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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">Vol. 19, An Occasional Issue ~~~~~October 29, 2012~~~~~© 2012</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em> "The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> Am</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>erica needs God more than God needs America.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em> If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God,</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> -- President Ronald Reagan, 1984</span></div>
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<strong><em>"A TIME FOR CHOOSING"</em> IS A PROPER THEME FOR THIS</strong></div>
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<strong>"OCCASIONAL" ISSUE ... THE FINAL DATE FOR </strong><strong>MAKING</strong></div>
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<strong>THAT CHOICE IS NOW JUST OVER A WEEK AWAY!</strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Three weeks ago, in our Oct. 8 "occasional" issue, we said that the upcoming</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">and anti-Christian principles. That analysis is proving to be correct, day by day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">How else can you interpret the boast of our new president, Barack Hussein Obama,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">on his first overseas trip as president when he said more than once, that whatever we</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">once were, we are no longer a Christian nation. [Something no other American</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">president has said in our more than 230 years.] How else can you interpret the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">"boos" at the Democrat convention when it took 3 votes the get the word "God"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">inserted once in their campaign platform statement? How else can you interpret the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">president ignoring any observance of the National Day of Prayer in the White House,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">but every year holding a gala celebration in honor of the Muslim holy week of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">How else do you interpret the repeated promise of the president to work for repeal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">of the Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA), a national law -- and order his Justice</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Department to refuse to support it in court? How else do you interpret the actions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">of </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">the </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">president in supporting (even using our tax dollars) the legalizing of abortion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">which </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">has already killed more than 50 million children? How else do you interpret</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">the </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">president's calling <em>e pluribus unum</em> (One from many)<em> </em>our nation's motto, when</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">in </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">fact it is <em>In God We Trust?</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>That is the choice we will be making next week;</u></strong> whether to turn America over</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">to </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">control by homosexuals, Muslims and atheists . . . or turn America back to the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">historic </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Judeo-Christian principles upon which our Founding Fathers built this nation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">ANC </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">is not alone in this conviction. Here are just a few supportive comments . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The <em>Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission</em> of the Southern Baptist</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">on the</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em> </em>Obama administration's assaults on traditional Christian moral values of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">life and family, said: <em>"Throughout his brief time in the Oval Office, the</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>current </em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>president has routinely violated core convictions of Christian</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>citizens through </em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>policies, statements, nominations and appointments. He</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>has attacked religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, and the institution</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>of marriage, just to name a few."</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">From another Christian viewpoint, Father Frank Pavone, National Director,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Priests for Life, comments:<em> "Ultimately there are </em></span></span></span><span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>only </em></span></span></span><span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>two forms of</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>government; the first type acknowledges that our rights come from </em></span></span><span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>God,</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>and that government exists to secure those rights. The other type says that</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>them, </em></span></span><span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>subtract from them, or deny them completely."</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">And from Margaret Thatcher, the only female Prime Minister of Great Britain,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>doctrines of the </em></span></span></span><span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>New </em></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>Testament as well as the Old. They looked after one</em></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>another, not </em><em>only </em></span></span></span><span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>as a </em></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>matter of necessity, but as a matter of </em><em>duty to their</em></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>God. There </em><em>is no </em></span></span></span><span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>other </em></span></span><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;">country in the world which started that way."</span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>We have said nothing about the "problems" that are in the headlines --</u></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">the economy, with massive unemployment, rising prices and unprecedented</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">increases in those living in poverty . . . foreign affairs, with America's name</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">and influence sinking to new lows, and our leaders shrugging their shoulders</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">as one of our ambassadors and members of his staff are murdered . . . our</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">great ally, Israel, being given only lip-service as Muslim nations threaten her</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">are only symptoms of the problem. Our Founding Fathers, and the presidents</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">virtue, morality and integrity in our leadership, and therein lies the real problem</span></span></div>
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<strong><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">Just when it seems that everything has been said about this election,</span></u></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><strong><u>along </u></strong><strong><u>comes Billy Graham with a suggestion on how to vote.</u></strong> Not whom to</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">vote for, but some basic biblical principles to guide our thinking as we vote on</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">Nov. 6</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">. His message appeared in full page ads in newspapers across the country,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;">shortly after meeting with Mitt Romney, to whom it is reported he promised, <em>“I’ll</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>do </em><em>all I can </em><em>to help you. And you can quote me on that.” </em>The ad is impressive,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;">words, <em>"I believe it is vitally important that we cast our ballots for candidates</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>who base </em><em>their decisions on biblical principles and support the nation of Israel.</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>I urge you </em><em>to vote for those who protect the sanctity of life and support the</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>biblical definition </em><em>of marriage between a man and a woman. Vote for</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>biblical </em></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>values this November </em><em>6, and pray with me that America will remain</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>one nation </em></span></span><em><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">under God.”</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">Billy Graham's birthday is Nov. 7, so he will be 94 years old on the day after the</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">election. Thus he has earned the title some writers are using in reporting this event:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">"venerable." Through the years of his national and international ministry, he has</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">known </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">and counseled with all 12 recent American presidents, beginning with</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">93 -- was with him when he met the first two, Truman and Eisenhower.] </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">He has</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">always maintained a strict and unassailable neutrality in political campaigns, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">and this</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">is </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">the closest he has ever come to any personal involvement, although he </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">has</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">previously this year spoken out in favor of the traditional Christian view of</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">undeserved tarnish to the good name and ministry of this age's premier evangelist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><strong><u>A challenging statistic concerning this year's election. </u></strong>Karen Spillman, of the</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">of "committed" Christians in America at 60 million (as distinct from 250 million</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">"nominal" Christians). Those estimates also indicate that only 30 million of those</span></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">votes. What would happen if 30 million newly registered Christians voted in this</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">will be decided by the Christians. If we show up and vote for the candidates</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">whose platforms most closely reflect Godly values, then we will win. If we don’t,</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>and </em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>former Navy SEALS Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods dead simply to</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>satisfy </em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>one </em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>man's ego? Were lives actually placed in peril simply to conceal</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>* "You know you’re an Obama voter if you think our dismal economy is all</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>* "You know you’re an Obama voter if you think Islam is a civilizing force</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>that’s </em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>enlightened in its treatment of women and minorities, but Christianity</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>stopped asking the </em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>hard questions </em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>and instead </em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>looked for </em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>soft reassurances.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Mr. Obama is getting re-election support from three world leaders notorious for their</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">responsible for some of the worst atrocities and denials of freedom in the past 50</span></div>
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time, to the most important election in American history. Due to problems of</div>
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words we have used so often: <strong>PRAY . . . VOTE . . . PRAY.</strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In this "occasional" issue, we will depart from the usual format of the 10 years</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">of ANC's weekly issues. Some of our readers regularly forward ANC to</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">On several occasions we have affirmed that </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">we have not and will not endorse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">follows that we are very much against -- or "anti" -- politicians, platforms or</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">So many have said -- and we totally agree -- this is the most important election in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">this nation was founded, or the anti-God, anti-religion principles of "political</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">correctness" ... a choice between the beliefs our Founding Fathers fought for: liberty</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In this election we can choose to return to the timeless truths of the Declaration of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Those words, Liberty and Freedom, were at the heart of the revolution that gave</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Thomas </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Jefferson in 1775 well expressed the basic principles of our nation's founding:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>generation away </em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>from </em></span><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in our</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">urge </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">every </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">American Christian to heed them as we approach the date of Nov. 6,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">now less than a month away: <strong>Pray ... Register ... Vote.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">votes from the delegates </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">was it possible to have the word "God" inserted in the party's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">anti-Christian direction in </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">which the Democrat party was moving, Bishop E. W.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>backs on the Democrat Party," </em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">and declared that the party had become</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Graham Evangelistic Association, firmly stated in <em>Decision</em> magazine, <em>"One party</em></span></div>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Because the Main Stream Media (MSM) is so strongly biased in favor of the</span></u></strong></div>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">left leaning Liberals, we often attempt to bring you examples of "What Others</span></u></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>less </em></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><em>than </em></span><span style="color: black;"><em>a war </em></span><span style="color: black;"><em>to </em></span><span style="color: black;"><em>maintain those freedoms preserved for us in fields of</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>despicable brainwashing ever conducted in American classrooms." </em>He points</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Network" (GLSEN) whose founder, Kevin Jennings, was appointed by President</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>you </em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>here.” </em>Is</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> his present status as a multi-millionaire due to a corrupt city political</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>been </em></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>exceedingly </em></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>guilty in this matter. But the time has come when they must</em></span></span></div>
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JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-30342026490232118522012-09-10T12:04:00.001-07:002012-09-10T09:07:53.571-07:00<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"><strong>The American News Commentary</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em>Pro-Christian, Pro-American, Pro-Conservative</em></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:85%;">Vol. 19, Occasional Issue ~~~September 10, 2012 ~~~ © <span><span>2012</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> "Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide,<br />In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side."</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> -- James Lowell, 1845</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;">AFTER HAVING TO CEASE THE WEEKLY ISSUES OF ANC,</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>WE </strong><strong>PROMISED TO SEND AN "OCCASIONAL" ISSUE.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;">SO ON THAT BASIS, HERE IS OUR EVALUATION OF</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>THE </strong><strong>TWO RECENT POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">First, never has any national election been as accurately described as is the</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">upcoming Nov. 6 election in that 167 year old hymn from James Lowell. Now,</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">after we compare the platforms of the Republican and Democrat parties, it will</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">be clearly seen as being a choice between <em>"the good or evil side."</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">This basic rule still applies: ANC has not endorsed, and will not endorse, any</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">candidate for political office. However, any person, party or platform which is</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"anti" any of the principles for which we are, and always have been, strongly</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"pro" -- Pro-Christian, Pro-American and Pro-Conservative -- will meet with</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">a very "anti" reaction from ANC.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">That is what is often described as a "black and white position" -- there is not</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">any "grey" aspect.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;">We have endured the latest of the quadrennial political conventions,</span></u></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">institutions which many observers feel are relics of the past, and which serve</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">little purpose in today's world, dominated as we are by entirely new methods of</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">communication. This familiar question has risen again: <em>"Does a well established</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">political party even need a convention?"</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Today's versions of the conventions essentially accomplish three major goals:</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">(1) announce the identities of the party's candidates for president and vice</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">vice-president; (2) provide a rallying point for the faithful party members to</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">express their enthusiasm; and (3) agree on a platform which sets forth the core</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">principles which the party extols. Oh, yes -- there is a fourth: give the media an</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">excuse to reward their most familiar personalities with an end-of-Summer, all</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">expense paid trip, and give them something to talk and write about for a week.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Consider those goals. (1) Everyone has known for some time who the candidates</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">would be . . (2) the participants were enthusiastic before the convention, or they</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">wouldn't have been chosen to attend . . (3) the platforms, were developed and</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">settled in smoke-filled conference rooms, and instead of filling 50 or more pages,</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">as at present, could have been summarized in a page or two. As for (4) -- the</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">media was already locked-in on support or disparagement of their chosen party.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">But logic aside, the two annual conventions have been held. Some 115 years ago,</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">in 1897, Rudyard Kipling in his epic <em>"Recessional," </em>described the aftermath well,</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>''The tumult and the shouting dies; the Captains and the Kings depart." </em>And</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">we are left with the names of the candidates (which we already knew), and the</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">enthusiasm of the delegates (which they already had) -- and the platforms, which</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">define the positions, plans and promises of the two parties.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">That is all that really came out of the two conventions. So let's look at them, briefly.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">On Aug. 27, House Speaker John Boehner commented, <em>"If it were up to me I</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>would have the platform on one sheet of paper." </em>Unfortunately, that's not what</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">we have. The two platform documents have much in common -- soaring, inspiring</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">rhetoric about improving the economy, putting people back to work, reducing the</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">national debt (which hit the $16 Trillion mark last week), improving America's</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">status in the world scene, etc. Of course, it is <strong><u>how</u></strong> those lofty goals are to be</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">accomplished that is in question -- but it is on the religious level that the platforms</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">are diametrically opposed.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The Republican platform opposes the murder of children through abortion -- over</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">50 million since <em>Roe v. Wade </em>became the law of the land. This is contrary to</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Christian beliefs and the teaching of the Bible, and even our Declaration of</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Independence's statement of our God-given unalienable right of life. The Republican</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">platform supports the traditional family value, and the Bible teaching on marriage,</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">and thus opposes the concept of same-sex "marriage." The Republican platform</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">supports our First Amendment right of freedom of religion</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">By contrast, the Democrat platform supports, endorses and encourages abortion,</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">(and the "ability to pay" reference has often been interpreted by abortion rights</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">groups as supporting tax-funded abortion.) And led by Mr. Obama and his</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"evolved" viewpoint, it supports same-sex marriage, the first time that either</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">major party has supported redefining marriage. And through its support and</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">approval of Obamacare with its religious ramifications, the platform fosters the</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">erosion of our fundamental Constitutional right of freedom of religion.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Last week this revelation made headline news: any mention of God has been</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">removed from the Democrat National Committee platform. Not one mention of</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">God, but at least 38 mentions of Barack Obama. The immediate uproar forced an</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">embarrassing floor-amending of the platform to restore (from the 2008 platform)</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">the words <em>"God-given potential"</em> with relation to people's willingness to work.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">In support of his claim to be a Christian, and this being an election campaign year,</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">credit was given to Mr. Obama for insisting that the deleted word be restored.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Gary Bauer, Washington-based Conservative spokes-person, aptly commented:</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"I suspect God would have preferred to lose the vote. Why would He want to</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>be in a platform</em> <em>of a party so committed to the destruction of His innocent,</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">little unborn children?"</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Tad Cronn, writing in <em>Political Outcast </em>summarized the broad situation well,</span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>"Over </em><em>the past four years, King Obama has worked to divide this country</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>along </em><em>race </em><em>and </em><em>class lines. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the two</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>political </em><em>parties </em><em>themselves. </em><em>The unspoken difference underlying all the other</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>differences </em><em>is </em><em>nothing less than belief </em><em>in God. That observation is not meant</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>to suggest that </em><em>God supports conservatives over </em><em>liberals. But it’s clear which</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>side of the political </em><em>spectrum makes an effort to follow </em><em>God’s wishes. This</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>presents Americans with </em><em>a stark choice. Here’s hoping we make </em><em>the right one."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And there is this last minute report: according to the latest Gallup research, 75% of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">swing state voters and 70% of all voters already can't wait for the election to be over.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Respondents say the divisive nature of increasingly negative political rhetoric produces</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">feelings of anxiety, frustration, and confusion. But there is this good news: A separate</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">campaign has begun online that offers reassuring daily solace in the form of specially</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">selected Bible verses paired with beautiful, original nature photographs -- available by</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">email through election day at UPWORD 2012.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u>There emerges this implicit question:</u></strong> Can a Christian believer, who accepts and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">trusts the Bible as God's Word, vote for the Democratic party platform, or candidates</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">who support it?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span><p><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And as we approach Election Day, 2012, our Founding Fathers have said:</span></u></strong></p><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">our <em>eyes against a painful truth -- and listen to the song of that siren, till she</em></span></em></div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><div><em>transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great</em></div><div><em>and </em><em>arduous struggle for liberty?"</em> -- Patrick Henry, 1775</div><div></div><div></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em>"Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety,</em></div><div><em>prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private</em></div><div><em>interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone</em></div><div><em>have </em><em>an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute</em></div><div><em>government; and </em><em>to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their</em></div></span></em><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>protection, safety, </em><em>prosperity, and happiness require it."</em> -- John Adams, 1776</span></em></div></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><u></u></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;">With all that is happening on the national scene, it is important to note</span></u></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;">What Others Are Saying; the Main Stream Media sure won't tell us.</span></u></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><u></u></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>Editorial, <em>San Diego Union Tribune</em>:</strong> <em>"The prospect of a ruinous second</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Obama term -- with more unhinged borrowing, more promotion of a culture</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">of dependency, and more contempt for the people who create jobs and</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">wealth -- is terrifying.'"</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>Mark Alexander, in <em>Patriot Post</em>:</strong><em> "It's a great leap of faith to believe there</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">will be an 'America' in 2016 if Obama is re-elected -- at least one that we</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">recognize. One need look no further than Obama's America in 2012 to see</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>that most of what was left of our Republican government</em><em> when he was</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">elected in 2008 has been scheduled for demolition."</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>Jack Marshall in <em>Ethics Alarms</em></strong> (about David Chalian's remark as Washington</span></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">chief of Yahoo): "<em>I don’t know why any American, right or left, Democrat or</em></span></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Republican, is willing to tolerate the sick and vicious level of anti-Republican</span></em></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">bias poisoning coverage of the 2012 election at all levels. It threatens the</span></em></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">integrity of our democracy by dividing and misleading us all. And it will only</span></em></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">stop when good and fair people stop defending or denying it."</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>David L. Goetsch in <em>Patriot Update</em>:</strong> <em>"A recent poll established that 25</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">percent of Americans are still undecided as to which presidential candidate</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">will get their vote in November 2012. My immediate reaction to this</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">information was, “Are you kidding? How could anyone still be undecided?”</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">... Even if an undecided voter is turned off by Romney, surely that that</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">individual can understand that only a fool would vote for a president with a</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">record like Barack Obama’s. After all, the president appears to be bent on</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">destroying America."</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>Walter Williams, in <em>New Media Journal</em></strong>: <em>"</em><span style=" ;"><em>According to IRS 2007 data, the</em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style=" ;font-family:times new roman;"><em>richest 1 percent of Americans earned 22 percent of national personal income</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style=" ;font-family:times new roman;"><em>but paid 40 percent of all personal income taxes. The top 5 percent earned 37</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style=" ;font-family:times new roman;"><em>percent and paid 61 percent of personal income tax. The top 10 percent</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=" ;"><em>earned </em></span><span style=" ;"><em>48 percent and paid 71 percent of all personal income taxes. The</em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=" ;"><em>bottom 50 </em></span><span style=" ;"><em>percent earned 12 percent of personal income but paid just 3</em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=" ;"><em>percent of income </em></span><span style=" ;"><em>tax revenues." </em>Or expressed another way: <em>" What the Tax<strong><strong></strong></strong></em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=" ;"><em>Policy Center calls </em></span><span style=" ;"><em>'working class' pay 3 percent of all federal taxes, middle</em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=" ;"><em>class 11 percent, upper </em></span><span style=" ;"><em>middle class 19 percent and wealthy 67 percent."</em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=" ;">[Oh yes -- it's the Obama </span><span style=" ;">people </span><span style=" ;">who rant and rave about "fairness" in taxation.]</span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style=" ;font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style=" ;font-family:times new roman;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=" ;"><strong><em></em></strong></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=" ;"><strong><em>Vision </em></strong></span><strong><em>to America</em></strong> <strong>Newsletter:</strong> <em>"The Obama campaign’s increasingly</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>desperate </em><em>and </em><em>shrill campaign is acting more and more like a campaign so far</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>behind and </em><em>so in fear </em><em>of losing, they feel they have nothing to lose. From 'felon'</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>to 'chains' </em><em>to </em><em>'Mitt killed my </em><em>wife' to one bald-faced lie after another, President</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Obama has </em><em>forsaken the dignity of </em><em>the office and — should he win a second</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>term — all hope </em><em>of bringing the country </em><em>together after the kind of scorched-</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>earth campaign only </em><em>the terrified wage."</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><em></em></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><em>Free Republic Forum</em>:</strong> <em>"The Obama administration is widely regarded as the</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>most </em><em>lawless in U.S. history. This much you already know... Not enough votes</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>to pass </em><em>Obamacare? Bribe senators... Don’t like the Defense of Marriage law?</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Refuse to </em><em>defend it in court... Congress won’t pass the “Dream Act” granting</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>amnesty to a </em><em>million illegals? Do it yourself by executive fiat... Don’t want to</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>defend America’s </em><em>borders? Sue states that do... Don’t like congressional</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>inquiries? Ignore their </em><em>subpoenas."</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#808080;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"></span></strong></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#808080;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">A. J. DiCintio, in </span><em><span style="color:#000000;">New Media Journal:</span> "</em></strong></span><span style=" ;">The <em>NYT's Roger Cohen isn't a</em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style=" ;font-family:times new roman;"><em>conservative; but to his credit, the insightful commentator separated himself</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style=" ;font-family:times new roman;"><em>from the media's groveling liberal cheerleaders when he called Barack Obama</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style=" ;font-family:times new roman;"><em>a failed president."</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "> </div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And to put it all in focus . . .</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>Franklin Graham, in <em>Decision </em>magazine: </strong><em>"I was blown away by the</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>tremendous </em><em>response to the Aug. 1 Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, organized by</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>the former </em><em>governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, an evangelical Christian...</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>More than 4 </em><em>million ordinary citizens stood in long lines to show their support</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>for the biblical </em><em>values of the restaurant chain ... But the battle in this country</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>against the biblical </em><em>beliefs that have helped shape the moral fiber of our nation</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>for hundreds of </em><em>years won't stop ... I want to sound the warning now that our</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>nation is in grave </em><em>peril... What can the righteous do? We can proactively</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>support </em><em>political candidates </em><em>whose values are founded in the Word of God."</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><u></u></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;">In our research these past several days, we came across many <em>One Liners;</em></span></u></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;">here are just a few of them that you my find enjoyable . . .</span></u></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><u></u></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>"Inflation is taxation without representation." -- </em><em></em>Economist Milton Friedman</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">“For household income, in other words, the Obama recovery has been worse</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>than the Bush recession.” -- Wall Street Journal, </em>Aug. 25</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>"You'll never know Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have." --</em> Christian</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">author Corrie Ten Boom</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>"...they have a fundamentally reactionary liberalism party" --</em> George Will,</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">on ABC, speaking of the Democrats</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"During his entire tenure in the oval office, median household income has</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>declined by 7.3%". -- </em>Peter Ferrara, <em>Forbes, </em>Sept. 2 (From the Census Bureau</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">on what Obama has done for the "Middle Class")</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"President Obama achieved a milestone you probably didn’t notice. For the</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">first time in his turbulent presidency, he made it through the month of August</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>without a major calamity." --</em> Jonathan Capehart, Washington <em>Post</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">“Was he talking about slavery? You bet your ass he was. Was he using the</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">vernacular? Yes, he was. Did he think it was cute? Yes, he did. Was it</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>something </em><em>stupid to say? You bet your life it was stupid.” </em>-- Long-time</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Congressman Charlie Rangel (D, NY), concerning V.P. Joe Biden's "chains" gaffe</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"The Democrats, led by Obama, a man of clearly anti-American values,</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>have </em><em>so set themselves apart from the American tradition as to approach</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>betrayal </em><em>and tyranny on a scale never before seen in this country."</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">-- Col. Bob Pappas, USMC (ret)</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">" She [Mrs. Obama] almost makes you forget that her husband supports</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>killing </em><em>babies and destroying natural marriage. Almost..."</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">-- Alveda King, niece, Martin Luther King</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></u></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And from here and there, here are a few<em> "Afterthoughts"</em> that you may</span></u></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u>have </u></strong><strong><u>missed, but still may find interesting . . .</u></strong><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><u></u></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;">In re Obama's release of the formula for beer brewed in the White House:</span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">It appears that the Obama administration is outsourcing jobs in America's brewing</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">industry to their own facilities in the White House, instead of creating new jobs for</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">America's workers.