America is 233 years old this week. Will there be many more? One thing’s for certain, America’s form of government-- and the God-given privileges of liberty it uniquely protects-- depends upon popular renewal and eternal vigilance. If we, the people, ever forget the principles of our great country we are sure to lose it.
Freedom is not a naturally occuring condition for human organization. It is a rare phenomenon in the course of human history. If it is not rigorously defended it will be abolished under the weight of self-serving politicians who force their will upon the people by exploiting weakness, ignorance and gullibility. As a writer in Pravda reminded us recently, “pride blinds the foolish.” The article was in reference to America’s rapid descent into Marxism. If you think you are incapable of being fooled, you better think again. Not everyone presenting themeselves as political “friends” are honest and forthright. Remember, they only want your vote to enlarge their own power!
The majority of Americans are inherently conservative. All of the polling data consistently reflects this ideological bent, (CNN 5/19/09; Gallup 6/15/09). They believe in America’s Founding principles and the high ideals of freedom and liberty. This means they have a healthy skepticism of government, a distrust of those who would usurp their individual rights with promises of collective, state-sponsored security. The trouble comes from the fact that a group of disengenuous politicians are governing now in Washington from a completely different perspective.
I think it would help us to go back to the Declaration of Independence this holiday weekend and consider, once again, the heritage that defines our nation. It’s the one thing that stands in the way of a Liberal, Left-wing majority in Washington that’s determined to take over every aspect of our lives with irresponsible bailouts, oppressive energy taxes and government-run health care.
On July 4, 1776 thirteen British colonies, after suffering from similar abuses of tyrannical government, declared their independence. The author of the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson, wrote one of the best known sentences in the English language. It has been regarded by historians as the most potent and consequential words in American history:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident [there’s no logical debate]: that all men are created equal [not evolved, and not subject to Sotomayor’s affirmative action]; that they are endowed [a legal endowment] by their Creator [God] with certain unalienable [cannot be alienated from] rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit [not the capture] of happiness.” Abraham Lincoln said, “I never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.”
These sentiments charge us with the duty to seek and follow the will of the Creator as the precursor to all governments. The authority of the Creator, being prior to all civil society and human authority, must be respected for liberty to endure. The Bible instructs us, “where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” The only other option is to follow the authority of untrustworthy and fallible men who arbitrarily rule according to their own, selfish purposes. That’s why we say we are “one Nation under God.” It is a differentiation from both the “Divine Right of Kings” we rejected in 1776 and the totalitarian Liberalism we battle today.
Our first squadron of cruisers commissioned by Gen. Washington in the War of Independence flew the Pine Tree Flag with the motto: “An Appeal To Heaven.” I’m sure if the ACLU had been around back then they would have filed a lawsuit! The phrase is another reminder of our Founders’ reliance upon God for determining the success of the Revolution. The idea comes from John Locke and his philosophy regarding the “Right to Rebel.” Here is a quote from Locke’s “Two Treatises of Government,”
“If God has taken away all means of seeking remedy…[with] no Arbitrator on Earth to appeal to. Then they may appeal, as Jephtha did, to Heaven, and repeat their Appeal, till they have recovered the native Right of their Ancestors, which was to have such a Legislative over them, as the Majority should approve, and freely acquiesce in.”
If people are continually abused by a system that abdicates its responsibility to ensure justice, then Jefferson says, “it is [the peoples’] right, it is their duty, to throw off such government and to provide new guards for their future security.” Jefferson concluded, “with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
The challenges we are facing now represents another call to duty, to test our commitment to those sacred principles handed down to us. Time will tell whether this generation will keep the faith, or consign America to the dust bin of history. (send comments to: WFC83197@aol.com, or mail to POB 114, Jacksboro, TN 37757).
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Twinkle Twinkle, Little Czar
There are about 20 czars now working for “Head Czar” President Obama. These are appointees of the Executive Branch granted much power and accountable to no one except the President.
