Bush Slashes Sentences of Ramos & Compeon

Illegal Alien Invasion

Ramos & Compean To Be Freed March 20th

We just wrote an article Saturday encouraging folks to fax President Bush requesting that he free Compean and Ramos. Two years overdue, but in the end Bush did a noble act on this his last full day in office. He did the right thing.

A WorldNetDaily.com (WND) news article, "Bush commutes sentences of Ramos, Compean - Agents convicted of shooting smuggler will be released from prison March 20,” reported today that the two imprisoned border agents are to be set free. This was a just act. However, they should have never been imprisoned in the first place. It may have been part of Bush’s failed scheme to construct a North American Union. Hopefully that foolish sovereignty-stripping move is dead. Hopefully the man of hope and change, President-elect Barry Soetoro will not resurrect that stupid idea.

The WND article states in part, “President Bush today commuted the prison sentences of former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.

"The announcement came on the last full day of Bush's presidency and the sentences for Ramos and Compean now are scheduled to end on March 20. The agents were convicted of shooting at a fleeing drug smuggler and under an enhanced sentence guideline were ordered to spend more than a decade in prison."

Read the entire article at WND.com.

RAMOS & COMPEON PROTEST SONG

Read my 2007 article. Finally they're free. Listen to the Ramos and Compeon Protest Song.

Ramos and Compean
by Michael Britton

Ramos And Compean
Heroes And Brothers We Defend You
The Evil Done To Your Souls And Sacrifice
How Could We Ever Forget You

Chorus:
Vigilance For Which We Pray
Dominitus Deo
We Fight To The End And We All Stand Strong
With Ramos And Compean
Ramos And Compean

Ramos And Compean
Facing Danger In The Hot Sun
Never Knowing If The Ones You Caught Tonight
Will Cut You Down Or Kill You With A Gun

So All They Give You Is A Cell
And Living Hell For Your Family
We Americans Promise You And Swear By God
To Put An End To This Insanity; This Travesty

Days 11, 12 & 13 of the John Freshwater Inquisition

Righting First Amendment Wrongs

This post is a summary of this week's contract hearing of John Freshwater. The YouTube video by MountVernon1805 gives a glimpse of the physical surroundings of where the case is being held and a peek at Mr. Freshwater and his attorney, Kelly Hamilton.

Cameras barred from Freshwater hearing


The John Freshwater contract hearing resumed this past Wednesday and continued through Friday of this week. See my previous articles and comments regarding this case, including the first ten days of the hearing, which were held last October and restarted earlier this month. The hearing was expected to conclude this week. However, it was not completed and will resume on February 20th at 11:00 AM in Mount Vernon.

We had some frigid weather here in Ohio this past week, but the hearings resumed. One day the hearing was delayed because the Referee had a flat tire (Wednesday) and because Mr. Freshwater’s attorney was tied up in court (Thursday). I had a chance to attend part of the hearing on Friday after my eye doctor’s appointment. I will base my summary from newspaper and blog accounts of Wednesday and Thursday and the first part of Friday and then I will give a first hand account of what transpired late morning through the afternoon session on Friday.

DAY 11

John Freshwater’s 15-year old daughter, Jordan, testified on Wednesday. She said, ““I know a lot of truth and I think it should be share,” when asked why she or other Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) students should have been asked by the school board appointed Investigator. Pamela Schehl, Mount Vernon News reporter, who covered the hearing, wrote “Jordan described her father as an ‘out-of-the-box’ person and teacher who likes adventures and makes things fun. She said he is involved in a lot of things in the community, and that former students often approach him in the community and thank him and say, “I love science” because of being in Freshwater’s class.”

