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Jesus Christ is The Reason for the Season!

Jesus Christ is The Reason for the Season!

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18) Now the Birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as His mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.


19) Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.

20) But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

21) And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name JESUS: for He shall Save His people from their sins.

22) Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

23) Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

24) Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:

25) And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called His name JESUS.

I) NOW when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

2) Saying, Where is He that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship Him.

3) When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

4) And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

5) And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

6) And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

7) Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

8) And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

9) When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

10) When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

II) And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Holy Bible — King James Version
Matthew 1:18-25 and 2:1-11 KJV 1611AV )

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Love Always, YSIC \o/

Kristi Ann

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Kirsten Powers-Poster Child For A 'Different jesus.'

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Kirsten Powers-Poster Child For A 'Different jesus.'
Lot's of folks get easily misled these days, especially those nominal christians. Now, for those who are unknowing and not familiar with the term “nominal christian”, don't feel bad, because many folks these days aren't unfamiliar with the term either. Simply explained, “nominal christians” are those whom believe a different jesus, that is, a different jesus from that in the Christian Bible. There are plenty of those }different jesus” believers here in the USA so it comes at all no surprise to me and other Biblical Jesus followers to see the touts of folks posting news articles reporting news commentator Kirsten Powers as a “Christian.” Truth being (always truth told with facts to back it up in this weekly blog) told, Kirsten Powers is not a true follower of the Biblical Jesus and I want to explain to you why...
Now I know already and without ever being surprised by it, I will receive some hate mail on sharing this true information regarding Kirsten Powers and many others just like her here, but hey ! Before you get your computer keyboard all uptight and in a wad and ready to send off a “nasty gram” to me, let's take a look at what Kirsten Powers actually believes in compared to what the Bible says shall we ? Let's start here, in an interview recently with the Fox News Channel and Howard Kurtz doing the interviewing(http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/12/01/kirsten-powers-opens-about-finding-christianity), This is where Kirsten Powers freely admitted her anti-biblical views and just how far she is from the Bible her beliefs really are. In that recent interview, she said(and I quote)“The media is not the most Christian friendly place in the world for the most part. At the same time, a lot of these Christians bring(persecution) it upon themselves.” During the interview, Powers made another clearly anti-Biblical Christian attack(regarding criticism and persecution against Biblical Christians) for declaring that the tragedy of 911 was “not God's judgment against America” and once again stated, “Christians bring (persecution) upon themselves for saying such untrue things”(http://www.christianpost.com/news/ex-democrat-kirsten-powers-says-partys-politics-was-her-religion-before-her-conversion-109885/).
Every real and Biblical Christian in America is well aware that America is currently suffering under God's judging hand for allowing, even endorsing sinful acts such as the 55 million(plus) babies murdered through abortion. Not only abortion, but also the allowance of homosexuality, other religions(foreign gods) being worshiped/allowed here, and all the other many sins alike as well. If you don't believe me, you're not alone but I would challenge you as I do many others to read Pastor Jonathan Cahn's Book,“The Harbinger” to see if I am indeed right or wrong. In fact, I highly suggest that you get hold of a copy of this book, like yesterday. I myself was blessed and fortunate to have been sent a copy of this book via a loyal reader of my weekly blog articles here. After reading the book, you'll definitely see all what I am saying here is indeed correct. What the loyal reader of mine had shared with me before sending on to me a copy of 'The harbinger” was the “similar warnings” as what I also had wrote in the past to our nation, as also what was written by Pastor Cahn in his book. So out of reading similar prophetic writings, my reader sent on to me the book(The Harbinger) to confirm what she and millions of other true followers of Jesus Christ know, and are seeing occur in our nation today because of-false jesus believers and their being deceived. Let me say this here and now to confirm what I'm saying all together and to get my point across to you; If a person, society or culture is so blind and ignorant to the fact that there is indeed a spiritual and real correlation between the allowance, the acceptance, even that of the turning a blind eye to what God Himself calls evil and then that of the result of an increase of devastation because of those acts or “allowances”(via God's own judging hand) then indeed, that “person, society or culture” is in big trouble and about to be erased. That's a fact.
