution, if they were
here today, would urge the repeal of the Constitution
and the abolition of the
government created by that document.
“Why
Americans Should Celebrate Christmas 365
Days a Year”
The word "Christ" means
"King." The Message of Christmas and the Principles
set forth by the Christ (the Messiah) who came that first
Christmas are the real solution to America's problems. The
Federal Government is at war with Christmas and "The
Way of Peace" announced by the Prince
of Peace. The Government should be on His
shoulders (Isaiah
9:6-7). Abolishing a Messianic
State is the only appropriate way to honor the Messiah.
Otherwise Christmas becomes mass hypocrisy.
The Word became flesh. The Creator of the universe
becomes a human being. He came to His own, but His own
did not receive Him, preferring darkness rather than
light.
John the Baptist prepares the way for the Messiah,
as prophesied of Elijah.
As you read
the Gospel accounts, ask yourself how you would react if
you knew these accounts were really true. Not just true in
some "religious" sense, but reported in the New
York Times, proven in a court of law, or acknowledged
by your personal hero. (How do you know
something is true? Do you even have any
"heroes?") How should you change your life if
your Creator became a human being? How should Washington
D.C. react if this human being claimed to be the
true Ruler?
The Prophet Micah predicted
that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Jesus'
parents lived in Nazereth. Therefore God predestined
Caesar to issue a decree (probably relating to taxes)
that would bring Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem before
Jesus was born.
Bush claims the same
global power of confiscation and migration as Caesar did.
Thousands of Christians have been forced to move out of
Iraq to make way for Bush's Islamic Theocracy.
An army of angels announces the birth of the
Messiah, saying, “Glory to God in the highest, And
on earth peace to those with whom He is
pleased!”
Man's chief
end is to glorify God and live in
peace. The Bush Administration's chief end is to erect
a "wall of
separation" between God and government so that
the State gives no glory to God, and to wage war, thereby
"stimulating the economy."
“Now when they had seen Him, they made
widely known the saying which was told them concerning
this Child. And all those who heard it marveled at
those things which were told them by the shepherds.”
When Herod got word of the birth of a rival king, he
behaved in a perfectly logical way (for someone who
wants to protect his power): he massacred all
male babies the age of Jesus. Herod recognized that
Jesus was a threat to Herod's power.
Every day in America
4,000 unborn babies are murdered. These babies must
threaten something.
Millions of Americans who call themselves Christians,
on the other hand, are no threat to tyranny.
None of them are being killed. Bush has killed a thousand
times more human beings than Herod did, and confiscated a
billion times more wealth than Herod did.
Herod's son Antipas played a small role in the
execution of Jesus Christ. But Jesus rose from the
dead, was enthroned on the throne of David at the
right hand of God, and assumed the rightful role of
King over all nations.
"Beginning
today and culminating on Sunday morning, Christians will
celebrate with their families the resurrection of Christ,
His victory over death. We will remember that He gave His
body and His blood—washing clean the
faults and the shortcomings of the world. In our
rejoicing we will renew the hope that is ours through the risenLord." Ronald
Reagan: Statement on the Celebration of Passover and
Easter, April 17, 1981.
And it will come about
in the last days [For the LORD
of hosts has spoken.] That the mountain of the House
of the LORD Will be established
as the chief of the mountains
And it will be raised
above the hills And the peoples will stream to it. And
many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go
up to the mountain of the LORD And
to the House of the God of Jacob,
That He may teach us
about His ways And that we may walk in His
paths." For from Zion will go forth the Law Even
the Word of the LORD from
Jerusalem. And He will judge between many peoples And
render decisions for mighty, distant nations.
Then they will hammer
their swords into plowshares And their spears into
pruning hooks; Nation will not lift up sword against
nation And never again will they train for war.
Though all the peoples
walk Each in the name of his god, As for us, we
will walk In the Name of the LORD
our God forever and ever. In that day, saith the LORD,
will I assemble her that halteth, and
I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I
have afflicted; And I will make her that halted a
remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong
nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from
henceforth, even for ever.