Two teachers were called upon to testify. Dino D’Ettorre was asked about the Tesla coil. Schehl reported in part, “(D’Ettorre) said he would demonstrate it on his own arm as an example and talk with students about safety factors such as making sure the power level was on low. If student volunteers so desired, D’Ettorre said, he would touch the arc to their arms, never the device itself. He also said he told students it may or may not leave a mark on their skin, but any mark would not be permanent or stay long.” This testimony seems to contradict the claim by Zach Dennis, the student who was allegedly “branded” by Freshwater.

Eighth grade Special Ed and Reading teacher Barb Spitzer, according to Pam Schehl made the following assertion, “She testified that she at one time was in Freshwater’s class every day and never heard him discuss religion in class or read the Bible with students present.” In regard to Freshwater’s teaching style and approach to work Spitzer said that he “Was hands-on and student oriented,. . . highly ambitious and always willing to do more than what is required, and willing to modify assignments and lessons, if need be, to help students understand them.”

DAY 12

The entire day was devoted to testimony of Deborah Strouse, she was the monitor assigned by the school board superintendent to Mr. Freshwater during his last six weeks of the 2007-2008 school year. Mr. Freshwater’s attorney took a chance when he had her testify.

MountVernon1805 posted an excellent summary of the day 12 on the AccountabilityInTheMedia blog (see “Inside John Freshwater’s Classroom.”) The writer made this unusual, but telling statement, “Strouse’s testimony at Thursday’s hearing sounded like she was endorsing Freshwater for teacher-of-the-year.” Furthermore, the blog writer concluded, “Strouse said that as a teacher, she was jealous of Freshwater. He made every person feel important. He was able to connect a science concept to the things the students would bring up in class. Strouse said that students will work harder if they know the teacher believes in them.”

DAY 13

It was Friday, day 13, of this long, drawn-out hearing. I missed the morning session by just a few minutes. A deputy met me in the office outside of the hearing room and said that I had to wait until there was a break. The referee did not want the hearing interrupted. I had time to eat breakfast at the local Bob Evans Restaurant and to read several chapters of Chuck Norris’ book, Black Belt Patriotism, How to Reawaken America. Ironically, on page 94 of Norris’ book he wrote,

“If America’s founding fathers had no problem with the Bible being taught in taxpayer-supported schools, why do we? The Bible is the most influential book in Western civilization. It is the most important book undergirding American law and literature. To prohibit it from our nation’s classrooms is a blatant and biased withholding of proper public instruction.

“It is time for every parent, teacher, and school district to answer in the affirmative the question of Fisher Ames, who assisted in the creation of the First Amendment. . .: ‘Should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book?'

“Our Founding Fathers would respond with a resounding yes.”

That is what much of this case is about. First, the right of a teacher to have his personal Bible on his desk, second to be able to display posters that might have an inspirational Bible verse on it, and the right or freedom to teach that evolution has weaknesses and there are alternate explanations to origin of life other than evolution. These explanations are just as scientific or just as logical as that deeply flawed theory of evolution.

A DOZEN WITNESSES . . . SO HELP ME GOD

When the referee administered the oath to each witness before his or her testimony, he said to the affect, "Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you will provide is true?" Something was missing . . . Each time I heard that oath being administered I wanted to shout, ". . . So help me God." That same something has been missing from our schools as well as our courtrooms for quite some time. That is truly shameful.

There were 12 witnesses who took the stand on Friday. Three of them were in the first session, which I did not attend. Ten others were questioned between 11:30 AM and 4:00 PM. I did hear these testimonies. Most of the witnesses were current teachers or counselors in the Mount Vernon City Middle School or High School.

For most of the witnesses Mr. Freshwater’s attorney had the same line of questioning. These included:

· Where you interviewed by the Investigator, HR on-call?
· Are you aware of the school’s policy on religion?
· Have you received any training in ‘religion in the classroom’ from the school?
· How do you handle a question if it comes up in class regarding the meaning of Easter or Good Friday?
· Have you seen Bibles on the desks of teachers at Mount Vernon City Schools?
· Have you seen the George Bush – Colin Powell Poster with a scripture verse in any classroom? What other ‘religious’ articles have you observed?
· Do you have to submit lesson plans? If so, what is the purpose of these plans?
· Do you have any knowledge regarding the Tesla coil?
· What teaching aids do you use in class? Are there any restrictions in their use?

