Bad O-Man, Gone For Good ...

“Welcome to hell, (Osama) bin Laden!” 

--- Governor Mike Huckabee, as quoted in the Huffington Post  today

Hat tip goes to Judson Phillips of the TeaPartyNation.com, who wrote an article, “A great day for America, not for Obama.” The article reads, in part:

“Osama is dead.  Americans have a right to celebrate that.  It is a great day for America.  We owe a special debt of gratitude to our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who made this day possible. 

“We owe Obama, nothing. 

“To paraphrase something Sarah Palin said recently, it is not hard to be courageous when you have no other choice.   

“Obama had no other choice…” 

Read more here.

I might disagree slightly with Mr. Phillips in that for whatever reason the President did make the right decision to go ahead with the attack on Osama’s compound. This President has done so little right, that at least in this matter he did the right thing and should at be acknowledged as such.

Now might be a good time to get out of Afghanistan, Iraq & Libya, too. 

Reverend Jones Exposes Evil

Ancient History - 2600 years ago.

Jeremiah was a prophet in Judah from 627 to 574 BC. Before this time, King Manasseh had shed much innocent blood in Jerusalem and he also worshiped idols, for which God would not pardon Judah. God was very angry with Judah. The false prophets of the time were prophesying peace and prosperity for the people of Judah, and the people loved it.

Jeremiah prophesied that Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, would bring his army to Judah and would destroy Jerusalem. This message was not well received. The priests and the prophets told the people of Judah and the government officials, “A death sentence for this man! For he has prophesied against this city as you have heard in your hearing.” (Jeremiah 26:11b NASB) Jeremiah replied, “Repent, I have spoken to you the word of the Lord. You are free to do as you like but if you kill me you will bring Innocent blood on yourselves and this city.” (Jeremiah 26:12-15) One man, Ahikam, kept Jeremiah from being put to death (Jeremiah 26:24).

Jesus Spoke - 2000 years ago

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Jesus said, “Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.” (Matthew 5:10-12)

“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” (Matthew 5:13)

“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14-16)

Today

Reported by David Yonke, who is the Religious Editor of the Toledo (Ohio) Blade, Reverends Terry Jones and Wayne Sapp were tried and found guilty of being a threat to public safety by a six member jury on April 22, 2011, Good Friday.

The pair wanted to hold a rally in front of the largest mosque in the United States of America. They were protesting “the radicalization of Islam, the implementation of Sharia Law, and the spread of jihad” not Islam or the mosque as the Blade reported.

Actually, they are about fourteen hundred years late on reporting the radicalization of Islam. The Koran says, “Unbelievers are those who declare ‘God is the Messiah, the son of Mary’.” (Surah 5:16) “Unbelievers are those that say God is one of three.” (Surah 5:73) “Never has God begotten a son, nor is there any other god besides Him. Were this otherwise, each god would govern his own creation, each holding himself above the other. Exalted be God above their falsehoods.”! (Surah 23:86) “Give courage to the believers. I shall cast terror into the hearts of the infidels. Strike off their heads, strike off the very tips of their fingers!” (Surah 8:12) “Believers make war on the infidels who dwell around you. Deal firmly with them. Know that God is with the righteous.” (Surah 9:123) “Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously with them.” (Surah 9:73) “The unbelievers are your inveterate foe.” (Surah 4:101) “Make war on them until idolatry shall cease and God’s religion shall reign supreme.” (Surah 8:40)

In an attempt to prove to the jury that the Reverends Jones and Sapp were a security risk to the community Mr. Robert Morgan, the prosecuting attorney, showed a film of Rev. Jones burning the Koran at his local church in Florida. The Prosecutor also told Judge Mark Somers that 20 people were killed in Afghanistan after learning of the burning. The Chief of Police, Ronald Haddad, said he was concerned that Rev. Jones might burn a Koran at the protest. The Chief testified that the area law-enforcement officials, FBI, and Homeland Security thought there was a possibility of violence from young Muslims. It appears that authorities honor the violence from the Muslims.