Another fact, I have yet to hear or read from Kirsten Powers in her many recent commentary writings or on air(radio or television appearances) that she whole heartily rejects for any reason abortion(not just in certain cases). As well, and equally important facts are that, I know that Ms. Powers opposes “gay marriage” but does unbiblically, endorse “civil unions” for homosexual couples http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Powers.
Also, I have yet to read or hear her opposition towards feminism(or Machoism) in any sort of fashion as well. I ask you, How can anyone condone sin yet call themselves a believer and follower of Jesus Christ of the Bible ? Where does the Bible allow abortion, homosexuality or selfish acts such as in Feminism or Machosim ? Does not the Bible clearly say not to do partake in sin in Romans Chapter 6 ? This is a major issue, not just for me but for what God says He calls His own. I am well aware that some will here and without reading this entire article, will state that God will help Ms. Powers come to the realization some day of what sin is and she will change for the better at that point, that is, I mean- more Biblical in action and attitude. Perhaps that is so. However, no where in the Bible does anyone become “born-again”(John 3:3) “and go on sinning”(Hebrews 10:26). Not only “keep on sinning”, but endorsing sin as well ! I have never found anywhere in the Bible where true believers in Christ Jesus ever made a true conversion “over time” or while at the same time, ever endorsing sinful acts. In my own life and as well as all my brothers and sisters in Christ(around the world), we all rejected worldly ways in full on the day we surrendered our lives and hearts to Jesus Christ(of the Bible as it is written in many places in the New Testament including in that of in Luke 9:23.
In today's world and especially here in American culture, I can see how easy it would be for one to call them self a “christian” and keep on sinning, even endorsing sin and unbiblical acts. After all, with the likes of Benny Hinn, Joel Osteen, Crefol Dollar, TD Jakes, Rick Warren and so very more like them on the television and other media airwaves these days, it would be very easily to be fooled by their “doctrines of demons”, as the Bible points to their teachings as. “Easy christianity” is also what I refer to it sometimes. There is no holiness needed in those non-biblical “christian” belief system,. nor in need to follow what the Bible teaches. In all what I've shared here, I don't want anyone to believe that we are at all saved by, or through “works” in fact, the Bible is clear we are not. However, what many nominal christians(there's that phrase again) believe in is, are matters outside the Bible and holiness is not included in their vocabulary. These folks want to fit in with the “world”, so they will call themselves “christians” and sound, look, feel, taste like the world to those who fit in the world(non-Christians). Oh, yes these folks like Kirsten Powers will say things like “jesus loves you” and yes, I'm very sure that Kirsten Powers' jesus loves you, and will accept your ways no matter what you believe in whether the Bible call those beliefs sinful or not. If you are a homosexual, “It's “A-OK” as long as you don't get married according the Kirsten Powers. By her jesus, sin apparently is no problem.... It sounds as if she is saying like so many other nominal christians also say today, “my jesus loves you just the way you are.” “Repentance ?, um.... what's that ?...we believe in jesus here.” Note the small letter “j” for the unbiblical “jesus” they believe in.
The world is full of false Jesus of the Bible-converts. Secular celebrities, musicians, actors and the rest. We've seen them all come and go... everyone from Bob Dylan to Charlie Sheen. It's really a fad for many of them until they meet the real Jesus Christ of the Bible, then as the parable of the reaper and sewer that Jesus taught us(Luke Chapter 8) declares; many simply jjust “die” off or “wither away” when they must make a choice to follow the real Jesus or not. So for Kirsten Powers, her christianity may just be a fad, I'm not sure, but I do know this for sure, her jesus certainly is not Biblical. What can we do for Kirsten to help her know the true Biblical Jesus Christ, you know---the one who died on the cross and shed His blood for the remission of all our sins and told all to “follow me” ? Well, first, pray for her salvation through the Biblical Jesus. As well, and soon after, write her a letter explaining how Jesus of the Bible views her wrong-held religious beliefs, give her Bible Scriptures such as I have done here in this article to back it all up. Let her also know at the end of the letter that you care about her and are telling her these things outta love and concern for her soul. She would probably appreciate that. After you're done with the task of helping her, I have one more suggestion for you... there are millions of other nominal christians just like Kirsten Powers also here in America that need to know Jesus of the Bible as well. Will you also please take time to let them know about the Biblical Jesus as well ? You are after all, called to the mission field aren't you ?
Matthew 28:18-20 “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.”

