This may earn me the left-foot of fellowship from some but I address this with a desire to encourage everyone to seek common ground and find healing in America.  I will refrain from calling them any of the names that many on the Right feel justified in calling the Leftist and their hateful vitriol.  I did so with one hope in my heart, to find some way to tone down the hate and violence.  I did say, “The Black Soul” and I don’t know how to avoid that assertion or allegation based on the things said and done by Leftist over the past few months.  I’m sure that there were those on the Right who wished similar things for Barack Obama but I did not hear them.  Today, I hear them virtually every day and rather than the Media, Democrats, RINOs, and Hollywood elitist being outraged over the terribleness of their rants, they smile, wink, and often endorse or justify them.

America has more than a political problem.  America has a deep spiritual and moral problem and the depth runs so deep I’m not sure we can bridge the chasm and heal the wounds.  I pray that we can and know that nothing short of a mighty move of the Spirit of God transforming hearts we will not see the desired healing.  There have been calls for God to kill Donald Trump, prayers that he would die, and abhorrent wishes on his family and by association all conservatives and Republicans.  That is troubling!

When a Pulitzer Prize winner who writes to our children openly expresses his daily wish that President Trump would suffer a massive stroke and be carried out of the White House on a gurney and little is said about, the blackness of the soul surfaces.  Michal Chabon while on Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation radio, he asked the host Goes Pinto to help get rid of Trump.  His tweet is as follows: “Every morning I wake up and hope that this is the day trump is going to have a massive stroke.”  I would have difficulty allowing any child or grandchild of mine read anything he has or writes in the future.  That kind of hatred has no place in any society and reflects a serious soul condition from which many seem to be suffering.

We are aware of Kathy Griffin’s attempt at humor if it was humor she was attempting. Humor that descends into such darkness as holding a bloody fake bloody head of the president is dangerous and disgusting.  I’m sure she felt safe among her liberal friends and felt that everyone would give her a pass.  She did not get one and no one else should.  Jim Carrey attempted to defend Griffin’s stunt and he has demonstrated some incredible darkness at times as well.  Madonna joined the anti-Trump Women’s March on Washington in January and threatened to blow up the White House.  She even called for revolution.  We must not omit Snoop Dogg and his video in which he pulls out a gun and executes a fake Donald Trump.  Then little doggie Bow Wow didn’t want to be left out so he went after the First Lady, suggesting pimping her making her a prostitute for them.  The Arts were not to be left out for in Shakespeare in the Park and the dressed-up Julius Caesar as Donald Trump and murdered him.  Rosie O’Donnell wanted to have Barack Obama declare martial law and delay the inauguration until Trump was cleared of all charges.  Of course, the Democrats would never clear him of anything so we would have had another four years of Barack Obama.  How about Sarah Silverman who called for the military to join the left and overthrow the government.  Charlie Sheen has openly desired the death of President Trump and tweeted after the death of Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds saying: “Dear God; Trump next, please! Trump next, please! Trump next, please! Trump next, please! Etc.”  Of course, Robert De Niro never ceases his rants against Trump.  Then the not funny Stephen Colbert used vile language regarding the President including sexual abuse of him by Vladimir Putin.  Larry Wilmore, before he was let go from Comedy Central, fantasized about suffocating Donald Trump and then insisted that his threat was to be taken literally. Michael Moore declared that he wanted the disruption of the inauguration and said, “There should be no peaceful transition.”

Those are a handful of the many expressed wishes of public figures who have some influence or are seeking influence over the public encouraging violence, murder, rape, and mayhem in America.  That is what I mean by the blackness of the soul.  I opposed Barack Obama from day one and detested much of what he did but I did not call for his death or wish harm on his family.  I realized and realize that God sets up kings and takes them down.  Although we do not have a king in America there is the ever-growing danger of tyranny and the larger and more powerful the government grows the less free the citizens are.  AMERICA can only be the land of the free so long as the brave are willing to confront this kind of evil in the civil means available.  We must become intercessors for America and we do not have the luxury of being political spectators.  We must confront the lies with truth and confront the hate with love.  THAT IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT ROAD but a necessary one.