My observations and conclusions include the fact that many of the teachers, who had first had knowledge of John Freshwater, who may have been supportive or at least objective about his situation, where not included in interviews by the Investigator, HR On-Call. Most of the teachers did not have or could not remember having training in ‘religion in the classroom’ and were not aware of specific school policies. There were and still are Bibles and ‘religious objects’ in the classrooms of some of the Mount Vernon City Schools. Lesson plans are used by teachers and administrators to see if teachers are staying on track. The Tesla coil has been used widely by science teachers in Mount Vernon City Schools as a basic teaching tool without any apparent problems or safety concerns. Little or no training in the proper use of the Tesla coil was received. Teachers are given wide flexibility as to what to teach, how to teach and what outside resources that they can use.

Overall, I did not observe any testimony that could be considered damaging to Mr. Freshwater’s case. In fact, most of the testimony supported Mr. Freshwater.

FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

Mount Vernon News Articles: Day 11, Day 12, Day 13
Columbus Dispatch Articles: Day 11, Day 12, Day 13
Support Freshwater website: http://supportfreshwater.com/
AccountabilityInTheMedia blog: http://accountabilityinthemedia.blogspot.com/
Panda's Thumb blog: http://pandasthumb.org/

Obama/Soetoro’s Eligibility Battle Rages

An Illegitimate President Barry Soetoro?

Bob Unruh’s 1/18/08 WorldNetDaily.com article titled, “Eligibility battle rages on 3 fronts - Court, Congress and college challenged on constitutionality,” reinforces and expands on the two previous posts I made today.

Here is an excerpt from Unruh’s article, “Officials at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif., have been served with a demand to produce records concerning Barack Obama's attendance there during the 1980s because they could document whether he was attending as a foreign national – in one of three fronts now established by those contesting the president-elect's constitutional eligibility for the Oval Office. . .

“College officials confirmed they had gotten the notice, but had not decided how to respond, a decision that may be removed from their hands because of the team of lawyers Obama has engaged . . .”

Phil Berg and others have filed suit on both the state level and the federal level. Several cases have been or are scheduled to have a conference by the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether the entire Court should hear the case. Berg and others have requested that the U.S. Congress begin hearings on Soetoro/Obama's qualifications to serve as President. The U.S. Constitution should be respected and followed in this matter.

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Read the entire Unruh article at WND.com.

Pres. Barry Soetoro, A ‘Constitutional Crisis,’ Part2

An Illegitimate President Barry Soetoro?

In Part I of this two-part series you will find Attorney Phil Berg’s 01/15/2009 press release in which he demanded that Congressional Hearings be held regarding the ‘qualifications’ of Barry Soetoro a/k/a Barack Hussein Obama to be President of the United States. Berg predicted that we are headed for a ‘Constitutional Crisis’ by having an ‘ineligible’ President. Below is a copy of the letter Berg sent to each member of Congress last week.

555 Andorra Glen Court, Suite 12
Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-2531

January 15, 2009


Dear Member of Congress:

It is your duty, as a duly elected representative of the American people; to regain the respect you have lost by your inaction in not vetting Soetoro a/k/a Obama, by calling for a Congressional Hearing ASAP to determine the truth regarding qualifications of Barry Soetoro, otherwise known as Barack Hussein Obama, to be President of the United States.

My, my, you and the other Members of Congress just showed your true character, that being, no guts, no backbone and only interested in getting re-elected.

I refer to each of you in your lack of action regarding the now President-elect Soetoro/Obama.

As you must be aware, there are many unresolved questions concerning Soetoro/Obama’s status or lack thereof, as a ‘natural born’ American citizen, as required by ‘our’ U.S. Constitution.