William - Irvine, CA Kevin,
sorry my wife and I haven't been able to call in lately to
your wonderful program sat mornings. we've been going to a
protest demonstration at the Fullerton police dept. in
asking for justice be done in the murdering of a homeless
man kelly thomas by six officers, and tazered 6 times..
the before and after picture of this man is horrible in
what they did to him, as his last words were dad,dad,
dad.. he had also a little mental problem, but still this
was not proper,,, there have been 500 hundred of all kinds
of people asking for justice be done.. you can google
kellythomasfullertonprotest and see some of this.. praise
GOD we so far can stand up to the authorities with some
freedom to make a statement.!! Bless you Kevin talk to you
soon.. keep up the great work !!!
Our goal should not be to "protest" the
police and other archists, but to bring about repentance
on the part of police -- as individuals and as a
Department. "Protests" can harden hearts.
"Protests" depersonalize: "us-them."
Police circle the wagons to protect themselves against the
"protesters" without really listening to the
issues. Suppose one of the tasering police was your
next-door neighbor. Or imagine that you're at the DMV
holding #123, and one of the officers is next to you with
#124, and they just called #38. How will your conversation
go in the next 45 minutes? Will you "protest" or
will you engage in a conversation that might lead to
repentance?
Cheri Quillin - Jasper I
ask, WHICH religion is to be represented by this
THEOCRACY? The terms for Deity in the Declaration of
Independence (the three times it is mentioned):
"Nature's God" "Creator" "Supreme
Judge of the World" "Nature's God"? Even
pagans worship this aspect of God. "Creator"?
All religions that I know of have belief in a
"creator". "Supreme Judge of the
World"? Any particular religion for this? So, I ask:
if the Declaration of Independence is a "theocratic
document" - then WHICH RELIGION? By the way, I'm a
resident of Jasper County, and I vote. I will NOT SUPPORT
ANYONE WHO CO-MINGLES CHURCH AND STATE. I've studied the
Holy Roman Empire, and the crusades. I've studied the
Muslim theocracies, and I want NO PART of such a thing.
LIBERTARIANS avoid such a thing. LIBERTARIANS are for
freedoms from undue government influence. You, sir - are
no Libertarian.
Back in 1892,
The Supreme Court of the United States declared that
America is a Christian
nation. The Court cited the Declaration of
Independence as evidence of this. You say that
"pagans" worship a god using terms found in the
Declaration of Independence. But clearly, the Framers of
the Declaration were Christian, not pagans, and intended
the Christian God, not a pagan god. You say "all
religions" believe in a creator. But none of these
religions were represented in Philadelphia during the
Framing of the Declaration or the Constitution. (Leaving
alone the fact that many religions, like
Buddhism, do not believe in god or a creator.) The
question, "Which religion," is obvious to any
intelligent observer, as the Supreme Court noted.
I too want no part of a Muslim
theocracy, which is quite different from a Christian
Theocracy.
"Freedom from undue government
influence" is not enough for me. For me, all
government influence is "undue." If I am not a
Libertarian, it is because I am an anarchist,
and advocate the complete abolition of "the
government" and its oppressive influence.
Drew - St. Louis You
are nucking futz. What version of the Bible uses the word
Archist? Or did you pull that rancid catfish out of your
nethers?
"Drew"
obviously went to a government-run school. Click here
to look at the Greek text of Mark 10:42-45. The Greek word
arcein
in verse 42 is the word from which we get the English word
"anarchist." The
word "anarchist" means "not" an "archist."
We don't often think about the literal meaning of the word
"anarchist." (And "Drew" probably
doesn't think very much at all. Maybe this will get him
started!)
Robert Kirk
- USA If you want to live in a theocracy, why don't
you move to Iran or some similar country. You have no
place in this country when you try to impose your religion
on the rest of us.
Thanks for visiting and paying enough attention to
notice that I use the word "Theocracy."
• I don't want to move to Iran because I want to
live in a ChristianTheocracy
like America, not a Muslim theocracy.
• I am not an archist,
that is, someone who is willing to "impose"
his will on others by initiating
force or threatening violence
against those I cannot persuade.
• Do those who believe in the
religion of Secular Humanism have a place in the
U.S. to make all laws conform to their secular
religion? They have done this.
• The word "Theocracy"
literally means "God rules,"
or looked at from the other direction, a nation "under
God."
• If I try to pass a law requiring public
schools to teach students that the Declaration of
Independence is really true, people
like you will accuse me of trying to "impose a
theocracy" on the U.S. That assures me that every
single person who signed the U.S. Constitution would
agree with me that we ought to make
America a libertarian "Christian Theocracy."
They did.
