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pursuit of Constitutionally grounded governance, free markets and individual
liberty
"There is but one straight
course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." --George Washington
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Biden Stays at London, Paris Hotels; Two Nights, $1
Million By Todd Beamon
Vice President Joe
Biden’s one-day trips to Paris and London in February cost American taxpayers
more than $1 million, according to multiple reports. Biden and his security
detail rung up a $585,000.50 tab for a
single night on Feb. 4 at the Hotel Intercontinental Paris Le Grand, a
luxurious five-star hotel near the Louvre Museum, The Weekly Standard reports. Meanwhile, The Daily Mail in London reports that Biden’s group spent
$459,388.65 for one night on Feb. 5 at the Hyatt Regency in London, where the
vice president met with Prime Minister David Cameron. The contract for the London trip specified that Biden’s crew required
136 hotel rooms for that one-night stay, The Daily Mail reports. Biden’s
wife, Dr. Jill Biden, accompanied him to Paris on his European trip, which also
included a stop in Germany. The Mail reports that Biden’s entourage required
more than 100 rooms at Le Grand. One
night in the presidential suite there costs more than $3,800. Here’s how
the Intercontinental Paris Le Grand is described on its website:
“With
floodlit views of the Opera House, this superbly renovated luxury hotel is at
the heart of Parisian society. Opened in 1862, it defines historical grandeur,
from Café de la Paix to La Verriere Restaurant, set in an 800 square metre
winter garden. Elegantly appointed, the hotel’s boutique-style suites overlook
stunning landmarks. Located … close to the Louvre Museum, shopping, theatre and
banking districts, this luxury Paris hotel is an icon in the City of Light.”
Reaction was swift
to Biden’s lavish spending. “Still no WH
tours, but VP Biden’s recent trip to Europe racked up $1mil in hotel room
bills,” said U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, among dozens to vent outrage
on Twitter.
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Religion: Opiate of the Masses?
By John Renken
John
5:39-40: You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have
eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet you refuse to
come to me that you may have life.
Karl Marx said
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless
world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.” His
criticism was that man makes religion, not religion makes a man.
What is amazing is that his philosophy became a religion to many and
to be honest it was his religion and it was man-made, the very thing he
complained about. Which is probably what he wanted, but I wonder if he
knew he was becoming the very thing he hated. His criticism has some merit,
though. Throughout history men have sought to dominate other men, to enforce
their ideals upon another race or another religion or another culture. What is
even more interesting is the vehicle that man uses in his attempt to dominate
other men … it is religion. When we look back through history it is
obvious that religion has been the primary method of manipulating people to do
the will of the one in power. Babylon did it, Greece did it, Rome did it, Italy
did it, England did it and Germany did it. It is really surprising how many
countries have used religion as a pawn in their struggle for power and
dominance, but I think it is even more surprising how many people and interest
groups have done it.
Just look at some
of the things that have happened in our culture in America. Here are just a few examples of where a group’s agenda
overrode God’s agenda and they used the Bible to justify their actions:
·
America’s use of
Slavery, objectification of women, treatment of women as property, the taking
of the land of the Native Americans, and by the KKK or just people to oppress
African Americans.
It doesn’t stop
with official interest groups; you don’t
have to look far to see where individuals are using the Bible to justify their
own sins. Though radically different than using the Bible to oppress other
people, it still is the same sin; and probably the most prevalent in our day is
using the Bible to justify gay marriage or to have sex outside marriage.
Because “surely Jesus didn’t mean I couldn’t have sex with my (insert whatever
you want)”. Have you ever
wondered why the Bible? Have you ever wondered what must happen in
order to use the Bible in such a disgraceful way? It is actually really simple.
The first step is always to destroy the authority of the Scripture so that it
can be discarded, reinterpreted, or outright disobeyed.
The second step is
the ascension of your agenda or your group’s agenda over the authority of the
Scriptures. This can be
accomplished in a variety of different ways, like when your feelings become
more important than what the Scriptures say or when your sexual orientation
becomes more important than what the Scriptures say or when a new prophet’s
words supersede the teachings of Jesus or when your political allegiance runs
counter to the Bible and you decide to follow the party line. When any of these things
becomes more important than God and His word, they become our god’s and we
follow them instead of the Truth. This is idolatry. To be honest we
have become a country of idolaters. To be honest, though, this is nothing new.
As a matter of fact, in Jesus’ day men and religious leaders did the same
thing. They used the Bible in their attempt to force others to be just like
them. Jesus said you search the Scriptures for eternal life, but Eternal Life
isn’t there … it points you to it. Jesus is ETERNAL LIFE and Jesus alone. So here is the litmus test: Examine your
life. Take a deep breath ask God to shine the light of the Holy Spirit in your
life and ask yourself the question: Has
your agenda, your sexual orientation, your political party, or anything else
become more important than what God says? Because if it has, you have looked to
that thing for eternal life instead of Jesus and it has become your idol. So
what’s your Golden Calf and will you repent of it?