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><u></u></span></strong></div><div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Moscow has banned gay pride events in the city for the next 100 years,</span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">according to the BBC. Under Communism, Russia tried atheism and it failed them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Now they have acted to defend traditional marriage and oppose homosexuality,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">in accord with the Bible. [One wonders how long it will take for America to learn</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">what the formerly strongly atheistic Russia has apparently learned?]</span></div></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><u></u></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u>Politicians are a forgiving sort:</u></strong> Consider Bill Clinton. As president, in 1993 he</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">instituted the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy relating to homosexuals in the military.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Obama eliminated it. As president, in 1996 he signed into law the Defense of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Marriage Act (DOMA). Obama ordered his Justice Department not to enforce</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">it, and has pledged to repeal it. And on personal level, there is this account of his</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">opinion as recounted by Ryan Lizza in the current issue of <em>New Yorker</em> magazine:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>"Tim Russert told me that, according to his </em><em>sources, Bill Clinton, in an effort</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>to secure an endorsement for Hillary </em><em>from Ted Kennedy, said to Kennedy, 'A</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>few years ago, this guy would </em><em>have been carrying our bags.'” </em>Yet this week in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">a TV commercial, that same Bill Clinton says of Obama: <em>"We need to keep goin'</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>with his plan." </em>[Now that's forgiveness!]<br /></span></div><div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><u></u></span></strong></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u>And some don't understand why Israel worries about Iran!</u> </strong>In a speech</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Iran’s supreme leader</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed Israel for the problems of his and other Muslim</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">countries. He claimed that the world powers<em> “installed the Zionist cancerous</em></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">tumor in the heart of the Islamic world. Many of the Islamic world’s</span></em></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>problems come from the existence of the sham Zionist regime.” </em>And in a</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">speech on Aug. 27, Iran’s President Ahmadinejad said that Judaism and</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Christianity are not real religions. <em>“Islam is a world religion, and God has only</em></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">one religion—that of Islam...He did not send Judaism or Christianity.</span></em></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Abraham was a harbinger of Islam, as were Moses and Jesus.”</span></em></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><u></u></span></strong></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u>A new endorser of Islam is heard from:</u></strong> <strong><u></u></strong>Russian President Vladimir Putin</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">congratulated the Russian Hajj Mission on its 10th anniversary, and said that</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Islam has become integral to Russia’s religious, cultural and social fabric</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"Traditions of Islam are based on eternal values of kindness, mercifulness</span></em></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>and justice. Millions of people in our country practice </em><em>this ancient religion,”</em></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">and he added: <em>“I want to stress that the state’s </em><em>estimation of fruitful</em></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>activities of Muslim organizations is very high and the </em><em>state guarantees its</em></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>citizens the opportunity to follow the norms of their </em><em>religion including the</em></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">pilgrimage to the holy places of Islam.”</span></em></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em> </span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;">From two and a quarter centuries ago, our Founding Fathers seem to</span></u></strong></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;">address the situations facing us today:</span></u></strong></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><div style="width: 985px; "><div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mould</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit and science, to the wanton</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable cruelty of one or a very few."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>--</em>John Adams, 1763</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div></div><div></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue,</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition." </em>--Thomas Jefferson, 1781</span></div><div> </div></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u>And so, this is a current "Occasional" issue of ANC. </u></strong>Hopefully there will be</span></div></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">two more prior to Election Day, Nov. 6. The truth and timeliness of the quote from</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">James Lowell with which this issue opened, should be seen as true and appropriate</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">to America in our soon coming opportunity to choose, as Lowell put it, between</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">the <em>"good or evil side." </em>And that choice is ours, as Christian Americans, to vote</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">for the good, to restore our nation to what it was intended to be ... to what it has</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">historically been ... not what the liberal progressives have attempted to transform it</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">into becoming. There are just <strong>57 days </strong>remaining until Election Day. For that period</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">three words are vitally and unavoidably important ... Pray ... Register ... Vote.</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "> </div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oh yes . . . and one other word: <u>Forward</u>. If you would like to share this commentary</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">with others -- please feel free to forward it to anyone you think would like ANC's</span></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">pro-Christian, pro-American, pro-Conservative position.</span></div></div></div>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-44247118889196698432012-08-20T18:55:00.004-07:002012-08-19T20:06:27.585-07:00<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">The American News Commentary</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><em>Pro-Christian, Pro-American, Pro-Conservative</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">~ Vol. 19, No. 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ August 20, 2012 ~ ~ ~ <span style="font-size:130%;">~ ~ ~ ~ © </span>2012 ~ </span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> "Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize</span></em></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> how close they were to success when they gave up."</span></em></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#000000;"> -- Thomas Edison, 1908</span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;">AS WE MORE OR LESS PROMISED IN OUR LAST WEEKLY</span></strong></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;">ISSUE ON JULY 4 -- ANC WILL OFFER SOME COMMENTS</span></strong></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;">ON AN "OCCASIONAL" OR "IRREGULAR" SCHEDULE</span></strong></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">So here we are, Aug. 20 -- just one week before the start of the Republican</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">National Convention in Tampa, FL, and just two weeks before the start of the</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Democrat National Convention in Charlotte, NC. A lot of the excitement and</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">anticipation has disappeared -- we already pretty well know who the candidates</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">in the Nov. 6 election will probably be. We can be quite sure that the Republican</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">candidates will be Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. For the Democrat side, the</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">presidential candidate will obviously be Barack Obama, but there seems to be</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">a hint of a question as to whether he will again saddle himself with the gaffe prone</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Joe Biden. (In just the past few days in campaign speeches in Virginia, the V.P.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">made headlines with his accusation against the Romney team: <em>"They're going</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>to put y'all back in chains," </em>followed by this the next day: <em>"I guarantee you,</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">flat guarantee you, there will be no changes in Social Security, I flat</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>guarantee you." </em>Even Obama could see problems in those assertions. However,</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">to throw Biden "under the bus" seems a bit much, even for a complete egoist.)</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">But one thing we have already learned -- there is no logical way to figure out</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">what Mr. Obama is going to do next. From at least the mid-17th century, "x" has</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">been used algebraically to represent an "unknown quantity," and now in the 21st</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">century, Barack Obama is certainly an "x" -- politically, socially, culturally, etc.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><u></u></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u>These conventions are a bit unusual -- as to location.</u></strong> Both conventions</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">are in Southern states. In the last 150 years, the Democrat convention has been</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">in a Southern state only 3 times: 1988 in Atlanta, 1972 in Miami, and 1860 in</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Charleston, SC. The Republican convention schedule isn't much different --</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1998 in New Orleans, 1972 in Miami (same as the Democrats) and 1968,</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">also in Miami. It's a vivid illustration of the problems both parties are facing in</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">the November election.</span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>In the next "occasional" issue we can discuss those conventions -- the speeches,</div><div>the cascades of balloons, the parties, the signs, and -- oh, yes: the platforms; the</div></span><span><span style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; "></span></span></span><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">basic principles upon which the campaigns and the election will be based.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And we're already well into what has been described as "the dirtiest campaign</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">in American history." Jack Marshall, writing in <em>Ethics Alarms, </em>raises this question:</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"Does the Obama-promoting media see anything unseemly, alarming or</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">depressing in the fact that a President whose sole justification for his election</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">to the highest office in the land—given that he had less leadership,</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">management or governing experience than Sarah Palin, and any U.S.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">President since John Adams—was his promise to bring integrity, honesty,</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">unity, civility and fairness to the government, now that his lack of governing</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">skills have been completely exposed, has abandoned all of those high ideals</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>in order to hold power?" </em>His answer to his own question was: <em>"Apparently not,"</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">and he added this comment: <em>"It is unethical and contemptible, and any President</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">who allows himself to be re-elected this way is unworthy of the office."</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And as sort of a follow-up, Oban Coca, writing in <em>Patriot Update, </em>offers: <em>"We</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">need to face the reality that we live in a culture that values the grotesque</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">and the dirty. Millions of Americans may say they despise the mud-slinging</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">but these are the same people who tune in to TMZ, or read the National</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Enquirer, or surf the many celebrity gossip sites on the web. Negative</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">advertising is the best way for a candidate to sway voters, whether or not</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">they like to admit it... If you are waiting for a “clean” political fight then</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">you better get comfortable; you are going to be waiting a very long time."</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u>When ANC was on a weekly schedule,</u></strong> we maintained a count-down of days</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">to pray about the election on Nov. 6. As of today there are just <strong>78 days </strong>until that</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">election. Our friend, Michael Youssef, continues in his call for prayer for our</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">churches and our nation in: <a title="mailto:godsaveamerica@leadingtheway.org CTRL + Click to follow link" href="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000062/!x-usc:mailto:godsaveamerica@leadingtheway.org">godsaveamerica@leadingtheway.org</a>. Prayer is the</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">major ministry in which all Christians can join. Please be faithful to the words</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">of Paul in I Timothy 2:1-2 -- <em>"I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications,</em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings,</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">and all that are in authority."</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And as you pray, remember your fellow Americans who are suffering through this</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Summer's drought and wildfires, and beyond our shores, our fellow believers in so</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">many parts of the world who daily face persecution and death from the allegedly</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"peace loving" Islamic terrorists . . and the nation Israel, still in the focus of Iran's</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">threat of destruction, and Assad's continued unchecked slaughter of Syrians.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u>About this issue of ANC.</u></strong> It was not our choice to discontinue the weekly</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">schedule after 10 years. Failing finances and failing health left us with no other</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">option. But we do hope to send an "occasional" issue to a very limited, VIP list.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">We are reminded of the words of Edward Kimball to 17 year old D. L. Moody,</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"There is no limit to what God can do with a man who is yielded and willing</span></em></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>to do His will."</em> Kimball spoke of "a man" -- not a group or an organization. And</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">he did not speak of large crowds of followers. Jesus had only a dozen.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; "></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">So with this very limited list we will renew our emphasis on the same basic principles</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">we have adhered to for years: pro-Christian, pro-American, pro-Conservative. And</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">if you want to share these comments with others -- feel free to forward them, or to</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;">urge your friends to use the "Subscribe' information at the end of this issue.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span></u></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong><u><span class="publisher-anchor-color" style="font-family:times new roman;">We have always felt that it is important to know "What Others Are Saying,"</span></u></strong></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong><u><span class="publisher-anchor-color" style="font-family:times new roman;">and we always screen our selection of quotes very carefully.</span></u></strong></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><strong><u><span class="publisher-anchor-color" style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="publisher-anchor-color" style="font-family:times new roman;"><div class="subtitle"><strong></strong> </div><div class="subtitle"><br /></div><div class="subtitle"><strong>David L. Goetsch (writing in <em>Patriot Update</em>):</strong> <em>"At the moment, President</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>Obama benefits from being telegenic, having the support of the mainstream</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>media, and having a firm grip on the loyalty of Americans who subsist by</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>dipping into the federal treasury. However, Obama is driving America’s train</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>down a one-way track that will take it over a cliff, and what awaits us at the</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>bottom of the cliff is disaster."</em></div><div class="subtitle"></div><div class="subtitle"></div><div class="subtitle"><strong></strong> </div><div class="subtitle"><br /></div><div class="subtitle"><strong>Joan Swirsky (writing in <em>Renew America</em>): </strong><em>"Bizarre and, yes, </em><em>repugnant as it</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>is to our essentially centrist country, America now has a </em><em>president who has</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>broken a time-honored tradition. Barack Obama, on the </em><em>campaign trail and as</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>the leader of the free world, is the first U.S. president to </em><em>proclaim to anyone</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>within earshot that he, like his wife, is not proud of his </em><em>country, and is all-too-</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>willing to offer serial apologies — for America! — to </em><em>Americans and foreigners</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>alike."</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em></em></div><div class="subtitle"><strong></strong> </div><div class="subtitle"><br /></div><div class="subtitle"><strong>Tim Young (Mng. Editor, <em>Absolute Rights</em>): </strong><em>"The President has really </em><em>gotten</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>the ball rolling with his attack...H</em><em>e's resorting to calling Romney </em><em>rich for no</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>other reason than the fact that America is listening...We have </em><em>lost so much</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>character as a people that calling someone a name can be </em><em>successful in a</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>national campaign environment. Isn't that sad? ... We sat </em><em>idly by and watched</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>as our country began to fall apart because we didn't </em><em>use the morals we were</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>taught, the very morals that America was created </em><em>upon, to stop it."</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em></em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><strong></strong> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><strong>David Kupelian, (in <em>Whistleblower </em>magazine):</strong> <em>"It's a national embarrassment.</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>He's the president of the United States, but he lies as easily as breathing. Barack</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>Obama lies constantly. He lies every time he talks to the American public. He</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>has lied about his birth, his childhood, his education, his influences and</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>associations, his religion, his accomplishments, his policies, his true beliefs and</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>his plans for America's future. His entire presidency has been a seamless fabric</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>of deception and duplicity."</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em></em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Lou Pritchett, American corporate executive: (</strong>on the ways Barack Obama</div><div>terrifies him): <em>"He has done more to damage America's standing </em><em>in the world,</em></div><div><em>to lower the standard of living in America, to impoverish </em><em>future generations,</em></div><div><em>and to shake our faith in the country's future than </em><em>any other American</em></div><div><em>president in history... </em><em>he has shattered the American </em><em>dream of job security,</em></div><div><em>home </em><em>ownership, and rugged individualism for </em><em>millions of Americans and has</em></div><div><em>poisoned and divided our civil society </em><em>with his politics of envy, class </em><em>warfare,</em></div><div><em>race warfare, and religious </em><em>warfare -- which </em><em>he is using as </em><em>fundamental</em></div><div><em>building </em><em>blocks for his </em><em>'socialist' agenda."</em></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><em></em></div></div></span></div><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:times new roman;" ><div class="subtitle"><strong></strong> </div><div class="subtitle"><br /></div><div class="subtitle"><strong>George Neumayer, in <em>American Spectator</em></strong>: <em>"[Obama's]enemy is not Islam</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>abroad, </em><em>but Christianity at home. Indeed, if he treated Muslims the way he</em></div></span><div class="subtitle" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>treats believing </em><em>Christians in America, Muslims would call it a holy war."</em></span></div><span><span style=" text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:times new roman;" ></span></span><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><div class="subtitle"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="subtitle"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div class="subtitle"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div class="subtitle"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Judy McLeod, in <em><a href="http://canadafreepress.com/">CanadaFreePress.com</a>: "<span style="font-weight: 400; ">Barack Hussein Obama was not</span></em></span></strong></div><div class="subtitle"><strong><em><span style="font-weight: 400; font-family:times new roman;" >born, as he once joked, in a manger. Obama wasn’t as much born as he was</span></em></strong></div><div class="subtitle"><strong><em><span style="font-weight: 400; font-family:times new roman;" >created and perfected on paper by global elitists lusting for guaranteed,</span></em></strong></div><div class="subtitle"><strong><em><span style="font-weight: 400; font-family:times new roman;" >long-time power. When they drew Obama on paper, they never noticed that</span></em></strong></div><div class="subtitle"><strong><em><span style="font-weight: 400; font-family:times new roman;" >their candidate was also lazy, narcissistic and dull as proverbial dish water</span></em></strong></div><div class="subtitle"><strong><em><span style="font-weight: 400; font-family:times new roman;" >when unattached from a Teleprompter."</span></em></strong></div><strong><em><p class="subtitle" align="left"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-family:times new roman;" ></span></p></em></strong><div class="subtitle"><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></u></strong></div><div class="subtitle"><strong><u><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And, as we used to do, we found a few choice "One Liners" . . . in fact,</span></u></strong></div><div class="subtitle"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong><u>more </u></strong><strong><u>than a few . . but they are enjoyable, and informative.</u></strong></span></div><div class="subtitle"><span class="publisher-anchor-color" style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div class="subtitle"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span> </span></div><div class="subtitle"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div class="subtitle"><span class="publisher-anchor-color" style="font-family:times new roman;">David Limbaugh, attorney, in <em>Rightly Concerned: "If you like Obama's record,</em></span></div><div class="subtitle"><span class="publisher-anchor-color" style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>vote for him, because you're only going to get more of it -- way more if he</em></span></div><div class="subtitle"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>wins </em></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>and thinks he has a mandate."</em></span></span></div></div><div class="subtitle" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span class="publisher-anchor-color" style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></div><div class="subtitle" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span> </span></div><div class="subtitle" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div class="subtitle" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span class="publisher-anchor-color" style="font-family:times new roman;">David Goetsch in <em>Patriot Update: "When using their favorite debating tactic</em></span></span></div><div class="subtitle" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span class="publisher-anchor-color" style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>-- name calling -- liberals like to smear conservatives, Christians, and anyone</em></span></span></div><div class="subtitle" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: medium; "><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span class="publisher-anchor-color" style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>else who disagrees with them as 'intolerant bigots.'”</em></span></span></div><div class="subtitle" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="publisher-anchor-color" style="font-family:times new roman;"><em></em></span></div><span class="publisher-anchor-color" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family:times new roman;" ><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><div class="subtitle" align="left"> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left">Ann Coulter: <em>"</em><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>Fast and Furious is not a D.C. law firm."</em></span></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left">Les Nixon, founder <em>Outback Patrol, </em>Australia: <em>"When we educate men in</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>methods, </em><em>not morals, we inflict a monster on society."</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left">Dennis Miller, on Fox News: <em>"Obama </em><em>might have organized communities, but</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>he’s </em><em>disrupting this nation."</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em></em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left">American Family Association:<em> "Being politically correct has replaced being</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>Biblically correct."</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em></em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><div class="subtitle"> </div><div class="subtitle"><br /></div><div class="subtitle">Ed Lasky, News Editor, <em>The American Thinker:</em> <em>"We know that during the</em></div></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>campaign </em><em>[Obama] warned that criticism of his wife was 'off-limits.' But</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>criticism of America </em><em>-- well, that is fine."</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em></em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left">Patriot Depot: <em>"Most Americans have forgotten the reason that we've</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>become so </em><em>successful as a nation to begin with: our Christian values."</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em></em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left">And finally, from Barack Obama, in a campaign speech in Colorado, complaining</div><div class="subtitle" align="left">that Michelle Obama doesn't get a salary: <em>“I want to make sure that when she’s</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>working she’s getting paid the same as men... gotta say that First Ladies</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>right now don’t [get paid], even though that’s a tough job!” </em>[But the perks</div><div class="subtitle" align="left">are great -- like a luxury vacation in Spain, Christmas holidays in Hawaii, a safari</div><div class="subtitle" align="left">in Africa, a skiing holiday in Colorado, the Olympics in London ... most real jobs</div><div class="subtitle" align="left">where women get paid for working don't provide benefits like those.]<br /><br /><br /><strong><em><u>And a few appropriate "Afterthoughts" . . .</u></em></strong></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><strong><em><u></u></em></strong></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><strong><u>You already knew this about ANC </u></strong>-- ANC has not endorsed any candidate,</div><div class="subtitle" align="left">and will not endorse any candidate. Our underlying principles are well known:</div><div class="subtitle" align="left">pro-Christian, pro-American and pro-Conservative. Any person, party or</div><div class="subtitle" align="left">platform which is "anti" any of those principles, will find ANC strongly "anti"</div><div class="subtitle" align="left">them also. But always in a thoughtful and logical way.</div><div class="subtitle" align="left"></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><strong><u>Sometimes you find answers to difficult questions in strange places.</u></strong> The</div><div class="subtitle" align="left">question about Mr. Obama's Christian faith continues unanswered. Some have</div><div class="subtitle" align="left">said he should be taken at his word. But Jesus negated that procedure -- in Matt.</div><div class="subtitle" align="left">chapter 7, Jesus said, <em>"Not every one that sayeth unto me, Lord, Lord, shall</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>enter into the kingdom of heaven...</em><em> And then I will profess unto them, I</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>never knew you. . ." </em>And He gave us a new standard, rather than accepting</div><div class="subtitle" align="left">whatever they claim to be, in these words: "<em>By their fruits ye shall know them."</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left">(verses 20-23).<em></em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left">Now in the announcement of Robert Bowie Johnson's new book, <em>Outing the</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>Moronocracy, </em>the author offers a lengthy presentation that <em>"Obama does not</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>have a 'Christian walk,' as he has claimed, but rather a heavy-footed</em></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><em>Cainite Marxist one." </em>And Johnson points to the 2012 National Prayer</div><div class="subtitle" align="left">breakfast when Obama confessed that his faith is <span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>"in the idea that I am my</em></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>brother's keeper and I am my sister's keeper,"</em> and Johnson explains that those</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>"</em></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>are words never spoken by a prophet of God or apostle of Christ, words</em></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>based only on Cain's duplicitous and sarcastic utterance rolled into a phony</em></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>excuse to deflect attention from his lie about the whereabouts of his brother</em></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>whom he had just murdered. "</em></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em></em></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><strong><u>And in case you missed it:</u></strong> yes, again Mr. Obama hosted a gala <em>Itfar </em>(that's the</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">Muslim term for the affair) celebration dinner in the White House observance of</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">Islam's holy month </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">of Ramadan on Aug. 10. It was his fourth annual celebration</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">and was in </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">the White House state dining room. He offered lavish compliments to</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">the Muslim </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">nations who for the first time ever allowed a woman to participate in</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">the </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">recent Olympics, saying, <em>"You </em></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>know that the Koran teaches, 'Be it man or</em></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>woman, each of you is equal to </em></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>the other'"</em> in describing Islam as a female-</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">friendly religion. For Obama, it is </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">the Bible, not the Koran, that is filled with bigotry</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">and patriarchy. He has spoken </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">scornfully of the Bible's teaching on homosexuality in</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">the Old Testament, from an </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">eternal God who changes not, and from Paul's writings</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">in the New Testament. But </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">he never questions a passage in the Koran, considering</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">it </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">as a holy and blameless </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">book of teachings.</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">ANC is not "anti-Obama," per se. But our first basic principle is pro-Christian, and</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">as </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">we have pointed out previously, we are strongly "anti" any person, party or</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">platform which is "anti" Christian. The dividing issue finds its sharpest focus in the</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">question: Can a Christian support the murder of millions of children through abortion</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">. . . or the destruction of the family through violation of the Defense of Marriage Act</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">(DOMA), the law of the land . . . the approval and promotion of same-sex marriage</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">in </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">clear contradiction of the Bible's teaching . . . and the ignoring of our First</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">Amendment </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">right of </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">Freedom of Religion, one of the Judeo-Christian principles </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">upon</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">which </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">this </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">nation was founded?</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><strong><u>A note concerning the states' reactions to Mr. Obama's new "amnesty" rule:</u></strong></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">The historic "states rights" conflicts are often best considered in the </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">light of opinions</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">from the Founding Fathers who conceived and established this nation. </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>"I consider</em></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>the </em></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>foundation of the Constitution </em></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>as laid on this ground that 'all </em></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>powers not</em></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>delegated to the United States, by the </em></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>Constitution, nor prohibited </em></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>by </em></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>it to the</em></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>states, are reserved to the states or to </em></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><em>the people.'"</em> -- Thomas Jefferson, 1791.</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span></div><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><strong><u>A statistic you might have missed:</u></strong> <a href="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000476/!x-usc:http://www.zerohedge.com/news/q2-america-added-233-debt-every-100-gdp" style="text-decoration: none; "><span title="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000476/!x-usc:http://www.zerohedge.com/news/q2-america-added-233-debt-every-100-gdp CTRL + Click to follow link" style="color:#000000;">In the second quarter, America added</span></a></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span title="" style="color:#000000;">$274.3 </span></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span title="" style="color:#000000;">billion in debt, while adding only $117.6 billion in gross domestic product</span></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span title="" style="color:#000000;">(GDP). </span></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span title="" style="color:#000000;">That means debt was added at two and a-half times the rate of new GDP –</span></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span title="" style="color:#000000;">and don't </span></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span title="" style="color:#000000;">forget that GDP includes government spending, so real domestic</span></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span title="" style="color:#000000;">production is even </span></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span title="" style="color:#000000;">less than the numbers indicate. How much longer can America</span></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span title="" style="color:#000000;">survive its leaders? </span></span><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><span title="" style="color:#000000;">(From </span><em>ZeroHedge, </em>July 27, 2012)</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">And there is this one: The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the national poverty</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">rate </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">is </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">15.1%, with 46.2 million in poverty -- the largest number in the 52 years</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">since this data </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">has been tracked. Under Obama, poverty continues to increase in</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">the black community, </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">currently at 23.3% among ages 18-64</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><strong><u>And finally, in case it slipped your mind, </u></strong>today was the scheduled date to begin</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">the trial for Major Nidal Hasan for his shooting rampage at Fort Hood, TX, where</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">he </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">killed 13 and wounded 29 others on Nov. 5, 2009. Although he was shouting</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">"Allahu Akhbar" (Allah is great) as he was shooting, the Obama administration has</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">not </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">seen any Islamic terrorism in the murders, and the Department of Defense, in a</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">report </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">in Aug., 2010, characterized the event as "workplace violence." The trial's</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">date has </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">been postponed indefinitely, due to Hasan's refusal to shave his beard "as</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">an expression </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">of his Muslim faith." He has twice been fined $1,000 for contempt --</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">the Army does not </span><span class="publisher-anchor-color">allow beards. But shaved or not, don't expect much action here</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color">very soon. Almost 3 years have already passed since those murders.</span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><br /></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"><strong><u>It seems that we can always learn something from our Founding Fathers.</u></strong></span></div><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span></div><div class="subtitle"><em></em> </div><div class="subtitle"><br /></div><div class="subtitle"><em>"We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>matters </em><em>of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>promote, and </em><em>a national character to support. If we are not, let us no longer</em></div><div class="subtitle"><em>act a farce by </em><em>pretending to it." --</em>George Washington<em>, </em>1785</div></span><div class="subtitle" align="left"><span class="publisher-anchor-color"></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em>"Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the</em></div><div><em>federal </em><em>town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state."