“Ravenwood” Comes To America

“Ravenwood” Comes To America

By Chuck Baldwin

October 9, 2009

http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2009/cbarchive_20091009.html

Fans of the CBS-terminated TV series JERICHO will recognize the name “Ravenwood.” This was the ruthless mercenary force used by the illegitimate federal government at Cheyenne to subjugate the citizens of Kansas in the aftermath of a massive nuclear attack against two dozen American cities. As with much of JERICHO’s superbly written story line, Ravenwood reflected real-world entities. Private mercenary forces have been used extensively throughout the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, as well as in many other theaters. And as JERICHO correctly depicted, these “private contractors” have largely operated without oversight or accountability. (Can anyone say, “Blackwater”?) For the most part, the American people are unfamiliar with these mercenary forces, because they normally operate in foreign theaters of war. JERICHO put them on the streets of U.S. cities. Now it looks like JERICHO was more prophecy than fiction.

An underreported (what’s new?) story out of a little town in Montana has brought real-life drama to the CBS blockbuster TV series. Interestingly enough, CBS is the only major news network that has covered the Montana story.

In the little town of Hardin, Montana (which is about the same size as the fictitious town of Jericho, Kansas, in the TV series), a private security firm, American Police Force (APF), has been contracted to provide all police services and to manage the operation of the town’s jail. According to local news reports out of Billings, Montana, “American Police Force officials showed up in Mercedes SUV’s that had ‘Hardin Police’ stenciled on the vehicles. The twist, the city of Hardin doesn’t have a police department.

“Two Rivers Authority [the city’s economic development agency] officials say having APF patrol the streets was never part of their agenda.” (Source: KULR-8 Television, Billings, Montana)

Until now, the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office was responsible for patrolling the city. However, numerous Hardin citizens have testified to APF mercenaries patrolling Hardin’s streets.

The Hardin jail is an interesting situation, all by itself. Completed in September 2007, the 464-bed facility has sat totally empty (which begs an investigative analysis as to how and why the facility was built in the first place). APF promises to fill the jail (with whom is not clear) and also intends to build a 30,000-square-foot military-style training facility and a 75,000-square-foot dormitory for trainees. Costs are to be covered by Ravenwood’s—excuse me—APF’s “business activities,” which includes security and training, weapons and equipment sales, surveillance, and investigations.

Of course, under our Constitution, there can be no such thing as an “American Police Force” in the United States. Any kind of national police force is not only unconstitutional; it is anathema to everything American law and jurisprudence is built upon. Law enforcement is clearly and plainly the responsibility of the states and local communities. That a mercenary organization would take the moniker American Police Force is, by itself, disconcerting. But there is much more.

APF touts itself as providing security and investigative work to clients in “all 50 States and most Countries.” It boasts having “rapid response units awaiting our orders worldwide.” It further brags that it can field a battalion-sized team of Special Forces soldiers “within 72 hours.” APF states that it “plays a critical role in helping the U.S. government meet vital homeland security and national defense needs.”

Yet, an Associated Press search of two comprehensive federal government contractor databases turned up no record of American Police Force. Representatives of security trade groups said they had never heard of APF. Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel for the Professional Services Council, said, “They’re really invisible.”

An attorney for APF, Maziar Mafi, said the company was a spin-off of a major security firm, but declined to name the parent company or give any other details.

But at least one source reports, “American Police Force, the paramilitary unit patrolling a small town in Montana, has been exposed as being a front group for the disgraced private military contractor Blackwater, now called ‘Xe’.”

Whoever is backing APF has deep pockets; that much is for sure. That APF might be connected to Blackwater makes this situation even more problematic. But there is still more.

According to numerous local news reports, APF’s lead figure has a criminal history. APF’s head is a man named Michael Hilton. And recent revelations have turned up the fact that Hilton has served several years in jail—along with being served several civil judgments—for fraud. In fact, Hilton is currently scheduled to appear in a California court over an outstanding judgment in a fraud case. This has caused the Two Rivers Authority (TRA) to step back from the APF deal. And at this writing, the future of the agreement between TRA and APF is uncertain.

