Abortionist Tiller’s “Technical” Trial Ends

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I have been following the attempts to nail the abortionist, George Tiller, for his unethical practices related to his late term abortion business. Phill Kline had investigated him when Kline was Kansas Attorney General. The big guns went after Kline and he was defeated when he ran for re-election, a big part of the reason for his defeat was his tenacity in going after this thug. The abortion industry and its vast financial support for his opponent helped to defeat him. Kline was subsequently elected to a County Prosecutor office where he continued to pursue justice in the Tiller matter. He was met with resistance at every step. Again, Kline was a big target of the abortion-loving left in Kansas and America. See my previous articles for additional background on this case.


FIRST THE BAD NEWS

Unfortunately for a multitude of yet to be born babies, George “Killer” Tiller, the infamous late-term abortionist in Topeka, KS was acquitted in the trial that began on Monday and lasted all week. Tiller is one of three major late-term abortionists in the country.

Tiller has friends in very high places, such as the current nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, the extreme pro-death Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius. Sebelius is a very strong supporter Tiller and the whole abortion agenda, as well as a prime political beneficiary of Tiller’s baby bloodstained campaign contributions.

According to an online ChristianPost.com article, “Tiller was on trial this week for having an improper financial relationship with a doctor, Kristin Neuhaus, who provided a second opinion in the 19 late-term abortions performed in 2003.” With the help of activist judges, corrupt prosecutors, and powerful people like Governor Sebelius going to bat for Tiller, more serious charges were dropped earlier.

The law in Kansas requires that two physicians sign-off as to the validity of a late-term abortion. The second physician must be independent. Essential Tiller’s trial was more about the technicality of contract or business law, than it was about the horrific practice of late-term abortions and its associated evils.

I heard Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition in Washington D.C., telling Janet Porter, on her Faith2Action Radio Show, that Tiller may have spent $1.5 -2 million on his nightmarish team of lawyers and jury consultants in a very vigorous defense. Interestingly Tiller’s team had to have 2 tables set up in the courtroom to accommodate all his hired help, while the state had only one table.

NOW THE GOOD NEWS

Rev. Mahoney also related on the Faith2Action Radio Show on Monday that within one hour after the trial was over and the verdict of 'not guilty' was announced something positive happened. The Kansas Board of Healing Arts, the entity that licenses physicians took the first step toward removing Tiller’s medical license. An investigation of Tiller was opened up in December of 2008. This fact was not known by anyone except Tiller. Mahoney said that his organization has its own investigation under way.

There are 11 charges pending against Tiller with the Board of Healing Arts. They have said that Tiller has acted in an improper and unethical way. They are in the process of investigating this right now.

ChristianPost.com article cited above pointed out that:

"Despite the acquittal, the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts released a statement saying it plans to move forward with a disciplinary petition the board filed against Tiller last December.

“The petition includes 11 allegations, including performing an abortion on a fetus that was viable without having a documented referral from another physician not legally or financially affiliated with him; unprofessional or dishonorable conduct or professional incompetency; and commitment of acts likely to deceive, defraud or harm the public.

If the Board votes that Tiller has violated the code of conduct he may lose his license. In the case of the Board and its process of investigating and ruling on Tiller, it will not be subject to a jury trial. Tiller’s money will be of much less influence, if any, with this body.

The Board may rule on Tiller within two months.

CONCLUSION

Just as George Tiller basked in is big-bucks bought legal victory, he received news that the Board of Healing Arts made public its investigation of him and his alleged unprofessional and unethical practices. One pro-life advocate said despite this loss in the courtroom, he will continue to work and to pray for Tiller’s conversion and his conviction.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

http://www.OperationRescue.org/

Tiger Woods Speech at an Inauguration Event

T.D. sends us the transcript from Tiger Woods’ speech that he gave at the new President’s inauguration. Below is a transcript of the speech.

Following the transcript is an YouTube video of the speech Tiger Woods gave on Sunday, Jan. 18, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. during the festivities for the presidential inauguration.

I grew up in a military family -- and my role models in life were my Mom and Dad, Lt. Colonel Earl Woods.

My dad was a Special Forces operator and many nights friends would visit our home. They represented every branch of service, and every rank. In my Dad, and in those guests, I saw first hand the dedication and commitment of those who serve. They come from every walk of life. From every part of our country. Time and again, across generations, they have defended our safety in the dark of night and far from home.

Each day -- and particularly on this historic day -- we honor the men and women in uniform who serve our country and protect our freedom. They travel to the dangerous corners of the world, and we must remember that for every person who is in uniform, there are families who wait for them to come home safely.

I am honored that the military is such an important part, not just of my personal life, but of my professional life as well. The golf tournament we do each year here in Washington is a testament to those unsung heroes. I am the son of a man who dedicated his life to his country, family and the military, and I am a better person for it.

In the summer of 1864, Abraham Lincoln, the man whose memorial we stand, spoke to the 164th Ohio Regiment and said: "I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country."

Just as they have stood tall for our country -- we must always stand by and support the men and women in uniform and their families.

Thank you . . .

Here is one man’s opinion of Tiger’s Speech:

“I have never been more proud of Tiger Woods than when I heard his 2-minute tribute (video above) to the military at the Inaugural Celebration in Washington DC. You know he was greatly pressured to be there. Liberals have been mad at him for a decade for not joining their ranks. You know he didn't want to be there.

“So instead of paying homage to Obama, he paid tribute to our soldiers. Not one time did he mention Obama, the inauguration or the new administration. He knew beforehand that his love for America and appreciation for our military men & women would anger them further. But Tiger is his own man; his father taught him to be his own man.

“Somewhere over that cold, gray Washington sky, old Earl Woods was smiling down on his beloved son. And there will be one more crying hug waiting for Tiger when he passes through the Pearly Gates into God's arms."

---Edwin

Late Night Takes – Obama’s Online Town Hall, Paulson's Book

Late Night Jokes

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

● "President (Barry Soetoro a/k/a Barack) Obama gave an online town hall meeting (last week). The first time a president has ever done that. Only three people wanted to know about the economy; only two people asked about Iraq; but 17,000 people wanted to be his BFF “best friends forever.”"

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

● "The former Treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, is writing a book about his role in the Bush administration during the economic crisis. It’s weird the book starts on Chapter 11."

