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The following is taken from "Preparation for Death" by Saint Alphonsus De Liguroi, Chapter XXX entitled 'Efficacy of Prayer.'

"Not only in this, but in a thousand places in the Old and the New Testament, God promises to hear all who pray to Him.  Cry to me, and I will hear thee. 'Call upon me, and I will deliver you from all dangers.'  'If you ask anything in My name, that I will do.'  ''Whatsoever you shall ask through my merits, I will grant.'  'You shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be done unto you.'  ''Ask as much as you wish: all that you ask will be given to you.'  There are many other similar passages.  Hence Theodoret has said that prayer is one, but can obtain all things.  St. Bernard says that when we pray, the Lord will give either the grace we ask, or one that is more useful to us.  The prophet animates us to pray by assuring us that God is all mercy to those who invoke His aid.  'Thou, O Lord, are sweet and mild, and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon Thee.'   The words of St. James are still more encouraging.  'If any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth abundantly to all men, and upbraideth not.'  This apostle tell us that when we pray to the Lord, He opens His hands, and gives us more than we ask.  'He giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth not.' He does not reproach us with the offences that we have offered to Him; but when we pray to Him, He appears to forget all the injuries that we have done Him.St. John Climacus used to say that prayer in a certain manner forces God to grant us whatsoever we ask of Him.  "Prayer piously offers violence to God."  But it is, as St. Tertullian says, a violence which is dear to him,and which he desires from us.  Yes; for, as St. Augustine says, God has a greater desire to give us His graces, than we have to receive them.  The reason is, because God is of His own nature infinite goodness.  Hence he feels an infinite desire to impart his goods to us.  Hence St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi used to say, that God feels as it were under an obligation to the soul that prays to Him;  because by prayer it opens to Him the way by which He can satisfy His desire of dispensing His graces to us.  David says that the goodness of God, in instantly hearing all who pray to Him, showed him that he was He was his true God.  'In what day soever I shall call upon Thee, behold, I know Thou art my God."   Some, observes St. Bernard, complain that God is wanting to them; but the Lord far more justly complains that many are wanting to Him by neglecting to ask His graces.  Of this precisely the Redeemer appears to have complained one day to His disciples.  'Hitherto you have not asked anything in My name: ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.'  As if He said: Do not complain of Me if you do not enjoy complete happiness; complain of yourselves for not having asked My graces: ask Me for them henceforth, and you shall be satisfied.

Hence, in their conferences, the ancient monks came to the conclusion, that there is no exercise more conducive to salvation than to pray always, and say: "Lord, assist me, incline unto my aid, O God."  The Venerable Paul Segneri used to say of himself, that in his meditations he was at first accustomed to spend his time in pious affecftions; but, having afterward learned the great efficacy of prayer, he endeavored generally to employ himself in petitions to God.  Let us always do the same.  We have a God who loves us to excess, and who is solicitous for our salvation, and therefore He is always ready to hear all who ask His graces.  The princes of the earth, says St. Chrysostom, give audience only to a few; but God gives audience to all who wish for it."

            Save America Gun rights advocates rally for Second Amendment in Utah

Round one of the gun control battle on Capitol Hill has been seemingly won by default by the protectors and supporters of the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment. This win for gun rights advocates became obvious to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this week. He ordered Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to pull the so-called assault weapons provision from the bill. This bill had been passed by the Democrat controlled Judiciary Committee.

This comes on the heels of what appeared by many vote counters inside the Washington D.C. Beltway to be headed for total defeat. Even Reid’s own count reportedly indicated the most Democrat votes, that could be mustered to support the assault weapons ban was only 40. This is far less than the 60 votes President Obama needed to prevent a Republican filibuster of the bill. This is a victory for gun rights in the continuing congressional gun control battle

For the hysterical claims and attacks raised by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's in an attempt to strong arm national gun rights supporters with their bluster, it is a bitter defeat. This is also an important set back to the hysterical theatrics that the president displayed as he attempted to use his bully pulpit to force congress to submit to his will after the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

Despite the facts that demonstrate the shooter Adam Lanza, was suffering from apparent severe mental illness issues, Obama resorted to scare tactics to pin the blame on gun rights. This is where he failed to exercise true presidential leadership. He clearly purposed his focused on fear mongering because it was what the liberal media hysteria machine wanted and craved. After all, who would be able to sustain the withering assaults from the main stream media, he had to reason.

But, Obama and the alphabet soup of media networks underestimated the commitment of gun rights and constitutional advocates who were unwilling to witness nor permit the undoing of those basic rights Americans who dear. When the president felt he was falling back on what he thought was an easy target, gun owners, gun owners and supporters instead locked arms and moved forward!

