united - ACTION - Command Center2024-03-29T08:54:58Zhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/unitedIran To Launch Attack Soon, Says Barry Donadio Former U.S. Secret Service Tactical Operatorhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/iran-to-launch-attack-soon-says-barry-donadio-former-u-s-secret2018-09-27T10:06:15.000Z2018-09-27T10:06:15.000ZBarry Donadio | Celebrity Authorhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BarryDonadioCelebrity<div><p><strong><em>After the attack on an Iranian military parade in Ahvaz, Iran on September 22nd 2018, Barry Donadio is warning his clients that Iran will strike U.S. interests soon.</em></strong></p><p>Barry Donadio is an Anti-Terrorist Security Consultant and President of Public Security LLC. He is also a former member of the U.S. Secret Service and has served in Middle Eastern war zones during his career. He offers hypothesis on national security issues and military strategy.</p><div class="slate-resizable-image-embed slate-image-embed__resize-middle"><img src="https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C4D12AQGI9_qrXSSucA/article-inline_image-shrink_1500_2232/0?e=1543449600&v=beta&t=Hn67_1o_YeNPfZZ7mWpYPjYz8C5pUQ7O24b2ZWmUnJ0" alt="0?e=1543449600&v=beta&t=Hn67_1o_YeNPfZZ7mWpYPjYz8C5pUQ7O24b2ZWmUnJ0" /></div><p>Through his firm, Donadio is warning his clients that Iran will strike back at the United States because of their perception of U.S. involvement in the attack on an Iranian military parade. When asked when, he stated “Within six months”.</p><p>Public Security LLC monitors open source intelligence sources in and around Iran. They have become concern by Iran’s belief that the United States allegedly collaborated with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to carry out this latest attack in Iran.</p><div class="slate-resizable-image-embed slate-image-embed__resize-middle"><a href="http://www.saudi.gov.sa/wps/portal/snp/main" target="_blank"><img src="https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C4D12AQHqq3plr8nDDA/article-inline_image-shrink_1000_1488/0?e=1543449600&v=beta&t=94H747j7OkYJqpRf32SxWPvQX-cRSujQ6CfBw_slF1k" alt="0?e=1543449600&v=beta&t=94H747j7OkYJqpRf32SxWPvQX-cRSujQ6CfBw_slF1k" /></a></div><p>Less then a month prior to the attack on the military parade, it is believed that Iran’s consulate in Basra, Iraq was attacked. There are also reports that the shrine of the Ayatollah was attacked. With the exception of the military parade attack, the other attacks went unnoticed or simply not covered by most news agencies.</p><div class="slate-resizable-image-embed slate-image-embed__resize-middle"><a href="http://www.government.ae/en" target="_blank"><img src="https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C4D12AQHs0fjjIU0LgA/article-inline_image-shrink_1500_2232/0?e=1543449600&v=beta&t=rlSldAwwdX3p3Q-JiEQcanmcn8qLmw_b3Gcd26OEnSI" alt="0?e=1543449600&v=beta&t=rlSldAwwdX3p3Q-JiEQcanmcn8qLmw_b3Gcd26OEnSI" /></a></div><p>For the Iranian regime, suspicions against the U.S. are running high and it’s all about timing. The U.S. Administration may be looking to soon cut the Nuke deal with Iran that was made from the previous American Administration.</p><p>Donadio’s assessment is one of concern. He believes Iran will strike back at all parties that they believe to be involved in the recent parade attack. Donadio says that Iran will strike in the same fashion as the military parade attack and attempt to enforce an eye for an eye punishment. This means that they may attempt to take an equal amount of lives from those believed to be responsible. The most recent count of lives lost in Iran is 25.</p><div class="slate-resizable-image-embed slate-image-embed__resize-middle"><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/" target="_blank"><img src="https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C4D12AQE4GUCnQBuaUw/article-inline_image-shrink_1500_2232/0?e=1543449600&v=beta&t=ErXIPq0nlGCPl9xXQmzLPk92Zzm1dNQDJ_hZEYCMggg" alt="0?e=1543449600&v=beta&t=ErXIPq0nlGCPl9xXQmzLPk92Zzm1dNQDJ_hZEYCMggg" /></a></div><p>Donadio believes it is more likely that Iran will first retaliate against it’s old time enemy Saudi Arabia and also the UAE prior to engaging U.S. targets. If given a U.S. target of opportunity, Iran will most likely hit back.</p><p>Even though the Iranian President has allegedly stated that there will be a “Crushing Response”, Iran is not brazen and they will most likey use their alleged proxy “Hezbollah” to launch a reply.</p><p>Donadio says Iran’s response will most likely come in the form of terrorism and focus on mimicking the attack on their military parade.</p><div class="slate-resizable-image-embed slate-image-embed__resize-left"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/barrydonadiopresident/" target="_blank"><img src="https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C4D12AQHNjCVdUudw_w/article-inline_image-shrink_1000_1488/0?e=1543449600&v=beta&t=ouP7-7QfrM0Gs3_VD0Gkjdd1UlYp83_ICHVLztqedpY" alt="0?e=1543449600&v=beta&t=ouP7-7QfrM0Gs3_VD0Gkjdd1UlYp83_ICHVLztqedpY" /></a></div><p>Donadio stated that a naval showdown is due between the United States and Iran.</p><p>“<strong><em>Due to the overall tensions and recent saber-rattling between the U.S. and Iran, it is my belief that there will be a naval show down within one year. It will lead to a U.S. Naval vessel being attacked by Iranian Forces</em></strong>.”</p><p><strong>“A naval conflict with Iran will get messy.” “We will take casualties”</strong> he said.</p><p>Donadio went on to explain that Iran has many small fast patrol boats with surface to air and surface to surface missiles, that may give any Air Force and Navy a hard time. Although they lack sophistication in many areas, Iran is not a complete pushover when it comes to their navy. Their large number of vessels will attempt swarm attacks on enemy vessels in order to quickly overwhelm and sink them. However, Iran’s Air Force would be no match for the USAF and would be severely outmatched by U.S. fighter jets.</p><p>Staff | Public Security LLC</p><p>855–589–2267</p><p><a href="http://www.publicsecurityllc.com/" target="_blank">www.publicsecurityllc.com</a></p></div>Barry Donadio Spoke Up For Human Rights In United Nations Videohttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/barry-donadio-spoke-up-for-human-rights-in-united-nations-video2018-01-10T15:00:00.000Z2018-01-10T15:00:00.000ZBarry Donadio | Celebrity Authorhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BarryDonadioCelebrity<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4064544030,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4064544030,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-full" alt="4064544030?profile=original" /></a><strong class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"><em class="markup--em markup--p-em">In support of the upcoming 70th anniversary of the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Republican Politician Barry Donadio took action by raising awareness for human rights</em>.</strong></p><p id="def5" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">The <a href="http://standup4humanrights.org/en/about.html" class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" target="_blank">Universal Declaration of Human Rights</a> was drafted in 1948 with the assistance of none other than Eleanor Roosevelt. Since then it has been a foundation of what has been agreed to and is expected regarding every persons rights.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">Barry Donadio is a strong supporter of the United States Constitution and also supports the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights for all the people in the world.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">Donadio stated that he agrees with the United Nations in the belief that the declaration inspires us to continue working to ensure all people can gain freedom, equality and dignity.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote graf-after--p">“I am very proud to support this declaration for the good of all people” said Donadio.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">Donadio participated in a total of three United Nations videos that show him reciting various articles of the declaration as an inspiration to others.</p><p></p><div class="aspectRatioPlaceholder is-locked"><div class="aspectRatioPlaceholder-fill"></div><div class="progressiveMedia js-progressiveMedia graf-image is-canvasLoaded is-imageLoaded"><img class="progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/0*A4lXDxqys_B8FaAz.jpg" alt="0*A4lXDxqys_B8FaAz.jpg" /></div></div><p></p><p id="a396" class="graf graf--p graf-after--figure">Barry Donadio United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Article 10</p><p></p><div class="aspectRatioPlaceholder is-locked"><div class="aspectRatioPlaceholder-fill"></div><div class="progressiveMedia js-progressiveMedia graf-image is-canvasLoaded is-imageLoaded"><img class="progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/0*k6zB4X9g0zUNCe6t.jpg" alt="0*k6zB4X9g0zUNCe6t.jpg" /></div></div><p></p><p class="graf graf--p graf-after--figure">Barry Donadio United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Article 28</p><p></p><div class="aspectRatioPlaceholder is-locked"><div class="aspectRatioPlaceholder-fill"></div><div class="progressiveMedia js-progressiveMedia graf-image is-canvasLoaded is-imageLoaded"><img class="progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/0*shhgldShuDXTFNQt.jpg" alt="0*shhgldShuDXTFNQt.jpg" /></div></div><p></p><p class="graf graf--p graf-after--figure">Barry Donadio United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Article 4</p><p class="graf graf--p graf-after--p"></p><p class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">Giovanna Alexandrina Donadio who is the 13 year old daughter of Barry Donadio, was also seen in a video supporting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Donadio said that he was so proud of his daughter for taking a stance for all humans by speaking out appearing in the United Nations video.</p><p></p><div class="aspectRatioPlaceholder is-locked"><div class="aspectRatioPlaceholder-fill"></div><div class="progressiveMedia js-progressiveMedia graf-image is-canvasLoaded is-imageLoaded"><img class="progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/0*OACnW21umBagROM5.jpg" alt="0*OACnW21umBagROM5.jpg" /></div></div><p></p><p class="graf graf--p graf-after--figure">Giovanna Alexandrina Donadio United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Article 20.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf-after--p"></p><p class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">Barry Donadio also took the human rights pledge which reads:</p><ul class="postList"><li id="c087" class="graf graf--li graf-after--p"><strong class="markup--strong markup--li-strong">I will respect your rights regardless of who you are. I will uphold your rights even when I disagree with you</strong></li><li class="graf graf--li graf-after--li"><strong class="markup--strong markup--li-strong">When anyone’s human rights are denied, everyone’s rights are undermined, so I will STAND UP</strong></li><li id="be89" class="graf graf--li graf-after--li"><strong class="markup--strong markup--li-strong">I will raise my voice. I will take action. I will use my rights to stand up for your rights.</strong></li></ul><p class="graf graf--p graf-after--li">Another 14,157 other people globally have also taken the pledge.</p><p id="e9fd" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">December 10th 2018, will mark the 70th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Donadio is asking for your help by spreading the word and supporting the declaration.</p><p id="a27d" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p graf--trailing">#standup4humanrights #barrydonadio #republican #MDGOP #queenannescounty #maryland #donadio #unitednations #UDHR #UN</p><p><a href="http://www.barrydonadio.com">www.barrydonadio.com</a></p></div>The UN, Common Core And The Education Of Our Childrenhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/the-un-common-core-and-the-education-of-our-children-12017-07-04T20:13:00.000Z2017-07-04T20:13:00.000ZJohn Velisek USN (Ret.0https://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/JohnVelisekUSNRet0<div><p>Many parents are concerned with the direction of education in the nation today. Children are not being taught what they need to learn.</p><p>In the past, American textbooks were always picked by local school districts who have the responsibility of assuring that they textbooks use met criteria in the basics of education principles. Involved in the selection of textbooks was the local school boards elected to their position, and the local community including the parents of the children involved. This is no longer the case.</p><p>The United Nations has targeted our children to be indoctrinated into a globalist mindset through such UN entities as UNESCO. Not only here in the United States but throughout Africa and beyond, the socialist controlled UNESCO have targeted textbooks that they feel are not politically correct. A few months ago they issued a “Global Education Monitoring” report that declared textbooks in Africa did not meet the requirement on the subject of “global citizenship. UNESCO declared that if failed the promote “ Homosexuality, lesbianism, global warming alarmism and transgenderism”. They have already made it quite clear that even “Private schools must be made to submit to the requirement of International law”. They are now trying to push another scheme called the “World Core Curriculum” a radical socialist scheme pushing everything from a revision of history to meet its needs and the sexualization of the children.</p><p> They have an agenda of dictating textbooks that will be used to shape an agenda, and attitude and the ethics of our children. This is being done to move forward with their Agenda 2030 and the sustainability within that agenda.</p><p><a href="http://intellectualconservative.com/agenda-21-soon-to-become-the-2030-agenda/">http://intellectualconservative.com/agenda-21-soon-to-become-the-2030-agenda/</a></p><p>In Connecticut, a group of United Nations “human rights” experts have forced a change in textbooks because they we not happy with how slavery in the Northeast was written about in a history book “Connecticut Adventure”. They proclaimed that the textbook must be changed because it was insensitive to the plight of slavery.</p><p>The “experts” were from the” United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent”. The expert in charge is Sunga III from the Phillippines,. This is the same group that last year came to the United States and demanded reparations for slavery, lobbied for gun control, and an end to voter ID laws. This is the same group that turns a blind eye to the rape and terrorism set loose on the countryside of African nations, but feel it is more important to push their way into our education system to implement the agenda that have created.</p><p>At a summit held in Korea the UN adopted a global action plan that demands a worldwide “education regime” to transform the youth of the world into social justice warriors. In this plan the UN wants the responsibility of shaping our children in ethics, values and spirituality. It is being implemented for the purpose of making our children “green warriors” and a part of the war for the “common good”. This summit, organized and run by the UN Department of Public Information (UNDPI) and through Agenda 2030 has as a goal, having the NGO’s worldwide working to implement its idea of global citizenship. In a portion of this report it was made clear what they consider a “civil society. Our children may need to be taught the fundamentals but the education they receive must also advance the cause of global citizenship. It declares that all facets of education, physical, spiritually,, ethically, and intellectually which would normally be the realm of the family, community and churches have been thrown to the sidelines to further the agenda of the globalists. The education they would receive would work toward assuring our youth are forced to believe the roles, right and responsibilities that will be allowed to keep or given to them by the globalists through the auspices of the United Nations.</p><p>Among the agenda as being driven by the United Nations, much is made of “Human rights” as written in Article 29 of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. The UN foundation for many of the plans that are moving forward. Using this article when read ensures that the UN and the tyrants who run the human rights council claim the your human rights can be limited by law for the purpose of “public order and the general welfare”. This line was first used by Hitler in the late 1930s. In essence you have no right, only privileges as given to you by the United Nations. Your rights are not yours and in any case not be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.</p><p>If the traditions and cultures of the individual sovereign states run afoul of the agenda the United Nations has set, it states that education will be “enhanced”.</p><p>Where does it all start? This could never happen here you say. Actually it already has. It started with the implementation of “Common Core” financed by Bill Gates and the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that was mentioned above on the intrusion of textbooks being used in this country. The objective is to make our children all good little globalists and to be transformed to be able to contribute to the global sustainable market. Common Core is the first step, a nationalizing of the curriculum that is meant to lead to a top-down planned society that does not consider the Constitution, individual liberty and the God given rights that this country is founded upon. It is founded on teaching our children to be a part of the “globalist group” meant to take away the individualism and rights given to the American people and replace with global collectivism.</p><p>Through Common Core the effort is being made to “dumb down” the peole of the world.UNESCO has made it quite clear in the “Education for Sustainable Development report that “Generally, more highly educated people, who have higher incomes, consume more resources than poorly educated people who tend to have lower incomes. More education increases the threat to sustainability.” Does that help to make sense to why Obama is bringing the poor from all over the world, and wages being stagnant for almost nine years?</p><p>Obama is an advocate of this agenda as is the Education Secretary Arne Duncan. It typical political doublespeak , Duncan stated “Our goal for the coming years will be to work closely with global partners, including UNESCO, to promote qualitative improvements and system strengthening”</p><p> The United Nations, in their minds has the authority to override families and has the collective right to shape the values of our country’s children. They speak of sustainable development but neglect to mention that parts of the development agenda include population control, central planning, and global governance. It is through the education of the children, and the indoctrination of those children into becoming good children fitting into the global citizenship world of the new order. It is the intention of the UN agenda to restructure human civilization into a centrally planned global economy under the control of the progressive socialist globalists and the UN.</p><p>Even home schooling is not safe. Under the guise of “human rights” and equality, even home schooling, private schools and religious schools must be put under UN purview. Understanding that they can move forward with the global socialism that they envision if they can induce enough people using the buzzwords of “equality and rights”, the envision a “group of change” involving children and young adults taught in the system they will implement to create an activism for even further goals in the agenda they have set.</p></div>Traitor John Kerryhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/traitor-john-kerry2016-12-30T17:18:58.000Z2016-12-30T17:18:58.000ZJohn Velisek USN (Ret.0https://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/JohnVelisekUSNRet0<div><p>John Kerry was and is a traitor to the American fighting forces and the basic principles that our country is founded upon. Being a retired combat veteran myself, from a few years later and a different venue, I understand what it takes to work together as a team, and to stand side by side with your fellow man. I have worked with and stood next to some of the finest this country have to offer. I would like to believe I speak for many when I say that John Kerry was, in fact a traitor and still is, both to his country and to the bravery of our fine fighting forces.</p><p>Let’s start at the beginning of our Secretary of States’ career. As an officer, John Kerry was put in charge of men, young men of honor and perseverance who were sent to fight and die in a hellhole called Vietnam. Kerry spent his time there taking every step he could for personal and career gain, and the integrity of the agenda he was given was secondary. The main focus for Kerry was to write up as many medals as he could for himself and get out. In the book “About Face” Colonel David Hacksworth, shows while there were many fine officers that served there in all branches of the military, John Kerry stood out and continues to stand out as a poor example of what an officer should be.</p><p> There has been much written about his going to Paris to undermine the accords at that time, as a panderer to the Viet Cong. His “Winter Soldier” testimony at the Fulbright Commission was nothing more than an attempt to undermine the war and his fellow soldiers. He was once again, looking out for himself and using the publicity to further his own career. The two miserable people I remember from that time are John Kerry and Hanoi Jane Fonda. Neither, I can say with certainty to ever be forgiven by the brave and loyal men who served in our fighting forces, that day or ever.</p><p>As a Senator, Kerry continued to undermine our country by meeting with the Sandinistas in Nicaragua in an attempt to secure a “peace” in which he sided with the terrorists. Over his entire career he has sabotaged every opportunity that our country has had to turn back those who move forward in the destruction of freedom in vast areas of the world. Kerry is of the type too prevalent in this administration that feel that peace can only come if freedom loving people step back and allow the terrorists to win. Kerry seems to think, like Hillary Clinton, that activity means results. To gain those results you must gain the respect of those you are dealing with. Nothing in Kerry past would cause any discerning adversary to give this man even a modicum of respect. A loudmouth who echoes the talking points of Americas enemies for almost half a century, Kerry is a perfect fit for the progressive Democrat party of today. Failure in dealings with ISIS, Assad, North Korea, Iran, Russia and many other terrorist regimes only further proves that John Kerry is still first and foremost out for himself, to burnish his resume and still considers himself the only smart diplomat that our country can depend on in his own mind.</p><p>Kerry has met with Mahmoud Abbas along with Timochenko the head of the narco-terrorist group FARC. Even knowing that Timonchenko has a five million dollar bounty on his head from Kerry’s own State Department, Kerry felt that giving land and security over to these men was the gift that was expected. Abbbas then met in the White House with our Muslim in chief for two hours. Kerry did not bring peace, but threats and blackmail from the terror organizations he scurried off so fast to meet. Giving up prisoners for peace, the Israelis counted on Kerry to assist in the transfers and received nothing but more terrorism. Of course, Kerry blamed the Israelis.</p><p>Kerry has been the lackey for these terrorists. Like the little boy that no one wants, he sits at their feet on the floor admiring Assad, FARC, Iran and the PLO in a futile attempt to gain acceptance for his mindset that is anathema to everything our country stands for.</p><p>The latest Kerry attempt to throw another democratic country under the bus, much as he did with his fellow soldiers is based and lies and omissions of real facts. His speech was based on an agenda of treating the Israeli people as second class citizens, and to place the blames on them, rather than on the Palestinians.</p><p> To this day, following the orders of this administration and the progressives in charge, there is still no admission of the terrorism and attacks in the streets of Israel except in passing. Even then, it is the Jews fault, because they will not back down from the sovereignty of the country they have fought so long and hard for.</p><p>Kerry stated that “Israel can be Jewish or Democratic. It cannot be both. This strikes me as a special kind of stupid. Israel since the inception has been a democracy. In his speech he stated that the Israeli government is the most “right wing in Israeli history”. Arabs and Jews live together is a harmony that Christians are not allowed in Arab States.</p><p>Our Muslim in chief has declared that there can be no peace with a Palestinian terror state alongside Israel. Kerry dutifully sewed this during his speech without understanding that there can be no Palestinian terror state next to Israel because the Palestinians along with the rest of the Arab world want to wipe Israel off the map. Blaming Israel for not making concessions is just ludicrous. They have always given up Gaza, which led to nothing more than an increase in the rocket attacks. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered a good portion of Judea and Samaria, historically Israeli lands to the Palestinians, and land swaps linking this territory to Gaza. The deal was refused by Abba, the same man that Kerry is trying so hard to placate.</p><p>The settlements, argued over and causing a great wringing of hands by both Kerry and Obama are not illegal. If they were to be turned over to the Palestinians it would be as before, the Jews would be attacked and murdered in pogroms to make the entire area free of Jews. There are over a million Arabs living and working Israel, how many Jews or Christians for that matter would the Muslims allow to live in their territories?</p><p>We must also remember that this is also the same administration that is giving aid to the Palestinian government and attempted to boycott weapons in the outbreak of the Gaza terror war. Not mentioned by Kerry was the forgotten Israeli settlements that were abandoned by force to give to the Palestinians. The Israeli government forcibly removed settlers in Gaza and we rewarded with rocket attacks from the areas that they turned over to the Palestinians.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This debacle, pushed by this administration in the Security Council and passed because of a petty and narcissistic Secretary of State and Muslin in chief being too cowardly to veto it and protect the only democracy in the Middle East will stand as an impediment to peace . Perhaps that is what the Muslim Brotherhood lackeys in this administration were looking for, another fine war to settle the American people into.</p><p>It is informative, that even Democrats such as House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer is telling the White House to stop, to shut up, and let the two sides figure it out. The United States has long maintained that the agreements reached must be between the two sides of the conflict. It must be negotiated between the adversaries, not by the United Nations, not by the United States and definitely not by this administration. In particular, but a Secretary of State that panders to terrorists, or a Muslim President that allows them to flourish.</p><p> </p><p> </p></div>U.N. Demands Fossil Fuel Phaseout By 2100 To Save Planethttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/u-n-demands-fossil-fuel-phaseout-by-2100-to-save-planet2014-11-05T22:18:50.000Z2014-11-05T22:18:50.000ZDaniel John Sobieskihttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/DanielJohnSobieski<div><h1 class="am-title"><span><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4064002651,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="500" class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4064002651,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="4064002651?profile=original" /></a>U.N. Demands Fossil Fuel Phase Out By 2100 To Save Planet</span></h1><p> <span style="display:none;">d, Nov 05 2014 00:00:00 E</span> Read More At Investor's Business Daily: <a style="color:#003399;" href="http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/110414-724922-ipcc-demands-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels.htm#ixzz3IEbvgMA9">http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/110414-724922-ipcc-demands-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels.htm#ixzz3IEbvgMA9</a> <br />Follow us: <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=dW0sw4iSyr3P7iab7jrHtB&u=IBDinvestors" target="_blank">@IBDinvestors on Twitter</a> | <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=dW0sw4iSyr3P7iab7jrHtB&u=InvestorsBusinessDaily" target="_blank">InvestorsBusinessDaily on Facebook</a></p></div>Favorite Quoteshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/favorite-quotes2014-09-28T17:30:00.000Z2014-09-28T17:30:00.000ZCentralKYPatriothttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/CentralKYPatriot<div><h1 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"> Favorite Quotes</span></h1><p> </p><hr /><p> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/foundersimages.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-1245" style="border:3px solid #000000;" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/foundersimages.jpg?w=300" alt="Foundersimages" width="508" height="164" /></a></p><h2 style="text-align:center;"></h2><h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>In 1776, fifty-six businessmen and <strong>leaders stood shoulder-to- shoulder and</strong> <strong>when they signed their</strong> <strong>names to this powerful statement...</strong> <strong>"And for the support of this Declaration, with</strong> <strong>a firm reliance on the protection of Divine</strong> <strong>Providence, we mutually pledge to each other</strong> <strong>our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."-Signers of the Declaration of Independence</strong></strong></span></h2><p> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><a href="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/sacred-honor.jpg"><img class="alignnone wp-image-163" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/sacred-honor.jpg?w=300" alt="Sacred Honor" width="210" height="210" /></a></strong></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/cropped-patriot-definition.jpg"><img class="alignnone wp-image-231" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/cropped-patriot-definition.jpg" alt="cropped-patriot-definition.jpg" width="270" height="165" /></a></p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-6" style="color:#0000ff;"><a href="https://app.box.com/PatriotDocumentDownloads" target="_blank">Patriot Document Downloads</a><br /></span></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. “This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicity.” - Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father in First Inaugural Address</strong></h3><p> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/constitution.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1240" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/constitution.jpg" alt="Constitution" width="262" height="192" /></a></p><h2 style="text-align:center;"></h2><h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a style="color:#ff0000;" title="Constitution of The United States of America" href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Constitution of The United States of America</strong></a></span></h2><p> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/abraham-lincoln-constitution-quote-images.jpg"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1242" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/abraham-lincoln-constitution-quote-images.jpg" alt="Abraham Lincoln Constitution Quote images" width="322" height="276" /></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/reagan-prayer.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1247" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/reagan-prayer.jpg?w=300" alt="Reagan Prayer" width="300" height="300" /></a></p><hr /><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/theamericanscreed.jpg"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1243" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/theamericanscreed.jpg" alt="TheAmericansCreed" width="351" height="462" /></a></p><p style="text-align:center;">Image Courtesy of <a href="http://www.hockinghillsteaparty.com/?p=904" target="_blank">HockinghillsTeaParty</a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Historical Notes: The American’s Creed was a result of a nationwide contest for writing a National Creed, which would be a brief <a id="FALINK_4_0_3" class="FAtxtL" href="http://www.hockinghillsteaparty.com/?p=904#" name="FALINK_4_0_3">summary</a> of the American political faith founded upon things fundamental in American <a id="FALINK_6_0_5" class="FAtxtL" href="http://www.hockinghillsteaparty.com/?p=904#" name="FALINK_6_0_5">history</a> and tradition. The contest was the idea of Henry Sterling Chapin, Commissioner of Education of New York State. Over three thousand entries were received, and William Tyler Page was declared to be the winner. James H. Preston, the mayor of Baltimore, presented an award to Page in the House of Representatives Office Building on April 3, 1918. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the commissioner of education of the state of New York <a id="FALINK_1_0_0" class="FAtxtL" href="http://www.hockinghillsteaparty.com/?p=904#" name="FALINK_1_0_0">accepted</a> the Creed for the United States, and the proceedings relating to the award were printed in the Congressional Record of April 13, 1918. It was a time when patriotic sentiments were very much in vogue. The United States had been a participant in World War I only a little over a year at the time the Creed was adopted.</strong></p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>The author of the American’s Creed, William Tyler Page, was a descendant of John Page, who had come to America and had settled in Williamsburg, Virginia. Another ancestor, Carter Braxton , had signed the Declaration of Independence. Still another ancestor, John Tyler, was the tenth president of the United States. William Tyler Page had come to Washington at the age of thirteen to serve as a Capitol Page. Later he became an employee of the Capitol building and served in that capacity for almost sixty-one years. In 1919 he was elected<a id="FALINK_5_0_4" class="FAtxtL" href="http://www.hockinghillsteaparty.com/?p=904#" name="FALINK_5_0_4">clerk</a> of the House. Thirteen years later, when the Democrats again became a majority party, they created for Page the office of minority clerk of the House of<a id="FALINK_2_0_1" class="FAtxtL" href="http://www.hockinghillsteaparty.com/?p=904#" name="FALINK_2_0_1">Representatives</a>. He held this position for the remainder of his life.</strong></p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Referring to the Creed, Page said: “It is the summary of the fundamental principles of the American political faith as set forth in its greatest <a id="FALINK_3_0_2" class="FAtxtL" href="http://www.hockinghillsteaparty.com/?p=904#" name="FALINK_3_0_2">documents</a>, its worthiest traditions, and its greatest leaders.” His wording of the Creed used passages and phrases from the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and Daniel Webster’s reply to Robert Y. Hayne in the Senate in</strong> 1830.