Prayers and Condolences

My deepest condolences to those who lost friends and family in the two appalling attacks this Friday on schoolchildren.My prayers as well for the first responders and others who dealt and are dealing with the aftermath. May the Lord use this to bring you together rather than pull you apart. May you console each other and know that many are keeping you in their prayers. May your sorrow and grief ultimately strengthen you to help others. May you support and love each other, remaining thoughtful and kind through your own grief to ease the grief of the others. May the Lord hold you all in His heart until you see your loved ones again. May those who were wounded heal swiftly and cleanly.

"But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God." ~ Mark 10:14

Answering Muslims: Interview with Jay Smith on Confronting Islam

I generally prefer to write my own posts, but this video needs to be shared more widely, so I submit it for my small, but loyal contigent of readers for their consideration.
http://youtu.be/75oi6UhPeIg
Answering Muslims: Interview with Jay Smith on Confronting Islam

"I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture." ~ John 10:9

Happy Thanksgiving

1Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
² But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
³ But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
⁴ In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
⁶ For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
⁸ We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
⁹ Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
¹⁰ Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
¹¹ For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
¹² So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
¹³ We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
¹⁴ Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
¹⁵ For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
¹⁶ For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." ~ 2 Cor 4

Winds of Secession?

Update 11/13/12: Here is a list with total signatures of the states that currently have petitions to secede at whitehouse.gov. As you can see, there are a few states that have more than one petition. Interesting.

1. Alabama - 16,255
2. Alaska - 601
3. Arizona - 9,281
4. Arkansas - 12,186
5. California - #1- 12; #2- 3,561
6. Colorado - 12,395
7. Delaware - 3,393
8. Florida - 17,368
9. Georgia - #1-16,201; #2-8,555
10. Indiana - 10,969
11. Kansas - 736
12. Kentucky - 10,710
13. Louisiana - 25,465
14. Michigan - 11,168
15. Mississippi - 10,884
16. Missouri - #1-10,417; #2-9,077 #3-10,336
17. Montana - 8,744
18. Nevada - 4,617
19. New Jersey - 8,520
20. New York - #1-10,129; #2-2,691
21. North Carolina - 15,195
22. North Dakota - 7,837
23. Ohio - 3,352
24. Oklahoma - #1-1,643;#2-9,273
25. Oregon - 9,101
26. Pennsylvania - 5,986
27. South Carolina - #1-9,761; #2-12,758
28. Tennessee - 15,927
29. Texas - 57,276
30. Utah - 2,305
31. Wyoming - 2,375

And of course this list would be unfair if I didn't include a link to this petition: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/strip-citizenship-everyone-who-signed-petition-secede-and-exile-them/ZbMjcwPf
. Please note that the numbers had changed by the time I went back to double check them-usually by about 200+ signatures and Kansas appeared while I was making this list at 1:00am. I think anyone may sign any petition so I assume that there are some folks who are signing them all. Makes this a right mess to figure out. Still interesting. As with any document, be sure you read it before you sign it.

In the aftermath of the "election", some are choosing to play by the rules, in apparent denial of the fact that those whom they are opposing have thrown out the rule-book altogether, by demanding recounts and etc. It didn't work for those who opposed Saddam Hussein and I suspect it won't work in America either. It is the state of denial that insists that if we play nice, so will they. Reality is about to bite hard, but I wish them luck ...and a swift awakening to reality that isn't too painful.

Some folks are doing something a bit different. As of this writing, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, New York, Colorado,and North Carolina all have petitions at whitehouse.gov peacefully requesting secession. Now, this is not as official as it sounds, since anyone may start their own petition at the site and when it reaches 30,000 signatures, then the petition is bumped up to the next level bureaucrat who decides whether or not it will be ignored. I would guess that no matter how many signatures are gathered, these will be ignored unless this administration decides they can be used against us in some way. 

In point of fact the fellow who started the North Carolina petition, has people commenting on his blog that they would sign in a heartbeat, but for the fact that they don't want to put their name to anything that might drawn the negative attention of this administration. And that's the problem right there, isn't it? If they felt free enough to sign those petitions, there would be no need for them. That they feel too threatened by this administration to even sign such a thing is indicative of the tyranny with which this administration has been credited. I suspect it will get much worse before it gets better.    

 The entire premise of this nation, up to the Civil War was that the United States were united by their agreement to be so. The U. S. Constitution is the contract by which the states agreed to be united, which is why it is a list of restrictions on what the federal level of the government may do rather than a grant of authority to do whatever it thinks necessary. The states didn't want a high handed federal government telling them what they could and could not do - that was the bailiwick of the citizens of those states.

Many (mostly those who favor the out of control, micromanaging, spendthrift nanny state we currently suffer) will argue that the civil war ended state sovereignty. Others will argue that state sovereignty is no more negotiable that one's right to control what one eats or drinks, it is self evident and therefore unalienable.(Mrs. obama may have tried to force those kids to eat healthy, but they refused to eat her choices for them and went hungry instead - see the parallel to freedom there?) 

They have 30 days from their posting to get those signatures. What will be done if they get them? Hard to tell. I suspect this administration will, as they have done in so many other areas, simply ignore them. That's not the question. The question is what will the people do?

