Gail and his Knights

If (Insert Presidents Name HERE) had...

2009-12-25T06:27:00.000-05:00

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed it off or said this is more proof of how he inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush on a "date night" to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had presented the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his own speeches, would you have thought it endearing or thought it embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have excused it?

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who were felons and tax cheats, would you have minded?

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish-illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have justified it or winced in embarrassment?

If George W. Bush had mis-spelled the word "advice" would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as proof of what a dunce he is?

If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have called that environmentally responsible or concluded he's a hypocrite?

If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan following the path of the hijacked airliners of September 11 and causing widespread panic, would you have offered some face-saving explanation?

If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you be understanding or would it smack of racism and incompetence?

If George W. Bush had created the position of 32 Czars who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate and the constitution, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have minded?

If George W Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have blamed the prior administration?

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would that be the other party's fault?

So, tell me again, what was it about Barry Sotero (alias Barack Hussein Obama) that makes him so brilliant and impressive?

It's Not About Insurance; It's About Surrendering Liberty!

2009-12-20T08:58:00.002-05:00

This is very long but worth the Read if you care at all about the freedoms we are losing everyday!!!
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Dear Folks,
I'm making an unusual request. Naturally, you may grant or ignore it, but I must ask.

I have been cobbling together my "closing argument" against the present Socialized medicine bill now before the Senate for the past several weeks. I'll never be satsfied, but time is short, so I had to draw it to a close. The finished letter (which is inadequate and leaves out many, many important objections and their arguments) is lengthy, as you would expect from me. I spent over 6 hours e-mailing a custom copy to each INDIVIDUAL Senator Tuesday. It took that long to go to each of 100 websites and repeatedly enter my first name, last name, address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, e-mail address, title and cut-copy-paste (after inserting each individual name) the text of my letter 100 times.

Will it reach the Senators? That will be in God's hands; humanly speaking probably not. Will it change any of their votes? See the previous answer.

Is it a waste of time?

No.

It is never a waste of time to speak the truth. And someone at some level may read some of my letter. Like the young men and women to whom I speak on the phone when I call the Senators' offices. They aren't decision-makers; they're interns and aids. Powerless gophers. Why "waste", as I did, 30 minutes on the phone with a kid in Cleveland from Sherrod Brown's office? He can't help me. Here's why. He's an American. My countryman. He's not interning at Senator Brown's office because he plans to become a dentist or a bookkeeper. Evidently he has political ambitions and is there to learn the ropes of apprenticeship. He's a bright young idealist. Well-meaning. Wants to "help" people and confounds the impulse inexplicably with the government. One day he may well be your Senator himself, or your Congressman. And when he is, you won't have a chance of reaching him either. Any more than you could ever possibly hope to speak to Senators Voinovich or Brown now. So the time to reason with these pups is now. before they ascend Olympus to sit with the gods. While they're the office boy/girl. Flood their ears with principles and facts and concepts they aren't going to get at the university, on MSNBC or working for Sherrod Brown. Trouble their ease and discomfit their sleep. Introduce them to the concepts they won't encounter. The more they say "Huh. That's an interesting thought. I never thought about that", the better you're doing. Force thought. Break up the trancelike unquestioning go-alongism. Introuce accountability. Don't be bullied; demand intelligent responses, not pre-packaged fluff lines. They work for you; not the other way around. Ask questions and wait for the boy's answers. Don't let him evade the question. Ask it again. Be kind and patient, but earnest and passionate. Treat him with respect and be personable, but as unbending as granite. If it's his misfortune to be assigned the phones that day, make him arn his pay. You're paying him; get your money's worth. Tie up the phone line as long as possible; at least you might impede government that much. If you're going to "waste time", make it theirs.

I bother because I may well be talking to the next Senator while he's still in a larval stage and teachable. I sure wish someone had done this with a pubescent Sherrod Brown. For those of you who've read my Reset letter of a year ago, you know that I took the time and effort to write Dennis Kucinich thirty years ago while I was still in high school and he was just a kid mayor or Cleveland. Today he's a congressman in the capitol. Today I couldn't possibly reach him.

Now, for my request.

Below is my letter to each of 100 senators. I also sent copies to Walter Williams, Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Sean Hannity, G. Gordon Liddy, Michael Savage, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, John Stossel, Neil Cavuto, mjor newspapers, news magazines, the ACLJ, The John Birch Society, Michele Malkin, and assorted places on the web. Do I like or listen to all of these personalities? Nope. Do I endorse or agree with them all? Nope. but together they represent an audience of over 150 million Americans and you bet I'm going to aim for that, no matter how flat I fall. If you never pull the bowstring, the arrow can't hit anything at all.

I'm asking each of you to give the letter below more wings. If you don't it's not necessary to explain; delete it as you would any other junk mail. But if each of you will forward it to those you think may profit by or enjoy it most, I will be grateful. Somebody may know somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody with a louder voice than mine who may know somebody who can make a difference. If you don't agree with the letter, then kill it, of course. But if you believe it makes a good case or raises an important issue, please help get the word out (long as it is) while it may yet do some good.

The letter is long enough. Omit this preface, please and it's not necessary to include my name. the arguments should stand on their on merits, not the identity of their author.

If you will, cut-copy-paste and forward the letter below this line. Thank you all! SWD
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Fellow citizen,

The Founding Fathers staked the maintenance of the entire republic on an informed citizenry. They wanted and expected that liberty should be so precious that every individual citizen---whatever his class or status---would shoulder his duty to preserve in peace what they had by blood won in revolution. The following letter was written by a simple blue-collar Ohioan, making under $30,000 per year. He holds no degree but a high school diploma. He isn't rich, famous, educated or remarkable in any way. He's simply an American who understands that liberty is each citizen's responsibility. This letter was sent to each of 100 senators. Whether any of them read a word of it, who can say?

Whether you agree with every point or not, shouldn't we all be asking our representatives our own questions? And demanding answers? This lengthy read is less about insurance and more about liberty. If you find it thoughtful, pass it along.

Dear [Ohio] Senator [Sherrod] Brown,

I am uninsured by choice and will not be insured by any individual, not by any employer, not by government, federal or otherwise. This is a personal decision and is no one’s prerogative to interfere therewith. I do not recognize the authority of the United States government to legislate personal attitudes or personal consumer purchases.

My reasons for reaching this conclusion are my own and not subject to review or judgment by any employee of the government at any level. Government’s need to know begins with my conclusion, not with the thinking processes behind it. It is enough for government to know my decision and to respect it. I owe no one an accounting for any decision I reach. Americans do not submit their independent choices to their servants at Washington for their mean approval.

While I owe no discussion of my reasons, I choose to present a few of them to you because so little thinking is being done at Washington about the right of individual citizens to reach differing conclusions about the issues of the day without molestation from the State. Freedom is, after all, the ability to say no without adverse repercussions. When a citizen of this republic can no longer make independent choices without being disadvantaged at law or without punitive consequences, the liberty of every American (whatever his views on this or any other given issue) is lost.

First, Senator Brown, the United States Constitution nowhere authorizes the Senate (or the general government at all) to so much as discuss, on the clock, the personal spending choices of citizens on health expenses or any other.

The Constitution is not a document empowering the Congress over the liberties of the People it serves and to whom it is answerable; it is a limitation of the Congress by the People to an express list of enumerated powers. Not only does not the Constitution authorize this intrusion by Congress into the personal finances and affairs of the individual citizen, it can not. The Preamble establishes that the Constitution is a legal grant of express powers by “We the People” to their servant, not a license for government to permit its superior, the People, to act in certain ways and not in others. It is, in short, not the People’s mail; it is yours. The People are not answerable to the Constitution they wrote; its addressee, the general government, is.

"No legislative act…contrary to the Constitution can be valid. To deny this would be to affirm that the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above his master; that the representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves; that men acting by virtue of powers may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid." - Alexander Hamilton, Federalist 78

Senator Brown, you are my representative, my servant, my deputy and I your principal and master, not the reverse. Constitutionally you may not do what I have not authorized and you most certainly shall not do what I have forbidden. Is that clear?

Legislation of the type presently before the United States Senate regarding the imposition of insurance upon citizens under financial and incarcerative penalties is a coercion and usurpation nowhere express or implicit within the grant of limited powers ceded you by the People in our Constitution.

Article I, Section 8, reads, “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States…”

That is, only three ends are authorized for the laying and collection of taxes, duties, imposts or excises: (1) to pay the debts of the corporate States, united, (2) to provide for the defense of the corporate States, united and (3) to provide for the general welfare of the corporate States, united. Clearly the health care bill before the Senate today fails the test of the first two ends as no one argues, or can maintain, that its purpose is either to retire the national debt or to secure the United States against foreign attack.

The entire pretext for the dubious constitutionality of the present bill hangs by an interpretation of the general welfare clause the Founders manifestly did not intend.

The Father of the Constitution, James Madison, in a letter to James Robertson addressed this very misreading: "With respect to the two words ‘general welfare,' I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators."

Thus we have the probable author of the clause in question on historical record stating that “general welfare” is never to be interpreted as literally general in an unlimited sense and is never to be considered in exclusion from the limited powers that are its very context.