The prosecutor said that Rev. Jones showed reckless disregard for human life. He doesn’t even care about his own life in that he is out speaking in public with a $1.2 million reward on him and 300 death threats.

Captain Douglas Topalski said traffic safety would be a problem.

An interfaith rally was held by some Christian clergy and Muslim clergy to show solidarity and to protest Revs. Jones and Sapp according to what I learned from the Detroit (Michigan) radio station WJR am 760.

The prosecutors wanted a $25,000 bail set on the offenders but the Judge set the bail at $1.

Revs. Jones and Sapp are speaking for God to warn America of the threat to its people from Radical Islam, Sharia Law and Jihad. The American Judicial System, Law-Enforcement, Homeland Security, and some who claim to be Christian have shown themselves to be against God but in favor of Islam.

When the Muslims believe they have the power they will kill or enslave anyone who does not agree with the Koran. Even in America this could happen. Our great leader, “The (Self) Anointed One” who would cause change, has said “America is no longer a Christian nation but rather a Muslim nation.”

Jesus said, “They (the enemy, the nonbelievers in Jesus) will kill you believing they are doing God’s service.” Are you ready to die?

If not, you could repent of your sins by confessing to God you are a sinner and invite Jesus into your heart. A sample prayer is, “Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me of my evil and come into my heart.”

Credits to:

The WORD Program featuring the 1611 King James Bible. Program is written by Tom Hills.

The Koran translated by N. J. Dawood.

Are Christianity & Capitalism Compatible?

I was at the fitness center a couple of days ago and an story about Representative Ron Paul touted on the cover of the May issue on Esquire Magazine caught my eye. I read the extensive article over my two most recent visits, Wednesday and Friday. Here is the third of three quotes from Congressman Paul from that article.

“The more I understand Christianity, to me it’s very libertarian. You talk about salvation, your soul. How can anything be more important? It’s done by the individual. It’s not done collectively. In the New Testament (of the Bible), so often they emphasize the importance of the individual, the ninety-nine and one (the parable of the (lost) sheep, you know. The individual is so important. To me that’s libertarian.” 

--- Ron Paul, quoted in John H. Richardson’s article, “The Founding Father,” Esquire Magazine, May 2011, page 160 

Bipartisan Redistribution of Wealth, Ron Paul’s Insights

I was at the fitness center a couple of days ago and an story about Representative Ron Paul touted on the cover of the May issue on Esquire Magazine caught my eye. I read the extensive article over my two most recent visits, Wednesday and Friday. Here is the second of three quotes from Congressman Paul from that article which impressed me.

“… The right amount of redistribution of wealth is zero.  Everybody talks about bipartisanship, but there’s way too much bipartisanship. Democrats and Republicans both love to spend money.”

--- Ron Paul, quoted in John H. Richardson’s article, “The Founding Father,” Esquire Magazine, May 2011, page 90

How true this is. Look at the Middle East dictators in so much trouble today. Gadafi, Mubarik, Hussein, all became rich skimming the foreign aid we gave their countries. It is the poor and middle class Americans who bear the brunt of the taxes. Taxes hurt affect us more than they do the rich. We don’t have General Electrics accountants, lawyers, and political connections to avoid having to pay taxes. 

Ron Paul's Definition of Foreign Aid

I was at the fitness center a couple of days ago and an story about Representative Ron Paul touted on the cover of the May issue on Esquire Magazine caught my eye. I read the extensive article over my two most recent visits, Wednesday and Friday. Here is the first of three quotes from Congressman Paul from that article which impressed me.

“Foreign aid is “taking money from poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.”

 --- Ron Paul, as quoted in John H. Richardson’s article, “The Founding Father,” Esquire Magazine, May 2011, page 90
 

How true this is. Look at the Middle East dictators who have been or are in so much trouble today. Hussein, Gaddafi, Mubarik, etc. all became rich skimming the foreign aid we gave their countries. It is the poor and middle class Americans who bear the brunt of the taxes. Taxes hurt affect us more than they do the rich. We don’t have General Electrics accountants, lawyers, and political connections to avoid having to pay taxes. 