Even former astronaut Mark Kelly’s recent cheap trick to spur on support against gun owners did not prevail. He tried to resurrect the legitimate sincere sympathy Americans felt over the attack upon his wife, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords. She had survived a vicious attack in an armed assault against her which resulted in the tragic deaths of six victims in Tucson, Arizona in January 2011.

Kelly tried in vain, in March to dramatize that the legal buying of an AR-15 style weapon was somehow a national news story special bulletin about the evils of assault style weapons. It fell flat, because Kelly had purchased the gun legally and had gone through the proper legal guidelines to register the weapon. So where was the story and where was the news if everything he did was legal?

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Report: More Doctors Plan to Retire Early!  Why?

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 re: Check out the blog post 'Friends, I've been receiving a lot of e-mails lately
where the senders are so frustrated and worn down that they talk about giving
up.

Without a positive optimistic plan and ideal to look forward to and work for, what else is left?  Hayek in “Why I am Not a Conservative and Ayn Rand in her “Conservatism and Obituary” both detailed out the main Achilles heel in “conservatism.” You all refuse to read them and to learn from them.

1. Conservatism is not a movement, it is mainly a reaction.
2. It desires to keep, or go back to the old status quo.
3. Its ideals are always to go back to a “golden time.”
4. Once you save the republic, liberty and freedom then what?  What vision do you have for the future that can capture the imagination of young people?

Classical liberalism was not conservative, if was revolutionary. It failed when it absorbed the 19^th century idea of historical inevitability. It plan was what the tea parties main plan is minus the desire to interfere worldwide with other nations or to be the world’s cop, only CL’s worldwide vision was future oriented: Cosmopolitanism (universal citizenship), eventual open borders, total free trade (not managed trade), a complete worldwide division of knowledge and labor. The withering away of the state (yes that was originally a CL ideal not socialist/communist). America’s CL founders created a blueprint for a worldwide federation of free states with a free people that can organically grow. Conservatism and socialism put an end to that vision.  From sea to shining sea became the limits of America and like all organic organisms, once you stop growing you create a ring of repugnance around yourself that eventually keeps shrinking you until you die. Jingoism and xenophobia kept us from bringing in Mexico, Cuba, Panama, the Phillpines and Puerto Rico, after all you can’t have those Spanish speaking Catholics enter a primarily Protestant country. What an opportunity wasted.

How many “Conservative” have adopted Malthusian beliefs? How many churches have taken the Kool-Aid and have gone green? How many have stupidly adopted the terms and ideals of the conspiratorial neo-left with no understanding of what the real purposes of them are? Sustainability, social justice, the precautionary principle, cap and trade/climate, et al. All Trojan horses, can you tell anyone intelligently how they all hang together and uphold a neo-leftist plan and ideology?

How many of you picked up and read Peter Diamandis new book Abundance or Matt Ridley’s The Rational Optimist?  You limit yourselves and then your groan about there is nothing to do? YOU could become truly revolutionary techno-evolutionaries and take up  the techno-neoclassical liberal position!  But that would require you to put down your bibles and the latest idiotic work from the right wing bubbleheads: Insanity, O’liely, Bimbo et al.  

Your lack of in-depth knowledge is your Achilles heel. While you are playing checkers on the old cracker barrel, your enemies are playing three dimensional chess and then you wonder why they have been slowly winning over the last 70 years?  

You’ve ridden the short bus to school for far too long and then wonder how this all happened?

Contact your Senators and Congressman via a form on line....go to:

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The following is the text of a speech I delivered Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at a monthly event known as Open Carry NIght. The owners of this Godfather's Pizza franchise are true patriots and strong 2nd Amendment supporters.

I invite each of you to apply the principle laid out in this speech to other government intrusions into our individual rights and areas of personal responsibility, such as ObamaCare, and voice your opinions to your elected representatives.

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I don’t like public speaking. So, I’m at a bit of a loss to explain why I was so anxious to accept this opportunity to speak to you tonight. On one hand, I know exactly what I want to say; but on the other, I am a little unsure how to begin. So, let’s begin at the beginning.

We’ve all heard, read and/or recited all the quotes and platitudes like Washington’s “A free people ought not just to be armed, but also regulated and disciplined”, Jefferson’s “When the people fear the government there is tyranny; when the government fears the people there is Liberty”, “An armed society is a polite society”, and my personal favorite by Ben Franklin. “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be Happy”.  Nothing to do with the 2^nd Amendment – just my favorite quote.

But, although our general concerns are valid, the 2^nd Amendment argument against government tyranny is not entirely why we are gathered here on Open Carry Night tonight. We stand united in support of the 2^nd Amendment, but for a more personal, a more individually important reason. Can anyone guess what that is? Here is a clue.