Madison elaborated further in Federalist 45, "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined…to be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce." That is, the few powers enumerated as delegated to Washington by the People are defined and unambiguous. Further, the general government at Washington is empowered mostly as a defensive force field of the People’s 50 sovereign republics, commissioned to act as their joint mouthpiece to the outer world at large. By no torturous construction can this be imagined to mean that the People may be jailed for not choosing an insurance company to pay for their appendectomy, can it, Senator Brown?

In 1792, Madison again expounds, “If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions."

That is, Senator Brown, Madison himself says that if you interpret the general welfare clause to mean that Congress may do at its whim and unfettered discretion whatever it thinks best, you turn the Constitution on its head, pull it inside-out, and make mockery of the very concepts of limited government and enumerated powers which are plainly the design, purpose and very grain of the Constitution. A constitution that distills down to “Government may do as it pleases” is no constitution and is the foundation not of a republic but of despotic tyranny.

In the event, Senator Brown, that James Madison’s express definition is lost on you, Thomas Jefferson in 1798 relieved any lingering confusion that may yet cloud your understanding: “Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated." In the plainest possible language, your third President and the author of the Declaration of Independence stated categorically that Congress (this means you) has no power to provide for the general welfare that is not specifically spelled out and named within the Constitution. If the Constitution does not expressly state that the government has authority to propose and enact legislation mandating health insurance in those exact words, IT IS ILLEGAL and those who are party to that enaction ARE CRIMINAL.

This was no single ephemeral mood of Jefferson’s. He had expressed the identical position seven years prior: “The Constitution allows only the means which are ‘necessary,’ not those which are merely ‘convenient,’ for effecting the enumerated powers. If such a latitude of construction be allowed to this phrase as to give any non-enumerated power, it will go to every one, for there is not one which ingenuity may not torture into a convenience in some instance or other, to some one of so long a list of enumerated powers. It would swallow up all the delegated powers, and reduce the whole to one power, as before observed."

Like Madison, Jefferson understood the simple truth that if “general welfare” may be understood as a free pass to legislate outside the listed powers, it can be wrested unnaturally to license any clever scheme anyone can conceive; some fool may even come along some day and suggest that Congress may imprison citizens who do not remit a monthly extortion fee to the Nationwide Insurance Company. Such tyranny would quickly convert delegated and limited government into all of the ills and abuses of totalitarianism; this false construction turning a constitutional republic into one more autocratic regime. Not the rule of law, but of lawyers.

To this Alexander Hamilton added unreserved agreement in Federalist 83. Referring to the 18---and only 18---enumerated powers of Article I, Section 8: "This specification of particulars evidently excludes all pretension to a general legislative authority, because an affirmative grant of special powers would be absurd as well as useless if a general authority was intended." In Hamilton’s view, the twisting of the general welfare clause by the present Senate is “absurd” because the very fact that 18 (and not 17 or 19) powers were enumerated is an open and evident proof that the clause means Congress may do nothing not specified in the list of 18. If government may do whatsoever it conceives as beneficial, the point of enumerating eighteen---and eighteen only---powers is absurd and contradicted. Hamilton holds for a particular and not a general interpretation and brands any contrarian view as a “pretension”. In other words, Senator Brown, Congress hasn’t a constitutional leg on which to stand with this unlawful act.

Government’s only “just powers” are “derived from the consent of the governed”, as observed the Declaration of Independence. And those few, enumerated powers are delegated down to government from the People through their legal instrument, the Constitution. Nowhere does the Constitution authorize Congress to treat citizens as subjects by mandating consumer purchases as is presently under illegal consideration on the Senate floor. The authors of that Constitution have made explicit the fact that the general welfare clause is no refuge for those who would wrest from the document any such interpretation. And any other pretensions are presciently precluded by the iron door of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments respectively.

AMENDMENT IX.

The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

AMENDMENT X.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited to it by the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

If the plain text of the Constitution itself does not expressly authorize health care legislation, which it manifestly does not, Congress has no power to enact it. Neither I nor my State have relinquished our rights and powers to Washington to act in our behalves in this area. I made and make no such delegation.

I stand on my First Amendment right to “petition the government for a redress of grievances”; on my Fourth Amendment right “to be secure in my person, house, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures”; on my Fifth Amendment right “not to be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law”, nor shall my “private property be taken for public use without just compensation”.

My grievance is the unconstitutionality of the usurpations by the Senate of my sovereign right to make my own health care choices and consumer purchases and I do demand that these grievances be redressed. Whether I do or do not have insurance is not the concern of the general government at Washington and to assess my compliance with this unconstitutional intrusion by attachment to the income tax form is an unreasonable search of my house, papers and effects; to jail me for non-compliance with illicit “law” is a blatant violation of my right to be secure in my person against unreasonable seizure. Nor may Congress deprive me of life (time in prison), liberty (imprisonment) or property (my income or savings) without due process of law, and no law is superior to the supreme law of the land, the Constitution of which this Bill of Rights is an integral part.

Thomas Jefferson wrote that “Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force”. Therefore, should the present Senate pass and the President sign any health care legislation, it is inherently unconstitutional and will be regarded as illegitimate, unauthoritative, void and of no force and shall be duly ignored as such. I cannot legally be found in violation of a law that has no legal force nor is it criminal to disobey an illegal edict, whether from a tyrannical British king or a tyrannical American Congress. Jefferson himself would have ignored this bill should it become “law”.

Furthermore, I stand on my Eighth Amendment right against “excessive fines [being] imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted”, as any fine or penalty for simply living the life I have heretofore lived in these United States would evidently and openly be. I surrender my liberty to no tyrant. I refuse to be fined for living.

I likewise stand upon my Ninth and Tenth Amendment rights, “retained” and “reserved” because neither delegated to, nor denied or disparaged by Washington.

These sovereign rights are secured both by my Constitution and my Bill of Rights as well as the plain and unambivalent universal testimony of the Founders. To secure these very rights “governments are instituted among men”, according to the Declaration of Independence. That---and only that---is the single purpose of government; protecting my life, liberty and property. No government professing to be “of the people, by the people and for the people” has any ground in logic or in law for fining and imprisoning those people for differing with one or another transient administration about health insurance or any other fleeting issue of the day.

The Declaration of Independence so firmly establishes this as the one justifiable excuse for instituting government at all that it states fearlessly, “That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of this end, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.” If the government at Washington turns from securing my rights to life, liberty and property to destroying those rights, Senator Brown, I retain my right to alter (election and amendment) or to abolish (revolution) such government. What is crystal clear from any cursory reading of the Founders or their documents is that the People of America are to rule their government and alter it to suit them, not to be subjugated by it and penalized for independent thought or political dissent.

As your very job as my representative in Washington is entirely contingent upon your having sworn, “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God”, that duty is to confine all of your activities, within that trust, to the letter of the supreme Law of the land. If you are unwilling or unable to perform this duty, please have the character to vacate the office you refuse, or are incompetent, to fulfill. I do not answer to you; you answer to me. No law you pass is binding upon me unless it is in accord with the spirit and the letter of the Constitution that is your only justification for election or service. Your vote in favor of the Socialist, unconstitutional bill now before the Senate shall be regarded as proof of violation of your oath and I shall hold you in contempt of the Law. You have no right to legislate this bill.

Now, as the entire matter is unequivocally unconstitutional, all other objections really are academic, aren’t they? But that is not to reduce them in importance. The constitutionality being the sum and end of the matter, I will not belabor the following points by exploration. A summary will suffice.

Second, then, this Socialist bill is a European construct alien to our American system of government and the free enterprise system and is unconstitutional on grounds other than those already sufficiently discussed to bury it. Article IV., Section 4 says, in part, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government…” This bill flies in the face of federalism altogether and imposes upon the States a national mandate in full violation of the States’ Ninth and Tenth Amendment rights through violation of Article IV., Section 4.

Third, even if the bill were neither wrong nor illegal, this government has no funds to undertake paying all the medical expenses of 300,000,000 citizens. The Senate, as much as any party of the national government, is responsible for bankrupting the United States.

Fourth, since the insolvent government at Washington has no funds for underwriting this program, it will necessarily turn to taxation. As I hold insurance to be gambling; to have a vitiating effect upon the character of individuals, upon the health care profession generally and upon the population at large; to be an unlawful protection racket that should be prosecuted under the R.I.C.O. Act rather than institutionalized and established by the federal government, I cannot permit myself either to be insured or to be penalized for making this free personal choice. Uninsured, I will not be represented by the program should the bill become “law” and must therefore not be taxed nor otherwise fined for its support. Thomas Jefferson was clear on this point as well, “To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” I will not be taxed to support what I regard a sinful vice and I refuse to be tried by my servant or to otherwise give account to insolent underlings for holding any view I please. Any mandate that I spend my earnings in any directed way is a negation of private property and a repudiation of the Declaration of Independence for which I will not stand.

It is both sinful (wrong) and tyrannical (illegal) to tax Christians to pay for abortions we abhor and which we believe to be sin. I shall not render unto Caesar that which is God’s. No Christian can be compelled by law to support medical remedies for conditions that result from the personal profligacy of others who abuse their bodies through smoking tobacco, marijuana, the use of illicit drugs or illicit use of medicines, the use of alcohol or indulgence in high-risk behaviors such as adultery, fornication, serial monogamy or perversions unfit for public discussion. Responsible citizens must not be taxed for the irresponsible choices of other individuals whose behavior should rain its consequences on their own heads alone. No justification can be made for taxing non-smokers to pay for the cancers of smokers, non-drinkers to underwrite the lifestyles of alcoholics or families to pay for AIDs treatments of those who refuse not to frequent homosexual bathhouses, for but a few examples.