</p><pre style="text-align:center;"><strong>Historical note from <a href="/Users/patrick/AppData/Local/Temp/USFlag_org%20A%20website%20dedicated%20to%20the%20Flag%20of%20the%20United%20States%20of%20America%20%20%20%20%20-%20The%20American's%20Creed.mht">USFlag.org</a></strong></pre><hr /><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by Thy Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of Thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in Thy fear, and dying in Thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of Thee and Thy son, Jesus Christ." </strong><strong>- George Washington, Prayer</strong></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/prayer-valley-forge-sm.jpg"><img class="alignnone wp-image-84" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/prayer-valley-forge-sm.jpg" alt="prayer-valley-forge-sm" width="289" height="191" /></a></p><hr /><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>O LORD, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, high and mighty King o</strong><strong>f Kings, and Lord of Lords, who dost from Thy throne behold all the dwellers on earth, and reignest with power supreme and uncontrolled over all the kingdoms, empires and governments; look down in mercy we beseech Thee, on these American States, who have fled to Thee from the rod of the oppressor, and thrown themselves on Thy gracious protection, desiring henceforth to be dependent only on Thee; to Thee they have appealed for the righteousness of their cause; to Thee do they now look up for that countenance and support which Thou alone canst give; take them, therefore, Heavenly Father, under Thy nurturing care; give them wisdom in council and valor in the field; defeat the malicious design of our cruel adversaries; convince them of the unrighteousness of their cause; and if they persist in their sanguinary purpose, O let the voice of Thy own unerring justice, sounding in their hearts, constrain them to drop the weapons of war from their unnerved hands in the day of battle! Be Thou present, O God of wisdom, and direct the counsels of this honorable assembly; enable them to settle things on the best and surest foundation, that the scene of blood may be speedily closed, that order, harmony and peace may be effectually restored, and truth and justice, religion and piety prevail and flourish among Thy people. Preserve the health of their bodies and vigor of their minds; shower down on them, and the millions they here represent, such temporal blessings as Thou seest expedient for them in this world, and crown them with everlasting glory in the world to come. All this we ask in the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Our Savior. </strong><strong>Amen.</strong></p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>- First Prayer in Congress September 7, 1774, Jacob Duche, Carpenters Hall, Philadelphia</strong></p><p style="text-align:left;"><a title="America's Religious Heritage" href="http://loveforamerica.wordpress.com/americas-religious-heritage/" target="_blank">You Can Read More About America's Religious Heritage Here</a></p><hr /><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>" About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern. But that reasoning can not be applied to this great charter. If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers."- Calvin Coolidge, 1926, from a speech commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence</strong></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/declaration-of-independence-realclearhistorydotcom.png"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1241" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/declaration-of-independence-realclearhistorydotcom.png?w=300" alt="Declaration of Independence RealClearHistoryDotCom" width="478" height="309" /></a></p><p style="text-align:center;">Image Courtesy of <a title="RealClearHistory.Com" href="http://realclearhistory.com" target="_blank">Real Clear History</a></p><hr /><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian…This is a Christian nation” </strong><strong>- United States Supreme Court Decision in Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 1892</strong></h3><p style="text-align:center;">Scroll Down For Scriptures Inscribed On Our National Monuments and Government Buildings At Bottom of Page</p><hr /><h2 style="text-align:center;"></h2><h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Some of Our Favorite Presidential and Founding Father Quotes</strong></span></h2><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/george_washington_17951.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-746" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/george_washington_17951.jpg" alt="George_Washington_1795" width="72" height="72" /></a></p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." - </strong><strong>George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to men. All the good </strong><strong>from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through this book. " - </strong><strong>Abraham Lincoln</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The studious persual of the Sacred Volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands. " - Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go " - Abraham Lincoln</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before; and it changed for the better; so I trust it will again; If difficulties arise; we </strong><strong>must put forth new exertion and proportion our efforts to the exigencies of </strong><strong>the times. " - George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Let us then turn this government back into the channel in which the framers of the Constitution originally placed it." - Abraham Lincoln</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"May our children and our children's children to a thousand generations, </strong><strong>continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us by a united country, and </strong><strong>have cause yet to rejoice under those glorious institutions bequeathed us by Washington and his compeers." - Abraham Lincoln</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Nothing can stop the man with the right </strong><strong>mental attitude from achieving his goal; </strong><strong>nothing on earth can help the man with </strong><strong>the wrong mental attitude.” </strong><strong>- Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Property is the fruit of labor...property is desirable...is a positive good </strong><strong>in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built." - Abraham Lincoln</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - </strong><strong>John Adams (The Works of John Adams, ed. C. F. Adams, Boston: Little, Brown Co., 1851, 4:31)</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of this country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man....The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people." - </strong><strong>Samuel Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." - </strong><strong>Samuel Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments." - </strong><strong>Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth--that God Governs the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?" - </strong><strong>Benjamin Franklin</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature." - </strong><strong>Benjamin Franklin</strong></h3><p> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/benjamin-franklin-quote.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-762" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/benjamin-franklin-quote.jpg?w=300" alt="Benjamin Franklin Quote" width="300" height="300" /></a></p><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants." - Be</strong><strong>njamin Franklin</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"It is when people forget God that tyrants forge their chains." - </strong><strong>Patrick Henry</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here." - </strong><strong>Patrick Henry</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever." Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"We have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us." - </strong><strong>Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/lincoln-quote1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-769" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/lincoln-quote1.jpg?w=300" alt="Lincoln Quote" width="300" height="192" /></a></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day." - </strong><strong>Abraham Lincoln</strong></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." - </strong><strong>Abraham Lincoln</strong></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">"We the People are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts--not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."</span> - </strong><strong>Abraham Lincoln</strong></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us! It behooves us, then to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness." - </strong><strong>Abraham Lincoln - Proclamation for a National Day of Fasting</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it." - </strong><strong>Thomas Paine</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." - </strong><strong>Thomas Paine</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind. Where, some say, is the king of America? I'll tell you, friend, He reigns above." - </strong><strong>Thomas Paine</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster, and what has happened once in 6000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world." - </strong><strong>Daniel Webster</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instruction and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity." - </strong><strong>Daniel Webster</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Finally, let us not forget the religious character of our origin. Our fathers were brought hither by their high veneration for the Christian religion. They journeyed by its light, and labored in its hope. They sought to incorporate its principles with the elements of their society, and to diffuse its influence through all their institutions, civil, political, or literary." - </strong><strong>Daniel Webster</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, I do not know what is going to become of us as a nation. If truth be not diffused, error will be; If God and His Word are not known and received, the devil and his works will gain the ascendancy, If the evangelical volume does not reach every hamlet, the pages of a corrupt and licentious literature will; If the power of the Gospel is not felt throughout the length and breadth of the land, anarchy and misrule, degradation and misery, corruption and darkness will reign without mitigation or end." - </strong><strong>Daniel Webster</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Education is useless without the Bible." - </strong><strong>Noah Webster</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed....No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people." - </strong><strong>Noah Webster</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His apostles, which enjoins humility, piety, and benevolence; which acknowledges in every person a brother, or a sister, and a citizen with equal rights. This is genuine Christianity, and to this we owe our free Constitutions of Government." - </strong><strong>Noah Webster</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws." - </strong><strong>Noah Webster</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">"While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian."</span> - </strong><strong>George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Suppose a nation in some distant Region should take the Bible for their only law Book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited! Every member would be obliged in conscience, to temperance, frugality, and industry; to justice, kindness, and charity towards his fellow men; and to piety, love, and reverence toward Almighty God ... What a Eutopia, what a Paradise would this region be." - </strong><strong>John Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The general principles, on which the Fathers achieved independence, were the only Principles in which that beautiful Assembly of young Gentlemen could Unite, and these Principles only could be intended by them in their address, or by me in my answer. And what were these general Principles? I answer, the general Principles of Christianity, in which all these Sects were United: And the general Principles of English and American Liberty, in which all those young Men United, and which had United all Parties in America, in Majorities sufficient to assert and maintain her Independence." - </strong><strong>John Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Now I will avow, that I then believe, and now believe, that those general Principles of Christianity, are as eternal and immutable, as the Existence and Attributes of God; and that those Principles of Liberty, are as unalterable as human Nature and our terrestrial, mundane System." - </strong><strong>John Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever; That a revolution of the wheel of fortune, a change of situation, is among possible events; that it may become probable by Supernatural influence! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in that event." </strong><strong>- Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/thomas-jefferson-on-immigration.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1248" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/thomas-jefferson-on-immigration.jpg?w=300" alt="Thomas Jefferson on Immigration" width="300" height="173" /></a></p><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"I am a real Christian – that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus Christ."</strong><strong> - The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, p. 385.</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual. ... Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us." </strong><strong>- John Hancock</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshipped. </strong><strong>That the most acceptable service we render to him is in doing good to his other children. That the soul of man is immortal, and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this. These I take to be the fundamental points in all sound religion, and I regard them as you do in whatever sect I meet with them. </strong><strong>As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, is the best the world ever saw, or is likely to see; </strong><strong>But I apprehend it has received various corrupting changes, and I have, with most of the present dissenters in England, some doubts as to his divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble. I see no harm, however, in its being believed, if that belief has the good consequence, as probably it has, of making his doctrines more respected and more observed; especially as I do not perceive, that the Supreme takes it amiss, by distinguishing the unbelievers in his government of the world with any peculiar marks of his displeasure." </strong><strong>- Benjamin Franklin wrote this in a letter to Ezra Stiles, President of Yale University on March 9, 1790.</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"And as it is our duty to extend our wishes to the happiness of the great family of man, I conceive that we cannot better express ourselves than by humbly supplicating the Supreme Ruler of the world that the rod of tyrants may be broken to pieces, and the oppressed made free again; that wars may cease in all the earth, and that the confusions that are and have been among nations may be overruled by promoting and speedily bringing on that holy and happy period when the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ may be everywhere established, and all people everywhere willingly bow to the sceptre of Him who is Prince of Peace." - </strong><strong>Samuel Adams As Governor of Massachusetts, Proclamation of a Day of Fast, March 20, 1797.</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"When we view the blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down unimpaired to our latest posterity, our attention is irresistibly drawn to the source from whence they flow. Let us then, unite in offering our most grateful acknowledgments for these blessings to the Divine Author of All Good." - </strong><strong>James Monroe</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"I do declare to the whole world that we believe the Scriptures to contain a declaration of the mind and will of God in and to those ages in which they were written; being given forth by the Holy Ghost moving in the hearts of holy men of God; that they ought also to be read, believed, and fulfilled in our day; being used for reproof and instruction, that the man of God may be perfect. They are a declaration and testimony of heavenly things themselves, and, as such, we carry a high respect for them. We accept them as the words of God Himself." - </strong><strong>William Penn Founder of Pennsylvania</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give my verdict in its favor. I can prove its truth as clearly as any proposition ever submitted to the mind of man." - </strong><strong>Alexander Hamilton</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"In forming and settling my belief relative to the doctrines of Christianity, I adopted no articles from creeds but such only as, on careful examination, I found to be confirmed by the Bible." - </strong><strong>John Jay</strong> <strong>1st Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual - - or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country." - </strong><strong>Samuel Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The rights of the colonist as Christians...may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institution of The Great Lawgiver and Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament." - </strong><strong>Samuel Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"You have been instructed from your childhood in the knowledge of your lost state by nature; the absolute necessity of a change of heart, and an entire renovation of soul to the image of Jesus Christ; of salvation thro' His meritorious righteousness only; and the indispensable necessity of personal holiness without which no man shall see the Lord." - </strong><strong>Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) - President of the Continental Congress</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The foundation of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country." - </strong><strong>Calvin Coolidge</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The spirit of men is more important than physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than is wealth." - </strong><strong>Dwight D. Eisenhower</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. - </strong><strong>John F. Kennedy</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Knowing that intercessory prayer is our mightiest weapon and the supreme call for all Christians today, I pleadingly urge our people everywhere to pray. ... Let us pray for our nation. Let us pray for those who have never known Jesus Christ and redeeming love, for moral forces everywhere, for our national leaders. Let prayer be our passion. Let prayer be our practice. - </strong><strong>Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) - General of Confederate Army</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/ronald-reagan-bible-quote.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1239" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/ronald-reagan-bible-quote.jpg?w=300" alt="Ronald Reagan Bible Quote" width="300" height="177" /></a></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under." - </strong><strong>Ronald Reagan</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity religion and morality are indispensable supports." - </strong><strong>George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for benefits, and humbly to implore His protection, aid, and favors." - </strong><strong>George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Without a humble imitation of the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, we can never hope to be a happy nation." - </strong><strong>George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this - that it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity." - John Quincy Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty. A student's perusal of the sacred volume will make him a better citizen, a better father, a better husband." - Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The Bible is the rock on which our Republic rests." - Andrew Jackson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government, ought to be instructed." - Noah Webster</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world." - Benjamin Franklin</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His apostles...to this we owe our free constitutions of government." - Noah Webster</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed the conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?" - Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That he ought to be worshipped." - </strong><strong>Benjamin Franklin</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The only foundation for useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion." - </strong><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"To the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed, opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian in the only sense in which he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines in preference to all others..." - </strong><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"I consider the doctrines of Jesus as delivered by himself to contain the outlines of the sublimest system of morality that has ever been taught but I hold in the most profound detestation and execration the corruptions of it which have been invented..." - </strong><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.” - John Marshall, Founding Father and Supreme Court judge</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.” - James Madison, Father of the Constitution for the USA and 4th US President</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.” - Thomas Paine</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take away everything you have.” - Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.” - John Marshall, Founding Father and Supreme Court judge</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Fear can only prevail when victims are ignorant of the facts.” - Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.” - George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” - George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.” - Patrick Henry</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” - Patrick Henry</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” - Samuel Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“It is always dangerous to the liberties of the people to have an army stationed among them, over which they have no control...The Militia is composed of free Citizens. There is therefore no danger of their making use of their power to the destruction of their own Rights, or suffering others to invade them.” - Samuel Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.” - Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“It is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue.” - John Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.” - James Madison</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” - Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” - George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.” - Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” - Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.” - Samuel Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” - Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms, shall be compelled to render military service in person.” - James Madison</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.” - Benjamin Franklin</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.” - George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.” - Richard Henry Lee, Founding Father</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Whenever governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins.” - Elbridge Gerry, Founding Father</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ” - Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.” - Charles Carroll, Founding Father</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” - Thomas Paine</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“In circumstances dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect that, whilst every prudent Measure should be taken to ward off the impending Judgements....All confidence must be withheld from the Means we use; and reposed only on that GOD who rules in the Armies of Heaven, and without whose Blessing the best human Counsels are but Foolishness--and all created Power Vanity.” - John Hancock</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian Nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” - John Jay, Founding Father</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.” - William Ellery, Founding Father</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” - Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth... For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst; and to provide for it." - Patrick Henry</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor.” </strong><strong>- George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable.” </strong><strong>- George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>True religion affords to government its surest support. </strong><strong>- George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>We have this day [Fourth of July] restored the Sovereign to whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in Heaven, and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His Kingdom come. </strong><strong>- Samuel Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>Congress printed a Bible for America and said:</strong> <strong>“The United States in Congress assembled … recommend this edition of the Bible to the inhabitants of the United States … a neat edition of the Holy Scriptures for the use of schools.” </strong><strong>- United States Congress 1782</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>Congress passed this resolution:</strong> <strong>“The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.” </strong><strong>- United States Congress 1782</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world." </strong><strong>- John Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity." </strong><strong>- John Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God, and the national acknowledgment of this truth is not only an indispensable duty which the people owe to Him." </strong><strong>- John Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“The Scriptures tell us righteousness exalteth a Nation.” </strong><strong>- Abigail Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts. </strong><strong>- John Jay - First Chief-Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>…that all may bow to the scepter of our Lord Jesus Christ and that the whole Earth may be filled with his glory. </strong><strong>- John Hancock, as Governor of Massachusetts 1791</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.” </strong><strong>- Benjamin Rush-Signer of the Declaration of Independence</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>Let the children…be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education. </strong><strong>- Benjamin Rush-Signer of the Declaration of Independence</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>Christianity is the only true and perfect religion… </strong><strong>- Benjamin Rush-Signer of the Declaration of Independence</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>The Christian religion is the best religion that has ever been given to man </strong><strong>- Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson Memorial</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“I verily believe Christianity necessary to the support of civil society. One of the beautiful boasts of our municipal jurisprudence is that Christianity is a part of the Common Law … There never has been a period in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying its foundations.” </strong><strong>- Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, Harvard Speech, 1829</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"I am busily engaged in study of the Bible." </strong><strong>- Abraham Lincoln</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God … and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord. </strong><strong>- Abraham Lincoln</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation… </strong><strong>- Abraham Lincoln</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulties.” </strong><strong>- Abraham Lincoln, President, March 4, 1861 inaugural address</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ.” </strong><strong>- James Madison</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible. </strong><strong>- Ronald Reagan</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>Deep religious beliefs stemming from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible inspired many of the early settlers of our country, providing them with the strength, character, convictions, and faith necessary to withstand great hardship and danger in this new and rugged land. These shared beliefs helped forge a sense of common purpose among the widely dispersed colonies — a sense of community which laid the foundation for the spirit of nationhood that was to develop in later decades. </strong><strong>- Ronald Reagan</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers’ abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible’s teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual. This same sense of man patterned the convictions of those who framed the English system of law inherited by our own Nation, as well as the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. </strong><strong>- Ronald Reagan</strong></h3><p> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/ronald-reagan-sc.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1177" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/ronald-reagan-sc.jpg?w=300" alt="Ronald-Reagan-SC" width="300" height="233" /></a></p><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>For centuries the Bible’s emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent outreach such as private charity, the establishment of schools and hospitals, and the abolition of slavery. </strong><strong>- Ronald Reagan</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“The Congress of the United States, in recognition of the unique contribution of the Bible in shaping the history and character of this Nation, and so many of its citizens, has by Senate Joint Resolution 165 authorized and requested the President to designate the year 1983 as the ‘Year of the Bible.'"</strong><strong>- Ronald Reagan</strong></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>Inside the Bible’s pages lie the answers to all the problems that mankind has ever known. I hope Americans will read and study the Bible. </strong><strong>- Ronald Reagan</strong></h3><p> </p><p style="text-align:center;"> <a href="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/reagan-liberal-friends.jpg"><img class="alignnone wp-image-89" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/reagan-liberal-friends.jpg?w=300" alt="Reagan Liberal Friends" width="429" height="183" /></a></p><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>Let us be sure that those who come after will say, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept the faith - Ronald Reagan</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which heaven itself has ordained.” - George Washington</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“My custom is to read four or five chapters of the Bible every morning immediately after rising. It seems to me the most suitable manner of beginning the day. It is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue.” - John Quincy Adams</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“The reason that Christianity is the best friend of government is because Christianity is the only religion that changes the heart.” - Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>“All must admit that the reception of the teachings of Christ results in the purest patriotism, in the most scrupulous fidelity to public trust, and in the best type of citizenship.” - Grover Cleveland</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"By removing the Bible from schools we would be wasting so much time and money in punishing criminals and so little pains to prevent crime. Take the Bible out if our schools and there would be an explosion in crime". - Benjamin Rush...signer of the Declaration of Independence</strong></h3><p> </p><hr /><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>The Right To Keep And Bear Arms and The Importance of a Well Armed, Trained and Active Militia</strong></span></h2><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/jfk_afi.jpg"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1109" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/jfk_afi.jpg?w=300" alt="JFK Armed Citizenry" width="458" height="305" /></a></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms <span style="color:#ff0000;">shall not be infringed</span>." - Bill of Rights</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"No free man <span style="color:#ff0000;">shall ever be debarred</span> the use of arms." - Proposed Virginia Constitution, 1776</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms. . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Jefferson's "Commonplace Book," 1774-1776, quoting from On Crimes and Punishment, by criminologist Cesare Beccaria, 1764</strong><strong>- Thomas Jefferson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"[A] string of amendments were presented to the lower House; these altogether respected personal liberty." - Letter to Patrick Henry, June 12, 1789, referring to the introduction of what became the Bill of Rights </strong><strong>- William Grayson</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>The Constitution preserves "the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation. . . (where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." - The Federalist, No. 46 </strong><strong>- James Madison</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"[I]f circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their rights and those of their fellow citizens." - The Federalist, No. 29</strong><strong>- Alexander Hamilton</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"[A]rms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. . . Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them." - Thoughts On Defensive War, 1775 </strong><strong>- Thomas Paine</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"What, sir, is the use of militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. . . Whenever Government means to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise a standing army upon its ruins." - Debate, U.S. House of Representatives, August 17, 1789 </strong><strong>- Elbridge Gerry</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The great object is, that every man be armed."</strong> <strong>- Patrick Henry</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"That the people have a Right to mass and to bear arms; that a well regulated militia composed of the Body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper natural and safe defense of a free State..." </strong><strong>- George Mason</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Are we at last brought to such an humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense? Where is the difference between having our arms under our own possession and under our own direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?" </strong><strong>- Patrick Henry</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"...who are the militia, if they be not the people of this country...? I ask, who are the militia? They consist of now of the whole people, except a few public officers." </strong><strong>- George Mason</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined.... O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people!" </strong><strong>- Patrick Henry</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"No free government was ever founded or ever preserved its liberty, without uniting the characters of the citizen and soldier in those destined for the defense of the state.... Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as individuals, and their rights as freemen." </strong><strong>- State Gazette (Charleston), September 8, 1788</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"While the people have property, arms in their hands, and only a spark of noble spirit, the most corrupt Congress must be mad to form any project of tyranny." </strong><strong>- Rev. Nicholas Collin, Fayetteville Gazette (N.C.), October 12, 1789</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The powers of the sword, say the minority of Pennsylvania, is in the hands of Congress. My friends and countrymen, it is not so, for the powers of the sward are in the hands of the yeomanry of America from sixteen to sixty. The militia of these free commonwealths, entitled and accustomed to their arms, when compared with any possible army, must be tremendous and irresistible. Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom? Congress have no right to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American.... The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or the state governments, but where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people." </strong><strong>- Pennsylvania Gazette, February 20, 1788</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Another source of power in government is a military force. But this, to be efficient, must be superior to any force that exists among the people, or which they can command; for otherwise this force would be annihilated, on the first exercise of acts of oppression. Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive." </strong><strong>- Noah Webster An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, Philadelphia, 1787</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"The militia, who are in fact the effective part of the people at large, will render many troops quite unecessary. They will form a powerful check upon the regular troops, and will generally be sufficient to over-awe them" - Tench Coxe, An American Citizen IV, October 21, 1787</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American . . . . The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people." - The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"As the military forces which must occasionally be raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow citizens, the people are confirmed by the next article (of amendment) in their right to keep and bear their private arms." - Federal Gazette, June 18, 1789</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; or to raise standing armies, unless necessary for the defense of the United States, or of some one or more of them; or to prevent the people from petitioning, in a peaceable and orderly manner, the federal legislature, for a redress of grievances; or to subject the people to unreasonable searches and seizures of their persons, papers or possessions." </strong><strong>- Samuel Adams, Debates of the Massachusetts Convention of 1788</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves . . . and include all men capable of bearing arms. . . To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms... The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle." -- </strong><strong>"... whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them..." </strong><strong>- Richard H. Lee, Additional Letters from the Federal Farmer 53, 1788</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"... of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trail by jury of the vicinage in civil and criminal cases; of the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus; of the right to keep and bear arms.... If these rights are well defined, and secured against encroachment, it is impossible that government should ever degenerate into tyranny." </strong><strong>- James Monroe</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"... the loyalists in the beginning of the late war, who objected to associating, arming and fighting, in defense of our liberties, because these measures were not constitutional. A free people should always be left... with every possible power to promote their own happiness." </strong><strong>- Pennsylvania Gazette, April 23, 1788</strong></h3><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.... And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." </strong><strong>- Thomas Jefferson, in letter to William S. Smith, 1787</strong></h3><p> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/reagan-gun-control.jpg"><img class="alignnone wp-image-87" src="http://loveforamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/reagan-gun-control.jpg?w=300" alt="Reagan Gun Control" width="450" height="450" /></a></p><h3 style="text-align:center;"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;"><strong>GEORGE WASHINGTON -</strong> <strong>"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth keystone... the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable... more than 99% of them by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour." 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href="http://www.raptureready.com/featured/duck/dd74.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#2</span></a> “The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#3" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-obama-turkish-parliament" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#3</span></a> “We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world — including in my own country.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#4" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#4</span></a> “As a student of history, I also know <a style="color:#00ccff;" title="Presenting The True Face Of Islam" href="http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/pages/radicalIDEOLOGY/the-true-face-of-islam.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">civilization’s debt to Islam</span></a>.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#5" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#5</span></a> “<a style="color:#00ccff;" title="The Religion of Peace" href="http://www.barenakedislam.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.</span></a>”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#1" href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/114115-obama-to-host-ramadan-meal" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#6</span></a> “Islam has always been part of America”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#2" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#7</span></a> “<a style="color:#00ccff;" title="Obama’s Never-Ending Defense Of Islam Ensures More Bombing Attacks" href="http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=13808" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim communities</span></a>”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#8" href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/08/68497520/1#.UkYaZhAQOnM" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#8</span></a> “These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#4" href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/barackobam410719.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#9</span></a> “America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#10" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#10</span></a> “I made clear that America is not – and never will be – at war with Islam.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#11" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#11</span></a> “Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism – it is an important part of promoting peace.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#12" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#12</span></a> “So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#13" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#13</span></a> “In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#14" href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2010/07/obamas-nasa-muslim-outreach-echoes-his-nutty-cairo-speech/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#14</span></a> “Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#6" href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/114115-obama-to-host-ramadan-meal" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#15</span></a> “Ramadan is a celebration of <a style="color:#00ccff;" title="Islam Is The Greatest Threat To World Peace Since Hitler’s Nazis" href="http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=15101" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">a faith known for great diversity and racial equality</span></a>”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#16" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#16</span></a> “The Holy Koran tells us, ‘O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another.’”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#17" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/11/statement-president-occasion-ramadan" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#17</span></a> “I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#18" href="http://freepatriot.org/2013/09/12/obama-america-founded-muslims-unlocked-secrets-universe/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#18</span></a> “We’ve seen those results in generations of Muslim immigrants – farmers and factory workers, helping to lay the railroads and build our cities, the Muslim innovators who helped build some of our highest skyscrapers and who helped unlock the secrets of our universe.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#9" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#19</span></a> “That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam <a style="color:#999999;" title="Obama-Supported Al-Qaeda Linked Syrian Rebels Now Killing Christians" href="http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=14878" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">must be based on what Islam is</span></a>, not what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#10" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#20</span></a> “I also know that Islam has always been a part of America’s story.”</strong></span></p><h2 style="text-align:center;"></h2><h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;">20 Quotes By Barack Obama About Christianity and the Bible</span></h2><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#1" href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/04/obamas_christian_nation_1.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#1</span></a> “Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>#2 “We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#3" href="http://www.wnd.com/2012/07/watch-obama-mock-bible-in-2006/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#3</span></a> “Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and that eating shellfish is an abomination? Or we could go with Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith?”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#4" href="http://blogs.christianpost.com/christianlife/nero-and-criminalising-of-christianity-7746/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#4</span></a> “Even those who claim the Bible’s inerrancy make distinctions between Scriptural edicts, sensing that some passages – the Ten Commandments, say, or a belief in Christ’s divinity – are central to Christian faith, while others are more culturally specific and may be modified to accommodate modern life.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#5" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/us/politics/2006obamaspeech.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#5</span></a> “The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marriage nevertheless are opposed to a Constitutional amendment to ban it. Religious leadership need not accept such wisdom in counseling their flocks, but they should recognize this wisdom in their politics.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#6" href="http://christianity.about.com/od/religionpolitics/p/obamafaithss.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#6</span></a> From Obama’s book, <i>The Audacity of Hope</i>: “I am not willing to have the state deny American citizens a civil union that confers equivalent rights on such basic matters as hospital visitation or health insurance coverage simply because the people they love are of the same sex—nor am I willing to accept a reading of the Bible that considers an obscure line in Romans to be more defining of Christianity than the Sermon on the Mount.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#7" href="http://cathleenfalsani.com/obama-on-faith-the-exclusive-interview/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#7</span></a> Obama’s response when asked what his definition of sin is: “Being out of alignment with my values.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#8" href="http://cathleenfalsani.com/obama-on-faith-the-exclusive-interview/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#8</span></a> “If all it took was someone proclaiming I believe Jesus Christ and that he died for my sins, and that was all there was to it, people wouldn’t have to keep coming to church, would they.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#9" href="http://cathleenfalsani.com/obama-on-faith-the-exclusive-interview/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#9</span></a> “This is something that I’m sure I’d have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about any religion, including Christianity, is that at some level <a style="color:#00ccff;" title="Eternal Life Through the Blood Of JESUS CHRIST Is A Free Gift" href="http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/pages/freeGIFT.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">there is a call to evangelize and prostelytize</span></a>. There’s the belief, certainly in some quarters, that people haven’t embraced Jesus Christ as their personal savior <a style="color:#00ccff;" title="The Awful Reality Of Hell - You Don't Have To Go There" href="http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/pages/doctrine/the-awful-reality-of-hell.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">that they’re going to hell</span></a>.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#7" href="http://www.worldviewweekend.com/worldview-times/article.php?articleid=3729" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#10</span></a> “I find it hard to believe that my God would consign four-fifths of the world to hell. I can’t imagine that my God would allow some little Hindu kid in India who never interacts with the Christian faith to somehow burn for all eternity. That’s just not part of my religious makeup.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#11" href="http://cathleenfalsani.com/obama-on-faith-the-exclusive-interview/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#11</span></a> “I don’t presume to have knowledge of what happens after I die. But I feel very strongly that whether the reward is in the here and now or in the hereafter, the aligning myself to my faith and my values is a good thing.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#12" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2008/07/11/finding-his-faith.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#12</span></a> “I’ve said this before, and I know this raises questions in the minds of some evangelicals. I do not believe that my mother, who never formally embraced Christianity as far as I know … I do not believe she went to hell.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#8" href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Barack_Obama_Principles_+_Values.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#13</span></a> “<a style="color:#00ccff;" title="Obama Brags That Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Will Never Stop In America" href="http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=13850" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">Those opposed to abortion</span></a> cannot simply invoke God’s will–they have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#14" href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/aprilweb-only/116-51.0.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#14</span></a> On <a style="color:#00ccff;" title="Obama To Force All Churches To Perform Gay Marriages?" href="http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=14211" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">his support for civil unions for gay couples</span></a>: “If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#15" href="http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=4652934&page=1" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#15</span></a> “You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#16" href="http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/21/to-some-obama-is-the-wrong-kind-of-christian/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#16</span></a> “In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#17" href="http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/21/to-some-obama-is-the-wrong-kind-of-christian/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#17</span></a> “On Easter or Christmas Day, my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist temple, the Chinese New Year celebration, the Shinto shrine, and ancient Hawaiian burial sites.”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#18" href="http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2010/09/28/president-obama-says-we-achieve-salvation-through-the-grace-of.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#18</span></a> “We have Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, and their own path to grace is one that we have to revere and respect as much as our own”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#19" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#19</span></a> “All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of the three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together <a style="color:#00ccff;" title="The Story of Isra" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isra_and_Mi'raj" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">as in the story of Isra</span></a> — (applause) — as in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed, peace be upon them, joined in prayer. (Applause.)”</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a style="color:#00ccff;" title="#20" href="http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/22/obamas-2004-interview-about-his-faith/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">#20</span></a> “I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people."</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="font-size-5">Read More Posts At <a href="http://thecentralkentuckypatriot.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Central Kentucky Patriot</a></span></p><div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align:center;"></div></div><div><p style="text-align:center;"></p></div></div>Let’s pray for unityhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/let-s-pray-for-unity2014-07-06T11:15:04.000Z2014-07-06T11:15:04.000ZJuan Reynosohttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/JuanReynoso27<div><p><b>Let’s pray for unity - 7-6-14 <a href="http://anticorruptionact.org/">http://anticorruptionact.org/</a></b></p><p>Father we pray for unity, give us the wisdom to acknowledge that praying for our salvation it is not enough, we have become isolated and removed from contact with non-Christians and some of the pressing social questions of today, we have often been quite content to sing about going to heaven, but show very little concern for the sick and the poor, the lonely, the old and the miserable of our world. Father show us the way to do your will, Isaiah 58 is a ringing condemnation of such attitude as Christians, Father help us to be faithful to you my Lord and let us be concerned and open our eyes and earns to take action and dare not neglect these that need our love and support and as Christians show this manifestation of Christian love that we have tended greatly to neglect.</p><p>Father, you made us a family, let us open our hearth to all the people and minister not only one segment of our society but include all people, all classes, and all colors, without distinction. Father we need you, help us be obedient to your command to offer love, friendship, forgiveness, and grace to all people without regard to class, color, background, or heredity help us to follow your example, you was the one who called us and who Himself was the friend of sinners of all kinds. Lord We are honest and admit that this has been the weak spot in our life, we ask to forgive us. Father, open my eyes that I might see the people around me as people whom you created and whom you have placed in my path for a purpose. Teach me that I am my brother's keeper. Father we are your disciples and responsible stewards of all yours creation your gifts to all the people, for the good of humanity and the whole world. Father, help us to be one family with you my Lord, now and in the world to come. AMEN</p></div>Let's pray to love and empower each other.https://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/let-s-pray-to-love-and-empower-each-other2014-06-24T11:52:04.000Z2014-06-24T11:52:04.000ZJuan Reynosohttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/JuanReynoso27<div><p>Tea Party Patriots, let’s pray for America. 6-24-14 <a href="http://anticorruptionact.org/"><b>http://anticorruptionact.org/</b></a></p><p>We pray to love and empower each other.</p><p>Father we thank you for all yours blessings, you give us all we need to be the best we can be, father give us the wisdom to change our world, our dream is to truly do our best to love and empower each other, I believe in your grace and I can see a future where people come together and live by these simple principles, we can choose to become one of the many that choose to make our life and our world a better place. With you Father, It is fully possible. I know that there are many people of all races and nationality here in our United states that beliefs and are already committed to living by these or similar ideals. Let us then choose with an open mind and heart to add ourselves to their numbers. Let us choose every day of our lives to do what's best for all, to open our hearths and mind to your divine guidance, to accept and find compassion, and to love and empower ourselves and all around us to be the best that we can be for the benefit of mankind.</p><div><p>Father, may our prayers come to your attention, as we are Praying and asking this in the name of your beloved son Jesus. Amen.</p></div></div>The Republican Party: When the Body Guard joins the Bully!!!!!https://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/the-republican-party-when-the-body-guard-joins-the-bully2014-01-05T20:05:55.000Z2014-01-05T20:05:55.000ZBob Russellhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BobRussell<div><p align="center"> </p><p> I was listening to Rush Limbaugh (Wednesday Dec. 17, 2013) and he had a very interesting call from a woman relating to a survey Limbaugh discussed about men not arguing with or disagreeing with their wife. The survey found that when men never challenged the wife’s decisions the marriage got worse instead of getting better as is the common belief. <a href="http://www.today.com/health/marriage-dilemma-it-better-be-happy-or-right-2D11758343?cid=eml_nhh_20131218">http://www.today.com/health/marriage-dilemma-it-better-be-happy-or-right-2D11758343?cid=eml_nhh_20131218</a> The caller made the point that men who never stand up for their opinions and beliefs don’t get respect from women.</p><p>Read More:</p><p><a href="http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2014/01/the-republican-party-when-the-body-guard-joins-the-bully/">http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2014/01/the-republican-party-when-the-body-guard-joins-the-bully/</a></p></div>Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites supposedly private medical detailshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/disabled-woman-denied-entry-to-u-s-after-agent-cites-supposedly2013-12-02T17:11:07.000Z2013-12-02T17:11:07.000ZAndrew Haglehttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/AndrewHagle<div><p>This is nothing less than an outrage!! We need to abolish DHS and DO IT NOW!!!!!!! I feel really bad for this lady. If I had the six grand I would give it to her myself and help her arrange a trip bypassing the USA. Please let me know what you think. Blessings Andrew</p><div><p>Ellen Richardson went to Pearson airport on Monday full of joy about flying to New York City and from there going on a 10-day Caribbean cruise for which she’d paid about $6,000.</p></div><div><p>But a <a href="http://www.cbp.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Customs and Border Protection</a> agent with the Department of Homeland Security killed that dream when he <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/01/29/canadian_woman_denied_entry_to_us_because_of_suicide_attempt.html">denied her entry</a>.</p></div><div><p>“I was turned away, I was told, because I had a hospitalization in the summer of 2012 for clinical depression,’’ said Richardson, who is a paraplegic and set up her cruise in collaboration with a March of Dimes group of about 12 others.</p></div><div><p>The Weston woman was told by the U.S. agent she would have to get “medical clearance’’ and be examined by one of only three doctors in Toronto whose assessments are accepted by <a href="http://www.dhs.gov/" target="_blank">Homeland Security</a>. She was given their names and told a call to her psychiatrist “would not suffice.’’</p><p>Read more at <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/11/28/disabled_woman_denied_entry_to_us_after_agent_cites_supposedly_private_medical_details.html">http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/11/28/disabled_woman_denied_entry_to_us_after_agent_cites_supposedly_private_medical_details.html</a></p><p></p></div></div>Declaration of Independence of the Tea Party of the United States of Americahttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/declaration-of-independence-of-the-tea-party-of-the-united-states2013-10-18T09:00:00.000Z2013-10-18T09:00:00.000ZMark R. Winklehttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/MarkRWinkle<div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="center"><font face="Chancellor"><font size="4"><b>THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE</b></font></font></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="center"><font face="Chancellor"><font size="4"><b>of the Tea Party of the United States of America</b></font></font></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="center"></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="center"><font face="Chancellor"><font size="4"><b>In the United States of America</b></font></font></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="center"><font face="Chancellor"><font size="4"><b>October 18, 2013</b></font></font></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="center"></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="left"><font face="Chancellor"><font size="4"><b>When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.</b></font></font></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="left"><font face="Chancellor"><font size="4"><b>We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.<br /></b></font></font></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="left"><font face="Chancellor"><font size="4"><b>We, therefore, the Representatives of the Tea Party of the United States of America, appealing to Almighty God for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by authority of the good people of these United States, solemnly publish and declare, that the Tea Party of the United States is, and of right ought to be a free and independent political party; that it is absolved from all allegiance to the Republican Party of the United States, and that all political connection between them and the Republican Party of the United States, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as a free and independent political party, we have full power to present candidates for national, state, and local government offices and elections, petition the government for redress, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent political parties may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.</b></font></font></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="center"></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="center"></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="left"><font face="Chancellor"><font size="4"><b>National Tea Party Headquarters:</b></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="left"><font face="Chancellor"><font size="4"><b>713 Cedar Drive Suite 19</b></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="left"><font face="Chancellor"><font size="4"><b>Fairborn, Ohio 45324</b></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="left"><font face="Chancellor"><font size="4"><b>Temporary email:</b></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;" align="left"><font face="Chancellor"><font size="4"><b>teapartyunitedstates@gmail.com</b></font></font></p><p></p><p></p><p>WE, the undersigned hereby affix our names to this document:</p><p></p><p>Mark R. Winkle, Founding member</p><p></p><p>To have your name added, email me at teapartyunitedstates@gmail.com</p><p></p><p>Documents will be filed by the end of this year to establish the Tea Party as a separate political party.</p></div>Take Back Americahttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/take-back-america2013-06-08T19:00:00.000Z2013-06-08T19:00:00.000ZDaveda Gruberhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/DavedaGruber<div><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063703201,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063703201,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="337" alt="4063703201?profile=original" /></a></b></span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sometimes I take a good hard look at the past and I can see how it can repeat itself. Where I was born and growing up in a city and province where I experienced a strange pattern of events and normalcy.</span></b></span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#3366ff;"><b>I am an American citizen by choice. I took the test and aced it. I wanted to have the right to vote in this nation that is now home to me.</b></span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><b>Being born in</b> <b>Montréal</b></span><b><span style="color:#ff0000;">, Québec, Canada as an English and school taught French person can give someone a strange sense of reality. While growing up, my city was under the war measures act of Canada; the first ever in its history.</span></b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#3366ff;"><b>It started with the ‘Fronte de</b> <b>Libération</b> <b>du Québec’ (FLQ) wanting to take over the province. The terror ran from approximately 1963 to 1970. Bombs in mailboxes were common and influential English speaking people were targeted.</b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#800080;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff0000;"><b>They kidnapped two influential people. One was British Trade Minister James Cross who was eventually freed in a deal with the kidnappers, while the other hostage was Pierre Laporte who was executed. It was ironic that the French person lost his life.</b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#3366ff;"><b>I have seen and lived through armored tanks on the streets and curfews. I have seen fear on the faces of people and terror in their eyes.</b></span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063703219,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063703219,original{{/staticFileLink}}" height="446" alt="4063703219?profile=original" /></a> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff0000;"><b>The Parti Québécois eventually replaced the FLQ because more people thought that a peaceful political party could be more effective than the violent FLQ. Then, the Bloc Québécois became the official party of Québec’s predominately French population. There are other variations to political groups now in Québec, including the Québec Liberal Party.</b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#800080;"><b><span style="color:#3366ff;">The English population in the province of Québec has been cut more than in half over the past thirty years. The English speaking are now bi-lingual and signs are all in French. Many of the English have migrated to the neighboring province of Ontario. </span></b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#3366ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff0000;"><b>Now, in 2013, I am faced with being an American (for many years now) and seeing signs of people wanting to fight for freedom, which seems to me, to be dwindling in the USA.</b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#3366ff;"><b>There are constant threats as to the constitutional rights of citizens. America is badly divided.</b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#3366ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff0000;"><b>I can relate to the situation here in the US easily. I have endured a very evolving situation in the country of my birth; particularly in Montréal.</b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#800080;"><b><span style="color:#3366ff;">There are major differences between the parties in America. The Democrats are liberal and Republicans are conservative. At least, that is what they are perceived to be.</span></b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#3366ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b><span style="color:#ff0000;">There are only the two significant parties and an option to be an Independent voter. I am a registered Independent.</span></b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#3366ff;"><b>In Canada there are many parties and I believe there should be more options in the US, however, not yet. That could spread the vote out between Republicans and Conservatives. There really is a difference. I can see it with the people I interact with.</b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#800080;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b><span style="color:#ff0000;">This country must have a leader who will stand for the freedoms of the Constitution of the United States. We need a change of power and it must be a change that rules against the NWO and Islamists trying to take over our country.</span></b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#3366ff;"><b>There are camps in many states that let Jihadists practice to kill us. That should be abolished</b></span> <span class="font-size-3" style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana, geneva;"><b>or we will become as other countries have. Islam brought them backwards. Change is supposed to make things better. I no longer like that word. </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#800080;"><b> <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063703269,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063703269,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="566" alt="4063703269?profile=original" /></a></b></span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff0000;"><b>The dealing of the IRS is a disgrace to modern America. I say, abolish the IRS in favor of a ‘fair tax’.</b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#3366ff;"><b>I was born with a Jewish father and a Christian mother who converted to Judaism and then went back to her Christian upbringing when my dad died. I am not religious. I am kind of an in between person who grew up thinking that religion was parties at relative’s houses. I celebrated both. I believe that this nation was built on Judeo-Christian beliefs and certainly not Muslim based beliefs.</b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b><span style="color:#ff0000;">My conviction is that Muslims have no right to practice in Jihad camps in America. They want this country to be a Sharia law (Islamic law) based Muslim country and will stop at nothing to try to do it. I am committed to stopping this. </span></b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#3366ff;"><b>If everything that I have witnessed while networking and watching conservative news happens according to the possibilities I see, Islam or the NWO will be our choices. Starving sick people will make a choice. To stop this from happening, the people of America cannot be divided.</b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#ff00ff;"><b><span style="color:#ff0000;">I lived through political unrest during my life and never thought that when becoming an American citizen, I would live to see a country rumble again. I am feeling it in my bones. I will be relentless in trying my best to make America whole and free once more.</span></b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#3366ff;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#3366ff;"><b>We are not a free people when government spies on us and lets our Constitution be decimated. </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:verdana, geneva;color:#800080;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span style="color:#ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><b><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva;">I am only human but I know right from wrong. The theme in this country is wrong. We must change that. We must unite or divided we will fall. Let us take back America!</span></b></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color:#3366ff;" class="font-size-3"><b><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva;">Daveda Gruber</span></b></span></p></div>Gun Control By Dictate: Abolishing the 2nd Amendment