A friend sent me a picture yesterday of a road sign. I brought it with me tonight to read to you. It reads, “Welcome to Wisconsin. ATTENTION CRIMINALS, TERRORISTS – Over 170,000 Wisconsin Residents Have A Legal Permit To Carry A Handgun – They Are Armed And Prepared To Defend Themselves And Others Against Acts of Criminal Violence – YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED – ILLINOIS AND CHICAGO HOWEVER HAVE BEEN DISARMED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE " . "                                                                                                                                                                                                              

I was reading the Declaration, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers and research sources that provided analysis a few years ago and a conclusion which I’d like to share with you came to me like a bolt of lightning. I didn’t read it. It just dawned on me.

How many people over 55 do we have here tonight, raise your hands?!! I ask this because how we were taught the founding of our nation differs dramatically from the way our grandchildren are being taught about it – if they are taught at all – today.

For instance, if you engage in an online chat with a young person today, he/she will immediately be backed up by peers shouting you down if you allude to the fact that this nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. This is the result of teaching them the failed philosophies of Secular Humanism, Moral relativism and Values Clarification. The concept of Individual Responsibility – accepting personal responsibility for one’s decisions and actions which is the Keystone of freedom – is rapidly going the way of the dinosaurs in our government-run educational system and government does NOTHING by accident.

It really becomes clear when you read any of our founding documents – The Declaration, The Constitution and Bill of Rights, The Northwest Ordinance – all of which combined form what is referred to as “the Organic Law” of the United States. As an aside: Did you know that the Declaration and Constitution were written for a 3^rd grade reading level at the time? Doesn’t that beg the question, “Why do we need the SCOTUS to tell us what they mean?”

The underlying foundational concept forming what we know and love as America is known as NATURAL LAW. Natural Law can be summed up this way:  Positive actions or thoughts get positive results; negative actions or thoughts get negative results. There are inalterable laws of Natural behavior just as immutable as the Law of Gravity, and just as unforgiving. It is the natural order of things. Ignorance of these laws or ignoring their existence is the primary reason our society, our values as a nation, appear to be in a freefall to oblivion.

John Adams once said, “Our Constitution is made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”  That quote has been used by some religious zealots to bolster attempts at imposing religious doctrine on people where no specific religion was intended, but the unifying concept embraced within it of a higher power than man or his governments was intrinsic and is essential to the preservation of our rights and liberties. A return to religious tolerance and awareness of Natural Law are all that is required to secure our liberties for all time – with the 2^nd Amendment, of course.

Political Correctness is an attempt to undermine and destroy this concept of tolerance. PC’s concept of “toleration” is a mechanism to introduce a new law system as a prelude to the new intolerance.  True tolerance was represented by the “American melting pot” concept with which many of us grew up. We were all Americans – proud, unabashed, unafraid, un-hyphenated and united as one people. Political correctness divides us by granting minority status to subgroups based on sex or sexual orientation, races and ethnicities.  Is there anyone here who doubts this? Have you ever noticed how progressives are tolerant of anything and anyone except any who favor placing limits on tolerance?

The confirmation of our Judeo-Christian roots is found within the verbiage of our founding documents, charters and state constitutions – many of which refer to our blessings of liberty coming from God, or the Supreme Being, or the Great Architect of the Universe, or simply the Creator. Consequently, the phrase, "God-Given Rights" is more than the three words than form it. It also is not intended to be religiously divisive or even inject any specific religion into secular discussions of government's limitations, because the beautiful thing about the framer’s concept of Natural Law is that it doesn’t matter if you are Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, Wiccan, Agnostic, Atheist, Liberal, Conservative or vegan. Everyone benefits from the framers' interpretation of the origin of our rights. They are secure from government infringement and cannot be taken away from any of us. 

A religious view of the origin of our rights is not required of anyone; tolerance of the views held by those who DO believe is required of everyone. With that tolerance, the rights of everyone are secure. Without that tolerance, and without an awareness that our rights are ours because we exist as part of His creation of the family of Man and the Laws of Nature, everyone’s rights are at risk.

Where’s the evidence? It is widely known and understood that the Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States – what we refer to as the Declaration of Independence – is one of the most profound utterances on the subject of the rights of Man ever written. The Constitution then explains and organizes those thoughts and forms a government of the people based on those concepts.

In its first paragraph, Jefferson justifies the separation from Great Britain using the phrase, “… and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them …”

In the second paragraph, Jefferson wrote: "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness – That  to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive to these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." 

If you look up the definition of ‘Unalienable” today you will very likely be redirected to the word “Inalienable,” usually with the comment that ‘unalienable’ is simply an alternative spelling of ‘inalienable’. This is partially correct, but at one point in time - the time of the American Revolution - there certainly existed an important difference between the two words.