These jokes are courtesy of NewsMax.com which periodically sends out an email compilation of late night jokes, few of which are worth repeating . . . these are the exceptions.

Rev. Wright's Prayer of True Repentence

T.D. forwarded to us the contents of an email he received. I will reproduce it below correcting the prayer to the orginal. This message may have been circulating in cyberspace for quite some time (since 1996 I discovered). However, it is just as applicable today, if not more so, then when the prayer was first uttered 13 years ago . . .

There just might be hope yet!

A Pastor with GUTS!

Thought you might enjoy this interesting prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate. It seems prayer still upsets some people.

When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate (on January 23, 1996), everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:

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“Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance.

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"We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done.

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“We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values.

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"We confess that we have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and called it moral pluralism.

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"We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.

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"We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.

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“We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.

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"We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.

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“We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.

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“We have killed our unborn and called it choice.

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“We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.

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“We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.

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“We have abused power and called it political savvy.

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“We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.

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“We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.

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“We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.

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"Search us O God and know our hearts today; try us and see if there be some wicked way in us; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.

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"Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent here by the people of Kansas, and who have been ordained by you, to govern this great state.

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"Grant them your wisdom to rule and may their decisions direct us to the center of your will. I ask it in the name of your son, the living savior, Jesus Christ.

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"Amen."

The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest. In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India , Africa and Korea.

The (late) commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, 'The Rest of the Story,' and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.

With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called 'one nation under God.'

Red Envelopes Protest a Pro-Death President

Hear Their Cry

What our Pro-Death President's Policy Produces

Earlier this month we posted an article, “Red Envelope Project: Abortion Protest.” We encourage everyone not to forget to send your Red Envelope(s) on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 addressed to:

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington , D.C. 20500

On the back of the envelope please write the following or similar message.

"This envelope represents one child who died from an abortion. It is empty because that child was unable to fulfill his or her God-given purpose. He or she cannot offer anything to the world, and has left his or her mother empty inside.”

You will be joining people who are taking this action across the nation - sending empty red envelopes to the person currently occupying the White House in Washington, D.C. to protest his personal and his administration's radical pro-abortion, pro-death philosophy, policy, plans, proclamations and policies.

One of President Barry Soetoro's (a/k/a Barack Obama's) first in a series of despicable acts, after taking office, was to rescind the Mexico City Policy, then he encouraged human-life ending federal funding of fruitless embryonic stem cell research, then to add insult to injury he named an ultra-extreme abortion, Pro-Death advocate, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, to the key cabinet position of Secretary of Health and Human Services. He has chosen to embark on this Titanic-type course to disaster for our fellow pre-born Americans, who are denied their basic right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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To me these envelopes declare that we are on to his murderous ways and demand that he end, not advance the slaughter of America's young and most vulnerable citizens. Envelopes should be mailed out by or on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009. This project started earlier this year.

Orlando, Florida Tea Party, March 21, 2009

One week ago today there was another significant Tea Party Protest held, this time in in Orlando, Florida. Over 4,000 people attended that demonstration. Lloyd Marcus sings Lee Greenwood's "Proud to be an American" in the video below. This is but one of many videos that recorded this dramatic and patriotic protest. This Tea Party movement is growing and spreading across America.



Are you listening President Barry Soetoro (alias Barack Obama)? If not, maybe come this April 15th you and your liberal comrades, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid you will. There will be Tea Party protest rallies in hundreds of cities across the country. Some opposition media (ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, PBS etc) will surely have to cover it.



GET IN ON THE ACTION

See one of the following websites for the nearest Tea Party so you can join in the festivities. I urge you to participate in a Tea Party on Wednesday April 15th. Do your income taxes today so you can be free to participate!

*** (U.S.A.) http://www.TEAPartyDay.com/

*** (U.S.A.) http://www.TaxDayTeaParty.com/

*** (OHIO) http://shotsonthehouse.com/?page_id=1334

Freshwater termination hearing Days 16 & 17

Righting First Amendment Wrongs

Do we still have the right to freely exercise our religion?

MOUNT VERNON, OHIO The following is a summary of the activities transpiring on Thursday and Friday, March 26 and 27 at the John Freshwater contract hearing. I previously posted an article about the Wednesday coverage, which I gleaned from newspaper reports on the Internet. I have been covering this saga since last spring; you can explore my previous articles.

I was able to attend Friday's session in person.

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DAY 16

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The following is a recap of Thursday hearing as obtained through online newspaper account on the MountVernonNews.com site and an article from the Columbus Dispatch site.

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BEN NIELSON

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Ben Nielson was a former student of John Freshwater last year. He was one of the major witnesses who were questioned on Thursday.

Reporter Pamela Schehl on MountVernonNews.com reported:

““That’s not Zach’s arm,” said Ben Nielson, former student of John Freshwater, as he testified late this afternoon in Freshwater’s contract termination hearing. Nielson said he had seen Zach Dennis’s arm the day after he was supposedly injured by Freshwater, and further stated the newspaper photo of the alleged injury did not match what he had seen in the flesh.

“Nielson said he had also volunteered for the Tesla coil experiment, and that’s why he and Dennis were discussing and comparing arms.”

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LYNDA WESTON

Ms. Lynda Weston, the former curriculum administrator for Mount Vernon schools, was one of the major witnesses on Thursday. She recently retired from her position.

According to Dean Narcisco's report on the Columbus Dispatch online:

“Lynda Weston told investigators hired by the district that she had fielded complaints about Freshwater for 11 years. Weston testified that she was told about incidents over that period but she could document complaints only since about 2002.

“She said Freshwater's charisma and popularity made him a danger to students.

“"If you have a great deal of influence with students, and if what you're teaching them is not recognized science, they are going to believe you."”

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DAY 17

I was able to attend the Friday, March 27 session. The morning session lasted around 3 hours, while the afternoon session took a short 30 minutes or less. Only one witness was interrogated during each session. As an interesting side note, there were approximately 30 people present in the hearing room and about six laptops.

The first witness was Julia Herlevi, one of the investigators and the afternoon witness was Jeff Cline, who was a friend of John Freshwater.

JULIA HERLEVI

Kelly Hamilton, John Freshwater’s attorney was very intense in his questioning of Julia Herlevi one of the two-person investigation team. She claimed to play second fiddle to her husband, Tom, who was the primary investigator. However, some of the people she had interviewed separately were key to this case. She and her husband interviewed John Freshwater initially. There was some indication that they were supposed to interview him a second time, but they never did.