Yesterday I wrote about government dictating how illegal aliens are going to be legalized by the “Gang of 8” scheme. It mahttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/4301673-BlogPost-14491912013-04-23T18:07:58.000Z2013-04-23T18:07:58.000ZBob Russellhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BobRussell<div><p align="center"><b>Gun Control By Dictate: Abolishing the 2<sup>nd</sup> Amendment</b></p><p> Yesterday I wrote about government dictating how illegal aliens are going to be legalized by the “Gang of 8” scheme. It matters not to Congress or the regime what We the People or the Constitution say. They will decide how it is going to be and We the People will just have to accept it because it is “fair”. Today I write about gun control and how government intends to impose their will on We the People, disregarding the Constitution and the rights of said People. How does fairness and public safety figure into the latest dictates on firearms?</p><p>Gun control is being handled exactly the same way they have handled the illegal alien problem. A nut goes out and shoots some people, so they pass laws to stop it from happening again. Except that it happened again because they haven’t enforced the “new” laws they passed the last time this came up. Gun control has been such a raging success everywhere it has been tried hasn’t it? Gang violence with firearms is rampant in the major gun free zones in our nation. Sen. Ted Cruz recently gave out 2010 figures <a href="http://www.cruz.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=341218">http://www.cruz.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=341218</a> that show 15,700 attempts by criminals to legally access firearms, in one year: 2010. They were caught by the background check system in effect right now. The Obama regime has prosecuted 44. Clintonesque isn’t it??? <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/09/15/president.2000/hatch.guns/index.html?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS">http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/09/15/president.2000/hatch.guns/index.html?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS</a></p><p></p><p>Read More:</p><p><a href="http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/04/gun-control-by-dictate-abolishing-the-2nd-amendment/">http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/04/gun-control-by-dictate-abolishing-the-2nd-amendment/</a></p></div>A Letter to Working Class Democratshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/a-letter-to-working-class-democrats2013-03-01T03:36:21.000Z2013-03-01T03:36:21.000ZBob Russellhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BobRussell<div><p align="center"> </p><p> I wrote an article a few days ago in which I appealed to conservative leaders in many fields to come together and form a 3<sup>rd</sup> political party to represent those of us not being represented In Congress. <a href="http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/02/help-wanted-new-generation-of-founding-fathers/">http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/02/help-wanted-new-generation-of-founding-fathers/</a> To look at it on the surface one might think I was talking to Republicans and Independents primarily, but they are only a portion of the audience I want to reach. I am truly perplexed by people who will vote for Democrat candidates when the party stands against everything you say you believe in and value.</p><p>Read More:</p><p><a href="http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/02/a-letter-to-working-class-democrats/">http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/02/a-letter-to-working-class-democrats/</a></p><p></p></div>Help Wanted: New Generation of Founding Fathershttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/help-wanted-new-generation-of-founding-fathers2013-02-27T04:16:37.000Z2013-02-27T04:16:37.000ZBob Russellhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BobRussell<div><p align="center"> </p><p> This is an open letter to a new generation of founding fathers who I hope will stand up and “pledge their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor” to the cause of a restored Republic of the United States of America. I am asking for leaders to lead; people with wealth, name recognition, and the trust of We the People to lead us into a revival of the liberty once known by citizens of America. It is time for a political party to represent the disenfranchised in both political parties and the Independents who have been disenfranchised for a very long time.</p><p></p><p>Read More:</p><p><a href="http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/02/help-wanted-new-generation-of-founding-fathers/">http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/02/help-wanted-new-generation-of-founding-fathers/</a></p></div>God, Guts, and Guns: Defeating The “Common Sense” Gun Control Liehttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/god-guts-and-guns-defeating-the-common-sense-gun-control-lie2013-02-26T03:40:49.000Z2013-02-26T03:40:49.000ZBob Russellhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BobRussell<div><p align="center"> </p><p> Well, here we go again with the “common sense” gun control laws. Republican Senators are about to do their normal surrender of our rights again. A “bi-partisan” Gang of Howmany <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senators-near-a-deal-on-background-checks-for-most-private-gun-sales/2013/02/23/d55e5f4a-7d0c-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senators-near-a-deal-on-background-checks-for-most-private-gun-sales/2013/02/23/d55e5f4a-7d0c-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html</a> is sitting down behind closed doors to decide how to subvert the Constitution of the United States of America, AGAIN!!! It matters not that We the People pay them to govern according to our Constitution, they have decided they know better than “us peasants” what is in our best interest and what will be allowed.</p><p>Read More:</p><p><a href="http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/02/god-guts-and-guns-defeating-the-common-sense-gun-control-lie/">http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/02/god-guts-and-guns-defeating-the-common-sense-gun-control-lie/</a></p></div>Olympic Arms Stands Up For The Constitutionhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/olympic-arms-stands-up-for-the-constitution2013-02-15T17:10:16.000Z2013-02-15T17:10:16.000ZBob Russellhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BobRussell<div><p align="center"> </p><p>Gun manufacturing company, Olympic Arms, Inc. has turned down a solicitation to advertise in the FOP Journal, the publication of the National Fraternal Order of Police. The FOP very strongly supports the most extreme of gun control measures, highlighted by their jumping for joy over the Diane Feinstein proposal. Olympic Arms issued a statement <a href="http://www.guns.com/2013/02/14/olympic-arms-halts-sales-to-new-york-law-enforcement/">http://www.guns.com/2013/02/14/olympic-arms-halts-sales-to-new-york-law-enforcement/</a> with “grievances” listed as their reasons for refusing to advertise with the FOP. They went even farther, saying they will not sell to, advertise with, or generally do business with any other entity supporting gun control, including the federal government. Other firearm manufacturers have also refused to sell to government entities.</p><p>Read More:</p><p><a href="http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/02/olympic-arms-stands-up-for-the-constitution/">http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/02/olympic-arms-stands-up-for-the-constitution/</a></p></div>Last Ounce of Courage: A Movie For Patriotshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/last-ounce-of-courage-a-movie-for-patriots2013-02-11T20:15:44.000Z2013-02-11T20:15:44.000ZBob Russellhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BobRussell<div><p align="center"> </p><p> I just finished watching an incredible movie. A few months ago I saw previews of a movie called “Last Ounce of Courage” and mentioned to my wife that I would like to see it. She found it at Amazon.com and ordered it. This movie had been sitting in a box with some others for quite some time and she pulled them out today and we decided to sit down and watch it tonight.</p><p></p><p>Read More:</p><p><a href="http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/02/83913/">http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/02/83913/</a></p></div>A look at Agenda 21 in the United Stateshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/a-look-at-agenda-21-in-the-united-states2013-01-25T12:42:48.000Z2013-01-25T12:42:48.000ZDavid M Battenhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/DavidMBatten<div><h1>A look at Agenda 21 in the United States</h1><div class="meta"><div class="date">December 8, 2012</div>By <a href="http://tavernkeepers.com/author/joseph/" title="Posts by Joseph">Joseph</a></div><p></p><span id="wpLogin"></span><p><img title="" style="float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/LogoA21c_es.jpg" alt="undefined" width="326" height="163" /></p><p> </p><p>On June 9, 2011, an Executive Order established the White House Rural Council with 25 executive branch departments including Defense, Justice, Homeland Security, National Drug Control, Environmental Quality, Labor, Commerce, Interior, EPA, Housing, <a href="http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/37561#">Health</a>, Education to name just a few.</p><p>The order covers 16% of the American population who lives in rural counties because they “supply our food, fiber, and energy, safeguard our natural resources, and are essential in the development of science and innovation. ”</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_juUVKKBw-k">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_juUVKKBw-k</a></p><p> </p><p><img title="" style="float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Barack_Obama_signs_Executive_Order.jpg/800px-Barack_Obama_signs_Executive_Order.jpg" alt="File:Barack Obama signs Executive Order.jpg" width="351" height="240" /></p><p> </p><p><strong>Executive Order 13575 of June 9, 2011</strong></p><p><strong>Establishment of the White House Rural Council</strong></p><p>By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America and in order to enhance Federal engagement with rural communities, it is hereby ordered as follows:</p><dl><dt>Section 1. <em>Policy</em>.</dt><dd>Sixteen percent of the American population lives in rural counties. Strong, sustainable rural communities are essential to winning the future and ensuring American competitiveness in the years ahead. These communities supply our food, fiber, and energy, safeguard our natural resources, and are essential in the development of science and innovation. Though rural communities face numerous challenges, they also present enormous economic potential. The Federal Government has an important role to play in order to expand access to the capital necessary for economic growth, promote innovation, improve access to health care and education, and expand outdoor recreational activities on public lands.<p>To enhance the Federal Government’s efforts to address the needs of rural America, this order establishes a council to better coordinate Federal programs and maximize the impact of Federal investment to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in our rural communities.</p></dd></dl><dl><dt>Sec. 2. <em>Establishment</em>.</dt><dd>There is established a White House Rural Council (Council).</dd></dl><dl><dt>Sec. 3. <em>Membership</em>.</dt></dl><p>(a)<br /> The Secretary of Agriculture shall serve as the Chair of the Council, which shall also include the heads of the following executive branch departments, agencies, and offices:</p><p>(1)<br /> the Department of the Treasury;</p><p>(2)<br /> the Department of Defense;</p><p>(3)<br /> the Department of Justice;</p><p>(4)<br /> the Department of the Interior;</p><p>(5)<br /> the Department of Commerce;</p><p>(6)<br /> the Department of Labor;</p><p>(7)<br /> the Department of Health and Human Services;</p><p>(8)<br /> the Department of Housing and Urban Development;</p><p>(9)<br /> the Department of Transportation;</p><p>(10)<br /> the Department of Energy;</p><p>(11)<br /> the Department of Education;</p><p>(12)<br /> the Department of Veterans Affairs;</p><p>(13)<br /> the Department of Homeland Security;</p><p>(14)<br /> the Environmental Protection Agency;</p><p>(15)<br /> the Federal Communications Commission;</p><p>(16)<br /> the Office of Management and Budget;</p><p>(17)<br /> the Office of Science and Technology Policy;</p><p>(18)<br /> the Office of National Drug Control Policy;</p><p>(19)<br /> the Council of Economic Advisers;</p><p>(20)<br /> the Domestic Policy Council;</p><p>(21)<br /> the National Economic Council;</p><p>(22)<br /> the Small Business Administration;</p><p>(23)<br /> the Council on Environmental Quality;</p><p>(24)<br /> the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs;</p><p>(25)<br /> the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs; and such other executive branch departments, agencies, and offices as the President or the Secretary of Agriculture may, from time to time, designate.</p><p>(b)<br /> A member of the Council may designate, to perform the Council functions of the member, a senior-level official who is part of the member’s department, agency, or office, and who is a full-time officer or employee of the Federal Government.</p><p>(c)<br /> The Department of Agriculture shall provide funding and administrative support for the Council to the extent permitted by law and within existing appropriations.</p><p>(d)<br /> The Council shall coordinate its policy development through the Domestic Policy Council and the National Economic Council.</p><p> </p><dl><dt>Sec. 4. <em>Mission and Function of the Council</em></dt><dd>The Council shall work across executive departments, agencies, and offices to coordinate development of policy recommendations to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in rural America, and shall coordinate my Administration’s engagement with rural communities. The Council shall:</dd></dl><p>(a)<br /> make recommendations to the President, through the Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Director of the National Economic Council, on streamlining and leveraging Federal investments in rural areas, where appropriate, to increase the impact of Federal dollars and create economic opportunities to improve the quality of life in rural America;</p><p>(b)<br /> coordinate and increase the effectiveness of Federal engagement with rural stakeholders, including agricultural organizations, small businesses, education and training institutions, health-care providers, telecommunications services providers, research and land grant institutions, law enforcement, State, local, and tribal governments, and nongovernmental organizations regarding the needs of rural America;</p><p>(c)<br /> coordinate Federal efforts directed toward the growth and development of geographic regions that encompass both urban and rural areas; and</p><p>(d)<br /> identify and facilitate rural economic opportunities associated with energy development, outdoor recreation, and other conservation related activities.</p><p> </p><dl><dt>Sec. 5. <em>General Provisions</em>.</dt></dl><p>(a)<br /> The heads of executive departments and agencies shall assist and provide information to the Council, consistent with applicable law, as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Council. Each executive department and agency shall bear its own expense for participating in the Council.</p><p>(b)<br /> Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:</p><p>(i)<br /> authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof; or</p><p>(ii)<br /> functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.</p><p>(c)<br /> This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.</p><p>(d)<br /> This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.</p><p> </p><p><img style="float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/America_Farm_-_geograph.org.uk_-_625217.jpg" alt="File:America Farm - geograph.org.uk - 625217.jpg" width="296" height="222" /></p><p align="center">Image credit: Will Lovell</p><p>A recent article in Washington Post appeared with the innocuous title, “What we need: Smarter growth plans.” The author is Roger K. Lewis, a practicing architect and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland. Who can possibly object to <strong>“smarter growth plans?”</strong> Except that <strong>“smart growth plans”</strong> is the euphemism used by the United Nations for its Agenda 21, a direct assault on private property rights and American sovereignty.</p><p>Roger K. Lewis suggests that <strong>“smart growth”</strong> was designed by market forces driven by “green building.” He makes no mention of Agenda 21 and ICLEI objectives and intrusion into our society since the early 1970s or the agreement signed in 1992 that went under the radar of the American people’s understanding of the complex negative ramifications for our economy and our liberties.</p><p>I have not met Americans who think, “sprawl-producing planning, zoning and mortgage templates are obsolete” as the author claims. Would Americans willingly give up their land and homes with or without compensation in exchange for a move to a densely populated high-rise, with no parking garages, no access to cars, like rats fenced in a grey concrete maze?</p><p>Communist “social engineering” confiscated land and homes for agriculture. People were forced to move into many-storied, tiny cinder block apartments without any compensation for the land or homes bulldozed. They were forced to commute by bicycles or public transit.</p><p>Lewis deems subdivision developments with low-density, detached, single-family homes as outdated. He calls the areas educationally dysfunctional and unsafe. American suburbia was built, he says, on four assumptions that have lost validity today:</p><ol><li>Unlimited supply of land</li><li>Inexpensive and inexhaustible supply of oil</li><li>Homogenous land use</li><li>The American dream to own and inhabit a mortgaged house.</li></ol><p>I am not sure on what research Lewis based his conclusions, but we have huge domestic oil reserves if permits were issued to drill. We also have a vast land mass. Some areas have 70 or less inhabitants per square mile. Americans still want to own their own home and want to live in a homogeneous community of other homeowners. Just because power hungry bureaucrats at the United Nations have decided to “preserve” land and the environment for the future of the planet and its animals, neglecting the future of humans, does not mean Americans agree to this vision.</p><p>“<em>Much of America’s land cannot and should not be developed.”</em> Who are you to decide for us, Mr. Lewis and why? Last time I checked we were free people who determined their own life choices.</p><p><em>“Dependency on oil and limitless use of cars pose daunting environmental,</em> <em>economic, and geopolitical problems.”</em> Who is going to decide the limit to our car use? Is it going to be done by law, more regulations, or executive order?</p><p>A handful of environmentalists, the EPA, and the United Nation’s dictators, using faulty debunked data from the University of East Anglia or phony research are trying to separate Americans from their land use, cars, trucks, and the open-wide roads.</p><p>Lewis continues his Agenda 21 fallacy. “<em>The traditional nuclear family—mom, dad, two to three kids and one or two pets—is now a minority of America’s</em> <em>households</em>.” I am positive that this man is not describing America that I know and see every day. His statements continue, “<em>Today a majority of households are people, young or old, living alone; couples or sets of unrelated individuals of various ethnicities, ages and tastes.”</em></p><p>Agenda 21 and Mr. Lewis suggest building high-rises in “<strong><em>designated</em></strong> <em>areas within municipalities where new development and re-development is feasible and</em> <strong><em>desirable.</em></strong><em>”</em>Affordable housing is a priority and so are <strong>environmental standards</strong>.</p><p>It is obvious that “<strong>smart growth plans</strong>” or Agenda 21 designed by United Nations will affect our future choices in how we live and where. EPA will be involved and will twist the arms of those who do not adopt “<strong>smart growth plans</strong>,” denying grants to states and cities and levying other penalties. By the time Americans realize the implications of Agenda 21<strong>“smart</strong> <strong>growth</strong>,<strong>”</strong> they will lose their homes and lands with no compensation. At least people who lost property under <em>Eminent Domain</em> have been compensated.</p><p> </p><p><img style="float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Iclei_logo.gif" alt="" width="219" height="133" /></p><p> </p><p>The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) is a conglomerate of 600 national, regional, and local government associations who promote <strong>“sustainable development”</strong> and protection of the environment because of man-made global warming that does not exist.</p><p><strong>“Sustainable development”</strong> is the United Nations effort to contain and limit economic development in developed countries and thus control population growth. It is <strong>“sustainable de-growth,”</strong> plain and simple. The focus is “<em>low-income agriculture</em>” and to set limits on the developed world.</p><p>United Nations and its affiliates believe that first world countries polluted significantly during their development while urging third world countries to reduce pollution thus impeding their growth. Implementation of<strong>“sustainable development</strong>” would revert our society to a pre-modern lifestyle.</p><p>ICLEI wants to keep the environment as pristine as possible through <strong>“ideal-seeking behavior.”</strong> These euphemisms are not clearly defined in terms of what or who will evaluate or set the standards for this <strong>“ideal-seeking behavior<em>.”</em></strong></p><p>Agenda 21 sets up the global infrastructure to manage, count, and control <a href="http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/37561#">assets</a>. It is not concerned with protecting the environment or the world’s resources. Agenda 21 wants <strong>change</strong> from old sector-centered ways of doing business to new approaches. The “<em>desired future state</em>” should be to pursue “economic prosperity, environmental quality, and <strong>social</strong> <strong>equity</strong>.”</p><p><strong>“Social equity”</strong> is the new euphemism for <strong>“social justice”</strong> the Marxists in our government have been using a lot lately. Who gave them the authority and the mandate to initiate such change? I do not remember the American people being asked through a referendum whether we wanted our way of life to be fundamentally changed according to mandates set up by the United Nations. How will population growth control be achieved in order to protect the precious environment?</p><p> </p><p><img title="" style="float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Sustainable_development.svg/800px-Sustainable_development.svg.png" alt="File:Sustainable development.svg" width="467" height="298" /></p><p align="center">Image credit: Johann Dreo</p><p align="center"></p><p>There are four tiers to UN’s “<strong>sustainable development</strong>” plan:</p><ol><li>Environmental sustainability</li><li>Economic sustainability</li><li>Socio-political sustainability</li><li>Cultural diversity.</li></ol><p>In 2001 UNESCO, in The Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, stated that cultural diversity is as important as biodiversity in the sense of a more satisfactory, intellectual, emotional, moral, and spiritual existence. Who is to decide the level and quality of the population’s satisfaction, intellectual, emotional, moral, and spiritual existence? Human needs must be met while preserving the environment for the future. Again, who will decide what our needs are in order to preserve the future?</p><p>In February 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya, ICLEI attended a United Nations conference as representative of the interests of local governments. “<em>In collaboration with partners such as UN-Habitat, Cities Alliance and ICLEI, UNEP (United Nations Environmental Protection) is working to make cities more livable, better prepared for the multiple environmental challenges they are facing, as well as giving them a stronger voice in the international climate negotiations.”</em> Last time I checked, global warming has been debunked as a hoax and UN rapidly changed its name to climate change, continuing the attempt to fleece developed countries. In addition, who decides these international climate negotiations and why? What are we negotiating? Carbon credits?</p><p>In October 2009 in Bangkok, ICLEI stated, <em>“local governments are offering national governments our partnership in the fight against climate</em> <em>change</em>.” ICLEI wants local governments to collaborate with national governments to fight against climate change, the very change that has been scientifically debunked.</p><p>Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution states clearly, “<em>No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation, …No State shall,… enter into an Agreement or Compact with another State or with a foreign power…</em>” The counties and cities that are members of ICLEI in the U.S. through its national organization are attempting to implement foreign policy, which our Constitution forbids. What mayors and municipal governments are doing is plain unconstitutional.</p><p>“Mayors and local governments set forth the following commitments to implement sub-national, national, and international frameworks by providing resources, authority, and mandate to carry forward climate protection roles and responsibilities.”</p><p>There is no law or act of Congress to authorize the aiding and abetting of foreign policy globalism by state and local governments. We have to protect our sovereignty by banning cities and counties to be members of ICLEI, an organization that promotes United Nation’s Agenda 21/<strong>“smart growth”</strong> which is detrimental to American economic interests, liberty, and sovereignty.</p><p>“No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto law, or Law impairing the obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.” -Article 1, Section 10, The United States Constitution. That Section of the Constitution prevents membership of states, cities and counties in an organization called International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)…</p><p>But I’ll bet many of you reading this live in a city, town, or county that belongs to ICLEI because ICLEI has more than 600 active members throughout the United States. Those members are cities, counties, and states, not individuals. Westchester County is a member of ICLEI. Think we have a problem? To see if your city, town or county is affiliated with ICLEI go here: <a href="http://www.icleiusa.org/about-iclei/members/member-list">http://www.icleiusa.org/about-iclei/members/member-list</a></p><p></p><p class="tags"><small><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://tavernkeepers.com/tag/agenda-21/">Agenda 21</a>, <a href="http://tavernkeepers.com/tag/iclei/">ICLEI</a>, <a href="http://tavernkeepers.com/tag/united-nations/">United Nations</a>, <a href="http://tavernkeepers.com/tag/united-states/">United States</a></small></p></div>Obama’s Gun Control Executive Orders, Plain English Versionhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/obama-s-gun-control-executive-orders-plain-english-version2013-01-18T04:24:32.000Z2013-01-18T04:24:32.000ZBob Russellhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BobRussell<div><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>I translated the Obama Executive Orders into “peasant language”. The Obama version is listed, with the truth following:</strong></p><ol><li>Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.</li></ol><p><b>Insure that every agency has every bit of information on everyone in the nation so nothing slips through our fingers, er through the cracks. “Sieg Heil!!!”.</b></p><p> </p><p><b>Read More:</b></p><p><b><a href="http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/01/obamas-gun-control-executive-orders-plain-english-version/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=obamas-gun-control-executive-orders-plain-english-version">http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/01/obamas-gun-control-executive-orders-plain-english-version/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=obamas-gun-control-executive-orders-plain-english-version</a></b></p></div>Backwards Thinkinghttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/backwards-thinking2012-09-06T11:53:43.000Z2012-09-06T11:53:43.000ZBrett L. Bakerhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BrettLBaker<div><p align="center">A general dissolution of principals and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.</p><p align="center">Samuel Adams<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn1">[i]</a></p><p> </p><p>The sanctioned backwards display of the U.S. flag is a perfect example of the backwards thinking of our federal and State governments, as well as our laughable policy-makers in general within the United States. The sad examples of what we call leaders, do much more than support this sort of idiocy, they enthusiastically promote more of the same. But there are other examples of backwards thinking we can look at, not just the flag. Let’s look at the bills Congress passes or attempts to pass. Even a moron tries to read what he is going to sign, although he may be incapable. But Congress routinely signs bills without reading them. The Legislative and Executive Branches have created more public debt than could be paid off in a millennia, yet they continue to foolishly borrow more money from foreign nations with the sole intent of giving that same money to other foreign nations in the form of aid which will never be repaid, only to leave the U.S. taxpayer dangling on the hook with more debt to suffocate him. We allow this by giving the so-called fix to our junkie lawmakers time and time again. Another example is government refusal to police our international borders while we police the borders of foreign nations who neither pay for the service nor wish for our presence in those nations. At the same time, they encourage and we allow overzealous policing of ourselves by an overly militarized police force right here in the United States. Then there is the hypocrisy of government when they speak of the evils of China and Russia (or the former Soviet Union if you will), only to turn around and gladly incarcerate more U.S. citizens than either China or Russia incarcerate, and at a staggering cost. But remember, we are the ‘land of the free.’</p><p>So what do <i>We the People</i> do? We enable these forked-tongued prevaricators by giving them whatever they desire, rather than disabling them so they have to slither on their bellies like the snakes which they actually are. This is the backwards thinking of our government officials at every level and these are just some of the tools which they are using to happily bury us with what appears to be our consent.</p><p>If you look at the U.S. flag code Section 175 (i), which deals with the position and manner of display of the flag. It states, “When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag’s own right, that is, to the observers left<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn2">[ii]</a>.” Just so you are not confused by this, it is quite simple. The canton or union, which is blue and holds the stars, always, goes in the upper left hand corner as the crowd is looking at it. So if you hang the flag from your porch, while you look out of your own window and see the canton in the upper right corner, to the people who pass by and see the flag, the canton is in the upper left hand corner. Now we get to my problem. The backwards display of the flag on military uniforms as ordered by the federal government. While the U.S. Army claims this ‘backwards’ display has always been the case (at least for the Army), so the soldiers appear to be advancing and not retreating is really nothing more than a misleading argument. In no way is it possible for a patch of the U.S. flag on the shoulder of a uniform capable of giving anyone the appearance of retreating. I looked at hundreds if not thousands of photos of troops who fought in WWII through the Viet Nam War; I could not find one photo of the patch which was displayed in that fashion. If there was a patch, the canton was always in the upper left corner, I don’t care on what sleeve the patch was on. If you look at old photos of U.S. military aircraft, if there was a flag on the starboard side of the aircraft, the canton was in the upper left hand corner. I asked a friend of mine who is a retired U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant if I was right or wrong, he agreed with me. He stated, with a disturbed look on his face, “The canton always goes in the upper left corner, but in the upper right…that was never the case.” The canton always was in the upper left hand corner, until maybe 2002-2003 when some mental midget in the government thought it would be a good idea. I know people think this is a good idea, I personally think it is disgraceful, wrong and it makes me sick. Let’s move on, because the government and at least some of the people seem to have what they want, something backwards.</p><p> </p><p align="center">A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can best be attained.</p><p align="center">Joseph Story<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn3">[iii]</a></p><p align="center"> </p><p>Since the Republican National Convention just happened in Tampa Florida and the Democratic National Convention is happening right now in Charlotte North Carolina, these are good examples. According to an article, “Congress set aside $50 million for security at each of the party conventions for 2012, for a total of $100 million. The total cost to taxpayers of the two national party conventions in 2012 exceeded $136 million<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn4">[iv]</a>.” Here in Tampa, it was like some sort of police state. I personally have never asked the government to protect me in this manner. There were barricades impeding pedestrians and vehicles, cops in gangs roaming about. In fact you couldn’t walk 100 ft. without encountering a bunch of them. Did they bother people? No, but that isn’t the point. If I wanted to live in the Middle East, that’s where I would go. So are we to actually believe, our so-called leaders need this type of security? If they do, then they are obviously doing something wrong. I cannot believe the security was to protect them against al Qaeda, because we know it was to protect them from Americans. What would possibly make U.S. politicians feel as though they need that type of security to protect themselves from U.S. citizens? If the massive security was to protect property from protesters, then it also seems like overkill. People do have the right to protest, whether I agree with them or not. But to assume they will be a violent mob in some way violates the 1<sup>st</sup> Amendment; the right to the people to peaceably assemble. Where does it say peaceably assemble under threat of an overly militarized police force? Or in the 5<sup>th</sup> Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; nor be deprived of…liberty…without due process of law. Barricades and an excessive police presence do in fact deprive us of our liberty. But once again I will state, in <u>no way</u> did the police act in a Nazi-like fashion. However, I still have a problem with the apparent lack of trust by our elected government officials who feel this type of security is needed with regard to U.S. citizens.