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:
“Remembering September 11th”
The
White House Press Office: — In this week’s
address, President Obama marked the tenth anniversary of the
September 11th attacks and paid tribute to the first
responders, those serving our nation in the military, and
those who lost their lives on that tragic day. In the
difficult decade since 9/11, our nation has stayed strong in
the face of threat, and we have strengthened our homeland
security, enhanced our partnerships, and put al Qaeda on the
path to defeat. As we look to the future, we will
continue to prove that the terrorists who attacked us are no
match for the courage, resilience, and endurance of the
American people.
President
Obama's
Saturday Morning Radio Address Saturday Morning, September
10th, 2011
Another
Perspective:
"Liberty
Under God"
This weekend, we’re
coming together, as one nation, to mark the 10th
anniversary of the September 11th attacks. We’re
remembering the lives we lost—nearly 3,000 innocent men,
women and children. We’re reaffirming our
commitment to always keep faith with their families.
We’re honoring the
heroism of first responders who risked their lives—and
gave their lives—to save others. And we’re
giving thanks to all who serve on our behalf, especially
our troops and military families—our extraordinary 9/11
Generation.
At the same time, even as
we reflect on a difficult decade, we must look forward, to
the future we will build together. That includes
staying strong and confident in the face of any
threat. And thanks to the tireless efforts of our
military personnel and our intelligence, law enforcement and
homeland security professionals—there should be no
doubt. Today, America is stronger and al Qaeda is on
the path to defeat.
We’ve taken the fight to
al Qaeda like never before. Over the past two and a
half years, more senior al Qaeda leaders have been
eliminated than at any time since 9/11. And thanks to
the remarkable courage and precision of our forces, we
finally delivered justice to Osama bin Laden.
We’ve strengthened the
partnerships and tools we need to prevail in this war
against al Qaeda—working closer with allies and partners;
reforming intelligence to better detect and disrupt plots;
investing in our Special Forces so terrorists have no safe
haven.
We’re constantly working
to improve the security of our homeland as well—at our
airports, ports and borders; enhancing aviation security and
screening; increasing support for our first responders; and
working closer than ever with states, cities and
communities.
A decade after 9/11, it’s
clear for all the world to see—the terrorists who attacked
us that September morning are no match for the character of
our people, the resilience of our nation, or the endurance
of our values.
They wanted to terrorize
us, but, as Americans, we refuse to live in fear. Yes
we face a determined foe, and make no mistake—they will
keep trying to hit us again. But as we are showing
again this weekend, we remain vigilant. We’re doing
everything in our power to protect our people. And no
matter what comes our way, as a resilient nation, we will
carry on.
They wanted to draw us in
to endless wars, sapping our strength and confidence as a
nation. But even as we put relentless pressure on al
Qaeda, we’re ending the war in Iraq and beginning to bring
our troops home from Afghanistan. Because after a hard
decade of war, it is time for nation building here at home.
They wanted to deprive us
of the unity that defines us as a people. But we will
not succumb to division or suspicion. We are Americans, and
we are stronger and safer when we stay true to the values,
freedoms and diversity that make us unique among nations.
And they wanted to
undermine our place in the world. But a decade later,
we’ve shown that America doesn’t hunker down and hide
behind walls of mistrust. We’ve forged new
partnerships with nations around the world to meet the
global challenges that no nation can face alone. And
across the Middle East and North Africa a new generation of
citizens is showing that the future belongs to those that
want to build, not destroy.
Ten years ago, ordinary
Americans showed us the true meaning of courage when they
rushed up those stairwells, into those flames, into that
cockpit. In the decade since, a new generation has
stepped forward to serve and keep us safe. In their
memory, in their name, we will never waver. We will
protect the country we love and pass it safer, stronger and
more prosperous to the next generation.
Response of the Republican Party
Saturday Morning Radio Address
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
Once again, the Republican Party leadership
has asked Congressman
Ron Paul of Texas to deliver . . . wait a minute . . .
I'm sorry . . .
New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivered the
GOP Weekly Address
Everyone can remember
exactly where they were when they first learned that our
country had been attacked. As with Pearl Harbor and
the John F. Kennedy assassination, these defining events
have a big impact on a nation because they're not just a
shared experience, they're a shared memory.
On the 10th
anniversary of the attacks, we must take stock of what
we've learned.