The Birth Certificate and Donald Trump are Fakes

Is it real?  I don’t know yet, but even if it is real, something is fishy about all of this.  Why wait until now to release it?  What did he have to hide?  Even if this alleged birth certificate is real and even if Obama really was born in Hawaii, that doesn’t necessarily mean that he meets the Constitutional requirement of a natural born citizen. 

The meaning of the phrase “natural born Citizen”  has not been examined by any court and there was a lot of debate about the precise definition after the original Constitution was ratified.  Some people thought that it meant anyone who was born in the United States and was a citizen.  Others thought that it meant that one was born to parents who were citizens.  But no court has ever weighed the evidence on both sides of this debate.  Obama’s father was definitely not a natural born citizen.  The idea that everyone born in the United States is automatically a citizen didn’t come about until the 14^th Amendment, but that does not change the meaning of or necessarily change the requirement “natural born Citizen”.  And don't forget the "under the jurisdiction of" requirement.  (To me this is irrelevant because I know that the 14^th Amendment is fraudulent.)  Many people, such as John McCain, were born outside of the United States to parents who were citizens, and he was considered to eligible to become President (by Congress, at least).  So to place everything on the location of the birth is not necessarily right.  We know that the intent of the Founding Fathers was to prevent a man from becoming President with divided national loyalities. 

Even if Obama met the requirements of a natural born citizen at the time of his birth, that does not necessarily mean that he retained these qualifications throughout his lifetime.  Remember that he was raised in Indonesia.  I am told that Barry Soetoro became a citizen of Indonesia and that time one could not have dual citizenship.  Therefore, Obama could not have retained his United States citizenship.  He could then legally become a naturalized citizen again, but a naturalized citizen is not a natural born citizen.  And even if they did allow dual citizenship between the United States and Indonesia, that would have created a divided national loyalty.  So even if he technically were constitutionally eligible to become President it obviously goes against the spirit of the Constitution.  Anyone who is knowledgeable about the Constitution and the most basic details of the history of Obama’s upbringing should never have voted for him.  All that hard work that Founding Fathers did to safeguard our liberty, and the American people were willing to just throw it away so that government could take care of us from cradle to grave.

And what do you think about Donald Trump taking credit for getting Obama to release his birth certificate?  Trump said that he was “proud” of himself for resolving this issue once and for all.  Trump is a fraud.  I wouldn’t be surprised if this newly revealed birth certificate as well as the old one are fraudulent and that Trump and Obama are in cahoots to fool the American people.  This would accomplish two things.  It would further marginalize the birther movement, taking it off people’s minds so that “we can get on with other issues (like how to ruin our economy even more)”.  This would boost Obama’s ratings among anyone on the fence.  Despite Obama’s low approval rate, with a little election fraud, he just might be able to pull it off in ’12.  

The second purpose would be to boost Trump’s approval rating.  He got a lot more media attention because of this.  The media is pretending to be against Trump, calling him stupid for having been a birther, to garner the sympathy vote.  Trump may be the next candidate of the establishment or he could be a back up (like McCain was) in case Obama flounders.  

He is bringing back protectionism into the political discourse.  That is not the answer to our political problems, we need to cut spending!  We are manipulating our currency just as much as China is, so how can we say that they are cheating us?  This is mostly a red herring.  

The Washington Times reported that Trump said that he was in favor of a single payer, universal healthcare.  That would be worse than Obamacare.  And do you really want to vote for someone who made so much money off gambling casinos?  Is that the way to have compassion for people?

Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011

Don't let the title of this bill fool you.  It has all kinds of other junk in it including the continuation of federal funding for Obamacare, funding for Planned Parenthood, and lots of other unconstitutional stuff for the rest of the year.  Some liberals obviously voted for this because it didn't go far enough.  But look at all the Republicans who compromised and voted for this garbage:

House of Representatives vote:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll268.xml

Senate vote:

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00061

$4/gallon gas: Thanks to you, Mr. President & your E.P.A.!