Further, Senator Brown, I have a responsibility to place my money behind causes in which I do believe; something I cannot do if first robbed of it for causes I abhor. I am and must be morally free to sanction companies and organizations I support---or to impose economic sanctions upon those I disdain, at will. If an insurance (or other) company defines two (or more) cohabitating males (or females) as a “couple” or “family” this is abhorrent to me and I will not support that company financially. To compel me to do so against my conscience is neither the Senate’s right nor interest. My accountability is to God, not to any bureaucrat who thinks he is. I cannot permit---and neither must you expect to compel---myself to be put in the position of supporting (either through taxation, fines or other extortive means) any cause or entity my conscience approves not. I have a divine accountability for how my monies are spent and it is not transferable nor subject to any senate, king or pope who ever sat in usurped judgment over the minds and hearts of free men.

Why should Jehovah’s Witnesses who abhor blood transfusions be taxed to pay for mine? Nearly 200,000 Amish Americans believe that having insurance is founding one’s life on fear, not on faith in God. Do you propose to herd all the Mennonites into cattle cars and ship them off to concentration camps? Simply being Jewish became a capital crime overnight under the Nazi incarnation of this thinking, Senator Brown.

Many American Anabaptists, German Baptists, Mennonites and Amish, for example, hold to The Schleitheim Confession of February 24, 1527, which states, in Article IV.: “Since all who do not walk in the obedience of faith, and have not united themselves with God so that they wish to do His will, are a great abomination before God, it is not possible for anything to grow or issue from them except abominable things. For truly all creatures are in but two classes, good and bad, believing and unbelieving, darkness and light, the world and those who (have come) out of the world, God's temple and idols, Christ and Belial; and none can have part with the other. To us then the command of the Lord is clear when He calls upon us to be separate from the evil and thus He will be our God and we shall be His sons and daughters. He further admonishes us to withdraw from Babylon and earthly Egypt that we may not be partakers of the pain and suffering which the Lord will bring upon them. From this we should learn that everything which is not united with our God and Christ cannot be other than an abomination which we should shun and flee from…which are highly regarded by the world and yet are carried on in flat contradiction to the command of God, in accordance with all the unrighteousness which is in the world. From all these things we shall be separated and have no part with them for they are nothing but an abomination, and they are the cause of our being hated before our Christ Jesus, Who has set us free from the slavery of the flesh and fitted us for the service of God through the Spirit Whom He has given us.”

Senator Brown, you need not hold to this confession, or to understand it or to agree with it. Respect it, however, you shall. Whether you or I hold to the various creeds and confessions of men of conscience or whether we do not, as Americans---as men---they have every right to live by the light of their own revelation and conscience, answerable to their own God. Neither the Amish, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, nor even secular atheists are under any obligation to submit their personal beliefs to you or to any body for approval. It shall not come to this in America! It shall not!

Among other things, insurance itself is an irreconcilable substitution of limited liability for the direct liability taught by the law of Moses, as given by God, in Exodus 21:28-36---Scriptures held sacred by all Christians, Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Muslims. Will you be rounding us all up for internment?

Many Americans would argue against my reasons why insurance is immoral; believing as strongly that it is immoral for reasons I do not share. That business is their own; not mine. They may go their way and I shall go mine. America was the first place and the last where a man had a right to look at the facts of a case (or not to), to draw his own conclusions, and was free to act in accordance with his principles; to be right, or to be wrong; to be eccentric, or ignorant or stupid and to suffer the consequences of our own stupidity.

Before God I have a sacred duty to remain a free moral agent, Senator Brown. That is, I must keep my conscience free from entanglements with other parties whose convictions may vary from my own. I must never allow myself to become a party to any union, pool, group or body from which I cannot take free exception and voluntarily withdraw. Any group or society for which I must check my convictions for admission is one my conscience forbids me to join. My allegiance is first to God and I cannot permit myself to be folded in to any collective that may chart a course at odds with the adoration and service I owe Him alone. Collectivism (Socialism, Marxism, Unionism, etc.) is wrong on these grounds alone before the many other grounds that condemn it. The language of Romans 14:12 is personal and individual: “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God”. The individual has a direct and personal accountability to God and will not be judged in combination with anyone. As my accountability is in the singular, you will not enroll me into any collective or group program.

I hold wholeheartedly with Margaret Thatcher who wisely noted, “Too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbor.”

Our Bill of Rights was expressly adopted to safeguard the individual’s private interests against society. That is the antithesis of the political kudzu of Collectivism which invariably seeks to dissolve the individual under an ever-expanding parasitic canopy of universal standardization. I choose not to join in any reindeer games. No stone soup for me, thank you. Collectivism is the antonym of independence. One cannot be independent and codependent at the same time.

Founded on the right of each man to have his own mind, till his own field, raise his own family and live his own way on his own acre, this Republic is rapidly degenerating into a fascist monocracy with only ein volk, ein reich, ein führer. There is but one "right" point of view about socialized medicine---the Administration’s. All opposed shall be fined or arrested.

That isn’t America, Senator, and you know it.

Not only will I not be benefited by passage of this onerous bill, I will materially be disadvantaged by it as it will hamper my ability to maintain good health. Either the purchase price of insurance or the penalties for choosing not to purchase insurance are a positive hindrance to my actual health care by virtue of depriving me and my family of the disposable income to purchase the natural (not chemical) means I choose of preventing and treating illness. That is, the high cost of paying for others’ insurance will enfeeble my own ability to pursue the alternatives I choose: diet, nutrition, supplements and vitamins. The price of these methods of treatment will be taken from me to pay for pharmaceutical means I will refuse. Therefore, Congress (no less!) means to make me ill by denying real health aids through extorting taxes and penalties under pretense of “helping” me. Spare me such favors.

I do not owe you these explanations and I have not come to plead in your court for the right to live my life as I please. You have no right to grant it, just as you certainly have no right to deny it. I have chosen to reveal some of the weighty considerations I do not hear being discussed in relation to this bill, but which are, nevertheless, the real principles at stake behind the facile application of “health care”. While you likely disagree with me about insurance as an evil---which is certainly your right as an American---I hope you will understand that so much more is at risk. We are forfeiting our right in this country to make personal choices. It must stop and I draw my line here. I dare say you would not want me making your health care choices for you; under what delusion dare you presume to dictate mine?

My objections are certainly not limited to those herein expressed, nor are my arguments limited to those herein presented. The simple bottom line is that Congress has no authority to undertake this unconstitutional usurpation of rights never delegated. It is a violation of every founding principle that made America different from the Europe we came to a savage Wilderness to escape. No American interest is served by this endeavor and no real American will submit to it. In any case, I shall not. As I said at the beginning, freedom is the ability to say no without adverse repercussions. Am I free or not, Senator Brown? Well? Am I?

I expect you to cast your vote against this un-American intrusion into the personal lives of the citizens you represent. Further, I call upon you to contact me for further discussion of this topic in a timely fashion. I have not once mentioned party or partisanship. The stakes are so much higher than any such trivia. We are talking about the very core principles that define what the United States is about. I should like to think your commitment to that is deeper than to any agenda, party or other consideration.

The oath you swore to uphold our Constitution is an oath you took before God and before God you will stand in judgment for whether you lied to Him. You cannot uphold a document you never read. And you cannot uphold a document you violate. I call upon you to govern in accordance with the Supreme Law of the Land. I am a law-abiding citizen. Should you vote in favor of this unconstitutional bill, it is you who will have broken both the law of the land and your word to God.

Sincerely,

Sherwin W. Dillard, Jr.

Lincoln was not the President you learned about in elementary

2009-02-15T21:44:00.004-05:00

I know I know I may as well not be an American if i don't think lincoln was a great president, but do some research what you learned in elementary is distorted fiction! Do some real research and you may learn something besides 3rd grade history

"Lincoln is credited with being the greatest constitutional leader in history, having "preserved the Union," but his popular persona does not reconcile with the historical record. The constitutional federalism envisioned by our Founders and outlined by our Constitution's Bill of Rights was grossly violated by Abraham Lincoln. Arguably, he is responsible for the most grievous constitutional contravention in American history."
See more
This is an excellent article

http://64.203.107.114/alexander/edition.asp?id=633

Why I don’t teach my kids santa is real...

2008-12-23T05:48:00.010-05:00

First let me state by no means to I think I am better than anyone else here this is just my perspective.
Keeping that in mind here goes.

My wife and I do not teach our children that santa is real, however if you know us at all and have seen any of our holiday pics that lisa has taken and other vids you know we take the boys to see santa.

I see this as no different then letting them see Scooby doo or dora at Kings Island. They are not real, they know it as much as a 2 ½ year old can understand..