Update 11/11/12: As of this writing, 14 more states have added their petitions to the milieu. California, Missouri (Actually there are two petitions from Missouri), Tennessee, Michigan, South Carolina, Oregon, New Jersey, Indiana, Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi , Montana, North Dakota, Apparently the petition for the secession of New York was filed by someone in North Dakota. Why? Who knows, but any number of reasons spring to mind from humor to cutting out the UN heart of this tyrannical administration. Keep up on new petitions here. Be aware that in order to sign the petitions there, one must have a whitehouse.gov account

"The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue."~ Proverbs 17:3-4

Freedom

 "Exactly", said Lord Vetinari. "There is always a choice".
"You mean . . . I could choose certain death?"
"A choice, nevertheless," said Vetinari. "Or, perhaps, an alternative. You see I believe in freedom, Mr. Lipwig. Not many people do, although they will, of course, protest otherwise. And no practical definition of freedom would be completely without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all others are based. ..." ~ Terry Pratchett in "Going Postal"

Elections have consequences. Will we retain America, or will it be "fundamentally transformed"? It's our choice. Be informed if you plan to vote. Don't vote without knowing the consequences of the choice you are making for yourself and your posterity. It's your duty to be an informed voter, not a team player.

"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" ~ Isaiah 5:20

Business First Aid

Need a break from the heart wrenching news of the day? Looking for something to give you a positive outlook for the future? 

Join our guest, Josh Tolley on the radio show(blue link on the sidebar or go here. ) today to find out how you can make your business better. Because "free enterprise is the fuel for freedom."

"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. "~ Proverbs 22:29

Standing Down

 I am so deeply grieved by this villainous administration's treatment of American citizens at Benghazi that I find all the election nonsense to be too much for me. 

I keep thinking of the ramifications spreading ever outward from that epicenter and I am am overwhelmed by the perfidy, the treason and the out and out murderousness of these people. 

The harm this has done and continues to do to our military concerns me greatly. Our fellow citizens did not sign up to be ordered to sit on their hands when their fellow citizens are being killed. The harm it will do to those who may vote for him unawares, thanks to what appears to be a msm blackout. (Although they certainly had fair warning of his character from his votes on the born alive bills didn't they?)The rifts in families and communities between those who have an ounce of simple human decency and those who are so morally bankrupt that they will ascribe this all to politics and never you mind that someone died. Appalling.

How will I be able to sit at the same table over the holidays as people who voted for this festering sore on the face of America? I can't think of it. It pains me, and yet I must think of it if only to bear witness. 

My nation is a nation that values individual rights BECAUSE we recognize the intrinsic value of every life and this whited sepulcher has just demonstrated to the entire world that he cares no more for a single American life than what he thinks it can bring him politically and his minions scramble to do the same. 

I am devastated that the entire nation has not risen to demand his removal, as have I and as I will continue to do until he is gone...or until I am. 
And if it does that to me, what must it be doing to our military? Particularly those who were in a position to help but who were told to stand down for HOURS? 

For those who still have the good sense to be Christians, pray as you may never have prayed before because we are going into a darkness such as this nation, nor this world has ever seen and there are very few candles. 

May our military forgive us;

• for failing in our duty to keep this current "government" within it's Constitutional limits;
• for failing to elect people of good character to those positions of authority over them;
• for failing to see that their right to vote is respected;
• for failing to hold those same people accountable for the smallest of breaches of that venerable document and;
• for putting them in a place where they may neither defend themselves nor their fellow citizens, nor speak about it to anyone until they are retired. 

And that said, may the Lord forgive us as well for losing this nation, this gift of freedom, and, most of all for rejecting Him. This is the first election where neither of the two front running candidates are Christians, although both claim to be. How could we have lost our discernment in the short 230 + years since this nation's founding? 

" Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off."~ Psalm 94:20-23

Impeach Now

This is treason. And this.

This is not about politics. This is about treason and EVERY American needs to know this and do their duty by calling their representative and demanding the immediate (meaning now, not after the election)beginning of impeachment proceedings. This is our duty as citizens and has no party.

In addition, in the American philosophy every life is intrinsically valuable. For this man(or anyone) to watch our consulate being attacked via drone, possibly watching our ambassador and 3 other Americans being sodomized and murdered, without calling for ANY support for those Americans, and quite possibly forbidding our military to go to their aid during the 7 HOUR attack, and then go to sleep and lie about the attack later is beyond the boundaries of what is sufferable from even the worst of government officials.

Call your Rep because the House has the responsibility to impeach. Call them now. May God forgive us if we decline to do this thing.

"No man is an island,

Entire of itself.

Each is a piece of the continent,

A part of the main.

If a clod be washed away by the sea,

Europe is the less.

As well as if a promontory were.

As well as if a manor of thine own

Or of thine friend's were.

Each man's death diminishes me,

For I am involved in mankind.

Therefore, send not to know

For whom the bell tolls,

It tolls for thee."