Unalienable Rights

Unalienable Rights are defined as: [Rights which are] incapable of being alienated, that is, sold and transferred. All individuals have unalienable rights. (According to Black’s Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition.)

Inalienable Rights

Inalienable Rights are defined as: Rights which are not capable of being surrendered or transferred without the consent of the one possessing such rights. (According to Morrison v. State, Mo. App., 252 S.W.2d 97, 101.)

"Jefferson's original draft of this phrase in the Declaration of Independence was written: "We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 

Members of the Declaration committee of the Continental Congress that had been selected to write the document included Benjamin Franklin and John Adams who had different beliefs. The word "inalienable" was changed to "unalienable" and read: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." 

The above two paragraphs come from nationally respected political author Mary Mostert in an article she wrote on January 11, 2006 "Unalienable vs. inalienable rights". She explains the change; as Thomas Jefferson reflected a Deist philosophy and did not believe in a loving and caring Heavenly Father vs. the 18th century version of "intelligent design" reflected by Franklin and Adams.

This is a critically important philosophical distinction that has been lost through the evolution of language. It is highly important to understand that when the two words did hold separate meanings, the Declaration committee of the Continental Congress opted to use the word, “unalienable,” in the final draft of the Declaration of Independence, over Jefferson’s original wording which included, ‘inalienable.’

Without getting too deep into meta-ethics, it’s clear that the committee supported the idea that human rights, or Natural Rights, were inherent in all people and could not be transferred, even by those having the rights. Most importantly, these rights were not created by governments, but rather were acknowledged to already pre-exist and supersede government. Therefore, claiming these rights are unalienable, a government cannot later claim that a people have spoken or chosen to give up their rights. The only way possible to forfeit an unalienable right is as a just penalty for violating another person’s unalienable rights. 

“The rights of life and personal liberty are natural rights of man.  '… to secure these rights,' says the Declaration of Independence, 'governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.' The very highest duty of the States, when they entered into the Union under the Constitution, was to protect all persons within their boundaries in the enjoyment of these 'unalienable’ rights with which they were endowed by their Creator.' Sovereignty, for this purpose, rests alone with the States. It is no more the duty or within the power of the United States to punish for a conspiracy to falsely imprison or murder within a State, than it would be to punish for false imprisonment or murder itself.” U S v. CRUIKSHANK, 92 U.S. 542 (1875)

Let me repeat that:  Our Natural Law rights descend from God (the Creator) and are therefore “unalienable” because neither Man nor his governments have any powers over “the laws of Nature and of Nature’s God”. In other words, I cannot take YOUR Natural rights away; you cannot take MY Natural rights away; and neither of us as individuals nor government can force us to give up our Natural rights through coercion, edict, legislation or treaty; nor can we surrender them voluntarily as individuals or as a group without affecting the efficacy (effectiveness, value) of everyone's rights. They are ours by virtue of our existence in the Family of Man – inseparable from our Humanity – because we were created by Him. Government lacks the jurisdiction, the authority to regulate or alter our Natural, UNalienable rights. INalienable rights can be regulated or altered by government.

In addition, no one can claim as a right anything which when exercised by them interferes with another’s (any others) ability to exercise his or her rights. That is just another way of saying, “Your rights end where my nose begins.”

This is the meaning of ‘Rights’ as used and understood by the founders, as surely as they used capital letters within the text of sentences to emphasize the words they thought important. The concept of Natural Law rights and their origin is what is most significant about our Constitution, and distinguishes it from ANY other constitution of ANY other nation that has ever existed anywhere in the world at any time. The vast majority of all Constitutional scholars agree with this interpretation of its significance. Conversely in nations where governments grant rights to their citizens, governments can and do just as easily take them away. 

The defining question then becomes, “How can one have an unalienable right to life, [ liberty and the pursuit of happiness ] if the right to defend that life (self-defense) doesn’t exist as an inherent part of that right?”  Obviously, one cannot.  We have the 2^nd Amendment BECAUSE we have a NATURAL RIGHT TO LIFE AND A NATURAL RIGHT TO DEFEND IT. That’s why, when Ted Nugent says the only “permit” he needs is the 2^nd Amendment, I agree with him.

"Naturally", these rights go with us wherever we legally go and the natural right of self-defense is a logical extension of the application of our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is why the current administration's support of the United Nations International Small Arms Treaty is so alarming, and this conceptual view of our rights is diametrically opposed and so important for people to understand. Defense against the "wolves" of society -- the predators who prey upon the sheep in violation of their rights -- is at least as necessary today as at any time in the past. It was understood by the founders that individual citizens needed the ability to defend themselves against the excesses of other men – and governments – and wrote the latter into the Declaration as a "duty" or obligation (paragraph 2).