I’m glad I filled up my car’s gas tank this weekend, paying an unnecessarily exorbitant $3.729/gallon. But $.271 later and somewhere in Wasting-a-ton, D.C.  our increasingly controversial, unpopular, and inept President is rejoicing with the high cost of this American mainstay. It is what he wanted. However, it is not what We the People want …

Mr. President, it is not the speculators, who are to blame. It is not B.P.'s or Big Oil’s fault. It is you and your fiercely flawed domestic policies coming from the extremist environmentalist led Environmental Protection Agency that deserves the credit. 

If America can survive the next year and a half under your non-leadership, hopefully the vast majority of Americans will regain some semblance of sense (since we are losing our cents) and fire you and your Congressional cronies in November 2012! 

A Liberal picks a fight with Libya

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“Protection for the malcontents, including Al Queda militants, holed up in Benghazi [in Libya] is the worst rationale for any intervention in the annals of American history. If this twisted logic was to be transferred to Afghanistan and Iraq, the Marines should be saving Taliban outposts from the Afghan Army or providing security for car-bomb drivers against the Iraqi police.”   

---  Yoichi Shimatsu, an expert on Islamic militancy in North Africa, quoted in The New American Magazine, April 18, 2011, Vol. 27, No. 8

The War in Libya is just another instance of flawed, failed foreign policy by an increasingly controversial, unpopular, and demonstrably inept President. This guy needs to go. The American people would do well to fire him in November of 2012. He took it upon himself to enter the War, without consultation or approval of Congress, something for which he railed against his predecessor. Little or nothing is known about the rebels. There is no clear objective. There is no money to fund such an undertaking. There is no end strategy. 

An Easter message

The following is a repeat of last year's Easter post ... Easter, the Resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is the remembrance and the celebration of the truly unique nature of Christianity as a belief system. Easter is the ultimate demonstration of the power of God on behalf of mankind.

THE RESURRECTION

On ‘Good Friday’ Jesus was crucified and died. It happened on a Friday. What made it good was that Jesus was sinless, having never sinned, and took the sins of the whole world into His own body on the cross. He then received the wrath of God against Himself for those sins while on the cross. This is shown by His statement, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Mark 15:34. In this way God purchased the right to forgive us of our sins. When a person believes on Jesus and repents of their sins, the Holy Spirit enters into the person and he or she receives the righteousness of Christ. This is the process of being born-again.

Jesus rose from the dead on the first day of the week. Christians now worship God on the first day of the week in honor of that first resurrection. The resurrection is proof that all men will be raised from the dead. The righteous to be judged and then rewarded for their works, but the unrighteous to be judged and then thrown into the Lake of Fire to be tormented forever.

When Lazarus the brother of Mary and Martha was sick Jesus arrived at their house four days after their brother had died. Jesus told Martha that her brother would rise from the dead. Martha told Jesus that she knew he would rise from the dead at the last day. Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. He that believes on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever lives and believes on me shall never die.” John 11:25,26. Jesus then went on to raise Lazarus from the dead.

If you are born-again and have Jesus dwelling in you, then you have the resurrection in you waiting to happen. If you are not born-again, then you must confess to God that you are a sinner, and you must invite Jesus into your heart. A sample prayer is, “Lord Jesus Christ forgive me of my sins and come into my heart.”

Happy Easter, Happy Resurrection Sunday!

It's time too stop looting America

Date	Dollar Amount
04/21/2011 09/30/2010	14,290,788,661,250.50 13,561,623,030,891.79
09/30/2009	11,909,829,003,511.75
09/30/2008	10,024,724,896,912.49
09/30/2007	9,007,653,372,262.48
09/30/2006	8,506,973,899,215.23
09/30/2005	7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004	7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003	6,783,231,062,743.62
09/30/2002	6,228,235,965,597.16
09/30/2001	5,807,463,412,200.06
09/30/2000	5,674,178,209,886.86

"The Tea Party philosophy is the opposite of the current Washington ethic, too prevalent in both parties, that dictates that the goal of politics is to gather a coalition of 51% of the voters so that it can loot the other 49%. The Tea Party goal, instead, is to return to the principles that maximize opportunity for 100% of the voters."    