 ~ John Donne

"Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:"~ Exodus 23:2

An Order of Magnitude

That is the phrase used when one wishes to describe a large or significant difference between two things. 
Such as the difference between the current administration's actions regarding the economy and their response to the deliberate attack on our consulate in Libya and the murder of our ambassador and 3 other citizens.

The reason this is appropriate, to say that there is an order of magnitude's difference in those actions, is because the difference is one of such vast import to the American people, that to classify it otherwise would be unthinkable.

An administration may make economic policies that affect thousands, or hundreds of thousands of Americans negatively. In general, we recognize that such things are a matter of suffering through a temporary difference of economic ideologies.  We expect that reality will cause such policies to self correct over time. It is not seen as an indication that those who have been granted authority over those policies despise us or account the individual as being of little intrinsic worth. 

The response of this administration to the deliberate act of war against us and the murder of our citizens is not a matter of differing ideologies that will self correct. This is a matter of declaring to the world  how we, here in America view the value of an individual life. Yes, there are national security and foreign policy concerns attached to this, but the primary purpose our response needs to address is: How do we, as a nation, regard the value of a single human life? In other times, the answer to that question was inseparable from the given response. Devastatingly, that response has changed under this administration. And that is what makes me sick in my very soul.

In my experience of life, America, as a nation has regarded human life in the same way as does the God of the Bible. That is to say; that every human being is intrinsically valuable. The SCOTUS' inappropriate meddling in Roe vs Wade (not to mention their inappropriate ruling-a matter of cowardice) dealt that understanding a severe blow, but it was not a death blow. It was more along the lines of a difficult question regarding the balance between an individual's right to privacy and control of one's own bodily processes and another individual's right to life. (I think that life overrules the other, but clearly, the SCOTUS did not share that opinion.)

This administration's response, to apologize for the exercise of free speech and lament the violence that "wasted the lives of state officials"("or alternatively, because this is a translation of an egyptian source: "wasted lives of agents of the state.") rather than to declare war [until LIBYA surrenders or provides a reason strong enough to prevent us from turning that nation into a glass parking lot (Terrorists did it and we couldn't control them-not believable at this point in the game, but plausible for quelling a declaration of war until the perpetrators were surrendered for judgement)], was a statement to the world and Americans that this administration regards the individual as being of little intrinsic value. The first time I mentioned this statement, I was willing to allow that it might be merely an unfortunate translation. Given the continuing actions of this administration, I no longer think so. 

That is the sickness that gnaws at my soul every time I hear from the government now.

•  A government consisting of: a sitting POTUS and administration that made that heinous statement to the world(in addition to their surrender of America to the islamic world) ;
•  A Congress that does not see fit to impeach the sitting POTUS who would make such a statement (and who also treasonously surrendered and who has committed numerous acts of overt treason against this nation);
• A SCOTUS who will not hear from citizens on legitimate questions of that same POTUS' eligibility to serve, saying that We the People, as individuals, have no standing to see the rule of law upheld.

This cause of that "soul sickness" in ordinary American citizens like myself is what must be addressed before this nation can reclaim it's freedom. 

This is what defines mr. obama as unfit to run a turnip patch, much less America. This is a disregard of common human decency so vast as to boggle the mind. This should have been sufficient for impeachment, but it was not.

Until it is, and until the intrinsic value of every individual is once again recognized in America, the blood of  Ambassador Stevens, Mr. Smith, Mr. Doherty and Mr. Woods will cry out from the ground against an America that allowed freedom to die with them. 

"Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee." ~ Job 36:16-18

New Life for the 2nd Amendment

If you missed (or never listen to) the BTR show of the same name as this blog, then you should give the widget on the sidebar a click and have a listen. It's only 30 minutes. Wednesday's guest was Cody Wilson, founder of Defense Distributed, also known as the Wiki Weapon project.

When I first heard about this, I was wallowing in in a slough of despond over the murder of our ambassador and the treasonous "response" of this administration and the treasonous and complicit lack of impeachment proceedings from Congress. I, personally, now regard the contract between the federal government and We the People (AKA the US Constitution), to be broken. Irrevocably and egregiously broken. I declare that I, will respect the rule of law-including that venerable document-but that I will no longer regard anything coming from the so-called federal government to be binding upon me as they have broken the contract. (Yes, wallowing, I say.)

 This project, the very idea of it opened a window into the possibilities for maintaining our freedom in the future. Freedom from an egregiously out of bounds and out of control government in the form of technology moving so fast they will be simply unable to keep up, and that, my fellow Americans is a very good thing. A very scary thing also as there are always those among us who will turn such things to evil, but that's a different problem and one that cannot be solved by legislation.

In any case do give the interview a listen and then go to http://defensedistributed.com/  and check it out. Exercise your freedoms daily.

“Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.” ~ Psalm 62:1 

Know Thy Enemy

How can you win if you don't  know your enemy? Perhaps a better question for today's America is "How can you fight if you don't understand that you have an enemy? " 

There is a classic American tale where a rabbit is cornered by a fox. Rabbit, clever critter that he is begs Fox not to throw him into the nearby brier patch. "Eat me, beat me, do what you will but please, please don't throw me into the brier patch." Fox, having been distracted by this fear of the rabbit's from his real goal -which was of course to eat Rabbit - decides that it would be more satisfying to give Rabbit over to his greatest fears than to eat him. 