In Warren v. District of Columbia (444 A.2d 1, D.C. App.181), the fundamental principle of American law (that a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any individual citizen) was decided and explained. As the phrase “fundamental principle of American law” suggests, this holding is not some legal aberration unique to the District of Columbia. It is universal, being enunciated by formal statute as well as judicial decision in many states. Nor is it simply a cynical ploy for government to avoid just liability, as I originally thought. The proposition that individuals must be responsible for their own immediate safety, with police providing only an auxiliary general deterrent, is inherent in a free society. 

Do you see the potential for double-jeopardy here? If government can "permit" only certain people (police, permit holders) to provide that immediate safety for themselves while requiring everyone to do so, that not only creates a double jeopardy exposure for the citizens who are NOT "permitted" (“Your immediate safety is your responsibility, but we cannot let you provide that), but it makes a mockery of the phrase, " ... all men are created equal." Make no mistake:  Police carry guns to protect themselves from criminals with guns, not to protect the general public. 

Twice in the past 3 ½ years in the Heller and McDonald cases the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the 2^nd Amendment as an individual right. The 2^nd Amendment is about self-defense, and has been trivialized to mean something akin to protecting a recreational pastime. The open/concealed carry option and codifying Iowa state uniformity with respect to weapons laws are steps toward restoring what is a God-given or Natural Right of the people to self-defense, reserved by the U. S. Constitution for the people in the Bill of Rights as the 2^nd Amendment. It never was about hunting. Hunting and self-defense both use guns or arms of some type, which are just tools to accomplish respective tasks. Similarly, a garden hose can be used to water food plants, apply fertilizer or weed control as well as to extinguish out-of-control fires. It can also be used as an instrument of torture. The gun is just a tool. The person controlling the trigger is the weapon.

All of the rights listed in the Bill of Rights are individual rights and the recent battles over the interpretation of whether the 2nd Amendment was an individual or collective right demonstrate clearly what a tenuous hold we have on all our freedoms without recognizing this historic, ecumenical view of their origin – and the superior mechanism it provides for their future security. The Natural Law argument and the second amendment together provide the people the tools to keep the wolves at bay.

I leave you with these quotes from John Adams, one of my favorite presidents.

Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”  - John Adams, 17 July, 1775 in a letter to his wife Abigail.

Finally, a quote directed to the attention of us all:

"Posterity, you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that ever I took half the pains to preserve it." John Adams.

Thank you.

We’re supposed to believe that passing more laws would prevent tragedies like this from happening, but aren’t guns already banned in schools? Here’s the thing about criminals. They don’t care about the law. It’s what makes them criminals. You cannot pass a law to prevent crazy people from doing crazy things.  http://www.truthinexile.com/2012/12/21/assault-weapons-ban-discussion-a-distraction-from-the-real-problem/

The original intent of the founders was to have a Federalist system which consisted of individual states and a small central government with very limited powers. The idea was that the states would send the senators to Washington to represent them. If a senator started voting against the best interests of the state which he represented, he could be immediately recalled.

What happens today when a senator violates his oath of office and votes for unconstitutional bills? Nothing. Senators are elected for six years and even when those six years are up, it is almost impossible to take them out.re-election In some years that number has been as high as 96%.                            http://www.truthinexile.com/2012/02/09/why-the-17th-amendment-is-bad-and-should-be-repealed/                                    

What the Constitution says about taxes:

The Founders who designed our Constitution sought to balance the power of the federal government against the states in order to keep both in check. The national government was thus originally prohibited from collecting taxes from individuals. Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution states: "No capitation, or other direct Tax, shall be laid unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration." This meant that the federal government could collect revenue from the states according to population, but had to leave the methods of collection to them. The federal government was to collect revenue in other, less intrusive ways (tariffs, excise taxes, consumption taxes) so as to limit the amount of money it could raise by its own authority    http://www.repeal16thamendment.com/                    

Predictably, the liberal intelligentsia has responded with scorn. Of all the “goofy ideas from those lovable wacky Tea Partyers [sic],” John Aloysius Farrell writes atUSNews.com, this is the “stupidest.” Repeal talk is “truly regressive,” even “Paleolithic,” Timothy Egan seethes in Sunday’s New York Times.

Apparently, the only thing worse than peasants with pitchforks is peasants with pocket Constitutions.    http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/repeal-17th-amendment      

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“3 Years Dead; Senator Nancy Schaefer, More Yet Being Murdered”

“3 Years Dead; Senator Nancy Schaefer, More Yet Being Murdered”

This week marks the three year anniversary of the murder of former Georgia State Senator Nancy Schaefer. Since the one-year anniversary of her death, I have taken the time to write about her death. Also in sharing my thoughts to some degree, about what occurred to her and update all, as to the progress of the truth about what sadly occurred to her, her husband and Nancy's film documentary producer/director; Bill Bowen. Yes, it is sad...they were all mysteriously found dead and the cover-up and lies about their deaths continues even to this date. To many who knew and know of this tragedy, It really is more than unfortunate that three innocent human being were killed and there are government agents as well as others who killed them/others yet run free and even to this date still partake in the cover-up of their deaths http://youtu.be/_TcDTJlPWbE.