Carol - Orange, Ca Debt,
debt, debt----No one takes the Law of God seriously, so we
are drowning in DEBT. Proverbs 22:7--The borrower is the
servant (slave) of the lender. IMHO in this verse is a
succinct summation of our whole problem. Among the many
verses that speak against debt living, these two in the NT
speak especially strongly against this practice of living
on our home loans and credit and debit cards---I Cor.
6:10---For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify
God in your body and in your spirit; and I Cor. 7:23--You
are bought with a price; be not the servants of men. Are
we Christians? Do we read the WORD OF GOD, folks?? We are
literally sinking, second by second into a sea of a
quadrillion dollars of bad debts. You say, "I never
borrowed anything like that amount of money." Ah,
dear citizen and dear Christian, you live on credit and
thereby you gave the lender your precious ownership
rights, which God says plainly belong to Him! God will not
be mocked. We are in serious trouble. Repent, dear
Christian!
Attempts by Jews and Christians to project Esther or
Ezekiel into our future are unjustified.
Jim Means -
Branson, MO The only benefit I see from our Libyan
adventure is a boost to our arms industry which has been
slowing with the winding down of Iraqi operations. The War
Powers Act has been unconstitutional from its inception.
No matter which side we support in the middle east we are
supporting people who hate the U.S. It is a no win
situation.
Jim Means -
Branson, MO Forbes quote of the day yesterday:
"There is no doubt that the real destroyer of the
liberties of any people is he who spreads among them
bounties, donations and largess." If Plutarch could
see it in ancient Greece, politicians must recognize it
today and do not care about our liberties.
Liberty
is destroyed if these gifts are taken by force, and
liberty is destroyed when the recipient becomes dependent
upon the redistributor of stolen wealth.
Jim Means -
Branson, MO A republican senator from Wisconsin writing
in the Wall Street Journal this week claimed that we have
the best health care system in the world, that the death
rate from prostate cancer is 608% higher in Great Britain,
a blatant misstatement of the facts. Britain's death rate
from prostate cancer is actually lower than ours. We need
to find policies that can make our health care system open
to free market solutions that will provide a better
solution than national health care run by the government
or the insane system we have now.
All
the evidence I've seen indicates that under British,
Canadian, and other socialist healthcare systems, people
are not allowed to seek testing/diagnosis or treatment
earlier than the government rationing system allows, and
that more die as a result. If I could find a link to the
source that claims there are more deaths in the U.S., I
would interact with it.
Jim Means -
Branson, MO The life expectancy in Afghanistan is 36
years one of the lowest in the world. We are contributing
to the low life expectancy as we continue to kill Afghans.
Life
expectancy is higher in Christian nations. Violence is
lower, health is higher.
Edge:
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE By Steven Pinker Debunks the
idea that humans are peaceable by nature and corrupted by
modern institutions. Pinker doesn't say it, but humans by
nature want to be their own god, and this violent tendency
needs to be restrained by institutions created by the
Gospel: family, school, employment, charity, etc.
Jim Means -
Branson, MO The Muslim says: I worship the God of
Abraham. I never miss any of my five daily prayers. My
lips never touch alcohol. I am faithful to my four wives.
I have memorized the holy Quran. A so-called Christian who
seldom goes to church, tolerates alcohol consumption, has
sex outside of marriage, knows no more than a few verses
of his scriptures, and worships the fraudulent son of our
god who is complete within himself and needs no sons or
holy ghosts to carry out his will dares to call mine a
"false" religion?
Many
muslims are more dedicated than many who call themselves
Christians, no doubt. A true Christian and a true American
is an "extremist."
The "Supreme Judge of the
World" mentioned in the Declaration of
Independence is Jesus Christ, according
to the Jefferson Bible. If Jesus really said these
things (as Jefferson apparently believes He did) then he
was insane if He is not really God. He was nuts to allow
the Jews to crucify Him for claiming to be God if He was
not really God. Taken as a whole, the Bible claims that
Jesus was Divine, as well as the Holy Spirit.
This belief has been the foundation of liberty in the
Western World.
Jim Means - Walnut
Shade Eliminate all those departments and add
thousands to the unemployment lines. This is not going to
help our Libertarian image in the eyes of the general
public as uncaring, selfish individuals.
(1) USPS
employees will be employed by FedEx, UPS, etc. (2)
Government waste can be invested in new jobs and increased
productivity. (3) This increased productivity = lower
prices and a higher standard of living, even if postal
employees have leaner, more competitive wages than they
had in government.