</em></div><div>--George Mason, 1788</div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em>"Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained</em></div><div><em>without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined</em></div><div><em>education </em><em>on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid</em></div><div><em>us to expect </em><em>that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious</em></div><div><em>principle." </em><em>-- </em>George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796</div><div><br /></div><div><div size="medium">- - - - - - - - - -</div><div size="medium"><strong>To Subscribe to ANC (no subscription charge), </strong>use this link:</div><div size="medium"><a title="mailto:thenew_americannewscommentary-subscribe@yahoogroups.com CTRL + Click to follow link" href="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000062/!x-usc:mailto:thenew_americannewscommentary-subscribe@yahoogroups.com">thenew_americannewscommentary-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</a><br /></div><div size="medium"><span><strong>To Unsubscribe, </strong>use this link:</span><br /><a title="mailto:thenew_americannewscommentary-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com CTRL + Click to follow link" href="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000062/!x-usc:mailto:thenew_americannewscommentary-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com">thenew_americannewscommentary-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com</a></div></div></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-44333990645702680222012-07-04T13:42:00.003-07:002012-07-03T13:52:33.640-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"><strong>The American News Commentary</strong></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Pro-Christian, Pro-American, Pro-Conservative</span></em></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">~Vol. 19, No. 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ July 4, 2012 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ © 2012 ~</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> In what may be the last issue of ANC, some great thoughts for the week:</span></strong></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> "It is not our job to protect the people</span></em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em> from the consequences of their political choices.”</em> </span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> -- Chief Justice John Roberts, U.S. Supreme Court, 2012</span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"></span> </div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><em></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> "The greatest calamity which could befall us would be</span></em></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> submission to a government of unlimited powers."</em><br /><em> "We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> Taxation follows that, and in its train, wretchedness and oppression."</span></em></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> "Excessive taxation ... will carry reason and reflection</span></em></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election."</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> -- Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and 3rd U.S. President, 1801-1809</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ONCE AGAIN, AS SO OFTEN IN THE PAST, OBAMA'S LACK</span></strong></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">OF CREDIBILITY IS FRONT AND CENTER, OR AS SUZY</span></strong></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">RICE REFERS TO HIM: <em>"OBAMA, THE LIAR"</em></span></strong></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></strong></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong><em></em></strong> </div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong><em></em></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">There are times (not often, I have to admit) when you really have to feel sorry for</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">him. Like the past few days . . . here he was, all set to spin the results of the</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Supreme Court decision on Obamacare into something favorable for his cause . . .</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">but there were those terrible fires in Colorado -- plus the floods in Florida and the</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">extreme heat and power outages ravishing the mid-Atlantic States -- all displacing</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">news of his "victory" with weather related headlines. And so he was forced to visit</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Colorado, even though he had not even spoken once to the Democrat Governor,</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">John Hickenlooper, for over two weeks, while thousands of acres of the state</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">were being destroyed by fires. But he quickly put it all behind him, and enroute</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">back to Washington, was constantly on the phone from Air Force One, begging</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for more money from his supporters to help get him re-elected.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"> </div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>But first, let us be reminded of the words of John Adams </u></strong>concerning the</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 2, 1776, to take effect two days</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">later on July 4: <em>"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games,</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the other, from this time forward, forever more." </em>In support of that Declaration,</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">those men pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. Our leaders of</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">today don't make statements like that.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"> </div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The much heralded, and quite broadly misunderstood SCOTUS decisions</span></u></strong></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">merit discussion and comment, but that doesn't mean that the misunderstanding by</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the public will be resolved, or that the discussion -- pro and con -- will end. The</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">media had hyped us into an angst concerning the end-of-term pronouncements by</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Court. But when they all finally came down, one has to be reminded of the</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">memorable statement by Harry Lyme (played by Orson Welles) in the classic 1949</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">British film, <u><em>The Third Man</em>:</u><em> "In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias, they had</em><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Michelangelo,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>they had brotherly</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>love - </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>they had 500 years of democracy and peace, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and what did they produce?</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>The cuckoo clock."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em></div><div>In the Arizona immigration law decision, there was a split decision -- the state lost</div><div>some authority, but other authority remained in force. In the Obamacare decision, the</div><div>promise, the pledge, that Mr. Obama made to the American people was proved to</div><div>be a lie, and Obama's supposedly sacrosanct "Middle Class" will be assessed a</div><div>heavy tax to pay for Obamacare.</div><div><br /></div><div> </div></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">[The enforcing of what emerged from these decisions raises the query: <em>"Where is</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Spiro Agnew</em></span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>when we need him? </em>Whatever else may be said about Mr. Agnew,</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">it </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">must be said that he had a way with words! In his absence we will make an</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">attempt </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to say what he might have said: "The application of Constitutional law is in</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the hands </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of a coterie of incompetent liberal sycophants appointed to enforce Mr.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama's </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">imposition of his despotic, socialistic, anti-religious plan to fundamentally</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">transform the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">United States of America." (Examples: Kathleen Sebelius, Sec'y.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">HHS; Janet </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Napolitano, Sec'y. DHS; Eric Holder, Att'y. General; Leon Panetta,</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Sec'y. Defense; </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">etc., etc.)]</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>And what of the Chief Justice Roberts opinion?</u></strong></span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Concerning some of the</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">excited and </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">occasional vitriolic pros and cons, it must be said that many of those</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">viewpoints are </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">being expressed by individuals who see only the media headlines,</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and who do not </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">understand the broad overall subject. The highly regarded and</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">very articulate Conservative columnist, Suzy Rice, made this analysis: <em>"President</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Obama, despite his history of recorded statements swearing 'this is not a tax,'</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>made preposterously victorious statements in the past few hours about this</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>decision by the Court with no admission that he’s engaged in massive fraud</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>upon this nation, legislatively and otherwise. He sold legislation as 'not a tax'</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that is deemed Constitutional only as a tax. Obama, The Liar."</em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><em></em> </div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">We here at ANC have seen the effect of this opinion as Chief Justice Roberts</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">handing the November election to the GOP -- with this major caveat: are the</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Republicans astute enough to realize this effect and act on it? Jack Marshall,</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">writing in <em>Ethics Alarms, </em>summarized the decision in these words: <em>"<span class="st">Roberts</span></em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>simultaneously blocked the slippery slope of Congressional dictatorship</em></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>raised by the mandate’s chief detractors, while still allowing major legislation</em></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>duly passed by Congress to survive. It was a performance worthy of Solomon,</em></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>and whatever one thinks about the healthcare law itself, Roberts deserves</em></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>praise and admiration for taking this bold route... unless something in the</em></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>opinion suggests otherwise, the U.S. Supreme Court discharged its</em></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Constitutional duty with care, consideration, professionalism and integrity."</span></em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><em></em></span> </div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And it must be remembered that the real problem is not with a Supreme Court</span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">decision, but with Barack Hussein Obama and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi</span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and the Democrat controlled Congress who conspired together to inflict upon</span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the American people the monstrosity known as "Obamacare."</span></span><span class="st"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span class="st"> </span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u><strong>For Christians, there is so much on which to focus our prayers</strong></u>: our prayer</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">countdown to Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012 now has just <strong>125 days </strong>in which to</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pray for our nation, our leaders, and our place in future history. This has been so</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">often called the most important election in our nation's history. In so many ways,</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">this is absolutely true. Let's use these 4 months to seek God's guidance as we go</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the polls and vote to restore America to being the nation it was always intended</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to be, but not as being reshaped by the present administration.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"> </div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And there are hundreds of thousands of our fellow Americans who are suffering</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from natural disasters . . . fires, floods, storms, sweltering heat . . . and across the</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">world, in India, floods are taking a devastating toll of lives and destroyed homes.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And in so many countries of the world Christian believers are being persecuted,</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">their churches destroyed and their lives sacrificed by Muslim jihadists. There is</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">so much to pray about during these Summer months.</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"> </div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Our good friend, Dr. Michael Youssef, has called for an army of prayer warriors,</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">100,000 strong, to pray between July 4 and Election Day, 2012. To enroll, go to:</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><a title="mailto:Godsaveamerica@leadingtheway.org CTRL + Click to follow link" href="mailto:Godsaveamerica@leadingtheway.org">Godsaveamerica@leadingtheway.org</a></span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"> </div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><div><span class="st"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>As the left dominated "Main Stream Media" continues to distort the </u></strong><strong><u>news,</u></strong></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">it becomes important to note "What Others Are Saying."</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><strong><u></u></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Derek Prince (writing in <em>Jerusalem Connection)</em>: </strong><em>“If there had been no Jews,</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">there would be no patriarchs, no prophets, no apostles, no Bible, and no Savior.</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">How much would any of us have without those five things? No wonder Jesus</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Himself said in John 4:22: 'Salvation is from the Jews.' Every person who has</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">received salvation through faith in Jesus owes their whole spiritual inheritance</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to the Jewish people.”</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Jeffrey H. Anderson (in the <em>Weekly Standard</em>): </strong><em>"In the wake of the Supreme</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Court's decision upholding the constitutionality of Obamacare, the principal</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>choice now facing Americans on November 6 will be whether to keep</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Obamacare or to repeal it. The question is a binary one, and the answer --</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>expressed almost entirely through their presidential vote -- will go a long way</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>toward determining the future course of this great nation.... the Court has</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>cleared the field. The stakes are historic. The citizenry will decide."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Gary DeMar (writing in <em>Godfather </em>Politics):</strong><em> "Governments are all </em><em>about</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">power and money. People with power want money, and people with money</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">want power. Almost every political decision that has ever been made can</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">often be reduced to (1) who benefits monetarily and (2) who benefits with</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">more power and authority over other people. That’s why our founders tried</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to limit the power and taxing authority of the national government with a</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Constitution...The Robert’s decision should not have surprised us. The</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">courts have been acting contrary to the Constitution that they took an oath</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to uphold for nearly 200 years."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Tony Perkins (FRC): </strong><em><strong>"Holder but not wiser.</strong> Either way, the stain on</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Holder's </em></span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">career, which is only compounded by his party's disapproval, will be</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">difficult </span></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to </em><em>blot out. Is there any greater irony than America's chief law</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>enforcer being </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>held </em><em>in criminal contempt? And while some may characterize</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>this as an </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>embarrassment </em><em>for the Justice Department, the real impact</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>spreads far wider. </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Americans have </em><em>watched in astonishment as the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>administration defies </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>marriage laws, pornography </em><em>laws, marijuana laws,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>gambling laws.</em><em> To them, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>this is a repudiation--not just of </em><em>Eric Holder--but</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of the years of contempt </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>this President has shown for the </em><em>Constitution."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Rep. Michelle Bachman (R - MN):</strong><em> "No man is above the law, including</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the </em><em>President of the United States, including Eric Holder. They are thumbing</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>their </em><em>nose at the rule of law. People won't stand for that."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"></span><span class="st"></span><span class="st"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><strong>Tom McClusky</strong> <strong>(writing in Family Research Council): </strong><em>"</em></span><span class="st"><em>If you didn't</em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">believe this was the most important election in our lifetime, I bet you do</span></em></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>now. T</em><em>he Supreme Court shocked us all with a ruling in favor of most of</em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>ObamaCare. </em><em>Many will want to focus on the decision itself. </em><em>I want Family</em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Research Council Action supporters to train their eyes on who is to truly</span></em></span></div><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">responsible; President Obama and the Congress who gave us this</span></em></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>monstrosity. </em><em>And then do something about it... That includes holding every</em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">elected official and candidate accountable for their votes and where they</span></em></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>stand on this issue."</em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><em></em></span> </div><div><span class="st"><em></em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Ayn Rand (author, <em>Atlas Shrugged</em>, 1957 - more than half a century ago):</strong></span><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from</span></em></span></div><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who</span></em></span></div><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily</span></em></span></div><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by graft than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them,</span></em></span></div><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">but protect them against you… you may know that your society is doomed."</span></em></span></div><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></em></span></div><div><span class="st"><em></em></span> </div><div><span class="st"></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span class="st"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As is our usual practice, here are a few "One Liners" we came across in</span></u></strong></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>our research during this past week</u> . . .</strong></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jerry Newcombe (TV host, <em>The Coral Ridge Hour) </em>writing in <em>Perspective:</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"ObamaCare decision proves elections matter."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Sarah Palin (former Governor of Alaska) on FOX <em>The Five</em>: <em>"The only</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>promise </em><em>Obama has kept was to fundamentally transform America."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Barack Hussein Obama (POTUS): <em>"If things continue as they have so far,</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">I’ll be the first sitting president in modern history to be outspent in his</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>reelection campaign.”</em> [In a fund raising phone call just a few days ago.]</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div> </div></div></span></div></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>And here are a few <em>"Afterthoughts" </em>for this week's issue </u>. . .</strong></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong></strong> </div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><em>"If God is dead, America is in trouble" </em></strong>-- a headline in the Washington <em>Times.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Referring to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, Jeffrey Kuhner reports</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that: <em>"The younger generation is becoming godless. Increasing numbers of</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Americans under the age of 30 are skeptical about the existence of God. This</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">will have profound repercussions upon our society, fostering moral</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">disintegration and the eventual death of our Judeo-Christian civilization."</span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And Kuhner concludes: "<em>Traditional America is dying. In its place, a new</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>liberal barbarism is being born." </em>The Pew survey reports that belief in God has</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">dropped significantly among so-called millennials (those born after 1980) during the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">past 5 years. The report indicated that 31 % of respondents say they doubt whether</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">God exists. And according to the Pew report, this is in stark contrast with other older</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">generations of Americans, who continue to believe in God in high numbers — ranging</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from 81 to 89 percent. This trend does not speak well for the future of America.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">It's a question that won't go away: What is the Obamas' religious faith?</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mr. Obama has been all over the place, trying to express it. Some of his quotes</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from an interview with Chicago <em>Sun Times </em>columnist, Cathleen Falsani, include:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"I'm rooted in the Christian tradition. I believe that there are many </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>paths to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>belief that</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>we are connected as a people. </em>But he has problems with religion, and is not clear</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on the answers: <em>"The difficult thing about any religion, including Christianity,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is that at some level there is a call to evangelize and proselytize. There's the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>belief, certainly in some quarters, that if people haven't embraced Jesus</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Christ as their personal savior, they're going to hell."</em> He doesn't believe that</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">he, or anyone else, will go to hell ... and he's not really sure about heaven, either.</span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"I don't presume to have knowledge of what happens after I die. When I tuck</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in my daughters at night, and I feel like I've been a good father to them, and</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">I see in them that I am transferring values that I got from my mother and that</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">they're kind people and that they're honest people, and they're curious people,</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that's a little piece of heaven." </em>In that same interview, he was asked for his view</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of sin, and he replied that sin was: <em>"Being out of alignment with my values."</em> Not</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">exactly the orthodox Christian faith, of any version.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mrs. Obama, just last week, explained her faith publicly, telling a conference of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">African Methodist Episcopal church that the life of Jesus Christ is a model for</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">democratic organizing: <em>"Jesus didn’t limit his ministry to the four walls of the</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>church. He was out there fighting injustice and speaking truth to power every</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>single day. He was out there spreading a message of grace and redemption to</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the least, the last, and the lost. And our charge is to find Him everywhere,</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>every day by how we live our lives.” </em>Not much clearer than her husband's.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">It is also questionable as to whether he holds to the Islamic faith in which he was</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">brought up . . . but this, too, is a bit murky. Islam, like Christianity, takes a different</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">position than Mr. Obama's on same-sex "marriage."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>In the Middle East, the troubles never seem to end.</strong> In Egypt, at last it</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">can be said that they have a new president, but he is of the Muslim Brotherhood,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and what that means for the Christians in Egypt -- about 10% of the nation's </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">total</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">population -- is yet to be determined. And for Israel, as Egypt's neighbor, what it</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">means in this regard is also yet to be determined. In Syria, the UN continues to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">attempt some kind of a resolution to President Assad's continuing slaughter of his</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">own people -- estimates place those massacred at more than 15,000. The group</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of 9 </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nations this past weekend failed to reach agreement on calling for Assad to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">step down, a position forced upon them by Russia and China. The "agreement"</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">they </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">reached was promptly rejected by Assad's opposition. So absent any</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">international intervention, the unofficial "civil war" will continue, with Assad</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">having </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">strong support from Iran and Russia, while the rest of the world stands</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by helpless </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">or unwilling to intervene.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div> </div></div></div></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>We can always learn from the previous leaders of our nation . . .</strong></span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><strong></strong><a name="ph"> </a></div></div><a name="ph" style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- Patrick Henry, 1775</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span class="sqq" style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>“I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what</em></span></div><div><span class="sqq" style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>was right, constitutional, within the law, and for the very best interests</em></span></div><div><span class="sqq" style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of the whole people. Failures have been errors of judgment, not of intent.”</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- President Ulysses S. Grant, 1876</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div></div></a><div style="font-size: large; padding-top: 3px; "><a name="ph"></a></div><div style="font-size: large; padding-top: 3px; font-size:large;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any</span></em></div><div style="font-size: large; "><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>man's permission when we require him to obey it...Obedience to the law</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- President Theodore Roosevelt, 1903</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>This is not your ordinary, run-of-the-mill, wrap-up of an issue of ANC.</strong></span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><strong></strong> </div><div style="font-size: large; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; "><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">For a variety of reasons -- financial foremost, but also age and physical</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">limitations -- with this Independence Day issue, ANC, as a regular weekly</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">newsletter and commentary, will change rather dramatically. This is no easy</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">decision, after 10 years. But the weekly schedule, of every Wednesday morning,</span></div><div size="large" style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">is finished. This is a time in American history when a commentary focused on</span></div><div size="large" style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Pro-Christian, Pro-American, Pro-Conservative positions is truly needed. We</span></div><div size="large" style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">will try to prepare an issue on an irregular schedule. 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We'll try to send one occasionally.</span></div><div size="large" style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div size="large" style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ANC never charged any subscription fee, and it has been only in the past</span></div><div size="large" style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">year that we have asked for help. To those few who responded -- less than</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">50 in all -- thank you for your willingness to help</span></div></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-81369205820927059662012-06-27T20:03:00.002-07:002012-06-26T20:28:34.851-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"><strong>The American News Commentary</strong></span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Pro-Christian, Pro-American, Pro-Conservative</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">~Vol. 18, No. 25 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ June 27, 2012 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ © 2012 ~</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> A word on prayer from a great Christian philanthropist:</span></strong></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> "I attribute a large part of my own formula for success</span></em></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> to the power of prayer in my daily life.</span></em></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> In fact, I begin all my share-holders' and</span></em></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> directors' meetings with prayer."</span></em></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> John Marks Templeton</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">PRAYER HAS LONG BEEN A BASIC BELIEF AND A </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">POSITION</span></strong></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">OF LAST RESORT FOR INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIANS AND</span></strong></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">FOR OUR NATION'S GOVERNMENTAL LEADERS</span></strong></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong></strong> </div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In our frequent -- every issue, in fact -- quotes from our nation's Founding Fathers</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on their religious convictions, it has become evident that virtually every president</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">was at least a nominal Christian, and many were truly believers. Our first two</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">presidents, George Washington and John Adams, were open and definite in their</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christian beliefs and their reliance on prayer.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">George Washington, in his inaugural message, the first in our nation's history, gave</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">this testimony as to the need for prayer: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"It would be peculiarly improper to omit,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations and whose</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>providential aide can supply every human defect, that His benediction may</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And John Adams, after moving into the White House as the first resident of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">building, wrote this often quoted message: <em>"</em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>I pray to heaven to bestow the best</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of blessings on this house and all that hereafter inhabit it...May none but the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>honest and wise men ever rule under this roof."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><strong><u>And through all the years, and all the presidents since Colonial times</u>, </strong>up to</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>the current holder of that office, most of them have spoken of their own reliance on</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>prayer, and the need for God's blessing on our nation. Consider these examples:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><u>Abraham Lincoln</u>, in 1862: <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"I have been driven many times to my knees by the</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>overwhelming conviction that I had absolutely no other place to go."</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>John F. Kennedy</u>, in 1963: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Let us earnestly and humbly pray that He will</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>continue to guide and sustain us in the great unfinished tasks of achieving</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>peace,</em> <em>justice, and understanding among all men and nations and of ending</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>misery and suffering wherever they exist."</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>Ronald Reagan</u>, in 1986: <em>"To preserve our blessed land we must look to God...</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>The time has come to turn to God </em></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and reassert our trust in Him for the</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>healing </em></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of America... Our country is in </em></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>need of a spiritual renewal."</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>George H. W. Bush</u>, in 1989: <em>"My first act as President is a prayer...The Lord</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>forsake </em></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>us; so that He may incline our hearts to Him ... that all </em></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>peoples of</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other."</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u><strong>But if we look back to the formative days of our nation</strong></u>, there was a slightly</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">more aggressive voice raised. Lutheran Pastor Peter Muhlenberg, in a sermon at</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Woodstock, VA, in 1776 said, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"There is a time for all things, a time to preach</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and a time to pray, but those times have passed away. There is a time to fight,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and that time has now come."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In Colonial times, the nation's churches, through their pastors, promulgated the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">opinions and beliefs of the people into action by the leaders who became our</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Founding Fathers. In this instance Pastor Muhlenberg's message contemplated the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">obvious need for the war for independence which soon followed. In applying his</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">message to today's needs, we could alter his words slightly to produce this call:</span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"There is a time for action, and that time has now come."</span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">That does not mean that the time for prayer and preaching has ended ... it means</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that our prayers and the sermons from the nation's pulpits, should focus on the need</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for the Church to become as active as Jesus said it would be. In His announcement</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">He said, <em>"I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>it" </em>(Matt. 16:18). He foresaw an active Church, an aggressive Church that would</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">be </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">so powerful that all the barricades the demons of hell could erect against its</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">onward </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">march </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">would fall.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And that is the militant Church that we need to see in action in this election year, as</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">we </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">attack the moral decline which has been forced upon our nation by our present</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">leaders. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Moral values -- which our Founding Fathers called "virtues" -- have been</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">passed over </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in the effort to demonstrate "progress" and "political correctness." As</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in those Colonial </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">times, the Church must once again take the lead, and speak out</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">moral and spiritual </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">issues. And yes -- that means Christians must become active</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">political issues.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Catholic Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, DC, said this week, <em>"There is</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a time to be on your knees ... there is also a time to stand up ... this is a time</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to stand up for religious liberty."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, expressed this critical need</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">as follows: "</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>We are routinely witnessing events in this country that were </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>once</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>considered unimaginable! Make no mistake: Our constitutional republic </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>faces</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a 'c</em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>lear and present danger' ... In less than 5 months, Americans will be </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>given</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>one </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>more opportunity to turn the direction of this nation around... But </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>we</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>must </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>be </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>e</em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>ngaged and mobilized. We must take back ground that we have </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>lost</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>liberal </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>'progressives' ... We must <strong>'Take Back America in 2012'</strong>”!