Adding to the dubious image of APF is the accusation that their on-the-ground leaders seem to be Russians. According to Hardin residents, the APF officer in charge had a “thick Russian accent.” (Of course, Hilton himself is Serbian, and it appears that many of his personnel are likewise Serbian.) Residents also state that they were told seventy-five percent of the security officers that were to be trained would be “international.” Is this what we have to look forward to: foreign mercenaries—employed by international corporations and backed by the federal government—being used to police American cities?

Local protests against the introduction of APF mercenaries in Hardin have already caused APF to change its name. Late news reports state that the private contractor is now operating under the name of American Private Police Force.

In the meantime, Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock has launched an investigation into the Hardin matter. According to the AG’s office, the investigation is predicated upon concerns that the company might be violating the Montana Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act.

The Hardin saga is both noteworthy and troublesome. It is the latest example—but certainly not the first—of how private security companies are being employed as law enforcement personnel.

Retired lawman Jim Kouri recently wrote a fascinating piece in which he chronicles the growing trend of private security companies exercising police powers. Kouri summarizes an American Society for Industrial Security report, saying, “There are more than one million contract security guards, with perhaps another million guards who are proprietary security officers who are hired directly by businesses and institutions. On the other hand, there are about 700,000 sworn law enforcement officers working for towns, cities, counties, states and the federal government.”

Of course, most of these “private police” mercenaries are military-trained. And they are also the ones providing most of the military-style training to America’s various law enforcement agencies.

Kouri goes on to point out that Lexington’s (Kentucky) Police Department contracted Blackwater Security International to provide “homeland security training.” And in New Orleans, Louisiana, mercenaries openly patrol city streets. Kouri notes Blackwater officials as saying they are on contract with the Department of Homeland Security and have been given the authority “to use lethal force if necessary.”

See Kouri's column at: http://newswithviews.com/BreakingNews/breaking168.htm

All of the above is disconcerting enough, but when one factors in President Barack Obama’s desire to create a “Civilian Defense Force,” potential problems only intensify. For example, in 1995, the United Nations’ International Police Task Force (UNIPTF) was created. Ostensibly, the UNIPTF was formed to “carry out programs of police assistance in Bosnia and Herzegovina.” Then, in 2003 the Civilian Police International (CPI) was created. This was a joint venture between the U.S. State Department and such notable private companies as Wackenhut and Kellogg Brown & Root (a Halliburton company; and, by the way, so is Blackwater. But this is just a coincidence, right?). The stated purpose was for “international law enforcement and criminal justice programs.” Inertia for mercenary-style (backed by the federal—or even international—government) law enforcement has been growing ever since.

The question must then be asked: “Could the whole APF and Hardin, Montana, affair be a test run for Obama’s budding Civilian Defense Force?”

In the CBS TV series, JERICHO, residents resisted the federal government’s mercenary force, Ravenwood, and fought ferociously for their freedom and independence. At the time the show aired, it all seemed like fantasy. But if you talk with the residents of Hardin, Montana, today, they might say that fantasy is fast becoming reality.

Stay alert, America: your town could be next.

P.S. I have posted a web page devoted to the Hardin, Montana, story for anyone that wants to review or keep abreast of this situation. Go here: http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/hardin-mt.html

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Is It Evil or Narcissism?

Is It Evil or Narcissism?

By Gill Rapoza

October 10, 2009

BHO just got the Nobel Peace Prize for – drum-roll please – nothing. You thought he had a big head before, look out now. There is no telling what is next.

I have wondered if this guy has any clue what of he does and what he takes credit for. And I think the answer is yes.

He practically screamed about having to have a “stimulus” bill, “or else.” And the Bozo’s in congress bought into it. Our economy was going to get better, we were told. It got worse. The unemployment situation was going to get much worse with out this bill, it was said. It got much worse with it.

We got another bill BHO wanted; the “Cash for Clunkers” legislation passed to stimulate our auto economy. We spent billions of our tax dollars. Many dealers did not get paid when they were supposed to. Toyota, a foreign car maker got the greatest part of it, and they thank you BHO. BTW, did you know those that got the cash for many of those perfectly good “clunkers” will now pay income taxes on those new cars that many did not need. Now you can thank the IRS too.

Does BHO know anything about the “Czars” and others he has appointed or selected to be in high ranking positions? Is someone else picking these people and not telling him who they are? Would anyone intentionally pick people that they knew, or should have known were bad for the nation?