My newest readers of my weekly blog article may very well have no idea who Senator Nancy Schaefer and Bill Bowen were. This makes sense to me as seeing the degree of what many State of Georgia officials, United States Government agents as well as much of the “lame stream media” has done to actively suppress even the knowledge of what dirty “business” Senator Schaefer and Bill Bowen were exposing just before their deaths. For those who unfortunately may be unaware of that business, please allow me to summarize their work as this; “exposing corrupt judges, lawyers, police, CPS agencies, Domestic Violence Programs and others involved in the destruction of families for financial profit.” Nancy and Bill were successful in sharing what was occurring at the time in our government in the way of families and children being destroyed for cash, and when Nancy and Bill's first film came out exposing the truth about these fore mentioned evilists, many eyes were opened(Part 1 of the film... http://youtu.be/48YF1uEuCUA). We all know(well, at least I'd like to think at least most are awake enough to be aware) the atrocities and terroristic actions our US, it's States, Counties and others were taking against families all in the name of cash. Innocent families destroyed, innocent parents jailed, separated, children being wrongly placed in foster care, adopted out all so that unconstitutional and illegal government agents could make cold, hard-cash. Bill and Nancy Film shortly before their deaths. That film is currently, well... we will just say, in hiding with someone for “safe keeping.”

To bring everyone up to date as one of my goals here in this article as stated earlier, I will simply acknowledge that these sort of murders, illegal incarcerations, separations and more that Nancy and Bill exposed, have not changed. As a matter of fact, there are more instances of these types of horrendous actions occurring not only in the USA, but all around the world today. No doubt that evil still reigns in this world all around us... satan has not taken a holiday since Bill and Nancy being both murdered. Those of us who have suffered and labored very hard in exposing evil such as what Senator Schaefer and Bill Bowen have also done, continue to suffer greatly. For the readers here who are not aware, I myself am a victim of a Foreign Immigration Marriage Scammer named Jennie Basal who was able to conspire with corrupted Genesee County, NY judges, lawyers, teachers and others to have a City of Batavia, NY cop threaten to murder me as well as illegally take my children, house and all property from me. In fact, to this very date of this article being written, the Genesee County, NY Clerk has refused to give me transcripts from court proceedings. I and others have asked and asked and asked for nearly one year now for those documents and others but to no avail. This is the sort of evil and illegal manner that millions of other Americans, just as myself have been treated and endured as well. You see, It's not just me. But as others just as myself, there are many others also who are waiting for persons such as Jennie Basal and her Genesee County, NY officials to actually make good on their threat to murder I and others http://www.corruptgenesee.com. Please take special note, it's not that I'm afraid... no... make no mistake about it, I am simply stating here that I am waiting and prepared and I'll leave it at that.

Yes, murder is a scheme being used by the devil and his people and for those who are ignorant of that fact, children robbed from homes via Child Protective Services, Family Courts, judges, lawyers, cops, social workers, domestic violence program workers, teachers, psychologists, Filipina Migration Marriage Scammers and all others like them, are all in the murder for hire and murder for cash business http://murderdeathandabuseinfostercare.blogspot.com/. It is what it is, there is no other name for murder for cash. The history and facts speak for themselves. When good and honest people speak up for what is good and demand justice in our nation.... as what Senator Nancy Shaefer, Bill Bowen and others often times did/do---they are often and wrongfully demonized by those who are active in destruction of families and kidnapping children for financial profit schemes. It is so obvious to me that Former Georgia State Senator and Bill Bowen could not be demonized to the point of being silenced, even though through threats, they were told to remain silent about the kidnapping children and destruction of families for cash schemes(that still go on today without check). Thus, they were murdered by those involved in “cash for kids” and "destruction of families for profit" schemes for continuing to expose those horrific evil acts of our government and others just like them.