It is selfish of government employees to use force to
protect their uncompetitive job. They advance their own
short-term interests at the expense of others and even at
the expense of their own long-term prosperity and that of
their children.
Allow the USPS, a
separate corporation not a government department to close
unnecessary post offices, limit hours and otherwise
streamline their services and UPS, FedEx and other private
services would have a hard time competing.
Correct. It's
hard to compete with a government agency that gets to cut
services and still charge the same amount. Competitive
business in the Free Market can't get away with that.
Parkinson's
Law is at work in large corporations as well as
government bureaus. At least the corporations can scale
back in tough times. That has produced our current high
unemployment and slow recovery as the corporations enjoy
higher profits and their unnecessary employees take our
taxes in unemployment benefits
"scaling
back" is a very good thing; exactly what needs to
take place. Government has been printing up new money and
giving it to special-interest businesses, which percolates
throughout the economy, creating an artificial
"boom." All these false investments need to be
liquidated, as they do not reflect real consumer
preferences. Government-created employment needs to be
replaced with high unemployment, followed by
consumer-created employment.
The CIA claims ten
percent of Egyptians are Christian, 10% of them, Coptic.
Christians were
underground in a hostile nation until the conversion of
the emperor Constantine. Then with government and the
church in partnership, political power corrupted the
church.
william of irvine -
irvine california kevin, as the bible is our main
book, what other books would you recommend to read for
spiritual, political and health issues?
I'd like to add a bit to last week's
answer. I believe the most pressing priority is not
reading other books "for spiritual, political and
health issues," but to build the foundation.
Ecclesiastes
12:12 And further, my son, be admonished
by these. Of making many books there is no end, and
much study is wearisome to the flesh.
The majority of our time needs to be on
the foundations, including volunteer work mentoring those
who did not or do not have families that reliably build
foundations:
Deuteronomy
6:6-13 7and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy
children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in
thine house and when thou walkest by the way, and when
thou liest down and when thou risest up. 10"And
it shall be, when the LORD
thy God shall have
brought thee into the land which He swore unto thy
fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee
great and goodly cities which thou built not, 11and
houses full of all good things which thou filled not, and
wells dug which thou dug not, vineyards and olive trees
which thou planted not, when thou shalt have eaten and be
full, 12then
beware lest thou forget the LORD
who brought thee forth
out of the land of Egypt, from the house of
bondage.
This is exactly where we are today.
Because the foundations have been ripped out of public
schools, we have forgotten God, and are ready to be
dropped in the lap of a new Pharaoh.
The next verse is interesting, because it
seems like a change of subject, but it's not really:
13Thou
shalt fear the LORD thy
God, and serve Him, and shalt swear
by His name.
Our politicians do not take their oaths in
the name of God, and they break them. Oaths are a
reflection of foundations, of worldview.
We should avoid getting lost in detail, and missing the
big picture.
sir william -
irvine,calif. how do we get our church away from
dispensational thinking and the likes of c s scofield ,hal
lindsey so on,,what question should we ask them to get
them to think
You must take
them by the hand and walk a mile with them. Weeks and
weeks of Bible studies.
Sandra - Irvine So
for me to be an optimist I must be a responsibalist — to
respond to the ability god has given me—do I understand
you?
cariie miller - st
louis mo are you that unamerician that you want to
change constition letst change the free speech that you
hide behine youre just un speakable in your ideas
Every single
person who signed the Constitution would agree that the
Constitution should be repealed and the government it
created should be abolished.
If that isn't obvious to you, by comparing the Bush-Obama
regime against the Declaration of Independence, then
you're a victim of educational malpractice, and you're
just not a very good American.
carrie miller - st
louis mo are you un educated or just stupid
Jim - WALNUT
SHADE The invisible hand
seems to have given us a situation where nearly all new
business development is based on the distribution and sale
of goods produced on foreign soil. It will be a while
before we need any new construction as the nation is full
of empty residential and commercial buildings. Where is
the hope for near term employment increase?
Jim - WALNUT
SHADE Asking for parent one
and parent two on the passport application must make the
children in single parent households feel inadequate. The
question needs to be eliminated and the information, if
necessary, can be taken from the applicant's birth
certificate that must be sent with the application.