</p><p>An example of our leaders not paying attention is the Read the Bills Act of 2011 (RTBA). Why would there need to be such an Act if our legislators actually read what they were signing? According to Downsize DC, “Ignorance of the law is no excuse for citizens. Neither should it be for Congress<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn5">[v]</a>.” The report goes on to state, “Any member of Congress wishing to cast an affirmative vote for more spending, greater regulation, or the creation or retention of a program of bureaucracy, must sign an affidavit swearing that he or she has either…read the entire bill or heard the entire bill read.” Can you actually imagine our geniuses in Congress passing legislation without reading the bill first? Keep in mind, this isn’t like reading a thousand page novel, this is difficult stuff and takes time, effort and thought. We know there is absolutely no way they can read and understand something that large or complex in a short period of time. Maybe if the plumbing wasn’t so difficult, it wouldn’t be so easy to stop up the drain. Bills should be simplified and they should stick to the proposed idea or intent of the bill and not have phony pork-laden trailers added ad nauseam. So the easy answer to what has been happening is, Congress is and has been passing bills without reading them. I believe this is criminal behavior. Why you ask? Simple, fraud is a crime in the United States. To enact a law which affects us all without knowing what is actually in the law is fraudulent. The devil is always in the details and lawmakers should know that. US News reported, “Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives…all but admitted that few if any members of Congress will read the healthcare reform bill before voting for it<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn6">[vi]</a>.” Representative Hoyer further stated, “If every member pledged not to vote for it if they hadn’t read it in its entirety, I think we would have very few votes.” That would actually be a good thing. But be that as it may, it certainly is nice to know our elected leaders don’t find it important enough to take the time to read, digest and discuss the bills which have a huge impact on American citizens. Someone should really slip in something that states these fools will accept a 95% pay cut, but you can bet they would read <i>that part</i> of any bill.</p><p> </p><p align="center">An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.</p><p align="center">John Marshall<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn7">[vii]</a></p><p align="center"> </p><p>A perfect example of us borrowing money just so we can give it back to the same nation would be China. House “Republicans and Democrats bashed the programs during a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Asia and Pacific panel, calling them a “giant mistake of thinking” by the State Department and “an insult” to taxpayers in America<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn8">[viii]</a>.” For once I can actually applaud the words of some politicians. But, even though Congress controls the purse-strings, they still allow this to happen. So once again the State Department and their misguided foreign policy agenda strikes and our impotent House members can only be ‘insulted.’ According to the Daily Mail in the UK, “The U.S. is providing hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign aid to some of the world’s richest countries – while at the same time borrowing billions back<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn9">[ix]</a>.” Articles like this one make it very difficult to think that U.S. lawmakers aren’t slightly ‘<i>special’</i> when it comes to intelligence. The report went on to name some of the countries receiving the aid in 2010, “China…$27.2m, India $126.6m, Brazil $25m, and Russia $71.5m. Mexico also received $316.7m and Egypt $255.7m.” This is why we pay so much money in taxes. The government throws our money around the globe like the Secret Service does while on duty in a Columbian brothel. How and why we allow this to continue is beyond me, but it is quite easy to see why our public debt as of 4 September 2012 is a whopping $16,009,448,000,594.65<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn10">[x]</a>. Remember how Thomas Jefferson described public debt, as “A departure of principle” which reduces us to “Mere automations of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sinning and suffering…The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn11">[xi]</a>.” Thomas Jefferson was not wrong.</p><p>According to Vet Friends, “No military in the history of the world has been more widely deployed as the United States. Currently, the United States has military personnel deployed in about 150 countries…This covers 75% of The World’s Nations<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn12">[xii]</a>.” In a Tampa Bay Times report, Ron Paul states, “We’re in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world. We’re going broke<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn13">[xiii]</a>.” Even if we split the difference between 150 and 130 nations, that’s still 140 nations out of roughly 196 nations (that number changes depending on who is calculating the number). Still, if we had those troops in the United States, securing our borders instead of everyone else’s borders, do you think it would cost so much? Plus, the United States and our borders would be better protected and at a much lower cost to the taxpayer. Does South Korea really need us there to secure the DMZ? I’ll bet if we left and told them what they do is their business, the ROK would stomp on North Korea in no time. How about Europe? Maybe Europeans nations should guard their own borders, I like Europe, but if they can’t handle their own security, maybe they should be called something else. Either way, that wouldn’t be my concern, it would be theirs. My concern as should be the concern of all Americans is the United States of America, not every other nation on the planet. Read the preamble to the U.S. Constitution. To <i>‘provide for the common defence… to ourselves and to our Posterity’</i> is for the United States, not Korea, Germany, or any other nation. I don’t believe in the U.S. being the policemen of the world and if we are going to be that, then I believe people of other nations should be paying us handsomely for the service.</p><p>Let’s take a moment to talk about prison populations around the globe. While we all know for a fact we are the land of the free, which might not actually be true when you stop to consider we have more people in prison than any other nation on this planet. According to Nation Master<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn14">[xiv]</a>, we have 715 people out of 100K people in prison, while Russia has 584 per 100K and China has 119 out of 100K. If you take these numbers, you come up with about 2.5m incarcerated in the U.S. to China’s 7.14m. If Nation Master’s figures are correct, and if you figure China has 6 billion people and we have 350 million, then we still incarcerate the most per capita. Stop and consider the fact that China has a population over 17 times greater than the United States, but we have a third as many people incarcerated. However, in a 2006 report by Natural News, “The United States has 5 percent of the world’s population and 25 percent of the world’s incarcerated population.” The report goes on to state, “A report released by the justice department…a record 7 million people -- were incarcerated, on probation or on parole at the end of 2005, with 2.2 million of them in prison or jail<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn15">[xv]</a>.” So how ever you do the math, the United States has far more people incarcerated than any other nation per population. Then there is “China ranking second with 1.5 million prisoners, and Russia sitting in third with 870,000.” A CBS News report about the U.S. prisons or <i>‘Incarceration Nation’</i> stated, “A report by the organization, “The Price of Prisons,” states that the cost of incarcerating one inmate in Fiscal 2010 was $31,307 per year. In states like Connecticut, Washington state, New York, it’s anywhere from $50,000 to $60,000<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn16">[xvi]</a>.” It seems fairly obvious there has been a push in the United States to incarcerate as many people as possible in order to sustain what I believe is an institution which has no intention of ever getting smaller. Prisons are now being built and operated by private companies, not that it wasn’t bad enough to have the government doing this to their own people, now it is for-profit prisons and we all know they are only going to get bigger. <i>“Is it fair to call the United States “incarceration nation”?”</i> Fairness has nothing to do with what is happening in the United States to the people through petty laws meant to strip us of our freedoms and keep us locked up in prisons so a profit can be turned.</p><p> </p><p align="center">Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.</p><p align="center">Patrick Henry<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn17">[xvii]</a></p><p align="center"> </p><p>We should all remember how the founding fathers of this nation wanted limited federal government. While the people within each sovereign State can easily make up the laws as they see fit, nobody needs to go there if those laws are too draconian. But when the federal government gets it claws into you, there is little chance you will ever break free. While you may or may not like my analogy of the backwards flag, keep in mind our so-called leaders are backwards, and they prove it time and time again. Why else would they pay $100 million for security for 2 weeks of political conventions, when we know they are trying to protect themselves from us, not to protect the cities from a foreign attack. Why would they sign bills without reading them? Those bills impact us greatly. Why would they borrow money from foreign nations only to give it back to foreign nations, while we suffocate under a $16 trillion plus public debt? Why would we have our troops in 75% of the nations of the world, while we are <i>policed</i> by an overly militarized police force right here at home? Are we that much of a threat? Yet our borders protections are much like a malfunctioning sieve, allowing practically anyone or anything to pass. I guess in the end that is why we have 5% of the world’s population and 25% of the world’s prison population. It’s nice to know the U.S. government has such affection for its people. Perhaps we should show our government the same kind of affection. I realize they don’t think the laws apply to them, but they do.</p><p> </p><p>God Bless this Great Republic, the United States of America.</p><p> </p><p>Brett L. Baker</p><p><a href="http://mytreatises.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://mytreatises.blogspot.com</a> </p><p> </p><div><strong>REFERENCES</strong><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref1">[i]</a> Mark’s Quotes; Founding Fathers Quotes, Samuel Adams. <a href="http://www.marksquotes.com/Founding-Fathers/">http://www.marksquotes.com/Founding-Fathers/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref2">[ii]</a> The Flag of the United States of America; U.S. Flag Code, <a href="http://www.usflag.org/uscode36.html">http://www.usflag.org/uscode36.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref3">[iii]</a> Mark’s Quotes; Founding Fathers Quotes, Joseph Story. <a href="http://www.marksquotes.com/Founding-Fathers/">http://www.marksquotes.com/Founding-Fathers/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref4">[iv]</a> About.com US Politics; Who Pays for the Political Conventions? <a href="http://uspolitics.about.com/od/Political-Conventions/a/Taxpayers-On-The-Hook-For-Political-Conventions.htm">http://uspolitics.about.com/od/Political-Conventions/a/Taxpayers-On-The-Hook-For-Political-Conventions.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref5">[v]</a> Downsize DC; The Read the Bills Act of 2011 (RTBA), <a href="https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/rtba/">https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/rtba/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref6">[vi]</a> US News; Democratic Leader Laughs at Reading the Healthcare ill Before Passing It, <a href="http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/peter-roff/2009/07/08/democratic-leader-laughs-at-reading-the-healthcare-bill-before-passing-it">http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/peter-roff/2009/07/08/democratic-leader-laughs-at-reading-the-healthcare-bill-before-passing-it</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref7">[vii]</a> Mark’s Quotes; Founding Fathers Quotes, John Marshall. <a href="http://www.marksquotes.com/Founding-Fathers/">http://www.marksquotes.com/Founding-Fathers/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref8">[viii]</a> US News; Politicians ‘Insulted’ by Foreign Aid to China, <a href="http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/11/15/politicians-insulted-by-foreign-aid-to-china">http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/11/15/politicians-insulted-by-foreign-aid-to-china</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref9">[ix]</a> Daily Mail UK; U.S. gives billions of dollars in foreign aid to world’s richest countries – then asks to borrow it back, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393960/US-gives-billions-foreign-aid-worlds-richest-countries-asks-borrow-back.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393960/US-gives-billions-foreign-aid-worlds-richest-countries-asks-borrow-back.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref10">[x]</a> US National Debt Clock; The Outstanding Public Debt, Ed Hall. <a href="http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/">http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref11">[xi]</a> Spirit of America Liberty Quotes; Quotes from the Founding Fathers, <a href="http://dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm">http://dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref12">[xii]</a> VETFRIENDS; US Deployment Facts – How many US Troops are Overseas? <a href="http://www.vetfriends.com/US-deployments-overseas/">http://www.vetfriends.com/US-deployments-overseas/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref13">[xiii]</a> The Tampa Bay Times; Ron Paul says U.S. has military personnel in 130 nations and 900 overseas bases, <a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/14/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-us-has-military-personnel-130-nation/">http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/14/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-us-has-military-personnel-130-nation/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref14">[xiv]</a> Nation Master; Crime Statistics, <a href="http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_pri_per_cap-crime-prisoners-per-capita">http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_pri_per_cap-crime-prisoners-per-capita</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref15">[xv]</a> Natural News; United States imprisons more people than China, Russia or any other nation, experts say, <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/021290_prison_system_incarceration.html">http://www.naturalnews.com/021290_prison_system_incarceration.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref16">[xvi]</a> CBS News; The cost of a nation of incarceration, <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57418495/the-cost-of-a-nation-of-incarceration/">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57418495/the-cost-of-a-nation-of-incarceration/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref17">[xvii]</a> Mark’s Quotes; Founding Fathers Quotes, Patrick Henry. <a href="http://www.marksquotes.com/Founding-Fathers/index2.htm">http://www.marksquotes.com/Founding-Fathers/index2.htm</a></p></div></div></div>Public Enemy Number Onehttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/public-enemy-number-one2012-08-31T19:11:36.000Z2012-08-31T19:11:36.000ZBrett L. Bakerhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BrettLBaker<div><p>I believe the subject of this treatise will be about an individual which a great many people consider to be public enemy number one. For those of you who have read my other treatises, I hate to disappoint you, this particular treatise will not be the scathing witch hunt which uncovers the corruptness of our so-called leadership or of any particular leader for that matter. Instead, I am going to spend the time looking into a man who much of the public seems to intensely dislike, but for whom I have a great deal of respect.</p><p>While there are nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices, I am going to focus on one. If you haven’t guessed who I am referring to by now, it is Senior Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Gregory Scalia. Antonin Scalia was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate and assumed his office, or his seat, on 26 September 1986 as a Supreme Court Justice. Who is this Supreme Court Justice and what sets him apart from the rest? According to Wikipedia Justice Scalia is, “The longest-serving justice currently on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice. Appointed to the Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, Scalia has been described as the intellectual anchor of the Court’s conservative wing<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn1">[i]</a>.” I would like to mention a few more items noted in Wikipedia before I continue, which I believe will give us something to work with regarding Justice Scalia. Wikipedia also notes, “In his quarter-century on the Court, Scalia has staked out a conservative ideology in his opinions, advocating textualism in statutory interpretation and originalism in constitutional interpretation. He is a strong defender of the executive branch…and, in his minority opinions, often castigates the Court’s majority in scathing language.” I’ll also touch on Justice Scalia’s beliefs on such matters as flag-burning and abortion as they relate to the Constitution of the United States. I believe these items through his over 25 years on the Court will allow us to find out who Supreme Court Justice Scalia is and why so many people believe he is public enemy number one.</p><p> </p><p align="center">A Constitution is not meant to facilitate change. It is meant to impede change, to make it difficult to change.</p><p align="center">Antonin Scalia</p><p align="center"> </p><p>Because I love the U.S. Constitution and know the founding fathers of this nation were great men, I believe that would be a good place to start. What does Justice Scalia mean when he speaks about originalism in constitutional interpretation? According to an interview with Leslie Stahl of 60 Minutes, the CBS News report states, “Justice Scalia is still a maverick, championing a philosophy known as “originalism,” which means interpreting the Constitution based on what it originally meant to the people who ratified it over 200 years ago<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn2">[ii]</a>.” Personally, I like the idea of interpreting the U.S. Constitution<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn3">[iii]</a> in a manner that upholds the values, principles and words of our founding fathers who actually risked everything to create such a wonderful document for the people of the United States. In the report Justice Scalia goes on to explain what he means, “It is an enduring Constitution that I want to defend.” Ms Stahl notes, “Scalia has no patience with so-called activist judges, who create rights not in the Constitution – like a right to abortion – by interpreting the Constitution as a “living document” that adapts to changing values.” Justice Scalia states why he is against the idea of a living Constitution, “What’s wrong with it is, it’s wonderful imagery and it puts me on the defensive as defending presumably a dead Constitution.” So it is apparent, Justice Scalia believes the U.S. Constitution should be and is our ‘rock solid foundation’ which we stand upon and which has elevated us, the United States, to our (at least once) grand stature. With regard to the founders, Justice Scalia goes on to say, “Well, it isn’t the mindset. It’s what did the words mean to the people who ratified the Bill of Rights or who ratified the Constitution.” Justice Scalia isn’t against progress or change, “Create it the way most rights are created…Pass a law.” But he is against changing the Constitution, our foundation. Like many people I believe if you wish to change the Constitution, lawmakers need to go through the extremely cumbersome amendment process in order to make the Amendment. However, making a law in itself, is much less cumbersome, it just needs to be constitutional.</p><p>Why does Justice Scalia advocate textualism in statutory interpretation and what is it? Oliver Wendell Holmes in <u>The Theory of Legal Interpretation</u> stated, “How is it when you admit evidence of circumstances and read the document in the light of them? Is this trying to discover the particular intent of the individual, to get into his mind and to bend what he said to what he wanted?” Mr. Holmes, who I might add was a brilliant man, further states, “Thereupon we ask, not what this man meant, but what those words would mean in the mouth of a normal speaker of English, using them in the circumstances in which they were used, and it is to the end of answering this last question that we let in evidence as to what the circumstances were<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn4">[iv]</a>.” So I believe Mr. Holmes is stating textualism is not necessarily the intent of the man as much as it is the words themselves, as used by men in general, to understand the meaning of the words within a certain circumstance.</p><p>According to the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, “The basic premise of textualism is that judges “must seek and abide by the public meaning of the enacted text, [as] understood in context” and should “choose the letter of the statutory text over its spirit<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn5">[v]</a>.”” Mr. Davis further states with regard to textualism, “Only the statutory text has passed the constitutional requirements of bicameralism and presentment, and that judicial reliance on unenacted intentions or purposes “disrespects the legislative process.”” Also according to Mr. Davis, textualists believe those ‘unenacted intentions and purposes’ are that which “Skirts the constitutional protections designed to safeguard liberty by diffusing legislative power.” So textualism maintains the separation of power within the three branches of government itself and protects the U.S. Constitution as well as the liberty of sovereign individuals and sovereign States.</p><p>Just so you know bicameralism is Congress as two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate. For the definition of presentment I’ll go to Black’s Law Dictionary, “In criminal practice. The written notice taken by a grand jury of any offense, from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them at the suit of the government. A presentment Is an informal statement In writing, by the grand jury, representing to the court that a public offense has been committed which is triable in the county, and that there is reasonable ground for believing that a particular individual named or described therein has committed it<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn6">[vi]</a>.”</p><p>So between Oliver Wendell Holmes and Mr. Davis of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Justice Scalia’s advocacy of textualism in statutory interpretation is not the intent of what is or was meant, but the actual public meaning of the text itself within the context of what was said [in the statute] and this is done strictly to safeguard our liberty under the U.S. Constitution while holding the government in check. I can’t figure out how that is a bad thing. The framers of the Constitution believed in limited government, to be sure, limited federal government as stated by James Madison in Federalist No. 45, “The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn7">[vii]</a>.”</p><p> </p><p align="center">Now imagine a provision—perhaps inserted right after…the Naturalization clause—which included among the enumerated powers of Congress “To establish Limitations upon Immigration that will be exclusive and that will be enforced only to the extent the President deems appropriate.” The delegates to the Grand Convention would have rushed to the exits.</p><p align="center">Antonin Scalia</p><p align="center"> </p><p>An example of one of Justice Scalia’s minority opinions can be found in Arizona v. United States. Justice Scalia states, “Must Arizona’s ability to protect its borders yield to the reality that Congress has provided inadequate funding for federal enforcement—or, even worse, to the Executive’s unwise targeting of that funding<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn8">[viii]</a>?” Justice Scalia goes on to say, “The President said at a news conference that the new program “is the right thing to do” in light of Congress’s failure to pass the Administration’s proposed revision of the Immigration Act. Perhaps it is, though Arizona may not think so. But to say, as the Court does, that Arizona <i>contradicts federal law</i> by enforcing applications of the Immigration Act that the President declines to enforce boggles the mind.” This is wonderful example of Justice Scalia castigating the majority (let’s call it) in scathing language-<i>lite</i> (I would have just called them spineless jellyfish). While the majority opinion was in favor of the President’s so-called plan of doing nothing other than trampling atop the rights of the sovereign State of Arizona, Justice Scalia sets himself apart and appropriately rebuffs the majority as well as the Executive branch. Justice Scalia states, “The Court opinion’s looming specter of inutterable horror…seems to me not so horrible and even less looming…the specter that Arizona and the States that support it predicted: A Federal Government that does not want to enforce the immigration laws as written…Are the sovereign States at the mercy of the Federal Executive’s refusal to enforce the Nation’s immigration laws?” Justice Scalia seems right on point and makes my previous statement with regard to the Supreme Court Justices in “On Sovereignty<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn9">[ix]</a>” seem a bit harsh. Quite frankly I should have stated the Supreme Court might as well be referred to as ‘Eight Empty Chairs’ instead of nine. Justice Scalia quite eloquently affirmed Arizona’s sovereign status and rebuked the Executive’s misguided stance as well as the Supreme Court’s inconceivable majority opinion. Why should the sovereign State of Arizona be required to allow its borders to be violated? As a sovereign State, Arizona has every right to secure its borders, protect its citizens and enforce Immigration Laws even if the Federal government doesn’t have the backbone or the intestinal fortitude to aggressively enforce those laws. I have always been unable to fathom why the federal government shirks its own responsibilities but has such a voracious appetite for prosecuting decent Americans who simply exercise their freedoms as they see fit, which seem to be at odds with the misguided beliefs of the <i>jack-booted thugs</i> in Washington.</p><p>Apparently, the Obama administration which flatly refuses to rigorously enforce existing immigration laws, just like his predecessor, George W. Bush who also refused to enforce those laws should not handcuff a sovereign State from doing so. Each sovereign State, like the nation as a whole, has its own Constitution and its own three branches of government. The federal government in my view is always subordinate to the States as well as the individuals who make up the States, unless one of the various constitutionally guaranteed rights of the individual has been violated by the State. What right does the federal government believe it has to step in as ‘<i>High Lord and Potentate</i>’ and issue its so-called <i>fatwa’s</i> or to even dictate to the sovereign individuals and the sovereign States? The business of the State is just that, the business of the State. The federal government’s power is limited for a reason, the founders believed in the sovereign individual and the sovereign State. Clearly, the federal government merely acts out of jealousy in its daily attempts to usurp what is not rightfully theirs as stated in the Law of the Land, the U. S. Constitution.</p><p> </p><p align="center">Frequently an issue of this sort will come before the Court clad, so to speak, in sheep’s clothing…But this wolf comes as a wolf.</p><p align="center">Antonin Scalia</p><p align="center"> </p><p>Now that we have seen Justice Scalia beat up on Obama, I think it would be a good time to touch on him [Scalia] as a strong defender of the executive branch. In Morrison v. Olson Justice Scalia gave his dissenting opinion, “We should say here that the President’s constitutionally assigned duties include <i>complete</i> control over investigation and prosecutions of violations of the law, and that the inexorable command of Article II is clear and definite: the executive power must be vested in the President of the United States<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn10">[x]</a>.” Clearly, Article II of the U.S. Constitution states the duties and power of the Executive Branch as <i>separate</i> from either the Legislative or Judicial Branches, as stated in Articles I and III respectively, and vice versa. Justice Scalia’s dissenting opinion continues, “In my view…the Court’s conclusion must be wrong…One of the natural advantages the Constitution gave to the Presidency, just as it gave Members of Congress (and their staffs) the advantage of not being prosecutable for anything said or done in their legislative capacities…It is the very object of this legislation to eliminate that assurance of a sympathetic forum.” As executive privilege is a principle based on the constitutionally mandated separation of powers – the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches operate independently from one another. Private decision making with their advisors, in this case the independent council was the Assistant Attorney General Olson, has to be done without fear of ‘how something might look’ to either of the other branches of government. Unless a crime has been committed, no branch of government may frivolously impede the duties of the other branches of government. Especially when the aim is simply to destroy an elected leader’s ability to carry out the duties of his office through a so-called witch hunt or a fishing expedition which effectively renders the elected leader impotent without just cause, or simply to act as a device to destroy one’s political enemy. “The purpose of the separation and equilibration of powers in general, and of the unitary Executive in particular, was not merely to assure effective government but to preserve individual freedom.” This is a good example of Justice Scalia’s strong defense of the executive branch. But in doing so, Justice Scalia is actually defending all three separate branches of government and their duties as delineated in the U.S. Constitution. What strikes me as even more paramount than the defense of the Executive and the separation of powers (which is extremely important), is Justice Scalia’s believe that in doing so it is in the defense of the individual freedoms which are ultimately protected.</p><p>Lastly, we should take a look at Justice Scalia’s conservative ideology. If we go back to the 60 Minutes interview with Leslie Stahl, Justice Scalia states, “I’m a law-and-order guy. I confess I’m a social conservative, but it does not affect my views on cases.” An example of Justice Scalia’s impartiality, in spite of his own personal beliefs, is in regard to flag-burners, “If it was up to me, I would have thrown this bearded, sandal wearing flag-burner into jail, but it was not up to me.” While that does sound conservative to me, it also sounds impartial. Justice Scalia clearly states his disdain for flag-burning and flag-burners, yet his opinion with regard to the law is flag-burners are protected under the U.S. Constitution. I’m not so certain I could be so fair-minded. It seems to me, flag-burners have plunged themselves into the depths of the multitudes of depraved individuals around the globe who constantly burn our flag, yet cry a river whenever the United States does something with which they do not agree. Of course, they claim they burn our flag because of our aggression, and while there may be a certain amount of truth to that statement, these people which I speak of live in a barbaric rat hole as a result of their own choosing, not ours. Their argument is disingenuous as well as fallacious.</p><p>The right to abortion is another issue with which we are all too familiar, based on the landmark case Roe v. Wade. In Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Justice Scalia gave his dissenting opinion, “By foreclosing all democratic outlet for the deep passions this issue arouses, by banishing the issue from the political forum that gives all participants, even the losers, the satisfaction of a fair hearing and an honest fight, by continuing the imposition of a rigid national rule instead of allowing for regional differences, the Court merely prolongs and intensifies the anguish. – We should get out of this area, where we have no right to be, and where we do neither ourselves nor the country any good by remaining<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn11">[xi]</a>.” Whether someone is for or against abortion, it seems clear to me as it seems to be with Justice Scalia, nowhere within the U.S. Constitution does it state there is a right to abortion. However, I do believe as Justice Scalia’s dissenting opinion states, this is a matter that should be left up to the States. Roe v. Wade is a perfect example of the federal government’s attempts to destroy States rights. Has there been an amendment to the Constitution? The easy answer is no, but if that is the case, then why does the federal government feel they have the right to enact a national law without going through the cumbersome amendment process to the U.S. Constitution? If a State or the people of a State enact a law which either affirms or denies the right to have an abortion through State law, the individual on either side is not held against their will in that State. They have the freedom and the right to leave and seek out their liberty in another State where the people of that State have beliefs which are more in keeping with their own set of beliefs. But to have a national law foisted upon us all with the misguided attempt at appeasement for some, completely disregards the others. Not to mention the fact that such an idea is completely foreign to the U.S. Constitution.</p><p>I would conclude by stating Justice Scalia is not only a fantastic jurist, but an outstanding Supreme Court Justice. This man has a clear grasp of the law and an understanding of the U.S. Constitution which is unparalleled. I happen to like the fact that he adheres to the public meaning of text in his interpretation of the statutes and how he sticks to what the founding fathers said and what the words meant to them regarding the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Justice Scalia’s belief that the idea of a living constitution is in reality a dead constitution is an honorable defense of the U.S. Constitution. His belief that his duty is to defend an enduring Constitution speaks volumes about this man. Justice Scalia’s defense of the sovereign State in the face of Executive, Congressional and Judicial malfeasance is also quite noteworthy. To protect the sovereign State is to protect the sovereign individual and it would appear as though Justice Scalia is a staunch supporter of both. As I have already stated, he defends the Constitution, but he also does this by affirming there is a clear separation of power between the three branches of government as stated in the Constitution. His conservative leanings don’t seem to sway his opinions or impartiality with regard to any case. And his opinions in general are quite interesting to read. Justice Scalia shows up for work each day fully prepared to uphold, defend and protect the Constitution of the United States. I cannot imagine why so many people hate this man, unless of course, it is because they hate the U.S. Constitution.