Growing up my parents never taught me Santa was real, that he gets you presents if you are good etc etc.
Mind you I do not feel deprived of anything at all. I was able to go sit on santa’s lap and tell him what I wanted for Christmas like any other child.
We have been teaching Nolan for a while now that God makes trees, flowers, the sun and the moon etc. Only lately when we ask him who made this or that he says SANTA!!!. We gently laugh and say no silly God made it. We’ve never told him santa made anything, somehow somewhere he picked that up. Now when you ask him sometimes he will say Santa and just laugh and say no santa’s pretend, he’s not real, God is real. Now we don’t snarl or yell at Nolan if he does these things we enjoy it, nor do we “preach” at him about it. he’s only 2 ½.
We don’t teach the boys that santa gives them presents because what possible good is there in doing so? For one you may have to explain to them (possibly crying kid) one day santa is not real. My mom didn’t find this out till she was 10 or so something like that. To me promoting that santa gives our children gifts takes away from the ultimate reason for the season. My personal conviction is that teaching our children that Santa is real and brings them presents is the ultimate insult to God. Here’s why God graciously provides me a job that, provides me money to provide a home, food and yes to buy gifts for the kids.
For me nothing is added by telling our kids santa is real, but plenty is taken away from God by telling them santa provided the gifts. If you really want to go deeper the whole idea of santa is that if you are good you get presents, when in reality God provides Christians and even the unsaved with great gifts regardless how wicked or evil we can be.
I am so thankful I am not rewarded based on how good I am or should I say AM NOT!
For me to say that even the smallest gift comes from santa would take the ultimate glory from God. We are blessed because of God’s wonderful grace not due to anything of man.

Isaiah 43:7
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory,
I have formed him; yea, I have made him

I am a sinner saved by God’s Grace, everything I have is because of him, not me. Sometimes God does not get all the glory like he should. I hope not to promote something that takes away HIS glory even more.

Nolan's First time visiting Santa He still is scared of him,
Nathaniel had no problems with santa on his first visit this year.
pay close attention to the part where nolan stops for a moment looks at santa then starts up again. Too Funny!

Where did the X is Xmas Start?

2008-12-23T05:45:00.001-05:00

Where did the X in Xmas start...
Christmas each year there are always those who loudly decry the use of the abbreviation "Xmas" as some kind of blasphemy against Christ and Christianity. This concern has been elevated recently with the public debates about manger scenes and the substitution of "holiday" for Christmas in stores and government venues. Among religious folks, the objection to Xmas is usually along the line that people have taken Christ out of Christmas and replaced him with an unknown (since the Greek letter chi, [C,c] which looks like the English letter x, is the symbol for an unknown quantity in mathematics).

The exact origin of the single letter X for Christ cannot be pinpointed with certainty. Some claim that it began in the first century AD along with the other symbols, but evidence is lacking. Others think that it came into widespread use by the thirteenth century along with many other abbreviations and symbols for Christianity and various Christian ideas that were popular in the Middle Ages. However, again, the evidence is sparse.

In any case, by the fifteenth century Xmas emerged as a widely used symbol for Christmas. In 1436 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press with moveable type. In the early days of printing typesetting was done by hand and was very tedious and expensive. As a result, abbreviations were common. In religious publications, the church began to use the abbreviation C for the word "Christ" to cut down on the cost of the books and pamphlets. From there, the abbreviation moved into general use in newspapers and other publications, and "Xmas" became an accepted way of printing "Christmas" (along with the abbreviations Xian and Xianity). Even Webster’s dictionary acknowledges that the abbreviation Xmas was in common use by the middle of the sixteenth century.

So there is no grand scheme to dilute Christianity by promoting the use of Xmas instead of Christmas. It is not a modern invention to try to convert Christmas into a secular day, nor is it a device to promote the commercialism of the holiday season. Its origin is thoroughly rooted in the heritage of the Church. It is simply another way to say Christmas, drawing on a long history of symbolic abbreviations used in the church. In fact, as with other abbreviations used in common speech or writing (such as Mr. or etc.), the abbreviation "Xmas" should be pronounced "Christmas" just as if the word were written out in full, rather than saying "exmas." Understanding this use of Christian symbolism might help us modern day Xians focus on more important issues of the Faith during Advent, and bring a little more Peace to the Xmas Season.

From Gail and His Knights Merry XMAS!

Read More
http://www.cresourcei.org/symbols/xmasorigin.html

MegaPixel Myth!!

2008-12-13T09:53:00.004-05:00

I have thought all along the the selling point of megapixels on digital cameras was a marketing scheme now here's proof!!

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm
"So long as you have 100 to 150 DPI (dots or pixels per inch), you have plenty for a sharp print viewed at arm's length. This means a 6 MP camera can make prints 30" (75cm) wide and still look great. When was the last time you printed that big? "

For instance, a 3 MP camera pretty much looks the same as a 6 MP camera, even when blown up to 12 x 18" (30x50cm)! I know because I've done this. Have you? NY Times tech writer David Pogue did this here and here and saw the same thing — nothing!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/technology/08pogue.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1
“The more megapixels a camera has, the better the pictures.”It’s a big fat lie. The camera companies and camera stores all know it, but they continue to exploit our misunderstanding. Advertisements declare a camera’s megapixel rating as though it’s a letter grade, implying that a 7-megapixel model is necessarily better than a 5-megapixel model. "

Joys of a Father...

2008-11-19T23:30:00.002-05:00

I just finished the book Raising a Modern Day Knight. (I got it for $5 including shipping) It’s a book for fathers about raising sons. It was good I’d give it a B overall. I like Reb Bradley’s book better.
Anyway the premise of the book is how fathers can truly teach their sons to be men. The main idea is a Man needs to reject passivity, accept responsibility, lead courageously, and expect the greater reward (Joy).

I am blessed to say my dad like almost all of my friend’s dads did these things..

The author of this book Robert Lewis did not have that blessing. After reading this book it helped remind me how GREAT a blessing having a Godly father truly is for a son.
To put it in perspective let me paraphrase some of the stories about the author’s dad:

Robert had numerous division 1 football scholarship offers from big time schools he ended up going to Arkansas. His dad did not help him whatsoever in the process of choosing what school to attend. The only thing his dad told him was “it’s your decision”.
The guys dad missed his own sons wedding, he had a good reason he was too drunk at home!
One Night long after all the kids had moved out, Robert’s dad was drunk and wanted to go out for more drinks his mom tried to stop him from leaving to go drinking, he pushed his wife away as he was walking out the door. Unaware he had made her hit her head on the coffee table and broke her neck! Dad stayed out drinking all night went straight to work the next day and got the news, he had a heart attack on the spot. While in the hospital his son came to visit, dad was so out of it he thought his son was the DR and started telling him how many mistakes he made in his life, and how proud he was of his son that was a pastor and how he loved him. This was the first time Robert had EVER heard these things from his dad! After his dad realized who was standing in front of him Robert witnessed to his dad for over an hour, by the grace of God his dad was saved.
The night of the accident Robert was at the church He pastored. There meeting was about prayer, the question was asked what is the one thing you want to trust God to do that you think is absolutely impossible?

you already know what Robert prayed for…

My point of all of this is no matter what trials and tribulations you may be going through God is in control. It’s hard to accept some times.

1 Samuel 2:

⁹ He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. ¹⁰ The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

If we are able to participate in raising Godly children it will bring great joy to us. So far I can totally attest to this. Even though Nolan and Nathaniel are so young. I pray that 20 years from now this will still hold true…

Proverbs 23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

Conservatives Lost More Than An Election

2008-11-19T17:25:00.002-05:00

Excellent Article!
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2008/cbarchive_20081107.html

"That Barack Obama trounced John McCain last Tuesday should have surprised no one. In fact, in this column, weeks ago, I stated emphatically that John McCain could no more beat Barack Obama than Bob Dole could beat Bill Clinton. He didn't. (Hence a vote for John McCain was a "wasted" vote, was it not?) I also predicted that Obama would win with an electoral landslide. He did. The real story, however, is not how Barack Obama defeated John McCain. The real story is how John McCain defeated America's conservatives. "

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Again, it wasn't Barack Obama who destroyed conservatism; it was George W. Bush, John McCain, and the millions of evangelical Christians who supported them. And until conservatives find their backbone and their convictions, they deserve to remain a burnt-out, has-been political force. They have no one to blame but themselves.

"And since it is unlikely that the Republican Party has enough sense to understand any of this and will, therefore, do little to reestablish genuine conservative principles, it is probably best to just go ahead and bury the scoundrels now and move on to something else. Without a sincere commitment to constitutional government, the GOP has no justifiable reason to ever govern again. Therefore, put a fork in them. They are done. Let a new entity arise from the ashes: one that will stand for something more than just "the lesser of two evils." As we say in the South, That dog just won't hunt anymore." Read Full Article Here

Why christians voted mcain...

2008-11-12T19:10:00.004-05:00

This article says it all as far as I am concerned!

"I suppose that the main reason Christians think that McCain is less of an evil than Obama is the abortion issue. There is no question that Obama’s views on abortion are reprehensible. But then he doesn’t claim to be pro-life like McCain does. If McCain is so pro-life then why did he vote to confirm to the U.S. Supreme Court pro-abortion justices like Stephen Breyer, Ruth Ginsburg, and David Souter? Why did he consider the pro-abortion senator Joe Lieberman for his vice presidential running mate? Why does he think it is okay to kill babies who had the misfortune to be conceived via rape or incest? Why has he voted for Health and Human Services Title X funding for Planned Parenthood?"