</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ANC's "Prayer Countdown" continues, plus other emphases on prayer.</span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As of today there are <strong>132 days </strong>until Nov. 6 -- Election Day, 2012. And as our</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">long running countdown continues of days to pray concerning what is probably the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">most </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">important election in our nation's history, we are joined by other planned and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">organized prayer efforts. On this next Sunday, July 1, hundreds of thousands of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christians in churches across America will share in special prayer services under</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Internet site: <u><a href="http://call2fall.com/">call2fall.com</a>.</u> And the U.S. Catholic bishop's campaign of prayer</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for religious liberty, begun on June 21, will continue through Independence Day,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">July 4.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Beyond our shores there is a continuing and urgent need for prayer which we must</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">not ignore. The international organization, Voice of the Martyrs, has this week</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">circulated urgent requests for prayer for persecuted churches, persecuted</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pastors, and persecuted Christians</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in Muslim dominated countries throughout the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">world.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u></u></span></div><div><div><span><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As the problems of life today become more complex, it becomes more</span></u></strong></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>important to keep informed as to "What Others Are Saying"</u> . . .</strong></span></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Frmr. Sen. Rick Santorum:</strong><em> “Today, President Obama blatantly ignored </em><em>our</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Constitution, the role of Congress in making laws, and the separation of</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">powers. He showed us all that he believes he is above the Constitution</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and the law on health care, marriage, religious freedom and now</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">immigration. President Obama’s ideology, his inability to lead and build</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">consensus, and his political self-interest guide his policies rather than the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">public interest. The contribution of immigrants to our country is central to</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">our success, but so is the Constitution and the rule of law.”</span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div class="thecontent"><div class="printfriendly alignright"><a href="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000169/!x-usc:http://www.printfriendly.com/print/v2?url=http://patriotupdate.com/articles/sorry-bill-press-i-like-our-national-anthem" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></a></div><div id="nr_fo_top_of_post"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>David L. Goetsch (writing in </strong><em><strong>Patriot Update:</strong> "Although they reject the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>principles </em><em>of our Founders, scoff at traditional American values, and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>constantly </em><em>criticize our country, liberals like to claim they don’t hate</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>America. Rather, </em><em>they are just trying to re-mold it to fit their 'enlightened'</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">progressive agenda."</span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Stephen Stone (Pres<em>. Renew America</em>): </strong><em>"Jesus' first recorded words of</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">preaching were 'Repent ye, and believe the gospel' (Mark 1:15). There is no</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">more important message for America today as our nation moves inexorably --</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by all appearances -- toward calamity and God's judgments, as a result of</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">our reliance on ourselves, rather than on Him. ... As we watch our nation's</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">moral and political strength dissipate and our options for turning things</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">around become fewer and fewer, we should ask ourselves: what can I</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">personally do that would make the most difference for the good of America?"</span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Barack Hussein Obama (POTUS on CNN): </strong><em>“There’s been a tendency on</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the part of this</em> [the George W. Bush]<em> administration to try to hide behind</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">executive privilege, every time that there’s something a little shaky that’s</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">taking place, and the Administration would be best served by coming clean</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on this, there doesn’t seem to be any national security issues involved...The</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>American people deserve to know what was going on there.”</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Ann Coulter:</strong><em> "For as long as I can remember, liberals have been running</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">around in a state of indignation, shouting that the government is being taken</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">over by a dangerous band of religious fanatics who want to abolish the First</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Amendment, establish a national religion, force their bizarre sexual morality</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on children in public schools, rewrite the nation's laws to enforce their</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>personal </em><em>moral preferences, and punish anyone who dissents from their </em><em>views.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Unfortunately it's all true. That's precisely what liberals are trying to do."</em><em></em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>The <em>"One Liners"</em> that we come across are always interesting</u> . . .</span></strong></span></div><div><span><strong></strong></span> </div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>Justice Antonin Scalia, longest serving Justice in the current U.S. Supreme </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>Court:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em>"To say, as the Court does, that Arizona contradicts federal law by </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em>enforcing</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em>immigration law that the president declines to enforce,</em><em> boggles </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em>the mind."</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em></em></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>Amil Imani, Iranian born, pro-democracy activist: <em>"</em></span><em>Islam is a brutal, tribal</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>warrior cult that glorifies jihad and martyrdom. The Quran is replete</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>with acts of murder, terrorism, and genocide."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jody Miller, on <em>Newsbusters</em>: <em>"Laughing at liberals is good for the soul."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The Heritage Foundation:<em> "Today's presidency lacks the regal air of George</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>III. But imperialism is back, in a big way."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The Daily Caller: <em>"Lunacy, thy name is Pelosi."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Judge Tim Garcia, New Mexico Appeals Court: <em>“Homosexuals are a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>protected class.”<br /></em><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Juan Williams, Liberal commentator; his callous comment on the murder of U.S.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Border Agent, Brian Terry: <em>"Hey, people die."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Michelle Malkin: <em>"'Forward!' may be the official Obama campaign </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>slogan;</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>'Back Away!' is quickly becoming the dissenting Democrats' rallying cry."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> </em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jessica Rudnicki, in <em>Conservative Outpost</em>: <em>"All Venezuela’s dictator Hugo</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Chávez ever wanted for America was a dictator just like him running the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>show. And now we have one."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></span></div><div><span></span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>And, as always, there are a few<em> "Afterthoughts</em>"</u> . . .</span></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>"Fast and Furious" will continue as a major news topic</strong> for at least a few</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">more days or probably weeks. Out of all the rhetoric, pro and con, Jack Marshall,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">writing in <em>Ethics Alarms, </em>summarized it all in a very objective manner: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Fast and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Furious is a true scandal, not a trumped-up distraction, just as Watergate</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>wasn’t a 'third-rate burglary.' When the U.S. government intentionally allows</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>laws to be broken, secretly seeds violent crime in a neighboring country and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>gets both foreigners and Americans killed as a result, that’s a scandal any</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>way </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>you cut it. The U.S. Congress has an oversight role to play after such a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>fiasco, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and getting to the bottom of what went sour is its duty."</em></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>There will most certainly be much to comment on concerning Egypt, </strong>and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the newly elected president there . . . but for the moment there is this observation</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from the Washington, DC <em>Daily Caller: "Egypt’s newly elected President</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Mohammed Morsi announced plans to restore diplomatic relations with</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Tehran in an effort to 'create a strategic balance in the region,' according to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>an interview published by Iran’s Far News Agency ... 'We must restore normal</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>relations with Iran based on shared interests, and expand areas of political</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>coordination and economic cooperation because this will create a balance of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>pressure in the region,'</em> Morsi said in the interview." [Which prompted this logical</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">comment: <em>"Hmm, this doesn't exactly sound like something we should be</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>spending </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>billions of dollars a year to support."</em>]</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Obama's fork wielding "Hispanophobia" ...</strong> An item from Breitbart News</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Main Stream Media seemed to miss<strong>: </strong><em>"Judging from Obama's actions a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>this </em><em>year's National Association of </em><em>Latino Elected Officials (NALEO)</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>luncheon, </em><em>Obama's newest fear is </em><em>Latinos with forks. Obama had the Secret</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Service </em><em>confiscate all dinner </em><em>forks from the participants at the June 22 event</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>held </em><em>in Orlando, Florida." </em>Some participants reported that even butter knives</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">were banned outright, and the forks were confiscated as soon as the diners finished</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">eating and before the president entered the room to speak.</span></div><div> </div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>In passing</strong>: This story headline in<em> Huff Post, Comedy, </em>caught our attention:</span></div></div></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Roseanne Barr To Be Roasted This August." </em>[Now there's a thought it's best</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">not </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to follow through on.]</span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"> </div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div size="large" style="font-size: large; "><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Concerning the ongoing immigration problems, </strong>after the Supreme Court's odd</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">5-3 vote on the Arizona law, President Obama's unilateral and dictatorial action in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">granting new rights to nearly a million illegal immigrants brought into this country by</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">their parents, the matter remains a topic for intense discussion. Here are two of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">many comments which focus on some of the broader issues involved in his action.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">From <em>National Review:</em></span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"On the subject of Obama's decision to unilaterally</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>enact </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>sweeping changes to U.S. immigration policy on nothing but his own</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>say-so, we </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>would like to introduce Barack Obama to Barack Obama, who</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>during a </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Univision interview just last year affirmed: 'America is a nation of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>laws, which </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>means I, as the president, am obligated to enforce the law. ...</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>There are enough </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>laws on the books by Congress that are very clear in terms</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of how we have to </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>enforce our immigration system that for me to simply</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>through executive order </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>ignore those congressional mandates would not</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>conform with my appropriate </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>role as president.'" </em>[Obviously, one of those</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"I wish I had never said that" moments.]</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And from Newt Gingrich, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"If last Friday's dictatorial action by President</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Obama </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is allowed to stand, historians may someday look back on June 15,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>2012 as the </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>day the Constitution died. The rule of law has been replaced</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>by Obamarule."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">It always makes sense to remember our Founding Fathers' opinions.</span></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"The whole of that Bill of Rights is a declaration of the right of the people at</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>large or considered as individuals... It establishes some rights of the individual</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of."</em> -- Albert Gallatin, 1789</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><a name="ja"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people,</em></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>who have...a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean the character and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>conduct of their rulers."</em> -- John Adams, 1816</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div></div></div><div size="large" style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div size="large" style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>And that is the end of this week's issue of ANC</strong>. It is currently planned that</span></div><div size="large" style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">there will be a July 4 -- Independence Day -- issue next Wednesday, but beyond</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that date the plans are somewhat vague. Like many other plans and programs,</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ANC may fall a victim to the economic crisis </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">America is facing. If you would like</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for ANC to continue, please click <strong><u><a href="http://www.evangelical-viewpoint.com/support.php">HERE</a> </u></strong>and send your contribution by check</span></div><div style="font-size: large; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">or credit card to help keep ANC coming your way. Thank you.</span></div></span></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-83658424011023075392012-06-20T18:43:00.001-07:002012-06-19T18:53:03.490-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"><strong>The American News Commentary</strong></span></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Pro-Christian, Pro-American, Pro-Conservative</span></em></strong></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">~Vol. 18, No. 24 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ June 20, 2012 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ © 2012 ~ </span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> A challenging reminder of the patriotism at our nation's founding:</span></strong></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">shrink from the service</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> the love and thanks of man and woman." </span></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> From <em>The American Crisis </em>by Thomas Paine, 1776</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>LOOKING BACK IN HISTORY, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN OUR</strong></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>NATION'S LEADERS WERE CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS, AND THE</strong></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">CHURCH SPOKE OUT BOLDLY ON OUR GOVERNMENT</span></strong></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><strong></strong> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Here in America our annual calendar is liberally sprinkled with holidays -- in this</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">year 2012 there are about 45, and as we have pointed out previously, that is</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a bit more than 12% of the 365 days in each year. Some are essentially religious,</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and Christian, like Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, etc. Others are patriotic, like</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Independence Day, Memorial Day, Presidents Day, Veterans Day, D-Day, Flag</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Day, etc. Others </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">are more family oriented, like Mothers Day, Fathers Day,</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Childrens Day, etc. Some are work oriented, like Secretaries Day, Labor Day,</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">etc. Some are for recognition, like Martin Luther King Day, etc. And one is a</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">general, all purpose holiday for everyone: New Year's Day. And out of the 45</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">existing holidays, we have mentioned only 16!</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">We have just observed two of the patriotic holidays, D-Day and Flag Day.</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Neither one actually takes the form of a real "holiday," with time off from work,</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">suspension of mail service, etc, but each expresses important elements in our</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nation's history -- the landings on the Normandy beaches to open the drive to</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">victory in World War II, with 2,500 American lives lost . . . and the design</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and recognition of our national emblem, the American flag. Our current</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">president, Barack Obama, ignored D-Day this year, as he has done in two</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">previous years, and embarked on one of his re-election campaign fund-raising</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">trips. For Flag Day he signed a proclamation, as all presidents have done</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">since 1</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">949, and went to New York for two high level fund raising events, one</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">$40,000 per person admission event.</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Historically, however, patriotism, Christian patriotism</u></strong>, has been very</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">clearly evidenced </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by our presidents, starting with our first, George Washington,</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of whom Abraham Lincoln wrote: <em>"Washington is the mightiest name of</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>earth —long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty, still mightiest in</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>add brightness to the sun or glory to the name of Washington is alike</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>impossible. Let none attempt it."</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In the early days, our Founding Fathers, who planned and instituted this new</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nation, were colonists on these shores, thousands of miles away from the</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">British government which had become so oppressive. They were bound together</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by a desire for freedom and liberty, probably best expressed by Patrick Henry's</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">speech on March 23, 1775: <em>"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">give me death!" </span></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">They were already patriots in a nation yet </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to be born, and they</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">were mostly Christians who shared a reverence and respect </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for the Judeo-</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christian </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">truths of the Bible.</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">It was the pastors of those colonial churches who became the spokespersons</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for the God-given rights of freedom and liberty, and soon the message of their</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">sermons became embodied in the Declaration of Independence, with this</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">governing statement:<em> "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">happiness."</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u><strong></strong></u></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u><strong>Those basic principles are at stake in this year's national elections</strong></u>. Family,</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">marriage, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the right to life, freedom of religion -- all are currently under attack. Once</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">again we are living in <em>"times that try men's souls." </em>There is </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">evidence of veiled</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">threats that churches may lose their tax-exempt status if </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pastors present Bible truths</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on moral and spiritual issues, on the grounds that they are </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"political" in nature. Due</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">misinformation, largely through the Main Stream Media, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pastors may be hesitant</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">speak the truth, but this is not a valid fear.</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Our friend, Mat Staver, head of Liberty Counsel, expresses the facts so well in these</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">words: <em>"Pastors are God's instruments to impact the culture ... Silence is not an</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">option! Pastors and leaders of Christian ministries have a high calling to preach</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the truth from the Word of God. Speaking the truth is essential all of the time,</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">but it is especially important to do so when a culture has the opportunity to</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">elect </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">leaders who will make law and policies that affect our faith, our families,</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">our freedom. Right now -- perhaps more than ever before in our nation's</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">history </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- there is an intense struggle for the soul of America ... a very large</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">number </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of Americans look to pastors and Christian ministry leaders for</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">guidance </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">important moral and social issues."</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In this election year, just as the churches did when this nation was being born, so</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">now </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">when our nation faces the need to be re-born, the churches and the Christians</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">who </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">make up those churches must take a stand for the historic, Christian patriotic</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">principles </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">upon which this nation was founded, and speak out on the moral and</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">social issues </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">which </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">confront us.</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><br /></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>We're not alone in our Christian concern over moral issues. </u></strong>Consider this</span></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from Archbishop Peter Jensen, of the Anglican diocese in Sydney, Australia: "</span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">It is</span></em></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">likely that sometime in the near future our parliamentary representatives will</span></em></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">be asked to vote on a proposal to change the legal definition of marriage in</span></em></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">order to allow for same-sex unions to be dignified by this name ... Christians</span></em></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">are led by the Word of God itself to bear witness to our strong commitment to</span></em></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">marriage understood as the public joining of two persons of the opposite sex</span></em></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from different birth families... The Lord Jesus quoted and affirmed the teaching</span></em></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of Genesis 2, asking, ‘Have you not read that He who created them from the</span></em></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">beginning made them male and female?' and said 'Therefore a man shall leave</span></em></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh'</span></em></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>(Matt 19:4,5). I am writing to you to urge you to oppose this move as out of</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>keeping with the word of God and also of the best interests of our community."</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And did you notice, as reported in <em>American Vision, </em>that: <em>"</em><em>This month the U.S.</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">federal government has officially endorsed America’s fourth 'Gay Pride</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Month' </em><em>in the last dozen years. President Bill Clinton originally declared June</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>'Gay </em><em>Pride Month' in June of 2000, and President Barack Obama has</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>continued </em><em>that tradition ever since June, 2009."</em> In keeping with Mr. Obama's</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">declaration, the Pentagon will, for the first time ever, participate in "Gay Pride"</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">events this month.</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Winston Churchill, in his inimitable way, expressed his disdain for communism, by</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">comparing its evils to homosexuality. In writing to Prime Minister David Lloyd</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">George in 1919 he said: <em>"You might as well legalize sodomy as recognize the</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Bolsheviks." </em>In brief, it is one thing to encourage one another not to act unkindly,</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">but rather to show Christian love toward fellow sinners in need of repentance and</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">salvation. It is quite another to encourage people living in sin to be unashamed --</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">even "proud" -- of committing an act God calls <em>“an abomination”</em> (Lev.18:22).</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>In our continuing count-down for prayer for election day</u>, </strong>there are now</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">just </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>139 days </strong>until Nov. 6 -- 139 days to pray for our nation, bearing in mind the</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">needs </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">just discussed above. And as we look beyond our shores, the need for God's</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">healing power </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in so many other lands is painfully obvious. The much heralded</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Arab Spring" has </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">degenerated into actual or threatened civil conflicts . . . Syria</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">remains a scene of </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">atrocities and massacres beyond our comprehension . . .the</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">unfounded hopes for "democracy" in </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Egypt </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">show every sign of a victory for the</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">radical Muslim Brotherhood . . . trouble </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">spots like Libya </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. . . Yemen </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. . . . Tunisia</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. . . and of course, Iran, remain . . . and in the very </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">heart of it all, as a target for</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">attack by </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Muslim world of nations, is Israel, and God's </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">beloved city, Jerusalem.</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Now, in addition to your prayer count-down, in less than two weeks, on Sunday,</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">July 1, it is planned that more than a million people in thousands of churches in all</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">50 </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">states will be joined in special services, praying for our nation. (To learn about</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">this event, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">go to </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u><span style="color:#0000ff;"><a href="http://call2fall.com/">call2fall.com</a></span></u> and click on <u><span style="color:#0000ff;">I'mIn</span></u>.)</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div size="medium" style=" "><br /></div><div size="medium" style=" "><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">With the "Main Stream Media" increasingly a voice for the Liberal Left,</span></u></strong></div><div size="medium" style=" "><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">it is important that we read and understand "What Others Are Saying."</span></u></strong></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Michael Evans, Jerusalem Prayer Team (good summary of Syria problem):</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Even </em><em>as Russian President Vladimir Putin is in talks with Iranian President</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Russia is flexing its muscles in the Middle East.</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Bringing back echoes of the 1960s and 1970s, Russia is sending a wave of</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">attack helicopters to Syria to try to help prop up their client regime and keep</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">their influence in the region. At least 13,000 people have been killed in the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">bloody revolt against the Assad dictatorship."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#53321c;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Larry Kudlow (economist, host of CNBC's <em>Kudlow Report</em>):</strong> <em>"</em><em>Is it possible</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that we are already in a global recession but just don't know it yet? And is</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the U.S. itself -- still the epicenter of the world economy -- standing on the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">front edge of another recession? I sincerely hope I'm wrong. But warning</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#53321c;"><em><span style="color:#000000;">signs are everywhere."</span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#53321c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#53321c;"><em><span style="color:#000000;"></span></em><em><span style="color:#000000;"></span></em><em><span style="color:#000000;"></span></em><br /></span><strong>James Carville, a leading Democrat strategist:</strong><em> </em><em>“I’m worried that when</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the </em><em>White </em><em>House or the campaign talks about the progress that’s being made,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>people </em><em>take that as a signal that they think that things are fine, and people</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>don’t feel </em><em>they ought to believe that.”</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Jerry Newcombe, (host, TV's <em>Truth that Transforms</em>): </strong><em>"The problem with</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Barack Obama isn't so much the unfulfilled promises as it is the ones he did</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">fulfill that have done so much to hurt the economy."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#53321c;"></span><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Congressman Allen West (R-FL, on Obamaa's immigration ruling): </strong><em>"This</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">is yet another example of executive branch overreach. We have a legislative</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">process that ensures representative governance by the consent of the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">American people... It is apparent that the goal of the Obama administration</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">is not to govern, but rule by edict. This again is a reflection of the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">desperation of President Obama and his liberal progressive disciples as</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">November draws nearer."</span></em></div><div><p><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></u></strong></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Here are a few "One Liners" we found in our research this week:</span></u></strong></p><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Fred Thompson, actor and former Senator: <em>"The national security leaks</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">apparently coming out of the White House are very serious and must be</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">addressed. But after having no problem railroading Scooter Libby, the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Left suddenly has a conscience about Special Counsels."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Newt Gingrich, former House Speaker:<em> "Is President Obama completely out</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of touch with reality? His comments...on the economy...raise a serious</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">question about his understanding of the real world. It seems as though he's</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">living in an alternative reality."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Tom Minnery, of Focus on the Family, on the immigration problem:<em> "In this</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">important election year there is promise of new leadership in Washington to</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">solve many problems including this one."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">President Barack Hussein Obama: <em>"<span class="st">They are Americans in their heart, in their</span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>minds, in every single way but one -- on paper." </em>[Sorry, Mr. President -- it's a</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st">bit more than "on paper." They were not born in America, to American parents.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st">They were brought to America from a foreign country where they were born, by</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st">parents who violated American laws, and came here as illegal immigrants.]</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And V.P. Joe Biden remains as the nation's "gaffe king:" at a high school</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">commencement ceremony in Virginia last week, he called the Arab Spring a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>“democratic movement.” </em>(It was the same day that the Egyptian high court</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nullified the Islamist majority parliament and the Egyptian military assumed</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">control of the legislature.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And there are a few <em>"Afterthoughts" </em>which should be mentioned:</span></u></strong></div><div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>It's difficult to understand the significance of this "victory.</strong>" The Military</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) has declared a victory in its war against</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">religion, when Lifeway Publishers, the Southern Baptist publishing arm, was told</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">it could no longer sell Bibles which had the service emblems for the various</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">branches of our military imprinted on the cover. The U.S. Department of Defense</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">had granted permission to use the appropriate emblem on Bibles used by members</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of he Army, Navy, Marines or Air Force. However, that permission was revoked</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">last year when MRFF threatened to sue our government on the grounds that the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">emblem on the Bibles was an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. The Defense</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Department has announced that all such Bibles must be removed from stores on all</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">military bases throughout the world. One can expect the next step to be removing</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">all Bibles from sale in military stores. No word has been heard as pertaining to the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">sale of copies of the Quran.