The attacks
had two purposes. The first was to kill as many Americans
as possible. The second was to destroy America's spirit.
As we
remember the thousands of lives lost on that day, there’s
no doubt that the terrorists achieved their first goal and
will leave us with a deep wound forever.
When it comes
to destroying our spirit, however … as we consider the
rescue and recovery effort we witnessed at the time of and
in the aftermath of the attacks, it’s clear that the
terrorists failed. The country was not broken, but rather,
it was more united in the days after September 11 than at
any time in my lifetime.
We displayed
heroic spirit in many ways, but perhaps the most heroic
was the unity of spirit that we shared as Americans. The
American people demonstrated one of the most basic values
that we share -- our love of freedom and the value we
place on individual human life.
People often
ask me, ‘Is America safer now than it was before
September 11?’ The answer is: ‘Yes, but not as
safe as we should be.’ We're safer because we
faced a difficult truth. A danger that we allowed to
fester and grow without confronting properly, was suddenly
staring us in the face.
The
engagement of Islamic extremist terrorism in Iraq and
Afghanistan is an important part of our having prevented
additional large-scale attacks. We’ve made significant
improvements in intelligence gathering and in airport
security.
But much work
remains. We have not significantly improved port security
and our state and local governments range from very well
prepared to not prepared at all.
We’ve even
seen some massive breakdowns in security, as demonstrated
by the near attack on Christmas morning in 2009, as well
as the inappropriate decision-making and irrational
application of political correctness in the attack at Fort
Hood.
Perhaps the
most dangerous impulse we've developed since September 11
is impatience demonstrated by the calls to put our armed
forces on timetables.
It's a
reemergence of a dangerous historical pattern that
sometimes afflicts America -- a desire to
demilitarize by minimizing the dangers we face and that’s
led to catastrophes in the past, including the ‘peace
dividend’ taken in the 90's as Islamic extremist
terrorists were attacking us regularly.
American
security requires a long-term military presence in the
part of the world where people and organizations are
plotting to kill us. The timetable should not be based on
a politically expedient calendar, but on when we've
eliminated the threat of domestic attacks being generated
in that particular part of the world. We must not allow
impatience to prevent our military from achieving its
objective in Iraq and Afghanistan and the objective is the
elimination of the threat to our nation.
Finally,
America must take care of those who were harmed during the
difficult and dangerous recovery effort. We must not
forget what it meant to the country to watch these brave
men and women work toward recovery and they shouldn't be
abandoned now. If they become ill, we are responsible for
taking care of them.
After all,
they took care of us.
The lesson of
September 11 is that America is truly exceptional. We
withstood the worst attack in our history, intended by our
enemies to destroy us.
Instead, it
drew us closer and it made us more united. Our love for
freedom and for one another had given us a strength that
surprised even ourselves. At the same time, it's a
strength that must be guarded and nurtured. We must
rediscover our unity.
We must never
forget what we witnessed on that day, both the
incomprehensible face of pure evil and the depth of love
and compassion. Today, 10 years later, the fight
continues and the memories remain etched into our national
character. ####
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
avoided -- 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.
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.
If you take nothing else with you from
today's "Virtual Town Hall," remember this:
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.
Carol Wilson - Orange,
CA
Kevin--Since you brought up the issue of the victims, that
is, the voices of the bereaved families demanding some
answers as to what happened, it has always struck me as
weird that we have heard nothing from all the families
that supposedly lost loved ones on all those hijacked
planes. Why not a great cry from those families????? Of
course, the obvious the question--were there any?
I noticed your claim that
"Homosexuals living in a Christian society will be
better off than those living in pagan societies". Can
I ask, do you actually know what pagan means? A pagan
society is one in which the prevelant religion is
polytheistic. The ancient Greeks were a pagan society. Are
you honestly saying that gay people would be 'better off'
in Christian societies, including Britain and America when
homosexuality was outlawed, than in pagan societies like
ancient Greece?
A third of all human beings in ancient Athens were slaves.
To live in a pagan society is to live in an uncivilized
society.
To commit homosexual
acts is to dehumanize oneself.
To live in a civilized, economically advanced society
where there are fewer opportunities to sin is preferable
to living in a backward, economically impoverished society
where sinning is culturally approved and dehumanization is
rampant.
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
page.
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
more »
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
more »
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.
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