Carol - California GATES
What is the significance of the gates in eg. Prov. 31:23
and 31. Is the idea here something that would be a goal of
FAMILY homeschooling. Should FATHERS aspire to be known in
the gates. Should Fathers and Mothers be teaching their
SONS to be known in the gates? In this sense, is it
constructive to understand further what it means to be
KNOWN IN THE GATES?
Jim - Walnut Shade That
sounds like the mullah's stance that Jesus or an imam is
coming back to unite the world under Shari'a and bring
eternal peace to a Muslim world.
The Bible
does not teach that Jesus is "coming
again soon." But the Bible does teach that Jesus
came at the first Christmas
to create a "New World Order." Atheists,
Christians, and Muslims all agree on the necessity for a world
order.
Islam is an imitation of Christianity. True
Christianity does not teach that Christ will bring peace
at a future coming, but that already is the Prince of
Peace, and that Christians are priests and kings who
should implement His Reign in the world today.
The "United Nations" is
the secular equivalent of the Christian and Islamic ideal
of world order.
The true Christian conception of world order is not a
global police state, or a global priest-state, but global Anarcho-Theocracy.
Carol - ORANGE, CA Kevin
-- Could you discuss what Romans 13 means when it says
that rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the
evil. This in the light of what you have said about the
evil of governments.
"Theocracy" and
"globalism" are inescapable concepts. Every
government is a "theocracy." Every government is
the forcible legislation of somebody's morality. The
source of that morality is the "god" of the
society. In a Secular
Humanist theocracy, every man is his own god, but the
State or Party claims to embody the "general
will."
Every theocracy seek global dominion. Obviously
atheistic communism sought international hegemony. So does
the atheistic "New World
Order" of the Bush-Obama regime.
If Christians do not seek a global
theocracy, they will be brought under tribute to the
theocracy of another religion. A truly Christian Theocracy
is an "Anarcho-Theocracy."
Carol in California: Everybody:
Read Ezekiel 33. What do you think about the call to be a
WATCHMAN? In what context did this call come? What were
the main subjects being discussed in those chapters? What
activities and practices and persons were being condemned?
Does this OT call apply to our lives, culture, churches,
government,etc.? Does this Watchman idea relate to your
campaign of LIBERTY UNDER GOD? How? What are crucial
lessons here?
Ezekiel
33 - NKJV The "watchman" was to
"warn the wicked of his way to turn from it" (v.
9), not just to say, "the sword is coming!" and
encourage pre-emptive military strikes or "survivalism."
A very disapointed
citizen - Jamestown,NY Are you a joke? Really?!
Your trying to discriminate against and entire nation of
people such a homosexuals i hope you know the thing you're
saying a litrally brining thousands of people to tears and
mabey most of the united states of american is apart of
the christian community there are others out there
Nicole Trujillo -
Clever what relationship do you see America having
with Israel?
It depends on
how you define "America." The federal government
of the United States should have no relationship with
Israel other than necessary treaties which the
Constitution authorizes. No foreign
aid to Israel from the federal government (and no
foreign aid to anti-Israeli Muslim nations either). In
short, "no
entangling alliances."
Voter - Branson Kevin,
I agree with many of the stances on your website. However,
I cannot find much information about you as a person. Can
you please tell us about yourself? Also, according to your
position for fewer taxes and less spending, Congressmen
would have to be willing to sacrifice tax-rendered
compensation for the public good. Can you convince us that
your own personal financial situation would not create a
conflict of interest when it came to choosing between the
public's needs and your own needs?
1. Some
personal info is found here
at the bottom of the page. 2. A whole lot more is here. 3.
More important than who I am, is who I strive to be. See here.
4. My personal financial situation is living in
poverty. If elected, I would stage "money
bombs" and other programs to raise money to make
sure that -- just as environmentalists worry about
"carbon footprints" -- I would not leave a
"taxpayer footprint" in my wake. In other words,
as much as possible, I would not compel taxpayers to pay
for my presence in Washington D.C. This means following Ron
Paul's practice of returning the bulk of the allocated
money for Congressional Staff. It doesn't take a large
staff to follow the Constitution, only to meet and deal
with lobbyists. There will be none of that in my office. I
have formed a non-profit organization to do the work of
spreading the vision of "Vine
& Fig Tree," and I would work through that
organization to accomplish my goals, and not use extortion
to raise money from taxpayers.
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Education -- so the next
generation can understand what America's Founders fought and
died for. No government promotion of schools (rather than homeschooling)
or colleges (rather than
apprenticeship or online alternatives).