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>In case you remember the Solyndra "stimulus" debacle, </strong>costing taxpayers</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">$535 million in a loan just before the company went bankrupt and closed its doors</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">forever . . . there are some "corrected" figures. It wasn't 1,100 fulltime and temporary</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">employees who lost their jobs -- it was 1,861. And the firm increased production in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">2011, although solar panels produced the previous year were still unsold -- in fact,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the unsold inventory was adequate to power some 23,000 homes. But after visiting</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the plant, Mr. Obama described it as <em>"a testament to American ingenuity and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>dynamism." </em>Maybe he's not the best one to decide where to "invest" stimulus funds.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">9/11 defense attorney demands all women in court wear Sharia law garb.</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Proving "it can happen here," attorney Cheryl Borman representing 9/11 Muslim</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">defendant, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Walid bin Attash, has demanded that all women in the court room dress</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">according </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to Shariah law to show respect for her client's religious beliefs.</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Overseas military operations that start small have a way of growing large.</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">[Or put another way: Obama is too young to remember Viet Nam.] It has been</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">discovered that the U.S. military is expanding its secret intelligence operations</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">across Africa, establishing a network of small air bases to spy on terrorist hiding</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">places. At the heart of the surveillance operations are small, unarmed turbo-prop</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">planes disguised as private planes. And when the first one is shot down . . . . .</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>The "Arab Spring" seems to be developing into a "Muslim Harvest." </strong>In</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the ongoing Islamic attacks in Nigeria, at least 50 Christians were killed on Sunday,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">with more than 125 wounded. The Muslim group Boko Haram continues its vicious</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">attacks on Christians and churches in Northern Nigeria, with this two-fold goal:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"The Nigerian state and Christians are our enemies, and we will be</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>launching </em><em>attacks on the Nigerian state and its security apparatus as well as</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>churches until </em><em>we achieve our goal of establishing an Islamic state in place</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of </em><em>the secular state," </em>said Abul Qaqa, the Boko Haram spokesman.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood declared that its candidate, Mohammed</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Morsi, won Egypt's presidential election, which would be the first victory of an</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Islamist as head of state in the wave of protests that swept the Middle East during</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the past year. But the Egyptian military has control of the major share of power</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">over the new president, with the threat of a serious confrontation over rule of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">country, once America's -- and Israel's -- strongest ally in the region. <span id="dnn_ctr396_MainView_ViewEntry_lblEntry">Prominent</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Islamic cleric Safwat Hagazy said: <em>"Our capital shall not be Cairo, Mecca or</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em>Medina. It shall be Jerusalem... Our chants shall be: ‘millions of martyrs will</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em>march towards Jerusalem’... The United States of the Arabs will be restored</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em>on the hands of that man [Mursi] and his supporters. The capital of the</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em>Muslim Caliphate will be Jerusalem with Allah’s will... We will either pray in</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em>Jerusalem or we will be martyred there."</em></span></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Our Founding Fathers left us wise thoughts on so many different subjects:</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">liberties, and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">orders of people, it shall be the duty of legislators and magistrates ... to</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>cherish the interest of literature and the sciences..."</em> -- John Adams, 1776</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#53321c;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="color:#53321c;"><strong></strong></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too </em><em>many</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>parasites living on the labor of the industrious."</em> --Thomas Jefferson, 1824</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>And here is the closing thought in this week's issue of ANC: </strong>After today's</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">issue, there is just one more in what we have designated "Vol. 18." If we are to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">go ahead with "Vol. 19, No. 1" that issue will be under date of July 4 -- America's</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Independence Day. But, very frankly, it may not be possible to publish that issue.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">If you want ANC to continue, your contributions will make that possible. Please</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">click <span style="color:#800000;"><strong><u><a href="http://www.evangelical-viewpoint.com/support.php">HERE</a> </u></strong></span><span style="color:#000000;">for information on how to make your gift by check or credit card.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-54354843793656761032012-06-13T11:37:00.004-07:002012-06-12T14:03:44.501-07:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"> The American News Commentary</span></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:130%;"><em>"Pro-Christian, Pro-American, Pro-Conservative"</em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">~Vol. 18, No. 23 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ June 13, 2012 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ © 2012~</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong> From a British Christian scholar and philosopher; formerly an atheist:</strong><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> "The Christian is in a different position from other people</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> who are trying to be good ... He does not think God</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> will love us because we are good, but that God</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> will make us good because He loves us."</span></em></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> C. S. Lewis, in <em>Mere Christianity</em></span></span></div></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<strong></strong></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">AT LEAST TWICE IN PAST ISSUES WE HAVE USED THE OLD</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">LATIN PHRASE:<em> QUO VADIS?</em></span><em> </em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">IT SEEMS TO BE TIME </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">TO</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ASK AGAIN: WHERE ARE YOU GOING, AMERICA?</span></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But first, this brief note: last week in ANC we made extended mention of D-Day,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and expressed our view that on each anniversary of this very important event of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">World War II we should honor those members of our military who gave </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">their</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">lives on those Normandy beaches. But you might have noticed that our </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">president</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ignored D-Day, and instead of making a speech or issuing one of </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">his written</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">proclamations to mark the 68th anniversary of that heroic assault, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">he flew to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">California for a series of re-election campaign fund-raisers. Nothing </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">new about</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that, really -- he didn't do so last year or the year before . . . although in 2009 he</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">actually did </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">make a speech on D-Day.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>From the</u></strong> <strong><u>"So what else is new" department: </u></strong>This front page major headline</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in a major American daily newspaper: <strong><em>"U.N. Frustration Grows; Syria Peace</em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Plan in Ruins."</em></strong> And to the extent that news of what is happening in Syria gets</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to the rest of the world, it is obvious that the slaughter of Syrian people opposed</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to President Assad continues. Even U.N. observers, there to survey and report on</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the fighting with the seemingly impossible goal of a establishing a cease-fire, have</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">been fired upon.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And the Obama administration's response: a call for Assad (whom they formerly</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">considered to be a "reformer") to step down, and proposing further "sanctions."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">What a difference from the situation under President Mubarak in Egypt, where</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">no large numbers of his opponents had been killed, but where Obama turned his</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">back on our long time friend in the Muslim world, and Israel's only friend in that</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">world, and encouraged his ouster. Now the radical Islamic "Muslim Brotherhood"</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">seems poised to take control in run-off elections later this week. Or what a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">difference from Libya, where Qadaffi had killed perhaps 1,500 opponents, and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama threw his influence with NATO into the conflict to overcome and kill</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Qadaffi. The result: an unsettled government still in strife. But in Syria, where the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">number of individuals killed is in the 12,000 - 15,000 range, the Obama</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">administration merely</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> asks Assad to step down, and proposes more "sanctions."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But aside from fumbling and useless involvement in international affairs, here at</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">home we seem to be moving further and further from the Judeo-Christian principles</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">upon which our nation was founded. The Obama administration seems determined</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to do away with traditional Bible based Christian views of marriage and family.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">He deemed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) -- passed with a strong</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">majority vote in Congress and signed into law by President Clinton -- to be both</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">unconstitutional and indefensible and instructed Attorney General Holder to refuse</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to defend DOMA in any law suit against it. Then he "managed" the repeal of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in the military. A just a short time ago he announced</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that his "evolving" opinion had solidified, and he is now a supporter of same-sex</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"marriage." And he has never weakened in his support of abortion, with well over</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">53 million babies killed since we were handed Roe v. Wade by the Supreme </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Court.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And in perhaps the most overt attack on the Christian faith, his signature legislation,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Obamacare," is now facing legal action instituted by at least 43 groups of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Catholic </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">church on the legislation's effect on our constitutional right of freedom of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">religion. And we have not even touched upon the current explosive leaking to the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">media of </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">secret information concerning our military and defense procedures. It is,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by any standard, an ever growing mountain of governmental errors and failures.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And so we ask once again: "Quo Vadis?" -- Where are you going, America?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>In our long time prayer countdown to the upcoming election</u>, </strong>there are, as</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of today, <strong>146 days </strong>until Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012. As we have so often urged,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">please use those 146 days to pray for our nation, for wisdom to be given to our<br />leaders, and for wisdom to be given to us as citizens as we go to the polls on</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Nov. 6 and vote to restore America to being the kind of a nation it was always</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">intended to be. And let us never fail to pray for our fellow Christians all over the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">world who are suffering persecution and death from Islamic jihadists for expressing</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">their faith.</span> An example is this news release from Jos, Nigeria just last Sunday:<em> "An</em></div><div><em>Islamic extremist ran a car full of explosives at a Pentecostal church in this</em></div><div><em>Plateau state city this morning killing at least two Christians and injuring</em></div><div><em>more than 40 others, military and police officials said. </em><em>In Borno state also</em></div><div><em>today, gunmen reportedly killed at least two Christians during church worship.</em></div><div><em>The Boko Haram Islamic sect reportedly took responsibility for both assaults."</em></div><div></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Here's a news item you might have missed; it didn't get much coverage.</span></u></strong></div></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><u></u><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Michael Carl (writing in<em> Moody News</em>):</span></strong><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> "A new Bible translation released</span></em></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by Thomas Nelson changes the nouns for God, Jesus Christ and angels to</span></em></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Eternal One, the Anointed One and a messenger of God. The translation</span></em></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">comes at the same time that critics contend Wycliffe Bible translators are</span></em></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">changing the names for God and Jesus to appease a Muslim target </span></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>audience."</em></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div style="font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And Moody Adams added this comment:<em> "If this is truth, it marks the </em></span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">turning</span></em></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the great Wycliffe organization betraying their God, their founder </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and the</span></em></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">workers preceding them. Of course it will make the Bible attractive </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to Islam</span></em></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and all the religions of the world that do not believe in the Lord </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jesus Christ</span></em></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and Jehovah God. It also appeals to a nation becoming more </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pagan by the</span></em></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">day. This is obviously the selling out of Almighty God for the </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">almighty dollar."</span></em></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><u><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></u> </div><div><br /></div><div><u><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Before getting into the next regular feature, this comment, from a source</span></strong></u></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">admittedly Conservative in its viewpoint, is interesting and informative:</span></u></strong></div><div><u><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></u></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">From <em>The Steady Conservative: "Recently Les Moonves, CBS CEO and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Chairman, attended a LGBT fundraiser </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>for President Obama... At the event</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>he stated stated that 'ultimately journalism has changed …partisanship is very</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>much a part of journalism now'</em>...<em>This is a major reason that the MSM</em> [Main</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Stream Media] <em>is losing both its credibility and its following... Because when</em></span></div><div size="medium"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>you are fed lies over and over again…eventually you begin to believe them."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><u><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></u> </div><div><br /></div><div><u><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In view of the liberal, left-leaning opinions of the "Main Stream Media,"</span></strong></u></div><div size="medium"><div><u><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">it is always helpful to take a look at "What Others Are Saying."</span></strong></u></div><div><strong><u></u></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Alan Caruba (in <em>New Media Journal</em>):</strong> <em>"June 15th is Global Wind Day.</em></div><div><em>Wind is part of the Earth’s atmosphere and, depending on whether it is</em></div><div><em>blowing gently or strongly, there isn’t a darn thing anyone can do about it ...</em></div><div><em>The Earth, however, has been in a natural cooling cycle since 1998 and the</em></div><div><em>advocates of 'green energy' have been in a tailspin, a death spiral of an</em></div><div><em>inadequate capacity to deliver electricity and the inability to compete with</em></div><div><em>more reliable, affordable, and traditional energy sources. Simply put, wind</em></div><div><em>and solar energy is a fool’s dream and one that must be backed up by</em></div><div><em>traditional energy sources at all times in the event the wind isn’t blowing...</em></div><div><em>Only an idiot would want to be dependent on wind or solar to provide a</em></div><div><em>reliable source of electricity."</em></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Donovan Slack (Americans for Prosperity):</strong> <em>"No, it’s not your imagination:<u></u></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>President Barack Obama</em><em> is spending a whole lot of time fundraising, perhaps</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">more than any incumbent president in history. Including last week’s trip to</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">California, he will have spent eight of 24 weekdays during the past month –</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that’s a third of them - on the road and collecting cash." </em>[He has now been</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">accorded an additional honorary title: "Campaigner in Chief."]</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><strong></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And in this regard, the liberal<em> Huff Post </em>made Mr. Obama's interest clear:</span></strong></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000001;">"Some of the most visible members of Hollywood's LGBT community are</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000001;">rolling out the rainbow carpet for President Barack Obama...The President</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000001;">will be appearing at two fundraising events the evening he arrives in Los</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000001;">Angeles: the LGBT Leadership Council's gala, where Ellen DeGeneres will</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000001;">be speaking, and a private dinner hosted by 'Glee' creator Ryan Murphy</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000001;"><em>and his fiance David Miller."</em></span><span style="color:#000001;"><em> </em>[What is difficult to understand is why our president</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000001;">tends to ignore the views of the nation's Christians (80% of the population) and so</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000001;">actively support the views of </span><span style="color:#000001;">the nation's homosexuals (3.8% of the population.)]</span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000001;"></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Giacomo (in <em>Godfather Politics</em>):</strong> <em>"Homosexuals do not want equal treatment,</em></div><div><em>rather they want preferential treatment above and beyond what everyone else</em></div><div><em>gets. They want special rights, not equal rights and they are succeeding in</em></div><div><em>securing them at the cost of Christian’s rights. The only way for homosexuals to</em></div><div><em>gain their rights is to strip Christians of theirs and that is exactly what is</em></div><div><em>happening. And it’s happening because too many Christians in America have</em></div><div><em>been too complacent and have done nothing to protect our Christian rights."</em></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Thomas Sowell (writing in <em>Conservative Outpost</em>):</strong> <em>"Among the people who</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">are disappointed with President Obama, none has more reason to be</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">disappointed than those who thought he was going to be 'a uniter, rather than</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a divider' and that he would 'bring us all together.' </em><em>It was a noble hope, but</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">one with no factual foundation... President Obama's re-election campaign has</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">become more openly divisive than ever. He has embraced the strident "Occupy</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Wall Street" movement ...Obama's Department of Justice has been spreading</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the hysteria that states requiring photo identification for voting are trying to</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>keep minorities from voting ... the Obama campaign is now </em><em>seeking to divide</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the sexes by declaring that women are being paid less than </em><em>men, as part of a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"war on women" conducted by villains, from whom Obama </em><em>and company will</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">protect the women."</span></em></div><div><em></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Mat Staver (Chrmn. Liberty Counsel):</strong> <em>"The indispensable social pillar of</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">marriage has been systematically undermined and marginalized in our</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>national </em><em>discourse... It has surprised no one that ultraliberal forces want to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>discredit natural </em><em>marriage while advancing a twisted counterfeit of this</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>God-given institution... <span style=" ;">The battle for marriage and family is </span></em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span style=" ;">intensifying...</span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span style=" ;">There can be no</span></em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;"><em> middle ground in this fight.</em></span><span style=" ;"><em> We have no choice but to win...</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;"><em>Losing one of the most important battle of our lifetime is unthinkable</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;"><em>!"</em></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em></em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><span style=" ;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>And here are some "One Liners" which were noted during our research</u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>this </u></strong></span><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">past week ... humorous, serious and sometimes alarming.</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Ann Coulter (Conservative columnist):: <em>"President Obama wanted to go to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Wisconsin, but he just didn't </em><em>have time. He's been doing so many campaign</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>fundraisers lately he barely </em><em>has time to play golf."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Bill Press (Liberal radio commentator): <em>"It is a major crusade of mine, and </em><em>that</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is, to get rid of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’... I mean </em><em>it’s just stupid, I think.</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">I’m embarrassed — I’m embarrassed every time I hear it.”</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Barack Hussein Obama (U.S. President): <em>"The private sector is doing fine."</em></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Minority leader Nancy Pelosi, who could be a poster girl for lapsed Catholics,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">said that the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">43 Catholic groups suing the Obama Administration don’t represent</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the church: </span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Those people have a right to sue, but I don’t think they’re</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">speaking <u>ex </u></span></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><u>cathedra</u> for the Catholic Church.” </em>[Ms. Pelosi apparently doesn't</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">understand </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that the term <em>ex cathedra</em> means "from the chair" and is used only by</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Pope to </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">state unequivocal doctrines of the church.]</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Dan Balz, in the <em>Washington Post: </em><em>"When President Obama and former</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>president Clinton have to clean up their mistakes, Democrats know they’ve</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>had a bad few days."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And one more from President Barack Obama (speaking of Rep. Barney Frank's</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">retirement): <em>"The House of Representatives will not be the same without him."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">[On this point, we have to agree, Mr. Obama is correct.]</span></div></div><div><em></em></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u></u></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>And, of course, there are always a few pertinent <em>"Afterthoughts</em></u><em>"</em>. . .</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>The Liberals' excuse for the Conservative victory in Wisconsin last week:</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Ed Shultz, liberal NBC commentator explained it this way: <em>"President Obama</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>brought </em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>this up years ago on the campaign trail when he said ‘folks in rural</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>areas cling to their guns and their religion’ ... example A, right there.”</em></span></span></div></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>V.P. Joe Biden used to be the Obama administration's "gaffe king," </strong>but it</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">seems like he is facing some stiff competition. This one, however, is one of his</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">finest: <em>"Now, people look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe?</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>The answer is yes, that’s what I’m telling you."</em> But Hillary Clinton does well,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">too, in this one just a year ago about President Bashar al-Assad: <em>"There’s a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>different leader in Syria now. Many of the members of Congress of both</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he’s</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a reformer."</em> Not to be out-done, Mr. Obama has recently produced these gems:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"I’ve now been in 57 states" ... </em>he spoke of <em>"a Polish death camp" ... </em>and as</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a topper, last week he said: <em>"The private sector is doing fine."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But some observers consider this to be his classic, just a few days ago: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"The</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>notion that my White House would purposely release classified national</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>security </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>information is offensive."</em> Some have said that calling it <em>"my White</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>House" </em>is offensive. And others have commented that his massive domestic and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">foreign policy failures are also offensive. So it is a tight gaffe race in Washington.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">al Qaeda is difficult to understand, but always interesting (and dangerous).</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">For example -- there seems to be a large number of "al Qaeda #2s", or else an</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">abundance of successor #2s, because we read so often that another al Qaeda #2</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">was killed in one of Mr. Obama's targeted drone strikes. And in answer to the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">$33 million bounty on its top leaders, the al Qaeda affiliate in Somalia has offered</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">its bounty for President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – 10 camels</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for Obama and 20 chickens for Clinton.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>ANC does not sell books or DVDs,</strong> but we have often found some interesting</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and meaningful thoughts in advertisements for books and movies. Consider this</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ad from the Internet this past week: <em>"When we walk in the footsteps of our</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>fathers, </em><em>we gain context for who we are as a people and hope for the next</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>generation. </em><em>In Kirk Cameron's soul-stirring film Monumental the paradigm</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and intent of </em><em>our forefathers was explored in detail to reveal that the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Christian faith is </em><em>found in every purpose of the founding of this great land</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that we call 'America.'"</span></em></div></div></div></div><div></div><div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>We can always learn by reflecting on the views of our Founding Fathers:</strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people,</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>commencing as demagogues and ending tyrants."</em> --Alexander Hamilton, 1787</span></span></span></div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><p><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></span></p></span></span></span></div></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">And these wise words from two men who were cousins:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div><span style=" ;"><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"></span></span><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>particular sect or denomination of the candidate -- look to his character."</em></span></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">--Noah Webster, 1823</span></span></span></div><div><p><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Love your country but fear its government."</em> -- Daniel Webster, 1834</span></span></span></p></div></span></span></span></div></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>And now, this final word for this issue of ANC: </strong>It becomes ever increasingly</span></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">difficult to scan through all the news sources available to us, and to select those</span></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">matters of concern where our position is particularly applicable: Pro-Christian,</span></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Pro-American and Pro-Conservative. These are troubling times, and those basic</span></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">positions are more important than ever. ANC will continue to comment on major</span></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">current events from those viewpoints just as long as we are able to do so. If you</span></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">would like to help this publication continue, please click <span style="color:#800080;"><strong><u><a href="http://www.evangelical-viewpoint.com/support.php">HERE</a></u></strong></span><span style="color:#000000;"> to learn how to</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">send your contribution by check or credit card. And thank you for your help</span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-82900070353662837612012-06-06T19:33:00.004-07:002012-06-07T06:31:50.653-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"><strong>The American News Commentary</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"><em>Pro-Christian, Pro-American, Pro-Conservative</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></em></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em>~</em> Vol. 18, No. 22 <em>~ ~ </em>Delayed issue for June 6, 2012 <em>~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~</em> © 2012 ~</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"> An important understanding for us from an authoritative source:</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em> "I am one of those people who believe firmly that the very core</em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> of America’s greatness and uniqueness is due to the fact </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em> the founding fathers built this country’s foundation</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em> solely on the rock of the Christian Scriptures."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"> Michael Youssef, Ph.D.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"> <a title="http://www.michaelyoussef.com/ CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.michaelyoussef.com/">www.michaelyoussef.com</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;">GRANTED: JOBS AND THE ECONOMY ARE OF MAJOR</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;">IMPORTANCE IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION -- BUT</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;">SHOULD ALL MORAL VALUES BE IGNORED?</span></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">First, however, let us pause for a moment, and think back some 68 years to the</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">date of June 6, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1944, a day that will be forever remembered as "D-Day." On that</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">day, under the command of General Eisenhower, more than 150,000 allied troops</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">crossed the English Channel and stormed the beaches of Normandy against the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">well-armed and heavily fortified German forces in "Operation Overlord."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">General Eisenhower's message to the Allied expeditionary forces has gone down in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">history as one of the great military speeches of all time. Some of its phrases will</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">forever be remembered: <em>"You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade ...</em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Your </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>task will not be an easy one ... I have full confidence in your courage</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and devotion </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to duty, and skill in battle. We will accept nothing else than full</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em>victory...Let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">noble undertaking."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">In less than a week the beaches had been secured,. and more than 325,000 allied</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">troops had augmented the assault forces, and the march to the <em>"full victory"</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">decreed by Eisenhower had begun. But in taking those Normandy beaches, more</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">than 4,400 allied troops had given their lives; among them 2,500 Americans and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">1,900 from Britain and Canada.</span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">We have just honored the memory of our military on Memorial Day . . . let us keep</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">alive that flame of remembrance on this anniversary of D-Day, 1944.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><strong><u>Looking back at the 2008 presidential campaign</u></strong>, Senator Obama -- facing the</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">handicap of a name like Barack Hussein Obama, when the nation was at war over</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">the provocations of a Mid-East dictator also named Hussein, and with his years of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Muslim upbringing on the record -- realized that he needed to be perceived as a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">candidate with strong religious -- even Christian -- moral convictions. One of the</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">steps he took in this pursuit -- many observers see it as perhaps the major </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">step</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">in developing this perception -- was to participate in a two hour, televised</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">"forum" (not a debate) alongside his opponent, Senator John McCain, under the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">sponsorship of a Southern Baptist pastor named Rick Warren, in his church in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Southern California.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">The two candidates appeared separately, and were asked the same questions by</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">host Warren. Perhaps the key question was concerning what it meant to each man</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">be a Christian. Obama's answer was that it meant <em>" walking humbly with our</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>God </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>... I know that I don't walk alone, and </em><em>I know that if I can get myself out</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of the </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>way that I can maybe carry out in some small way </em><em>what he intends."</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">McCain's </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">answer was brief: <em>"It means I'm saved and forgiven." </em>To another</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">question on a </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">moral issue, as to when does a baby get rights as a human, Obama</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">declined to answer, replying that it was </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"above my pay grade,"</em> while McCain</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">replied, <em>"At the moment of conception."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">But although those issues were raised, and the candidates answered in the manner</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">illustrated here, it remains a fact that Mr. Obama, and not Mr. McCain, was elected.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></u></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">The question arises: Why aren't those issues important in this election?</span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">ANC is not alone in asking this question. Former Senator (and actor) Fred</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Thompson </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in his Internet site, under this heading <strong><em>The Mormon Or The Muslim?</em></strong></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">dealt with this </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">question: <em>"Who can we support? Romney is a Mormon and</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Obama is a Muslim." </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Egyptian-born Dr. Michael Youssef (whom we quoted in</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">opening today's issue), in his site under </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the heading <strong><em>Obama's Religion</em>,</strong> also dealt</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">with that question. And other observers and commentators are facing the same or</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">similar questions.