</p><p>Justice Scalia is in many ways like Socrates, he questions and reproves, he educates and he enlightens. While in his interview with Ms Stahl he stated, “I was never cool,” I would have to disagree with him on that point. I personally believe Justice Scalia is in fact very cool, I might even go so far as to say he is a role model for decent and honorable men and not just young lawyers who someday wish to sit on the Supreme Court. Justice Scalia is an example of a man who leads by example. If we had more like him on the Supreme Court, it’s possible our nation wouldn’t hit the nail right on our thumb quite so often.</p><p> </p><p align="center">If you think aficionados of a living constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens to enact it. That’s flexibility.</p><p align="center">Antonin Scalia<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn12">[xii]</a></p><p> </p><p>God Bless this Great Republic, the United States of America.</p><p> </p><p>Brett L. Baker</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://mytreatises.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://mytreatises.blogspot.com</a> </p><p> </p><p align="center"><b>References</b></p><p> </p><div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref1">[i]</a> Wikipedia; Antonin Scalia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Scalia">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Scalia</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref2">[ii]</a> CBS News; 60 Minutes, Justice Scalia On The Record, <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/24/60minutes/main4040290.shtml">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/24/60minutes/main4040290.shtml</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref3">[iii]</a> Charters Of Freedom; Constitution of the United States, <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html">http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref4">[iv]</a> Harvard Law Review; The Theory of Legal Interpretation, Oliver Wendell Holmes, pp 417-418. <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/1321531?seq=1">http://www.jstor.org/stable/1321531?seq=1</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref5">[v]</a> Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy [Vol. 30]; The Newer Textualism: Justice Alito’s Statutory Interpretation, p. 988, Elliott M. Davis. <a href="http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No3_Davisonline.pdf">http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No3_Davisonline.pdf</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref6">[vi]</a> Black’s Law Dictionary 2<sup>nd</sup> Edition Online; Definition of PRESENTMENT, <a href="http://thelawdictionary.org/presentment/">http://thelawdictionary.org/presentment/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref7">[vii]</a> Founding Fathers Info; Federalist No. 45, James Madison. <a href="http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/fedindex.htm">http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/fedindex.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref8">[viii]</a> Arizona v. United States; Opinion of Scalia, J, pp 19-21. <a href="http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-182b5e1.pdf">http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-182b5e1.pdf</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref9">[ix]</a> On Sovereignty; US Constitution: How the U.S. government fails to follow the U.S. Constitution and the incompetent, so-called leadership of the United States, <a href="http://mytreatises.blogspot.com/p/on-sovereignty.html">http://mytreatises.blogspot.com/p/on-sovereignty.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref10">[x]</a> Cornell University Law School, Legal Information Institute; Morrison v. Olson (No. 87-1279), <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0487_0654_ZD.html">http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0487_0654_ZD.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref11">[xi]</a> Gonzaga University; Scalia dissent in the Casey case, <a href="http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/~dewolf/scalia.htm">http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/~dewolf/scalia.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref12">[xii]</a> Brainy Quotes; Antonin Scalia Quotes, <a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/antonin_scalia.html">http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/antonin_scalia.html</a></p></div></div></div>How to Legislate for Yourselfhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/how-to-legislate-for-yourself2012-08-28T20:30:00.000Z2012-08-28T20:30:00.000ZBrett L. Bakerhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BrettLBaker<div><p align="center">Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematical plan of reducing us to slavery.</p><p align="center">Thomas Jefferson<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn1">[i]</a></p><p align="center"> </p><p>Has our Legislative branch of government become a mere legislature for the legislators? The only time either side of the aisle seems to be in agreement is when they legislate for themselves. Of course in regard to partisan politics the results are more egregious. But when it comes to the people of the United States, or in the larger sense, the United States itself as the people are the United States, the Legislative branch of government appears to be absent. Why is this the case? If you consider the fact that elected officials are supposed to serve the people, then why is it that they only tend to serve themselves? And how does this happen? To make matters even worse, it’s not just the Congress, it is our government officials at every level; Governors, Mayors, City Councils, you name it. While I’ll never understand how these degenerates get elected in the first place, I absolutely will never understand how they continue to get re-elected over and over again. These are the questions which will be the focus of this treatise and I believe the answers will shed light on an unfortunate, but very real set of facts; the Legislative branch of government or any type of legislator in general, only serves itself.</p><p>Illinois is a good example of the self-serving politician. In a 6 March 2012 report, “Just a week after Democratic Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois gave his State of the State address in which he announced massive cuts throughout the system due to the state being broke, the governor and other lawmakers have given themselves a pay raise<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn2">[ii]</a>.” The truth is the U.S. Congress has been at this for quite some time. An article by Robert Longley reports, “For the fifth year in a row, lawmakers voted not to reject their automatic “cost of living” raise that will increase the annual salary of members by $3,400 to a total of $158,103 per year<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn3">[iii]</a>.” Mr. Longley continues, “In 1989, Congress passed an amendment allowing for the automatic raises.” The report also states, “The fiscal year 2004 Transportation and Treasury Department Appropriations bill included Congress’ 2.2 percent pay raise.” It’s no wonder so many people look down on our elected leaders, these politicians only vote for themselves, and they do it time and time again. When the States, the nation and the people are broke, only the most shameless bunch of self centered frauds the United States has to offer would actually vote for automatic pay raises and accept them. Of course their childish, petty and partisan bickering <i>must</i> entitle them to these raises, because they accomplish nothing else. The Congress can’t even follow the U.S. Constitution as stated in Article I, Section 8. For proof of that I will cite two wars, one which is still ongoing, Iraq and Afghanistan. Our Congress was too cowardly to even Declare War, but they did allow them to last for a decade and even longer in the case of Afghanistan which is still ongoing. This is a perfect example of politicians thumbing their noses at the people.</p><p>This same obnoxious behavior by politicians happens at every level. I came across a letter to the editor for Cumberland County Voices in New Jersey. The letter starts out, “Our city government is underpaid for the hours of service they perform. Sitting for hours at a time puts a tremendous amount of stress on their decision-making muscle. Yes, this group has the nerve to take a 42 percent pay raise<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn4">[iv]</a>.” The letter goes on to state, “They [the city council] want it retroactive…They even had the unmitigated gall to attach their raise to the salary schedule for city employees, so if it does not pass the city employees will have to wait for their raises, too.” The individual who is being talked about is the Mayor of Bridgeton New Jersey, James B. Begley. Apparently this man is the least visible Mayor in history and really only wants to secure pay raises for him and his fellow crooked city politicians, without actually working. That seems about right for a politician. Begley proves you don’t have to be in the House or the Senate to be a crooked politician. You don’t even have to be governor! Just a pathetic little city mayor, in a town where violence runs rampant throughout the streets and the mayor can only seem to secure himself a 42% pay increase! But I guess he’s been in office for about 20 years, so that tells you something about the voters. My suggestion would be getting Begley out of office and never vote him back in under any circumstance.</p><p>I saw an interesting article on the Yellow Hammer Politics web-site. Apparently, not surprisingly, there is a very self-serving Democratic Alabama Senator named Roger Bedford. This man was “The architect of the 2007 pay raise.” The report states, “In 2007, in some dark crevice of the Alabama State House, Democrat legislators hatched a plan to give themselves a 62-percent pay raise. With the next election still several years away, they figured that while the voters may be upset initially, they would have plenty of time to forget about this inexplicable violation of public trust. They were wrong<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn5">[v]</a>.” Apparently, the people of Alabama didn’t take a shine to this sort of behavior. What eventually happened was, in April of 2012 the Alabama House passed a bill repealing the 62% pay increase, “And passed enabling legislation that will place a constitutional amendment on the ballot which will provide voters with control over legislative pay.” The idea behind this GOP push in the Alabama House was to make certain this could never happen again; voters would control pay raises for their State legislature. The Alabama Senate attempted to follow suit, but Senator Bedford “Jumped into action offering amendment after amendment in a death-by-a-million-paper-cuts strategy…his amendments allowed the legislature to retain control over legislative pay rather than giving that power back to the voters – which is the true spirit of the GOP’s plan.” This is a perfect example of politicians serving themselves. Even when there are some members who wish to do the right thing, the self-serving leaches somehow are able to maintain their advantage. What strikes me as funny is this so-called Senator, Roger Bedford, who is obviously an enemy of the people of State of Alabama, is able to walk free. Bedford is a public servant, but he is only serving himself. Why is this man not in a prison cell? The reason, is because the people of the State of Alabama allow this to happen (just as we all do). Fortunately, the fight isn’t over, “I’ve withstood as much hypocrisy as I can for one day,” Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh stated, “What came out today was a monstrosity that we want to correct in conference committee.” I wish the people of the Great State of Alabama luck with their endeavor.</p><p>Of course, legislators who give themselves pay raises need even more. According to a Washington Post analysis, “One hundred-thirty members of Congress or their families have traded stocks collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars in companies lobbying on bills that came before their committees, a practice that is permitted under current ethics rules<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn6">[vi]</a>.” Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines ethics, “The discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation; a set of moral principles: a theory or system of moral values; the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group; a guiding philosophy; a consciousness of moral importance; a set of moral issues or aspects (as rightness)<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn7">[vii]</a>.” It would appear as though members of Congress believe their moral duty, obligation and guiding philosophy is to amass as much wealth as possible while in office. I had to laugh when I read, “The Post analysis does not provide evidence of <u>insider trading</u>, which requires showing that Lawmakers knowingly used confidential information to make trades benefitting themselves.” The article only stated that this, “Raise[d] questions about potential conflicts and illustrate[s] the weaker standard that Congress applies to itself.” Fortunately, Martha Stewart wasn’t a lawmaker or the government wouldn’t have been able to throw her in prison for five months for lying about dumping ImClone stock before the price plunged. Yet the Washington Post article states, “Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) sold between $50,000 and $100,000 in General Electric stock shortly before a republican filibuster killed legislation sought by the company.” What strikes me as funny about this is, politicians are the biggest liars on the planet, so why go after Stewart? The Post analysis did state an interesting fact, “Almost one in every eight trades – 5,531 – intersected with legislation…The party affiliation of the lawmakers was almost evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, 68 to 62.” It’s good to know there is a little bipartisanship in Washington. That being said, this is still the worst type of so-called leadership; it’s self-serving and arrogant to say the least.</p><p> </p><p align="center">Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust be men of unexceptionable characters. The public cannot be too curious concerning the character of public men.</p><p align="center">Samuel Adams<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn8">[viii]</a></p><p> </p><p>But legislators have even more unscrupulous ways to make money. Fox News reported on a deal made by former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, “In February 2004, Hastert…through a trust…bought up 69 acres of land that adjoined his farm…transferred an additional 69 acres from his farm into the trust…Two months later, Congress passed a spending bill into which Hastert inserted a $207 million earmark…in August 2005..Hastert and his partners flipped the land for what appeared to be a multi-million dollar profit<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn9">[ix]</a>.” The Fox documentary which was called ‘Porked: Earmarks for Profit’ named other wastes of taxpayer money which benefitted politicians and their families, “A $223 million “bridge to nowhere” in Alaska, a $500,000 teapot museum in North Carolina, a $10 million extension to Coconut Road in Florida.” Personally, I think these ‘pigs’ are already fat enough and don’t need our taxpayer money to fill their troughs or to line their already golden pockets.</p><p>Of course there is more. Democratic Rep. Norm Dicks of Washington State is also crooked, according to the Seattle Weekly, “In 2008, Dicks, as an appropriations chairman, secured a $1.82 million earmark for a Washington State environmental agency where his son worked as executive director…the congressman also sent $15 million to the Environmental Protection Agency, which gave the funds in noncompetitive grants to his son’s agency, the Puget sound Partnership<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn10">[x]</a>.” I cannot believe we allow our money, our tax dollars to be siphoned from our bank accounts only to fuel the engines of the depraved, so-called leaders who have absolutely no shame or honor. These are just a few examples; I could easily go on with many more examples. If an individual citizen (who wasn’t related to a politician) did this, then I have no doubt there would be jail time involved. Is it a surprise our legislators continue to increase their wealth, but we continue to get closer to poverty? But the truth is once again, when it’s connected to an elected legislator, we can see how they are given (or give themselves) <i>carte blanche</i> to do as they please. Where does the service to your constituents or to your country fit into this type of leadership?</p><p>I think now is a good time to take a look at one of our elected legislators and see just what we uncover. Let’s look at Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), who according to Citizens for Ethics states, “Her ethics issues stem from the exercise of this power to financially benefit her daughter, husband and son. Rep. Waters’ family has earned a total of more than $1 million in the last eight years through business dealings with companies and issue organizations Rep. Waters has assisted<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn11">[xi]</a>.” Among the organizations are, “L.A. Vote, the African American Committee 2000, the firm of Siebert, Brandford and Shank, and the Chester Washington Golf Course. It would appear that Rep. Waters believes her position in the House of Representatives entitles her to make backroom deals which benefit her family to the sum of $1 million. This is actually a perfect example of how politicians in the U.S. get rich on our taxpayer money. The report states, “Of the $1.7 million collected by L.A. Vote over the past 8 years…$450,000 has gone to Karen Waters and her consulting firm, Progressive Connections, and $115,000 to Rep. Waters’ son, Edward.” The report also notes, “Karen Waters also has collected $20,000 from…African American Committee 2000 & Beyond…Many corporations and organizations seeking to win Rep. Waters’ favor have donated…The non-profit has used this money to pay for parties hosted by Rep. Waters at the Democratic national conventions. Sponsors…include Fannie Mae.” Apparently, Rep. Waters believes non-profits exist to fill the bank accounts of her family members for her favors as a member of the House. Rep. Waters and her children weren’t the only beneficiaries, “Rep. Waters’ husband, Sidney Williams…working as a part-time consultant for…Siebert, Brandford and Shank…collected close to $500,000 by making valuable introductions for Siebert to politicians who have received his wife’s support.” The report gives an example, Waters “Guaranteed a $10 million loan from the Department of Housing and Urban Development…to handle a $40 million school bond sale, they chose Siebert. Mr. Williams earned $54,000 in commission from the deal.” A $500,000 payout for a part-time consulting job, that’s a pretty sweet deal. Of course as we all know, ordinary Americans work for peanuts and allow these criminals to ‘govern.’ And then there was the Chester Washington Golf Course, “Waters’ son, Edward Waters…her husband Sidney Williams…won a 20 year lease to run the county-owned Chester Washington Golf Course in South Los Angeles. The key decision-maker for the deal was County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke…Rep. Waters handed the County Supervisor a victory just several months earlier…Mr. Williams and Mr. Waters earned between $140,000 and $400,000 through the golf venture.” It really does pay to go into politics, especially if you are Rep. Maxine Waters or one of her family members.</p><p>I should mention, the report also states, “Rule 23 of the House Ethics Manual requires all members of the House to conduct themselves “at all times in a manner that reflects credibility on the House.”” I’m guessing that House Ethics Manual has collected a lot of dust over the years.</p><p>Before I move on I would like to mention one more item in the CREW report, “5 CFR §2635.702(a)…An employee shall not use or permit the use of his Government position or title or any authority associated with his public office in a manner that is intended to coerce or induce another person…to provide any benefit, financial or otherwise, to himself or to friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated in a non-governmental capacity.”</p><p>How can I put this? It is blatantly obvious that Rep. Maxine Waters did everything she wasn’t supposed to do with regard to her position in the House of Representatives. As we all know, Maxine Waters hasn’t been charged, tried or convicted with regard to any of the above offences. If you are asking yourselves why, the answer is quite simple. Our elected so-called leaders are nothing more than a gang of unethical, self-serving criminals who are above the law. But I urge each and every one of you, don’t get caught smoking a joint on the street, because you will go directly to jail. Are any of you starting to see the problem here? It’s really quite simple as demonstrated by Maxine Waters; the legislators only legislate for benefit of themselves, their families and their confederates.</p><p>Let’s take a look at how our legislators spend our money. We have already seen how Governor Pat Quinn, Mayor James Begley, Senator Roger Bedford, Representative Ed Whitfield, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, House Appropriations Chairman Norm Dick and Representative Maxine Waters serve themselves and their families. But there are more.</p><p>I think the place to wind this up is Solyndra. In a report from The Center for Public Integrity, “Time and again, the government handed breaks to Solyndra Inc.; an upstart California solar panel firm backed by a major supporter of the president…benefits flowed from Washington despite warning signs that the government’s $535 million investment was a risky bet, at best<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn12">[xii]</a>.” First I must say, it wasn’t the government’s $535 million, it belonged to the people of the United States, the taxpayers who got fleeced. A major backer of Obama, in this case “George Kaiser, an Oklahoma oil billionaire who raised at least $50,000 for Obama’s 2008 campaign and is a frequent visitor to the White House,” received over a half a billion taxpayer dollars for his efforts. I can’t blame Kaiser, if I thought I could give $50,000 for over 10,000 times that amount in return, I suppose I would. The report went on to state, “The House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations escalated its examination of DOE spending by focusing on Solyndra.” Of course, it is the Congress who holds the purse-strings in the United States. Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution states, “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn13">[xiii]</a>.” So it would appear the Congress was in fact involved just as much as Obama with giving $535 million in taxpayer money to Solyndra. The result was 1,100 employees got fired in the end; that’s a little over a $486,000 investment for each employee to have a job. Solyndra as we all know went bankrupt and the company has been shut down. But I believe this is a perfect example of the short-sightedness of our government. From the top down, both the President and Congress are fools and crooks. What the taxpayers get in return is a U-6 unemployment rate of about 15% according to Portal Seven<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn14">[xiv]</a>, and as of 28 August 2012, according to Ed Hall a national debt of $15,988,985,503,358.85<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn15">[xv]</a>.</p><p>It’s fitting that Mars (Nimrod) guards the entrance to the U.S. Capitol Building as our legislators spew gibberish out of their mouths whenever they speak. It’s also fitting Persephone; the Queen of the Underworld (Semiramis) sits atop the U.S. Capitol Building looking down upon us, as our legislators by all appearances look down upon us as mere fodder for their arsenal of evil misdeeds. Our forefathers believed in service to the people, the State and to the nation. Now our elected officials, the so-called leaders of our nation, have elevated a self-serving and egocentric way of life and quasi-form of governance and/or leadership to new highs, which effectively, have left the people of this nation in a position of servitude and poverty. Service to the people is a spectre; it no longer exists. It really makes you proud to be an American when you see how our elected leaders behave. Nepotism, cronyism, unethical behavior at every turn, self-serving criminal attitudes and actions; these are what the people of the United States receive from their elected officials. And in return, we continue to re-elect the same set of reprobates so they can continue to serve themselves.</p><p> </p><p align="center">I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.</p><p align="center">James Madison<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn16">[xvi]</a></p><p> </p><p>God Bless this Great Republic, the United States of America</p><p> </p><p>Brett L. Baker</p><p><b> </b></p><p><b><a href="http://mytreatises.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://mytreatises.blogspot.com/</a> </b></p><p> </p><p><b>References</b></p><p><b> </b></p><div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref1">[i]</a> Founding Father Quotes; Thomas Jefferson, <a href="http://www.foundingfatherquotes.com/father/id/6/s/75">http://www.foundingfatherquotes.com/father/id/6/s/75</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref2">[ii]</a> The Conservatory; Illinois Politicians Vote themselves A Pay Raise, Dan Collins, March 6, 2012. <a href="http://www.conservativecommune.com/2012/03/illinois-politicians-vote-themselves-a-raise/">http://www.conservativecommune.com/2012/03/illinois-politicians-vote-themselves-a-raise/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref3">[iii]</a> About.com, US Government Info; Congress Votes Itself a Pay Raise, Robert Longley. <a href="http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/agencies/a/raise4congress.htm">http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/agencies/a/raise4congress.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref4">[iv]</a> NJ.com, Cumberland County Voices; Letters to the Editor/The News of Cumberland County, <a href="http://www.nj.com/cumberland/voices/index.ssf/2012/07/bridgeton_leaders_put_themselv.html">http://www.nj.com/cumberland/voices/index.ssf/2012/07/bridgeton_leaders_put_themselv.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref5">[v]</a> Yellow Hammer; Democrat Senator Maneuvers to Muck Up Pay Raise Repeal, Cliff Sims, 19 April 2012. <a href="http://yellowhammerpolitics.com/blog/democrat-senator-maneuvers-to-muck-up-pay-raise-repeal/">http://yellowhammerpolitics.com/blog/democrat-senator-maneuvers-to-muck-up-pay-raise-repeal/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref6">[vi]</a> The Washington Post; Members of Congress trade in companies while making laws that affect those same firms, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/members-of-congress-trade-in-companies-while-making-laws-that-affect-those-same-firms/2012/06/23/gJQAlXwVyV_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/members-of-congress-trade-in-companies-while-making-laws-that-affect-those-same-firms/2012/06/23/gJQAlXwVyV_story.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref7">[vii]</a> Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary; Ethics, <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethics">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethics</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref8">[viii]</a> Founding Father Quotes; Samuel Adams, <a href="http://www.foundingfatherquotes.com/father/id/2/s/15">http://www.foundingfatherquotes.com/father/id/2/s/15</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref9">[ix]</a> Fox News; Fox News Documentary Shows Congressmen Sent Millions in Earmarks to Their Own Families, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361061,00.html">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361061,00.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref10">[x]</a> Seattle Weekly; Washington Reps. Norm Dicks and Doc Hastings Called Out in Congressional Earmarks Investigation, <a href="http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2012/02/washington_reps_norm_dicks_and.php/">http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2012/02/washington_reps_norm_dicks_and.php/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref11">[xi]</a> Citizens For Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW); Beyond Delay; The 13 Most Corrupt Members of Congress, <a href="http://www.citizensforethics.org/page/-/PDFs/Reports/Most%20Corrupt%20Reports/Most%20Corrupt%20Report%202005%20-%20Beyond%20DeLay%20Report.pdf?nocdn=1">http://www.citizensforethics.org/page/-/PDFs/Reports/Most%20Corrupt%20Reports/Most%20Corrupt%20Report%202005%20-%20Beyond%20DeLay%20Report.pdf?nocdn=1</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref12">[xii]</a> The Center for Public Integrity; Solyndra: Recurring red flags failed to slow Obama administration’s race to help Solyndra, <a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/environment/energy/solyndra">http://www.publicintegrity.org/environment/energy/solyndra</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref13">[xiii]</a> Charters of Freedom; Constitution of the United States, <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html">http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref14">[xiv]</a> Portal Seven; Unemployment Rate - U6, 2007-2012, <a href="http://portalseven.com/employment/unemployment_rate_u6.jsp?fromYear=2007&toYear=2012">http://portalseven.com/employment/unemployment_rate_u6.jsp?fromYear=2007&toYear=2012</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref15">[xv]</a> US National Debt Clock; Ed Hall, <a href="http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/">http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref16">[xvi]</a> Founding Father Quotes; James Madison, <a href="http://www.foundingfatherquotes.com/father/id/7">http://www.foundingfatherquotes.com/father/id/7</a></p></div></div></div>Catholicism and the So-Called Separation of Church and Statehttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/catholicism-and-the-so-called-separation-of-church-and-state2012-08-08T14:07:14.000Z2012-08-08T14:07:14.000ZBrett L. Bakerhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BrettLBaker<div><p align="center"> By</p><p align="center"> Brett L. Baker</p><p align="center"> <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554070,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554070,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="288" alt="4063554070?profile=original" /></a></p><p> </p><p align="center">The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.</p><p align="center">John Quincy Adams</p><p> </p><p>You will not find the phrase, the separation of church and state in the U.S. Constitution. What you will find is the 1<sup>st</sup> Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” The phrase ‘the separation of church and state’ which was actually ‘wall of separation between the church and the state’ was written in a letter by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists on January 1, 1802. In 1892, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that America was “legally and organically a Christian nation.” But is that really the truth? What was the U.S. Supreme Court actually talking about regarding the decision in Church of the Holy Trinity vs. United States? Was this really about Christianity or was it about something else? We see in the U.S. Capitol building the words above the Speaker of the House, “In God We Trust” and you will see there are carvings of Moses and the Ten Commandments (which is a reference to Mosaic Law) on the Supreme Court building and in various other locations throughout the nation and government buildings. But as a nation do we actually follow these tenets or is there a totally different meaning behind all of this, such as Catholicism? Let’s take a closer look at the symbolism and the actions here in the United States and see what we uncover; Christianity or something else.</p><p>There have been court battles over the Pledge of Allegiance because of the words which were added, due to the perceived threat of Communism, in 1954 after ‘one nation’ which are ‘under God’ and there are municipalities which ban nativity scenes because they depict the birth of the Messiah as well as school prayer. But there are plenty of <i>pagan symbols</i> in the United States on government and/or public property and many people really don’t seem to say anything even care and these symbols do appear to be sanctioned by the U.S. government. Is this because of the beliefs of the so-called ruling elite, the people or both? Ellis Island is a good example of what I am talking about. It is managed by the U.S. National Park Service and owned by the States of New York and New Jersey; it is clearly government and public property. Yes, I am referring to the Statue of Liberty. Is the Statue of Liberty a <i>pagan idol</i>?</p><p>Who is Lady Liberty? While we know she was a gift from the French which was completed in July of 1884, she arrived in New York harbor in June of 1885, the dedication ceremony took place October 28, 1886 and the sculptor was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. According to William F. Dankenbring, he originally “was seeking a commission to construct a giant statue of the goddess “Isis,” the Egyptian Queen of Heaven, to overlook the Suez Canal.” He may have got his wish, just not in the location which he originally intended. Many believe, she (Lady Liberty) is the representation of the pagan goddess Queen Semiramis the Goddess of Lust and Sexual Desire, the mother-wife of Nimrod (the reincarnated Sun God) and the mother of Tammuz (the reincarnation of Nimrod as well as the Moon God); she’s also known as Isis (Egyptian), Mother of God, Oaster (Easter-Eastern-Star), Ishtar (Babylonian), Astarte (Syrian), Cybele (Roman), Ashtoreth (Israel), Goddess of Love, Aphrodite (Ephesus), Helena (Greek), Lady of the Towers (Sumerian), Wife and Sister of Kronos, Sammurant (Assyrian), Ish-Tara (the Indian deity), Sami-Rama-isi (Vedic) and Mother Mary (Rome) just to name a few, according to Ms. Lynda Brasier of Mission-Ignition. </p><p>The symbolism of the statue is apparent and unmistakable; the turreted crown or crown of towers which symbolize the rays of the sun on her head to show “sun worship.” The torch she is holding is not “of liberty, but of the illuminated ones, the ruling elite.” And the “gown folds around her like a classical Greek toga.” The “helmet of sunray spikes” is an “allusion to the headgear of the Colossus of Rhodes, a monument to the Sun-God Helios standing astride a Greek harbor, which is said to be one of the key influences on the New York statue,” according to Ms. Brasier, and she further states, “She stands on a base patterned after Babylonian Step pyramids (ziggurats)…designed after the ‘Tower of Babel.’”</p><p>So it would appear that the Statue of Liberty is a pagan religious symbol which is sanctioned by the U.S. government. Fortunately, it’s not a nativity scene or it wouldn’t be allowed. But the true question is why is it allowed? Perhaps it is because of the Masonic influence within the U.S. government, or maybe the real reason is religious in nature, specifically Catholicism. We should take a look at some of the leaders of the United States and see what unfolds.