Category Archives: Patriotic

THE CONSTITUTION IS MEANINGLESS TO THE LEFTIST…


BLOG POST 2 - Meaningless to the Left

Yes, I said it and stand by that statement.  No, I do not mean every rank-n-file Democrat but those in Washington, DC are the Democrats and Leftist of which I refer.  Likewise, the Bible is anathema to them, so it seems.  Both ideological stances are troubling to me as a Christian, an American, a Vietnam Veteran, a Patriot, and someone who loves Freedom.  This has been going on a long time in the DNC and is becoming more prominent and less obscure as they openly attack in direct conflict with the Constitutional guidelines they have sworn to uphold, protect, and defend.

One example is the confirmation hearings of Notre Dame Law School professor Amy Coney Barrett, whom the President has nominated for a federal appeals court slot.  Senator Dick Durbin not only wrote a question regarding the nominee’s Catholicism and beliefs but then challenge her in the Senate hearing about her “orthodox” Catholicism.  The Constitution expressly states that NO RELIGION, not even the orthodox liberalism of the leftist, should be a prerequisite for holding a federal office.  Senator Durbin suggested the Professor Barrett would be unable to overcome her faith in exercising the duties of a federal judge.  She answered Senator Durbin in writing, “Any kind of conviction, religious or otherwise, should never surpass the law.”  But, that was not sufficient for Senator Durbin or his Democratic cohorts as Senator Diane Feinstein countered with, “When you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws are that the dogma lives loudly within you, and that’s of concern when you come to big issues that large numbers of people have fought for, for years in this country.” 

 Dogma?  Exactly what are you referring to Senator?  I believe it has far less to do with her religious beliefs than the fact that she has a demonstrated record of staunchly defending the Constitution, which Senator Feinstein does not.  One could presume that Senator Feinstein’s larger problem with Professor Barrett is that she clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia and therefore likely takes the Constitution very seriously. That is problematic for the Leftist Democrats.  The Senator likely was disturbed that the Professor holds views considered heresy to the Leftist regarding abortion and same-sex marriage.  Are those the big issues that Senator Feinstein is referring?  The ever-present Senator Al Franken chimed in about speaking honorariums received from religious-liberty nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom and compared the group to the late Cambodian leader Pol Pot.  He questioned her judgment.  I had to laugh at that.  For the Senator from Minnesota to question anyone’s judgment is cause for a deep belly laugh or a good cry.

Senator Bernie Sanders has also been in the mix in the Democrat, religious tests on all nominees.  This past summer he raised religion because he was upset that Russell Vought, the nominee for Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget had written an article criticizing the platitude that everyone worships the same God.  In Senator Sander’s mind that was clearly a ‘thought crime’ of the highest magnitude and cause for immediate disqualification.  He expressed that Vought was an Islamophobe because he believes that the only path to salvation is Jesus Christ.  He then, asked, “What about the Jews?  Do they stand condemned too?”   Senator Sanders only uses Jewishness when convenient and has demonstrated a lack of support and respect for the nation of Israel.  I must ask, “What does religion have to do with crunching numbers in the OMB?”

I totally agree that it is important to find out if a nominee’s religious or any ideological views CONFLICT with the Constitution.  However, to assert that belief that Jesus is the only path to salvation, that everyone does not worship the same God, and that the presence of Catholicism or any other religious belief is of such concern that the nominee is to be disregarded is troubling.  I believe that it is the ideological view or “dogma” of the Leftist Liberal Democrats that is incredibly hostile to any and all orthodox faiths and originalist views that is the problem, not the other way around.  If a person serves as a judge, they must uphold the law and if they cannot uphold the law based on their religious views they should recuse themselves from the hearing.  However, holding “orthodox” religious views is not and should never be a disqualifier for holding a federal office.  I realize that the religion of liberalism finds any other religion offensive but if we are going to abide by the Constitution religion neither qualifies or disqualifies.  Democrats if you knew the Constitution you would drop your rhetoric and attack.   Wait, you may know it but you do not believe it and want to reinterpret and revise it to accommodate your ideological position so you continue your attack.  After all, it was your Party that has sought to ban God from everything government and the public.

I am concerned about the disregard for the Constitution and the growing silence of the Republicans when the Democrats launch their attacks.  I am not asking that everyone believe as I do but I am asking that everyone honor and respect the Constitution.  I am asking that my faith and religious convictions not be used to attempt to disqualify me from involvement.  I believe that for America to survive and thrive we must honor, respect, and adhere to the Constitution.  I believe that if find anything in the Constitution offensive to our convictions we should work to amend that guiding document.  If a person’s religious beliefs is a qualifier or disqualifier is the absence of religious beliefs also to be a litmus test?  If that is the case, then I suggest we would have no one qualified for any office.  That is not practical but the Left only want those in office or positions who adhere to the Leftist Liberal Democrat ideological positions.  IT IS CLEAR TO ME THE REASON THEY DO WHAT THEY DO.

May God, bless you and my God bless America again!

FREEDOM OF “APPROVED” SPEECH…


BLOG POST 6 - Free Speech

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”  Can I ask you Leftist, Snowflakes, ANTIFA, BLM, Democrats, Hollywood Elites, and anyone else who wants to usurp and suppress that right WHERE and I emphasize WHERE DOES IT SAY “APPROVED” SPEECH?  Just in case you cannot decipher the words in the first amendment IT DOES NOT.  It says plainly “Freedom of Speech” and that includes ALL speech.  It does not matter to the Constitution whether you like it, agree with it, or approve it everyone has or is supposed to have Freedom of Speech.

Although it does not specifically say it, Freedom of Speech would imply Freedom of Thought too.  I know that is troubling to the Snowflakes, Leftist, Democrats, ANTIFA, BLM, and Hollywood but God created us with the ability to THINK and that is exactly what we should be doing.  Rather than parroting the authorized soundbites why not use some cognitive reasoning and THINK.  Examine the facts, consider the consequences of what you say and do not say and become a defender of the Constitution.  I know that would be virtually impossible for those on the Left as expressed by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams as he declared, “I thought once that everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world would be a better place, I was wrong about that.”  He and many on the Left are joining the “Approved Speech” definition of Free Speech rather than the Constitution’s wording.