Mrs. Herlevi stated that she did the proofing and editing of the investigation report, which was paid for and presented to the School Board. It was revealing that before the report had been finalized, it was given to the School Board’s attorney, David Millstone, for “clarification” prior to finalization. She thought that maybe one paragraph might have been changed as a result, again for “clarification.”

Mrs. Herlevi did not bring any of her notes from the investigation and was relying on her, what turned out, to be a faint memory of the facts of the investigation. Both attorneys had had copies and used portions of her notes which were previously subpoenaed. This did refresh her memory somewhat. It was revealed that neither she nor her husband used any type of audio recording equipment. Apparently that was their S.O.P.

RETEACHING MR. FRESHWATER’S STUDENTS

It was odd that the investigators interviewed High School social studies teachers to see if they had had to re-teach Mr. Freshwater’s students, because of what he taught them. There was a discussion about an allegation that Mr. Freshwater had made students memorize Bible verses. Mrs. Herlevi could not substantiate them.

THE DENNIS FAMILY

Three key individuals, Zach Dennis and his parents, apparently had not yet been scheduled to testify at the hearing. The Dennis family representative, who has had a seat at the table alongside the school board superintendent and the school board’s attorney Mr. Millstone, and who records the notes on her laptop, indicated that she would try to find out if the Dennis family were available for the hearing next week.

The testimony this week revealed some conflicts in Dennis’s allegations.

During one telling point in the questioning of Mrs. Herlevi, Kelly Hamilton asked why she did not pursue finding out more details about where on Zach Dennis’s arm that he was allegedly “branded,” “burned,” or “marked.” She said that because both the Dennis and Mr. Freshwater corroborated the fact of that the marking occurred, it was unnecessary to pursue it any further. [The implication to me was that this portion of the investigation was not very thorough. It should have been because it was such a big portion of the allegations against Mr. Freshwater.] Student Ben Nielson, who testified the previous day, doubted that the Tesla coil alone could have made such a mark on Zach’s arm. Ben even questioned whether the photos provided by the Dennis family were even of Ben’s arm.

BIBLES IN THE SCHOOL

Attorney Hamilton concluded his questioning of Mrs. Herlevi with some discussion of the following excerpt from page 13 of the HR On-Call investigation report, from the summary of the investigators’ interview with Mr. Freshwater:

“During our interview on May 15, 2008 Mr. Freshwater . . . also said he has a Bible beside desk on his lab table that he checked out of the school library. When asked if the school Bible was there to make a statement, he said, “Yes.””

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Mr. Hamilton concluded that the second sentence above was a subjective opinion and did not capture the true essence of what Mr. Freshwater was saying about having the second Bible in the room. During the interview and based on the notes that Mrs. Herlevi had written recording the interview. The Bible was there to show that the Bible had been checked out to many children through the years and that the school had purchased it. It was okay to have the Bible in the school; the school even had them in its library. Hamilton indicated that the investigators summary was not only subjective, but inflammatory.

JEFF CLINE

During the shortened afternoon session Jeff Cline testified. The questioning of Mr. Cline centered around the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and the role of Mr. Freshwater in that group. He was the facilitator, monitor and supervisor of that extracurricular activity. Mr. Cline indicated that Mr. Freshwater had no direct leadership role in the FCA activities, in which Cline took part.

Also, there was some discussion regarding the April 16 rally on the public square for Mr. Freshwater, which Cline indicated Freshwater had no part in planning. Mr. Cline testified that Mr. Freshwater had a paperback Bible which he carried with him. The Bible, which Mr. Freshwater had on his desk was one of several Bibles owned by Mr. Freshwater. That particular Bible was kept on his desk.

During Mrs. Herlevi’s testimony, she seemed to imply that if the Bible that Mr. Freshwater kept on his desk was so personal, why didn’t he carry that one.

CONCLUSION

The referee in this case will have a great amount of testimony to sort through. I believe that Freshwater's attorney pointed out some flaws in the Investigators' report. The selection of interviewees appeared to be selective and geared to a specific outcome favoring the School Board. The investigators could have been more thorough and more objective. They should have interviewed John Freshwater a second time, the should have interviewed more students and teachers, and they did not seem to be very thorough on the location and description of the alleged "burn" or mark on Zach Dennis's arm. At this point there seems no clear cut "winner" to me.

OTHER RESOURCES/ACCOUNTS

*** AccountabilityintheMedia.com

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*** SupportFreshwater.com

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*** Richard B. Hoppe in his blog article, “Freshwater Hearing: Whose Arm? Some Contradictions,” offers additional details regarding the Thursday and Friday testimonies.

NEXT HEARING DATES

The hearing will continue next week on Thursday, April 2nd and Friday, April 3rd. The referee indicated that he would provide the attorneys and the Dennis’ attorney with the dates in May and June for which he would be available. This case started in October of 2008.

Stop HR 256 and HR 262

Hate crime legislation has come up again in the Congress. Our freedom of speech rights are at stake. Tell your congressman that Congress has no right to limit what we can and can’t say (1st amendment).

Contact your congressman at:

http://www.house.gov

Here is a sample letter (add your own comments):

Dear Representative _______:

Please do NOT vote for the federal hate crimes bills, HR 256 and HR 262. It’s not right to give a certain segment of the population extra protections under the law by giving heavier sentences for people who commit crimes against members of that segment. When the government starts prosecuting people for what they think, they have gone too far. These bills also contain funding for (pro-homosexual) “Anti-Hate” education programs.

On Oct. 8, 2004, 11 Christians were arrested and jailed for 21 hours under Pennsylvania's anti-hate law. They had been peacefully preaching at a "Gay Pride" parade.

While "Anti-Hate" legislation gives the impression of protecting the civil rights of minorities from bias-motivated violence or intimidation, it actually leads to loss of free speech. Under Canada's anti-hate law, it is now illegal to criticize homosexual behavior over the airwaves, in print, or in public. The consequences: large fines and imprisonment.