--- James V. DeLong, "The Tea Party movement and our collective interest," Tea Party Review, April 2011, Vol. 1, No. 2, page 55

The current Washington ethic is embraced by both the entrenched GOP like John Boehner and Mitch McConnell and the long-standing Democrats like Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. This was true when the Republicans had control of Congress and the Presidency, and it was most assuredly  true with the Democratic controlled 111th Congress. This is the reason that the national debt and deficit has risen to such great heights the last decade (See table above). 


The Tea Party minority in Congress represents the majority of the American people. The election of 2010 and 2012 have shown and will show that that continues to be true. It is time for the Republicans to stand, just like Nancy Pelosi did on her demonic principles, willing to lose the election of 2010 to gain the key agenda items by hook or by crook, which she did. John Boehner, if he at all believes equally in the principles he espouses will have the same level of commitment. So far he has not and the nation is worse for it. 


Let's get real. Let's get serious, Mr. Speaker. Stop with the rhetoric. Let's take action. Let's start with not raising the Debt Ceiling without a Balanced Budget commitment from the Democrats and the President. Maybe by passing a Balanced Budget Amendment before raising the Debt Ceiling one dollar more!

Five dollar gas by Memorial Day, thanks to you, Mr. President!

“Gas prices are expected to hit $5.00 per gallon by Memorial Day.

“And, according to the liberal (lame stream) media, these higher gas prices, of course, have nothing to do with President (Barry Soetoro alias Barack) Obama!”

- - NewsBusted, Episode 4/22/2011

  

NewsBusted is a conservative comedy webcast about the news of the day, uploaded every Tuesday and every Friday. 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.

Pumping Up, Pumping Out Great News

Cartoon by William Warren as found at Liberty.org 4/20/2011

Obama deserves a Gold Medal for all his awesome gymnastic flips

 “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren.  America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.  Americans deserve better.  I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt limit.”   --- U.S. Senator Barry Soetoro a/k/a Barack Obama, March 16, 2006

This afternoon I heard Sean Hannity, on his radio show, recite the above quote from now President Soetoro alias Obama. It is but one of several flip-flops that this increasingly unpopular, controversial, and inexperienced “Campaigner-in-Chief” routinely exhibits.

Bill O’Reilly, too, has highlighted more gymnastic moves perfected by the TelePrompTed One in the Fox News video below.

Beck leaving New York, Obama leaving White House in 2012?

Hat tip goes to Newsmax, which posted an article that quoted Glenn Beck saying on GlennBeck.com Saturday live broadcast from Albany: 

“I don’t know where [Obama is from]. I don’t think he’s from where they issue birth certificates. I think he’s from Hell.”

Read more on Newsmax.com: Beck's Next Big Move: Getting Message to America's Youth


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A Tax Day question: Did our tax dodging Secretary of Treasury pay his taxes?

An article in today’s USA Today Newspaper caught my eye. The article, “Feds pounce on tax evaders, Prosecutions up 25% since 2001.” This immediately brought to mind the controversy surrounding President Barry Soetoro alias Barack Obama’s nomination and subsequent Congressional approval of federal tax payment avoider Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the US Treasury, which ironically oversees the nation's tax collection. Well, did he ever pay those taxes he owed? Did he pay his tax liability this year?

What a wonderful role model our President chose to lead the important federal department. What does that say about the credibility of the nominator as well as the nominee? Timothy “Do as I say, not as I do” Geithner was the best choice out of 300 million mostly people who do pay their taxes?    

The Whole Armor of God, Part 12C

Today I continue my series of articles commenting on the concept and principles involved in the Armor of God, which the apostle Paul described in the New Testament. This is the topic of the Sunday school lesson I am currently teaching. This week I post part three of a three-part discussion on Ephesians 6:18.

The Armor of God – Pray. Watch. Persevere.

The word “Perseverance” means progressing under difficulty.

Does life seem hard for you? Consider what some of the great men of the Bible have said.