But who determines what is “Approved Speech”?  Ah, there is the rub because if you say anything deemed wrong by the Leftist and offend one of the Snowflakes, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) will immediately brand you a “hatemonger”, “racist”, “bigot”, or one who suffers from some phobia.  The Left will seek to destroy you not simply censor or silence you but destroy you.  I often wonder what our Framers and Founders such as Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Washington, and Madison would say about what is happening today in the out of control political correctness that has permeated our society.  I think I know because I have read and studied the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and read many of their writings.  They believed, I am convinced, that Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Press, and Freedom of Religion were cornerstones for our Republic and its long-term success and survival.

Today, we not only have the federal government with its nose in every facet of our business we have the activist, leftist, liberals, snowflakes, and other groups doing so as well.  They somehow seem to believe that it is their right and duty to monitor ALL SPEECH and anything that is deemed UNAPPROVED, by their definition and ideology, is to be banned.  Where does that end?  At what point do they determine they have stifled our Constitutional Rights enough and leave us alone?  I can answer that in one word, NEVER!  When a segment of our society is allowed to engage in violence and call it Freedom of Expression as part of their First Amendment Rights in attacking anything that disagrees we are up the proverbial creek without a paddle and the smell is growing more noxious all the time.

The Leftist are not satisfied in targeting SPEECH they want to control THOUGHT as well.  Exactly how they are going to accomplish that is somewhat a mystery but to them Unapproved Thought is VIOLENCE and if they think we are thinking wrongly they feel justified in attacking us physically, politically, financially, and in any other way possible.  After all, we engaged in UNAPPROVED THINKING and that is a very serious crime, at least to the snowflakes of our society.  How is it even remotely reasonable to declare that anyone saying, “All Lives Matter” is hate-speech and is an act of violence thereby justifying a counter attack of violence by ANTIFA, BLM, or any other Leftist group?

If we spoke against anything Barack Obama did or said, we were subjected to violence and certainly could expect to be branded as someone awful and a person to be shunned and destroyed.  Today, you are permitted to say anything you desire about Donald Trump, even calling for his murder, the rape of his wife and daughters, and as one famous chef said, “I’d poison him” yet nothing is done.  Those people are not charged with a crime, denounced by the Left and sadly by too few on the Right and are often praised as being heroes or patriots.  HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? 

A NPR/PBS News Hour/Marist poll reported that 62% thought the Confederate statues, should remain, while only 27% believed they should be removed and even among blacks there was a 44% plurality saying leave them alone.  Yet, the government, city councils, ANTIFA, BLM, SPLC, and other groups are demanding they be taken down.  Here in Texas they are taking them down, renaming schools, and claiming there is an overwhelming outcry for that action.  Yet, poll after poll indicates that is a fabrication and distortion of the truth.  I guess the “squeaky” wheel does get the grease, but I suspect it is the Leftist in power in those cities and on those school boards who are taking advantage of an opportunity to please the Snowflakes.  Some of them are simply cowards thinking if they do this the Left and MSM will love them.  But where does it end?  What is going to be deemed UNACCEPTABLE next?

As an America, a Vietnam veteran, a patriot, a Christian, and a lover of Freedom and a defender of the Constitution I WILL NOT SUCCUMB to the unconstitutional and immoral demands that I adopt the PC version of Accepted Speech.  I do not mean to disrespect anyone or their right to say or believe what they believe but I will not sit silently while my faith and my nation are under siege from Marxist, Socialist, Communist, Leftist views.  I will continue to call for reason.  Let me stir the pot a bit more and ask, “If we are going to allow the removal of all things connected to the Confederacy claiming it is disconcerting to a segment of society, a symbol of racism, and an inducement for violence are we also going to remove the statues of the Leftist?”  If the answer is no, why not?  Do they not offend a segment of society?  Do they not inflame the rhetoric and thereby are a possible catalyst for violent behavior?  Do some not consider them racist and a symbol of the suppression of Constitutional Rights?  I am not saying they are or are not any more than I say that about the Confederate Statues but if we are going to sanitize our society and history, let’s go all the way and let all the schools be called “Schools” with no name because any name you find will offend someone.  America, we must stop this insanity and return to following and interpreting the Constitution as it was written and intended otherwise we doom the Republic.  I CANNOT PASSIVELY WATCH MY NATION DESTROYED.  

            God, bless you and God bless America and I pray that you will wake up, stand up, speak up, and step up becoming involved in the restoration and preservation of the Republic we were given.

           

IS THERE CAUSE FOR CONCERN???


BLOG POST 2 - DEEP STATE

Some have suggested that the Deep State is making dangerous inroads of influence in the Trump Administration and we should all be concerned.  I have asked myself, “Is there cause for concern?”  I must confess that there are some signs of the creeping influence of Globalism in this administration and that does concern me.  I would also say, that by and large, I believe that the President is committed to keeping as many of his campaign promises as possible.  One significant problem, in my view, is the left-leaning of some family members especially Ivanka and Jared.  I know she has the ear of her father and apparently, Jared does as well, possibly more than any of his other children and more than some of his closest confidantes.  I am not ready to call it a loss but with each new situation regarding firings or resignations, there are questions.

You may or may not like Steve Bannon, but from all I can gather in research and reading and listening to his enunciated beliefs, his patriotism and the role he played in helping to galvanize the Trump campaign impressed me.  I, as do others, believe that he has the intellectual ability, the spine, and vision to place a roadblock in the unprecedented and unchecked growth and expansion of the behemoth federal bureaucracy that now exists.  He apparently was forced out of the White House by some of the more moderate-liberal globalist minded members of the administration.  Yes, I know he reportedly resigned and both he and the President suggest it is to allow him a more unrestrained venue to lead the fight from outside the administration.  However, the Deep State believes it succeeded in having him removed.  Are they, right?  If so, that should be of great concern to all of us. 

William Marshall, in his recent article, “Has the Deep State Won?” suggested a comparison to Great Britain during WWII and their fight against the Nazis had Winston Churchill resigned.  His question was, “Could England have survived?”  My answer is, “No, they could not.”  I don’t think it is a fair to compare Bannon to Churchill or the current situation with the fight against Hitler and Nazi Germany but it does raise questions that we need to consider.  Bannon, I believe, holds the view that is consistent with our Framers and Founders that government answers to the people, not vice versa.  The voices in the President’s ear are too often voices that, at least somewhat, embrace the Establishment view of government and are not opposed it its growth and power.