God, bless you and God bless America!

What strategy might that be?  It is multipronged but seems to be focused on destroying Donald Trump in any way possible.  They have been harping for months now that the vacant seats in Congress vacated by those who accepted positions in the Trump administration were going to show the Democrat Power and how America was already fed up with Donald Trump.  It was to be a rousing endorsement of their resistance and refusal to even attempt to work with the Republicans in Congress.  It was to be an endorsement of the Summer of Resistance in which we were to have more of the rioting, demonstrating, looting, and bashing of anyone and anything conservative.  It was to be a silver lining in the cloud pointing to a resounding Democrat thrashing of Republicans in November 2018.  Of course, that could still happen but what has happened is also important.

The Race in Georgia was going to propel Jon Ossoff to a win and signal a change in the political landscape in Georgia and the rest of the nation in favor of Democrats.  It failed and was the most expensive Congressional Race in history where the Democrats funneled multiplied millions from all over the world into the campaign.  The MSM pundits were salivating and the Democrats in Congress were shouting victory and counting their chickens before they hatched.  So far the Democrats have ZERO in wins in the special elections they thought they could flip.

I have said for some time that the Trump Derangement Syndrome that virtually all the Democrats, Progressives, Liberals and RINOs have become infected with is dangerous for the Republic.  It is not simply a matter of liking or not liking Donald J. Trump it is a matter of our Republican Representative Democracy and the Constitution.  The Tea Party was birthed in opposition to the policies of Barack Obama and the Democrats and proved to be an effective grassroots organism, not just an organization that drew people from all walks of life into the fold.  It shifted the House from Democrat control and later the Senate.  I believe the Tea Party was very instrumental in maintaining that power in Congress and putting a Republican in the White House.  The danger that I see is that if Republicans in Congress do not develop a spine and follow through with a plan and strategy to fulfill many of the campaign promises the Democrats will gain momentum and flip seats in 2018 and 2020.

The Progressives have been claiming they have a Progressive Tea Party, although being Taxed Enough is not their mantra or belief, but a coalition of resistance to defeat the Republicans and Donald Trump.  I believe that has yet to become a reality and there is splintering in the Democrat ranks.  The Trump Derangement Syndrome is real and dangerous and the fruit of it was evidenced in the shooting of a Republican Congressman in Washington and other incidents where violence against conservatives has been evidenced.  Unlike the Tea Party Movement which was non-violent and sought to win at the ballot box by informing, energizing, and empowering enough people the Progressive Movement and Trump Derangement Syndrome seeks to overturn the election by violence or any means possible.  Do you remember Barack Obama telling his supporters to get in people’s faces, argue, and he said, “If they bring a knife to the fight we will bring a gun?”  Guess what?  That is what is happening even when our side is not bringing a knife they are bringing knives, guns, and clubs.  That is not what this country was established to be and not a provision of the 1^st Amendment.  It is anarchy and in no way, resembles any kind of democracy or republic.  It is destructive and counterproductive.

The Tea Party, to the best of its ability, sought to purge itself of dangerously zealous elements that wanted to resort to violence.  Those of us who could easily identify with the message of the Tea Party believed that type of action would pollute our message, hurt our cause, and damage the Republic.  We knew that the MSM would portray us as bigots, racist, terrorist and we were called such names by the press and politicians including some high-ranking ones.  I am convinced that if the Progressives fail to develop a genuine message that resonates across a very broad spectrum they will never develop a Tea Party type movement they must have to strip the Republicans of power.  It could happen and I am praying it will not.  I am concerned about 2018 and 2020 not because of Donald Trump but because Congressional Republicans are failing to demonstrate cohesiveness and coalesce around the promises made on the campaign trail.  Americans are angry and fed up with Congressional Failure and if they fail they will pay and when they pay and that will mean AMERICA suffers.