These are some of the BHO picked to advise and run your government:

• For fans of the North American Man Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), we have Kevin Jennings to make schools safe (while praising NAMBLA)

• Then there is the avowed Black Nationalist and Communist, Van Jones, to make your environment a happy place. Yes I know he quit after it was known by the public that he made some odd speeches including some that looked pretty racist to most of us.

• And in the science department we have John Holdren. It must be OK to have forced abortions and sterilizations if John the science guy tells us so. I recall reading how well that plays in Communist China, you know, where the government knows all and directs all.

• Then for the PETA folks, we have Cass Sunstien. Animals are people too, or it was something like that I heard. If Cass gets his way, there will be lawyers for animals so they can sue people. No, really, I was not joking. Don’t make Fido or Fluffy mad, you know.

And there are more, but you get the point.

You have to wonder. I mean, while I don’t think BHO is Mr Brilliant, I do not think he is by any means stupid. I’ll give him that. So what does he gain by all this?

The title on this piece is “Is It Evil or Narcissism?” So if he is not stupid, and he is not, then what is the point? Does he mean to wreck us so he can be the hero of the day? That would be both evil and narcissistic. It says, look at me and look what I did to save you.

I wonder if BHO thinks that we are just stupid as citizens of these United States? That we can be fooled in this dangerous game? Then the hero rides in and saves us all? That is a scary thought. It leads to dictatorship and a loss of all our rights.

I recall a TV program several years ago where a mother kept taking her sick child to the doctors and eventually the hospital. The child kept getting sick and the medical people could not figure it out. Then, an important discovery was made. The mother was making the child sick herself, thus drawing all kinds of attention to her as she made what looked like valiant efforts to get her child treatment. Until she was discovered, she got all kinds of sympathy and accolades for what looked like her good efforts. What she was doing was called Munchausen by proxy.

Munchausen by Proxy Law & Legal Definition

Munchausen by proxy is a syndrome involving an individual, often a mother, who intentionally makes another person, typically their child, sick or convinces others that the person is sick. The parent or caregiver convinces others that the child has medical problems by lying and reporting fictitious episodes. It may involve physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, or a combination. Symptoms reported may be fabricated, exaggerated, or induced by the perpetrator. While not fully understood, many believe that the perpetrators of this deceit were victims of child abuse themselves or are seeking attention. All states require health care providers who suspect Munchausen by Proxy to report their concerns. It is also called Fictitious Disorder by Proxy syndrome and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.

http://definitions.uslegal.com/m/munchausen-by-proxy/

Now suppose what BHO was doing was something akin to Munchausen by proxy, but not medically, politically? Should we call it Munchausen by political proxy? BHO would be the alleged caregiver and the nation would be the patient. What happens when it all unravels?

Have you noticed BHO just craves attention? It seems the guy is on TV every moment he can. He is the star, so it seems. People are actually singing semi religious songs to him. Some folks sound like they pray to him. For anyone to accept this without missing a beat they would have to narcissistic.

There have been comparisons of BHO and Hitler because of his oratory and charismatic skills. I thought of Benito Mussolini as a little closer. Someone on the 92251 list sent me something mentioning Juan Perón of Argentina as having similarities. There were not TV cameras everyplace for Perón or Mussolini, so they would stand at podiums and balconies over the adoring crowds and accept the glowing praise. BHO’s personality seems to demand the same. The thing I recall from my reading is that Mussolini hated the church, as I think BHO actually does inside. I know that is not what he says. If I recall correctly, the governments of Perón and Mussolini ran smooth for a time, until it all came crashing down.

I can not help but observe that BHO gets or has gotten praises from Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin, Father Pfleger, Muammar Qaddafi (who called him “a son”), Louis Farrakhan leader of the Nation of Islam (who called him a savior), Jeremiah Wright the Black Nationalist (his long time pastor – one of his mentors?), Bill Ayers of the Weather Underground, Dictator Fidel Castro of Cuba, and a host of others. I recall a candidate Obama telling us we should judge a man by his associates. That guy was right, then.

BHO goes all over the world telling every one how we are not Christian, that we are one of the biggest Muslim nations around, and seems to just plain say he is sorry that we even still exist. Of course if the Olympics would have come to town, his claimed home town of Chicago might not be so bad, or so he said on one of his self-serving missionary trips.