"As bad as Obama is, it doesn’t change the fact that the Republicans deserved to lose. But because the Democrats didn’t deserve to win, some Christians thought they faced a dilemma and, after assuming the position outlined above, voted for McCain.

But there was no dilemma. There were other choices on the ballot – like Chuck Baldwin, a conservative Christian who is miles ahead of McCain when it comes to being a real conservative. But it comes as no surprise that Baldwin was rejected since Ron Paul was likewise rejected in the Republican primaries."

Read Full Article Here

Don't Bailout the AUTO Industry!!

2008-11-12T11:30:00.006-05:00

This is a good article explaining both sides of the proposed auto industry bailout.
I am not for any kind of government bailout for any company. They put themselves in this position, for many reasons including WAYYY overpaid CEO's, inability to compete with foreign car companies and many other reasons. I am saying this as my grandfather (who is still living at 93) two of my uncles, my father-in-law (all which are retired) and many other people i know worked for GM or Ford.
I just don't think the government should bail out a company that created it's own mess.
As you can see the bank bailout has caused a domino effect, now the auto industry wants a bailout, then what all the Airlines want one, then what Toy companies? I mean hey if people lose jobs they can't buy kids toys so you may as well bail them out too right? I know the argument oh we will lose jobs, if they are in this bad a shape they may be destined to fail anyway. I say take a wait and see approach. The auto industry needs to figure this out for themselves, if that means they start over from scratch then so be it.
If we keep this up sooner or later the government will control everything which is what the new president elect seems to want!

"General Motors, in particular, seems to be in difficulty. The company is burning through cash so quickly that it might not be able to fund its operations past the end of the year. Ford is in trouble as well, though it said last week that it should be able to survive in the near term"

Raising a Modern Day Knight

2008-11-07T16:31:00.001-05:00

I recently exchanged emails with my old high school football coach mike gims.
One thing I can say about him is for all the coaches I had in all the sports I played from elementary on up is coach gims was a good christian testimony as a coach. I am not saying that all the other coaches had terrible testimonies, but Coach Gims exemplified it. He also stressed how we needed to keep christ first and that football will not matter in a few years.
I had been surprised to learn he was no longer coaching high school(he had been coaching for over 15 years) he had moved on to coach college. I thought cool. I played for coach gims for 3 years when I was a freshmen he was an assistant and then sophomore and junior year were his first two years as a head coach. He was always trying to be innovative sometimes it worked like our run and gun offense which was not common in High School those days. Then sometimes it didn't like running the lonesome polecat a few too many times :). He made his mark with the run and gun and improved upon it and I am pretty sure that is how he was able to move up the coaching ranks.
In his email, He shared with me that he was having his entire team of college players read the book raising a modern day knight. That's coach, always stressing the importance of keeping christ first! here he is trying to help men be fathers, and they don't even have kids yet! Oddly coach has 2 or 3 girls and no boys. The book is for fathers on how to raise their sons to be Godly men. It's also where I got the title for this blog. Knowing I have two sons of my own he suggested i pick up a copy. Finally last week I went ahead and ordered mine. I have read the first 3 or 4 chapters and I like it so far. It's an easy read, if i have the time I should knock this book out in no time.
Thanks for the tip coach, you never quit coaching do ya? If you are still coaching in 18 years i have two boys you should look at :)

Why I am Not a Socialist and you shouldn’t be either!

2008-11-07T16:30:00.003-05:00

by Pastor Dan Ferrell www.msbc.com

There are thousands of people in Europe who have been ignored and suppressed, that could passionately warn naïve Americans about the insidious dangers of Socialism. Two German ladies came to Morning Star Baptist Church and shared with me the dire situation of this upcoming election. The one lady was eleven years old when Adolph Hitler came to power, and she said in sober tones, “you Americans are about to make a grave mistake” she continued “Socialism is very close to Fascism and it will Destroy America!”

Allow me to share ten reasons why I am NOT a Socialist.

1. Socialism disguises itself to level the economical playing field, but in reality, the middle and lower income brackets are penalized when the wealthy are overtaxed.

2. Socialism has proven historically that Communism is the goal. Because Socialism cannot achieve its tenets unless there exists an increase of totalitarian control from the Government.

3. Socialism preys on the sympathies of the wealthy convincing them that Egalitarianism is humanitarian and your civic duty. In actuality, voluntary charity through churches and non-profit agencies is a better way. Americans stopped giving after FDR’s New Deal was implemented in 1933. Legislating donations destroys the spirit of giving.

4. Socialism encourages class envy. The middle and lower income classes ought to be thankful for the wealthy because they spend their money, create jobs, and they help stabilize the economy. Envy and jealous suspicion are counterproductive.

5. Socialism destroys incentive and ambition. see the rest of the story here

If all Politicians were this civil...

2008-11-07T16:20:00.002-05:00

Coin Toss Decides Goodridge, Minn. Mayor's Race

GOODRIDGE, Minn. (AP) ―

A coin toss has determined the winner of the mayor's race in the tiny northwestern Minnesota town of Goodridge.

Incumbent Bob Homme and former Mayor Dave Brown each got 22 votes. Instead of finding the ballots and recounting the 44 votes, they agreed to decide the winner with a coin toss.

It already was a strange race in Goodridge -- population 98 -- with no one filing to run for mayor. Brown and Homme were both write-ins.

To break the tie, each tossed his own coin. If it was even, meaning two heads or two tails, Homme would win the two-year term. If it was odd, meaning a head and a tail, Brown would win.

It was a head and a tail. Brown won. see story here

Car companies want bailout!!

2008-11-07T16:19:00.002-05:00

It's never going to end is it? What's next McDonald's? Kmart? what about me??? oh wait that would be socialism!!!

- General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC, strapped for cash as sales plunge, are seeking $50 billion in federal loans to help them weather the worst auto market in 25 years, a person familiar with the matter said.

The package would be $25 billion for health-care spending and $25 billion for general liquidity that could be delivered in different ways, including short-term borrowing from the Federal Reserve, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the plan isn't public. In return, the companies would be willing to take steps such as granting stock warrants, the person said.

see story here

Mccain Loss is not really that bad...

2008-11-06T20:02:00.004-05:00

Obam's Win is the Big Deal! the Backstreet Boys, Nsync comment sums it all up!
All we can do is Pray!

Why are Americans so Stupid?

2008-11-02T15:41:00.003-05:00

Why are Americans so Stupid? Pastor Dan Ferrell www.MSBC.com

“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.” Romans 1:28

While in a Dry Cleaning store the owners, with Vietnamese nationality, began to quiz me about the up-coming Election. We shared views about the dangerous shift that America is taking to the left, and then the husband and wife, with a look of amazement asked, “Why are Americans so stupid!?” I was stunned for a moment … and then I admitted that this question has plagued me for years.

Now I would like to answer their question. It is because the Sovereign God of heaven has given many over to a reprobate mind. Allow me to explain.

1. This great country was built on Biblical principles and on Judeo-Christian ethics, yet the Government took away the schoolroom from the parents and churches; and allowed Dewey to replace all Biblical curriculum (.i.e. – McGuffy Readers).

2. The US Government then took prayer and the Ten Commandments away from the teachers and students with the help of the NEA.

3. The infamous Supreme Court then passed the Roe-versus-Wade decision and 3,000 babies are legally killed a day in our fifty states.

4. George Bush, Sr. sent Ambassadors to the Vatican in Rome establishing national diplomacy with a “harmless” church.

5. Liberal pandering to the gay agenda became increasingly grotesque as early as 1980, and now we see the sanctity of marriage threatened.

6. Christian symbols such as Ten Commandments in stone and nativity scenes are removed to satisfy the intense hated of Atheistic Liberals.
7. And in general, Biblical Christians are the only people that are mocked, ridiculed, and slandered in the Media and public forum without fear of reprisal.

Is it no wonder that we have Terrorist attacks, school massacres, a Sodomite Epidemic, high Divorce, highest teen suicide, unsecured borders, and the worse economic collapse since 1929??

Is it any wonder that millions of voters will vote symbolism over substance? Is it clear then that this country is rotting from within from a spiritual rebellion against God!?

God will not apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah, and once a nation is given over to a lawless reprobate mind, the only cure is wide spread repentance.

The sure cure for such insanity is the saving gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. If America will not repent then there is no hope.

“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” Psalm 9:17

Ignorance is very expensive, and America is about to pay a dear price!

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GT says vote principals for once not party lines!
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." -- John Quincy Adams
Vote Chuck Baldwin www.Baldwin08.com

Halloween 2008 with my Knights and Queen

2008-10-31T21:35:00.005-04:00

ok so my knights were a pumpkin and a dinosaur
The best part was my oldest telling OSU Fans GO PENN STATE!

Biden Angered by Tough Questions

2008-10-26T17:09:00.000-04:00

How Sweet it IS!

2008-10-26T08:27:00.000-04:00

Mcain in his own words...