But moving beyond Bannon and others who embraced views consistent with the Constitution and Limited Government, this administration has a golden opportunity to expose the fraud, ineptitude, malfeasance, incompetence, and criminality of the previous administration.  Will he bring that to fruition?  Not with people like H.R. McMaster in the NSA.  Judicial Watch has battled the Obama administration in court seeking the release of Freedom of Information requests that keep being hidden and stonewalled.  Sadly, the Trump DOJ has not taken the necessary steps to release documents that are legally allowed and would advance the cause of Constitutional Conservativism and provide a direct hit on the Deep State and expose the corruption in Washington like little else.  My concern is why they have not?  The whitewashing of Benghazi has troubled me from the beginning and the Trump administration owes it to the public to fully disclose the truth behind the non-response of the Obama Administration and the Clinton State Department in that attack.

I have recently discovered that the Deep State bureaucracy through the State Department’s Agency for International Development (USAID) has been granting MILLIONS to George Soros-sponsored hard-left non-governmental organizations that seek to undermine pro-American governments in several countries.  Is the President aware of this?  I don’t know, but someone in his administration is and the persons at the head of that list should be the Secretary of State, the director of the NSA, and General Kelly his chief of Staff.  Are they?  If not, why not?  Is the Deep State that efficient in hiding its activities or is it so entrenched it does not have to hide?  Both are of concern to this American.

There are rumors that Bannon and others are planning to launch a media network to replace Fox News which is becoming increasingly liberal and assuredly moderate in its position.  If he does and is successful then he could possibly be a powerful voice outside the White House in the fight against Big Government, the Deep State, the DC Swamp, and political elitism.  There are judges and ambassadors, holdovers from the Obama administration who are ultra-liberal hardcore leftists that should have been replaced within the first month of this new administration but certainly nine months in.  The MSM, the Democrats, the Deep State, the Leftist, the Establishment Republicans, and the Never Trumpist are working 24/7/365 to end Trump’s presidency or at a minimum make it impotent and incapable of addressing the promised agenda.  The Deep State believes it is winning and from what I see in Congress and some of the changes in the Trump White House, I am concerned.  No, I have not given up hope and believe that the President has and is doing some good and am praying that enough people will put pressure on the Republicans in Congress to get behind the campaign promises to effect positive change and action going forward.  We can make a major impact in the mid-term elections in 2018 and in 2020 we could make significant strides in REPLACEMENT of the Statist to put the Deep State on notice that we are serious and will not give up or give in.  It is truly up to us and for that reason, we must PRAY earnestly, WORK diligently and tirelessly, and VOTE without fail.

            God, bless you and God bless America is my prayer and desire!

 

OUR FRAGILE SNOWFLAKE SOCIETY…


BLOG POST 1 - Snowflake

As I have watched what has been happening across America, listening to the MSM, the various activist, and observing the cities and University campuses a question keeps coming to mind.  That question is, “Are we truly so fragile as a society that we must have the ‘safe spaces’ and ‘provided counseling’ when someone advances an idea that opposes our own?”  I do not mean to issue a blanket categorization or direct that question toward most of Americans but those who are at the forefront of the Political Correctness that is ravaging our nation and society are my targets.

When any University is willing to completely shut down a gathering of fraternities and sororities because someone threw a banana peel in a tree rather than a trash can that is a danger signal.  This act (the banana peel) apparently caused such trauma in the heart and mind of a student he went to the administration and told them he felt threatened and needed a “safe space”.  The action was immediate and the University announced they would be providing “safe spaces” and “counseling” for those who felt threatened by the dreaded banana peel and the gathering canceled.  God forbid if it had been a bomb, I’m not sure they could have recovered.

When there is rioting at Berkley University causing the University to cancel conservative speakers because the students don’t want to hear someone exercise their 1st Amendment Right of Free Speech because it disagrees with their views, we expose a deep societal problem. Conservative Ben Shapiro’s planned speech at Berkley prompted the MSM and University official to declare that “Berkley is bracing for Shapiro’s appearance and are providing “safe spaces” and “counseling” for those who feel threatened by a conservative viewpoint.”  Are we that fragile?  I am serious!  Are we that fragile, so filled with anxiety, insecurity, political correctness, lacking in self-esteem, and have such a sense of entitlement that we need to be protected from any views opposite of our own, even when our views are not our own but those of the string pullers we follow?

If we are THEN…  Then what?  If we are there is truly the need for “counseling.”  If this is the case then those who are so traumatized that they need a “safe space” to color in their coloring books and sing Kumbaya NEED SERIOUS COUNSELING.  They need it because somebody in the lives has failed them miserably.  They need it because they are sick in a way that makes them a danger to themselves and society as a whole.  Part of growing up, becoming responsible adults, and learning the necessary skill of interacting with others is learning to accept different opinions and views.  No, I did not say embrace them, endorse them, or agree with them but tolerate them and recognize that as human beings, created by God.  As American citizens, we have the right to THINK and BELIEVE what we choose.

A healthy society is not made up of cookie-cutter views where everybody embraces and adopts the Politically Correct View mandated by certain groups or activists.  A healthy society has an open and honest debate on the issues.  Our, Constitutional and Inalienable Rights afford us the privilege of thinking what we choose, believing what we will, and peacefully declaring our views.  That is part of Freedom of Speech and the 1st Amendment.  There is no provision for people to cover their faces, take baseball bats and attempt to kill anyone disagreeing with them.  There is no provision for seeking to eradicate all thought, speech, and/or people of different skin color or views than your own.  The provision is that each of us, in a peaceful manner, has the right to express our views.  If you disagree then debate in a civil manner.  If you disagree and it upsets, you greatly do not attend the meeting where the views are expressed.  Any attempt to suppress Free Speech in the name of Free Speech is a diabolical perversion of our Constitutional Rights it should be condemned by both Left and Right, but it isn’t.