Sen. Robert Byrd, a Democrat and the longest serving senator in history, has called this development “dangerous.” He warned, “The presence of the czars gives the president too much power.” He also said the czar system “can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances.”
“These White House staffers” Byrd continued, “are not accountable for their actions to the Congress, to cabinet officials, or to virtually anyone but the president. They rarely testify before congressional committees, and often shield the information and decision-making process behind the assertion of executive privilege. In too many instances,” Byrd asserts, “[they] have been allowed to inhibit openness and transparency, and reduce accountability.”
Czar is a Slavic term designating certain monarchs, or kings. Originally, the title Czar (derived from Caesar) meant Emperor in the European medieval sense of the term, that is, an autocratic ruler who claims the same rank as a powerful Roman emperor, with the approval of another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official. It refers especially to one of the emperors who ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917.
Sen. John McCain has joked, “Obama has more czars than the Romanovs,” who ruled Russia for three centuries. These czars report directly to Obama and have the power to unilaterally dictate national policy on their subject area.
For example: Brian Deese is the new Car Czar. The New York Times, not exactly a bastion of right-wing thought, opined, “it’s not every 31-year-old who, in his first government job, finds himself dismantling General Motors and rewriting the rule of American capitalism.” Brain Deese has an interesting background. As a young college student he hosted a radio program called “Bedknobs and Beatniks.” Later, he worked for John Podesta’s left-wing think tank, the Center for American Progress, which is financed by globalist, hedge fund mogul George Soros. Podesta, by the way, was head of Obama’s transition team and most recently a central figure in ABC’s irresponsible fear-mongering program “Earth 2100.” See: http://newsbusters.org/people/john-podesta.
Brian Deese suspended his Yale Law education to work for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. When she dropped out he was hired by Obama. Deese has never had any formal business education or business experience in the private sector, yet this “wonder kid” has been put in charge of managing nearly a half a million dollars of taxpayer’s money per month in this massive auto bailout!
What does politicizing our auto industry mean? It means someone like Rep. Barney Frank gets to call GM CEO Fritz Henderson and intervene to stop the closing of a distribution plant in his district of Norton, MA. It means centuries old case law regarding bankruptcy gets turned upside down. Even the most liberal Justice on the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has weighed-in to stop the insanity of Obama’s Chrysler deal that has unfairly cheated the secured debt holders while also misappropriating the TARP funds. Does this make any sense whatsoever?
It makes about as much since as the rest of this czar mania. There is now a Great Lakes Czar who’s in charge of restoring the lakes’ environment. Doesn’t the EPA offer enough regulation already? Right now in California’s San Joaquin Valley, they are part of a Federal action that is shutting down a vital, irrigation canal in an effort to protect a minnow! Forty thousand jobs have been lost already due to these drought-stricken farmers, but apparently this is not enough power for some, who wish to dictate their dreams of an Ecological paradise where everything thrives except humans.
The list of czars also includes: Bank Bailout Czar, U.S. Border Czar, Urban Czar, Regulatory Czar, Iran Czar, Middle East Czar, Afghanistan/Pakistan Czar and Cyber Czar. There’ll probably be a LGBT Czar soon since Obama announced last week that June is “Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender Pride Month!” Oh, and can’t forget, there’s a Stimulus Accountability Czar. That is especially needed since the Administration assured us that without the $800 billion stimulus bill the unemployment rate would reach 9%. At last check, it was 9.4% and climbing.
Neal Boortz, a popular, talk radio personality, put all of this government expansionism in perfect context the other day. He said, “government is not made powerful when you spend the money you earn, government is made powerful when they spend the money you earn.”
Don’t believe the seductive, sales pitch of socialism. Look at the results! Pride blinds the minds of the foolish, it also makes for a compliant populace to be ruled over by an endless array of Czars! (send comments to WFC83197@aol.com, or mail to POB 114, Jacksboro, TN 37757).