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Of course the economy is important. Remember Bill Clinton's election in 1992 --</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">his </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">successful presidential campaign was helped by the basic theme: <em>"It's the</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>economy, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>stupid."</em> And our Founding Fathers had much to say about the economy.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Consider </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">this from Thomas Jefferson in 1821 -- it could easily be used in this year's</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">campaign, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">with no changes whatsoever: <em>"The multiplication of public offices,</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>increase of </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt,</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>are indications </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>soliciting the employment of the pruning knife."</em></span></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">But of equal importance and equally frequent usage, was our Founding Fathers'</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">strong </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">emphasis on the need for sound public morals, and for an often used term:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"virtue." </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Here are just a few quotes from the men who planned, designed and</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">established this </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nation; first, from John Adams, our second president, in 1754: "<em>It is</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the duty of the clergy </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to accommodate their discourses to the times, to preach</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>against such sins as are </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>most prevalent, and recommend such virtues as are</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>most wanted." </em>Or from Ben </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Franklin, in 1776, in his pattern for American life:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"</em><a name="bf"><em>A Bible and a newspaper </em></a></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>in every house, a good school in every </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>district ...</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>are </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the principal support of virtue, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>morality, and civil liberty." </em>Or from</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Samuel Adams </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in 1776, <a name="sa"><em>"He therefore is </em></a></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the truest friend to the liberty of this</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>country who tries </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>most to promote its </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>virtue...The sum of it all is, if we would</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>most truly enjoy this </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>gift of Heaven, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>let us become a virtuous people." </em>And</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">George Washington, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">our nation's </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">first president, at his inauguration in 1789,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><a name="sa"><em>“I hope </em></a></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that the foundation </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of our </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>national policy will be laid in the pure and</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>immutable </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>principles of </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>private </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>morality."</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em></em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">These expressions of the solidly held convictions of our Founding Fathers were</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">based on </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The outworking of the faith held by</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> those men is clearly evidenced in both of those</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">foundational documents. And why shouldn't we seek for leadership which honors</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">the God of the Bible, and supports marriage and the family, and assures babies the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">right of life rather than being killed through legally and politically correct abortions?</span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>Among American heroes whom we should never forget</u>: </strong>John F. Kennedy,</div><div>(JFK), who was awarded the Navy's Medal of Freedom for Heroism during</div><div>WWII, and who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his book, <em>Profiles in Courage,</em></div><div>before he became our youngest-ever elected president. He stated in his inaugural</div><div>address in 1961: <em>"I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same</em></div><div><em>solemn oath our forbearers prescribed nearly a century and three quarters</em></div><div><em>ago. </em><em>The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands</em></div><div><em>the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.</em></div><div><em>And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are</em></div><div><em>still at issue around the globe --The belief that the rights of man come not</em></div><div><em>from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God."</em> Just over a</div><div>thousand days later he was dead, but his words remain with us today, that the</div><div>rights that our Founding Fathers, and through the years others like them, fought</div><div>and died for, come not from the hands of a benevolent government, but from the</div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">hand of God.</span></div></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></u></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">This week, as is so often the case, due to the liberal, left leaning bias of the</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">"Main Stream Media," it is important to know <em>What Others Are Saying.</em></span></u></strong></div><div><strong><em><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></u></em></strong></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><strong>Robert Ringer (in <em>A Voice of Sanity</em>):</strong><em>"As Obama's deep, dark, dirty past</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em>continues to stink up the air in Washington - </em><em>there's a lot of buzz inside</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">the beltway about the need for Democrats to go for the nuclear option.</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">That would mean dumping the Delaware Dimwit and replacing him with</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Hilla the Hun (as Gennifer Flowers said Bubba Bill used to call Hillary</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">during their thirteen-year affair). In a 2007 presidential debate, Hillary</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em>described herself as "a proud, modern, American progressive." </em>[Just what</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">we need -- another one!]</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><strong>David Paterson (former governor of New York State):</strong> <em>"So what if</em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Barack </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Obama </em><em>is ineligible to hold the office of President of the United</em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>States </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and is </em><em>perpetrating the greatest fraud of the century on the American</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em>people? </em><em>It doesn't really matter because <span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#000000;">''at this point, it's kind of like he</span></span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">got away with it.'"</span></span></em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><em></em></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><strong>Tony Rubolotta (writing in <em>New Media Journal</em>): </strong><em>"Obama hates America.</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Transformation is not enough. America's crimes and sins must be punished.</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">America must be humiliated, its military weakened, its precious liberty</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em>eradicated, its sons and daughters enslaved, its culture polluted, its </em><em>economy</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em>bankrupted, its great cities blighted, its pride stripped, its </em><em>institutions</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">destroyed, its friends repudiated and its enemies emboldened."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><strong>Bloomberg News: </strong>Mr. Obama told campaign donors in Chicago and Minnesota</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">that Europe's sovereign debt crisis is largely to blame for the slowest month of US</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">employment growth in a year: <em>"We're not where we need to be. A lot of that's</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">attributable to Europe and the cloud that's coming over from the Atlantic.</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">The whole world economy has been weakened by it, and it's having an impact</span></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>on us." </em>[A nice change in his "blame game" -- he didn't blame George W. for it.]</span><em></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div></div><div><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><strong><u><br /></u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><strong><u>And this week our research came across these few "One Liners</u>". . .</strong>:</span></p><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">From the <em>Conservative Outpost</em>: <em>"The May jobs report was supposed to be</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">all happy and sunny, with Obama as the fearless knight on the galloping</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">steed of economic recovery...Oops."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">From the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the Obamas' long time pastor: <em>“Church is not</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">their thing. It never was their thing... We knew it wasn’t his, but she was not</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">the kind of black woman whose mamma made her go to church, made her</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">go to Sunday school … She wasn’t raised in that kind of environment, so</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">the church was not an integral part of their lives before they got married,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">or after they got married.”</span></em></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">From Sir Winston Churchill: <em>"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">of ignorance and the gospel of envy, its inherent value is the equal sharing</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">of misery."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">As always, there are a few <em>"Afterthoughts" </em>to add for your consideration:</span></u></strong></div></div></div><div><strong><em><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></u></em></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><strong>Several months ago we started a Prayer Countdown to Election Day, </strong>Nov.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">6, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">2012. As of today, there are <strong>153 days </strong>until this year's Election Day. This is</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">now </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">widely considered to be the most important election, perhaps ever in our</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nation's </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">history -- but certainly in living memory. There are enough patriotic</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christians in </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">this country to restore America to the kind of nation our Founding</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Fathers planned </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for it to be. But we must register and we must vote . . . and we</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">must pray for God </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to continue to bless this nation.</span></span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">The alternative is happening all over the world. In Nigeria this past weekend,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Islamist </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">terrorists destroyed another Christian church, killing many Christian</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">worshippers. In </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Egypt, the Muslim brotherhood appears right on the edge of</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">taking control, and the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">likely-to-be-elected president this past week announced</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">his intent to make all </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christians convert to Islam, or pay exorbitant taxes, or leave</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the country. In Israel, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the site of the city which God so loves, the citizens are</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">facing an imminent onslaught </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of Muslim enemy forces which have announced</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">their goal of eradicating the Israeli nation f</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">rom the face of the earth. And across</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Europe -- even in Great Britain -- the Muslim </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Islamic faith is growing and is</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">gradually eroding the centuries of Christian life and culture. And in simple words:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">"Yes, it can happen here."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><strong>How far will they go?</strong> Former CNN and MSNBC host, Bill Press (remember</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">him?), who now has a radio show called <em>Full Court Press, </em>commented on the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Catholic Church's lawsuit against Obama's health care mandates as being a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">violation of religious liberty: <em>"These bishops are in Mitt Romney’s pocket and</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">the Republican Party’s pocket, and the Catholic Church has become a tool</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">of the far political right in this country....And Benedict XVI is number one.”</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"></span></em></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><strong>ANC is not alone on this subject. </strong>Two weeks ago we dealt at some length</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">with Mr Obama's problem of narcissism. Now this past week Mark Alexander, in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em>Patriot Post, </em>wrote very perceptively on this subject. He referred to the common</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">diagnosis for this type of behavior as Narcissistic Pathology Disorder (NPD), and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">explained that<em> "The most malignant form of narcissism is accompanied by</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">intelligence and charisma, which enables the deception of others in order to</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em>secure positions of power and influence. </em><em>No executive in American history has</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em>provided a more textbook archetypal case study of Narcissistic Pathology</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em>Disorder </em><em>than Barack Hussein Obama, who embodied the pathology of the Left,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em>and successfully deceived the masses with his intelligence and charisma."</em> And</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">he concluded with these words: <em>"Like all narcissists, Obama's life is a lie."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em><br /></em></span></div></div></div></div></span><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><strong>As for our "Conservative" position, we are not alone on that, either</strong>. In</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the closely watched recall election in Wisconsin where </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Liberals tried to oust</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Conservative Governor Walker, the governor </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">withstood their months of attacks,</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and demonstrated that Americans generally </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">have had enough of the Liberals'</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"spend </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and tax" philosophy, and are ready to </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">return to sound Conservative</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">principles of </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">government. Even our president </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">was perceptive enough not to back</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Walker's </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Liberal Democrat opponent.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:130%;" ><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Every time one researches our Founding Fathers, there is much to learn.</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"></span></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">"He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of this country who tries</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">trust who is not a wise and virtuous man....The sum of all is, if we would</span></em></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people."</em><br />-- Samuel Adams, 1784</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and the</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>capacity, </em><em>if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">latest posterity all the substantial blessings of life, the peaceful enjoyment</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of liberty, property, religion, and independence."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- Joseph Story, 1833</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The old familiar summary: "Another week, another issue of ANC."</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">There is so much happening in the world -- here in America, and internationally,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">every where else. 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May 30, 2012 ...................................© 2012</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> A Founding Father's viewpoint appropriate for every American today:</span></strong></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> "Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> that he may cherish in his heart a due attachment to</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> the Union of America,</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> and be able to set </em><em>a due value on the means of preserving it."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> Founding Father James Madison, 1788</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">THIS WEEK A MAJOR NATIONAL </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">HOLIDAY WAS OBSERVED,</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">AND THAT EVENT OPENED A LINE OF </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">THOUGHT </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ABOUT</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">SOME OF THE HOLIDAYS WE OBSERVE IN THE USA</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">This is not going to be an essay or a treatise on the subject of the holidays we</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">observe, or at least have the opportunity to observe, here in America. A quick</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">bit of research discloses that there are least 45 holidays in this year </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">2012, but</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">they vary widely, of course, in the degrees of observance. But 45 out of 365</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">days in a calendar year -- that's 12% of </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the year. So it can be said that </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">American people understand holidays.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>And there is nothing wrong with that.</u></strong> Taking a holiday off as a rest or respite</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from work is a Biblical principle. From about as far back as you can go in the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">annals of history -- the book of Genesis -- we read: <em>"And on the seventh day</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">God ended His work which He had made, and He rested on the seventh day</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>from all His work." </em>(Gen. 2:2) And God didn't forget this principle, for in the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">commandments which He gave to Moses on Mount Sinai, He included as the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">fourth of ten commandments for His people to observe, in the words of Moses,</span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">all </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">thy work ... for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">all </span></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that in them is, and rested the seventh day</em>..."(Exodus 20: 8,9,11)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">From the earliest days of this nation, our Founding Fathers, and the national</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">leaders who followed them, have seen fit to carry on this principle of setting days</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">apart from work, and have established -- often by act of Congress and enactment</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">into law -- national holidays. At the start there were Christmas and Easter, then</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">soon the observance of Independence Day, the 4th of July, and in recent years</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">number of holidays has grown to more than 40 today. The "major" </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ones </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">might</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">number seven, of which two are distinctly Christian -- Christmas and </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Easter;</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Thanksgiving Day is also religious; three are patriotic, Independence </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Day,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Memorial </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Day and Veterans Day. New Year's Day may be considered "personal." </span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And interspersed throughout the year are a plethora of other holidays, including</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mother's Day and Father's Day, George Washington's Birthday (also called</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Presidents' Day), </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Martin Luther King Day, Columbus Day, and </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Groundhog Day.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>But our focus this week has been on Memorial Day.</u></strong> Some of us can</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">remember when May 30 was designated as Decoration Day, and we visited the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">cemeteries where our family members were buried, and decorated their grave</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">sites with flowers. The concept of Decoration Day was begun by a proclamation</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from General John Logan, the Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Republic, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in which he set aside May 30, 1868 as Decoration Day, when the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">American </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">people would decorate the graves of our Civil War Dead -- Union</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and Confederate soldiers, 625,000 of them, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">or 3% of the population. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In a speech</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">at that time General Logan expressed his intent for this </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">day of remembrance, <em>"Let</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>us revive our patriotism and love of country by </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>this </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>act, and strengthen our</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>loyalty by the example of the noble dead </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>around us...."</em></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><em></em></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Gradually, the name changed to Memorial Day, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and in 1971 it became a Federal</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Holiday, to be observed not on May 30, but </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on the last Monday in May, and to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">honor not only our military dead, but also the departed loved ones of family </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">friends. But somehow in the "progress" of the years, the meaning and purpose of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Memorial Day has become diluted, until for many it has become a date to feature</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">commercial sales, and barbeques, baseball games </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and auto races. Increasingly, less</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">recognition is being given to the 1.2 million of </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">America's military who have been</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">killed in our nation's wars, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">while at the same time thousands of America's </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">finest </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">are</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">engaged in conflicts -- declared and undeclared -- all over the world. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">number of military dead continues to rise -- in the most recent reports </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">4,</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">500 </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Iraq, and 3,000 in Afghanistan.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In the <em>Wall Street Journal, </em>last week, Col. Tom Manion, USMCR (Ret.),</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">who </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">served 30 years in the military wrote:<em> "As the father of a fallen Marine,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>I hope Americans will treat this Memorial Day as more than a time for</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>pools to open, for barbecues or for a holiday from work. It should be a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>solemn day to remember heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice, and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>also a stark reminder that our country is still at war."</em></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As a final thought -- even as we suggested that Thanksgiving Day should not be</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a one-day-a-year occasion to thank God for our many blessings, or that the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">National Day of Prayer not be a one-day-a-year time to turn to Him in prayer,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">so we suggest that Memorial Day not be a one-day-a-year time to remember</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and honor our military dead who gave their lives in support of our nation's</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">liberty and very </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">existence.</span><em></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>As the much vaunted "Arab Spring" continues to disintegrate</u></strong> into near</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">disasters and ever growing crises throughout the Middle East and North Africa,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the desire of the affected nations is much like our own here in America -- we</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">realize the need to forego the unfulfilled promise of "hope and change" for the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">more realistic "hope for a change." As Egypt faces a runoff election with the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">probable dominance of the Muslim Brotherhood ... as Libya struggles to form</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">some type of stable government ... as Syria's Assad continues to kill his own</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">people under the watchful eye of the as-always useless UN ... as Iran thwarts</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the efforts of other national powers and looks toward Lebanon as their new</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">partner in eradicating Israel ... as the U.S. doctrine of diplomacy and pseudo-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">military action results in failure after failure</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">... we can only conclude that the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">promise of a new birth of freedom and democracy throughout the Arab world</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">has in fact produced a much more complicated reality. The question arises: Why</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">does it seem that movements toward democracy are failing to be accepted in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Arab world? And like it or not, the pronouncement of American super-star</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">John Wayne some 35 years ago is relevant today, <em>"If we want to keep these</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>freedoms, we may have to fight again. God forbid, but if we do, let's</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>always fight to win...Face the flag....and thank God it's still there."</em></span></div><div><u></u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>In every issue of ANC we speak about the "Prayer Countdown"</u> </strong>to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Election Day, 2012 -- November 6. As of today there are just <strong>160 days </strong>in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">which to pray about what is conceivably the most important election in our</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nation's history -- certainly the most important in our time. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">When we look</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">about us ... when we read the daily news ... when we watch the TV news</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">programs, we become painfully aware that America is turning its back on the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Bible's promise: <em>"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." </em>(Ps. 33:12)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Some of us can remember the Rev. Peter Marshall, Washington, D.C. pastor,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and Chaplain of the United States Senate. On January 13, 1947, Chaplain</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Marshall made this statement: <em>"The choice before us is</em> <em>plain: Christ or</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>tired of hearing about our rights...The time has come to hear about</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>responsibilities...America's future depends upon her accepting and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>demonstrating God's government."</em></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><em> </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">That challenge of Peter Marshall faces</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">us today, and every day during the just over 5 months before we vote on Nov.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">6. But until that election day, we must be in prayer for our nation, for wisdom</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for our leaders to make right decisions, and for guidance as we -- the solid</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christian majority in these United States -- vote to restore America to being</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the nation it was founded to be. There are enough of us to make a difference.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>One of the best services we can provide is to help you not to have to rely</u></strong></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><div><strong><u>on the Main Stream Media by bringing to you "What Others Are Saying"</u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>David Limbaugh (expert in law and politics):</strong> <em>"</em><em>Obama is so self-satisfied</em></div><div><em>that </em><em>in his mind, his legacy was largely written before he stepped into office.</em></div><div><em>So </em><em>fervent is his ideological belief system that even objective evidence of his</em></div><div><em>dismal policy failures doesn't shake his confidence in his prescriptions.</em></div><div><em>Because the facts don't square up with his pre-inauguration narrative, he</em></div><div><em>simply changes the facts to make them conform, essentially saying: 'The</em></div><div><em>economy isn't good, but it's much better than it would have been had I not</em></div><div><em>been in office. To the extent it's still bad, it's Bush's fault.'"</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein (President IFCJ): </strong><em>"With Hezbollah to the north,</em></div><div><em>Hamas in the south, and Syria and Iran to the east, Israel is surrounded by</em></div><div><em>enemies bent on her destruction."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Jonathan Falwell (in <em>Falwell </em>Confidential): "</strong>America<em> is rapidly becoming</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a nation of intolerance toward public expressions of faith — expressions</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that were common and cherished in the days of our founding. </em><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">It is a modern</span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">tragedy that our courts are purging public prayer and depictions of</span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Christianity from the public square. Our Founders would be astonished that</span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">their beloved nation has arrived at such a point."</span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></strong></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Marjory Wildcraft (in <em>Absolute Rights</em>): </span></strong></span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>"Over the years I’ve watched</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>time and time again as the US Government passed laws that reduced</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>personal liberty, violated the constitution, or blatantly transferred more</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>wealth to the already wealthy...</em><em>I continue to watch as more and more rights</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>are eroded away, more and more money is printed, and the US Gov’t.</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>continues to get bigger and more powerful...</em><em>Surely people must be outraged?</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>The Tea Party and the Occupy movement have some spunk, but nothing</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>really in comparison to the magnitude of the crimes. The powers that be</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>seem to be able to do anything they like while people continue to roll over</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>and not care."</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><strong><strong></strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>R. Hanny (in<em> Conservative Outpost</em>):<em> </em></strong><em>"NATO has picked up and moved</em></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><em>on. The world leaders have met, discussed and departed, for good or ill.</em></div><div><em>And with the exception of a few fatigued, dedicated stragglers most of</em></div><div><em>the lunatics that occupied the Chicago streets have also departed...</em></div><div><em>Troubled youths intoxicated by the very spirit Barrack Obama has</em></div><div><em>instilled in the hearts of so many in this country: wealth is sin and rich</em></div><div><em>people are evil."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>The <em>American Dream</em> (on how things have changed!): </strong><em>"The quickest way</em></div><div><em>to divide people is to have</em> <em>them speak different languages. America has</em></div><div><em>always been a nation of </em><em>immigrants, but one of the things that has always</em></div><div><em>united us as a nation </em><em>has been the English language. In the past, it was</em></div><div><em>always understood </em><em>that if you wanted to thrive in the 'land of opportunity'</em></div><div><em>that you had </em><em>better learn English and learn it well. Unfortunately, times</em></div><div><em>have changed. </em><em>Today, many radical activist groups are actually referring</em></div><div><em>to the English </em><em>language as a 'tool of oppression' and are demanding that</em></div><div><em>special </em><em>accommodations be made for those that do not wish to learn the</em></div><div><em>English language."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Steve Strang (in the <em>Strang Report</em>): </strong><em>"We were late to the anti-abortion</em></div><div><em>debate allowing the Catholics to fight it alone for many years. Now things</em></div><div><em>have gotten to the point where many in the culture are wanting to approve</em></div><div><em>so-called gay marriage—even the President of the United States. They are</em></div><div><em>trying to say it's a civil rights issue, but what they really want is special</em></div><div><em>rights, which would impinge on our religious freedom to teach what the</em></div><div><em>Bible says about morality and sexuality. And they would teach gay</em></div><div><em>orientation in the public schools as if it is right. </em><em>This is now the pivotal</em></div><div><em>issue in this election season... And if Obama is re-elected there's no</em></div><div><em>stopping the extreme social agenda he apparently has."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>From our research this week here are just a few "One Liners"</u></strong><em></em></div><div></div><div></div><div><em></em></div></span></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Vice President Joe Biden in a campaign event in New Hampshire last week</div></div></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div>spoke rather disparagingly about financial management executives saying,</div><div><em>"That no more qualifies you to be president than being a plumber."</em></div><div>[One can guess that by that insult -- the latest of the many Biden gaffes --</div><div>he probably lost the votes of America's plumbers.]</div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Tony Perkins, in Family Research Council: <em>"The more work Sen. Harry</em></div><div><em>Reid (D, NV) does, the less secure our values seem to be."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>And from the past, but applicable to today, H. L. Mencken, Essayist and</div><div>Critic, in 1920: <em>"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face</em></div><div><em>for the urge to rule </em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>it."<br /></em></span></span></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>And from even further in the past, Benjamin Franklin in 1776: <em>"Rebellion</em></div><div><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); "><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); "><span style="color:#000000;"><em>to tyrants is Obedience to God."</em></span><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); "><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); "><em><span style="color:#000000;"></span></em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); "><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); "><strong><u><span style="color:#000000;"></span></u></strong></span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); "><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); "><strong><u><span style="color:#000000;">And this week, as always, there a few <em>"Afterthoughts" </em>to consider.</span></u></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); "><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); "><strong><u><span style="color:#000000;"></span></u></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); "><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); "><strong><u><span style="color:#000000;"></span></u></strong></span></span></span><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>An after-effect of the Obama repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell" policy.</strong></div><div>The ongoing effort to legalize same-sex "marriage" throughout the US is now</div><div>reaching into the armed forces, and threatening the liberty (that word keeps</div><div>coming up!) of our military chaplains to uphold traditional marriage. Chaplains</div><div>may be forced to perform same-sex "marriage" ceremonies in violation of their</div><div>Christian beliefs. For chaplains from some of the more liberal denominations,</div><div>this might not present a problem. (According to the last available survey,</div><div>there are 448 Southern Baptist, and 252 Roman Catholic chaplains, compared</div><div>with 56 Episcopal, 17 United Church of Christ, and 2 Unitarian-Universalist</div><div>chaplains.) A religious liberty measure has already passed the House, but how</div><div>it will fare in the Democrat-controlled Senate is not known. The basic premise is</div><div>that military chaplains’ ability to minister to our servicemen and women is closely</div><div>tied to their freedom to operate according to the tenets of their faith. Military</div><div>chaplains must be free to exercise their faith and not be required to violate their</div><div>religious beliefs by performing same-sex "marriage" ceremonies.