It is my hope and prayer that the Republicans will unite and somehow purge their ranks of some of the members who are willing to destroy the Party and damage the Republic to continue their Anti-Trump stance and rhetoric.  You may detest Donald Trump, you may love him or be ambivalent toward him, that is a personal choice.  However, I pray that we can set aside our differences on the man and focus on the nation long enough to enact some much-needed legislation that will secure our borders, strengthen our national defense, bring about genuine tax reform, restore the economy, deal with healthcare, and much more.  DO SOMETHING POSITIVE and stop allowing the Democrats to control Congress as a minority party.  If there are Republicans who will not join the effort to do what needs to be done, end this senseless expedition to oust Trump and work for us, LET’S SHOW THEM THE DOOR.  We have a window of opportunity to turn this train around but it is, in my view, a very short and narrow window.  TODAY IS THE DAY and NOW IS THE TIME.

God, bless you and God bless America!

I don’t like to engage in soundbite snippets and slogans but what is happening in Washington is so outlandish and dangerous it should cause everyone to take note and become concerned.  However, the Left, Liberals, Progressives, and Never Trump crowd are applauding while many Republicans in Congress are largely sitting on their hands or cowering in the shadows.  We need to carefully consider what has transpired with former FBI Director Comey and the Special Prosecutor or Investigator Muller.  THIS IS DANGEROUS and not just because they are going after Donald Trump but because of the damage, this can and likely will do to the Republic.

From time to time, even news agencies and newspapers who are not normally friendly to Donald Trump get it right, as did the Wall Street Journal recently.  They had a headline that read: “Robert Muller’s Mission” – The special counsel needs to rise above his Comey loyalties.  PRECISELY!  But, I have no real hope he or those behind him will.  I say that for several reasons, not the least of which is his close ties and friendship with James Comey.  Birds of a feather tend to flock together and the brotherhood of bureaucracies tends to be joined at the hip in protecting their own and destroying any and all threats to their position and power.

James Comey, admitted, under oath that he LEAKED a memo with the specific intent of securing the appointment of a special counsel against Donald Trump.  It was just days after that leak that his good friend Robert Muller was appointed to investigate Donald Trump for “Obstruction of Justice”.  The ever-changing story of James Comey and the never-ending pursuit of the Democrats to find anything they can use against the President opens the door to a Pandora’s Box in the Swamp that no American should desire.  YES, we want to have truth and an unbiased impartial investigation is perfectly fine, but that is not what is taking place.  Vendettas are not only undesirable they are dangerous. You can challenge that statement but I ask that you allow me to lay the foundation for my hypothesis before you toss it out as a mere conspiracy theory.

How many recall that Robert Muller as Director of the FBI joined James Comey Deputy Attorney General in threatening to resign in 2004 over President George W. Bush’s antiterror wiretaps. Imagine that!  They opposed the something very closely akin to that which Mr. Comey has used to try to find dirt on Donald Trump.   As FBI Director, Mr. Muller was deeply involved in the debacle in 2006 which led to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that his FBI raid had violated the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause. Interesting, isn’t it?  The FBI was doing things outside the Constitution’s guidelines and now this violator of the Constitution is trying to use the Constitution to investigate Donald Trump on weak if not totally bogus grounds.

We have reports from sources such as the Washington Post citing five or more unnamed officials claiming that the President is being investigated for obstruction of justice over his firing of James Comey.  His act was squarely within the guidelines of the Constitution but since it is Donald Trump it is nothing short of treason, according to the Left and others who hate Trump.  Then almost immediately unnamed sources advised the Jared Kushner is also under investigation.  The continual leaks, innuendos, rumors, and allegations are at best immoral if not illegal.  They all seem to be coming from sources directly connected to the Special Counsel’s investigation and team.

Justice Antonin Scalia warned of the monster of special counsels and articulated the reality that they possessed some powers and advantages that even the Attorney General did not.  He warned that an overzealous and unaccountable independent counsel could pick his targets and then prosecute them for the most minor or technical offenses.  He saw it becoming nothing more than a political tool to attack political enemies.  The Supreme Court Decision to disallow the Reagan challenge, Scalia warned, would weaken the Presidency and expose the executive branch to ‘debilitating criminal investigations’.  He was right and now he is gone.