I don’t want the nation I love torn down. I don’t want us disrespected all over the world by a man with a giant ego. I don’t want us to look weak and then become so. I don’t want a sitting president of these United States taking the sides of a racist liberal professor over the police after saying he did not even know the facts. I don’t want anyone in the government to do anything but live up to the rules of the constitution and leave my family and me alone.

So what is BHO all about? I don’t see that he and his worshipers like America all that much unless they have it remade in BHO’s image. It is evil and narcissistic to tear down a nation just to save it in one’s own likeness.

So if your pals or associates are racist hate mongers, Communist and Socialist God haters, dictators, Muslim radicals, scientists who would force abortions, guys who praise men who like sex with young boys, people who blow up other people, and others that just have a bad attitude toward the rest of us, it does not leave a lot of options of who you would be. Bowing to the Saudi prince does not help a lot either.

And while some of you are still thinking about it, winning the Nobel Peace Prize is not such a big thing any longer. Yasser Arafat, a living terrorist and murderer got one of those in 1994, so if it means being labeled with that kind of evil doer, leave me out!

Godspeed,

Gill Rapoza

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Singing Heil Obama in New Jersey

Phyllis Schlafly has been one of my favorites for a long time now. She speaks her peace and sticks to her guns. Just the way it should be.

I must agree that there is something seriously wrong with pledging to an individual man of any position or office. We are seeing flashbacks of Hitler, Mussolini, Juan Perón and more. BHO is fully aware of what is going on I’m certain, yet he and his staff let it go as if he has this coming. Watch out America. This could lead to some very bad things!

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Singing Heil Obama in New Jersey

by Phyllis Schlafly

September 29, 2009

http://townhall.com/columnists/PhyllisSchlafly/2009/09/29/singing_heil_obama_in_new_jersey?page=full

Red alert to parents: If you send your children to a public school, they may be secretly indoctrinated in the cult of Obama-worship. If that’s not your plan for your children, you had better act now, before it’s too late.

We now know that the “I pledge” video shown in Utah in August, and only afterward discovered by parents, was not isolated evidence of indoctrination of public schoolchildren in the new cult of Obama-worship. Second-graders in New Jersey were taught to sing songs of praise and fidelity to Barack Obama in February and again in June, and parents only found out about it this September.

Public schoolchildren are now forbidden to sing Christmas carols that mention the real meaning of Christmas (only songs like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” are allowed), but in New Jersey, second-graders were taught to sing the spiritual “Jesus Loves the Little Children” in which Jesus’ name was replaced with Obama’s. They sang, “He said red, yellow, black or white/All are equal in his sight/Barack Hussein Obama.”

Read the full article at:

http://townhall.com/columnists/PhyllisSchlafly/2009/09/29/singing_heil_obama_in_new_jersey?page=full

Will America Survive and What Will You Do?

Will America Survive and What Will You DO?

By Gill Rapoza

October 8, 2009

Here is a little piece based on some emailed questions I have gotten of late. I’ll sum up the questions into one, “Do you think we are near the end of America, what am I supposed to do and/or where do I go with my family?” A couple or so of you will recognize some of the following, as it comes directly from a reply I made to you directly. Seeing several have asked, I figure more will be interested.

First of all I wish to confirm that I am no type of prophet. I try to read the writing on the wall best I can, but I make no claims beyond that.

As an empire sized nation we have been around for a bit over 200 years. If you read the last Chuck Baldwin piece I posted, (“U.S. To Break Up Soon?” – http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2009/cbarchive_20090929.html) it had some good points. Part of it had a graph showing how empires have a habit of going from a little over 200 years until about 250 years. It is a fine chart and all, but it is not an absolute. Baldwin did not believe so either.

One thing to add to that. These United States have been a nation since 1776, when we declared ourselves free from British rule. And that makes it 233 years as a nation. However, we were a fledgling nation at best for a good part of those early years. We were self-supporting for many more of those, and did not become an international power until around WWI, about 100 years back. Our empire status may have been actually established at the end of WWII, 1945. That would be 64 years ago. After going that far, let us not depend on the stats of other nations or empires. Imperial China, which certainly was an empire of their own, lasted some 2,000 years. Hitler’s declared empire, the Third Reich, which was to have been 1,000 years, actually lasted a mere dozen. So history may provide good examples, but there are enough factors that it will not always accurately predict the future.