Now those who happen to be familiar with this folk tale know that Rabbit was not at all afraid of being thrown into the brier patch, but rather wanted very much to be thrown into the brier patch  to escape from Fox. Rabbit knew his enemy. Fox did not. 

Our self declared enemy, from the founding of this nation, is islam. (And no, I will not give it the courtesy of capitalization - it's not a typo, it is on purpose.) It has been the enemy of civilized people since it's inception. If you haven't been paying attention, if you have been too busy since 9/11/01 gave this generation it's wake-up call, then this month's 9/11 attack is your chance to remedy that oversight. 



Join us on Wednesday's show as we talk with Dr. Bill Warner, a scientist and historian who took the attack on the Twin towers to heart and is doing his best to help the rest of us to know our enemy - before it's too late. 

"An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him."
~ Proverbs 17:10-12

Welcome to Dhimmitude or did you miss the surrender of America?

The mainstream media and much of the rest of America and the world missed or are refusing to recognize the start of World War 3 and the first actions of a re-emergent caliphate in the middle east.

Many have noted that these attacks on our embassies appeared to be coordinated. There are other factors to be considered such as: the insecure nature of the Libyan embassy; the lack of proper security precautions allowed to the embassy guards; the lack of Mr. obama's presence in his intelligence briefings of late; the money promised to the Muslim Brotherhood in various nations across the middle east by the obama administration; and the fundamental material support the Muslim Brotherhood has been given by this administration, both overt and hidden along with the message that sends to the Islamic world.

When all that is taken into account, along with the Islamic worldview, what comes up is a very disturbing picture. In describing that picture, it is necessary to reference the Islamic world, because that is how the followers of Islam, regardless of nationality, are to view themselves. They belong to Islam, not to any real estate limited nation. This is not referring to individual Muslims or specific sects, only to what has been observed to be accepted among the followers of Islam. 

They have a separate social, financial and legal system that is supposed to receive precedence over any other governmental system or authority. There are places where separate property records for Dar al-Islam or “the house of Islam” are kept worldwide, because property, once owned by a Muslim, is regarded as being the property of allah, held in perpetuity by Islam. (This leads to an “interesting” view of history that does not necessarily comport with the way the rest of the world records it.) This record of property is essential for maintaining the islamic worldview because it is the goal of Islam to conquer the world for allah. When Islam can be said, through these records, to be in  at least "moral" possession(having owned it once) of the entire globe, then they will know how close they are to completing that goal. 

It is important to be aware of these things, because it shows with what caution and through what motivational lens we must evaluate the actions and motives of the followers of Islam. Assigning an American, European, Chinese, Russian or other national/cultural motivational model to the followers of Islam is a mistake.

In evaluating the events of the past week there are a few basics we must recognize:

1.  The purpose for the founding of the Muslim Brotherhood is/was to re-establish the Islamic caliphate after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. They may have been used by the Saudis for empire building, but their goal never changed.
2.  Mr. obama is the first acting POTUS ever to have an intimate knowledge and understanding of Islam from the point of view of a being raised by a practicing Muslim in an Islamic nation. He is not, therefore to be compared to Mr. Carter in this series of events, because Mr. Carter may creditably claim ignorance of how his actions would have been perceived within the Islamic world. (If he even recognized that the world of Islam viewed itself as a coherent unit, with it’s own government despite lacking a specific piece of real estate to label as the "country" of Islam.) If there has ever been an individual occupying the seat of the POTUS who has the cultural and intellectual basis to comprehend these things-it is, without question, Mr. obama.
3. Prior to the killing of Osama Bin Laden, (by Mr. obama’s order) he was one of 3 main contenders for the title of caliph of the tempestuously emerging caliphate. The attacks of 9/11 gave him great prestige in the Islamic world. Mr. Bin Laden was removed by the order of an individual, Mr. obama, who has spent a great deal of American money and influence to support and bring into power, members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Update: I find that I must add a critical bit of information to make this relevant to those who have no idea why this is relevant-or even worse - fail to comprehend how this gives Mr. obama prestige and standing in the islamic world of the muslim brotherhood. Mr. Bin Laden, in his attack on 9/11 nearly awoke the sleeping giant that is America. This would not serve the vital interests of the muslim brotherhood in the re-establishment of the islamic caliphate through the means which they already had in place. Those means, among others consist of: Semantic jihad, financial terrorism, and various social brainwashing efforts pushed through the progressive/socialist/communist groups already at work here.  
4.  The Islamic worldview is that there are two groups in the world: Dar al-Islam; the house of Islam and Dar al-Harb; the house of war. (i.e. Islam and those awaiting conquest by Islam. Please note that this does not even allow for the possibility of failure/loss on the part of Islam, ever –only the occasional appearance of retreats. Combine that with the requirement to regard all property ever owned by a Muslim as belonging to allah, held by Islam in perpetuity, and you may begin to see the importance of the Islamic worldview in evaluating the events of the past week.)