Rev. Paul P. Waldmiller~Black Robe Regiment Pastor
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A Prayer

A Prayer for America:
A prayer please, for our nation. Many in America, in their arrogance and ignorance, have turned their backs on God. American Leaders have mocked God ( Nancy Pelosi said," Americans don't need God, they have the Democrats") Evil has arrived in America and it rode in on the back of a jackass called the Democrat party. Many Americans told God to leave America, he did. Now they w...ill pay for his absence and dedicated moral Patriots who obey the highest authority, God, must fight. We must humble ourselves before him and ask for the courage, strength, and forgiveness we will need in battle. America can only defeat this vulgar beast if we first surrender to God. We fight for all, even those who, through their ignorance, let the enemy in the door. No more tolerance for what we know is immoral, illegal and corrupt. God bless you who will fight. Pray we might win through reason, values, knowledge and not bloodshed.
Respectfully,
Elevengun
I AM PATRIOT
Constitutional Guard Texas
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Nelson Mandela & The Free World

Many on the political Right will observe that the late Nelson Mandela was a communist. That will be the extent of their assessment and observations there after may not be charitable by Mandela supporter standards.

I was an anti-Apartheid activist in college and also conservative, despite often wearing " Malcolm X " medallions.

My support wasn't an embrace of communism but was a demand that South Africa finally live up to her rhetoric about being a free state.

Left of center activists like Mandela forced their nations to honor rhetoric about freedom & amend governing documents to end legal bias against Black people, as precursors for abolishing it against anyone.

The same holds true here in America as liberal jurists like Thurgood Marshall and allied advocates successfully changed Jim Crow, which if we're candid, was simply Southern-fried Apartheid.

Conservatives who promote the considerable virtue of a constitutional Republic, individual rights and free markets have much to applaud in Mandela's example, while wincing at his embrace of figures like Cuba's Fidel Castro.

They can also research the role right of center Blacks here, like Jay Parker, and South Africa's conservative Zulu populace, played in addressing not only Apartheid but how the former Soviet Union and its client states sought to exploit the situation for their own benefit.

Nelson Mandela's life challenges conservatives to make the West " the Free World " in reality and not just rhetorically because the disconnect invites socialists who use racial injustice as leverage to ultimately undermine such countries, if their wards allow it once taking power.

The Soviets were sent packing from more than one Third World country once victory over colonial masters was gained.

It would be remiss of me not to also note perpetual bloody coups and poverty afflicting these lands. Post-Apartheid South Africa didn't live up to some conservative fears that she'd implode into chaos, nationalize her economy; nor engage in state-sponsored pogroms against her White minority.  

She was beset by violence among Black activist groups and assaults against White farmers engaged in holding actions in the hinterlands.

Nelson Mandela, as a communist, ironically helped ensure South Africa could realistically become a member of the Free World, as opposed to rhetorically.  

If he could do so from the Left, can we on the Right do any less within our nations to make sure the Free World truly is "free" for all its citizens?

Original post: http://capblackhood.blogspot.com/2013/12/nelson-mandela-free-world.html

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Hopefully, some of you already know about the recent book by Mark Levin, The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic.  Some might have watched Levin's interview on "Hannity" on Fox News. I watched, and I had that "Eureka"! moment when I realized that it might still be possible to save our Constitution and America from being swallowed by the "One World Government" intended by the UN and publicized in its book or DVD "Agenda 21." I've been a Conservative activist for more than six years, and I didn't know that true Americans might have a chance to prevent the current corrupt Washington politicians from destroying all of what has made us "the shining city on the hill."

Please read the following blog that was on Tea Party Nation.com, and if you will, go to that conservative website and look for the blog: "Mark Levin might have something here." There is a 30 min. video of Levin discussing this possibility, and we need every state to join this States' Convention to do its part to save our freedoms and prevent this Islamist or Communist takeover. The last time I checked 26 States had already joined the battle, and we only need 2/3 of the States to call for a Constitutional Convention, and 3/4 (or 40) of the States to approve of any of the proposed Amendments for them to be added to our Constitution. The Founding Fathers gave the States this power in Article V of the Constitution, and there is nothing that the Federal government can do to stop it. Some of the most important Amendments would be to:  (1) create Term Limits of two or three terms in office for every politician and judge in the country--from local townships to the Federal government (including all Supreme Courts), with no more than six months of pensions or insurance or golden parachutes (ending the reign of all career politicians); (2) a replacement of the IRS with the Flat tax or Fair tax, whichever one gives politicians the fewest politicians with the least control; (3) returning election of all Senators back to the States' control instead of Washington, DC control, to remind them that they report to the people, just as the House of Representatives do; (4) getting rid of the many corrupt alphabet Agencies and Departments, such as the EPA, the NSA, the FCC, the Federal Depts. of Education and Energy, the Clean Water agency and many more. And first on the list should be the repeal of ObamaCare and a new start on affordable health insurance that includes investigations of every party involved, as well as portable health insurance between states and jobs, Tort Reform, coverage for pre-existing conditions, and a cap on profits for all new drugs as well as current treatments.

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The solutions will not come from the Federal Government and most likely not the Courts. The solution will come from WE THE PEOPLE through our State Legislatures. Virginia is now in the R column, which I think is now number 33, and we need 38 to get the 14th, 16th, and 17th amendments revoked, thus restoring the Original Constitutional Republic; and the Federal government would be placed back under the Article I section 8 enumerated powers. 

Now, as to the importance of the removal of Obama with any candidate and to regain the Senate is as follows: The congress can be pressured to start a process of restoring the ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION by defining what the words meant and what the Founders  actually wrote. The usurpers have attacked the true meaning by changing the definitions of words and by modernizing the Constitution to serve the new demands of the Progressive movement. 