On January 8, 2009, you failed your constituencies, your voters, the citizens in your district, as well as all citizens in our nation. Yes, you failed all of us, the ‘We the People,’ yes, the words that begin our U.S. Constitution. Federal Law, 3 U.S.C. 15 provides a method to challenge the counting of the electoral votes in the Joint Session of Congress. If only one [1] Member of the House and one [1] Member of the Senate announced in writing that they were objecting to the Electorial Vote in any/every state, the counting of the votes would stop and the Joint Session would cease until the House and Senate meet, discussed and voted on each States Electorial Votes.

Because of your failure to ‘question’ the eligibility of Soetoro/Obama, we are headed for a ‘Constitutional Crisis.’ Yes, a ‘Constitutional Crisis’ because Soetoro/Obama who appears not to be a ‘natural born’ U.S. citizen is ‘ineligible’ under ‘our’ U.S. Constitution to serve as President.

Soetoro/Obama, being ‘ineligible/unqualified’ due to his lack of being ‘natutal born’ means that Obama will be ‘usurping’ the powers of the Office of President of the United States. It will result in every, yes every law that Soetoro/Obama signs, every appointment to an Ambassador or Judgeship, all will be invalid. Soetoro/Obama is setting himself up to be blackmailed, both internally and externally.

There are millions of Americans who believe that Soetoro/Obama does not meet the 3rd qualification pursuant to ‘our’ U.S Constitution, that being ‘natural born.’ Soetoro/Obama satisfies the 1st two [2], that being at least thirty-five [35] years of age and lived in the United States for fourteen [14] years.

The document that Soetoro/Obama’s people keep pushing on the American public is a fraudulent ‘Certification of Live Birth’ and not a ‘Birth Certificate.’ And significant is the fact that in an attempt to quash the rumors that Soetoro/Obama was not ‘natural born,’ in the Soetoro/Obama campaign web site ‘fightthesmears.com’ in June 2008, they put up this fraudulent ‘Certification of Live Birth’ indicating Soetoro/Obama was born in Hawaii. The fact that Soetoro/Obama has never released his ‘Birth Certificate’ is a very strong indication that he was not born in Hawaii.

There is evidence that:

1. Soetoro/Obama was born in Kenya and because of his mother’s age, he was only ‘naturalized.’
2. Soetoro/Obama was adopted in Indonesia and his legal name became and probably still is ‘Barry Soetoro.’
3. Obama, otherwise known as ‘Barry Soetoro’ became a ‘natural’ citizen of Indonesia.
4. At age ten [10] Obama returned to Hawaii from Indonesia and:
a. If Soetoro/Obama went through U.S. Immigration he would have been given a ’Certification of Citizenship’ indicating he was ‘naturalized.’
b. If, and it is believed that Soetoro/Obama, or rather Barry Soetoro, did not go through U.S. Immigration, then he is an ‘illegal alien’ – not only not qualified/eligible to be Preseident, but also ineligible to have been a U.S. Senator from Illinois.
5. Soetoro/Obama traveled to Pakistan in 1981 when he was twenty [20] years old on his Indonesia Passport:
a. If Soetoro/Obama was a U.S. citizen in 1981, he did an ‘overt’ act against the U.S. by travelling to a nation, Pakistan that was restricted as Pakistan was a non-travel nation.

Without truthful information concerning Soetoro/Obama’s eligibility to serve as President, ‘We the People’ have been injured. Our fundamental right to cast an informed vote for an eligible Democratic Presidential candidate has been violated. Further, our First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and association have been violated because we have been robbed of the opportunity to cast our objections through our Representatives to the counting of the Electoral Votes.

To redeem yourself, I implore you to call with your Congressional colleagues for a Congressional Hearing and ask the questions that you failed to do regarding President-elect Soetoro/Obama, even after he tries to hide behind the Office of the Presidency, to resolve the issue without question of the citizenship status and qualifications as set forth in ‘our’ U.S. Constitution. Such a procedure has and is occurring regarding the proposed members of the Cabinet.