The outline of what happened on Wednesday and following, with those basics in mind, is as follows:

• The Islamic world committed a deliberate and considered act of war against America.
• This was done, to provoke one of two possible responses: retaliation or surrender. (Any response would fall into one of these two categories as far as the Islamic world is concerned. [As demonstrated by the very nature of a mind set that views only the house of Islam and the house of war as legitimate entities in the grand scheme of things.] The followers of Islam don’t really care what the rest of the world thinks. The rest of the world is wrong anyway, or it would already have joined Dar al Islam, after all.)
• Mr. obama, both personally and through the responses of his administration – apologized.

Understand fully what this means. A man who is ostensibly in charge of “the great Satan” , a man whom much of the Muslim world views as a Muslim practicing taqiyya (and possibly maruna as well) for the purpose of advancing Islam, a man who has the full knowledge and experience to fully comprehend what such a response would say to the Islamic world APOLOGIZED for having been attacked. 

In addition to being an accepted form of surrender, an apology in most Islamic cultures indicates a definite claim of guilt along with a recognition that a repayment is required. I realize that some pundits will take issue with the idea of an apology being a form of surrender. They are either misled or duplicitous. Many will tend to comfort themselves with the notion that, because the rest of the world does not recognize the political reality of Dar al Islam, that means that no political leaders can surrender to it. They are in denial or, again, duplicitous( Or perhaps lacking the ability to comprehend the notion that a legitimate political entity can exist in the absence of specific borders-think of the united nations for an example.).

If that all wasn’t clear enough, let me restate the preceding. Mr. obama, in full knowledge and with deliberate intent, built up and supported into power the Muslim Brotherhood, an entity whose sole purpose is to re-establish an Islamic caliphate. He then SURRENDERED America to Dar al Islam in response to an attack on American soil. In doing so, he also extended an invitation to come and take the spoils of war from America and all it’s entities across the globe. The acting POTUS/CiC declared open season on America, it’s citizens and it’s wealth to Dar al Islam. What has followed, both in attacks on our embassies abroad as well as incidents across our nation, has been the followers of Islam responding to that invitation. Yes, there may be and most likely are, other schemes and politicking going on with this, but they pale in comparison beside the significance of this one treasonous action.

Mr. obama needs to be impeached and tried for treason immediately. There must also be a swift and decisive response to inform the caliphate of the Muslim brotherhood and the rest of Dar al Islam that America has not now, nor will she ever surrender to Islam.

Personally, I think that the Congress and the msm will ignore this blatant act of treason and justify doing so by the nearness of the election. This is cowardice and cowardice for which America will pay in blood and treasure, possibly for decades to come. This was the opening act of world war three and no one in the government of the USA or the msm media has acknowledged or will acknowledge that fact. This is moral cowardice and treason.  (I may have to acknowledge a mistake here. After numerous conversations with the aides of members of the House, it has become painfully apparent to me that our nations “leaders” have not availed themselves of the decade+ since 9/11 to educate themselves about our enemy-Islam. Instead of cowardice and treason, it may actually be sheer incompetence on the part of many. The msm remains without excuse, as it is their very function to perform such research and inform the American people the results.)

The means by which this war will be waged are unlike those of any previous war in American history. It is and will be waged on our soil and abroad and by ALL means possible. That includes financial, social, legal, semantic, political and etc. Islam is known for using ALL means available to it for conquest, including the womb. Because Americans in general have not recognized these tactics as tactics of war in the past, we are hugely vulnerable to their employment now.

Welcome to World War Three. It’s likely to appear peaceful on the surface while being, in actuality, quite brutal. I suggest we wake up and do so quickly. The time for sleep is over. Call Congress and demand impeachment and suitable retaliation now, or accept that the blood spilled in this war is on your hands.  

"Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord. " ~ Obadiah 1:4

Treason, High Crimes and Misdemeanors

Update: The two other embassy employees have now been identified as Navy SEALs Glen Doherty, 42, a native of Winchester, Mass., and Tyrone Woods, 41. RIP gentlemen. This author's gratitude for your service and sincere condolences and prayers go out to your families and friends as they do also to the families and friends of Ambassador Stevens and Mr. Smith. Please also note that there have been some changes in the last paragraph since the original posting.
I also neglected to note the conclusion of the UN conference on small arms. One in which Mrs. rodham-clinton has been doing her level best to commit the USA to UN gun control without the approval of congress or the American people. My apologies for that egregious omission.
As I am quite sure that most informed people have heard by now, our embassies are being attacked across the middle east. Our ambassador to Libya, Mr.J Christopher Stevens along with Mr. Sean Smith, and two other embassy employees whose names have not yet been released, were cruelly and foully murdered.

Murdered? wasn't this just a spontaneous riot situation emerging out of a protest? Not according to the reports I've read, unless you happen to be of the opinion that normal people bring rocket propelled grenade launchers to a protest. In addition, I cannot adequately convey the depth of my loathing for the people who did this. What makes it different from any other terrorist attack or riot that loathing is the appropriate reaction? This article, which says that the ambassador was raped before he was murdered. The quote in the article attributed to Mr. obama, is also quite, quite reprehensible. It indicates that the only reason to be upset over the murder is ...well I'll let you read it yourself. Perhaps it is a glitch in the translation software, that would be nice, but I suspect it is not.