Yes, they have used the court to alter the actual meaning of the Constitution, as the Founders made clear could not be done without using the methods they created to allow adjustments--as required over the decades and centuries. The Founders wrote the Constitution in very simple straightforward language, using everyday words that all people of the times could read and understand. They then gave us the Article V amendment process so we could make changes if necessary and we have used it 17 times since the bill of rights [first ten amendments] and one of those was to revoke a previous mistaken amendment.

So, clearly the Amendment process was set in place to protect the PEOPLE and allow them to make corrections to limit the usurping of a oppressive tyrannical central government. This gave us the State convention option in the Article V method to permit the States to take action when the Congress refuses to make amendments to correct usurpation and to send them to the many States for ratifying. The States can directly make amendments and force them on the Central Federal government without debate by having 38 States [3/4] create an amendment that revokes the 14th, 16th and 17th Amendments - then present it to Congress to send out for ratification by the 38 States [3/4] - Congress cannot refuse and if they do, then the State  38 LEGISLATURES CAN RATIFY THE AMENDMENT[S] and present the ratified amendment to Congress as law of the land. The Congress and the Courts have no ability to refuse or even consider, for it is done. This option is clearly in article V and there is no prohibiting language, as the Founders intended this to be the last option before rebellion.

The Republic can be kept and we can do our duty as Franklin would have instructed. 

http://articlevprojecttorestoreliberty.com/mangus-colorado-

http://conventionsofstatesproject.com

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I am spending every available moment working to get my state of Nevada to pressure the State Legislature to join this project. Instead of talking to the choir as most of us are doing here, Google your State government website, make a list of all members of your legislature along with their phone nos., emails, and addresses and contact them personally--either by phone or by making an appointment for a personal visit. Most of the websites will have a script available for you to discuss the Convention of States and to persuade each member to talk to the others and join the project. Don't just sit and complain!! Stand up for our freedoms and those of our children and grandchildren.

 

 

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WALKINGDEAD

Obama "asking"  for ideas from Conservatives on how to fix Obamacare is equivalent to a muslim asking a Christian for a "Bloody Mary"...it won't EVER compute...
Someone sent me an email saying scammers have set up at least two phony Obamacare sites, the real Obamacare site is the one that doesn't work...
obama,reid,pelosi,shumer now poster 'children' for The Walking Dead aka the Socialist Democratic Party...
Cal

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once again the Government lies

Nelson Mandela has been declared brain dead on Sat. 22.06.2013 @ 18:34
And that they're covering it up

This is part of a message I had received from a friend in South Africa shortly after it happened

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I haven’t read this yet. I have read the original and loved it. 

Wanda Draper Ph.D, is the professional woman that inspired me to write a book to help other in the target audience of special needs or autism. Her book, “Your Child Is Smarter Than You Think,” that is being rereleased or is already now; gave me back my gumption and confidence as a parent. I knew my little one was hiding his secret true intelligence.  Confirmation came recently from a Microsoft Grade Readability Calculator, showing eleventh grade sixth month level. There is some error no doubt; but he is  afraid to show his true talents because of anxiety. Wanda is right!

I am sure this book will be an A+ addition. When I get my copy I will let everyone know. By the way Amazon says they are taking orders but if you want a copy, I can help you with this. The author has copies available or they are available through the author.

Below is what Amazon has to say about the book

“Your Child Is Smarter Than You Think! bridges the gap between how children think and learn and how they feel and behave. Dr. Wanda Draper discusses a whole-child approachto articulate the child’s development and its relationship to behavior and learning from infancy through adolescence. Based on thirty years of experience with thousands of children of all ages, and their parents and teachers, she suggests simple yet powerful ways to help children achieve success in school and life. She says, “You can’t send the head to school and leave the body at home—the whole child goes to school, the whole child lives at home, and the whole child participates in the world.”
 
Through a down-to-earth approach, Dr. Draper offers insights about how to tell the difference between natural behavior and a real problem—and what to do about it. She gives a lively explanation of how children think and act in relation to how they feel. Your Child Is Smarter Than You Think! focuses, at each stage and pathway of development, on suggestions for how to successfully:
 

  • live and work with a smart child
  • help without interfering
  • activate the learning loop
  • communicate to get results

 
“Parents and professionals are often confronted by the challenges of children because they are smarter than we think.”
-Dr. Wanda Draper
 
Wanda Draper, PhD, professor emeritus of the College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, testifies about the relationship between childhood development and adulthood consequences as an expert witness in capital death-penalty trials. She studied at Texas Woman’s University, with additional studies at Harvard University and in Geneva, Switzerland. The author of sixteen books, she has appeared on television, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, and has been quoted in CNN News, USA TodayThe New York Times,The Washington PostParent magazine, and Reader’s Digest.”