Sen. Robert Byrd, a Democrat and the longest serving senator in history, has called this development “dangerous.” He warned, “The presence of the czars gives the president too much power.” He also said the czar system “can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances.”
“These White House staffers” Byrd continued, “are not accountable for their actions to the Congress, to cabinet officials, or to virtually anyone but the president. They rarely testify before congressional committees, and often shield the information and decision-making process behind the assertion of executive privilege. In too many instances,” Byrd asserts, “[they] have been allowed to inhibit openness and transparency, and reduce accountability.”
Czar is a Slavic term designating certain monarchs, or kings. Originally, the title Czar (derived from Caesar) meant Emperor in the European medieval sense of the term, that is, an autocratic ruler who claims the same rank as a powerful Roman emperor, with the approval of another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official. It refers especially to one of the emperors who ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917.
Sen. John McCain has joked, “Obama has more czars than the Romanovs,” who ruled Russia for three centuries. These czars report directly to Obama and have the power to unilaterally dictate national policy on their subject area.
For example: Brian Deese is the new Car Czar. The New York Times, not exactly a bastion of right-wing thought, opined, “it’s not every 31-year-old who, in his first government job, finds himself dismantling General Motors and rewriting the rule of American capitalism.” Brain Deese has an interesting background. As a young college student he hosted a radio program called “Bedknobs and Beatniks.” Later, he worked for John Podesta’s left-wing think tank, the Center for American Progress, which is financed by globalist, hedge fund mogul George Soros. Podesta, by the way, was head of Obama’s transition team and most recently a central figure in ABC’s irresponsible fear-mongering program “Earth 2100.” See: http://newsbusters.org/people/john-podesta.
Brian Deese suspended his Yale Law education to work for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. When she dropped out he was hired by Obama. Deese has never had any formal business education or business experience in the private sector, yet this “wonder kid” has been put in charge of managing nearly a half a million dollars of taxpayer’s money per month in this massive auto bailout!
What does politicizing our auto industry mean? It means someone like Rep. Barney Frank gets to call GM CEO Fritz Henderson and intervene to stop the closing of a distribution plant in his district of Norton, MA. It means centuries old case law regarding bankruptcy gets turned upside down. Even the most liberal Justice on the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has weighed-in to stop the insanity of Obama’s Chrysler deal that has unfairly cheated the secured debt holders while also misappropriating the TARP funds. Does this make any sense whatsoever?
It makes about as much since as the rest of this czar mania. There is now a Great Lakes Czar who’s in charge of restoring the lakes’ environment. Doesn’t the EPA offer enough regulation already? Right now in California’s San Joaquin Valley, they are part of a Federal action that is shutting down a vital, irrigation canal in an effort to protect a minnow! Forty thousand jobs have been lost already due to these drought-stricken farmers, but apparently this is not enough power for some, who wish to dictate their dreams of an Ecological paradise where everything thrives except humans.
The list of czars also includes: Bank Bailout Czar, U.S. Border Czar, Urban Czar, Regulatory Czar, Iran Czar, Middle East Czar, Afghanistan/Pakistan Czar and Cyber Czar. There’ll probably be a LGBT Czar soon since Obama announced last week that June is “Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender Pride Month!” Oh, and can’t forget, there’s a Stimulus Accountability Czar. That is especially needed since the Administration assured us that without the $800 billion stimulus bill the unemployment rate would reach 9%. At last check, it was 9.4% and climbing.
Neal Boortz, a popular, talk radio personality, put all of this government expansionism in perfect context the other day. He said, “government is not made powerful when you spend the money you earn, government is made powerful when they spend the money you earn.”
Don’t believe the seductive, sales pitch of socialism. Look at the results! Pride blinds the minds of the foolish, it also makes for a compliant populace to be ruled over by an endless array of Czars! (send comments to WFC83197@aol.com, or mail to POB 114, Jacksboro, TN 37757).
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