If you are so insecure in what you believe that you feel threatened to the point of needing a “safe space” or “counseling” to help you cope, your problem is you, not the opposing views.  The problem is inside of you.  Are parents raising children to believe they can demand that NO ONE speak anything they do not want to hear in their presence?  Are schools teaching that only the Leftist views of life, politics, and morality are acceptable?  Our government, learning institutions, some churches, and too many homes are enabling this kind of mindset and by doing so we are destroying ourselves.  America’s greatest threat is not evil powers on the outside attacking us but destructive views like those on display in the ANTIFA, the BLM, and all the Leftist Activist Groups.  Yes, views like the KKK and Supremacists are equally destructive and we should condemn them all and teach the next generation that it is okay to disagree.  We need to teach our children that someone holding a different view is not a mortal threat.  We need to teach our children to investigate for themselves and form views their own not those of some college professor, politician or angry activist whose focus is not the betterment of society but its destruction.  We MUST move away from SELFISHNESS and SELF-CENTEREDNESS and become responsible mature adults able to deal with diverse opinions without running for cover and insisting they be silenced.  Counter the arguments you disagree with by using and offering factual information do not simply resort to rhetorical and vitriolic talking points and resorting to violence.

America, we can recover but ONLY if we STOP THE INSANITY of allowing this to continue.  God, bless you and God bless America is my prayer and desire!

 

THE REAL ABUSER OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER WAS…


BLOG POST 2 - Power

Barack Hussein Obama, not Donald J Trump, in my humble opinion, is the abuser.  President Obama initiated the DACA program on November 20, 2014, via Executive Order as an effort to provide protection to children of illegals from deportation.  He had no authority to do that because immigration legislation is under the purview of Congress and His job is not to write legislation but to enforce the law.  His action was one of many acts that could be called a coup of seizing Congressional Power and making the Executive Branch a totalitarian and authoritarian branch not one of three branches with checks and balances.  Remember he said, “I am president and I can do what I want,” and “I have a pen and phone, and if Congress doesn’t act, I will go it alone.”  Neither of those statements is legally sound constitutionally but reflect the mindset of a Tyrant and would-be Dictator not an elected President of a Constitutional Republic.

The Constitution of these United States of America makes no provision for the President to set immigration policy.  His DACA order was designed to delay deportation of illegal immigrants and that authority falls under the oversight of the Immigration and Naturalization Services Department.  The federal rules for that department can only be set by Congress.  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution clearly states that ONLY Congress shall have the power “To establish a Uniform Rule of Naturalization.”  If goes on to affirm that all legislative powers shall reside in Congress, which is to be composed of a House of Representatives and a Senate.  Therefore, Mr. Obama, your actions were illegal, and Congress you shirked your duties in not challenging him and acting to provide such legislation to address the matter.  The judiciary also failed in this, although there were some rulings that clearly declared Mr. Obama’s actions outside the scope of his authority.  Yet, only now with the election of Donald Trump do we have anyone in Washington willing to do the right thing.  Congress hates his repeal of the Obama Executive Order and places the ball squarely in the court of Congress forcing them to do their constitutional duty.

Barack Obama publicly declared over 20 times that he had no such authority.  He knew he did not have the constitutional or legal authority to unilaterally change any immigration laws, BUT HE DID.  Several of his overreaches were overturned by the Supreme Court, but he continued and Congress sat on their hands even with Republicans in control of the House and later both Houses of Congress.  WHO IS TO BLAME?  Barack Obama and Congress are guilty.  The GOP Establishment has willingly gone along with Mr. Obama and the Democrats while shouting from the rooftops they were in opposition to his policies.  However, when given a golden opportunity to actually repeal many of his illegal acts, they resist and refuse to act.  WHERE IS MY BROOM?  They must go!

Barack Obama repeatedly bypassed Congress using Executive Orders to rewrite or amend, the rules regarding immigration and numerous other laws.  He changed the application, definition, and selectively enforced various laws ILLEGALLY.  Yet, there has been little more than a whimper from the GOP but when it comes to Donald Trump they join the chorus of the Leftist shouting ABUSE OF POWER or OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.  Where were the cries and action when Barack Obama was abusing his power and obstructing justice?  Do you remember during his first term, he immediately introduced the $800 BILLION American Recovery and Reinvestment Acts (ARRA) which allowed him to work around existing Federal Laws?  He used his army of bureaucrats and czars to rewrite existing laws.  That virtually made him a Dictator, not an elected American President subject to the other two branches of government in checks and balances.  He was fulfilling his expressed belief that he was president and could do whatever he wanted.  In that act, there is a sentence that sent red flags to the roof for many of us but ignored by Congress and often the Courts.  It reads, “The Presidents and the heads of Federal departments and agencies shall manage and expend the funds made available in this Act so as to achieve the purposes specified in subsection (a)…”   Simply, that meant that the President and his czars could spend money on policies chosen by Barack Obama and that is one of the ways that the former president raised the national debt by $10 TRILLION in just 8 years.

Those are just a couple of the dozens of actions he took to strip Congress of its power, bypass the courts, and ignore the wishes of the American people.  It should be no surprise the national credit rating was downgraded and the federal budget allowed to spiral upward out of control burying us in debt.  What his actions did was place the power of Washington in the hands of the Democrats and leftist because the GOP is showing no signs of being willing to STOP THIS, DRAIN THE SWAMP, and deal with the DEEP STATE.  Nobody in DC seems to have the intestinal fortitude or spine to deal with the mandatory spending and return it to fiscal sanity.  Congress has been complicit in this effort to diminish the role and power of WE THE PEOPLE.  We can only survive if we seriously investigate the corruption of Washington, deal with the Deep State, evict the Statist, and Drain the Swamp.  Most of Congress needs to be given the Left foot of Fellowship and sent home.  WHAT WILL WE DO IN 2018???

God, bless you and God bless America!

THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT – We Must Maintain to Survive…


BLOG POST 2 - Separation of Powers

There has been much ado about Donald Trump’s action of repealing Barack Obama’s illegal and unconstitutional DACA Program.  There is no mention of the multiple times that then President Barack Obama declared that he did not have the authority via Executive Fiat to ignore America’s immigration laws.  He asserted, rightly, that Congress must pass the laws and then once signed into law the President must enforce those laws and the Courts must interpret them.  He repeatedly said, “I do not have the power or authority” and then acted unilaterally bypassing Congress and the courts and used his Executive Pen to do what he said he had no authority to do.