I promise this is a must for educators and parents.

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Sometimes wading through the new America according to Obama where everything is about race and nothing is about uniting as Americans is as difficult as it is tiring. So one can only imagine the utter frustration and even anger that White students had to feel sitting through class after class where a Black Professor made them the convenient targets of her inner demons.

This seemed to be the common practice of English Professor Shannon Gibney who turned her class at Minneapolis Community and Technical College into a frequent diatribe about alleged White privilege, according to the Daily Caller. Is it racism in reverse or is it the actions of an out of control teacher who is searching for fake racial victimization?

Imagine the reality of having a target painted on your back in an English class which has precious little to do with racism or racial issues. The class was turned on its head and used as a personal crusade against non-minorities: i.e. White people. Even if oppression occurred in the nation’s past, the reality that this professor and many of the civil rights pimps of today who continue to cling to divisive racist instigation is disturbing yet acceptable by leaders like Barack Obama. Remember who he inserted himself into the criminal trial of George Zimmerman by asserting that if he had a son, “He would look like Trayvon Martin”?

Professor Gibney is clearly caught in a time warp where her comfort zone is not complete unless she can raise the shadows of past racial injustices and create a whole new imagined racism stew today in modern Minneapolis, Minnesota.

One truly has to wonder did the English Department or the college even scrutinize her teaching credentials to see if she is really certified, because something is surely amiss here. She claims according to the Daily Caller that she was not, “talking about all white people, or you white people in general.” Professor Gibney instead suggested that, “We are talking about whiteness as a system of oppression.”

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obama care, good or bad

Important question!

If Obama care is so GOOD for everyone, why is it being denied to all Obama's Lackeys and the congress including sub-god Reid's staff by "EXCEMTIONS" , or are they being punished?. maybe have I got something wrong here !!

Ron H

 

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – If the law known as Obamacare gets struck down in the latest court challenge, the victors will thank a Hudson resident and Case Western Reserve University law professor who discovered what the law's critics say is a major flaw.

Jonathan Adler, 44, says he didn't even appreciate initially how significant his discovery might be. He thought it was an interesting bit of legal arcana, worthy of scholarship. But his analysis of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, has led to four pending cases in federal courts, two likely to be decided within months, that offer ACA opponents their best chance of gutting the law.

Oral arguments were heard in one of the cases, in U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, on Tuesday.

Adler, a Case law professor since 2001, pored over the ACA after it passed in 2010 and found this:  Congress created a system for providing tax subsidies  and penalties in order to give incentives for people to buy health insurance or for employers to provide it. States were supposed to create new agencies that would offer online insurance-shopping options, and states would tie into a federal tax system to dole out the subsidies and assess the penalties.

But the ACA made clear, Adler says, that the subsidies were to be used in these new state marketplaces, or "exchanges." There is no record, he says, that shows Congress directed the subsidies to what has since evolved: a large, federally run, health-policy shopping exchange. When the subsidies are mentioned in the law, Adler says, it is always and only in the context of state exchanges.

Congress did provide for the creation of a federal exchange, but as a backup, Adler says. 

Things haven't worked out that way. When the law was put into practice, 27 states, including Ohio, said they did not want to start their own exchanges or partner with the federal government for a jointly run exchange. They are using the federal system instead, forgoing federal grants that would have helped them establish their own marketplaces. According to the Pew Research Center, that means nearly 60 percent of Americans who lack insurance live in states that refused to have their own exchanges.

Based on the law, Adler says, the Internal Revenue Service has no legal authority to give tax subsidies to people enrolling in the federal exchange. The IRS wrote a regulation as if it has that right, but Adler says the ACA never empowered it to do so.

Although this particular issue involves the signature law of President Barack Obama's White House, there have been legal parallels with the desires of other administrations, including President George W. Bush's, on environmental and other matters, Adler says.

"In none of these areas does that authorize the administrative agencies to rewrite the laws altogether," Adler said in a telephone interview this morning with The Plain Dealer. "They've got to go back to Congress."

This may sound like a novel theory for the policy and law blogs, some of which Adler participates in. He initially used his research for a paper that he presented at a legal conference at the University of Kansas in February of 2011. 

But then a friend and influential health-policy analyst, Michael Cannon at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute, a Washington think tank, told Adler that he was onto something big -- something that could profoundly affect Obamacare.

Without the tax subsidies, the ACA cannot work. Its central tenet is insuring nearly every American, but health insurance would be too expensive for many people without the subsidies.

Adler, commenting via Twitter this afternoon, said that "our argument is that the law should be enforced as written." He also tweeted, "It's the IRS and Administration that are trying to 'overturn' the law with creative re-interpretations."