There has been ZERO evidence that any collusion between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in the 2016 election but still we hear RUSSIA STOLE THE ELECTION.  How about Hillary Lost the Election instead?  But some of the people Mr. Muller has elected to have join his team are possibly the most poignant proof of my assertion that this is not a genuine investigation but a fishing expedition with one purpose – DESTROY DONALD TRUMP.  It would be a useful pursuit to unearth who Michael Dreeben is.  What is his purpose?  There is only one, “make a case for impeachment.”  He has also added Andrew Weissmann, how oversaw the Enron Task Force and secured the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm.  Please note that the SCOTUS unanimously overturned that conviction, but left the 28,000 U.S. employees in the cold.  Mr. Weissmann is also a contributor to Hillary Clinton and his legal work has been questioned and criticized.  These are fair and impartial participants?  If so, then the Fox should be considered safe to guard the henhouse.  There are more people that raise red flags such as Jeannie Rhee, a lawyer for the Clinton Foundation.  How can anyone claim this is or will be a fair, unbiased, and impartial investigation?  I use the term “Fishing Expedition” but President Trump is not off base when he calls it a “Witch Hunt.”

What we have is a clear example of the Swap Denizens going on the offensive and forming an alliance designed to TAKE DOWN THE PRESIDENT.  They do not care what their actions might do to the Constitutional Republic.  Their primary interest is their position, power, and purse and that is far more important to them that the Republic.  America, it is totally up to us to make our voices heard.  It is up to you and me to make enough noise that those in D.C. cannot ignore us and then in 2018 take action that will back up our words by sending enough of them home to get their attention.  Are you up for the task?  America is standing in need, “Ask not what your country can do for you but ask what you can do for your country.”

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

The Left has long called for, sought after, and contended for Universal Single-Payer Healthcare and there are those on the Right who are now insisting it is inevitable and even desirable.  THEY ARE WRONG!  I am not saying that Congress may not, at some point in time, force that bitter pill down our throats but that is not the desire of most Americans, would not be good for America or our Economy and would effectively destroy our Healthcare Industry hurting millions.

Charles Krauthammer has stated publicly that “Universal Single-Payer” is our eventual condition.  I pray he is wrong!  Ben Stein told Neil Cavuto that it is inevitable and that at the end of the day it is where we will be.  He said that the taxpayers are going to be forced to pick up the tab and we might as well face it, embrace it, and move forward.  Seriously?  He expressed that this was not his desire but it was coming whether we like it or not.  I would take no exception to Mr. Stein’s statements had he stopped there, but he didn’t.  Mr. Stein continued offering the Leftist, Liberal, Progressive, RINO rhetoric, diatribe, and spin saying, “It is a basic American right to have decent healthcare.  That is a basic right. We live in a very rich country…and the idea that any parent who sees his child born with a serious defect will think, ‘My God, I might not be able to afford to keep my child alive.’  It is abhorrent to everything it means to be an American.”  I understand the plea for compassion but will continue to argue that healthcare is not a right it is a privilege.  You have the right to seek the best care and coverage you can obtain and afford but to align it with the inalienable rights of the Constitution is going beyond reason.  The situation to which Mr. Stein alluded is not something I would wish on any person.  I am not insensitive to the trauma of that predicament.  I know what it is like to have a child born with a healthcare need and have to choose between the basic necessities of life and his care.  I also know what it is like to have a family member battling a disease deemed incurable by the medical professions.  However, to insist that health care is a right opens the door to a plethora of problems and becomes a Pandora’s Box in which we encounter situations there are no viable or reasonable solutions.