Donald Trump promised in the campaign to reverse Obama’s actions and his action on DACA is, hopefully, the right one.  I understand the dilemma, ethically, morally, and even legally in dealing with the children who were brought here having no say in the matter by their parents.  Their parents brought them into the United States illegally.  I understand this is the only home they have ever known and some of them are functioning as productive members of society and making valuable contributions.  I understand this is a sensitive matter and one that most find complicated and fraught with issues that have the potential to open a difficult can of worms.

HOWEVER, I believe Donald Trump was right in his action to rescind the illegal and unconstitutional action of Barack Obama on the matter.  He took an additional step that, in my view, was a wise one.  He has given Congress six-months do pass a comprehensive set of immigration laws and laws to deal with this issue in a manner that is right and workable for everyone while protecting our national sovereignty.  His end game may be to provide amnesty as some are suggesting but Donald Trump expressed, during the campaign, an understanding of our system of government and that this was a matter for Congress.  Congress has sidestepped the matter for years and would continue to do so, had President Trump not taken this action.  NOW, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Ryan, Chuck Schumer, and Mitch McConnell the ball is in your court.  WHAT WILL YOU DO?

I have heard arguments from all sides on this matter and my purpose is not to advance a singular position on what to do with the reported 800,000 Dreamers who are here illegally.  I am not without opinion on this matter but my focus in this article is not my opinion on what to do with them but whose responsibility it is to write legislation that deals with the matter IF the current legislation is deemed inappropriate.  It is the responsibility of Congress to write the Laws and if the Laws written are deemed acceptable to the President he can and will sign them.  At that point, it is the responsibility of the Department of Justice to fully and fairly enforce those laws without favoritism.  That is what I desire to see, which would be a return to Constitutional Government. 

Congress may pass laws that I do not like and the President might sign them.  I will argue against those laws I disagree with and attempt to elect people to the House and Senate who will overturn those Laws and write new Laws that are more consistent with my views and the Original Intent of the Framers and Founders of our Constitution.  We are or must be, a Nation of Laws and if the Constitution is not followed and our Laws are selectively enforced based on the political ideology of the occupant of the White House, we will lose the Republic.  If the President and DOJ can pick and choose in one area what is to prevent them from picking and choosing in other areas?  If they can suspend our rights on one matter without our consent what is to prevent them from doing so in other matters?  What I am concerned about is following the Constitution and the Rule of Law, which Barack Obama did not do, the Democrats are unwilling to do, and the cowardly Republicans demonstrate too much timidity for comfort.

If they do not do what they promised, it is incumbent upon you and me to VOTE THEM OUT and VOTE IN those who will do what the Constitution instructs.  We are the rightful overseers of government according to our Constitution and our greatest power is our vote and financial support.  If we can win enough elections we can get their attention and bring about real change in Washington.  Therefore, I urge you to stay alert, engaged, and active.  VOTE in every election from Dog Catcher to President and make your voice heard.

God, bless you and God bless America is my prayer and desire!

ASHAMED TO BE AN AMERICAN??? NO!!!


BLOG POST 6 - Ashamed

NO, I AM NOT but it seems that many including Barack and Michelle Obama as well as many of the Leftist Democrats are.  Some have even said so, and Barack Obama, as president, went on an apology tour of the world decrying American Exceptionalism and citing what he claimed were our grave sins, dark past, and arrogance.  His words and deeds indicated that he believed and believes that America is an Evil Empire established by Evil Men with Evil Motives, on the backs of the Poor, especially those not white.  I found that offensive then and find it offensive now.  I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN even with the reality of some of our dark past, and failures.  I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN because of our Founding Principles and our System of Government which affords anyone and everyone the right to Pursue Life, Liberty, and Happiness.  We have existed with a system of Risk and Reward and although everyone will not rise to the top, there exists that possibility.  That is completely opposite of the Socialist Communist nations of the world.  Only the select of the elect who are chosen and designated can rise to the top and no matter how qualified or how rich your ideas are if you are relegated to a particular class, there you stay.

I don’t know about you but I’m fed up with the self-righteous whining of the Left about how ashamed they are to be American.  I’m fed up with the diatribe and blatant lies that we became a wealthy and prosperous nation “on the backs” of the “oppressed”.  I’m tired of hearing the spin that sounds as though no American ever earned anything for himself.  I’m tired of hearing how bad we treated various people.  What happened, happened but we, I thought, were moving forward and overcoming many of the stigmas and roadblocks for the advancement of our society UNTIL Barack H. Obama became president and we have turned back the clock 50 or more years.  I’m tired of hearing that the rich are still rich and the poor are still poor.  Even Jesus said, “The poor you will have with you always.”  Some will be poor no matter what opportunities are set before them.  That is not meant to be a condemnation but a facing of reality that some, for whatever reason, will never climb out of the poverty basement and up the ladder of success.

Most students in today’s schools, as well as many who are teaching history, have no clue regarding our 500-year history on the continent or our 241 years as a Republic.  They seem to pick out and focus on a few isolated incidents and periods of history and make them the whole.  I readily acknowledge the terribleness of Slavery but that does not define America or should not.  Slavery was not unique to America and the fact that only about 1.4% of the population owned slaves and that number included both blacks and whites who were slave-owners.  There were over 600,000 Americans killed in the Civil War and that is a tragic reflection of a time in our history where people on both sides of the many issues of the War stopped talking and resorted to force.  It is a lesson or should be and the current attempts to sanitize history by removing every reminder of the Civil War South does not help it further divides and that is tragic.

We have had some dark times in our American history other than slavery.  The Salem Witch Trials, the Trail of Tears, Wounded Knee, the decimation of the Great Plains bison herds and other incidents are tragic.  Some of our dark times have been rooted in carelessness, apathy, and evil but did not and do not reflect the mindset of the vast majority of the public.  In our system of Capitalism or Free-Enterprise some grow rich and others poor.  Some gain and some lose and to most rational people that are a normal part of life but to the Leftist, it is unthinkable that some could become rich while others become poor.  After all, we must make everything fair and even.  WE CAN’T.  WE WON’T.  WE NEVER WILL.  They ignore that our poor, much of the world would consider wealthy.  Our poor, for the most part, have hot and cold running water, indoor plumbing, electricity, TV’s, cell phones, automobiles, and food.  Cherry picking either the good or the bad will not help us move forward, that will only further divide our nation.