Energy -- the key to a rising
standard of living, the current chain to the Middle East
Every American could be born with a
comfortable inheritance for education, a first home, or
medical care; instead, every American is born in great debt.
Washington D.C. central planning
increases debt, does not create the "Vine
& Fig Tree" life.
The men who signed a
Declaration of Independence against tyranny
would not be happy with today's government - a government more
tyrannical than any they could have imagined.
The men who threw tea into the Boston Harbor over a tax of 3
pence per pound would not be happy with a tax ten times
greater on every gallon of gas.
Those who took up muskets over a total tax burden of less
than 3% would not be happy with the fact that the federal
government now takes more than half of
everything you earn.
Today it is illegal for public school teachers to teach their
students that the Declaration of Independence is really true
(and not just an outdated historical document). The federal
government is clearly at war with everything the Founding
Fathers stood for.
America's greatest Americans would abolish
today's federal government.
Muskets are Not an Option
There are two reasons why we should not take up arms to pull
off the violent overthrow of the
federal government, even if America's Founders would surely do
so. First, the feds have nukes. Second, violent revolution is
unChristian and unBiblical. We must beat our swords
into plowshares and use persuasion
to abolish tyranny. This is time for a
revolution of ideas.
Revolution Won't Come in a Day
John Adams once wrote that the American
Revolution began in 1761, when Massachusetts attorney James
Otis began legal challenges to the Writs
of Assistance. He lost the case, but "American
independence," Adams wrote, "was
then and there born." Now do the math. That means it
took 15 years to convince the rest of America to
declare Independence (1776). Then another seven years of
war was required before a Peace Treaty was signed (1783), and
then six years before the Constitution was finally
ratified (1789). That's almost 30 years. (And Jefferson said we
shouldn't go 20
years without another rebellion!) How can we hope to
convince Americans to fight for principles they were never
taught in government schools? We need to be in this battle for
the long term. "Eternal
Vigilance is the Price of Liberty."
George Washington has been
criticized for owning slaves -- even
though he inherited them, and even though it was
illegal for him to free them (when Virginia tried passing
laws against slavery, the
King of Britain overruled them). But being a slave in a
Christian nation is better than being "free" in an
atheistic nation.
In the Soviet Union, workers on the collective farms were
allowed a small plot of land to grow what they wanted, and
sell for whatever they could get. These small plots of
capitalism saved the entire nation from starvation.
"Two percent of privately
owned Soviet farmland was producing fully 30 percent of
the country’s grain."
Today's Secular America is like the atheistic Soviet
Union. The government claims ownership of more
than 2/3 of everything you earn. The majority of
industry is regulated by the State. Yet the small amount of
freedom left to us provides us with iPods, big-screen TV,
microwaves, and info-tainment. We think we are wealthy. But
we are not free.
In America, the percentage of privately-owned property --
truly and securely owned -- is not much different from the
percentage in the Soviet Union. George
Washington's ideal was for every American to live
peacefully under his own
"Vine & Fig Tree." This was the original
"American Dream." Today's "American
Dream" is a fixed-rate mortgage. The bank
actually owns your home. This is a form of slavery, as
anyone who signed the Constitution would tell you. Even if
you pay off your mortgage, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled
that the
government can take your home and give it to someone
else who might use your property differently and pay more
taxes to the government than you do.
Consider the challenge of Samuel Adams.
Americans today love "wealth" (if "gangsta-rap
cell-phone ring-tones" can be considered
"wealth") better than liberty and personal
responsibility. Because Americans have been denied the three
most important features of colonial schools in America, they
are ignorant and illiterate
-- like slaves.
“If
ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of
servitude more than the
animating contest of freedom —go from
us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch
down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains
sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye
were our countrymen!
If you are an ordinary American, you are a pampered
slave. You are wealthy beyond the imagination of
anyone alive in 1776. But you would rather keep the remote
control of your TV than risk
it by fighting for liberty and personal responsibility.
Every great athlete has a coach. If you want to
be a great American you need a coach. If you want to achieve
great things for your country, you need a coach. Imagine what
you could do if George Washington, "the Father of his
Country," could travel through time and be your personal
coach. The results could be extraordinary.
Find out why you need a personal coach, and why GeorgeWashingtonCoaching.com
is the foundation for an extraordinary life.