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Senate Democrats Pass $1 Trillion In New Taxes
An exhausted Senate
gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next
year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade
but shelters domestic programs targeted for cuts by House Republicans. While
their victory was by a razor-thin 50-49, the vote let
Democrats tout their priorities. Yet it doesn’t resolve the deep differences
the two parties have over deficits and the size of government. Joining all Republicans voting "no"
were four Democrats who face re-election next year in potentially difficult
races: Sens. Max Baucus of Montana, Mark Begich of Alaska, Kay Hagan of
North Carolina and Mark Pryor of Arkansas. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., did
not vote. Keep the heat on!!
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Georgia mom says teen told her, ‘Do you want me to kill
your baby?’ before son fatally shot
The mother of a 13-month-old boy who was fatally shot in
his stroller during a botched robbery Thursday said one
the of suspects threatened to kill her baby moments before the boy was fatally
shot.
“He asked me for
money and I said I didn’t have it,” Sherry West, the boy’s mom, told The
Associated Press Friday from her apartment, which was scattered with her son’s
toys and movies. “When you have a baby, you spend all your money on babies.
They’re expensive. And he kept asking and I just said `I don’t have it.’ And he said, `Do you want me to kill your baby?’ And I said,
`No, don’t kill my baby!”‘
One
of the teens allegedly fired four shots, grazing West’s ear and striking her in
the leg, before he walked around to the stroller and shot the baby in the face.
I refuse to listen to any idiot that continues to blame
guns for this kind of atrocity. Anyone
that wants to blame guns for this needs to be in a mental institution
themselves!!
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New York Paying $500 For Snitches To Report Illegal Gun
Owners by Tim Brown
I told you yesterday
that Governor Andrew Cuomo was having to reevaluate his unconstitutional gun
legislation called the SAFE Act. Well
now this same tyrant is offering tax payer money for snitches in New York to
tell on their fellow citizens that have firearms that are considered illegal
under his new gun law. Back in February of 2012, before the SAFE Act was
passed, Cuomo indicated that one of the four pronged initiatives he was putting
forth was a program to offer a cash reward (that’s tax payer money) for
citizens who become turncoats and out their neighbors to police so that they
can confiscate their firearms, which are supposed to be protected under the
Constitution. A “Gun Tip Line” has been set up so that New Yorkers can call a toll
free hotline (obviously paid for with tax payer dollars as well) and snitch on
people without any evidence that they have an illegal firearm. It’s sort of
like Child Protective Services for Firearms. No evidence is needed, just an
anonymous tip. If an arrest is made, the anonymous tipster would get $500. “This initiative seeks to turn neighbor against neighbor
and use their own tax dollars to pay for the $500 reward,” said Assemblyman
Steve McLaughlin (R-Melrose). McLaughlin is correct. This is
exactly what this is. It is dividing the city even more. [Sound eerily familiar? Same thing Hitler's
Germany?]
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The Balance of Powers Act – People Are Destroyed For Lack
Of Knowledge
by Publius Huldah
Our own Ignorance is destroying us. Mark Twain wrote in
his autobiography:
“In
religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case
gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not
themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand
from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass
farthing.”
That is what has
been going on in our Country for a very long time. Our “intellectuals” can’t think; our “scholars” parrot
each other; the self-educated fixate on idiotic theories; no one studies
original source writings; and The People jump on every bandwagon that rolls by.
we are flooded with
rubbish about the Constitution put out by law professors, history professors,
Ph.Ds. of this or that, Heritage Foundation, those with no academic
qualifications, and politicians. And none of them know what they are talking
about! And The People read their rubbish and
believe it. One of many such writings which plague us is the Balance
of Powers Act (“BOPA”). The BOPA reflects a justified frustration with
the innumerable usurpations by the federal government during the last 100
years. But it also reflects such
fundamental misunderstandings of our Founding Principles that it misstates or ignores them.
Accordingly, it undermines our
Constitution.
There are 6 major problems with the BOPA:
1. It wrongly presents the federal government as a party
to the U.S. Constitution.
2. It wrongly
suggests that each State (after the original 13) has a different Constitution
3.
It misstates the original intent of the “interstate
commerce” clause.
4.
It doesn’t properly set forth the original intent of
the “necessary and proper” clause. .
5.
It misstates the original intent of the “general
welfare” clause.
6.
It ignores the Essential Characteristic of our
Federal Constitution.
Conclusion
Our Framers were exquisitely educated in Logic, Judeo-Christian values,
political philosophy, and statecraft. The American People of our Founding Era
had the Wisdom and Humility to listen to our Framers. Let
us once again show that same Wisdom and Humility. Listen to Our Framers. For a
more complete discourse on this subject and the supporting original sources,
click
here.
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America’s Obituary
Do you know what the average age of
a prosperous nation is? 200 Years.
Alexander
Tyler was a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh and made
the following statement in 1887, about the fall of Athens.
“A democracy is always temporary in
nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy
will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can
vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on,
the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from
the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse
over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship.”
Sound
chillingly familiar to our current circumstance? Tyler pointed out that in the course of 200
years, the world’s greatest civilizations followed the same pattern.
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