My personal belief if that we may fail as a nation. That possibility is certainly real. With the combination of the way we have behaved as a country of late, and the fact that most of America has turned their back on the God our founders believed in, we should not expect a lot of Divine protection or shielding. I am not for predicting a date, but why would God Almighty care to watch over us any longer?

Having said that, I also believe we are a teetering nation and have not yet reached the point of no return. We may be close, and I don’t know how close, and that is the problem. God was willing to spare Sodom for not so many righteous men, which it turned out in the end they did not have. And Abraham was going to bat for them, likely because he had family there, Lot and his own family. I don’t know about you, but I don’t see too many Abraham types on the horizon. But we still have a chance. God did not destroy Nineveh after Jonah preached to them. They repented, much to Jonah’s surprise.

Some think we will be broken into several smaller nations, and we better pick a place to go, just in case. Don’t expect things to be better if that becomes true and you moved to a new location.

There are some things to consider if that scenario runs. If it comes down to a terrible national break up there are several areas of the nation where those wanting to work hard have a good chance of coming out OK, even if the nation does not.

Much of the desert areas, some of the coastal areas and some of the nation now on the border with Mexico are going to have problems, at least at first. If you picked a big city and don’t have a tremendous amount of resources that you can protect, pick again.

Most of the northern wooded areas, many of the mountains areas, a lot of the US/Canadian border, many places in Texas and Oklahoma, even part of Northern California (which does not like the rest of the state anyhow), and I’m sure several other places will have hard working folks with a good attitude that will be OK. They key, I believe is that there has to be an area you can sustain yourself and family. This means you have water, a place to grow food, and/or hunt animals, and such. It would be real good if the area has like minded folks. Not too few or too many, and each area will be different. If you are firmly convinced things are going to fall apart you should live at or go to a place where you do not draw a lot of attention to yourself. Seems we can not even find bin Laden in his cave somewhere, and he is high profile. If you are low profile, chances are you won’t be of any great interest to others. At least for awhile.

If you do elect to relocate, or want to have an emergency home someplace, don’t look for it at the last second. You need to figure where you want to be in advance. You don’t want to be in or going to an area every one else wants to go to. Keep in mind that this may be a long time, maybe life long event if the worse case event comes to be true.

Let’s look at another side of this as well. I have no inside info we will make it OK for 100 more years or fall apart tomorrow, though I don’t see it that soon. Any place you are at needs to be a place you can make do. And this includes dealing with the government we have now.

While some are better places than others, moving out to someplace you are not ready for is a not so great option either. When the pilgrims left England and Holland, and ended up in Plymouth in 1620, half of those that survived the journey died that first winter. And not all the pilgrims even finished the trip to the New Land either. Some died on the Mayflower.

It is never wrong to have food and supplies, and what ever else you need to get along right where you are. These might be called life goods. And these life goods are things that are good to have anyplace and time. It does not mean the end of the nation as we know it, or the world either, but being ready is good. I’ll bet most folks don’t have more than a few days of food on hand, or perhaps a week or so.

Keep in mind that some government bodies in some areas will come and take what you have “for the good of the state” or some other nonsense under some conditions. These bodies may come from within or without.

Ø Will you hide stuff?

Ø What stuff will you hide?

Ø Will you give up your life goods?

Ø Are you willing risk injury or death for refusing the government?

Ø How about being locked up?

Ø Can you stand or tolerate a different or repressive authority?

Ø Can you figure out a way to live “outside the system”?

You might note I did not define the meaning of the life goods. If you have common sense you already have a good idea what those are for you and your family. For some it is food and water alone. For some it is good means of communicating with your family and other close ones. Some have gold or silver set aside. For some it is the biggest all out collections of weapons on earth. You do what works for where you are and what you plan on doing.

These things have to be thought about in advance before you go charging off someplace, or changing your life and your family’s. There is no telling what this or any other government is willing to do or how far they will go. The break-up of the nation may not be the worse thing that can happen, based on what I can see now. Still, I never want to see either take place.