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554080,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554080,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="233" alt="4063554080?profile=original" /></a></p><p>While it is not an unusual phenomenon for U.S. leaders to visit the Pope, it is also not unusual for other world leaders to visit with the Pope. President’s George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Hussein Obama, as well as many first ladies visited the Pope. Secretary of State Rice and Representative Pelosi have also been with the Pope. Of course Nancy Pelosi is the only U.S. leader I could find a photo of who is kissing the Pope’s ring, but I’m sure there are others. Perhaps she is a servant of the Pope, I don’t know. But keep in mind the list of visitors is endless, even Adolf Hitler and Yasser Arafat have been photographed with the Pope. Maybe this has something to do with Catholicism, but it does have something to do with worship in general. The UK Telegraph reported on 1 August 2012 that President G.W. Bush “May follow in Tony Blair’s footsteps and convert to Catholicism.” The report further stated, “Jeb Bush, the president’s brother, has already converted to Catholicism.” While this really doesn’t concern me, nor do I (or should I) really care, I do find this to be very interesting. What is Catholicism? And just what is its appeal? According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, catholic is defined, “Of the doctrines of the ancient church,” literally “universally accepted,” from FR. <i>catholique</i>, from L.L. <i>catholicus</i> “universal, general,” from Gk. <i>katholikos</i>, from the phrase <i>kath’ holou</i> “on the whole, in general.” General sense of “of interest to all, universal.” Wikipedia defines the word catholic, “Derived from Late Latin <i>catholicus</i>, from the Greek adjective <i>katholikos</i>, meaning “universal.”” So, Catholicism is Universalism by definition. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines Universalism as, “A theological doctrine that all human beings will eventually be saved.” So it appears that some certainly believe it is <i>good news</i> to know Adolf Hitler, Emperor Nero, Judas Iscariot and Osama bin Laden and their ilk will eventually be saved, at least according to Catholicism.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554152,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554152,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="291" alt="4063554152?profile=original" /></a>What is the Trinity? According to Catholic Answers, “The parallelism of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit is not unique to Matthew’s Gospel, but appears elsewhere in the New Testament…that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are three divine persons who are one divine being (God).” Parallelism is an interesting term which they use for this idea of the Trinity. I have heard it before and not just from the Catholic Church; there was the supposed Babylonian Trinity of Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz as well as so-called the Egyptian Trinity of Osiris, Isis and Horace, the Israeli paganist Trinity of Kether, Hokhmah and Binah, the Greek triad of Zeus, Athena and Apollo and the Romans had Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. That’s quite a number of Trinities, Triads and Triunes! So within Catholicism, the Trinity is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate individuals, but one single being which rule as one. If we take a look at the King James Version of the Bible, 1611, and go to Exodus 20:1-17 we find the 10 Commandments, “And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage: Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.” In the book of Deuteronomy 5:1-21, we also find the 10 Commandments, “I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Thou shalt have none other gods before me.” Just for reference, that is the 1<sup>st</sup> Commandment. It certainly sounds like God is an <i>individual</i>; <i>His</i> Son Jesus is an <i>individual</i>. As for the Holy Spirit, I have not been able to find anywhere in the Bible where it states the Holy Spirit is a separate (3<sup>rd</sup>) individual, however it does describe God as the Holy Spirit.</p><p>What are the origins of the Catholic Church? According to Sword of the Spirit, Simon Magus was the founder of the Roman Catholic Church. “The great false church system of Rome had its beginning in the day of the Apostles of Christ…mixed into one religious system. This is why there are so many pagan ideas and doctrines in the Roman Catholic Church.” Simon Magus is first heard of in Acts 8:9-25, “But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used Sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.” Again, according to Sword of the Spirit, “The person that is mentioned and that we need to concentrate on is Simon Magus and how he transformed himself into the first leader of the false worldwide religious system, the Catholic Church.” The makeup of this <i>church</i> is further delineated, “The four beasts used to make up the beast are the same four beasts Daniel saw in a vision in Daniel 7…papal Rome inherited from each of these pagan empires…that we see practiced in this modern day false system of religion, the Roman Catholic Church.” Then this is explained even further, “From Babylon, the lion the papacy inherited a pagan priesthood; from Medo-Persia, the bear sun worship; from Greece, the leopard human philosophies; and from the dragon, Pagan Rome, its power, seat and great authority. As stated in Rev. 13:2 the mixing of these pagan ideas of the Roman Catholic Church had its onset from the very beginning… can be traced back to…Simon Magus.” And the Sword of the Spirit makes their position perfectly clear, “Yes, the correct meaning of the Catholic Church is the Universal Church.” If this is correct, Simon Magus, who was a sorcerer and a magician, founded what is known as the Roman Catholic Church and this church is a very old mixture of belief systems which are known today as Catholicism or Universalism. These different belief systems were pagan in origin from the region known as Samaria and this mixture brought about a false religious system, which in turn has become a worldwide system of religious belief. This system is said to be from the Babylonians, Medo-Persia (which is defined as the Achaemenid Empire ca. 550-330 BCE and founded by Cyrus the Great and also known as the First Persian Empire), Greece and Pagan Rome. I must admit, that’s quite a mixture!</p><p>All this makes me wonder about Easter Sunday. What is it and what is it about? According to therefinersfire.org, “The Nicaean Council of 325 A.D. decreed that “Easter” should be celebrated on the first Sunday, after the full moon, on or after the vernal equinox.” So what is Easter? “Easter is a completely man-made “holy-day”…It is the day that Tammuz was immaculately conceived by the rays of the sun-god Nimrod and the day that Tammuz’ mother, the “Queen of Heaven,” was fabled to have returned to earth from heaven as the goddess of fertility, who purportedly transformed a bird into an egg-laying rabbit to prove her divinity.” One ritual according to thinknot.net is, “At Babel…Every year the priest of Easter would impregnate virgins on the altar of Easter. The next year those infants would be 3 months old. They would kill infants and dye eggs in their blood.” Another ritual is people “Stand there with rapt faces adoring the sun as it rises in the east, not realizing they are performing the rituals demanded by the mythical and idolatrous goddess Ishtar (Easter). Deceived into believing this is Christian, millions practice the identical form of the ancient <b><i>sun-worship</i></b> of the Sun-god Baal!” As stated by refinersfire.org. I suppose this is where we actually get the word <b>Sun</b>day, for the sun-worshippers who dislike the Sabbath which is Friday at <i>even</i> (sunset) to Saturday at <i>even</i> (sunset) according to Jewish tradition, and it also seems blatantly obvious that Easter was simply a way to get rid of Passover by the “Church Leaders such as Constantine, Tertullian and Marcion.” This is some very interesting perspective by therefinersfire.org, and it continues, “The truth is that Easter has nothing whatsoever to do with the resurrection of Messiah Yeshua! God’s <b><i>commanded</i></b> Biblical Feasts reveal that Yeshua was born during the Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles) which falls on the Gregorian calendar September/ October timeframe. He was nailed to the stake on 14 Nisan and was REMOVED before sunset that same day; and He rose exactly 72 hours later, just before sunset on the following Sabbath-NOT on a “Sunday.” That’s actually very fascinating don’t you think? And it sounds accurate, because from Good Friday to Easter Sunday, which are both based on Canonical gospels which have been recognized by the Catholic Church since the turn of the 5<sup>th</sup> century, is only <b><i>two</i></b> days and not <b><i>three</i></b> days and <b><i>three</i></b> nights!</p><p>So I have to ask, why is Christmas celebrated? It is claimed by multitudes that the day the Messiah was born on the 25<sup>th</sup> of December, is that correct? If the refinersfire.org is correct, then it seems more likely than not that Yeshua (Jesus) was conceived during <i>Hanukkah</i>, the <i>Festival of Light,</i> and born at the <i>Feast of Tabernacles</i> and was murdered and resurrected during <i>Passover</i>. Just what is so important to the Catholic Church with regard to December 25<sup>th</sup>? If the Messiah wasn’t born on December 25<sup>th</sup>, then we have to assume something is important to the Catholic Church with regard to that date. As previously stated by many people, the Catholic Church is pagan in its origin and practice. December is the month of the winter solstice; the shortest day of the year and it’s when the days start to get longer and pagans worship the sun. Was the birthday of Tammuz for the second generation of false gods? According to Real Israelites, “The so-called “Christmas tree” has its origin in the ‘Babylonian mysteries;’ it was used as a symbol to personify Tammuz…The Christmas tree or Tammuz tree represents Nimrod <i>redivivus</i>-the slain god revived and worshipped as Tammuz. Semiramis taught the Babylonians that their gods could transform themselves into trees and if gifts were not presented before these trees the spirit of Nimrod would revive and destroy them!” As the story goes, Shem killed Nimrod and dismembered him and spread the parts (or pieces) throughout the Samarian kingdom, as was the custom at the time. Semiramis had all the parts brought back for burial, but the only piece that wasn’t found was Nimrod’s penis and it appears this is a representation of the Christmas tree. So Nimrod’s penis represents the <i>idol of jealousy</i>! And they are all over the world; they are called obelisks.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554108,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554108,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="228" alt="4063554108?profile=original" /></a></p><p>It certainly would appear Catholicism is closely associated with the worship of sun-gods and they were all born on December 25<sup>th</sup>; Nimrod, Mithra, Dagon, Osiris, Horace, Baal, Kronos, Zeus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Mars, Pluto, Neptune, Ares, Bacchus, Shamash, Odin, EL-BAR, Molech, Ra and Tammuz, just to name a few as stated by xanga.com. And if you ever wondered why Christmas is sometimes referred to as X-mas, the answer is quite simple according to theforbiddenknowledge.com; “The legendary symbol for Nimrod is “X.” The use of this symbol always denotes witchcraft. When “X” is used as a shortened form meaning Christmas, it actually means “to celebrate the feast of Nimrod.” A double X, which has always meant to double-cross or betray, in its fundamental meaning indicates one’s betrayal into the hands of Satan. When American corporations use the “X” in their logo, such as “Exxon,” the historic Rockefeller firm of Standard Oil of New Jersey, there can be little doubt of this hidden meaning.” This comes as no surprise to me, as the Rockefellers are one of the family bloodlines of the Illuminati, “One of the 13 Satanic bloodlines that rule the world…the Illuminati…the Rockefeller bloodline is involved in the promotion of the occult and Satanism…they are involved in the control of Christian denominations.” Of course, if this is true, then should we wonder about any information we get from xanga.com? After all, the name does use the “X” of Nimrod, or does it?</p><p>So what does all of this tell us about our country and our leaders? A majority of the people around the globe have such a low opinion of the United States because of our <i>so-called</i> leadership it isn’t even funny. And why should, <i>We the People,</i> put up with this sort of behavior if any of this is the truth? Of course that just leads to the question, is it even possible to believe what a politician says? Anyone will tell you the obvious answer to that question is no or laugh derisively while they say yes. U.S. currency has pagan symbols, the U.S. Capitol building has pagan symbols, most memorials and buildings like the White House and the Supreme Court buildings appear to be modeled after ancient pagan societies, statues of pagan gods stand at the U.S. Capitol building, Easter egg hunts on the White House lawn, Christmas trees in the White House, as well as pagan obelisks in honor of Nimrod are in our nation’s capitol. On top of that, the U.S. government seems intent on shoving Islam down our throats as well. They allow a Mosque to be built at ground zero, in New York City, with its honeycomb of pentagrams on the façade rising up to the heavens like some sort of devilish tribute which mocks the destruction of the World Trade Center. But if Catholicism is sun-worship, and it appears to be, Islam and sharia law really are just the left hand of the Catholic Church and cannon law. So just exactly what does that give us? Do we now have moon and sun worship together? And is it sanctioned by the U.S. government and their confederates? Pagan idolatry has become so richly engrained within the U.S. government and the States we couldn’t rid ourselves of the symbolism without a concerted effort and that effort would take 1000 years. Even President’s and first ladies give the devil hand salute like it is some sort of badge of honor.</p><p>Our very acts as well as our <i>mantra</i> have become so vitriolic in nature; these <i>pagans</i> will drag the country down with them if we don’t change our ways and our leadership. While the U.S. government claims to stay out of religion, they should really stay out of the business of <i>promoting</i> pagan religions. However, man-made religion does seem to fit in with their plan. The Church of the Holy Trinity vs. United States is a perfect example of this. The Catholic Church is well known for its long and inglorious history of child molestation and quite probably child sacrifice. The Plain Truth states, “Cannibal (Cahna Baal) is a word which means “Baal Priest” and…had to do with <u>CONSUMING</u> OF <u>HUMAN</u> <u>FLESH</u> – mostly <u>LITTLE</u> <u>CHILDREN</u>.” And continues, “Nimrod, as the representative of the devouring fire to which human victims, and especially <u>CHILDREN</u>, were offered in <u>SACRIFICE</u>, was regarded as the great <u>CHILD-DEVOURER</u>.” The point of all this is, the U.S. Constitution is the Law of the Land given to us by our forefathers; God fearing men. Mosaic Law; God’s Law, is the only thing higher. Those are the only two things which should be of any concern to our leaders; not sun-worship of Ra, not <i>their</i> so-called pagan gods Nimrod and Semiramis, not <i>their</i> pagan leaders or idols; Ratzinger and his vile objects, and certainly not <i>their</i> pagan holidays. Unfortunately, it would appear as though our leaders as well as the leaders of the world are hell bent on the destruction of the United States and the world. Happiness cannot come to a Satanist unless they are allowed to cull billions of people. We cannot and should not allow this to continue.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554123,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554123,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="240" alt="4063554123?profile=original" /></a><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554205,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554205,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="386" height="165" alt="4063554205?profile=original" /></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://mytreatises.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://mytreatises.blogspot.com/</a><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref1"></a> </p></div></div></div>The United States or Just Americahttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/the-united-states-or-just-america2012-08-08T13:39:24.000Z2012-08-08T13:39:24.000ZBrett L. Bakerhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BrettLBaker<div><p align="center"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063553873,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063553873,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="334" alt="4063553873?profile=original" /></a><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn1">[i]</a></p><p> </p><p>Does the United States actually exist as the country we once knew, or is this nation really just some sort of transitional nation which <i>is</i> or <i>will</i> be called America? The concept of our founding fathers, obviously, was to create a Constitutional Republic where men could pursue their dreams and live a life free from the twisted whims of tyrants. Of course, as we all know, nothing man-made lasts forever and it appears that dream is either dead or dying and at a rapid pace. I believe what we now have, is exactly what the framers fought to rid themselves of, a dictatorship run by petty demagogues in a so-called <i>foreign</i> nation which is now <i>just</i> called America.</p><p>So just exactly what has transpired to foster this atmosphere, which has festered over time into this seamy dictatorship that would make King George proud? One factor is undoubtedly the misguided belief that the U.S. Constitution is a ‘living Constitution’ which evolves over time. According to David A. Strauss, “A living Constitution is one that evolves, changes over time, and adapts to new circumstances, without being formally amended<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn2">[ii]</a>.” Mr. Strauss explains some of the pros with regard to a living Constitution such as, “the cumbersome amendment process, the world has changed in incalculable ways, the nation has grown in territory and population, technology, the international situation, the economy and social mores,” are all different today. But he also touches on the cons, “The Constitution is supposed to be a rock-solid foundation, our basic principals-our constitutional principles-must remain constant, and the term…is hardly ever used, except derisively.” So, although time moves on and the nation and the world changes, should the U.S. Constitution change? I believe the Law of the Land is just that and it shouldn’t be surreptitiously altered, by public opinion, a liberal or conservative agenda, or the whims of anyone, especially politicians. I believe a cumbersome amendment process is a good thing; it keeps politicians and judges from forcing their opinions and their laws down our throats just because they are in office or on the bench. However, that rock-solid foundation appears to be more like quick sand than anything else.</p><p>Obama care is actually a good example of why a living constitution is a bad idea. Whether we need some sort of overhaul regarding our health system or not is a matter that should be up to the States. Yet, somehow this immediately went to the Supreme Court to decide. In essence, doesn’t that remove State sovereignty? The University of Alabama Law Review states, “A problem for our time is that we cannot help knowing that our highest courts are not merely enforcing rules…We know too well that they often shape the rules… according to their own preferences to assist one rival interest or another<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn3">[iii]</a>” (p. 4 of 68). Something tells me if Judges are supposed to be impartial referees, their own <i>preferences</i> should have absolutely nothing to do with enforcing rules. The Alabama Law Review goes on to state, “Justices sitting on the Supreme Court…have by the terms of their certiorari rule almost completely disowned responsibility for assuring that individuals’ legal rights and duties are actually enforced by lower courts in individual cases. They seldom bother to decide a case unless it has impact on some public interest…It decides only those cases which provide a suitable occasion for expressing policies the Justices choose to express” (p. 5 of 68). So it would appear that the Supreme Court has, in effect, become an activist for political cause within the U.S. government. How is it possible to be an activist and impartial at the same time? Rather than allowing the States to decide an issue which is inherently an issue for the people of each sovereign State, the Supreme Court has decided that for us all; the Supreme Courts usurpation of the rights of each and every sovereign individual as well as each and every sovereign State is apparent. If the U.S. government wishes to make a nationwide health care system, shouldn’t they actually be required to go through the extremely cumbersome amendment process in order to make that law? As far as I can tell, a national law, such as Obama care, is much like an amendment to the Constitution as it becomes (part of) the Law of the Land. As sovereign individuals, which is a status guaranteed to each of us in the U.S. Constitution through Republicanism, we cannot simply step away from this edict, because the self-serving type of politician which has decreed a national health care system, is the same type of politician which has decreed we are no longer a Republic, but a democracy where we are governed by force. This is the malevolent effect of a living Constitution.</p><p>Lobbyists and PAC’s are another form of decimation to the U.S. Constitution, which gives the extremely wealthy organizations who can simply pay for votes to achieve their goal. I’m certain Machiavelli would be proud of our politicians, after all, to these types of people, the end justifies the means. However, if you stop to consider the Republic of the United States is not supposed to be a Machiavellian society where the Prince rules over the people with an iron fist, then there must be a problem. What we now have, like it or not, is a nation which is sold to the highest bidder. This comes in the form of the special interest group. Among these <i>advocacy groups</i> you will find according to Dr. Kathi Carlisle, “The AFL/CIO, Amnesty International USA, the Arab American Institute, the Business-Industry Political Action Committee, Campaign for United Nations Reform (or Citizens for Global Solutions), Communist Party USA, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Feminist Majority, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), the John Birch Society, Muslim Public Affairs Council, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the Socialist Party USA<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn4">[iv]</a>” and many more. In essence, these groups attempt to influence the way which elected officials vote, which basically puts the politician in someone’s pocket. These groups also attempt to steer the country in on direction or another with no legal basis for their actions. Governance paid for by pressure groups is governance by force, not freedom.</p><p>Another factor which I believe erodes our Constitution and the status of our nation are agreements such as NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), OAS (Organization of American States) and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), which is now called the WTO (World Trade Organization) and are all undoubtedly beholden to The World Bank. Organizations such as these can only tend to move jobs and money out of the United States to others around the globe and leave us here, in the United States, in a position of poverty and servitude. We no longer have a manufacturing base of well paying jobs, we are stuck buying substandard products which are intended to break and be thrown on the junk heap as well as further the misguided notion that we are the worlds policemen. All of this has been done at the cost of our bank accounts and our sovereignty. While Americans are and have always been a people who are extremely generous, that generosity needs to come directly through the people as <i>we</i> see fit, <i>not</i> as the <i>government</i> sees fit. Organizations such as these, especially when given the blessings of our so-called leaders, can only chip away at our individual, State and National sovereignty.</p><p>I believe this is, in part, the New World Order. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, “Many economists agree that NAFTA has had some positive impact on overall U.S. employment. But most also agree that gains have been accompanied by some painful side effects<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn5">[v]</a>.” According to Edward Alden, “Wages haven’t kept pace with labor productivity and that income inequality has risen in recent years.” Opponents of NAFTA such as the Economic Policy Institute state, “The deal’s trade agenda has served to widen U.S. trade deficits and has indirectly pushed some U.S. workers into lower-paying jobs.” I don’t know about you, but I personally don’t like the idea of ‘painful side effects’ or ‘lower-paying jobs’ for Americans. According to RT Question More, “The US government’s official unemployment rate, now at 8.3 percent, only takes into consideration those who have no jobs and are looking for work…this is called a “U-3” rate…The national U-6 rate is 15.3 percent, but some states have a shockingly higher individual rate<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn6">[vi]</a>.” Somehow, I just can-not fathom how these so-called economic blocs are good for either U.S. workers or our economy. But with such a high unemployment rate, the U.S. government still thinks we should allow others to come and take our jobs away from us. I defy anyone to prove to me that politicians in the U.S. aren’t crooks. In a report by Erika Lovley on 6 November 2009, “Two-hundred-and-thirty-seven members of Congress are millionaires. That’s 44 percent of the body – compared to about 1 percent of Americans overall<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn7">[vii]</a>.” Keep in mind that was nearly 3 years ago, so the figure is undoubtedly higher today. Yet these individuals believe they <i>know</i> what is best for the people of the United States.</p><p align="center"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063553920,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063553920,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="212" alt="4063553920?profile=original" /></a><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn8">[viii]</a></p><p>I believe other factors which further this agenda are a perverted immigration policy, the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA and even TSA. If we look at our immigration policy, the word amnesty is used far too often. The Washington Post reports, “Under the <u>new policy</u>, as many as1.4 million undocumented immigrants under age 30 will be able to apply for the amnesty<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn9">[ix]</a>.” It appears the Federal government doesn’t have a problem with the 1.4 million ‘undocumented immigrants,’ which is a really a euphemism for people who broke U.S. law by entering the United States illegally, and their families. If 1.4 million are eligible, how many others are there who are also here breaking our laws? Apparently, the Department of Homeland Security (the name itself smacks of Soviet style language) doesn’t see this as a threat to our sovereignty. But I have to wonder why? Isn’t it their duty to protect the ‘Homeland’ against invasion? If it isn’t, then why have they ordered 450 million rounds of ammunition from ATK<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn10">[x]</a>? If it isn’t to keep illegal invasion from happening, perhaps it’s for some other diabolical reason. We already know all too well what FEMA’s position is with regard to Americans. During Hurricane Katrina, they stood by and did nothing while Americans died and lived in squalor in New Orleans and many still do. In a PBS NEWSHOUR report, Senator Lieberman stated, “But government failures…allowed much more human suffering and property destruction to occur than should have<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn11">[xi]</a>.” Louisiana Governor Blanco’s press secretary stated, “We wanted helicopters, food and water. They wanted to negotiate an organizational chart.” How pathetic is that? It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if FEMA, which was incorporated into the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, was in league with the rest of the Federal government in an attempt to assist in the formation of a new North American Union, made up of Canada, the US and Mexico, after all, they are doing quite a good job of turning the United States into a Third World Nation.</p><p>In a report by Jerome Corsi on 19 May 2006 he stated, “Secretly, the Bush administration is pursuing a policy to expand NAFTA politically, setting the stage for a North American Union designed to encompass the U.S., Canada, and Mexico<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn12">[xii]</a>.” The report goes on to state, “President Bush intends to abrogate U.S. sovereignty to the North American Union.” The report concludes, “His secret agenda is to dissolve the United States of America into the North American Union. The administration has no intent to secure the border, or to enforce rigorously existing immigration laws. Securing our border with Mexico is evidently one of the jobs President Bush just won’t do.” As previously stated, it appears President Obama is on board with this same idea. He also refuses to secure the border with Mexico, he refuses to enforce existing immigration laws and neither the Bush nor the Obama administrations are friends of the sovereignty of United States of America. Quite frankly, I believe this goes back even further. Something tells me George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barak Hussein Obama are all cut from the exact same piece of cloth. Plots such as these do not hatch themselves overnight, but take decades to form and implement.</p><p>Could this lead to a complete loss of our rights guaranteed to us under the U.S. Constitution? Would the U.S. Constitution even exist under such a system? While it isn’t much of a secret that the United States has been bankrupt by our leaders; our outstanding public debt as of 7 August 2012, according to Ed Hall of brillig.com is, “$15,918,879,613,227.57<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn13">[xiii]</a>.” Would such a ploy by the Federal government con-artists of this former Republic be for such a simple reason as to gain new taxpayers? I can’t believe it would really matter. Without the United States or the U.S. Constitution, we would be nothing more than slaves to our usurpers, who already are nothing more than puppets of <i>their</i> masters, the so-called ‘illuminated ones.’ So just exactly where would the central power then be located? I have no doubt the central power would temporarily be somewhere in North America. I can’t help but imagine some sort of Triune would be set-up. After all, the United States has already proven their affection for Trinities; Nimrod-Semiramis-Tammuz is a good example of that. But undoubtedly, the central power would eventually be shifted, or should I say freely given to the Vatican. All of this is simply a precursor to a One World Government; a New World Order which has been envisioned by certain extremely wealthy families for thousands of years? Before you laugh too hard, perhaps you should take a moment and think about the ramifications of such an idea. Ask yourselves if the Constitution and your rights have been slowly eroded by the U.S. government, extremely wealthy multi-national corporations and banks. It’s funny how they seem to get bailed-out by us, but we get shafted by them. And by them I do mean the government, corporations and the banks. Please prove me wrong.</p><p>Tell me, are the secrets which are enthusiastically and fastidiously guarded by our so-called leaders for the protection of the nation, which means the people of the United States, or are they kept for the protection of the ruling elite? I submit that these secrets are maintained because the people would most likely revolt if they knew the truth. These deceivers know they can continue to spoon-feed us lies and they know we will accept the continuation of those lies because they are easier to swallow that the truth.</p><p>Don’t be fooled by the families of those who have prepared for countless millennia for their ‘thousand points of light.’ It’s not the light which they seek, although they call themselves ‘the illuminated ones,’ they seek darkness; war, famine, disease, slavery and death, all in the unholy name of their master who yearns for our wanton obedience to feed his desire for power to control and destroy. Be assured, these people and their master, seek to enthrall others by any means available, but they prefer to receive this through our free-will. Treachery and deception are a small part of the arsenal from which their cabal ensnares others into taking their mark freely by thoughts and beliefs as well as acts and deeds.</p><p>Now is the time to wake up! Arise and throw off the chains of mental, physical and spiritual slavery which unknowingly have been fastened around our throats with the sole intent of dragging us down into the depths of the abyss where they reside. It’s never too late to come to our senses and do what’s right and save ourselves and our Republic, the United States of America.</p><p>God Bless this Great Republic, the United States of America.</p><p>Brett L. Baker</p><p align="center"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063553939,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063553939,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="259" alt="4063553939?profile=original" /></a><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554002,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554002,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="192" alt="4063554002?profile=original" /></a><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554015,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4063554015,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="274" alt="4063554015?profile=original" /></a><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn14">[xiv]</a></p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"> </p><div><a href="http://mytreatises.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://mytreatises.blogspot.com/</a><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref1">[i]</a> Google Images; therearenosunglasses.worldpress.com, amerofrontnew</p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref2">[ii]</a> The University of Chicago Law School; The Living Constitution, <a href="http://www.law.uchicago.edu/alumni/magazine/fall10/strauss">http://www.law.uchicago.edu/alumni/magazine/fall10/strauss</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref3">[iii]</a> Alabama Law Review; Restoring Vitality to State and Local Politics by Correcting the Excessive Independence of the Supreme Court, <a href="http://www.law.ua.edu/pubs/lrarticles/Volume%2050/Issue%202/Carrington.pdf">http://www.law.ua.edu/pubs/lrarticles/Volume%2050/Issue%202/Carrington.pdf</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref4">[iv]</a> Political Advocacy Groups; A Directory of United States Lobbyists, <a href="http://pag.vancouver.wsu.edu/alpha.html">http://pag.vancouver.wsu.edu/alpha.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref5">[v]</a> Council on Foreign Relations; NAFTA’s Economic Impact, <a href="http://www.cfr.org/economics/naftas-economic-impact/p15790">http://www.cfr.org/economics/naftas-economic-impact/p15790</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref6">[vi]</a> RT Question More, Real US Unemployment: More Than 15%, <a href="http://rt.com/usa/news/us-unemployment-rate-percent-808/">http://rt.com/usa/news/us-unemployment-rate-percent-808/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref7">[vii]</a> POLITICO; Report: 237 millionaires in Congress, <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29235.html">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29235.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref8">[viii]</a> Google images; deskofbrian.com, North-American-Union-flag</p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref9">[ix]</a> The Washington Post; Young illegal immigrants’ amnesty could tighten competition for jobs, college, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/young-illegal-immigrants-amnesty-could-tighten-competition-for-jobs-college/2012/06/15/gJQAmgV4fV_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/young-illegal-immigrants-amnesty-could-tighten-competition-for-jobs-college/2012/06/15/gJQAmgV4fV_story.