</div></div><div><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); "><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); "><strong><u><span style="color:#000000;"></span></u></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); "><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); "><strong><u><span style="color:#000000;"></span></u></strong></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><strong>Ever wonder what all that "bail out" money accomplished? </strong>Mr. Obama</span></span></div><div>called it "stimulus" money. We all know what happened to the more than half a</div><div>billion dollar loan guarantee awarded to Solyndra, which was supposed to create</div><div>4,000 new jobs. Instead, the firm declared bankruptcy, laid off 1,100 employees.</div><div>and shut down. But that was a small one. General Motors received $80 billion in</div><div>"bailout" funds, and then reduced its operations here in the US and moved much</div><div>of it to China. Today it is estimated that 70% of GM's vehicles are made outside</div><div>America. So unless you want to spend sleepless nights worrying about more</div><div>"stimulus" funds giveaways, don't check up on this misuse of taxpayers' money.</div></div><div><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); "><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); "><div><strong><span style="color:#000000;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Another story the Main Stream Media has pretty much ignored:</strong> President</div><div>Obama has appointed another "Czar" to oversee part of his agenda. This one</div><div>is definitely a first for the United States: his "Assassination Czar." John Brennan,</div><div>formerly Obama's chief counter-terrorism advisor will now be the lead voice in</div><div>choosing who will be targeted for drone attacks and raids, and Obama has</div><div>appointed him as the sole authority to designate individuals for assassination</div><div>under any US assassination program. This has aroused even the ACLU, which</div><div>filed a Freedom of Information request for information about that program, but</div><div>the government denied the request on the grounds that it was <em>"top secret." </em>From</div><div>what information is available, under Obama's new plan, the Brennan staff will</div><div>compile a potential target list ... it will be circulated to other government agencies,</div><div>like the State Department, and ultimately Brennan will have the sole authority to</div><div>decide upon targets for assassination. This comment appeared about the program:</div><div><em>"Who would have thought twenty years ago that Americans </em><em>would stand for</em></div></span><div><span style="color:#000000;"><em>such a thing! The question is: are we going to stand for it </em><em>today?"</em></span></div></div><div><strong><span style="color:#000000;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#000000;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="color:#000000;">During the week when we in the 21st century observe Memorial Day,</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#000000;">it is worth recalling how our Founding Fathers spoke of Patriotism.</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#000000;"></span></strong></div><div><em><span style="color:#000000;"></span></em></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><em>"The consciousness of having discharged that duty which we owe to our</em></span></div><span style="color:#000000;"></span><div><span style="color:#000000;"><div><div><em>country is superior to all other considerations."</em></div><div><em>--</em> George Washington, 1788</div></div></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div><em><span style="color:#000000;"></span></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="color:#000000;">"Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#000000;">man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that he may</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#000000;">cherish in his heart a due attachment to the Union of America and be</span></em></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><em>able to set a due value on the means of preserving it."</em></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;">-- James Madison, 1788</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><div><em><span style="color:#000000;"></span></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="color:#000000;">"My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#000000;">they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!"</span></em></div><div><span style="color:#000000;">-- Thomas Jefferson, 1785</span></div><div></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>And this final word on this week's issue: </strong>So many appreciative comments</div><div>were received about last week's "formal" statement concerning ANC's means</div><div>of support, that it seems like a good idea to repeat it ... so here, once again, is</div><div>that formal statement: <em>American News Commentary </em>(ANC) is not sponsored</div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by or supported by </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">any </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">political party or any special interest group, and has</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">never sold any thing, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">has never accepted any advertising. 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We'll be grateful for your help!</span></div></span></div></span></span></span></div></span></span></div></div></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-87709479523354241562012-05-23T15:05:00.001-07:002012-05-23T06:13:49.754-07:00Read It Here: He's A Narcissist!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"><strong> The American News Commentary</strong></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"> Pro-Christian, Pro-American, Pro-Conservative</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Vol. 18, No. 20 May 23, 2012 © 2012</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> A Founding Father's basic principle to remember in this election year:</span></strong></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers,</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of our</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> Christian nation, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> John Jay, First U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1816</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED MR. OBAMA'S PROBLEM</span></strong></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">OF CREDIBILITY; WE HAVE NEVER DISCUSSED ANOTHER</span></strong></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">OF HIS PROBLEMS: THAT HE IS A DEVOUT NARCISSIST</span></strong></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Being a Narcissist isn't exactly the same as being a Baptist, a Methodist or one</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the other denominations of the Christian church, but it is a sort of religion, and</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">features a distinct form of worship: self-worship. If there is a standard, or uniform</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">dictionary definition, it would read something like this: <em>"<u>nar·cis·sism</u>: <span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default; ">inordinate</span></span></em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em><span id="hotword" name="hotword">fascination</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">with</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">oneself;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">excessive</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">self-love;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: default; ">vanity."</span> </em><span style="color:#333333;">So that is what we are</span></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#333333;"><span>talking about.</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#333333;"><span></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#333333;"><span></span></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#333333;"><span>To open a consideration of Mr. Obama as a narcissist, here are three observances</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#333333;"><span>which make essentially the same point; first, from <span style="color:#000000;">Mark Alexander in the <em>Patriot</em></span></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#333333;"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><em>Post: "Regarding his personal motive for promoting the homosexual agenda,</em></span></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#333333;"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><em>Obama is an archetypal case study of Narcissistic Pathology Disorder, the</em></span></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#333333;"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><em>almost universal underlying pathology of Leftist political leader. Obama</em></span></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#333333;"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><em>most </em></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#333333;"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><em>certainly has a dominant though closeted homosexual predisposition,</em></span></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#333333;"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><em>the </em></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#333333;"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><em>ultimate expression of his unmitigated narcissism."</em></span></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em></em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span></span></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span>Second, from the<em> Heritage Foundation: </em><em>"Any person selected to the </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em>highest</em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em>office in the land is bound to indulge a small degree of narcissism. </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em>But when</em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em>it permeates the entire attitude and culture of the executive branch, </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em>it begins</em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em>to become a problem. No president is larger than the presidency."</em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em></em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span></span></span> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span>And third, from Jamie Weinstein, in <em>The Daily Caller: "This is not necessarily</em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em>a partisan issue. It is a cult of personality issue."</em></span></span></div><span style=" ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;color:#000000;"><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "></div></span><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top- border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><strong><u></u></strong></span></span> </div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top- border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><br /></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top- border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><strong><u>Why should we be surprised?</u></strong> The "Obama years" are replete with indications</span></span></div><div size="medium" color="initial" style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top- border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span>of how he envisioned his plan for America. Recall his victory speech on June 4,</span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span>2008, </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span>when he had secured the Democrat nomination for president: <em>"This was</em></span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em>the </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em>moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow, and our planet began</em></span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em>to </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em>heal."</em> Or his speech on October 30, 2008 just prior to Election Day, when he</span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span>prophesied: <em>"We are </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em>five days away from fundamentally transforming the</em></span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span><em>United States of America.” </em>Or more recently, on Dec. 9, 2011, when he told</span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span>Steve Kroft on CBS <em>60 Minutes, </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>“I would put our legislative and foreign</em></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with</em></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln — just in terms of</em></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>what we’ve gotten done in modern history.” </em>In other words, he claimed to be</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the 4th best president in American history. His ardent supporters might possibly</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">find a touch </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">modesty there -- he could have claimed to be the best.</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><br /></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And the self-adulation has continued to just two weeks ago, when, in that now</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">famous interview with Robin Roberts on ABC, he not only announced the end of</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">his "evolving" into approval of same-sex marriage, but he also said: <em>"When I think</em></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>about -- those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there</em></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>fighting on my behalf…” </em>Unbelievable. Our military, our young men and women,</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in combat, experiencing serious life changing wounds and all too often death, he</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">sees </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">as not being for our nation or the cause of freedom or the defeat of terrorism,</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">but he sees </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">them as making those sacrifices in his behalf . . . or<em> for him</em>.</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><br /></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And how should we react to this "cult of personality," this form of belief?</span></u></strong></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As is always the case, God, through His Word, the Bible, does not leave us without</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">an answer. Mr. Obama, in his disparaging view of the Scriptures, would probably<br />dismiss this as another <em>"obscure passage in Romans," </em>(his terminology), but for</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Christian, Paul gave specific instructions about this type of aberrant belief:</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you,</span></em></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think." </em>(Romans 12:3)</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><br /></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As a further illustration of narcissism at work, and at a very high level,</span></u></strong> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">this</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">week it was disclosed that the White House staff had edited the biographies of</span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">many past presidents on their website, <span title="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000264/!x-usc:http://links.heritage.org/ct/8669342:12019513480:m:1:151557757:2AF6FA069F0795EA7EEFA395D17760DE:r CTRL + Click to follow link" style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/">whitehouse.gov</a></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">, to include a bullet point</span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">inserting President Obama into each historical narrative. Here are a few examples</span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the Obama editing: (1) "</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law</em></span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>in 1965—providing millions of elderly healthcare stability. President Obama’s</em></span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>historic health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, strengthening</em></span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Medicare, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>offers eligible seniors a range of preventive services with no cost-</em></span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>sharing, and provides discounts on drugs when in the coverage gap known as</em></span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the 'donut hole.'” </em>(2) <em>"</em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>On August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt signed the</em></span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Social Security Act. Today the Obama administration continues to protect</em></span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>seniors and ensure Social Security </em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>will be there for future generations."</em></span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">(3) <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>President Reagan designated Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national</em></span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>holiday; </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>today the Obama Administration honors this tradition, with the</em></span></span></div><div style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; font-size:medium;color:initial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>First and Second Families participating in service projects on this day."</em></span></span></div><div size="medium" color="initial" style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></span></div><div size="medium" color="initial" style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></span> </div><div size="medium" color="initial" style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; "><br /></div><div size="medium" color="initial" style=" border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right- text-decoration: none; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Several internet sites have suggested this additional editing is part of this effort:</span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>"At the beginning of time, God created the heavens and the Earth. In May</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>2011, Barack Obama ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">How else, other than acknowledging uncontrolled narcissism, can you explain such</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">actions, attitudes and expressions of convictions? Couple this situation with his</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">open support </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of anti-Christian moral values, and it is evident that we have serious</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">leadership problems.</span></div></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><br /></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>On the subject of marriage and the family being basic Christian teaching,</u></strong></span></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">this week </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">it was called to our attention that </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Marcus Tullius Cicero (circa 50 B.C.),</span></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">said: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"The first principle of society consists in the marriage tie, the next in</em></span></div><div size="medium" style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>children, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the next in a family within one roof, where everything is in common.</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>This </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>society gives rise to the city, and is, as it were, the nursery of the</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>commonwealth."</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Months ago we began reminding you of an Election Day prayer countdown.</span></u></strong></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As of today, there are <strong>167 days </strong>until Nov. 6, 2012. And there is so much to pray</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for ... our nation, our leaders, the ongoing attacks on traditional American moral</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">values: marriage, the family, the right of children to be born and live, the freedom of</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">religion guaranteed to us -- not freedom <em><u>from</u></em> religion . . . and beyond our shores</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">our fellow Christian believers daily face persecution and death from Islamists, even</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">as our Israeli allies face extermination by their Muslim neighbors. The Obama</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">administration insists that the Muslim burning of Christian churches and murder of</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christians in Nigeria, for example, is a "misunderstanding" and should not be seen</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">as a religious conflict. And in addition to all those overt needs for prayer, let us</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pray </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">also for God's guidance in voting on national and local issues.</span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:medium;"><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As the national and international crises continue to develop and grow</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">larger, we are convinced of the value in </span></u></strong><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"What Others Are Saying."</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Kathleen Parker (writing in the Washington <em>Post</em>):</strong> <em>"What’s clear for</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>now is that Obama is hoping he can hold on to the affections of a coalition</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of admirers who will overlook his flaws simply because they like him. The</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>larger truth of Romney’s adult life, including far more business successes</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>than failures — not to mention a résumé of service to others — could tilt</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the likability meter in time, though one hopes for deeper soul-searching...</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Likability, like popularity contests, is so high school."</em></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>John Piper (Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis):</strong><em> "Our church</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>exists 'to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ.' That is our mission. 'All things'</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>means business, industry, education, media, sports, arts, leisure,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>government, and all the details of our lives. Ideally this means God</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>should be recognized and trusted as supreme by every person He has</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>made. But the Bible teaches plainly that there will never be a time</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>before Jesus comes back when all people will honor him as supreme</em>."</span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Wayne Root (author and political commentator):</strong> <em>"Are you ready to bail</em></div><div><em>out a continent? It was bad enough that the U.S. government risked</em></div><div><em>trillions of taxpayer dollars bailing out banks, car companies, insurance</em></div><div><em>companies, Wall Street firms, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We’ve</em></div><div><em>even bailed out foreign banks and foreign countries (Greece). But have</em></div><div><em>you ever considered bailing out a continent? Are Americans asleep at the</em></div><div><em>switch? Did anyone notice that Europe’s financial crisis went from</em></div><div><em>frightening to unimaginable last week?"</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Peter Wehner (writing in <em>Commentary</em>): </strong><em>"During his interview with NBC’s</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Brian Williams, David Letterman went off on a passionate defense of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>President Obama. Letterman concluded by saying, 'What more do we want</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>this man to do for us, honest to God?' For starters, something better than</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the weakest economic recovery in the modern era, the worst jobs record of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>any president in the modern era, the highest sustained unemployment rate</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>since the Great Depression, a housing crisis worse than the Great</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Depression, unprecedented deficits and debt, a standard of living that’s</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>fallen longer and more steeply during the past three years than at any time</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>since the government began recording it five decades ago, a downgrade in</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the United States’ credit rating for the first time in history, and a record</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>number of people in poverty." </em>[Mr. Wehner is too kind; he left out so much.]</span></div><div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Barack Hussein Obama:</strong> <em>"We believe the free market is one of </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>greatest forces for progress in human history; that businesses are the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>engine of growth; that risk-takers and innovators should be rewarded."</em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">[Some might label that as an example of the "Big Lie," because he obviously</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">believes </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nothing </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the sort.]</span></div><div></div><div><div class="me"><strong></strong> </div><div class="me"><br /></div><div class="me"><strong>Fred Thompson (actor and former Senator, in <em>Fred Thompson's America</em>):</strong></div><div class="header"><div class="me"><em>"We are seeing (and living through) the inevitable consequences of ignoring</em></div><div class="me"><em>irresponsible fiscal behavior. We are seeing it both in our own economy and</em></div><div class="me"><em>in Europe, as social welfare states melt down to the point of no return from</em></div><div class="me"><em>policies that are bankrupting their countries. A growing number of</em></div><div class="me"><em>Americans </em><em>are determined to see that the U.S. does not reach that point."</em></div></div></div></div><div></div><div><div class="me"><strong></strong> </div><div class="me"><br /></div><div class="me"><strong>"Giacomo" (writing in <em>Godfather Politics</em>): </strong><em>"Barack Obama is the most</em></div><div class="me"><em>narcissistic and egomaniacal president in American history. From his actions</em></div><div class="me"><em>and statements, he has proven that he doesn’t care about the nation or</em></div><div class="me"><em>anyone except himself. He will and is stooping to the lowest levels of decency</em></div><div class="me"><em>in his attempt to be re-elected. Obama and his campaign leaders seem to be</em></div><div class="me"><em>unwilling to stop at anything, whether it be lying, slandering, re-writing</em></div><div class="me"><em>history, or misrepresenting himself, in order to renew his option for another</em></div><div class="me"><em>four years in the White House." </em>And then this foreboding conclusion: <em>"My fear</em></div><div class="me"><em>is that if he is successful in winning the November election, that this may be</em></div><div class="me"><em>the last free election in America. His ego and self-centeredness is so strong</em></div><div class="me"><em>that he would not have any qualms in destroying the economy, declaring</em></div><div class="me"><em>martial law and taking dictatorial control of the nation."</em></div><div class="me"><strong><u></u></strong></div><div class="me"><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div class="me"><br /></div><div class="me"><strong><u>"One Liners" worth quoting are hard to find; here are just a few:</u></strong></div><div class="me"></div><div class="me"></div><div class="me"> </div><div class="me"><br /></div><div class="me">Jerry Beavan, writing here in ANC: <em>"Extremism in the pursuit of persuasion</em></div><div class="me"><em>is no virtue." </em>(With respect to probably well intended conservatives ignoring</div><div class="me">accuracy to present their viewpoints.)</div><div class="me"></div><div class="me"> </div><div class="me"><br /></div><div class="me">Vice President Joe Biden, when asked why so many West Virginia Democrats</div><div class="me">voted against Mr. Obama in that state's primary last week, responded with</div><div class="me">another Biden-gem: <em>“they’re frustrated, they’re angry.”</em> [Hmmm: they're</div><div class="me">Democrats, and this is their president . . .]</div><div class="me"></div><div class="me"> </div><div class="me"><br /></div><div class="me">From <em>Conservative Outpost: "Reelecting Barack Obama would be like</em></div><div class="me"><em>backing up the Titanic and driving it into the iceberg a second time."</em></div><div class="me"><em></em></div><div class="me"> </div><div class="me"><br /></div><div class="me">Jim Treacher, in the <em>DC Trawler: "All of American history was just</em></div><div class="me"><em>prologue. </em><em>How can any future president live up to Obama’s example?"</em></div><div class="me" style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><br /></div><div class="me" style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><br /><strong><u>And there is no way to close without adding some <em>"Afterthoughts."</em></u></strong></div><div class="me" style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><strong><em><u></u></em></strong></div><div class="me" style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><div><div class="me"><strong></strong> </div><div class="me"><br /></div><div class="me"><strong>For what it's worth, and this is not presented in an argumentative way:</strong></div><div class="me"><div class="me">The publication management firm of Dystel & Goderich, used this biographical</div></div><div class="me"><div class="me">statement for Barack Obama's book <em>Dreams from My Father, </em>for several</div><div class="me">years, and as late as April 3, 2007 (Mr. Obama won his U.S. Senate seat in</div><div class="me">Nov, 2004): <em>"BARACK OBAMA is the junior Democratic senator from</em></div><div class="me"><em>Illinois and was </em><em>the </em><em>dynamic keynote speaker at the 2004 Democratic</em></div><div class="me"><em>National Convention. He </em><em>was </em><em>also </em><em>the first African-American president of</em></div><div class="me"><em>the Harvard Law Review. He </em><em>was </em><em>born in </em><em>Kenya to an American</em></div><div class="me"><em>anthropologist and a Kenyan finance </em><em>minister </em><em>and was raised </em><em>in Indonesia,</em></div><div class="me"><em>Hawaii, and Chicago. His first book, </em><em>DREAMS </em><em>FROM MY FATHER: </em><em>A</em></div><div class="me"><em>STORY OF RACE AND INHERITANCE, </em><em>has been a </em><em>long time New York</em></div><div class="me"><em>Times bestseller." </em> (In 2007 Mr. Obama decided to seek the Democrat</div><div class="me">nomination for president, and the firm changed the biographical statement they</div><div class="me">had been using so that it said that he was born in Hawaii.)</div><div class="me"> </div><div class="me"><br /></div><div class="me"></div><div class="me"><strong>Perhaps a word of warning, or at least an admonition</strong>: do not allow yourself</div><div class="me">to be at all upset or seriously disturbed by all the election polls which seem to be</div><div class="me">appearing everywhere, and on more than a monthly or weekly schedule - almost</div><div class="me">daily, it seems. If they made any sense, they would all be pretty much the same,</div><div class="me">or at least somewhat close in their conclusions. But they vary all over the place!</div><div class="me">We are some 167 days from Nov. 6 . . . the only poll that has any meaning is</div><div class="me">how the votes are cast on that day.</div><div class="me"> </div><div class="me"><br /></div></div><div class="me"><strong></strong></div><div class="me"><strong>ANC doesn't sell books, but occasionally does mention some new ones.</strong></div><div class="me">Edward Klein, former foreign editor of <em>Newsweek, </em>and former editor-in-chief of</div><div class="me">the <em>New </em><em>York Times Magazine,</em> has recently released his newest volume, <em>The</em></div><div class="me"><em>Amateur. </em>From the advertising material, this quote is interesting: <em>"... pulls back</em></div><div class="me"><em>the curtain </em><em>on one of the most secretive White Houses in history. He reveals</em></div><div class="me"><em>a callow, </em><em>thin-skinned, arrogant president with messianic dreams of</em></div><div class="me"><em>grandeur, </em><em>supported by a cast of rue-believers, all of them united by leftist</em></div><div class="me"><em>politics, a</em><em>nd an amateurish understanding of executive leadership."</em></div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>And from the advertising material for another newly released volume:</div><div><em>"</em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Americans are losing hope in the future. Patriotism is at an all-time low</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>while partisanship is at an all-time high. White Hall Press is pleased to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>release this rare American treasure back into print after 117 years!" </em>The</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">book is <em>Hero Tales from American History</em>, written by Theodore Roosevelt</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and Henry Cabot Lodge, and originally published in 1895. And this further</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">word from the announcement: </span><em>"This book was designed to revive the</em></div><div><em>venerable Christian tradition of charting the topography of the past. It</em></div><div><em>was meant to bring the tales of forgotten American heroes back to the</em></div><div><em>fore of the American story."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Very honestly: how could we go through a week without reflecting on</strong></div><div><strong>the </strong><strong>wisdom and foresight of our nation's Founding Fathers?</strong>.</div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em>“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each</em></div><div><em>individual. … Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your</em></div><div><em>dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and</em></div><div><em>no man ought to take from us.” </em>-- John Hancock, 1771</div><div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with government of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>this question."</em> -- Thomas Jefferson, 1801</span></div><div></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>It has been suggested that we issue a formal statement on our support.</strong></div><div><div class="me"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>American News Commentary</em> (ANC)<em> </em>is not sponsored by or supported by</span></div><div class="me"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">any political party or any special interest group, and has never sold any thing,</span></div><div class="me"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and has never accepted any advertising. There has never been any subscription</span></div><div class="me"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">charge, so ANC's publication is made possible solely by the voluntary financial</span></div><div class="me"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">contributions of our readers. As long as its publication continues to be possible</span></div><div class="me"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">under the free press provisions of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,</span></div><div class="me"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">it will fulfill its basic premise as pro-Christian, pro-American, pro-Conservative.</span></div><div class="me"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Please click <strong><u><span style="color:#800000;"><a href="http://www.evangelical-viewpoint.com/support.php">HERE</a></span></u></strong> for information on how to contribute to ANC by check or</span></div><div class="me"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">credit card. Thank you for your help!</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-40185733738045428582012-05-16T14:47:00.003-07:002012-05-15T14:54:52.383-07:00PRO-GOD vs ANTI-GOD; AND PRO-CHRISTIAN vs ANTI-CHRISTIAN!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"><strong>The American News Commentary</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><em> "Pro-Christian, Pro-American, Pro-Conservative"</em></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Vol. 18, No. 19 May 16, 2012 © 2012</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong> A timely collection of thoughts for today and the days to come:</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord"</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> "I am the Lord, I change not"</span></em></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span class="f"> "Choose you this day whom ye will serve"</span></em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span class="f"> "</span>It is more important to know that we are on God's side"</em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> Psalm 33:12; Malachi 3:6; Joshua 24:15; President Abraham Lincoln</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>THE INITIAL SHOCK HAS WORN OFF; THE CONCLUSION IS</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>CLEAR -- THE DIVISION IN AMERICA IS NOT POLITICAL,</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>IT IS NOW RELIGIOUS: PRO-GOD<em> vs</em> ANTI-GOD; AND</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>PRO-CHRISTIAN <em>vs</em> ANTI-CHRISTIAN</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In the week since his historic (or hysterical) pronouncement that he, the President</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the United States, claiming to be a Christian believer, has decided that he now</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">supports the concept of same-sex "marriage," just about everyone who cares to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">share his or her </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">opinion on that subject has done so.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">There is little point in repeating them, pro or con, here. You have read them,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">almost </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>ad nausem. </em>They range from the unarguable scholarly treatment by Dr.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Albert </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mohler, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary:<em> "His call for</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>legalization of same-sex marriage yesterday is an historic and tragic</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>milestone. </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>An incumbent President of the United States has now called for</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>transformation of civilization’s central institution...</em><em>This is a sad day for</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>America...This is a sad day for marriage..." </em>all the way to the view of one of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama's </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">sycophants, one time Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi: <em>"I think</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that yesterday was a great day for America because the president in a very</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>personal, as well as presidential way, made history, and hopefully this will</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>bring people together on the issue."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Our often quoted Mat Staver, Chairman of Liberty Counsel, provided the most</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">concise evaluation of the president's pronouncement, from a pragmatic viewpoint:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"For most </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>voters, this election will now be an easy choice." </em>And to Franklin</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Graham's equally brief and succinct evaluation that Obama has <em>"shaken his fist"</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">at God, might be added that he has, so to speak, stuck his finger in the eye of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the American people. He is catering to the 3.8% of the population of America</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that the LGBT community represents, and ignoring the viewpoints of the 78%</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">who are Christians.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>But this action re-directs attention to the president's religion.</u></strong><em> </em>He continues</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to claim to be a Christian, once using the self-described term that he is a "<em>devout</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Christian."</em></span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em>And last week he said that he and Mrs. Obama are <em>"practicing</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Christians." </em>But after his earlier attempt to find in the teaching of Jesus' approval</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for same-sex "marriage," and ridiculing the Bible's condemnation of homosexuality</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">as being found in <em>"an obscure passage in Romans,"</em></span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">he now says that Jesus'</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">mention </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the "Golden Rule" justifies his support of same-sex "marriage." The man's</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">lack </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of understanding -- his ignorance -- of the Bible is appalling. In declaring his</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">support </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for same-sex "marriage," he defined his faith, "<em>when we think about our</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>faith the </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>thing at root that we think about is ... the golden rule: treat others</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the way you’d </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>want to be treated.” </em>But what he doesn't grasp is that when Jesus</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">referred to the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Golden Rule," He said -- <em>"This is the law and the prophets."