Thank you.

Respectfully,



Philip J. Berg

PJB:jb

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For copies of all Court Pleadings, go to obamacrimes.com

For Further Information Contact:

Philip J. Berg,
Esquire
555 Andorra Glen Court, Suite 12
Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-2531
(610) 825-3134
(800) 993-PHIL [7445]
Fax (610) 834-7659
Cell (610) 662-3005

philjberg@obamacrimes.com

Pres. Barry Soetoro, A ‘Constitutional Crisis,’ Part1

An Illegitimate President Barry Soetoro?

I have been following the controversy over President-elect Obama/Soetoro's qualification to be President. I have written about it previously.

The following information was obtained from www.ObamaCrimes.com. In his 01/15/2009 press release, reproduced below, Attorney Phil Berg demanded that Congressional Hearings be held regarding the ‘qualifications’ of Barry Soetoro a/k/a Barack Hussein Obama to be President of the United States. Berg predicts that we are headed for a ‘Constitutional Crisis’ by having an ‘ineligible’ President.

PRESS RELEASE

(Lafayette Hill, PA – 01/15/09) - Philip J. Berg, Esquire, the Attorney who filed suit against Barack H. Obama challenging Senator Obama’s lack of “qualifications” to serve as President of the United States and his case, Berg vs. Obama, in the U.S. Supreme Court is still pending regarding an Application for an Injunction, announced today that he wrote a letter to ‘each’ Member of Congress requesting they call for Congressional Hearings regarding Obama’s lack of qualifications for President due to their failure to question Obama during the Joint Session of Congress for the counting of the Electoral Votes. [A copy of the letter to Congress is here.]

Berg said, “I am disappointed for the 300+ million U.S. citizens, our ‘Forefathers’ and for the tens of thousands that have died defending ‘our’ Constitution regarding the recent denial by the U.S. Supreme Court.

I am committed to keeping our efforts going to continue litigation until the truth of Obama being ‘not qualified’ for President comes out. The Obama candidacy is the biggest ‘HOAX’ ever put forth to the citizens of the United States in 230 years.

In addition to the current case in the U.S. Supreme Court, we have or will have:
1. A case filed two [2] months ago captioned Berg vs. Obama, said case ‘under seal’ so I cannot comment further;
2. The case of Hollister vs. Barry Soetoro a/k/a Barack Hussein Obama, filed 12/31/08 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Civil Action No. 08-02254; said case being an ‘Interpleader’ case with the Plaintiff, a retired Colonel from the U.S. Air Force, who is questioning whether to obey or disobey an order if Obama recalls him, based upon whether or not Obama is a ‘qualified’ President;
3. The case that was denied in the U.S. Supreme Court is still pending in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Berg vs. Obama, with our Brief due by January 20, 2009; and
4. If Obama is sworn in as President, we will file a Petition for Writ of ‘Quo Warranto,’ a case that will challenge Obama as being ineligible to serve as President because he is ‘not qualified.’

Berg states ‘if Soetoro a/k/a Obama is sworn in’ because Obama knows he is ‘not qualified’ and he should hold a Press Conference and Obama should state that I, as a black American, received more votes than anyone else on November 4, 2008 for President and on January 8, 2009 the Joint Session of Congress counted the Electoral College votes and announced that I am President-elect, but because of things in my background, I cannot be sworn in as President. However, Obama is not man enough to state the above!

More and more people are aware of the fact that Obama does not meet the constitutional ‘qualifications’ for President. When the truth finally comes out, individuals including Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, Howard Dean [Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC)], other top officials of the DNC, senior campaign staff and some of his new administration should be brought into the criminal justice system, indicted and tried with incarceration for those convicted.