The FBI's annual "Uniform Crime Report" consistently shows that so-called "hate crimes" constitute only about 1/15th of 1% of all crime in America. Of this 1/15th of 1%, most have not been adjudicated but are called "crime" because of the conclusions of investigating police. Actually, most are "suspected bias crimes incidents," not proven crimes. Such infinitesimal numbers of proven hate crimes does not justify unprecedented, massive intrusion of the federal government into local law enforcement.

Respectfully-

Gaming Bailouts

“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) wants to overturn a law that bans casinos from getting bailout money.

“In other news, Congress just installed slot machines in the Capital so they could spend taxpayer money more wisely.”

- - - NewsBusted, Episode 3/27/09


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.

The eCONoMY is in very bad hands

Cartoon by Dana Summers as found on Townhall.com on 3/23/09

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The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch newspaper runs a regular feature called the Hot Issue, where they ask their readers a question of interest and ask them to answer the question and comment on their answer. Here is the question of the day and my answer.

Hot Issue:

Do you approve of the way President Barack Obama is handling the economy?

___ Yes
_X_ No

My Response:

No, No, 5 trillion times No! The man is on a spending binge spending money which he does not have on things we do not need. He is a great teleprompter reader and an even better spender of other people’s money – even of our children’s children money! He is absolutely ruining, not restoring our economy.

Estimates, if you include the bloated budget he is promoting, are somewhere around $5 trillion, with a “T.” That is destructive, as much as it is obscene.

TAKE ACTION

Please join the Columbus T.E.A. (TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY) Party Protest on Wednesday, April 15, 6:00 pm- 7:30 pm at the Ohio Statehouse, Corner of Broad St. & High St. to protest how this president and this congress is wrecking the economy.

Check out the following websites with information on how to participate in one of the Tea Party Protest Rallies taking place in a couple of weeks that are in your local community:

*** (U.S.A.) http://www.TEAPartyDay.com/

*** (U.S.A.) http://www.TaxDayTeaParty.com/

*** (OHIO) http://shotsonthehouse.com/?page_id=1334

COMMENTS

There were over 200 responses to this poll. 60% disapproved of the way the alleged President Barry Soetoro (a/k/a Barack Obama) was handling the economy. Truth be told, a better way to phrase this question would be, “Do you approve of the way the the president is mishandling the economy!”

One response that caught my eye was, “No, This guy (Soetoro a/k/a Obama) is Jimmy Carter on steroids.” That is absolutely right.

Special Obamalympics, the bowling venue

Cartoon by Michael Ramirez as found on GOPUSA.com

The Vision for Bulembu

On this blog you will read many posts indicating that things are getting worse and worse spiritually, economically, and politically. We are losing our freedom to speak freely about the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are losing our wealth which may be completely gone tomorrow. Preachers are more than ever preaching watered-down prosperity gospel messages void of any mention of sin or judgment. Now more than ever we need to reach the world for Christ. I'm not an adventist (a Second Coming date-setter), but the signs of the times are here and the harvest is ripe. It’s time to get off our butts. We need to reach people for Christ before Joel Osteen does.



Here is one way you can. Partners in Action needs teachers to help with their evangelistic mission in Bulembu, Swaziland. If God has blessed you with a skill that you can teach, and you can’t find work in this terrible economy, this might be the perfect opportunity for you! They teach these kids English at these schools, so you wouldn’t have to learn a new language. Instead wringing your hands about the future, why not take a step of faith for Christ?

There are many other mission opportunities out there, but this was one that seemed particularly interesting to me. To learn more about the Bulembu Mission and how you can help, click here now!

Freshwater ‘Show Trial’ Reconvenes - Day 15

Righting First Amendment Wrongs
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Now costing the Mount Vernon City School Board an Obamaspheric (for a small city) $250,000, so far, The contract termination hearing for John Freshwater restarted this morning at 9:00 AM. The Mount Vernon News website reported last week that the hearing, which had been scheduled to resume on Friday March 20th was rescheduled to resume today. It did. You can read my previous articles related to this hearing and this gross injustice.
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The following is a recap of the John Freshwater 'trial' for those who are unaware of this situation or want to be brought up to date on the latest. The following summary comes from an entry on the MountVernonNews.com report authored today by Pamela Schehl:

“The school board last spring launched an investigation into allegations of professional misconduct by Freshwater, and the investigative report by an independent firm concluded that he caused physical harm to a student with a high frequency electrical generator during a science experiment, overstepped his bounds as a monitor of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, promoted particular religious beliefs in the classroom while denigrating others and was insubordinate in refusing to follow directives from school administrators.

“Freshwater, suspended without pay, requested a hearing to contest the board’s intent to terminate his teaching contract and maintains the board wants to fire him for simply keeping a personal Bible on his classroom desk.”

There is some question, in my mind at least, from what I know of the case, as to how unbiased the so-called “independent firm” had been in this case. After all, they were hired by the school board. There were quite a small number of students interviewed by the investigative team. To me the findings of the investigators seemed to be prejudiced against Mr. Freshwater.

The timing of the termination was also kind of questionable. Only after a parent of the child, who was alleged to have been “burned” or more likely “marked” by the Tesla coil, brought suit against the parties did Mr. Freshwater’s principal act in ordering him to remove what he felt were “religious” items from windows and Mr. Freshwater’s personal Bible from the top of his desk.

MORNING SESSION

Mount Vernon News reporter, Pamela Schehl indicated on her newspapers website that Mr. Jeff Maley, former Mount Vernon City Schools Superintended testified this morning. Part of the questioning had to do with the former superintendent’s knowledge of Freshwater’s proposal to teach evolution.

Dean Narcisco, Columbus Dispatch reporter, relayed the following account of Jeff Maley’s testimony in response to a hypothetical question, posed by Freshwater’s attorney, about evolution that might be brought up by a student in a science classroom, “(H)e’d expect a teacher to give a thoughtful but limited response and advise the student to instead to seek out parents for details.” Maley added, “I really believe that the religious beliefs of children should be impacted by their families."

Narcisco also related that Maley “defended the teacher as gifted at "conveying information to children."

Perhaps stepping across the line from reporting to editorializing, Narcisco conjectures, “But Freshwater's inability to separate his personal beliefs from his classroom instruction prompted complaints and an eventual standoff with the district. The reporter may have presumed this from Maley’s statement, which he quotes, "I believe that John, Mr. Freshwater, has a strong difficulty resolving his philosophical difficulties with the scientific community. I respect that struggle, by the way. He is very fervent about the issue of evolution being incorrect."