Cannon and most conservatives say the ACA represents a massive government overreach. And so Adler and Cannon teamed up after the University of Kansas paper and spent more time on the issue, publishing an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal and an influential paper in Health Matrix, a journal of law and medicine They wrote more columns and made appearances, not only to gatherings of policy wonks but also before members of Congress.

And their work is now at the center of four court cases. Besides the one on Washington, DC, others are pending in Virginia, Oklahoma and Indiana.

The Obama administration tried to get the case in Washington, DC, dismissed but failed. Critics of the Adler-Cannon work say they are focusing too narrowly on individual sections of the law and fail to take into account congressional intent. 

“The health law’s purpose is to help every American access affordable, quality health coverage, whether it be through a state or federal exchange," said Yianni Varonis, a spokesmen for U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat and a champion of the ACA. "In the unlikely chance that this lawsuit succeeds, its result would be to make it harder for Americans living in states that refuse to set up their own exchanges to obtain affordable health coverage. Congress had no intention of doing this or of creating two classes of health care citizens.”   

Timothy Jost, a Washington and Lee University law professor and authority on heath law, said in 2012 that the "legislative history of the ACA establishes that Congress understood that premium tax credits would be available through both federal and state exchanges." Jost wrote in the Health Affairs Blog that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office also assumed that subsidies would be available on all exchanges, state and federal.

Adler disagrees and says the CBO was focused on an assumption that every state would have an exchange. Furthermore, he contends, the CBO's assumptions "can't trump the law." (For those interested in getting more deeply into the weeds, Adler and Cannon responded to Jost's analysis with their own Health Affairs Blog piece.)

Adler acknowledges that some Democrats might have wanted subsidies to be awarded broadly on the federal exchange. But that's not how the rushed legislation worked, and that's not the way laws work, either, he says.

"I'm a firm believer that the laws we have are the ones Congress actually enacts, not the ones that we wish we had or we wish that Congress had enacted differently," Adler said.

Furthermore, he said, "no one has found" that a member of Congress specifically made a case for providing subsidies on the federal exchange when the law was being worked out. The subsidies, he said, are always mentioned in the context of state exchanges.

"It was somewhat surprising that we didn't find such contrary evidence," he said.

Democrats and many pundits say the Adler-Cannon argument and its related legal cases are long shots. But the argument represents the current legal tack and best chance that critics have to unravel the ACA. The judge in the Washington, DC case, Paul Friedman, has suggested he will try to rule within months

Adler, who was in Washington and watched part of the oral arguments Tuesday, says his legal rationale is strong, but he has studied courts long enough to know not to assume victory.

"As far as what's going to happen next, it's hard to predict," he said.

"As I teach my students in administrative law, courts are always reluctant to strike down decisions made by administrative agencies."

one more that may be worth looking at

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Attempting to explain the difference between the society we are, a republic, and the illusion that so many think we are, a democracy, this retort was offered to this simple fact. We are a democracy because we have representative government.

That simple analogy was so beyond any reasoning I’d ever considered, like an epiphany it became obvious that this simple misconstruction answered the reality that today this nation is so far from its design, our designers would not recognize it.

If we envisioned the course of our nation, following a path like a river, we’d now be walking beside a dry stream, like one in the Texas drought, where the only thing in the river bed would be is dry sand. It would be void of any semblance of it once was, or any suggestion of what it once was.

The why would not be because of a drought, thought that may be an analogy, but because as a society we have so diverted, and changed the course of our design, there is nothing left for us to ‘even recognize’ who, or what, this nation’s miracle once was.

Is it that simple? Is our nation’s destruction accelerated and advanced as easily as replacing the design of representative government with the entry drug of communism, democracy?

For those who question this analysis, let me share who first advanced this obvious conclusion, Vladimir Lenin, who realized that it is the perfect tool, this democracy—for it by its very construct—creates the cornerstone of communism; that there will never be the respect of nature’s laws, and nature’s God, if advanced. For foremost in the constants of nature’s law is this simple endowment of self-evident acknowledgement, that all men are equal. That all men are born with free-will, that all men have domination over their greatest wealth—that very life of creators gift—and that all men have the rights to be protected from the domination…and the control…of other men.   

This reality has been confirmed in the reality of mankind since the ‘trial of Socrates.’ Man’s first challenge to the power of the most dangerous entity ever created from the mind of mankind, government. It has been confirmed by the philosophical evaluations of philosophers over the ages. From Socrates, to Montesquieu, to Tocqueville, to our own present American philosopher, Thomas Sowell of this reality.   