2008-10-24T17:35:00.005-04:00

Mcain Vs Mcsame

Real Mcain

pro life or choice

Voting on Biblical Principals

2008-10-23T14:59:00.005-04:00

This upcoming election has really been eating at me. For as long as I have been able to vote when someone were to ask me if I was Republican or Democrat I would answer “I don’t vote party lines I vote on issues and try to use biblical principles when deciding who or what to vote for and I generally find that is with the republican party”. I even tell this to the poll workers when voting and they ask me. I get funny looks but I don’t care. My dad taught me through many of his sermons years ago vote what is right and Godly and let God take care of the rest he is in control.

Isaiah 46

⁹ Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, ¹⁰ Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure

I am voting on biblical principals, as I hope you are as well.
Nowhere in the Bible does God say to vote or do the lesser of 2 evils.
Choosing between a phony conservative Republican and liberal Democrat is no choice at all. Voting for a party or person who does not hold the principles anywhere near what the Bible teaches results in a nation moving ever farther away from God.
I stand by my principles which are biblically based as best as this feeble minded man's can be, plain and simple.

Many Christians make statements like if I don’t vote for X Candidate even though I know they do not hold anywhere near the same biblical principals then someone worse may get in. I feel this relates well to Mark 8.

Mark 8:36-37
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Like most of you (I assume) I voted for George W. Bush a man I believe did not do many of the things he set out to do in office. I voted for him because he claims and evidences point that he is Christian. He claims to hold some of the same biblical principles I do, though VERY far off in doctrine!! The fact that he did not seem to carry out many of the things he wanted to do while in office is certainty debatable, and maybe not totally his fault.

I believe (humanly speaking) if Christians would just take a stand and vote on biblical values instead of party lines our country (Lord willing) would not be in such a mess. Instead many do not put their faith in God like they should, and vote for what they think is the best without truly consulting God about it.

2 chronicles 7:14
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land

I will never expect a candidate (unless it is me, and as of this year I am eligible to be president) to be lined up with me 100% on all issues but they better line up 100% on the ones that are clear in the Bible, mainly Abortion,embryonic stem cell research, and Homosexuality. Then and only then will I worry about their beliefs on other issues. Yes I know candidates talk the talk, and we never really know what they will do until they get in office, I can only take what they say with a grain of salt, look at their record and PRAY PRAY PRAY!!!.

My personal convictions tell me I cannot vote Obama or Mcain

I told Lisa when the initial primary debates started that if either Rudy Giuliani or John Mcain win the primary, I will not vote for them, because their stance on abortion is so weak. Then came Sara Palin a women who seems to hold some of the same values I do, I pondered and prayed what to do. I could go on and on about not voting for Mcain but I digress. My bottom line(besides his historically weak abortion stance) on why not to vote for Mcain came down to:
1. Palin was not Mcain’s first choice (Joe Liberman was!) which leaves me to believe that Palin may not influence Mcain as much as people think.
2. Voting for John Mcain will not elect Sara Palin President.
3. Most of all After much prayer about who I should vote for a friend introduced me to another Presidential candidate who holds the same values as I do, I believe this candidate is the right choice for me. Chuck Baldwin

Romans 14:23 says
²³ And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

I do not have any faith whatsoever that Barack Obama or John Mcain are going to lead this country down the right path, I don’t even think they will make an attempt to! Do you?

Yes I know without divine intervention, the candidate I vote for will not win, but that is not my concern. You can’t tell me you know for sure if who you vote for will win either. I pray neither Obama nor Mcain get in. I don’t expect that to be the case (lack of faith I guess), but is our church still praying for a million dollars??

Does this mean if you vote for Mcain you are wrong? I don’t know that’s between you and God. , if you are convicted about something and someone else is not, it may not be a sin for the person who has a different conviction.

For me personally to vote for Mcain would be wrong.
Sorry for my rant, I only share this because when I was struggling with what to do a friend helped me and I didn’t really ask him too, I just prayed.

I hope this did not come across as prideful or arrogant in anyway I am only sharing what has been on my heart for several weeks now. I surely do not think I am better than any of you because of a different stance I may take.

Do right and TRUST God
2 things I am not all that good at!!

My 2 cents which in this economy might just might be worth a hay penny!

Here are just a few articles concerning this

mcain pro life what a joke

compare mcain and baldwins stances on abortion

a wasted vote

why christians should not vote for mcain

http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/speech.html

www.baldwin08.com
www.chuckbaldwinlive.com

Christians and the Pro-Life Ploy

2008-10-23T14:48:00.002-04:00

While I don't agree with everything in this LONG article he does make some very good points!

"pro-life Christians are asked by their clergy to tolerate McCain and the Republicans to avoid Obama and the Democrats. This tactic is akin to supporting Communism to destroy Nazism. However in this case the chances of eradicating the evil of abortion are zilch. Just as there was little difference between the Communists and the Nazis there is even littler difference between the American Axis of the Republicans and Democrats. They are both socialist and totalitarian. Indeed, it is a hoax being played on the American people to make them believe there is a difference. Unfortunately for a people raised on TV and other fantasies this hoax is easily perpetrated."

"Christians must realize that the evil of abortion, like all moral evils, will only be eradicated when the populace converts from its neo-paganism. This is the job of the Church, not the current government, which itself is neo-pagan in its self-worship. Indeed, there is an indisputable correlation between the waxing of the State and vice and the waning of the family and virtue. As the State becomes more totalitarian its citizens become more vicious and as the citizens become more vicious the State becomes more totalitarian. Thus to end abortion we must defeat the totalitarian State and increase personal virtue. The most effective way of increasing personal virtue is to restore the sacrosanct status of the family. A strengthened family plus a weakened State equals a moral virtuous populace equals less abortion."

Read Full Article Here

Too Big Too Fail -Ron Paul

2008-10-22T12:11:00.005-04:00

Nice Article by Ron Paul

In the midst of highly unpopular bailouts of Wall Street, many justifications have been given about why Washington feels the need to act. Some claim that capitalism and the free market are to blame, but we have not had capitalism. If you compare our financial capital to our aggregate debt, this would be obvious. In the same way, we have not had a truly free market. The monetary manipulations of the Federal Reserve, a complex tax code, the many “oversight” agencies and their mountains of regulations show that we are far removed from a free market economy.

Another unsatisfying argument is that certain entities have to be bailed out because of their economic importance. Supposedly, some entities can be so big, so important, that no matter what they do, citizens must perpetually sustain them.

Even limited government has a basic duty to defend against force and fraud. Some argue that force is somehow permissible just because the entity engaging in it is "economically significant." But one could use this reasoning to prop up slavery. It could be deemed unfortunate but economically beneficial, and indeed these arguments have been used historically to deprive people of their liberty. But slavery should never be tolerated regardless of any economic benefit, just as systemic fraud should not be tolerated. Some banks on Wall Street should fail. Fannie and Freddie should fail. They are perpetrating fraud against the people. Yet, government insists on rewarding behavior which should instead be investigated, prosecuted, and punished.

Read Full Article

A Wasted Vote...

2008-10-13T17:26:00.000-04:00

Albert Einstein is credited with saying that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result. For years now, Republicans and Democrats have been leading the country in the same basic direction: toward bigger and bigger government; more and more socialism, globalism, corporatism, and foreign interventionism; and the dismantling of constitutional liberties. Yet, voters continue to think that they are voting for "change" when they vote for a Republican or Democrat. This is truly insane!
Read The Full Article Here

Mcain Vs Baldwin on Abortion

2008-10-13T17:20:00.000-04:00

Keep in mind this doesn't mention the fact that mcain confirmed two pro-abortion judges, or that his only criteria to getting an abortion is for a woman to just SAY they were raped. click on the pic for a more readable view.
you can view also this at enquirer.com

Free Software for your pc Really!!

2008-10-13T17:15:00.000-04:00

Free software has been around for a long time, i still find myself amazed with people who just don't know about it. So here is a short list of some very good free software!
open office which is the open source free equal to microsoft office.
is just as good as office, actually it is better since it is free!
it works the same as office and is fully compatible. www.openoffice.org
here is a bunch more free software that really is just as good or very close to the ones you have to buy.

7-zip http://www.7zip.com/ which is the free equel to win zip.
AVG Antivirus http://free.avg.com/,
superantispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/,
cd burner xp http://cdburnerxp.se/

thunderbird (better than outlook express)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
and a calendar add(lighting) on for thunderbird.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313
all excellent free programs
oh of course firefox www.firefox.com
here is an extended free software list
http://www.synergymx.com/foss_list.php
www.sourceforge.net is a another great place to find all kinds of free software

Open Office Write(Equal to Word screenshot)

John Mcain Pro-Life NOT!

2008-10-10T18:49:00.000-04:00

http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2008/cbarchive_20080822.html

"Had John McCain and his fellow Republicans truly wanted to end legal abortion, they could have passed Congressman Ron Paul's Sanctity of Life Act. Year after year, Dr. Paul introduced this bill, and year after year, it sat and collected dust in the document room on Capitol Hill.

What would Congressman Paul's bill do? It would do two things: 1) It would define life as beginning at conception and, thus, declare the personhood of every pre-born child. 2) Under Article. III. Section. 2. of the U.S. Constitution, it would remove abortion from the jurisdiction of the Court. In practical terms, Dr. Paul's bill would overturn Roe v. Wade and end legal abortion-on-demand. So, where was John McCain? Why did he not support Ron Paul's bill and introduce a companion bill in the U.S. Senate?