For those who were and still are close to Nancy and Bill in heart... in what they stood champion for, there likely will come no peaceful end and solution to the evil we still see yet today. I increasingly see bizarre video's often times posted on places like YouTube and equally bizarre statements being made on social websites of folks who purport to be also “victims” of Family Law Government Agents. However, these sort of folks often use a type of murder to kill off good folks and the real victims of the Family Law Government Agents as well. Often using character assassination, false propaganda, dissension and “divide and conquer” techniques, these types of people are often successful in maintaining confusion, causing wasted time and effort as well as resources in fighting them off so that good minded folks who have been raped via Family Law Government Agents can get justice. I cannot help but think and believe there are many Jezebel's and Ahab's that work for the US and it's State's propaganda machine. Thus, we see the influx of false “victims” infiltrating those who are the real victims of what also Bill and Nancy exposed. To the wise in heart and equally to the wicked judges, lawyers, psychologists, CPS workers, domestic violence program workers, cops and Foreign Immigration Marriage Scammers, and others like them... we know that the evil one is hard at work trying to distract from truth, but for those of us who know truth, we will never quit exposing you...never.

We that are fighting for our families are fighting a vicious army that has no qualm of letting up on it's evil actions, we know through their actions that evilists enjoy equally the taste of blood and of money. The sad reality is that Senator Nancy Schaefer and Bill Bowen were not the first victims of this evil war on families and children for cash. No, and they are certainly and sadly will not be the last. Personally, I am praying fervently and working hard towards revival in our nation and our world. Of course the Lord Jesus Christ's move through the Holy Spirit does not depend only on me and what I say and or do. In reality, it depends upon everyone's repentant hearts to turn from wickedness and the move of God's Spirit to bring much needed reconciliation and peace as well as end to families and children murdered for financial profit. In the mean time though, until that day when all evil men and women repent of their indulging in wickedness, I educate, I expose and I remove evil wherever and whenever possible. I do earnestly pray that all people everywhere, irregardless of where they live(and read this article), will indeed repent of their wickedness before that “shot heard around the world” is fired. If we do not have that wholesale repentance, we can only expect to see more blood shed. Upon that day and time, it will be to late for many, the blood will flow more than we have ever seen or witnessed before.

Let us pray and act so that the deaths and murders of all families, children, Senator Schaefer and Bill Bowen were not in vain. Those of us who are on the side of truth, especially Biblical Truth are “all” Senator Nancy Schaefer and Bill Bowens' now....The God of the Bible demands justice. Do your part before it's to late.

Proverbs 24:11-12 “if you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death, those who go staggering to the slaughter; if you say, “Look, we did not know this”—does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it? And will he not repay all according to their deeds? “

Rev. Paul Waldmiller~Black Robe Regiment Pastor

Friends,

I've been receiving a lot of e-mails lately where the senders are so frustrated and worn down that they talk about giving up.  My response has been, and always will be: HELL NO!  I refuse to give up and refuse to allow our liberties to be taken away.

As I recently told a friend, WE have to become the new "Zealots".  We have to keep the lamp lit, educate others who are either misinformed, ignorant, or so emotionally invested in their politics that they can't see the dangers of tyranny regardless of political party.

Our forefathers understood that for our republic to survive we have to have an educated, well informed electorate.  For the past 100 years, there have been forces insidiously working to re-write history, manipulate our educational curriculum, and effectively dumb down our population.  Couple that with the technology generation that gets their information either in sound bites from the comedy channel or texting and "Twittering", that they know more about the lives of the Kardashian family than they do about our constitution.

To that end, I am sharing some resources that you may find useful.  

JPFO has updated a valuable resource document called "Gun Facts".  It is a free PDF download in a couple of different file sizes; one for printing and a smaller file for screen viewing.  I am including both links.  Browse the info and use it to dispel the myths being spread about guns.

New Jersey Congressman Leonard Lance has asked the question about why DHS bought so many bullets and other military hardware.  No answer from Secretary Neapolitano.  Why?  To my mind when Congress does not get an answer from DHS they need to cut off the funding immediately.  This administration told us that they were going to be transparent but in fact they are the most non-transparent administration in the nations history.  What are they hiding?  Congress has the right to know!  Support Congressman Lance because he asked the tough questions and support the Constitution of the U.S.

 Many scoffers and antagonists have done ugliness to Jesus. Saul of t\Tarsus for example.When  The spirit revealed himself to Saul he then Knew with eyes and heard with ears and became Paul. He then used what God knew he had in experience as a Jew of Jews and a citizen of Rome to bring Gods children to belief in Christ. I am offended when people stomp on Christ and make dirty art but am as hapy as the prodigal father to see them convert. The war on creationism is won by creationism but so many don't know it yet. here are your sites and books to check. Darwins Black box by Micheal Behe, Tornado in a junkyard by James Pearloff, Institute for creation research- ICR.org. genesisveracity.org, Creation museum.org, creation on the web. Feel free to search these as I often don't arrange the websites correct

The title of this post is an obvious takeoff on the famous words "Houston we have a problem", which was the line attributed to the Apollo 13 astronauts who realized that they were in a life threatening situation that needed to be resolved fast. It was an understatement as is the title here.