"Obama said in a statement after the murder of the u.s. Ambassador and three employees in a missile attack on their car in Benghazi "I asked my Department to provide all the necessary resources to ensure our employees in Libya and tighten security at diplomatic missions throughout the world."

"The US Administration refuses to abuse the religious beliefs of others but we clearly oppose this kind of senseless violence, which wasted lives of agents of the State".

That's right, it's not about the loss of 4 unique and intrinsically valuable human beings, but about losing tools for the government. I hope that is nothing more than a translation fail, because, if not, it is a human being fail on the part of Mr. obama.

Mr. obama is, apparently even refusing to call this a terror attack. I have to admit he's correct there. It wasn't a terror attack-it was an act of war. Yes, an attack on an embassy is an act of war and everyone knows this. Yet, we are being asked to believe that the totalitarian regimes who oppress these people were unable to provide adequate security or even facilities for our embassy in Libya. A situation bound to invite trouble. Perhaps Mr. obama would have been inclined to fix it, had he been attending his intelligence briefings to know of it. But he had been skipping them for the past few days. Why?

Then there is the egregious first part of the statement-the apology. It is un-American, unethical, treasonous, and a violation of the oath of office - assuming he actually took it that second time around. Americans can say whatever they like about whatever they like and if it offends someone-too bad!

 For instance, right now, I will say that islam is evil. It is a religion of evil and nothing but evil. I can even say that I think Mr. obama is receiving these embassy attacks as a gift, payback if you will, from the muslim brotherhood for putting them in power so that they can be that much closer to achieving their goal of re-establishing the caliphate.  I can say that I think he is and will be using these attacks for political reasons and that we can expect them to continue until the election.  I can say that, without fear of reprisal, here, because my right to say it is a self-evident, God given, constitutionally affirmed, American right and many people have paid for it in blood since this nation's founding. To deny it would be a slap in the face of our military past and present and a denial of all that America stands for.

Why would I say that? Because I think it is true. This particular date, in addition to being a re-run of 9-11 for Americans was also the date on which a Judicial Committee hearing on Mr. obama's abuse of government power was scheduled. Have we heard anything about that? Nope. A report also came out yesterday saying that seniors and the poor are going to be more likely to die under obamacare than if the Congress and this administration had kept their power hungry, meddling hands off of our health care system. Have you heard that? No?
Here's another story you probably won't be hearing much about that also came out yesterday. A federal judge ruled the indefinite detention provision of the NDAA to be unconstitutional. Then there are the numbers from the census dept. showing very bad things for the obama administration's handling of the economy as well. Let's not forget the unconstitutional attack on the right to bear arms as well. Some may read that one and say it's just common sense. Constitutionally aware citizens know that the federal government is specifically prohibited by the Constitution from restricting the right to bear arms. That is wholly a state issue.
Then there is Mr. obama's sending of representatives from major US corporations to jump start the economy - of Egypt, the announcement of QE3 and etc. on down the line.

How much blood will need to be spilled to cover up this traitorous usurper's path to the "fundamental transformation" (i.e. total destruction) of America?

Oh sure, I can read. The msm and politicians of all stripes are rushing to cover their you know whats and indulging in utterly disgusting sound bites to enhance their political campaigns/careers over this. Claiming that it wasn't an act of war(it was), that it wasn't reflective of "true" islam (it is), and then gradually segueing into a blame the victim spiel that would make the most practiced cult manipulator or abuser proud. Condemning the rights of American citizens to say whatever they want. (Coptic Christians who fled here from Egypt were thought to be the producers of the film that supposedly set this off.) Claiming that they offended the followers of islam by saying mean things about their prophet. Boo-Hoo. The film's producer, American-Israeli filmmaker Sam Bacile, was doing us a service, attempting to wake America up to the danger of the true islam. He said "Islam is a cancer, period,"  If the result of that little film is this violence and murder, I have to say any reasonable observer who is not in denial would tend to agree with the filmmaker about true islam and the evil that it produces in the world.

Oh, but the leaders of those nations are apologizing and the citizens are saying they don't support those actions. (While still condemning the poorly made film and the insult they claim to their evil prophet and his even more heinous deity.) Well, you know what? Tough noogies. When I combine these latest outrages with the writings and doctrines of islam, the picture I see is one of deceit, manipulation and continuing violence to ensure the overall goal of islam-that of world wide conquest.

As for those who were outside the Libyan embassy with signs of condemnation for the acts of the murderers - where were they that night? Where were they when they knew that this was happening? Hiding? Evincing the same cowardice Americans have been showing regarding this and many other issues for years by indulging in some comfortable denial of the truth? Or were they in the crowds that murdered our fellow citizens in cold blood? If you want me to believe that you are sincere about deploring this behavior then prove it. Look at your "religion" objectively, recognize it for the evil that it is and walk away from it. Repudiate it utterly and with such strength that those you claim to be a small number of fundamentalists will not dare to show their faces for fear of YOU. And that conversion away from the evil that is islam needs to start at the top.