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref10">[x]</a> Matt Weidner-Fighting With The American People[Speaking Out As Long As Political Speech Remains Protected]; Why is The Dept. Of Homeland Security Buying 450 Million Rounds of Ammunition?, <a href="http://mattweidnerlaw.com/blog/tag/atk-secures-40-caliber-ammunition-contract-with-department-of-homeland-security/">http://mattweidnerlaw.com/blog/tag/atk-secures-40-caliber-ammunition-contract-with-department-of-homeland-security/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref11">[xi]</a> PBS NEWSHOUR; FEMA Faces Intense Scrutiny, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/government_programs/july-dec05/fema_09-09.html">http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/government_programs/july-dec05/fema_09-09.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref12">[xii]</a> Human Events-Powerful Conservative Voices; North American Union To Replace USA?, <a href="http://www.humanevents.com/2006/05/19/north-american-union-to-replace-usa/">http://www.humanevents.com/2006/05/19/north-american-union-to-replace-usa/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref13">[xiii]</a> Ed Hall; brillig.com, U.S. National Debt Clock</p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref14">[xiv]</a> Google Images; diggersrealm.com, amero-laid-5; askville.amazon.com, r eagle lib 20amero pl; snopes.com, amero</p></div></div></div>On Sovereigntyhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/on-sovereignty2012-07-25T21:02:52.000Z2012-07-25T21:02:52.000ZBrett L. Bakerhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BrettLBaker<div><p align="center">On Sovereignty</p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center">We, the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.</p><p align="center">Abraham Lincoln<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn1">[i]</a></p><p> </p><p>Are we in the United States <i>sovereign</i> individuals? I believe we are according to the U.S. Constitution. The purpose of this treatise is to investigate and expose the principals of not only what it means to be sovereign, but of sovereignty in general and whether the U.S. Constitution actually guarantees the individual sovereign status. This discourse will touch on the differences between republicanism, democracy and the actual make-up of the United States with regard to the U.S. Constitution as well as the beliefs of our <i>founding fathers</i>.</p><p>What is sovereignty? Black’s Law Dictionary 2<sup>nd</sup> Ed. Defines sovereignty, “The possession of sovereign power; supreme political authority; paramount control of the constitution and frame of government and its administration; the self-sufficient source of political power, from which all specific political powers are derived<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn2">[ii]</a>.” By definition, sovereignty gives the ownership of power; ultimate political power to determine; preeminent direction over the make-up and structure of not only the government, but the administration of the government as well; the provision for one to supply for his own needs, <i>sans</i>external assistance; and the source of our ability to act with regard to politics.</p><p>According to 1215.org Lawnotes<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn3">[iii]</a>, “A republic and a democracy are identical in every aspect except one. In a republic the sovereignty is in each individual person. In a democracy the sovereignty is in the group.” This may seem like a very small distinction, but the difference is great. The individual’s sovereign status cannot be taken by the majority in a republic, with the exception in the U.S. being “100% of a jury convicts, then the individual loses sovereignty and is subject to group-think as in a democracy.” But, in a democracy, “The minority only has those privileges granted by the dictatorship of the majority.” A republic is, “That form of government in which the powers of sovereignty are vested in the people and exercised by the people, either directly, or through representatives chosen by the people, to whom those powers are specially delegated.” A Democracy is, “That form of government in which the sovereign power resides in and is exercised by the whole body of free citizens directly or indirectly through a system of representation, as distinguished from a monarchy, aristocracy, or oligarchy.” So, “In a republic the group only has advisory powers; the sovereign individual is free to reject the majority group-think.”</p><p>Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution states, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government.” Article VI, Clause 2 states, “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof…under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn4">[iv]</a>.” As unequivocally stated in the U.S. Constitution, the sovereign power which is vested in the people through Republicanism is <i>guaranteed</i>by the supreme Law of the Land, the Constitution of the United States. There can be no doubt, our forefathers, believed in the sovereign individual or the U.S. Constitution would clearly state, we the people of the United States are a democracy. Yet nowhere within the U.S. Constitution is the word democracy even mentioned.</p><p align="center">The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain government.</p><p align="center">Patrick Henry<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn5">[v]</a></p><p>Are our Constitution and our sovereignty inviolate? I would argue, by Law, i.e. the U.S. Constitution, and by definition, our <i>possession</i> of sovereign power; the answer is undeniably yes, both are inviolate. But if you look not only at our modern day society, but to some of the founding fathers themselves, it is obvious there is a debate on this issue. Modern day discussions involve such matters as the 2<sup>nd</sup> Amendment<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn6">[vi]</a> to the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn7">[vii]</a> has “Ruled the 2<sup>nd</sup> Amendment to the U.S. Constitution confers and individual right to possess a firearm for traditionally lawful purposes such as self-defense,” in District of Columbia v. Heller. In United States v. Cruikshank, the courts view was the 2<sup>nd</sup> Amendment “has no other effect than to restrict the powers of the national government.” Of course, one case (D.C. v. Heller) wasn’t for criminal enterprise, while the other (U.S. v. Cruikshank) was, yet what is interesting is the wording, “No other effect than to restrict the powers of the national government.” But in the case United States v. Miller, Mr. Miller and another person “Were indicted for transporting an unregistered sawed-off shotgun across state lines in violation of the National Firearms Act of 1934.” Mr. Miller’s argument was, “That the section of the National Firearms Act regulating the interstate transport of certain firearms violated the Second Amendment.” The U.S. District Court agreed with Mr. Miller, but the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the decision. The reasoning was, “The absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a [sawed-off] shotgun…has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument.” Obviously, one has the tendency to believe none of the Supreme Court justices at the time, had ever been in the military. I can only believe with regard to Mr. Miller’s case, as well as present day politics, <i>We the People</i> may as well refer to the Supreme Court as <i>Nine Empty Chairs</i>.</p><p>Unlike the U.S. government’s belief in dictatorship, whether it’s Executive, Legislative, Judicial, Federal, State or Local, I personally believe, as I believe many of the founding fathers of this nation believed, the government needs to be restrained <i>by</i> the people for good reason; they cannot be trusted. Let’s take 12 of the founding fathers of the nation, 6 truly believed in a Republican form of government; Madison, Jefferson, Franklin, Mason, Wilson and Randolph, but 6 truly believed in a Federalist form of government; Washington, Adams, Hamilton, Morris, Sherman and Jay. Which 6 were correct and which 6 weren’t? All 12 men believed in the U.S. Constitution, the Federalists simply believed in a stronger national government while the others believed in more of a Republican form of government where the individual and not the government maintained the power. Yet to the British, they were all traitors, and none of the founding fathers of this nation believed in an overreaching government or wanted one. The men who fought for <i>Independence</i>risked their lives, families, wealth, property and their positions for Liberty and Freedom. Now we have just the opposite. We live in a country which is governed by force, the people are fed lies, the economy is a joke, our foreign policy is that of murder and our so-called elected officials are what appear to be Satanists who thrive on killing in order to satiate their thirst for blood.</p><p align="center">Whenever governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins.</p><p align="center">Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn8">[viii]</a></p><p>Just exactly what the etymology of sovereign or sovereignty is, is also a matter of debate, which I will not go into. I have no doubt the Supreme Court or any other court in this nation would argue I know nothing, but what I do know for a fact, is the men who wrote the U.S. Constitution, ordained and ratified it, for the people. But the Hussein Obama administration and the rest of <i>our</i> self-centered narcissistic leaders have apparently once again proved their love for Liberty, Freedom and the People of the United States by awarding ATK<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn9">[ix]</a>a contract to supply 450,000,000 rounds of hollow point ammunition to the Department of Homeland Security! By all appearances, the U.S. government doesn’t believe in the sovereign individual.</p><p>James Madison wrote in the Federalist papers No. 37, “Among the difficulties encountered by the convention, a very important one must have lain in combining the requisite stability and energy in government, with the inviolable attention due to liberty and to the republican form<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn10">[x]</a>.” In Federalist No. 39, Madison posed the question and gave the answer, “Whether the general form and aspect of the government be strictly republican. It is evident that no other form would be reconcilable with the genius of the people of America; with the fundamental principles of the Revolution; or with that honorable determination which animates every votary of freedom, to rest all our political experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn11">[xi]</a>.” The individual citizen is guaranteed a Republican form of government by the U.S. Constitution, so why does the individual who is guaranteed sovereign status by the Law of the Land, the U.S. Constitution, have to seek remedy before the court with regard to his sovereign status? Has the Judicial branch of government violated the very Law which they have taken an Oath to defend, protect and preserve; the U.S. Constitution? The obvious answer is yes, but the Supreme Court with their life-time appointments have, in effect, furtively elevated themselves to what they consider to be the level of Godhead.</p><p align="center">It is not only his right, but his duty…to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment and conscience, though in direct opposition to the direction of the court.</p><p align="center">John Adams<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn12">[xii]</a></p><p>Has the 14<sup>th</sup> Amendment<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn13">[xiii]</a> to the U.S. Constitution been misconstrued and ill applied by the courts? The true purpose of the 14<sup>th</sup> Amendment was to ensure a Constitutional guaranteed right was not abridged, such as States enacting “Jim Crow Laws<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn14">[xiv]</a>” which were portrayed as “separate but equal” but were in effect, “separate and extremely unequal” in order to circumvent the 13<sup>th</sup> Amendment. But isn’t the 14<sup>th</sup>Amendment which should be viewed as “basic fundamental fairness” viewed as “Federal supersedes State instead?” Federal should only supersede State when the Constitutional guaranteed right of the sovereign individual has been violated by the State or for example, if by some strange reason the State of North Dakota decided to invade either of the Provinces of Saskatchewan or Manitoba. The Federal role in this is merely to assure the State cannot violate the individual, the Federal government has no authority to decide how the individual exercises freedom, nor does the State, unless the individual has committed crimes.</p><p>If you consider the fact that in a Republic it is the guarantee given in the U.S. Constitution, that the individual is sovereign and the State is sovereign, the Federal government cannot take away that guarantee; the tail cannot wag the dog, as the Federal government is nothing more than the tail and <i>We the People</i>, which make up the States, are the dog itself. The hierarchy within the United States is the sovereign individuals, which make the sovereign States, which in turn make up the sovereign Nation. The power and responsibility within a Republic is vested in the <i>People</i>, not the government; who serve only at our pleasure. Picture if you will, a pyramid. The triangular point at the top is the Federal government’s three branches, the middle portion would be the States and the bottom portion would be the People. In a democracy, this would be an accurate depiction of the power structure. But in a Republic, where the People are guaranteed a Republican form of government, where the individuals are sovereign and the States are sovereign, the pyramid <i>must</i> be inverted. The portion or base which is at the top <i>is</i> the People, the middle portion the States and the bottom triangular portion is the Federal government. Everything flows <i>down</i> to the State and the Federal levels <i>through</i> the People. And as the People <i>are</i> the power of the United States, it is <i>our</i>duty to ensure the government, whether State or Federal, are defending, protecting, preserving and furthering the U.S. Constitution which is the Law of the Land or they need to be removed and held accountable for their actions.</p><p>But the usurpers of the Republic of the United States <i>are</i> the government officials at every level. They have done nothing more than attempt to destroy our Law, the U.S. Constitution, and this has been done in many ways. The manipulation of our monetary policy<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn15">[xv]</a>; a weak dollar, low interest rates, excessive debt, unchecked spending, the surreptitious voiding of the gold standard and the creation of a worthless fiat currency, as well as voodoo economics where the belief that wealth trickles down to the people, when the wealth actually trickles down to the State and Federal governments <i>from</i>the people. The destruction to our Law has also occurred through a very destructive and misguided foreign policy agenda which clearly debilitates our nation’s stature as well as our wealth and has an appearance based on nothing with any semblance of peaceful diplomacy. The national policy of the United States is one which appears to be, and is in effect, governance by force.</p><p>So, are we in the United States sovereign individuals? I believe we are supposed to be, according to the founding fathers of this nation, but in reality, we are slaves to the Federal and State governments. Are we a sovereign nation? Once again, I believe we are supposed to be, according to the founding fathers, but in reality, our so-called leaders are really nothing more than puppets of the Illuminati<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn16">[xvi]</a>; the destroyers of men and nations and the proponents of a one-world government or New World Order<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn17">[xvii]</a>, where no man is Free and Liberty is non-existent.</p><p align="center">We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our selection between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debts as that we must be taxed in our meat in our drink, in our necessities and comforts, in our labors and in our amusements, for our callings and our creeds...our people…must come to labor sixteen hours in the twenty-four, give earnings of fifteen of these to the government for their debts and daily expenses; and the sixteenth being insufficient to afford us bread, we must live… We have not time to think, no means of calling the mis-managers to account, but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow suffers. Our landholders, too...retaining indeed the title and stewardship of estates called theirs, but held really in trust for the treasury, must...be contented with penury, obscurity and exile…private fortunes are destroyed by public as well as by private extravagance.</p><p align="center">This is the tendency of all human governments. A departure from principle becomes a precedent for a second; that second for a third; and so on, till the bulk of society is reduced to mere automatons of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sinning and suffering... And the fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression.</p><p align="center">Thomas Jefferson<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn18">[xviii]</a></p><p> </p><p align="center"> </p><p>God Bless the United States of America. Completed on this 25<sup>th</sup>day of July in the year of our Lord 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Brett L. Baker</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref1">[i]</a> Spirit of America Liberty Quotes; Quotes from the Founding Fathers, <a href="http://www.dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm">http://www.dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref2">[ii]</a> The Law Dictionary; Featuring Black’s Law Dictionary Free Online 2<sup>nd</sup> Ed., <a href="http://thelawdictionary.org/sovereignty/">http://thelawdictionary.org/sovereignty/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref3">[iii]</a> 1215.org; <a href="http://www.1215.org/lawnotes/lawnotes/repvsdem.htm">http://www.1215.org/lawnotes/lawnotes/repvsdem.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref4">[iv]</a> Constitution of the United States; 17 September 1787, <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html">http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref5">[v]</a> Spirit of America Liberty Quotes; Quotes from the Founding Fathers, <a href="http://www.dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm">http://www.dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref6">[vi]</a> Constitution of the United States; The Bill of Rights, 15 December 1791. <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html">http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref7">[vii]</a> Library of Congress; United States: Gun Ownership and the Supreme Court, <a href="http://www.loc.gov/law/help/second-amendment.php">http://www.loc.gov/law/help/second-amendment.php</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref8">[viii]</a> Spirit of America Liberty Quotes; Quotes from the Founding Fathers, <a href="http://www.dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm">http://www.dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref9">[ix]</a> The American Dream: Waking People Up And Getting Them To Realize The American Dream Is Quickly Becoming The American Nightmare; Why Does The Department Of Homeland Security Need 450 MILLION Hollow Point Bullets?, <a href="http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/">http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref10">[x]</a> Federalist Papers No. 37; Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government, 11January 1788. <a href="http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/fedindex.htm">http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/fedindex.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref11">[xi]</a> Federalist Papers No. 39; The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles, <a href="http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/fedindex.htm">http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/fedindex.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref12">[xii]</a> Spirit of America Liberty Quotes; Quotes from the Founding Fathers, <a href="http://www.dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm">http://www.dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref13">[xiii]</a> Constitution of the United States; Amendments 11-27, <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.htm">http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref14">[xiv]</a> Wikipedia; Jim Crow laws, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref15">[xv]</a> YouTube; Ron Paul on Federal Reserve, banking and economy, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_G0MqAqq8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_G0MqAqq8</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref16">[xvi]</a> Rense.com; The History Of The Illuminati, <a href="http://rense.com/general77/histor.htm">http://rense.com/general77/histor.htm</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref17">[xvii]</a> Educate-Yourself; The New World Order (NWO): An Overview, <a href="http://educate-yourself.org/nwo/">http://educate-yourself.org/nwo/</a></p></div><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref18">[xviii]</a> Spirit of America Liberty Quotes; Quotes from the Founding Fathers, <a href="http://www.dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm">http://www.dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm</a></p></div></div><p><br /><a href="http://mytreatises.blogspot.com/">On_Sovereignty</a></p></div>The United States and the U.S. Constitutionhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/the-united-states-and-the-u-s-constitution2012-07-20T14:20:24.000Z2012-07-20T14:20:24.000ZBrett L. Bakerhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BrettLBaker<div><p>The Constitution of the United States<a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_edn1">[i]</a> is much more than just a piece of paper; it is a document written by God fearing men who believed in Liberty and Justice for all who are citizens of this great nation and their Posterity. While the U.S. Constitution is a guide for ourselves and for those who represent us, the U.S. Constitution is much more; it is the <i>“law of the land”</i> and should be viewed as such, as well as considered whenever any of the three branches of government, <i>i.e.</i>, Executive, Legislative or Judicial, enact new laws or perform the duties of their respective offices. I also believe every <i>Citizen</i> of the United States should question themselves with regard to their actions; are we <i>Just</i>, are we promoting the general <i>Welfare</i>, are we striving to ensure <i>Liberty</i>, are our actions helping to form a more perfect <i>Union</i>? These ideals cannot simply be for <i>one</i>, they must be for <i>all</i>, as eloquently stated by our fore-fathers, <i>“We the People of the United States.”</i></p><p> </p><p>On the 17<sup>th</sup> day of September in 1787 the <i>ordination</i> and <i>Establishment</i> of the Constitution was ratified. This document gave us reasonable guidelines by which to govern ourselves in a responsible and civil manner and the delineation of the process by which we elect government officials, the formation and function of the three separate branches of government and the duties of each within the boundaries of the Constitution of the United States. Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution also guarantees to each and every State in the Union a “Republican Form of Government,” whereby the individuals as well as the States themselves are sovereign.</p><p> </p><p>Enough cannot be said about the value and intent of the words within the U.S. Constitution itself. Article II, Section 1 clearly states the President shall, “Preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Article VI clearly states, “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States; shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.” Article VI goes on to further state, “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution.” Undeniably, the framers of the Constitution of the United States demanded the continued preservation, protection, defense and support of the Constitution <i>in perpetuity</i> for the <i>People</i> of this great nation. There can be no doubt the Constitution of the United States is the Law of the Land. Our leaders are bound by the oaths of their offices to uphold the Constitution of the United States.</p><p> </p><p>The U.S. Constitution is a means to promote not only the general Welfare, but to promote an equitable system of governance, through just laws which provide the framework to form a more perfect Union. As stated in Article III, Section 2, “The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority.” The U.S. Constitution is the conception of an ideal by decent, free thinking men, whose sole purpose was to live a life free of tyranny from those who would oppress us, and to ensure those same ideals existed for their Posterity.</p><p> </p><p>The United States of America is, in effect, not only a conglomeration of people, but of ideas as well. Through the supreme Law of the Land, the U.S. Constitution, sovereign citizens of sovereign States, within a sovereign nation act to establish a just and equitable society, where Liberty is unfettered and the government exists to serve the People.</p><p> </p><p>While the art of articulation does not elude me, I find myself unable to match what I consider to be a perfect man-made statement of Truth and Wisdom: <b><i>We the People</i></b> of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and to our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.</p><p> </p><div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div><p><a title="" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/new#_ednref1">[i]</a> Constitution of the United States, 17 September 1787</p><p> <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html">http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://mytreatises.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://mytreatises.blogspot.com/</a></p><p> </p></div></div></div>House Concurrent Resolution 107--A Letter To Senators...Againhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/house-concurrent-resolution-107-a-letter-to-senators-again2012-03-14T00:23:29.000Z2012-03-14T00:23:29.000Zjames seigfreidhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/jamesseigfreid<div><p>This was sent off Sunday night. Maybe early Monday morning...sometimes the days run together in the many fights we find ourselves in. No reply from previous contacts yet...I'm not holding my breath :) At any rate, here is the latest:</p><p></p><div><font face="arial, helvetica" size="2">Dear Senator Chamblis; I am sure you are aware of </font><a target="_blank" href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.CON.RES.107:">House Concurrent Resolution 107</a><font face="arial, helvetica" size="2">. I am also sure that you are more than aware of the testimony and statements given by Leon Panetta in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in which he </font>unilaterally<font face="arial, helvetica" size="2"> declared that the United States Military now serves at the behest of the United Nations, and that any authorization for military action must be decided by them, and in that case, he might just decide to brief the United States Congress about it....or maybe not. It was all kinda "iffy."</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica" size="2">Seeing as how you & I have had discussions concerning your close friend Leon Panetta in the past, particularly when he was up for confirmation...an unusual move for this Administration, as it actually attempted to recognize the Rule of Law at the time...I find your silence rather astonishing regarding these events, which are linked hand-in-hand.</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica" size="2">You pointed out, at the time, that you and Mr. Panetta had worked closely together in the past, he was a good friend, and you regarded him in the highest light. You found my accurate representation of his past to be "unwarranted." HMMMMM...</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica" size="2">So I'm curious...just how does all this sit with you now? </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica" size="2">Will you support </font><a target="_blank" href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.CON.RES.107:">House Concurrent Resolution 107</a>, or do you think it "unwarranted" also? You see, the reason I ask should be rather apparent. As I rarely-if ever-hear back from you any longer, I'm beginning to wonder if I am talking to a fellow American, or one who has become a big part of the problem we face in this Nation of Liberty. Our way of life has been under vicious attack...by this very Administration. The Rule of Law does not matter to this Kenyan or his cronies. I know...I know...harsh words, you've probably discarded this letter by now. Sorry to offend your tender sensibilities...but you didn't have to spend $102 to fill your tank up for the week so you could continue looking for work, either. You don't have to worry about how you're going to cover the skyrocketing price of health insurance. And you damn sure don't have to worry about looking for work...you've managed to make a grand career out of spending the money of your constituents! Yippee. Good work, if you can find it.</div><div>So let me get back to <a target="_blank" href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.CON.RES.107:">House Concurrent Resolution 107</a>, as that was my basic focus anyway. Will you support this measure? And if not, just exactly WHY NOT? After all, this has nothing to do with all that crazy stuff about releasing obviously forged documents, hiding or falsifying all public records of this man's existence...it's a very simple thing called "High Crimes and Misdemeanors." Bill Clinton was impeached for a hell of a lot less than this. So where is the standard going to reside now...that he's BLACK? Are we afraid of "race riots?" Having lived through a number of them in the '60's, I damn sure am not. I am seriously more afraid of what another 4 years of what this congenital liar and Islamofacist will do to this country. </div><div>I know...harsh words...and I would apologize but will do so only when you can prove to me that I AM WRONG...that millions of other Americans who are now paying avid attention ARE WRONG. I won't bore you with the actual technical terminology of "Islamofacist", but it is rather self-explanatory, and for a very very apt description, one has to look no further than the White House right now, and then compare that with the certain lessons of history. </div><div>I look forward as always, to your reply. </div><div>Sincerely;</div><div>James Seigfreid</div><div>Tea Party Radio Network</div><div>Tea Party of Gilmer County</div><div>Tea Party.org</div><div>United States Patriots Union</div><div>415 Spring Lake Trail</div><div>Ellijay, Ga 30536-3840</div><div>706-636-3202 Home</div><div>706-273-0821 Cell</div><div><a href="mailto:confederated3@netscape.net">confederated3@netscape.net</a></div></div>Satelite Border Patrol?https://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/satelite-border-patrol2010-10-09T03:07:48.000Z2010-10-09T03:07:48.000ZRonald James Goreshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/RonaldJamesGores<div><p>Well, there is more violence on the border with the U.S. and Mexico this time its on lake Falcon, never heard of it till now.Evidently this lake is another crossing point for drugs and, more than likely, illegals.</p><p>I don't understand why we cannot secure our borders.I have a cell phone and with it I can google any part of the world and zoom in on roads and even houses.If I can do that how hard would it be to patrol the border with satelites?-I don't get it!, can somebody please explain this to me!</p></div>"THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT FIRST IT WILL MAKE YOU MISERABLE"https://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/the-truth-will-set-you-free2010-06-04T18:25:29.000Z2010-06-04T18:25:29.000ZGrizzlyMamahttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/GrizzlyMama<div><p><font size="2">Yesterday I heard it was James A. Garfield who said "The truth will set you free but first it will make you miserable.</font></p><p></p><p></p><p><font size="2">I'm just asking; Is America uncomfortable or miserable enough to welcome the light of truth and freedom? What form of misery will strike the fire of truth in American hearts and souls? Do today's Americans believe in God? Will people of God welcome His light upon their decisions and actions while they defend and uphold our constitution and country? Will America first be uncomfortable and miserable in God's truth in order to restore it's freedom and liberty? Must Americans suffer greater misery at the hand of tyranny?</font></p><p><font size="2">For about 110 years people have been trying to take this country apart piece by piece, little by little The Progressive Movement (Communism, Socialism, etc) deliberately, manipulated, attacked and subverted our Constitution. Four Presidents, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Lyndon Johnson and now Barrack O'bama have executed the Progressive agenda. Each President did a lot of damage to America however Progressives and their process have now escalated to unimagined proportions.</font></p><p></p><p><font size="2">Our parents and Grandparents fought Progressives and succeeded in 1946. After World War II the Progressives wanted to return the country to prewar conditions. Americans had experienced the "Great Depression", FDR and his destruction and they wanted no more. Our parents and Grandparents had enough and started a strong campaign of "ENOUGH". Americans fought the enemy together during the war and they stood strongly united after the war. They stopped further erosion of our constitution by electing a Republican and the Progressive Movement though not eradicated was slowed down. At the assassination of John F. Kennedy the country mourned and Lyndon Johnson took office he did more damage put the agenda had been slowed and Johnson didn't run for reelection. Progressive Republicans only proved to be more patient and slower in their reform of America. We had changed leadership but didn't dig out the roots of the Progressive Movement; they just slithered into hiding.</font></p><p></p><p><font size="2">Average Americans just wanted to settle into living the American dream.</font></p><p></p><p><font size="2">A Progressive education system took hold and changed the country's written history; a new generation soon forgot. Progressives in hiding created special interest groups under the disguise of working for the good of the people and continued to invade our culture, religions, values and principles. Sadly, we let them because we had worked hard, fought hard and wanted the good life without misery for our children and ourselves. We easily slipped into denial and apathy while we lived the American dream and gave our children all we could. There were many reasons; political correctness being one that supported closed eyes. We finely lost our common sense, lost sight and found ourselves blind to the "Truth". The Magnificent Giant dozed off too often and then finally fell into a deep sleep.</font></p><p></p><p><font size="2">I believe in America, her people are capable of doing anything when they are ready, have had enough and accept the truth. The "Magnificent Giant" is awakening, not one by one but thousands at a time. I'm just asking, have we had enough? Are Americas ready or making ready for the misery we will endure as truth's fire within grows, purifies, cleanses and changes our lives forever? "</font></p><p></p><p><font size="2">The truth will set us free, but first it will make you miserable" The fire of truth does not consume; with truth we will find our individual redemption, restore our honor and country and we will be set free.</font></p><p><font size="2">It's the American way.</font></p></div>