Besides the biased editorializing mentioned above, Narcisco mistakenly refers to Freshwater as being a ninth grade science teacher. He actually was an eighth grade teacher.

Since when can a man not have and express his personal beliefs and values anywhere and anytime? What ever happened to freedom to express one’s faith as expressed in article one of the Constitution? Apparently the state has taken that right away. However, those rights do not emanate from the state, but a endowed by our Creator. Here lies a basic problem with our current flawed and failing education system.

AFTERNOON SESSION

Seventh grade math teacher and fellow teacher of Mr. Freshwater at the Mount Vernon Middle School, Lori Miller’s, testimony began in the afternoon today and will be completed tomorrow.

In hearing her speak at the public session of past School Board meeting, Mrs. Miller spoke glowingly about Freshwater as a teacher, a person and role model for her and other teachers. She said that he had a deep love and concern for each of his children. He made each child feel welcome and special.

According to a second report of the day’s hearing on MountVernonNews.com, Lori Miller “talked about religious items in her classroom, described her use of a Tesla coil when she taught science, and outlined the efforts to reinstate the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at the Middle School.”

“A Scandal and an Outrage!”

Demise of America

Harvard, Princeton and Yale were all founded as true Christian colleges. The Bible was an instrumental part of their curriculum and programs. Today you would never know that those perverse, godless, hedonistic institutions had a Christ-centered, God-honoring beginning and foundation.

Likewise, it should come as no surprise to anyone that the Roman Catholic institution, University of Notre Dame, famed for its athletic prowess, would invite such a Pro-Death proponent and activist as the alleged American President Barry Soetoro (a/k/a Barack Obama) to speak this Spring at its commencement exercise? They refused repeated requests from various Catholics to rescind that invitation, see the OneNewNow.com article. After all, he is a rock star, hip, cool, in touch with the blackberry generation and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. He’s the new, albeit false and fraudulent, messiah to many unthinking lemmings.

It is no wonder that he was invited to a so-called faith-based institution? The fact that he is a radically Pro-Death at the core of his philosophy and beliefs, a major facilitator in the continuance of the tragic and fatal American Holocaust and American Atrocity of abortion, embryonic stem cell research, euthanasia, as well as a unflinching, unabashed advocate for embracing and promoting the sodomite (homosexual) agenda. Never mind that he has a blatant disregard and disrespect for the life of even the disabled, with his crude cutting, but oh so revealing remarks about the retarded on the Jay Leno Show.

It doesn’t stop the academic elitists who run or bowl over even a so-called religious institution. Never mind that the Roman Catholic Church continues to vehemently oppose and condemn baby killing as immoral, as one of its basic tenets or core beliefs. It’s all in the name of “progress,” “diversity,” “popularity,” and “prestige.” In a letter to the President of the University of Notre Dame the Cardinal Newman Society made this strong statement, which captures much of what is wrong with America . . .

"Notre Dame has chosen prestige over principles, popularity over morality."

Never mind that it is morally reprehensible to invite the most liberal, the most Pro-Death President in the history of America. What a way to send graduates out into a corrupt and needy world – with the epitome representation of the embodiment of a godless secular-humanist mindset. This is the kind of person and philosophy that the leaders of Notre Dame want their students to emulate, to listen to, to follow? Shame on you Notre Dame. The Catholic Church should immediately pull any and all financial support from this God-forsaking institution of higher un-enlightenment.

Here is what one Pro-Life leader, Judie Brown, had to say in a Press Release on March 23rd about Notre Dame's action:

" . . . The nation’s premier Catholic university wants to honor the most pro-abortion president in history – the man who in the last two months has sanctioned federal funds sent to murder preborn babies overseas, has attacked our freedom of religion and conscience, has allowed our tax dollars to be used for Orwellian experiments on embryonic stem cell research. They want to honor the man who is stacking his presidential appointments with Planned Parenthood’s dream team of pro-abortion bureaucrats . . ."

In addition the man is an egotistical Marxist, who wants to bring socialism in is full gore to America regardless the cost. Inviting Soetoro (a/k/a Obama) and refusing to rescind that invitation is, in what the Cardinal Newman Society, an advocacy group for orthodoxy on Catholic college and university campuses, calls,

"a scandal and an outrage."

I wholeheartedly concern with the Society.

The Wall Street Journal had an excellent article yesterday (3/24/09) about this tragic turn of events, see "(Soetoro a/k/a) Obama Gets Their Irish Up." Last evening I saw this article on NewsBusted.com, "Fox And Friends' Exclusive: Notre Dame In Uproar Over Obama Speech." The article talks about the continued Media Malpractice of most of the Opposition Media, which failed to report on this very important story, because it may shed light on the false and fraudulent media-anointed messiah!

TAKE ACTION

Add your name to the petition requesting that the President of the University of Notre Dame immediately rescind his invitation to President Soetoro (a/k/a Obama) who is scheduled to receive an honorary degree and to be the featured speaker at this year's May 17th commencement.

New Prez, a multi-tasker?

“President (Soetoro a/k/a) Obama says his appearance on Jay Leno last week won’t distract him, because he can do more than one thing at a time.

“For example, he can crash the stock market at the same time he’s raising taxes!”

- - - NewsBusted, Episode 3/24/09

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.

New! Nancy Pelosi’s Exercise Video

"Sweatin’ to the Socialists”

I found the link to this humorous video on the National Politics Forum at Cleveland.com.

Here is the description that accompanies the YouTube video embedded below: “Get your copy today. An exercise video that will keep you up on your feet for hours to the voice of your favorite president, (Barry Soetoro a/k/a) Barack Obama! Join Nancy Pelosi as she leads you through thousands of annoying exuberant clapping exercises to the voice of President (Soetoro a/k/a) Obama. Spring into action as Pelosi keeps you on your feet during this highly engaging video.”

This is an extremely funny (and accurate) satiric expose on the Democratic socialists in control of the United States government. Clap to the music!

Socialism Defined

Bumper Snicker as found on www.Conservative-Stuff.com

Portland, Oregon Tea Party and More

Many Tea Party Protests are happening all over the country. The video below shows a handful of these protests, which provides a bit of the flavor of these peaceful protests. The Tea Parties relate to anyone, who will listen, the great displeasure with the direction We the People see the United States taking the first few months of the Soetoro (a/k/a Obama) administration. This movement will continue to grow. Major TEA Party events are planed for Tax Day, April 15, 2009 as well as Independence Day, July 4, 2009.