How can John McCain, and his fellow Republicans in Washington, D.C., look pro-life Christians and conservatives in the eye in 2008 and expect that we take them seriously when they say that they are "pro-life"? If the GOP had truly wanted to overturn Roe v. Wade and end legal abortion-on-demand, they could have already done it. They controlled the White House, the U.S. Senate, and the House of Representatives for six long years, for goodness sake. The reason they did not do it is because they did not want to do it. They merely want to use "pro-life" rhetoric as a campaign tool to dupe gullible Christian voters every election year. And the disgusting thing about it is--it works.

The vast majority of notable "pro-life" leaders in the country are now trumpeting the candidacy of John McCain. And the best challenge they can come up with is "McCain better not pick a 'pro-choice' Vice President." Oh, shut up (to quote Jay Leno)!

John McCain openly embraces embryonic stem cell research. In 2000, he boldly said he did not favor the overturn of Roe v. Wade. John McCain was a member of the infamous "Gang of 14" senators from both parties whose purpose was to oppose pro-life, strict constructionist judges.

Speaking of judges, John McCain voted for the pro-abortion justice, Stephen Breyer, and the radical, pro-abortion, ACLU attorney, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. So much for the argument that we need John McCain for the sake of appointing conservative justices to the Supreme Court. For that matter, Republican appointments dominated the Court that gave us Roe v. Wade and the one that later gave us Doe v. Bolton. Proving, once again, that the Republican Party, as a whole, has no real commitment to the life issue."

see more here http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2008/cbarchive_20080822.html

Ironspeed

2008-10-09T17:00:00.000-04:00

I got my latest Asp.Net Pro mag yesterday I noticed a review for IronSpeed Designer for Asp.net easy developement. I was surprised at how much they liked the product. Usually asp.net pro is not big on programs like this. I decided to google it and i found several other reviews that were raving about it. This could be a major time saver, auto generated code,stored procedures and web pages all in one shot sweet! I'll have to check it out and post back, I am excited about it. more time i save happier wife is :P

http://www.ironspeed.com/

Bailouts Americans are getting it Congress is not!

2008-10-08T18:13:00.000-04:00

Nice Article. http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/pike8.html I am not a libertarian, but he makes very valid points!
"Ron Paul has been warning people for years about the Federal Reserve and the distortions in the market. Anyone paying attention can see that he knew what he was talking about."

A Nice email debate with someone on voting for lesser of 2 evils

2008-10-04T03:20:00.002-04:00

Don't even try to guess who the other person is most of you don't even know
this person.
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Mcain is not the pro life advocate people think he is.
1. he voted for pro-abortion justice, Stephen Breyer, and the radical, pro-abortion, ACLU attorney, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. he is ok with abortion if it is inset or rape. When asked how he would determine if a woman was raped before deciding if they could get an abortion he just answered oh we could tell.
Leaving an out for anyone wanting an abortion they could just say i was raped and get one if they wanted it. I am voting for either alan keyes or baptist chuck baldwin. I want to vote for huckabee but can't since mcain is the republican nomiee.

i know people will say i am wasting my vote but i disagree
a principled vote that challenges the status quo is never a wasted vote. A wasted vote is the useless contention of voting for the lesser of two evils expecting any thing other than continued evil
my 2 cents
Gail
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Someone Somewhere

Yes, Mcain is a tough sell for real conservative's to get behind.
I also have many beefs with Mcain:
1- Rescue plan pork spending, he never should have given in against his core platform.
he is very week on economic understanding.
2- Campaign Finance Reform
3- Social Spending
4- Education
so on and so on.
But,
You better understand what Obama's platform is.
You better do your homework and understand that socialism, yes mainstream socialism is his platform.
You better understand what his global objectives are and where he feels the U.S. fits in.
You better understand his stance on nationalizing the private sector and corporate America.
You better understand he will make all U.S. businesses pay the largest corporate tax in the world.
You better understand the alliances he is for in the Middle East.
You better understand his plan to force, yes, force all Americans to "buy" yes "buy" into a nationalized health care system.
You better know that John Mcain has a strong backing of Israel, stronger than Huckabee, Romney, and the rest of canidates in the Republican primaries.
You better understand Obama wants to mandate, yes mandate community service.
You better understand Obama purpose's to eliminate all choices in education, including state rights and home schooling.
You need to understand Obama's position on abortion. He does not think we go far enough in the right to "choose".You need to understand that yes, I agree, we need to vote our conscious and stop making concessions, but in this case, if we allow socialism to grab hold of
our policy making, we the USA will go down a path that we can not legislate back.
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GT
I know about obama, and I am not voting for obama. To me voting for mcain is not right for me, i mean what is next 4 years from now
Rudy G is the republican candidate? or even worse? Are you going to continue to vote for the lesser of two evils because they are in a party that USED to hold christian values. how long to you continue to vote for lesser of the two?
where do you draw the line? hopefully it is not just oh well i guess i'll vote republican? (all rhetorical questions)
I think mcain will be a socialist as well. His record speaks for itself.
Bottom line for me is i try to vote on biblical principals and let God sort the rest out.
For me the number 1 issue is and always will be about Human life. if i aligned perfectly with John Mcain on everything except abortion i still would not vote for him. He is very weak on abortion.
This is the first time i have not voted republican, hopefully the last

"if we allow socialism to grab hold of
our policy making, we the USA will go down a path that we can not legislate back."
We are headed this way regardless of who gets elected i totally believe that. Remember mcain's real choice for VP was JOE Liberman!!
You think he is really going to look to sara palin for advice? His advisors picked her.
If christians would just take a stand and vote on values we would not be in this mess. Instead they do not put their faith in God like they should
and vote for what they think is the best without consulting God about it. I am no better than anyone else, I just can't vote for him.
I am not trying to convince you who to vote for, i thought it would interest you.
below is a good article my pastor wrote a while ago.
http://www.new.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=39449224784&id=1468655486&index=2
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Someone Somewhere
All I am saying is, that just like the Roman Empire, democracy (Republics) are doomed to failure. I still believe it is the greatest form of government, but
it will always, yes always turn corrupt. When you "give" to gain power, and go against the knowledge of the common good. Then this system will always fail.
Democracy is DOOMED to failure. All we can do is pray, and choose to slow the inevitable. I.E. "The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire" . Weather
you believe that voting for another candidate, "Independent or Libertarian" will send a message to base of your party is not the issue; the situation is what it is.
Votes for the 3rd party, depending, on the issues of the day, DO result in the election of the "Worst Choice".
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GT

So then you will always vote for the lesser of two evils, Voting for the lesser of two evils is still evil.
I try to get as far away from evil as i can.
I am not trying to send anyone a message, i am voting on principals.
Nowhere in the bible does God say to vote or do the lesser of 2 evils.
Choosing between a phony conservative Republican and an honest liberal Democrat is no choice at all
"Votes for the 3rd party, depending, on the issues of the day, DO result in the election of the "Worst Choice"."
Voting for a party or person who does not hold the principles anywhere near I do results in even worse in my opinion.
I stand by my principles which are biblicaly based as best as this feeble man's can be, plain and simple.

That's not always an easy thing! I am voting on faith, not fear of what might happen if obama gets in.
Honestly i fear just as much if mcain gets in.
"voting the lesser of two evils is a deception. No matter which of the two major parties is in charge, the national debt still increases, taxes still burden us, abortions continue, and liberties are still being lost. Republican candidates many times are going the same direction as Democrats, What we need is not a change of drivers, but a change of direction"

a principled vote that challenges the status quo is never a wasted vote.
A wasted vote is the useless contention of voting for the lesser
of two evils expecting any thing other than continued evil.

I'll end this nice conversation (seriously) with this
Mark 8:36-37
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Gail
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Somebody Somewhere
I am not against what your saying.
I agree with 99%
The point I am making is after the primary there are only 2 candidates left, unless you vote 3rd party.
If you truly think the 3rd party nominee is worthy of your vote, then vote for him.
All I am saying is there is only a limited # of candidates to vote on in the national election.
Mcain was not my pick. I liked Ron Paul better than Mcain, at least he is a strict constitutionalist. But he did not get the nomination.
So If you can't vote for Mcain, who can you vote for?
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Chuck Baldwin or Alan Keyes I know they won't win but i said my peace on that.
http://www.baldwin08.com/

http://www.alankeyes.com/
Baldwin is actually coming to Milford Baptist on Tuesday he is a baptist preacher.
Gail
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Someone Somewhere
Yes, I like Alan Keys. I was mad, back 8 years ago, when they blocked him from the primary debates.
I do not know Chuck Baldwin.

This is what Doug Newman, another blog of the person you sent me a link to, says he is going to do.

So you write in Ron Paul – which I plan to do — or you vote for a candidate from a third – or should I say a non-privileged? – party and you wind up losing. Big friggin’ deal. If your worldview is a Christian one, you would realize that there are more important things than winning elections and attaining dominance in the kingdoms of this world. Your duty as a Christian is to do what is righteous, not what is fashionable in the world’s eyes. You will be able to sleep at night knowing that you did not aid and abet the criminal class that has ruled this country since at least 1913.