The matter of ‘pre-existing conditions’ is a complex problem but resorting to “Universal Single-Payer” healthcare will not resolve the problems associated therewith.  I am quite sure that advocates on both sides of the issue can cite individuals who either benefited from or lost their battle for life because of “Single-Payer Healthcare”.  The idea that adopting that system would ensure that no American was ever denied care due to a ‘pre-existing condition’ is not valid.  Those systems using that plan in other parts of the world often result in the sickest and weakest of society being pushed to the back of the line for care.  There are frequent delays and even denial of the needed care.  That seems to be a natural outgrowth of the Universal Single-Payer system.  Why would any politician allow that to become a reality?  I would not presume to know the full answer for every politician but I have observed the outworking of politics and see some reasons.  One reason is those groups with the political clout to shift or shape an election or reelection are more likely to get good care and give attention than the seriously ill and weak.  Why?  Because the seriously ill and weak make up a much smaller bloc and thereby have less political clout. They are often too weak or ill to protest and often do not realize that politics is playing a role in their care or the delay or denial thereof.  You may say that I am over-dramatizing but I suggest you do some research and settle the matter in your own heart.  If I am correct in my assertion I ask that you join in opposition to this system.

The last time we were force fed a healthcare bill or pill we saw the rise of the Tea Party and a growing segment of society that began to wake up and stand in opposition to the government’s reach for TOTAL CONTROL.  Additionally, what program can you name where the government is in control that operates with effectiveness and efficiency?  I desire that EVERYONE have decent healthcare. I want EVERYONE to have access to decent health insurance.  However, I also understand that if a person has been negligent and did not purchase coverage while they were well or have coverage before the child was born there must be some personal responsibility borne.  I understand the economics of an Insurance Company and why they charge a higher premium for someone with a ‘pre-existing’ condition and why they have ‘high-risk’ pools of insured.  I do, however, expect them to operate within fiscal reason when setting those rates.  What I would like to see in any Healthcare Bill passed by Congress are Free Market access, competition, and true portability.  TRUE PORTABILITY would mean, in my view, that if you have insurance and develop a health issue but lose your job, your insurance continues at the same rate.  By that, I mean your contribution plus that of your employer.  Your coverage would be uninterrupted so long as you pay the premiums.  Some seem to think that if a person loses their job the rate should be what they were paying for their portion of the premium minus that of the employer.  Who would pay that?  Surely we do not expect the insurance company to pay the employer’s portion of the premium, do we?  That is not reasonable and the continual push for FREE INSURANCE and FREE HEALTHCARE feeds that philosophy.

My wife is battling a medical condition the doctors have diagnosed as incurable.  We do not accept that diagnosis as final authority because we believe that with God all things are possible and nothing is impossible with God.  We do not deny the diagnosis but we do not deem it to be the final authority.  Thankfully we have insurance coverage but if we did not due to an inability to pay or unwillingness to purchase insurance once the diagnosis was rendered we would be in a dire situation.  We would not expect the government to care for her.  Yes, I am speaking from a position of having coverage and you may deem my statement implausible but it is our view.  TRUE PORTABILITY of insurance would guarantee that we would be allowed, providing we could pay the premiums, to continue uninterrupted coverage and care.  That, in my view, is reasonable not allowing the government to determine our care.  I do not trust the government that much to trust them with the life of my wife or myself.

Where there is a catastrophic situation in any family regarding health and it is beyond their ability to afford human compassion comes into play.  I have served in several churches as a pastor and seen families encounter situations beyond their financial ability.  In those cases, we, as a church family, did all we could to alleviate the weight of their burden.  I have seen businesses step forward, seeing our compassion, and join the effort.  There are medical charities available and if you cannot afford the care you can go to the Emergency Room and will not be turned away.  Yes, the taxpayers pick up some of that tab but to argue the only solution or the best solution is Universal Single-Payer Healthcare is flawed, in my view.  Our entire tax system is a problem and we have watched the government FIX IT, so what would make us believe they can FIX healthcare?  We need to move toward personal responsibility and allow competition to enter the mix rather than turning to government to CONTROL another aspect of our lives.