Eliphaz, “Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward” (Job 5:7).

Job, “Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble” (Job 14:1).

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage (Genesis 47:9).

God told Adam, “Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return” (Genesis 3:17b-19).

Jesus, who is God in flesh, did not escape difficulty. Isaiah prophesied, “Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted” (Isaiah 53:1-4).

We all encounter difficulty. What is important is to keep going even when all seems hopeless.

There is a God who rules over the universe. Mankind is the most important part of His creation, For He created Man in His own image. He gave His only begotten Son to die for all mankind and be the propitiation for their sins, yes, even yours! He loves each one of us individually.

With life so difficult we must rely on God to help us.

“The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread” (Psalm 37:23-25).

“This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. Come, ye children , hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all” (Psalms 34:6-19).

King David of Israel wrote, “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid (Psalm 27:1)?

We must remember that it is not by our power and ability that things are accomplished but by God working in us, around us, and through us.

Sarah Palin Speaks at Wisconsin Tax Day Tea Party

TEA PARTY MOVEMENT BEGINS ITS THIRD YEAR

Hat tip to @mikepfs, who tweeted a link to the YouTube video (below)  this afternoon. The Tea Party Movement is alive and well. 

The following excerpt is from Governor Sarah Palin's speech to the Tea Party in Madison, Wisconsin today.

“ … Speaking of President (Barry Soetoro aka Barack) Obama, I think we ought to pay tribute today on this Tax Day Tea Party (in Madison, Wisconsin) because really he’s the inspiration for why it is we are here today. That’s right, the Tea Party Movement wouldn’t exist without Barack Obama.

“You see candidate Obama didn’t have a record … but President Obama certainly has a record and that’s why we are here.

“Hey Media, it’s not inciting violence, it’s not hateful rhetoric to call someone (Obama) out on their record. So that is what we’re gonna do. We are gonna do be clear. That’s right, we’re here, we’re clear, get used to it!”

A Suggested Survival List

To help you prepare for what's coming, check out this article written by Chuck Baldwin.

http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2009/cbarchive_20091215.html

Appeals Court Throws Out NDP Ruling

The 7th circuit U.S. Court of Appeals threw out District Judge Barbara Crabb's ruling that the congressional legislation establishing the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional.  This is a victory for social conservatives, but there are some caveats.  

1. The ruling does not say that the NDP is constitutional, but only says the Freedom From Religion Foundation has "no standing" because they can't prove that they were harmed by the legislation or its execution.  But using this "no standing" doctrine is dangerous, because it allows courts to pick and choose which violations of the Constitution should be enforced and which one shouldn't.  For example, the courts have used this doctrine to make the 27th amendment a "dead letter" (i.e. it is basically now unenforceable--the congress can violate it as much as they want with no repercussions).  It would have been much better if the court had simply ruled that such proclamations do not violate the Establishment Clause.

2.  Though the National Day of Prayer and the Presidential proclamation of it are not unconstitutional, I believe that in fact the legislation establishing the NDP is unconstitutional.  The law commands the President to make the Proclamation.  Though the President is required by the Constitution to "faithfully execute" the laws passed by Congress, the Congress does not have the power to command the President to do just anything they want.  Its powers are limited to those explicitly listed in the Constitution, according to the 10th amendment.  There is nothing in the Constitution which gives Congress the power to command the President to make a proclamation of any sort except possibly a State of the Union speech (see Article II, section 3).  Now the President also cannot exercise powers which are not given to him through the Constitution, but the proclamation of a day of prayer is not an exercise of powers, and therefore it is not unconstitutional.  But commanding the President to make a proclamation clearly is an exercise of power.  This is something that 7th circuit should have alluded to.  

In any case, just because the Court (or any part of the government) says something is true, that does not mean that it is true.  This ruling could later be overruled and the NDP could again be unconstitutional.  But that would not be the end of world!  The most important thing to remember is that no matter what they say, they can't stop you from setting aside this day as a day of prayer and fasting for our nation.  Who really cares if the President makes the Proclamation?  Its not like as if there would be sincerity in it anyway.