Berg continued, “Obama is setting himself up to be blackmailed and perhaps he is already being blackmailed. He was the candidate for ‘change,’ but look at his cabinet – 70% from President Clinton’s days and how about his Secretary of Defense, Gates. Give me a break!

There is nothing more important than ‘our’ U.S. Constitution and we will fight on!”

Accordingly, I wrote the Members of Congress requesting immediate hearings.

Mr. Berg’s letter, which he sent to every member of Congress is posted separately as “President Barry Soetoro, A ‘Constitutional Crisis,’ Part II.”

Abortion is Cold-blooded Murder

Hear Their Cry

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Start at Perk Park/Chester Commons, Downtown Cleveland

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End at the Wyndham Cleveland Hotel

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CLEVELAND, OHIO - In anticipation of the 36th anniversary of the infamous, monstrous, and disastrous Roe v. Wade US Supreme Court decision on January 22nd, downtown Cleveland was the site of the Cleveland's 1st Annual March for Life. Despite the extreme frigid air, hundreds of people walked up 12th Street at noon joining another 40 people already at a downtown hotel for a Pro-Life rally. One woman carried a large sign one sign read "I REGRET MY ABORTION," the other side read:

Have you ever noticed that all those in favor of abortion have already been born? - Ronald Reagan

It was so cold that the pipes burst in the second floor ballroom of the Wyndham just minutes before the marchers arrived at the hotel. That was where the rally was to have been held. Some ceiling tiles and nasty brown water filled the newly remodeled and newly carpeted 2nd floor Ballroom where the Pro-Life speakers where to make their presentations. The room where the rally was relocated was too small to accommodate everyone, but everyone seemed to adjust to the circumstances. Unfortunately, we cannot just sit back and accept the horrendous plans that the new Obama administration and the liberally led Congress has in store for 2009 and beyond. We must resist. This rally showed that there is still some committed individuals even in the heart of a liberal haven like Cleveland, Ohio.

Compean & Ramos: Please Pardon Us

A number of organizations including NumbersUSA.com are making last minute attempts to request that President Bush free convicted and imprisoned former border patrol agents Compean and Ramos.

Please join me in sending a fax similar to the one below to President Bush encouraging him to do the right thing . . .

January 17, 2009

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President George Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Bush:

Congressional inquiry after Congressional inquiry has raised questions about the prosecution of former border patrol agents Compean and Ramos. They should be pardoned or have their sentences commuted.

Agents Compean and Ramos were sentenced to 12 and 11 years in prison, respectively, for pursuing an illegal alien drug smuggler and shooting him in the buttocks.

Three jurors have since claimed that they were coerced into giving a "guilty" verdict.

The Federal government gave the illegal-alien drug smuggler immunity in exchange for his testimony against Compean and Ramos. Now he is suing the Federal government for $5 million because he says his civil rights were violated! It should also be noted that the drug smuggler was recently arrested for resuming it nefarious smuggling activities.

Meanwhile, two corrupt Border Patrol agents who were convicted of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from Mexican smuggling gangs were sentenced to half the time (six years) that Compean and recent "Agent Of the Year" nominee Ramos were for doing their job.

Please pardon or commute the sentences of Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean. These men have served more than enough time.

Sincerely,

The Obama Times?

“The New York Times just started selling display advertising on its front page.

“Apparently, the Times thinks all the free ad space it gave Obama in 2008 doesn’t count.”

- - - NewsBusted, Episode 1/16/09

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NewsBusters.com is a conservative news and comedy website. Their newest NewBusted episode includes the excerpt above.

See right panel of this blog and click on the picture to watch this 2-3 minute comedy YouTube video.

Binding Men Over to Disobedience

Today I would like to discuss the following passage:

For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. Romans 11:32 (KJV)

The context of this passage is how the unbelief of the Jews led to the good news being preached to the Gentiles. I could discuss the various causal connections that the apostle Paul had in mind when penned this (through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit), but I have different aspect of this that I would like to explore.