Until that happens I will not be fooled or manipulated. On Tuesday, I would have said, that instead of military might, we need to make a concerted effort to use the greatest weapon at our disposal to help these people -Christianity. But now I see that they will only convert to Christianity after a show of strength to convince them that Christians are not doormats. So be it.

All right, that is out of my system. Now I will say, Christianity is still our greatest weapon and we are fools and cowards who refrain from using it to it's fullest potential.

As for Mr. obama, his apologies are nothing short of treason. (and not the first instance of treason on his part either.) I called Mr. Boehner and Mr. Inouye's offices yesterday to demand that he be impeached. How can I say it is treason? There is an obviously planned attack on US embassies. An overt act of war against America. In the islamic world, any failure to meet such a provocation with equal or greater force is seen as submission. And what did our usurper do? Did he meet force with force? Did he demand the murderers be given over into American hands immediately under threat of greater force? Did he show that America is still to be respected in any way? No. He apologized. He submitted totally and completely in a manner designed to show the islamic world that America has just surrendered to the muslim brotherhood. And as a man who was quoted on the campaign trail in 2008 as saying the morning call to prayer is the prettiest sound in the world, who then went on to perfectly perform that call to prayer with accuracy and to compliments from islamic leaders, is there any way that he could possibly claim to be ignorant of what he has just done? There is not. It is treason, blatant and most foul treason. If Congress refuses to remove this traitor from office immediately and replace him with a leader who will offer an appropriate response to this desecration of our embassies and our people, then they are complicit and must also be removed. If we do not do this, immediately, then we will deserve what is coming now that the islamic world regards America as their conquered dhimmis.
 Will the rest of America join me? Or will you merely post to facebook and sign impotent petitions left and right and tweet your outrage while refusing to call your elected representatives out of fear? Fear of what? Being thought crazy or unreasonable? Grow up and do your civic duty...before it's too late.

(My apologies to Mr. Boehner's aide, for being overly grouchy at her - but really? Is that the kind of c*** you've been using to intimidate American citizens out of demanding that Congress do it's job? You all ought to be ashamed of yourselves!)

"Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one." ~ Luke 22:36

Loose Lips Sink Ships

My apologies for taking so long to post something new. Life was requiring more of my attention for the past few months and it irritates me that I now have to use google chrome to make a post here. (I prefer IE) 

I have just seen a video that requested and deserves to be posted far and wide, so I have facebooked it, tweeted it and have decided to post it here, although I generally prefer to fill this space with my own work. I will attempt to contact someone within the organization that made this video to interview for the show as well.



I have posted in the past about the duty of the people of this nation to support our troops. I have posted about the idea that we need to be doing and having as policy that which has been shown to bring home the greatest number of our troops alive no matter how politically correct or incorrect it may be. I have posted about how it is our duty to maintain the republic here, so that our fellow citizens who risk life and limb for it in battle can return to the same freedoms they had when they entered the service. This video deserves the same and more consideration. 

Please watch and share this video. It's a bit long, but I am regarding it as a part of my duty as a citizen to acquiesce to the request of the fine men and women whose lives may be saved by so doing. Do your part-watch it and pass it on. 

"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear  " ~ Proverbs 25:11-12

Gardening

Ah, the wonder of a garden. The whole process of putting a tiny thing into the ground and Voila! a plant springs forth. A plant that I neither created nor command. A tiny miracle every time it happens. Life manifested, complete and perfect.


There is a lot to love about a garden, the flowers, the edibles, the wonderful smelling herbs that can be grown. The sheer beauty of living, growing bounty. The colors of the flowers. The feeling of self-sufficiency when you know where your veggies are coming from and whether or not chemicals/fertilizer was used and, if so, what kinds. The security of collecting and saving your own seeds from year to year. But, today, I think the best thing about a garden is the weeds. 

The weeds? How can the weeds be the best thing about a garden? Weeds make a garden. A weed is any plant that is growing where you don't want it. I know, many gardening books will tell you about this or that kind of plant that is typically considered a weed, but I don't agree. In the first place, many of those plants are edible and very nutritious.  In the second place, some are quite beautiful and fully deserving of being in a garden on their own merit.

But weeds are essential to the gardening process. They make you pay attention to your garden. If you don't weed, then your plants will suffer for it. If you don't weed, you will have a more difficult time with harvesting your plants when the time comes. (Especially if your garden's weed of choice is thistles- as mine seems to be) In other words the weeds are the "works" of your garden. You may have read in your Bible that  "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also "(James 2:26) even though you know that "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Eph 2:8-9) So, just as, by God's grace, those seeds miraculously spring into life, so too do the weeds, which are the "works" for you, to keep you tending your garden. 


In addition, weeds make you think. Sometimes a weed will come up and, if it looks interesting, I'll let it grow to find out what it is. I have gotten some lovely flowers and a few nice herbs that way. Sure, I didn't plant them, but that's no reason not to take advantage of whatever agency God used to put it into my garden to enjoy it.  So weeds make you look at, and consider what is growing and make decisions on what you will allow to grow. They make you learn to discern the good plants from the bad ones. These are good skills for life. 