I realize that what I am about to say will get me in hot water with some but if we are going to continue to focus on what happened 100-200 years ago, and fail to focus on the present we are writing our own death-warrant.  I listened to some black leaders, as they discussed some of the issues facing that community and one of those leaders said, “Nobody is focusing on the data that 70% of black babies are born out of wedlock.  The home and family are fragmented and the absence of the father as a role model is doing incredible damage.”  Another said, “Yes, and two-thirds of black males grow up without a father in the home or influencing their lives because the government has eliminated the need for them to stay and do their duty.  Welfare and entitlements have done more damage to our people than anything done by anyone else.”  As the discussion continued there was lamenting of black youths gunning down other black youths because they have not been taught not to.  Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty did more to enslave people in the inner cities than anything I can think of.  When we force those in those communities into failing schools giving them no choice we guarantee failure.  WHY?  Why is the Left so adamant in their demand that we do not give choice to parents who want a better life for their children?  One reason is DEPENDENCE.  They want to keep people dependent on government and in so doing dependent on the Democrat Party the Party of Entitlements.

One of the darkest things of our past and present, in my mind, is Abortion on Demand.  We have taken the lives of 60 MILLION innocent unborn babies since 1973 and that blood is on our hands.  You may find my position objectionable but if you truly believe that EVERYONE has a right to Life then surely you want to protect those who cannot protect themselves.  What group among us is more unable to defend itself than the unborn?  We have evicted God from our public schools, banned Him and the biblical moral teaching from everything public and wonder why we have problems.  I am not asking that everyone believe what I believe but I am asking that we stop attempting to sanitize history, cease attempting to over protect everyone to the point that no one can have or express an opinion.  Freedom of Speech must be protected.  Freedom of Thought must be encouraged.  Personal Responsibility must be restored.  The Constitution must be honored, defended, and protected.  I ask that everyone who prays, pray for America.  I ask that everyone who loves the ideal of the Free Constitutional Republic where every can Pursue Life, Liberty and Happiness become involved, informed, and exercise your privilege and responsibility and VOTE.  Let’s clean up DC at the ballot box and in so doing we will get the attention of the entire Swamp and Deep State and notify them that we are serious about reclaiming our Republic.

God, bless you and God bless America is my desire and prayer!

 

ANTI-FA – Domestic Terrorism, Peaceful Protests, Clad Like ISIS…


BLOG POST 1 - Antifa Terrorist

The Leftist, MSM, Democrats, Activist, and some Republicans would have us believe that the ANTIFA Protesters are peaceful and justified in their actions.  The logic behind that is beyond comprehension but still, that is what we are told.  If you object to their violence and call them what they are, terrorist, you are branded as racist or some other colorful descriptive term meant to be derogatory and demeaning.  If you opposed Barack Obama you were a racist and if you support Donald Trump you are a racist, so they claim.

Let me ask, “If you cover your faces, dress in black like ISIS, carry baseball bats, clubs, knives, and/or guns in your protests are you truly seeking peace or presenting a valid representation of peacefulness?”  If someone comes at me with a baseball bat having their faces covered and dressed like an ISIS jihadist, I cannot be condemned for assuming their intent is other than peaceful.  If they come at me dressed and armed in that manner shouting filthy epithets in a vitriolic manner, I cannot be condemned for rightly assuming they intend to inflict bodily harm if not death.  Therefore, according to all laws of reason and self-defense, I would be justified in using whatever force necessary to protect myself, my possessions, and my family.  PEACEFUL is not a thought that comes to mind when I see these ANTIFA Protesters marching, shouting, beating, and inflicting harm and damage.  I see HATE, hear HATE, and find no ground upon which to build a healthy reasonable discussion for if you disagree they attempt to shout you down and then attack inflicting bodily harm. THAT IS TERRORISM.

If you who ascribe to the arguments of the Leftist and those protesting and your objective is, supposedly, to right the wrongs of society surely you realize that threatening and being violent will have the opposite effect.  If I come at me shouting angrily, covering my face, and waving your baseball bat and making threats, what reasonable person would expect me to consent to your demands and convert to your way of thinking?  You may force people, through terrorism, to submit momentarily but you have done nothing to change the hearts and will encourage those opposing your position to unify and meet your protests with equal solidarity and force.  I am convinced that the powers behind those protests do now seek unification but violence.  I believe they desire to create an even greater chasm between segments of society and ethnicities for political purposes with the ultimate intent being CONTROL. 

There have been wrongs in our American history and society in the past, present, and will continue into the future.  You may be successful in gaining standing in the Congress and in the Courts to enact Politically Correct Laws that embrace your views but will that solve the problems you believe exist?  NO!  It will further divide and fan the embers of distrust which will begin to burn in anger and erupt in hate leaving bloodshed the only option in the minds of many.  That is the most tragic end of this scenario but one that is becoming increasingly likely because of the cowardice of Congress, the Courts, the MSM, Democrats, and Republicans to acknowledge what the FBI, NSA, and Homeland did years earlier – The ANTIFA Protesters are Domestic Terrorist.  No, I am not justifying the KKK, White Supremacists, or any group that hates another based on ethnicity or skin color.   I am asserting that we cannot ignore the violence and damage being inflicted by these protesters and should condemn the violence and hate that is being presented and demonstrated.

Even some of the leading Democrats have acknowledged that the ANTIFA Protesters are doing bad things and some of them are bad people.  Donald Trump was right when he said there was blame on both sides.  No, I will not give anyone a free pass based on some atrocities of the past.  Each person is responsible for their actions and must be held accountable for their choices in life.  One former Republican and member of the Reagan and the elder Bush’s administrations has tweeted that Donald Trump’s repealing Barack Obama’s unconstitutional DACA Plan confirms that all Trump supporters are racist.  He went on to say, “If you don’t like it, (blank you).  How professional and tolerant this former member of the Reagan team is in that kind of language and divisiveness.  That will help bring all parties to the table and discuss concerns that all sides hold, won’t it?  YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

When public officials order the police to stand down and the police administration demonstrate they do not have the intestinal fortitude to disregard any order that endangers the public we encourage lawlessness and anarchy.  If the objective is a second civil war in America, then that plan will achieve its desired end.  If the objective, as stated by some, is to resolve differences then we need to enforce the law, leave the face coverings at home as well as the clubs and bats and have an honest open debate on the issues.  America’s wounds can be healed but only through a return to God and retention or return to our moral moorings and constitutional foundations.  Just because someone disagrees with your position or desired objective does not make them a lesser class of citizen.  I will defend everyone’s 1st Amendment Rights but also insist they express those views in a peaceful manner.