When I first read this passage this week, I read it in the NIV, which reads as follows:

For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

In place of any discussion of the merits of the various translations, I want to illustrate truths concerning God’s qualities that are brought out in the latter rendering.

How has God bound all men over to disobedience?

Ephesians 2:2 says, “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”

God allowed the inhabitants of the world to be put, in some sense, under the authority of Satan (he is called prince). But God did not do this arbitrarily, so as to do evil so that good would result, but had justification for doing so. This justification is namely Adam’s sin.

“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” 1 Corinthians 15:22 (KJV)

Because we sinned first, this justifies, and even necessitates that God hand the world over to Satan’s power. What if, when Adam sinned in the garden of Eden, God didn’t cast him out (see Genesis 3). What if God allowed Adam to continue to eat of the tree of Life and live forever? Then he (and we) would never have learned that God knows what’s best for us and that He deserves our unconditional obedience.

As time goes on, to the extent to which wickedness increases on the Earth, God “binds all men over to disobedience” all the more and this finally will culminate in the events of Apocalypse, and in particular, the arrival the Beast or the Man of Sin (or of Lawlessness).

“…that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition…And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3-6 (KJV)

The mercy God shows us when he does this “binding of men over to disobedience” is further illustrated in God’s instructions for the Church. Concerning the unrepentant within the Church, He says: “…deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.” 1 Corinthians 5:5 (KJV)

By finding out the consequences of sin, man becomes prepared for obedience.

Notice he doesn’t say “so that he may have mercy on all who believe.” This is not stating Universalism, but illustrates the point that God has mercy on all, not just the “Elect” or some special group of His choosing. Christ died, not only for every person, but for every sin that every person has ever committed. (see I John 2:2) But not everyone will accept it and therefore will not all will reap the benefits of it.

In conclusion, God has good reason to hand people over to Satan. This does not mean that God is evil or that God is colluding with Satan. To the extent to which man rejects God’s authority, God allows Satan to govern man more, which results in less freedom because Satan seizes upon man’s frailty and manipulates them, but ultimately results in mercy for all.

If you would like to know exactly what it is that is so bad that it has led God to teach us such a harsh lesson, and what God requires to get us back into His good graces, click here.

Hamas Caught in Rat Trap

Cartoon by Scott Stantis as found on Townhall.com 1/13/09

The Unfairness Doctrine

Cartoon by Glenn Foden found on Townhall.com on 1/13/08

Protest the Culture of Death

Hear Their Cry

"Pro-Life Summit to End Abortion" held by Dr. Monica M. Miller this past weekend in Ann Arbor, MI. Most of the 500 . . . made it to Christ the King Church in spite of the ten inches of snow that started falling Saturday morning . . .

Ovation after ovation greeted speakers who called for all-out resistance to President-elect Barack Obama's stated plan to provide federal funding for domestic and international abortions while reducing all restrictions on the procedure . . .

The above excerpt was taken from a 1/12/09 article by Deal W. Hudson titled, "The Political Future of the Pro-Life Movement ," as found on www.InsideCatholic.com.

The Personhood Imperative

The Personhood Imperative is a project of America's Independent Party and CAN-DO-USA. Below is a portion of the text of this clear and fundamental statement in defense of life and liberty. Read it and if you agree sign the petition at the website cited at the end of this post.

Abortion is first and foremost a moral issue. It transcends politics. Abortion is an insult to humanity, to our American Christian heritage and history.