Then, there is my favorite part, the weeding itself. It is an excellent way to take out frustrations or even just get away from the everything and give yourself time to think. (At least before cell phones- I advise leaving them home, or at least turning them off. The world isn't likely to explode while you are weeding and if it does, you'll be in a better mood to deal with it after you're done.) 

Finally, there is the feeling of satisfaction you get, when you stand up and look over your garden and see that it is growing well(through no agency of yours, but rather by the grace of God) and safe from the loss of garden nutrients to the weeds. I know that, even though I planted the seeds, I did not cause the plants to grow. I can still take satisfaction from knowing that I am helping them by weeding. More weeds will grow, but as long as I am diligent, they won't grow very big. That is our place in helping God. God makes the plants grow. God put life into the plants and I have a choice of helping those plants to grow and flourish, or leaving them to fight the weeds for their survival. Will some of the plants grow even with the weeds? Sure they will, God gave them life and they will fight for it just as the weeds do. My only action is to help them utilize their full potential to produce good food by keeping the weeds under control, or letting them expend some of that potential in a fight against the weeds. I don't know if this makes sense to anyone else, but I choose to help.

It has been a very challenging and somewhat frustrating week, so if you will excuse me, I am going to weed my garden. 

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live" ~Deut 30:19

Duty, Honor, Sacrifice

This is more than a Memorial Day post. This is a call to duty. For over 200 years patriots have bled and died in the defense of this nation and the God given freedoms it has enshrined in it's Constitution. Our military has done their job-to protect us from threats abroad-and they have done it magnificently. They have done their duty by us and it is time to step up and do our part.

What is our part? Our part is to maintain the republic. To keep the nation as free as it was when it was founded and we have failed. We can put a stop to the tyrannical push of our current federal government, but we must do it now. We must reclaim our Constitution while we still may or suffer the loss of all that has been fought for over the past 200 years.

We owe this to those who shed their blood and gave their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to found and protect this nation. We owe it to our posterity. There is no excuse good enough for our failure thus far. There will be no excuse we can offer if we do not reclaim our nation.

"I have children and a family to consider". - So did the founders. Many lost their families, their wives, their children and never heard from them again.

"I want to obey the law". Then do it. The U S Constitution is the supreme law of the land. Without the rule of law there is no safety or security to be had. It is our duty to uphold that Constitution and to refuse to cooperate with any federal laws that are made contrary to it. In addition, kindly remember that every single man who signed the declaration of Independence was a traitor to England and could have been shot on sight.

"I don't want to make trouble." Trouble is here with or without you. The only question is, will you bestir yourself to oppose it, or will you allow it to run roughshod over your and your family's God given and constitutionally affirmed rights?

" I think that congress will sort it all out with a little more time." How much time do you think they need? So far, this Congress has authorized the NDAA . They have failed to repeal obamacare with all of it's egregious mandates. They re-authorized the patriot act. They are not challenging any of mr. obama's executive orders nor his eligibility-which should have been the first thing they did upon their swearing in, were they to keep their oaths.

"I don't know enough about this stuff to know what is the truth."  Then learn. Learn fast, because you don't have much time anymore. Start with the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Then move on to your own state's Constitution. then the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist Papers and other writings of our founders.

" But everyone will laugh at me and call me names." Then man/woman up, put on your big boy/girl pants and decide with whom you stand - the communists and followers of Islam that are currently attempting to conquer this nation or the patriots who want to restore it.  

"From the day on which an accommodation takes place between England and America, on any other terms than as independent States, I shall date the ruin of this country. a politic minister will study to lull us into security by granting us the full extent of our petitions. The warm sunshine of influence would melt down the virtue which the violence of the storm rendered more firm and unyielding. In a state of tranquillity, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their ancestors invincible. Every art of corruption would be employed to loosen the bond of union which renders our resistance formidable. When the spirit of liberty, which now animates our hearts and gives success to our arms, is extinct, our numbers will accelerate our ruin and render us easier victims to tyranny. Ye abandoned minions of an infatuated ministry, if peradventure any should yet remain among us, remember that a Warren and Montgomery are numbered among the dead. Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, What should be the reward of such sacrifices? Bid us and our posterity bow the knee, supplicate the friendship, and plow, and sow, and reap, to glut the avarice of the men who have let loose on us the dogs of war to riot in our blood and hunt us from the face of the earth? If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest of freedom--go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!" ~ Samuel Adams

Will we see the end of this republic or a new beginning?

The bottom line, on this Memorial Day is that, our fellow citizens have fought and bled and died to maintain and preserve our freedoms from enemies abroad. Now it is our turn to restore the freedoms that the Lord has given us here at home. If we had kept our wits about us, never would the federal government have been allowed such leeway, but we did not. Thus it now falls to us to make the painful and hard decisions that are  necessary to restrain or replace our federal government in order to save ourselves and our posterity from the tyranny that is daily imposed upon us in ever greater amounts. May we turn from the wickedness that has flourished under the philosophy of moral relativity and may the Lord be with us again or we shall surely fail.

" As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

   Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

   He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

   God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

   He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

   The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

   Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

   But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee." ~ Psalm 55:16-23