If you hide your face, dress like an ISIS jihadist, and carry a baseball bat I will not attempt to engage you in peaceful conversation.  I will stand my ground and defend my life, family, and property as is my God-given and Constitutional Right.  Call me whatever you please but violence is not the solution and does not make your cause more righteous.  If you don’t want to be called a TERRORIST stop engaging in TERRORISM.

God, bless you and God bless America!

 

PHRASING THE QUESTION TO VALIDATE YOUR POSITION…


BLOG POST 7 - Questions

The Main Stream Media, the Democrats, Leftist, and Activist that are opposed to everything on the Right know how to ask the questions which will, in their minds, prove their point.  It reminds me of my Ordination interview when one of the preachers on the panel asked tried to be funny and asked an impossible question.  He said, “I am going to ask you a Yes or No question.”  I suspected a rat and said, “Okay.”  He asked, “Are you still beating your wife?”  Remember this was to be a Yes or No question and regardless of how you answered that question under those guidelines you were in hot water.  I hesitated a moment and watched the snickering and sly smiles on the faces of the entire panel.  I looked up and said, “I know that was meant to be funny but it is a question designed to embarrass me and therefore I answer it this way, I am not nor have I ever engaged in that kind of behavior.”  His face clouded because I took his fun, at my expense away from him.  That is what is happening to Donald Trump and virtually all conservatives today by the media.

The media asked Donald Trump if he would denounce David Duke and the KKK in the Primaries and during the campaign as many as 15-20 times and each time he denounced them.  He even did so years prior to becoming a candidate.  They did not listen and continue to ask the question for the purpose of framing in the minds of those listening that Trump had not or was reluctant to denounce Racism.  They did not care what he had said in the past and by asking the question again, they believed they would achieve their goal of painting him a racist.  They were right for many.  Today, I hear people recite the talking points of the Left and claim that Trump is pro-white supremacy and therefore racist.  In the Charlottesville situation, he denounced racism and rightly identified that there was violence on both sides.  That, to the Left, is blasphemy because there cannot be violence or racism among those on the Left.  They are evening attempting to relate the Antifa protesters who came in with bats and clubs as being like the WWII soldiers who resisted the Nazis in Germany.  Seriously?  If you believe that nothing I can say will help you remove the veil over your eyes, so I will just shake my head and move.

CBS spent an entire day where there was nothing on the news except the Charlottesville story and largely directed at Donald Trump and their claim that he refused to condemn the supremacist.  They went and found three women who were Trump supporters, two black women, and one white.  All three shattered their narrative and reaffirmed their support for Trump and rejected the claims of racism by the media.  CBS was shocked because they like the rest of the liberal media do not believe that anyone exists that thinks rationally and sees through the false narrative of the Left.  Of course, they were able to find some ‘so-called’ Republicans who would sign on to the racism claim and denounce the Republican Party as being the Party of Segregation and Racism.  History does not support their claims and those claiming to be conservative and Republican were seeking an “Atta boy” from the Media and their moment before the camera nationally.   Everything President Trump does from the pardon of Sheriff Joe to the ending DACA that Obama had illegally and unconstitutionally put in place is considered a sign of racism and an endorsement of bigoted and racist views.  Facts and truth are unimportant to them for those get in the way of their narrative and agenda.

On June 12, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the unveiling of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Statue, in Dallas, Texas made an interesting statement.  He said, “I am very happy to take part in the unveiling of the statue of General Robert E. Lee.  All over the United States, we recognize him as a great leader of men, a great general.  But, also, all over the United States I believe that we recognize him as something much more important than that.  We recognize Robert E. Lee as one of our greatest American Christians and one of our greatest American gentlemen.”  Hold the Fort!  Does that mean that the Antifa crowd and the Leftist Media will now go after FDR and demand that he be purged from history as well?

Hamilton star, Leslie Odom, Jr. is in favor of taking down statues of both Washington and Jefferson because, after all, they were as Barack Obama said, evil White men and they owned slaves.  It does not matter what they did to try to set the stage for the eradication of that blight on our society and nation.  No, their crimes were that they owned slaves and were white males, therefore they are vile and history must not mention them again.  He is joined by many others on the left including a Chicago pastor who wants the name of parks in Chicago to be changed from Washington and Jackson because they are offensive and symbolize racism.  WHERE DOES IT END?

How many are taught that White Nationalism had its roots in the Democratic Party in the Post War South and the KKK was founded by Democrats and the late Senator Robert Byrd was a member of that organization?  Senator Byrd was once elected a top officer – the Exalted Cyclops, whatever that might be in his local Klan unit in the early 1940’s.  He once vowed to never fight in the military with “race mongrels” or “with a Negro by my side.”  Hillary Clinton called him her friend and mentor.  Are they going to go after the statues of Senator Byrd?  Senators Al Gore, Sr. and J. William Fulbright, a man that Bill Clinton dedicated a memorial voted against the Civil Rights Act.  Senator Byrd has the distinction of being the only senator to vote against the only two black Supreme Court Nominees, Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas and led a 52-day filibuster against civil rights legislation.  DEMOCRATS have been at the forefront of opposing legislation designed to help blacks.  They have not led the charge to free the slaves, as did Lincoln’s Republicans and have resisted time and again to keep segregation alive.