Thinking of the retort, that we have elected representatives—thus we have a democracy—was a simple analogy of error we seldom consider. For the design of using the vote…as in representative government of this nation’s design…and the universal voting rights of everyone, as in democracy, are as inverses as night and day.

If as a society, we do not understand this reality. What is missing creating this error? In my simple analysis, my conclusion is that we as a nation do not understand physics. The reason we as a nation must understand physics, is that the reasoning required to comprehend our design, is based on the simple reality of the second law of thermodynamics, or as many know of cause and effect, Newton’s second law of motion. The concept, the fact we must comprehend and understand is ‘cause and effect.’ For it is the actions of the decision to do, by man, and the fact that he…that same man…will reap the results of those actions which is the basic knowledge we must comprehend.

For it is this simple fact, this simple constant, that is our nation’s design. As such, those who voted in this nation were never designed to be universally all. For what rational nation would allow those to vote, who did not have to live with the results of the decisions they made. How can a man, who pays for the excesses of government spending, and the result of the actions of that government, in rational reasoning, allow those who would benefit from the theft of taxation to have the opportunity to also vote? It is the most illogical, irrational, and unreasonable concept ever devised by man. For by doing so, it refutes that basic concept of physics; that the cause and effect must be in the genre of politics have results to all ‘equal.’

There never was, nor was never intended that all men in a society would be allowed to vote based on the simple reality—they exist! For to do so is so irrational, illogical, and in diametric opposition to the simple physics of the physical world, the universe in which we live, it is incomprehensible that anyone would even contemplate such irrational, illogical, design.

Is that the problem? Is it that our society, the men who inhabit this planet, have no more understanding of the ‘constants’ which make up the universe? Is it the simple reality that in all of the empirical history of man, we have one thing that is an example of confirmed variable? Is it beyond understanding that the variable is, that man, and his ability of ‘abstract’ thought and reason, is that variable? Alternatively, do we even comprehend what the concept of variable is? Do we even lack that?  

There are many different definitions used in many genres that identify variable for their use. The only constant is that ‘variable is not consistent.’ In the society of man, this is most easily recognized by considering an experiment. In the hypothesis of man we conduct experiments to use the same genesis, our foundations, resulting in a conclusion. If the conclusion is repeated over and over every time we do the experiment, then we say because of the results are constant, not variable, then the hypothesis is proved, and accepted.

Yet in the actions of man, there is no hypothesis of our political environment we require proof. For in our society of man, we repeat our experiments over and over, even when in that experiment we have—by the results—confirmed, proven it is failure. Yet we, in the environment of the artificial entity of man, government, do it again and again, with failure after failure. The difference, we compose different inputs to the same experiment, proven to fail, with some illogical illusion that, no, now we have the answer. Never once do those who believe in ideology, not reality, accept the fact that the very constraint, the very idea, is in error and will never no matter the application be successful, or work.

The examples could fill a book; communism, islamism, democracy, totalitarian sovereignty, which are all synonyms of the same disease that has plagued mankind since its conception; government. It is no more evident than the illogical insanity of advancing both theft, slavery, and insanity of the ideology of communist control—by government—of the health care system.

In the history of the literacy of mankind—there is one, and only one—example of a concept of government with the result of success. It was the wonder of the United States of America, from 1775 to 1789. This brief window of existence a nation with the only design of government that had within its construct, all of the protections of man’s natural laws, and the laws of God’s design were preserved. It wasn’t even a design of western man, it was the plagiarizing of the construct of the tribes of the North American continent; where the Iroquois federation of five tribes, established a unwritten constitutional government and elaborate political system. The key, the wonder, you not only enumerate—restrict—government, you keep it powerless, unable to dictate—to be the totalitarian sovereignty—to the society of man. This is the reason of this nation’s very existence, and something as a nation, with the corruption of the illusion we are a democracy, and those who do not have to live with the error of their vote, have destroyed.

That is the error. That is our demise. That is the ignorance of our society. Perhaps that is the easiest correct. The means to restore reality, restore reason, and restore logic to this absolute insanity of the path currently of this nation. Perhaps the answer is that simple. If we ensure that those who vote, must be responsible to pay for the actions of this government; perhaps the sanity of our design can be restored.

This is not something new, something original of our nation, not known before. For long before this nation, in the early 1700’s the Scottish in their union with England made the obvious observation. ‘Government has no right to steal in the form of taxation, that which an individual by the criminal laws of the nation cannot do.’

Is it that simple? If we reject the power of government to steal in the name of government—that no man in society can do—is that just how simple our preservation may be?   