Because we are forced to make a choice does not align us with evil...
He likes Ron Paul just like me, but it is a choice we all have to make.
write in votes, do not do anything (in my opinion). So many times christian are not involved in politics because we are being shut out. Sometimes we may distain the choices, but we still have to pull a lever. I do not look at it as a lesser of 2 evils, but the best choice of the given canidates.
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he can't write in ron paul since paul ran under the republican ticket. If that were the case i would vote for him or huckabee.
see here for write in rules for each state http://mfoster.com/misc/write-in_rules_2008.html
"Sometimes we may distain the choices, but we still have to pull a lever. I do not look at it as a lesser of 2 evils, but the best choice of the given candidates."
With that logic we should rob the rich and greedy and give it to the poor and needy.
I believe you are in the minority thinking John Mcain is not an evil(lesser of two evils) choice for a Christians. Even Christians that are voting for him admit he is the lesser or two evils.
a lot of my christian friends are still going to vote for mcain even though they agree with me on what i think of him.
"Because we are forced to make a choice does not align us with evil..."
Who is forcing you to vote for mcain? choose right!
to vote for it does nothing to impede it. Seriously think about it you and I both know mcain has very few christian values if any. if christians would stand up and choose right we would have a better president. Instead they got scared of what they saw in a christian president Bush and thought they would try a more liberal republican candidate in mcain.
Really when do christians stop voting party lines and choose right? The sooner the better!
"I would rather be an uncompromising Christian than a lapdog of a party that no longer represents my biblical or constitutional beliefs. I have no anxiety as to the outcome of this election. The Lord already knows who the next president will be. I pray it’s neither obama or mcain and that the Lord would see fit to raise up a generation of courageous Christians that can change the course of the election by voting for a biblically qualified candidate. Wouldn’t that show the nation how mighty our God is?!! No matter what, the Lord is in control and I rest in that knowledge."
2 chronicles 7:14
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land

I hope you are taking all of this as just my opinion and not a personal attack on you or your viewpoints.
Emails are tough to judge sometimes.
do right and TRUST God
do right and TRUST God
do right and TRUST God
2 things I am not all that good at!!

Good Videos

2008-10-04T03:15:00.002-04:00

What is a wasted Vote?

Chuck Baldwin Speaks About The Sanctity of Life

Who Should I Vote for?

2008-10-03T19:04:00.000-04:00

The next President will either make or break the heart of America. President Bush has had
tremendous pressure on him as a wartime president. His tenure has been on high alert and has
lasted longer than Abraham Lincoln’s presidency. So who will be the next Commander and
Chief? Who will do the voting? Will illegal aliens with valid driver’s licenses help to decide the
outcome? Will liberal population clusters, where those who are out of step with main stream
America ( I might add, out of step with American Heritage) bend the nation to their will? Praise the
Lord that our nation’s forefathers foresaw the need for an Electoral College!
“This was not a Republican democracy. It was a democratic Republic. The Founders feared
democracy as a dangerous form of government. The Electoral College was one firewall they
installed to prevent it. (Which is why it perennially comes under attack by liberals.)?”
Sherwin Dillard
I am a Christian who votes his conscience not his wallet. I am guided by my principles and my
principles are forged in the Bible, not by the mores of society. It is not about Republican versus
Democrat, rather Constitutional Republic versus Socialism.
Who should I vote for? We must remember that in the Sovereign Providence of God, He sets up
one king and He puts down another. I have a privileged responsibility to vote. God may have
other plans for America, therefore I pray that He does not give America what she deserves!!
“The lot is cast in the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.”
Proverbs 16:33
There is a sense in which I believe that we need to have a house cleaning of the Senate and the
Congress on the Federal and State level. The Declaration of Independence states:
“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of
the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying the foundation on
such principles and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to
effect their Safety and Happiness.”
Rome was an Empire until President Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon declaring himself the
Emperor. Our Central Government has been trashing State Rights since the War Between the
States, and we are still in a Civil War!
We need a godly revolt. Thomas Jefferson said, “The tree of liberty must be nourished, from time
to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Jefferson also said, “The spirit of resistance to
government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often
be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now
and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.”
Praise God for the “Bloodless transfer of power” every four years. Nevertheless, the dumbing
down of the American people and the stealing of true historical America from lazy minds,
creates a democratic mob rule that will eventually destroy this great Republic. As Winston
Churchill said: Democracy is the worse form of Government, but it is better than all the others.”
So what are we to do? "The people cannot be all, and always, well-informed. The part which is
wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they
remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public
liberty."
-- Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 1787.
If voting for the right man this November throws away my vote, then so be it! I am weary of
the moderate placating of Republicans, who are more concerned about the liberal media and the
delusional liberals, than they are with keeping their campaign promises and conservative values.
The Democrats do not scare me anymore. If Hillary and Obama become the dynamic Duo and
win the presidency, then maybe there will be a revival of courage among true Americans? Maybe
or maybe not?
The Person that I must vote is……………………………
1. One who is committed to Pro-Life and to overturning Roe-vs-Wade
2. One who is committed to the Sanctity of marriage and is against the ridiculous Gay
Agenda.
3. One who protects the Second Amendment and stiffens punishment towards gun
offenders.
4. One who will support capital punishment against Rapists, Pedophiles, and the like,
after a judicious trial procedure.
5. A man who will take tough measures to extradite illegal aliens and increase border
control, and tell the truth about Islamic followers and Jihadists.
6. A man that will support the fair tax laws, and seek a time line to eradicate the IRS.
7. A man that will eventually get us out of the United Nations, which has created more
Wars than solved them.
8. A man that will take strong measures to rid us from dependency of OPEC oil.
9. A president that has the moral courage to stop abetting our enemies and declare our
allegiance to our friends. - .ie - Israel.
10. And the man that I will be 100% behind in my prayers and support, is the man who
invokes the blessings of God, by leading with godly example and public policy, and that
does not penalize Churches, Religious schools, and traditional families.
Where is such a candidate? Such a champion espousing my views would not be tolerated by
either party.
By now my critics and friends can conclude who I am not voting for. Oh that
George Washington, John Adams, or even a Ronald Reagan could resurrect from
their smoldering graves.
We need a president that will send Terrorists a strong message by severely dealing with twits as
Osama Bin Laden, because he attacked us! But after this, we must repudiate a Global Cultic
mentality!!
John Quincy Adams, author of the Monroe Doctrine and sixth president of the “united” States
quite agreed. "America... does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is wellwisher
to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her
own."
Dear Patriot, our Freedoms are about gone. However, I believe that God-fearing patriots have
yet to begin to fight. I will vote this November, but I will pray and brace myself, because the
Sun is setting fast on Franklin’s new Republic. It was great while it lasted, and I will continue to
preach, pray, protest and promote the greatest Kingdom on Earth -
GODS!!!
{There are no term limits on HIM!}
Dr. Daniel M. Ferrell
Strictly my personal thoughts

New Blog

2008-10-03T18:04:00.001-04:00

Someone (http://www.dosesofreality.blogspot.com/) suggested i start a blog i tried this before(www.gtjrblog.com), even developed the site myselft, but then my wife http://lterrell.blogspot.com started one and I gave up.
Lately i got a facebook account and figured this was the next step. Not sure how much i'll post here time will tell.
I plan on posting on lots of thing Bible Doctrine,Politics,Sports,Family and of course as the title says My little knights.

2005-06-14T13:50:00.000-04:00

I got up today and went out to start my car at 5:50 AM and as I backed out of my driveway I noticed that my passenger side rear "quarter window" was broken!!! (My car was broken into once before

about 13 years ago, Different House. Wonder whatever happened to those Gym Shoes and my Penn State SweatShirt! I'll spare you those details.)I looked around for a rock or some other object that may

have been used to break my window, but nothing. They must have used a bat or something. It took me a minute to realize why they broke my window, My radio was still there as was my radar detector. I knew something was missing but I couldn’t pin point it, I was still in the waking up phase at this point. Finally I realized they took 3 cd cases. 2 with music cd’s one with some computer software. They could have the music cd's for all I care, I have all of them converted to Mp3 files on my Media Center PC, My software I doubt they would have even taken those cd's if they had known what it was. Most of the software the "average user" would not even use. Truth be told I hadn’t used most of it in a while, but I do use it on occasion, mainly when Friends have me fix their PC's etc.

6:30 Police Man arrives, I mention to him that if i had a guess it was probably some teenagers that didn't have anything to do since school is out for the summer. He nods in agreement stating how their calls have went up since school let out for the summer. While I am talking to him a neighbor from a few doors down comes over and says "sir when you are done my truck was broken into as well." Go figure that's usually how it is. Oh well I am getting the glass replaced today. Only good thing to come from this is that is was my car and not my wife's new one

Update After Coming home from getting my window fixed I talked to another Neighbor he tells me that another women's car was also broken into just down the road. Shouldn't these kids be in summer school!!

For those who may not know Let’s recap my unfortunate Dealing with Insurance Companies in the last few months. In March My Wife’s car was totaled while PARKED in her schools parking lot. Fortunately the women’s insurance company handled the claim and we were please with their payment for the 1985 Caviler! <LI>Memorial Day: After Coming back in the house from planting and watering some new grass,
Part of our hallway and 2 bedrooms were very wet and we had to get the carpet
replaced. Apparently our Outside hose faucet had a leak in the inside wall of our house!. Last but not least the aforementioned Thief in the NIGHT!!