The important thing is to be ready for what comes at you in life. I firmly believe that one of the ways, the best way, to ensure we not only survive as a nation but truly succeed is to return to the One True God America left behind. I’m not going to quote a lot of Scripture this time around. We ought to know by now what is right and what is not. We can not and should not depend on any government body to sustain us. You pray to the One God for guidance, follow that guidance the best you can and go to work. No one owes us anything on this earth. We, however, owe all we have to that One God.

I’ll never have everything I need for my family, but I will be better prepared than most I figure. Oh, and I’ll have a Bible in my life goods.

And while we are at it, here is a little something from Bocephus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4s0nzsU1Wg

Parts of the song goes like this:

We came from the West Virginia coalmines

And the Rocky Mountains and the and the western skies

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We’re from North California and South Alabam

And little towns all around this land

And we can skin a buck; we can run a trot line

And a country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

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And we say grace and we say Ma’am

And if you ain’t into that we don’t give a damn

The words are not all in order….

Gill Rapoza

Veritas Vos Liberabit

http://grapoza.blogspot.com/

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Demand The Arrest Of Kevin Jennings

It seemed not so long ago that the only kind of guy you would even hear about in this category was a sleaze ball that hung around certain corners offering candy or a ride in their car to unsuspecting children. They had ulterior motives that were lewd. If caught by the police they went to jail or prison for a long time. If the some of the fathers or big brothers of these children caught them, they might get some personal and up-close justice for their perversions. In any case, these sort that encouraged minors to have sexual relations with adults were never out in the open, because it was wrong. They knew it and so did the rest of the world.

Now we are in modern times. This same sort of character is no longer in hiding but in charge of “safe schools?” I have to also wonder what kind or guy puts a guy like this in charge of anything? Where is that guy’s morals?

Dr. Judith Reisman does a fine job of asking the same sort of questions many of us would ask, including why is this guy not in jail yet.

Gill Rapoza
Veritas Vos Liberabit
http://grapoza.blogspot.com/

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Demand The Arrest Of Kevin Jennings

By Dr. Judith Reisman

October 3, 2009

NewsWithViews.com

http://www.newswithviews.com/Reisman/judith103.htm

Many Americans logically anticipate the resignation of President Obama’s “Safe Schools” Czar Kevin Jennings of the US Department of Education. It was in his pedagogic capacity that Jennings advised a 15-year-old boy who was being sexually violated by an adult male, to submit to two years of abuse, and to thus risk a broad spectrum of venereal diseases including AIDS. Instead of reporting the crime to the police, as the law requires, Jennings advised the boy to use condoms during sodomy (unsafe, illegal). Hence:

Ø Jennings’ criminal conspiracies DISqualify him as Obama’s “safe schools” czar.

Ø Jennings’ criminal conspiracies DO qualify him for immediate arrest and trial.

Ø To suborn is to “induce (a person) to commit an unlawful or evil act.”

Ø Jennings suborned ongoing sex crimes against a minor (child sex abuse)

Ø Jennings was guilty of suborning “Child Abuse/Neglect and Endangerment.”

President Obama’s choice is known as the savvy community organizer who created GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network as well as GLSTN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Teachers’ Network.

Website: drjudithreisman.com

E-mail: jar@drjudithreisman.com

Full article at this link: http://www.newswithviews.com/Reisman/judith103.htm

America Needs God, Not More Laws

It is hard to get more right than this. All the laws in the world, which keep on coming, do not no make up for a lack of a good relationship with the One True God above. Paul Proctor does a good job on this one.

Gill Rapoza
Veritas Vos Liberabit
http://grapoza.blogspot.com/

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America Needs God, Not More Laws

By Paul Proctor

September 30, 2009

NewsWithViews.com

http://www.newswithviews.com/PaulProctor/proctor188.htm

By now, many have, via television or the internet, viewed the horrendous cell phone video taken of an honor student in Chicago being murdered by a group of boys fighting in the street reportedly while on his way to a bus stop near his school. It’s hard to watch and serves as a grim reminder of sinful man’s capability.

One boy in a red jacket is shown taking a huge stick from another boy and clubbing the student in question to the ground with a blow to the head. Another punches him back down when he tries to get up. While the student writhes on the pavement, another approaches and bludgeons him with his stick followed by others who gather around to stomp on his head until he no longer moves. The honor student is later pronounced dead from his injuries.