We win the race by overcoming the biggest obstacles. Who
are the Big Enemies? What are the Big Issues? Martin Luther
said:
If I
profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every
portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point
which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I
am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing
Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the
soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield
besides is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that
point.
Do you know what the Big Issues are? Do you know how to
fight them?
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The
"Enumerated Powers Act" (EPA) Each
member, upon the start of his term of office, takes an
oath, promising to protect and uphold the Constitution.
Yet virtually every day that Congress is in session these
same oath-takers become law-breakers -- passing laws and
expending funds on items that are not Constitutionally
permissible. Background
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Help
End the Mexican Civil War Black-market
profits caused by drug prohibition fund a civil war in
Mexico that's threatening to spill over our borders. Drug
profits also fuel the terrorists who are killing U.S.
soldiers in Afghanistan. It's time to dry up the
black-market profits. It's time to end drug prohibition.
Make
Congress Read Their Bills Before Voting Make
Congress read every word of every bill they create before
they vote on it. Urge your Representative and your
Senators to sponsor DownsizeDC.org's “Read the Bills Act”
(RTBA).
End
the FED The Federal Reserve System
constantly inflates and deflates the supply of money and
credit, causing booms and busts. It's time to get off this
roller-coaster. It's time to end the Fed.
No
Bailouts! No government money, whether
borrowed or taxed, should ever be used to bailout private
financial interests. If you agree, please send Congress a
message telling them so.
TWIC
- A Backdoor Real ID Card Real ID is dying.
But the Department of Homeland Security has a new plan to
subject every American to a national ID card anyway. They
plan to pick off one occupational field at a time, starting
with the maritime industry. One man is fighting back. Meet
him, and help stop this backdoor Real ID plan.
Repeal
the campaign finance laws Campaign finance laws
are really incumbent protection laws. They make it almost
impossible for challengers to raise competitive funding,
while doing almost nothing to control the true causes of
government corruption. We were told that the campaign
finance laws—the contribution limits and the reporting
requirements—would curtail or even prevent corruption.
Now, with 40 years of experience, we know that they do the
exact opposite.
End
Asset Forfeiture If the government suspects
you used your house or car in a crime, they can take it and
sell it at auction. They don't even have to prove your
guilt. They call this practice civil asset forfeiture, but
it's really theft. It violates the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th
and 14th Amendments. It also encourages law enforcement to
put profits before justice. Tell Congress to end civil asset
forfeiture.
Cap-and-trade
is not the way to control carbon emissions. Even
if you accept that human CO2 emissions are causing
problematic global warming, a government run "cap and
trade" system is not the way to deal with this problem. •
An increase in your electricity and gasoline bills •
New tools for politicians to control the economy, hand out
favors, and punish enemies • Almost no improvement in
reducing overall CO-2 emissions (if the example of Europe is
a reliable guide) Learn
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Make Congress read every word of
every bill they create before they vote on it. Urge
your Representative and your Senators to sponsor
DownsizeDC.org's “Read the Bills Act” (RTBA).
Unelected bureaucrats create
tens-of-thousands of new dictates each year. Making rules
is the job of Congress, not bureaucrats. DownsizeDC.org
has drafted the “Write the Laws Act” to end
bureaucratic “legislation without representation.”
Click here . . .
Restore
consumer controlled health care The politicians
tell us free market health care doesn't work, but we
haven't had a free market in decades. • Starting with
depression era wage and price controls, and continuing
with government tax policies, the politicians have made
Americans dependent on their jobs to get health insurance. •
The government already pays for nearly half of all health
care. This means we're half-socialized already Learn
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Stop
the War for Terror U.S. policy
has inflamed the Middle East. It has made terrorism more
likely rather than less. We seem to be fighting a war for
terror, rather than on terror.
This policy must stop. The place to start stopping is with
Iran. We must not attack Iran. War with Iran would
devastate our economy, disrupt world oil supplies, and
recruit more terrorists. Click
here to stop this war before it starts.
Preserve
the Freedom to Farm Crops grow in dirt. Animals
don't take showers or use toilets. Food is made from yucky
stuff. This means there's always a risk of contamination.
We can reduce this risk, but not eliminate it. Attempts to
make everything perfectly safe are Utopian fantasies that
carry a high price in increased costs, reduced variety,
diminished supply, and . . . increased risk. The free
market already provides you with multiple ways to balance
risks and costs. Learn
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