Smart Girl Politics - Tea Party Coverage from TCOT TV on Vimeo.

The Pacific coast states, California, Oregon and Washington, are extremely liberal states, they are deep blue in most of what they do politically. Like most of the states that border the northeast Atlantic these states are leading edge for some of the most radical and socialistic America destroying ideas.

Over 100 people rallied with their signs in protest in the liberal bastion of Portland, Oregon in late February. Embedded below is a video recording their efforts. It’s a prelude of what will be happening across America on Wednesday, April 15th when over 1,000 cities will have Tea Parties of their own, rallying and protesting what the terrible triumvirate – the alleged President Barry Soetoro (a/k/a Barack Obama), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid -, which is currently in power and is now leading our nation very far astray.



The same group that sponsored the two major Ohio protests earlier this month, Americans for Propriety helped to organize the event in Oregon.

For more information on how you can personally get involved in a TEA party protest near you, check out the following websites”

*** (U.S.A.) http://www.TEAPartyDay.com/

*** (U.S.A.) http://www.TaxDayTeaParty.com/

*** (OHIO) http://shotsonthehouse.com/?page_id=1334

*** (OHIO)· · http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/03/15/obama-protests-aka-tea-parties-largely-ignored-media

A Tale of Two Tea Parties

The country can move in two very diverse directions. There are two very different approaches. One is the godless secular humanistic approach where man has all the answers and the other is a God-respecting and honoring approach where God and His eternal principles hold the key to individual and national success.

SECULARIST ORIENTED TEA PARTY


This Tea Party has been brewing for some time, perhaps for a 100 plus years. It came together and went into full-swing on 1/20/09. I call it the Democratic Tea (TAX EVERYONE ALWAYS) Party. It is characterized by this quote pointed out to me in a posting on the National/International Politics Forum at Cleveland.com. It really captures the essence of a worldview that has captured much of academia, the national media, main line churches, political parties, especially the Democratic Party.

"If you can dream it, you can be it." --- Hello Kitty

This could very well be said of the former community organizer, Saul Alinsky protégé and disciple and alleged President Barry Soetoro (a/k/a Barack Obama), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

This troublesome triumvirate joins together with other Democratic Party elite, who all dream of the day when America will become a fully socialistic state/utopia. During the first two months of the Soetoro (Obama) presidency you can see evidence of where these radical socialists and secularists want to take America.

FREEDOM LOVING, GOD-HONORING TEA PARTY


In stark contrast to the Secular Left are the majority of Americans who to some degree want to preserve all or some portion of the original principles, values and freedoms upon which this nation was founded hundreds of years ago.

Tax Day, 4/15/09, the TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY (TEA) Parties symbolize the hundreds of millions of American who want to do the right thing. They will have a means to voice their protest. This is needed since many of our representatives are listening more to their party leaders and moneyed and highly influential constituents and lobbyists than the people living in their states or districts back home.

This party includes those who dream of a day when America will be restored.

We believe in and work toward restoring the values and principles of our Founding Fathers, which include: Honoring God, Respecting Life, Hard Work, Small Limited Government, Preserving National Sovereignty, Minimal Taxes, Absolute Moral Standards and Truth, etc.

THE FUTURE MAY BE NOW

In a November 24, 2008 Washington Times article, "Gerald Celente: Visionary” by Armand de Borchgrave, Mr Celente is described as “the man who track the world’s social, economic, and business trends for corporate clients.”

According to the Washington Times article Celente has forecasted accurately “the 1987 stock market crash, the collapse of the Soviet Union in1991, the 1997 Asian currency crash, the 2007 subprime mortgage scandal that he said would soon engulf the world . . . In November 2007, Mr. Clelente also told UPI a massive devaluation of the dollar was coming and that some Wall Street giants were headed for total collapse. He called it the “Panic of 2008”

“This time, Mr. Celente’s Trends Research Institute, which the Los Angeles Times described as the Standard & Poor’s of pop culture, can see a tax rebellion in America by 2012, food riots, squatter rebellions, job marches, and a culture that puts a higher premium on food on the table than gifts under the Christmas tree.

“Mr. Celente says, “There will be a revolution in this country,” though not until 2012, and it will take the form of a bloodless coup and the meteoric rise of a third party . . .”

“. . . The catastrophe that is about to hit our nation, he says, has its origin in wars we were told would be “off budget” and would not affect more tax cuts. This is the school that says there’s nothing wrong with a little deficit funding .

“One of the cornerstones of America’s giant economy is the ability to borrow from other countries—primarily China and Japan—from $2 billion to $3 billion a day in order to maintain the world’s highest standard of living, which is based on conspicuous consumption, at a time of growing world shortages. That was bound to change. But Mr. Celente does not believe we can switch to a thrifty society without a gigantic upheaval, from which a new paradigm will emerge . . .”

The Tea Party Movement may be a precursor to the calamities predicted by the Bible, Mr. Celente, and others.

Open Letter to Michael Steele, RNC Chairman

I periodically receive telephone and written solicitations from the GOP. The Republican Party wants me, as a evangelical, born-again Christian and social and fiscal conservative, to support their party.

In the letter below I outline my many reservations regarding trusting the GOP.

March 20, 2009

Mr. Michael Steele, Chairman
Republican National Committee
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Steele:

Thank you for serving as the new RNC Chairman. You are enjoyable to listen to when filling in for Dr. Bill Bennett on his “Morning in America” Radio Show.

I am an Owner-Operator hauling steel. Presently the revenue I receive from the business does not cover my expenses. It is just below the break even point. I am putting my truck up for sale and will get out of the business once the truck is sold.

I received a phone call asking me to be sure to fill out the, “2009 State of the Republican Party Survey” so I thought that perhaps you really cared about what I thought. Survey question #6, Part III states: “Please attach a separate sheet of paper if you do not have enough space.”

Several sheets are being sent including writings, mostly by me, which express my viewpoint. Titles are "Righting the G.O.P.", “Insulting My Intelligence”, “Axis of Idiots”, “Not the Time for Profit”, “Has America Gone Beyond Stupid?”, “The Cannibal-In-Chief: Barack Hussein Obama”, “Obama, His Disciples, Associates, & Followers”, and “What is truth”.