I’m sure many are now wondering: “How could this happen in America and how can we stop it from happening again?”

Should Congress introduce stick control legislation? Lets say each piece of wood carried in public by any individual could be no longer than six inches in length and must be painted bright red so others in the vicinity could clearly see it on their person. In addition, any stick carried in public must have rounded edges and ends – not pointed or bearing any sharp edge, to prevent it from being used as a knife.

How about a shoe control bill where every pair sold is foot-printed, serial-numbered and registered with the state? Under this new law, the customer would be required to fill out a lengthy information form and submit to a background check before he or she is allowed to take possession of the footwear.

But then, what do we do about those who just use their fists to beat somebody to death? I suppose everyone with hands could be required to submit their fist prints when applying for or renewing their driver’s license every four years. This would enable law enforcement agencies to hopefully match the knuckles of suspects with the wounds, bruises and bodily indentions found on assault victims.

This is the humanistic logic of a collapsing culture where morality is now defined by one’s appetite, agenda and associates rather than the inconvenient Commandments of a Just and Holy God – a land where dusty and undisturbed Bibles warn: “the wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”

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1. Video: Teen Attacked, Beaten to Death in Melee

2. Official: Suspect admits role in beating death of Chicago teen

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Paul Proctor, a rural resident of the Volunteer state and seasoned veteran of the country music industry, retired from showbiz in the late 1990's to dedicate himself to addressing important social issues from a distinctly biblical perspective. As a freelance writer and regular columnist for NewsWithViews.com, he extols the wisdom and truths of scripture through commentary and insight on cultural trends and current events. His articles appear regularly on a variety of news and opinion sites across the internet and in print.

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The Brainy Bunch

Hello All,

It seems the more government gets involved in our lives the worse it gets. Thomas Sowell, clearly one of the better common sense writers out there, expresses it well in the following article:

Gill Rapoza
Veritas Vos Liberabit
http://grapoza.blogspot.com/

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The Brainy Bunch
by Thomas Sowell
September 29, 2009
http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/09/29/the_brainy_bunch?page=full

Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem.

It was, after all, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s brilliant “brains trust” advisers whose policies are now increasingly recognized as having prolonged the Great Depression of the 1930s, while claiming credit for ending it. The Great Depression ended only when the Second World War put an end to many New Deal policies.

FDR himself said that “Dr. New Deal” had been replaced by “Dr. Win-the-War.” But those today who are for big spending like to credit wartime big spending for bringing the Great Depression to an end. They never ask the question as to why previous depressions had always ended on their own, much faster than the one under FDR, and without government intervention or massive government spending.

Read full article here: http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/09/29/the_brainy_bunch?page=full

Gill Rapoza
Veritas Vos Liberabit
http://grapoza.blogspot.com/

The Difference Between Conservative and Christian Civil Rulers

As much as I enjoy the term conservative, the word Christian means more. It signifies a follower of the person of Jesus Christ. I do not care who is in charge politically. When civil leaders and Scripture differ, we must always follow the latter.

The writer of the article below will give you his view. Click the included link to get the whole item.

Gill Rapoza
Veritas Vos Liberabit
http://grapoza.blogspot.com/

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The Difference Between Conservative and Christian Civil Rulers
By Buddy Hanson
The Covenant News
September 24, 2009
http://www.covenantnews.com/hanson090924.htm

At any moment we are either imaging Christ (keeping His laws), or Satan (breaking Christ’s laws by living according to a different set of rules). For a legislator, the thought of approaching his duties from an exclusively Christian perspective (imaging Christ) may seem to be an overwhelming task. And well it would be without the Creator God’s help. The thought of having the Creator God in your corner, watching over you and directing your every move through His revealed Word should more than offset any “peer pressure” to image Satan. The difference it makes in being a Christian is that we have God guiding us with absolute truths on how to live, work, play, raise our children, and self-govern ourselves, as He blesses our obedience!

How can we expect to improve on God’s will by living according to our ideas?

Since the Triune God has brought us out of darkness of our self-invented truth and into the light of His revealed wisdom, why are we more concerned about how people will respond to His truth, than we are about how He will respond to our compromising His truth? There is no biblical warrant for religious pluralism!

Click to read more: http://www.covenantnews.com/hanson090924.htm