By now most of you know that Homeland Security’s Janet Napolitano is REFUSING to answer questions about the agency’s purchase of 7000+ AR15s, 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition and nearly 3,000 armored personnel carriers with bullet proof glass capable of stopping 50 caliber rounds and solid tires that can take serious bullet penetration and keep going.

In a YouTube video a DHS spokesman said the armored vehicles were for serving warrants but did not say what kind of warrants DHS might have the occasion to serve. They are obviously expecting that someone will be shooting at them and have outfitted themselves to withstand heavy fire. Who do they expect to be doing the shooting?  These vehicles will carry up to eleven “operators” and there are firing slits so they can engage someone without leaving the vehicle.

We are well past conspiracy theories at this point. We have a serious problem. Everyone should be hounding their representatives for answers until Washington reveals the truth and disbands this army whose purpose they will not reveal.

It would appear that DHS, which has no connection with the armed services and would not be deployed outside the country, could only be deployed inside the USA but against whom? They will not say. They are using your tax money to create a standing army within the US which, common sense would indicate, is likely to be used against you. I think their refusal to be accountable is the answer and we had better take our government back as quickly as possible.

We really need to push for Obama’s impeachment.  I would like to ask every member of Congress these few important questions:

1. Will you support the Constitution of the United States as your oath of office requires; yes or no?
2. According to the Constitution, what are the qualifications to hold the Office of President of the United States? (they should answer  35 years old, natural born citizen Article 1, section 2, paragraph 6 of the Constitution)
3. That being the case, and since the birth certificate Barack Obama posted on the internet clearly indicates that he is a citizen born in Hawaii but also that only one of his parents was a citizen of the United States and so has admitted that he did not have the two citizen parents at the time of his birth which is the requirement to be a natural born citizen, why haven’t you and your colleagues started impeachment proceedings?

 Barack Hussein Obama is the poster child to be used when someone asks why the President must be a natural born citizen! This is why!

http://www.teaparty.org/big-sis-refuses-to-answer-congress-on-bullet-purchases-21924/

Virginia Republican governor Bob McDonnell stuck the knives in the back of conservatives by pushing a massive tax hike scheme.  

Working with the Republican Speaker of the House William J. Howell and Democrat gubernatorial hopeful and Clinton bagman Terry McAuliffe, McDonnell raised state sales taxes, car taxes, regional sales taxes, personal property taxes, vehicle taxes, vending machine taxes, heavy-equipment taxes, commercial taxes, hybrid-vehicle taxes, hotel taxes and diesel-fuel taxes.

Howell is not one to take dissent likely and he will stop at nothing to enact his agenda.  Luckily for Tea Party supporters and conservative activists, there are a handful of delegates willing to say no to Howell -- and McDonnell's -- big government tax and spend programs.

Del. Ben Cline (R-Rockbridge County) is becoming the leader of the conservative opposition. Cline not only opposed the tax hikes, he is doing something about it.  He has formed the Virginia Conservative Victory Project. The group “endorse and help fund conservative candidates running for vacant seats in the Virginia House of Delegates and conservative House incumbents running for re-election this November.”

“It is clear that conservatives must increase their numbers in the House of Delegates,” said Cline, who was among 40 House members who voted against the tax-raising transportation bill that passed the General Assembly in February.

“The 2013 General Assembly session was a disappointment for conservatives,” Cline said. “Through the recruitment of conservative candidates for House vacancies and the support of conservative House incumbents for re-election, the Virginia Conservative Victory Project will promote policies that embrace free markets, individual liberty, and the values of faith and family.”

Tea Party activists in Virginia should rally around the opposition -- and our new leader -- Ben Cline. 

Recently there has been a media blitz on gay marriage rights. Soon the Supreme Court will address the issue and maybe rule on it but the issue is clearly an important constitutional fight. The first amendment to the Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion or impeding the free excersise of religion. To allow what God clearly calls an abomination would be a law that impedes the free exercise of religion for once the government allows and accepts it we the people will have no choice but to accept what goes against our religious convictions.

This fight is as important as our fight to protect gun rights for once the door is opened to the gay community then the law suits against religions will commence the first time they refuse to marry a gay couple. It is becoming well known that the Democrats have become the God-less party and they are doing everything they can to get rid of God from America. They have removed God from schools and now children are not learning about morals and because of this we are seeing children killing children more and more. Yet muslim religion is being reported to be taught more and more to our children in public schools.

This is not and should never be about hating gays. If people want to be gay, then so be it. This is about erroding the Constitution. This is about erroding our nations moral fabric. Recently most states voted against gay marriage yet the liberal media is reporting that as much as %85 of America approves of gay marriage which is a direct contradiction to way the states voted and more than likely another liberal lie. The gay communitee is estimated to be between %8 to %11 of the population yet if allowed to be married then another one of our rights will be gone.