Now here are my further comments.

Republicans cannot adopt Democratic Party ideas, policies, proposals and values, which are contrary to my core beliefs. Does the GOP think it can retain my trust? I have a Biblical worldview and liberals do not. This is true whether they are in the Republican Party or in the Democrat Party. Examples are given in my letter to Mr. Duncan, which is attached.

Israel! The fastest way to a non-superpower status is to go against Israel. Look at other nations and their treatment of the Jew: Germany, France, and Great Britain. God is real, and He states that those who curse Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, (Israel) will themselves be cursed by God. The United States has been cursing Israel through the so-called “land for peace” plan ever since President Carter was in office. As a result, America has been suffering for it. God has given this Middle East land to Israel and those nations which divide God’s land, He will destroy (Joel 3:2). I do not support dividing up Jerusalem or having a separate Palestinian state. Gaza should be administered by Israel. The west bank should be administered by Israel. $900 million for the terrorists through the U.N. is stupid; unless one is a terrorist. Even in war games the USA cannot win against Israel. Using 100% U.S. military personal I once read of a Lieutenant General taken out of retirement to lead an aggressor force against the American forces. In three days the aggressor was winning so well the war game was stopped and then the nationality the aggressor was revealed, It was Israel.

President Lyndon B. Johnson had a bill passed that removed the tax exempt status of churches for speaking out on politics. This bill should be removed. It intimidates preachers from speaking from God’s word on politics.

Michael G New SP4 should be rewarded for not submitting to U.N. control as an American Serviceman with an honorable discharge and received financial compensation for time off duty.

Chaplain Rev. James Klingenschmitt was removed from the U.S. Navy when he prayed in the name of Jesus after being ordered not to. He was denied his pension for military service. He should receive his pension and given an honorable discharge. This happened with President Bush as Commander-In- Chief. I am stunned that he would allow such conduct in the military he commanded. This does not build trust for the Republican Party with me.

Evangelism was stopped at the Air Force Academy while President Bush was Commander-In Chief. I thought President Bush is a Christian. Evangelism should not be restricted at any of the Academies, or any College, or any other school. This does not build trust with me for the GOP.

A soldier was evangelizing among the Iraqis and was sent home and disciplined. This should not happen. What ever happened to him should be reversed. This happened under President Bush. It does not make me trust the Republican Party.

I was not pleased when President Bush said that Islam was a peaceful religion. He seamed to equate Islam and Christianity as being the same which we all know is not the case.

President Bush proposed tax cuts and my Republican Senator, George Voinovich, opposed and got the tax cuts reduced by half of what President Bush proposed. This does not make me trust the Republican Party.

Usually nothing Senator John McCain does makes me trust the Republican Party. I did like his pick of Sarah Palin for V.P. and his insistence on the surge in Iraq.

Afghanistan commanders asked for 33,000 additional troops and President Obama sent 19,000. Why didn’t he send 50,000. I didn’t hear any Republicans complain that the President did not do enough. I’m concerned that Obama may set up the troops to lose in Afghanistan. He does hate the military.

By executive order President Obama brought in federally funded Embryonic Stem Cell Research (ESRC). I remember when the House and Senate lead by Republicans sent to President Bush legislation authorizing federally funded ESRC. President Bush vetoed the bill but allowed some ESCR to occur. This did not impress me well. I was angry. Republicans could make laws that outlaw in-vitro-fertilization and keep at it until it passes and is signed. Destruction of a human embryo should be classified as first degree murder.

I don’t like the lack of self control toward spending. The prescription drug program seemed expensive and so did the bailout program. It seems that the President is trying to spend money, instead of identifying the cause of the problem and stopping a continuation of bad practices. Instead only money is being spent. Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae should be closed down. Government should not guarantee loans.

Global warming by CO2 gas is a hoax. I am angered when people speak of it as if it were reality. The Supreme Court was wrong when it said President Bush should stop global warming. The Supreme Court must be opposed.

The United Nations is good for nothing, and the United States should get out of it and get it out of the United States. Its property should then be used for something else. I am not pleased when Republican leaders promote the U.N. I do not like the Law of the Sea Treaty or the Treaty on global warming.

I often think that the number one enemy of the United States is the people in Congress and the White House. These people have taken an oath of office and sworn to uphold and defend The Constitution of The United States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic. Instead of keeping their oaths they are committing treason by misinterpreting and ignoring what the Constitution says.

Sincerely,


sam

Join a Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party Protest Rally on April 15, 2009

On the day we are all expected to have paid our taxes, Wednesday, April 15 something even more important is happening. The American Family Association (AFA) and other groups are encouraging all Americans, especially Christian conservatives, to join one of the many TEA party protests being planned for that infamous day. Many TEA party protest rallies will be happening simultaneously across the country in front of town halls. The TEA party rally will begin at 12 noon.
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Are you fed up with a Congress and a president who:

* vote for a $500 billion tax bill without even reading it?

* are spending trillions of borrowed dollars, leaving a debt our great-grandchildren will be paying?

* consistently give special interest groups billions of dollars in earmarks to help get themselves re-elected?

* want to take your wealth and redistribute it to others?

* punish those who practice responsible financial behavior and reward those who do not?

* admit to using the financial hurt of millions as an opportunity to push their political agenda?

* run up trillions of dollars of debt and then sell that debt to countries such as China?

* want government controlled health care?

* want to take away the right to vote with a secret ballot in union elections?

* refuse to stop the flow of millions of illegal immigrants into our country?

* appoint a defender of child pornography to the Number 2 position in the Justice Department?

* want to force doctors and other medical workers to perform abortions against their will?

* want to impose a carbon tax on your electricity, gas and home heating fuels?

* want to reduce your tax deductions for charitable gifts?

* take money from your family budget to pay for their federal budget?

* reduce the national defense budget in light of the threat of Islamic terrorism and Communism


If so, participate in the TEA party rally, the Taxed Enough Already (TEA) party.