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

Not to get into old news but how many of the Leftist comedians have been vulgar, vile, and engaged in horrific diatribe and rhetoric against President Donald Trump and received virtually no condemnation by the Left?  Where is the outrage from the Left, Media, Hollywood, and Democrats?  It is virtually nonexistent because they agree and enjoy the vitriolic rants calling it entertainment.  However, were the shoe on the other foot and had comedians, entertainers, and politicians engaged in the same activities regarding Barack Obama there would have been rioting in the streets and the PC Police would have been issuing warrants for their arrests.  I’m sure that would have also brought them under the scrutiny of the FBI, NSA, IRS, Homeland Security, the DOJ, the media, and every other possible law enforcement entity.  If not arrested they would, without a doubt, been harassed by the IRS and banned from the public airwaves for their crimes.  But, when the Left does it there is nothing more than a brief mention, a mild pat on the wrist, and a wink of the eye.  After all, we are talking about Donald Trump, who in their eyes is the incarnation of Lucifer himself.

When Kathy Griffin held a fake bloody head of Donald Trump she experienced some push back, and rightly so, but not nearly enough to deter future such acts.  When Stephen Colbert can refer to the president’s mouth as a receptacle for the male appendage of Putin of Russia and it is deemed as within his constitutional rights and acceptable language for the public airwaves it reveals a serious problem.  Others on the conservative side have been censored for things much less egregious.  But the double standard is alive and well, so we should not be surprised.  When entertainers like Snoop Dog can produce a video in which he engaged in the assignation of the President and that is deemed humorous but not serious or dangerous, it reveals a problem.  Yet, even criticism of Barack Obama was deemed worthy of criminal indictment.  When people like the endless list of Hollywood types, entertainers, politicians, media pundits, and others can rant and rail against President Trump and be called heroes or praised for their public stance and any opposition to Barack Obama vilified we have a problem.

I opposed Barack Obama in both elections and lamented many of his actions as president but I never called for his murder or sought to see harm come to Michelle or the daughters.  I spoke against his actions and consider him a traitor to America, in violation of the American Constitution much of the time, and believe he is guilty of crimes worthy of indictment.  I desired and desire the peaceable, legal, and constitutional actions taken to deal with the damage done by him as President.  If you believe Donald Trump is in violation of the Constitution and operating outside the law, by all means, seek peaceable, legal, and constitutional means to deal with that issue.  BUT, please have a smidgen of shame and demand the vulgar and violent rants, riots, and calls for his murder cease.

I am convinced this goes far beyond politics and it reflects a heart condition in America and the world today.  It is, in my view, an evidence of the moral decline in our society and is the result of multiple generations of liberal brainwashing in our schools both primary and secondary.  It is the result of the Political Correctness that has permeated our world and the incessant insistence that we tolerate everything and accommodate that which violates our basic spiritual and moral convictions.  It is reflective of the ME-ness and Self-Centeredness into which our society has descended.  There was a time in America when we were neighbors to our neighbors.  There was a time when we considered patriotism an honorable position and valued the principles upon which the republic was established.  There was a time when we could set aside personal preference and political posturing in the interest of the nation.  In the environment in which I grew up, people cared about each other, offered help, encouragement, and support without expecting personal gain.

If we allow the ME-mindset to rule and continue to look to government for our sustenance in life, we will descend into a virtual if not literal slavery in America.  If we continue to allow liberal professors, Hollywood, entertainers, and activist define what is acceptable and desirable in speech, political views, and actions we will experience irreversible decay in our nation and society.  WE MUST, take to heart the message of 2 Chronicles 7:14 and realize that we have drifted from our founding principles, our moral moorings, and return to that which allowed us to become the nation that became arguably the greatest nation in modern history.

America, it is high time that we band together and DEMAND a cessation of the vile vitriolic assault and War on Freedom.  It is now time that we band together and DEMAND politicians put America before party and position.  It is the time that we band together and DEMONSTRATE the resolve of WWII and the Revolutionary War America settling for nothing less than a return to the condition that made us or makes us ONE nation, UNDER God, INDIVISIBLE, seeking and affording liberty and justice for all.

God, bless you and God bless America!