Donald Trump honestly identified that there was blame on both sides in Charlottesville, unlike Barack Obama who quickly stepped up to castigate the police wrongly and defend Black Lives Matter when they were wrong.  Obama fanned the flames of racism and targeting the police at a memorial for slain police officers.  WHO IS THE RACIST?  WHO IS FANNING THE FLAMES OF DISCORD?  President Donald Trump can answer the question honestly and clearly denounce racism of all kinds but because he is the hated enemy the MSM, the Leftist, Activist, Democrats, and Never Trump Republicans are selectively deaf.  It is a situation where no matter what he says, HE IS CONDEMNED.  I pray that those of us who want what was promised in the campaign and want to see America restored to her rightful constitutional status, the Deep State defeated, and the Swamp drained will not be swayed by the rhetoric and false accusations of the media.  You can accuse me of being a Trump apologist if you choose but what I am an apologist for is TRUTH and what is being reported is not the truth.

God, bless you and God bless America.

 

OFFENDING AND BEING OFFENDED…


BLOG POST 4 - offense

As a Christian, I always try to find a biblical basis for my views and arguments in all areas of life.  I truly want to do and be what God and His Word desires and describes.  Saying anything like that, in the past, has earned me the scorn and rejection of some who believe that nothing of the Christian Religion should be involved in the political and some take exception to my interpretation of the Bible.  If you fall into either of those categories, you probably do not want to read the rest of this article.  However, if you have an open mind I encourage you to read even if, at the end, you are in adamant disagreement with my position.

Jesus warned about being the source of an offense but the Bible also speaks of not being easily offended and one rendering of Proverbs 19:11 says, “Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.”  In Proverbs 18:19 we discover the problem in offended person is they become unyielding and block out all reasonable discussion.  It is when people stop talking and resort to violence or attempts to force their views on everyone else that we reach an impasse that leads to complete separation and often war.  You do not have to agree with the other person or group but should embrace the reality and truth that they have the Constitutional Right and Guarantee of Free Speech which also affords them Freedom of Thought and Belief.

In today’s world, we have become so Politically Correct that no one is to be offended.  If they are, then behavior must be modified according to the mandate of the offended person, party or group.  WAIT!  That is not completely accurate because it is not a blanket mandate that no one is to be offended but rather a mandate that certain groups and sects are not to be offended.  Conservatives are not a protected class and the Left, the MSM, the Activist, and various groups consider it justifiable, legitimate, and perfectly acceptable to offend those of us who consider ourselves Constitutional Conservatives. Our feelings do not count and since they find them offensive we are instructed to change our views.  I was raised to have “tough skin” and not be “easily offended.”  I was raised to believe that everyone had a right to their opinion and therefore being offended was a choice.  I was taught that I did not have to allow myself to TAKE OFFENSE and that is exactly what happens when people are offended.  Some choose to make everything personal, reject the right of others to their own views, and they exhibit a desire to control or police thought and actions of anyone disagreeing with them.  HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT?

The push to rid our nation of all symbols of the Confederacy is akin to what is happening by ISIS in the destroying of artifacts and symbols they consider offensive to their particular view of their religion.  However, it is not as much that they are attempting to remove objectional items as they are trying to remove them from the consciousness of the world.  Their destruction of those items is an attempt to REVISE HISTORY and they seem to have the misguided idea that by removing those symbols that view or period did not take place.  Attempting to sanitize history opens the door to repeating those dark times, whereas openly acknowledging them opens the door to discussion and can be preventative.  I find the idea of slavery reprehensible.  That is a standalone statement.  There are those who are offended by Confederate Memorials and demand they be removed.  Because some are offended why must everyone be robbed of that portion of history?  I find the White Supremacy and the KKK reprehensible but I do not want the history of those groups erased from history any more than I want the history of the Weather Underground, the Black or New Black Panthers or any Anti-government and Anti-White groups removed.  Our children need to hear an honest discussion about what took place in the Civil War and if we are honest with history it will not be solely a discussion of slavery but the many other factors that were involved and then some good things that came into being because of that conflict.  We are not allowed to use certain words in today’s Politically Sanitized Society because some are offended. How about those of us who are offended by abortion, the removal of prayer from schools, the removal of references to the Bible in public places, or the banning of Nativity Scenes from public grounds?  Will they be restored because their removal offends us?  NO, THEY WILL NOT!  If you allow something to so offend you that you cannot function the problem is not the objectionable and offensive item but something inside of you.  For me to be offended, I must decide to allow someone or something to take control of my life and I refuse to do that.  I choose to NOT TAKE OFFENSE and even if something is offensive the fact that I find it offensive does not mean that everyone else does.  There must be a melding of my rights with the rights of others and in that, we must learn to accept differences rather than take offense and demand that the PC Police step in and mandate everyone comply with our views.  No person can MAKE ME MAD, if I get angry I made a choice to allow what transpired to take control.

How did we reach the point in our modern society that we allow a few squeaky overly protected and self-indulgent people to mandate what we can or cannot say, can or cannot do, and can or cannot have as symbols in society?  I make the choice as to who I will associate with, what I will watch or listen to and what I will honor.  The concern I have is where does it end?  Who determines what is OFFENSIVE and what is not?  Who determines who it is acceptable to offend and who is protected?  What happened to growing up and understanding that people are different?  What happened to living in a civil society where differences are tolerated rather than the continual behavior modification defined by the Left is the Law of the Land?  WHERE DOES IT END?  It ends in bloodshed and a total separation of segments of society and rather than achieving the stated objective of acceptance and tolerance it does the exact opposite.   Your inalienable right to think what you choose and to speak it in a civil manner must be protected.  What you believe, think, and say may be highly objectionable and even reprehensible but that is not justification for your OFFENSE to supersede their rights.  I will condemn true hate speech and racism anywhere and everywhere I see it and it may be offensive but I will never consider that justification to censor or silence them through a mandated PC Policy that tramples on their rights.  I will simply shun them and denounce what they have said or done.  That is the America our Framers and Founders gave us, let’s return to it and expect people to grow up and realize that there are always going to be differences of opinion.  NO, I do not want to allow people to incite riots or engage in violence.  You may be offended that I eat meat but that does not give you the right to outlaw the eating of meat.

Hopefully, we can move beyond the PC Policing of our Society and allow differences to exist.  I personally am happy there are differences between men and women and viva la difference.  I am happy that everyone does not want the same thing or every man would want my wife.  We are different, think different, believe different and our preference is not justification to demand that everyone complies.

God, bless you and God bless America.