 

 

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An Abusive Executive

   Last Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the President’s Constitutional duty to faithfully execute the laws, as laid out in the US Constitution in Article II, Section 3. The speakers for the hearing were, Michael Cannon, a director for health policy affairs at the Cato Institute and Jonathon Turley, the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. Together, they blasted the President’s execution of Obamacare, or, more accurately, his failure to execute. They pointed out that, after passage of the law, Obama has on numerous occasions, changed the details of the law. From collecting taxes that were not authorized to choosing to delay taxes that were authorized, he has picked which parts of the law to enforce, while disregarding other parts and failing to enforce others.

   The aforementioned Article II, Section 3 of the US Constitution, lays out the duties of the President of the United States, one of which is “he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed”. This was the subject of the hearing Tuesday and, together, Cannon and Turley dismantled the handling of the laws by Obama and made it abundantly clear the Framers of the Constitution would not approve of the piecemeal attention given the law by the President. As egregious as the abuse is in this regard, I believe Obama has gone way beyond this charge in his attempt to grab powers from the other branches of government.

   In the last five years under Obama, He has intimidated the Justices of the Supreme Court, gone around the Houses of Congress and consolidated central power not in the government, but in the Executive branch. His EPA, has passed regulations without Congressional approval. Those regulations have laid waste to companies, levied fines and destroyed employment across massive swathes of the country. They have killed the coal industry, causing concern among the electric companies. The last large lead smelter will close in the next week or two due to regulations, amounting to back-door gun control. His Border Guards are ordered not to enforce laws regarding illegal aliens (yes, I said it) entering our country and they dictate which, if any, violators get deported.

   Then, there are the multitude of executive orders given. Under Obamacare, one of the provisions was that doctors were not required to ask certain question of patients. One of those questions was whether or not there were guns in the house. Last year, Obama penned an executive order that it was okay for doctors to ask the question, under penalty of Medicare money. Another order okays questions of sexual orientations and behaviors. There are orders for government grabs of food, crops and water in the event of a national emergency. The President decides when to declare a national emergency. There are guidelines and executive orders for when martial law can be declared, with more orders giving even more power to the President. Evidently, the National Defense Authorization Act of a few years ago didn’t go far enough.

   There are many websites that someone could visit with many conspiracy theories, from FEMA Camps to be used for detention of American citizens opposed to big government to others.The problem is that a lot of those theories are rooted in the possible abuse by a government bent on control. As I look at our history, it occurs to me that many of the things that are going on in the government are the same things that Thomas Jefferson laid out as grievances against the King of England in the Declaration of Independence.

 

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Servants First

My Status is the same as always.
I'm here (on this Earth) to serve Jesus and Others.
I know that my words may be somewhat severe, but I always speak them with the truest of motives. I Love all of you enough to speak the things that I truly believe will help all know how best to live as the Lord wants us to. I am always open to any Ideas that can be backed up first by the Word of God, second by true moral standards, or third by undisputed historic/scientific evidence.
I've served in the military to defend everyone's Right to Speak their own Minds and Beliefs. I don't, and you don't, have to agree with all I purport to be True.
Debate is one of my favorite forms of conversation, better than surrounding myself with "yes men".

The Leaders of Our country today have seemed to do just the opposite. By surrounding themselves, with "Yes men. yes women, yes media and yes apologist", we hear nothing but repeated lies and whacked out Ideas made up by the president and perpetuated thru out our society these days.

By following these Simple rules that I use to validate my beliefs, the leaders of today would make much better decisions, about everything, whether they hold my religious beliefs or not.

You don't have to be a Christian to benefit from ALL the Moral teachings of the Bible. There are no teachings of Jesus contrary to moral Law from anywhere in America, unless you really believe you can change right from wrong. The so-called leaders of today, typically leading from behind, don't seem to even possess even the slightest of morals or intestinal fortitude. From the "Coward in Chief" to the lowest member in Congress (with the possible exclusion of Ted Cruz), even the veterans after the ilk of McCain, seem to have Zero accountability to The People of These United States or Any Higher Power. We in these States that understand that the entire basis of this country's existence is, and always has been, based on "CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES" have no President representing us. It seems that Ubama represents only himself and his whacked out socialist ideology. The President Is supposed to be a Servant of the People of the People. His Leadership is to inspire others to do the Will of the People. This he does not do. Personally, I believe that the best Leaders have been in the Military or in real public service(Dr's, Police, Firefighters, etc...) not community organizers or career Politicians.The founding Fathers would be appalled at the politicians living in office I'm Sure. They get there and completely forget the reality of living in and for this country and people,IF they ever did know these things. Term limits are a must. Thank You All. 

If there is ever anything I can do to explain the Bible or my Beliefs to help you out, just ask. I will do my best to use Bible to interpret Bible and back up my beliefs.
The Lord has truly blessed me with the time to repent and come back into His service, of that I am Eternally Thankful. I pray not only for You all, but the whole World, without ceasing.
May God Richly Bless you, my Beloved.

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