TAKE ACTION

(1) Find out if your town is having a TEA party protest rally. If so do all you can to support it. If not, consider getting one started in your local community. Check out these helpful website to see where events may be happening in and around your community:

· (U.S.A.) http://www.TEAPartyDay.com/
· (U.S.A.) http://www.TaxDayTeaParty.com/
· (OHIO) http://shotsonthehouse.com/?page_id=1334
· http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/03/15/obama-protests-aka-tea-parties-largely-ignored-media
· http://michellemalkin.com/2009/02/27/fiscal-responsibility-is-the-new-counterculture/

(2) Bring your cell phone and call Congress and the president while attending the TEA party rally (Representative and Senators, 202-224-3121; President, 202-456-1414).

(3) Tell Every American about this effort by forwarding this invitation to your friends. Together we can make a difference.

The G.I.V.E. Act may really take America

Demise of America

Is this the new "Volunteer" Youth Brigade?

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After the massive, unwise, on-going spending spree of the last few months, I am very wary of anything that the alleged President Barry Soetoro (a/k/a Barack Obama), Speaker Nancy Pelosi or Senator Harry Reid proposes. The Democratic sponsored H.R. 1388: Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (G.I.V.E.) Act of 2009 is no exception. GIVE is really TAKE. The speed with which the socialistic agenda is being foisted on an unsuspecting, naïve, unthinking America is rapidly racing this nation to anarchy and destruction.

HR 1388

Like securing and expanding their Pro-Death, Pro-Sodomy & Pro-Socialist plans and programs, the GIVE Act is another important component of the devious Democratic Party elites' plan to kill the America our Founders bore.

Gary Franchi of Restore the Republic. in a YouTube video, “The Reality Report with Gary Franchi, March 20,2009” which I viewed last night and again this morning reported on this terrible un-American bill. Here is the transcript of the relevant portion his report.

“Are you between the ages of 18-24? Well, guess what? You’ve just been drafted into (Soetoro’s a/k/a) Obama’s private army. While America was sleeping the (U.S.) House passed the Volunteerism in Education Act deductively called the “GIVE Act.”

“The bill was approved by a 321-105 vote and now goes to the Senate. Opponents are strongly criticizing the legislation calling it “Expensive indoctrination” and “forced advocacy.”

“Subsection B6 of Section 6104 (of the original bill introduced in and reported to the U.S. House) states a commission will be set up to investigate whether a workable, fair and reasonable MANDATORY service requirement for all able young people could be developed.

“Luke Sheahan, contributing editor for the Family Security Foundation says, “The idea that government should order its people to perform acts of charity is contrary to the idea of charity . . .”

“Now, the very nature of volunteerism is that you make a conscious choice to assist an organization. When that choice is made for you, you cease being a volunteer and now have become FORCED LABOR.

“While on the campaign trail during a Colorado Springs (Colorado) rally (Soetoro a/k/a) Obama declared that a civilian national security force that is just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded as the military would be needed to achieve national security objectives.

“Proponents of the bill said that volunteerism would not be forced, but we all know the government has a track record of going against its word.”
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I must take issue with one portion of Franchi’s report. As far as I can determine TITLE VI--CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION ON CIVIC SERVICE of HR 1388 was not included in the final version of HR 1388 as passed on Wednesday, March 18, 2009. However. HR 1388 lays the foundation of what Franchi describes above. I do not think that in and of itself the recently passed bill requires mandatory service, yet.

HR 1444

The Living Reason blog commented yesterday, “I came across a story about House Bill HR 1444 - the "Congressional Commission on Civic Service Act".

“It is currently referred to subcommittee and I hope it dies there.”

This HR 1444 has the exact same wording as Title VI of HR1388 as originally introduced in the U.S. House. I believe that the intent was to include HR1444 in HR 1388, but it did not make the final version as passed last Thursday, at least I could not find it in the final version of the bill.

Living Reason goes on to state, "Of particular interest are sections 4(b)(5) and 4(b)(6) that lists a couple duties of the commission.

“Among other things, they are to study: "(5) The effect on the Nation, on those who serve, and on the families of those who serve, if all individuals in the United States were expected to perform national service or were required to perform a certain amount of national service." and:

"(6) Whether a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people could be developed, and how such a requirement could be implemented in a manner that would strengthen the social fabric of the Nation and overcome civic challenges by bringing together people from diverse economic, ethnic, and educational backgrounds." . . .

Living Reason asks as series of probing question,

· “So why is this the government's job? Oh yeah, they are the only ones that require and can enforce mandatory.’
· “So who would define what should qualify as "service"?
· What would the penalties of "required" and "mandatory" be?
· “And what would "reasonably mandatory" mean?”

“Here's the problem with 4(b)(5) - it seeks to find out "the effect" without regards to whether it is even proper as a governmental role.

“Here's the problem with 4(b)(6) - it includes "workable", "fair", and "reasonable" in the same sentence as "mandatory" with no trace of irony.

“And why doesn't the commission ask the basic question as to whether the government should even be in this role?

“I must say would come at a convenient time of increasing federalization of our "public" (i.e. "government run") (and failing) school system. Yes, the commission will also look into how service could be made a requirement in primary and secondary education.

“Here's the thing. A just society is one where people help each other voluntarily. Not because it is required with the threat of force (government == force). What kind of morality is that?

“I will engender in my daughter the desire to help those who need it. I will encourage her to think of ways that she can help people, out of a sense of empathy, and within the bounds of what she judges reasonable for her to do. I will also encourage her to resist any forced service, because whatever the intention behind it - the forced service is itself immoral.

“The whole "Congressional Commission on Civic Service Act" can be found here: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-1444 . . ."

Along with Living Reason, I hope that HR 1444 does not get out of the subcommittee. But I see it as being step 2 (Passage of HR1388 being step 1) in the eventual development by this administration of their intent to create a brown shirt army to keep their opponents (patriotic, conservative and Christian Americans) in check.

CONCLUSION

Although the “Congressional Commission on Civic Service” may not have been included in the final version of HR1388, it is indicative of the desire and goal of the Democratic Party elite. It shows us where they want to take this country. They will push for HR 1444 or some other mechanism to establish President Soetoro’s (a/k/a Obama’s) civilian national defense defense.

Americans must get engaged, informed and be observant of every move of the Soetoro (a/k/a Obama)–Pelosi-Reid, that troublesome triumvirate. They are intent in creating a socialistic state radically different that the original intent of our Founding Fathers. We must be diligent and respond appropriately to resist all encroachments to our freedoms. That is why I believe that the Tea Party Movement will continue to grow in protest to the shenanigans of the radical left, who are abusing their power . . .