Proclamation and Pledge

To become effective January 1, 2009

By the undersigned Citizens of the United States of America:

A Proclamation and Pledge of Non-Cooperation with, and Perpetual Resistance to, the enablers and practitioners of abortion and euthanasia

Whereas, more than three thousand innocent pre-born American children continue to be unlawfully and unconstitutionally killed every day, by cruel and unusual means, and the evil practice of euthanasia against the elderly and the infirm grows daily, the undersigned citizens of these United States do hereby, in accordance with America’s founding principles, declare that:

“All human beings, without exception, unborn and born, from the very first moment of fertilization, the beginning of biological development, until natural death, existing within any State or Territory of the United States, in accordance with natural rights that preceded, and are preeminent to, the formation and existence of our government, are fully Persons, with the self-evident and attendant God-given, unalienable Right to Life that is possessed by all citizens of the United States; and shall henceforth, and forever, be protected in their Lives and in their Persons under the self-evident principles contained in the Organic Law of the United States: the provisions of the Declaration of Independence, the Northwest Ordinance, which binds all state governments to enforce the unalienable rights guaranteed in the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the United States Constitution, the specific provisions of the Fifth, the Eighth, the Ninth, and the Fourteenth Amendments to that document, and in the clear provisions of the constitutions of all fifty States in the Union. . .


Read the entire Personhood Imperative, Proclaimation and Pledge and Sign the Petition .at www.BanAbortionNow.com

Obama & the Social Issues

Cartoon by Glenn Foden found on Townhall.com 1/6/09

Plain Palin, The Interview

John Ziegler is working on a documentary about the election of 2008. He had an extensive interview with Governor Sarah Palin for his movie. The name of the movie will be “Media Malpractice…How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Smeared.” There is an excellent preview or trailer to the upcoming documentary, along with two MSNBC interviews with John Ziegler embedded below.

Palin Takes on the Media!


MSNBC Attacks Palin & Ziegler Over Interview


MSNBC's Shuster V. Palin Film Maker


For more information see www.HowObamaGotElected.com, and www.JohnZiegler.com/.

See also two Newsbusters.com related articles, "MSNBC's Shuster Called 'A Joke' For His Anti-Sarah Palin Bias" and "Ziegler and Shuster Fight Over Palin, Round Two."

Is that Ronald Reagan wearing a dress?

I recently visited a website new to me, www.RegularFolksUnited.com, and came across an article written by Lori Roman, a regular writer for that website. In her article, “Regular Folks Want to Know...How do we get back to Reagan Conservatism?” In that article recorded an interview that she recently had with Michael Reagan, son of the former President.

She asked Michael: “Your dad was plain spoken and his critics tried to associate that with being simple-minded. Sarah Palin is plain- spoken and her critics also call her simple-minded. What do you think about the comparisons?” His answer surprised me:

“A lot of people are looking for Ronald Reagan and little did they know he came back in a dress with five kids . . .”

How Madoff Scandal Affects Scandalous Planned Parenthood

Hear Their Cry

Securities trader and billion-dollar swindler Bernie Madoff is partly to blame for Planned Parenthood's funding shortfall, which gratefully has led to that organization's need to cut staff. That is what Miriam Kreinin Souccar writes in Crain’s New York today according to an Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) Alert, which I received today.

The ADF Alert summarizes, "Hit with declines in funding from the economic crisis and the Madoff scandal, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America is laying off around 20% of its staff." The deplorable Planned Parenthood Federation of America is the biggest baby killing operation in America, doing almost 25% of the damage - denying life to would-be future Americans.

The Alert continues, "Roughly 30 people were let go earlier this week, according to a source who works for the nonprofit. Executives at Planned Parenthood confirmed the layoffs, but declined to give more details . . ."

Congress should do something really useful for a change and bailout the babies and stop all taxpayer funding for any and all abortion providers, especially the lethal Planned Parenthood.

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Apparently some of the left wing foundations joined greedy individual investors who where cheated by the fraudulent Bernie Madoff. In fact, several big time leftist foundations thankfully have gone out of business. There is always a silver lining even to the worst storm cloud.

Life News: National Planned Parenthood Fires 20 Percent of Staff After Madoff Scandal

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Related: Madoff Ponzi scheme hits left wing groups hard

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