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">other words, He </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">said: "This is the Old Testament." But He was bringing to the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">world </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a new teaching -- </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the New Testament.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And for those who might say that Jesus never spoke against homosexuality -- He</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">did </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">not because He was living in Old Testament times, and homosexuality was</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">clearly </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">forbidden in His time, because the prohibitions against it found in Leviticus</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">were </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">still in effect. But the transition is so clear in the Scripture, <em>"The law was</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>given </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>by </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." </em>(John 1:17) And</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for New </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Testament teaching on the subject, it is far more than Obama's <em>"obscure</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>passage in </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Romans" </em>-- it is Paul's teaching in Romans, I Corinthians and I Timothy.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And marriage i</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">s a sign of the mystery of Christ and His Church :<em>"For the husband</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is the head of </em></span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church ... Husbands,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">love your wives, </span></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>even as Christ also loved the church." </em>(Ephesians 5:23-25)<em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">From the beginning </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of time, God instituted marriage as a covenant between </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">one</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">man and one woman </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">(Genesis 2:24) </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and God does not change.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And from an intellectual point of view, there also Obama's position is weak, even to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the point of being ludicrous, for he said he based his long evolving decision on some</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">conversations </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">with his wife, and his 11 and 14 year old daughters. This is not the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">type </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of reasoned </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">thought we expect from our highest elected government official.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">There are those overly charitable souls who say we should take him at his word,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">consider him to be a Christian. That is not a standard to be found in the Bible.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jesus clearly said that there would be people who call him "Lord" and claim to do</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">good </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in His name, but He said He would say to them, <em>"I never knew you."</em> And</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">He gave </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">us a far more accurate defining standard: <em>"By their fruits ye shall know</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>them." </em>(</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Matthew 7:20-23) With his support of same-sex "marriage" and abortion,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">where </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">is Obama by Jesus' standard?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Nor can he find justification for this position in the book which he labels as "the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Holy </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Quran." In Islamic terminology, homosexuality is alternatively called <i>al-fahsha'</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">(an </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">obscene act), <i>shudhudh</i> (abnormality), or <i>'amal qawm Lot</i> (behavior of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">People </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of Lot). Islam teaches that believers should neither participate in nor support</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">homosexuality. Consider this verse from the Quran 7:80-81: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Do ye commit</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you? For ye</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>practice your lusts on men in preference to women: ye are indeed a people</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>transgressing beyond bounds." </em>(Among other equally strong prohibitions are:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">26:165, 15:73 and 27:55-58) And from the <em>Hadith </em>there are these examples:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"When </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a man mounts another man, the throne of God shakes" </em>and <em>"Kill the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>one that is </em></span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">doing it, and kill the one that it is being done to."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">So by the instructions of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, homosexuality and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">same-</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">sex "marriage" are as strongly condemned as in the Christian Bible. But</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mr. Obama dismisses the teachings of both religions with this self-serving</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">comment, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"it is important for me personally to go ahead and affirm that</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>same-sex couples should be able to get married." </em>And he added this very</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">demeaning assessment of Christian believers, saying that he was <em>"sensitive to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the fact that for a lot of people the word 'marriage' was something that</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>invokes very powerful traditions, religious beliefs and so forth."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">It is not within the purview of ANC to decide or to even debate what Barack</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama's religious faith is. If one is to follow the directive of Jesus Christ, we</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">are not to make such a decision on the basis of a person's words, but rather on</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the basis of their fruit. From the non-Biblical moral standards held and espoused</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by Mr. Obama, it would appear that he is not a Christian. Similarly, since he does</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">not hold to the teachings of the Islamic Quran, it would appear that he is not an</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Islamic. And he is certainly not one of the other great world religions -- Judaism.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The one pervading element affecting his relationship with all of those religious</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">beliefs seems to be that he is anti-God. And so it might be concluded that in this</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">somewhat subtle manner he is expressing his evolvement into non-theistic belief,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">but is not yet ready to announce that he is an atheist. That is not for us to decide.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">We look back in agreement with Mat Staver's comment which we cited earlier,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"For most </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">voters, this election will now be an easy choice."</span></em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Perhaps it is time for Mr. Obama to recall these words from our </u></strong></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>first</u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>president, George Washington, in his first inaugural address in 1789:</u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>rewards of public prosperity and felicity; since we ought to be no less</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>itself has ordained."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Some months ago we began telling our readers of a Prayer Countdown.</span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As of today, that time period to pray about the upcoming national election has</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">dropped to <strong>174 days </strong>till Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012. That's less than 6 months</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to pray for our nation . . . our leaders . . . and about how we should vote in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that election. The trends that we have discussed today should give guidance</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in deciding on how our votes should be cast. And as we pray about America,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">we must not forget to pray for the Christian cause all over the world. But we</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">must always remember that we are the true majority in our nation, and we can</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">affect the results of that election to restore America to being the nation it was</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">always </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">intended to be.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Every week we lament the left-leaning slant of the "Main Stream Media,"</u></strong></span></div></div><div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and offer, for your information, examples of "What Others Are Saying"</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Michael A. Milton (CEO, Reformed Theol. Sem.): </strong><em>"The announcement</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a United States president (and vice president) publicly endorsing same-sex</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>marriage is to support that which God explicitly condemns. It is shameful</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and a reproach to decency and honor and a sad commentary on the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>regrettable departure of our national leaders from the biblical heritage that</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>has guided our country."</em></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>An Associated Press headline:</strong> <strong>"Around World: Obama's Presidency a</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Disappointment" </strong>was followed </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by this summary: <em>"In a world weary of war</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and economic crises... the </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>consensus is that Obama has not lived up to the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>lofty expectations that </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>surrounded his 2008 election and Nobel Peace Prize</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a year later. Many in </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America were</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>also taken aback by </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>his support for gay marriage, a taboo subject among</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>religious conservatives."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>From the <em>Patriot Update:</em></strong><em> "What’s truly scary is that the Obama</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Administration </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>has become power hungry and is seeking to do exactly what</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>our Founding </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Fathers fought to prevent -- to dangerously expand the power</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of the </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Executive Branch of government and make Obama an imperial</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>president. </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Obama has made his intentions to seize power clear, 'If Congress</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>refuses </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to act, I've said that I'll continue to do everything in my power to act</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>without them.'"</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Tim Powers (writing in <em>Expose Obama):</em></strong> <em>"<span style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Just like a spoiled child who</span></span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">doesn’t know the word “NO”, I believe that if Obama loses the upcoming</span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">election, he and his communist regime will do everything in their lame-</span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">duck </span></em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">power to destroy America to a point of no return for the incoming</span></em></span></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">President</span>."</em></span></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Jack Marshall (writing in <em>Ethics Alarms</em>): </strong><em>"Dishonest or tasteless?</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Irresponsible or sensational? A lie or a crime? The nation’s two, sad,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>archaic, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>useless, shameless, diminished news magazines, Time and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Newsweek, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>both </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>reached new lows this week as both magazines</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>desperately brayed for </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>readership with eye-catching covers... Neither</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>cover is responsible journalism. </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Both are graphic desperation, with</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>neither magazine showing respect for </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>readers, their topics, or their own</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>distinguished pasts."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Former Senator Judd Gregg (in <em>Vision to America</em>): </strong><em>"The French have</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>now </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>elected a socialist government... It has been a long time getting there,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>but </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>France now seems to be on the final leg of this journey of self-delusion</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>self-destruction...They have dealt themselves a losing hand. We should</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>simply </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>observe, note it and hopefully choose not to play the same cards."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>And this week we found these informative "One Liners" </u>. . .</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Richard Vedder, Economics Prof, Ohio Univ: <em>"A trillion dollars of student</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>loans: </em></span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a crisis created by Washington?"</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Nancy Pelosi (D, CA) on the Occupy movement: <em>"God bless them for their</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>spontaneity. It’s young, it’s spontaneous, it’s focused and it’s going to be</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>effective," </em>and said the movement <em>“strengthened our democracy.”</em></span></div><div><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Headline in<em> One News Now</em> on the NC vote:<em> "Marriage wins, Obama sulks"</em></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Franklin Graham: "<em>President Obama has, in my view, shaken his fist at the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>same God who created and defined marriage."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">David Limbaugh, syndicated columnist: <em>"Obama's record is as radical as</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>it gets...Shine the spotlight on Obama and his unacceptable extremism."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Robert Knight, Fellow, American Civil Rights Union: <em>"President Obama has</em></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>come </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>out of the closet, so to speak, in support of brideless or groomless</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>'marriage.' And he brought Jesus with him, citing Christ as his </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>inspiration."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And here's one from Barack Obama, at his $15 million fundraiser in Hollywood:</span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Obviously yesterday we made some news, but the truth is it was a logical</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>extension of what America is supposed to be.” </em>[At least it's what<em> he thinks</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">America is supposed to be -- and he's entitled to his opinion, but he shouldn't</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">try to force it on everyone else.]</span></div></div></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And now, after this issue's major point, here are some <em>"Afterthoughts:"</em></span></u></strong></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>In case anyone is concerned: Geraldo Rivera is angry</strong>, or so news reports</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">claim. His problem: in an op-ed article for Fox News, he demands that his fellow</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">news reporters stop using the term "illegal aliens" for people who violated our</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">laws by sneaking into this country. He seems to prefer the term "undocumented</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">immigrants." The question has been raised: Would he refer to a car thief as an</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"undocumented automobile possessor?" On this general theme, U.S. Supreme</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Court Chief Justice Roberts commented on Arizona's new illegal immigration law,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">currently </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">under review by the Court: <em>“It seems to me the federal government</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>just doesn’t </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>want to know who’s here illegally.”</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">A sobering thought from <em>Patriot Action Network: "</em></span></strong><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">If you think for one</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">second that we are being taken over by the Muslims or Islam, think again</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">because China poses a bigger threat then any other country and that is</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">because $0.57 of every dollar we earn is owed to China. Simple math tells</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">us that we cannot sustain our selves on this. So we are slowly going</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">bankrupt on these numbers and China will surely own us in the next 10</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">years if we don't make some changes in our Government."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>And a sobering thought from </strong><em><strong>Heritage Foundation</strong> </em>on the European</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">crisis: <em>"Last weekend, the people of France took a sharp turn to the left,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>and the rest of Europe may be on the brink of rebuking its recent tack</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>toward fiscal responsibility. With Sunday's election of French Socialist</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>leader Francois Hollande, France has leapt backward toward the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>policies that have helped sink the continent in a sovereign debt crisis... \</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>Endless spending has dire consequences, and if America is not careful,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>it could follow Europe's path to economic ruin."</em></span></div></div><div></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Week after week, we can always learn from America's Founding Fathers</strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>violent and sudden usurpations."</em> -- James Madison, 1788</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"In a general sense, all contributions imposed by the government upon</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>individuals for the service of the state, are called taxes, by whatever</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>name they may be known, whether by the name of tribute, tythe, tallage,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>impost, duty, gabel, custom, subsidy, aid, supply, excise, or other name."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- Joseph Story, 1833</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And from a 20th century president:<em> "The fundamental basis of this nation's</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>laws was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of Rights comes from the teachings of Isaiah and St Paul. I don't think</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>we </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>emphasize that enough these days." -- Harry S. Truman, 1950</em></span></div><div><em></em></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>And as we so often say: "Another week . . . Another issue of ANC . . .</strong></div><div>and as is so often the case, there are so many current events which merit our</div><div>commenting on them, but there is not time or space to deal with them all. But</div><div>ANC as always presents a pro-Christian, pro-American and pro-Conservative</div><div>viewpoint, and will continue to do so, just as long as it is possible to do so. It</div><div>is only as our readers feel inclined to help in this ministry of information by</div><div>their contributions that we can continue. Please click <span style="color:#808000;"><strong><u><a href="http://www.evangelical-viewpoint.com/support.php">HERE</a> </u></strong></span><span style="color:#000000;">for information</span></div><div>on how to send your contribution by check or credit card. We will be very</div><div>grateful for your help . . . together we can accomplish some good for America.</div></div></span></div></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-16992484951692559632012-05-09T19:24:00.000-07:002012-05-08T19:51:13.989-07:00THE SOURCES OF THOSE PROBLEMS!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong> <span style="font-size:180%;">The American News Commentary</span></strong></span></div><div><strong><em> <span style="font-size:130%;">"Pro-Christian -- Pro-American -- Pro-Conservative"</span></em></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Vol. 18, No. 18 May 9, 2012 © 2012</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> A challenge from the past, but applicable to us today:</span></strong></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> "Each and everyone of us has a solemn obligation under God</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> to serve this nation in its most critical hour</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> -- t</span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">o keep this nation great --</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> to make this nation greater in a better world."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1944</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">LAST WEEK WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">WE FACE AS CHRISTIANS. NOW WE CONSIDER THE SIZE</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">OF </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">SOME OF THE SOURCES OF </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">THOSE PROBLEMS</span></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>A very applicable verse of Scripture comes to mind</u> --</strong> James 3:5: <em>"The</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how great a</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">matter a little fire kindleth."</span></em></div><div><em></em></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">It is very difficult to get an accurate, current update on the sizes of the various</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">religious groups in America. Probably as accurate as any is the recent survey</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by the Pew Forum on Religion in Public Life. That survey records that 78.4%</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of Americans profess to be Christian. That is, by any standard, in any country, a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">very large </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">percentage of the population. It doesn't track with Mr. Obama's often</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">repeated boast that America is no longer a Christian nation.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But equally significant are the percentages reported by Pew for other religious</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and secular groups in American life. Consider them, one by one, mentioned in no</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">particular order: Mormons: 1.7%; Jewish: 1.7%; Muslims (Islam) 0.6%; atheists:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1.6%; and the largest, labeled by Pew "Nothing in particular:" 12.1%. Then the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">secular </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">groups whom Obama favors so highly, Gay & Lesbian: 1.7%, Bi-sexual:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1.8% </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and Trans-sexual: 0.3% (Making up the LGBT group).</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">It is strange -- even shocking -- that such small groups can wield such strong</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">influence on the traditional American way of life, founded as it was on Judeo-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christian principles.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">It is obvious that we, as Christians, are large enough and should be active enough</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and powerful enough to restore America to being the nation it was founded to be.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But be warned: Michael Snyder, writing in the <em>American Dream, </em>points out that</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Islam is the fastest growing religion in America, at 66.7%, followed by Mormons</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">at 45.5%, while Evangelical Protestants show only a 1.7% gain, with Catholics at</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a 5% loss and Main Line Protestants at -12.8%. Let us urge: WAKE UP,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">American Christians!</span></div><div><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Echoes of the National Day of Prayer</u>, </strong>from Cong. J. Randy Forbes (R, VA):</span></span></span></span></div><div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>"The success of preserving prayer and freedom of faith belongs to</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>individuals from around the country, and I ask that they continue to stand</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>up for what is right. In 2005 Congressman Mike McIntyre of North Carolina</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>and I formed the Congressional Prayer Caucus to preserve the presence of</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>religion, faith, and morality in our country. The CPC meets regularly to pray</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>for America and to work on legislative policies that will protect religious</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>freedom in America. Today, the CPC has grown into a bipartisan group with</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>105 members."</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em><br /></em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em></em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">And a reminder of ANC's ongoing Prayer Countdown leading to Election Day,</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">Nov. 6, 2012 -- as of today there are <strong>181 days </strong>to pray about that important</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">election . . . and 181 days to pray also for our fellow Christian believers all over</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">the world who are daily facing persecution -- and often death -- from the Islam</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">jihadists in so many countries . . . and particularly for our staunch ally, Israel, which</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">faces the threat of extinction from its Muslim neighboring countries. Never forget</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">God's promise to Abraham: <em>"I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>that curseth thee ..." </em>(Gen. 12:3) And remember also His promise, <em>"I am the</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>Lord, I change not." </em>(Malachi 3:6)</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">By the way, if you read Obama's proclamation of the National Day of Prayer, as</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">required by the law signed by Presidents Truman and Reagan, not once did he</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">mention "God" -- but, of course, in all fairness it should be said that he didn't</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">mention "Allah," either.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div align="left"><strong></strong></div><div align="left"><strong></strong> </div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>An important voice on spiritual matters that we don't hear often enough</u>,</span></strong></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from Billy Graham, just this past weekend: <em>“Watching the moral decline of our</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>country causes me great concern. I believe the home and marriage is the</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>foundation of our society and must be protected... At 93, I never thought</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>we would have to debate the definition of marriage. The Bible is clear --</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>God’s </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>definition of marriage is between a man and a woman." </em>And we</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">rejoice in the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">results of yesterday's vote in Graham's North Carolina.</span></div></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>As we so often point out -- with the Main Stream Media leaning so heavily</u></strong></span></div><div><strong><u>toward the liberal viewpoint, it helps to know: What Others Are Saying.</u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Faith and Freedom Coalition:</strong><em> "It is difficult, as Christians to know exactly</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>how to react with what we see going on in our nation, both in the culture</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and in politics. The verbal attacks on Christianity and the loss of religious</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>freedoms are at an all time high and seem to be escalating rather than</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>decreasing...In 2012, Americans will make the most important political</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>decision they've made in decades. We will decide whether to accept or</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>reject the principles upon which this country was founded."</em></span></div><div><em></em></div><div><span class="huge"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Franklin Graham<em> </em>(in <em>Decision Magazine): </em></strong><em>"There is no place for</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">compromise </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on straightforward moral issues such as abortion and same-</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">sex marriage. God </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">has given us clear, Biblical direction that we must</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>follow and obey."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></div></span></div></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>The <em>Patriot Post:</em></strong><em> "The Obama campaign has announced its new slogan --</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>'Forward.' Despite the fact that his 'change' has nearly crushed 'hope,' he</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>arrogantly decided to double down and press forward, bitterly clinging to</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>failed policies. Sadly, too many voters remain under the delusion that</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>Obama is 'winning the future.'"</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em><br /></em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span class="huge"><a href="wlmailhtml:%7B95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0%7Dmid://00000248/%21x-usc:http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/author/Khaled+Abu+Toameh"><strong><span title="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000248/!x-usc:http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/author/Khaled+Abu+Toameh CTRL + Click to follow link" style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">Khaled Abu Toameh</span></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> <strong>(in<em> Gatestone Institute</em>):</strong> <em>"The Palestinians want the</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><em>US to endorse all their demands and force Israel to give them everything...</em></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><em>US aid should be conditioned not only on transparency and accountability,</em></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><em>but also on an end to the campaign of hatred and incitement, as officially</em></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><em>agreed in the Oslo accords, but never implemented."</em></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><em><br /></em></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span class="huge"><em></em></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Adam Tragone (in <em>Human Events Daily</em>): </strong>on last week's report from the</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">Labor Department: <em>"This morning we learned that U.S. hiring</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>slowed </em></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>in April to just 115,000 jobs, but the unemployment rate dropped</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>to 8.1 percent. And as the Wall Street Journal points out,</em><em> the rate fell</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>because many of the people searching for employment, have dropped out</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>of the workforce. More great news from the Hope and Change folks at</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>1600 Pennsylvania Avenue..."</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em><br /></em></span></span></span></span></div></span><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><div><p align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><strong><u>And just a few "One Liners" we came across in our research this week:</u></strong></span></span></span></span></p></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">Jamie Weinstein (Sr. Editor, the <em>Daily Ca</em></span></span></span><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>ller):</em>: <em>"Holder is a great holder</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>of documents."</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em></em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">Brad Plumer (in the Washington <em>Post</em>): <em>"The incredible shrinking labor force."</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em></em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">Mohamed A. El-Erian (in the<em> </em>Washington <em>Post, Opinions</em>): <em>"America's fiscal</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>cliff cometh."</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em></em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">George Will (Nationally syndicated commentator): <em>"If you strike first person,</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>pronouns from Obama's vocabulary, he would fall silent."</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">From <em>Godfather Politics: "You can't multiply wealth by dividing it."</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em></em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">From <em>Conservative byte:</em> <em>"Obama Has Succeeded At Delivering Change</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>For </em></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>The Worse"</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em><br /></em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em></em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States: <em>“I am absolutely comfortable</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>exact rights." </em>[But the president's view is still <em>"evolving</em>."]</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em></em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State: <em>“I certainly think President Obama</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>has sent a very clear message of respect and appreciation of all religions,</em></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><em>and in particular of Islam.” </em>[Yes, Hillary -- we've noticed.]</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><em></em></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span> </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><strong><u>As always, there are a few <em>"Afterthoughts" </em>to share with you</u> . . .</strong></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span> </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>How good is your memory? </strong>How about this from Barack Obama's speech</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">the floor of the Senate on Mar. 20, 2006, on increasing the debt limit (under</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="huge">George W. Bush, of course): </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span class="huge">"The fact that we are here today to debate</span></em></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span class="huge">raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a</span></em></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span class="huge">debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I,</span></em></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span class="huge">therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt."</span> </em>[But it's</span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;">not a failure of leadership today -- not under Barack Hussein Obama.]</span></span></span></div><div align="left"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Some views on a nationally sponsored welfare state </strong>from some of our</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Founding </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Fathers -- from Ben Franklin in 1766: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"I am for doing good to the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>driving them out of it "... </em>and from James Madison in 1794: <em>"Charity is no</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>part of the legislative duty of the government." </em>[How things have changed!]</span></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>A few thoughts from random items in the current news:</strong> (1) From Mr.</div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama's 14,000 mile trip for a campaign speech in Afghanistan, where he</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">said: <em>“This time of war began in Afghanistan, and this is where it will end.”</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As William Kristol, Editor of the Weekly Standard pointed out,<em> "Unfortunately,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the war in which we are engaged won’t end with peace in, or withdrawal</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>from, Afghanistan."</em> And in that entire speech, he never once used the word that</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">could make his surges and all those sacrifices seem more worthwhile: "victory."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">(2) From Osama bin Laden's letters which were found after he was killed, he had</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">written that he wanted to assassinate President Barack Obama, but directed the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">al-Qaida fighters to leave Vice President Joe Biden alone, describing him as</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"totally unprepared</em>" to take over the U.S. government. (3) Mrs. Obama</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">demonstrated that she suffers from her husband's credibility problem, when she</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">told fellow Democrats at a fund raiser last week,<em> “My family, we lived in a little</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>bitty apartment on the South Side of Chicago over my aunt’s house, and my</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>mom still lives in that house to this day.” </em>However, her mother, Marian</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Robinson, has lived in the White House since March, 2009. (4) And a morsel of</span></span></div><div>good news -- in their annual conference, the United Methodist church voted to</div><div>maintain their denomination's stance that homosexual acts are <em>"incompatible with</em></div><div><em>Christian teaching."</em></div><div><em><br /></em></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>And speaking of Mrs. Obama -- remember her lavish visit to Spain?</strong> The</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">White House assured American taxpayers that the Obamas would bear most of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the cost of the getaway. But now Judicial Watch has revealed that government</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">records indicate that her trip cost us $467,585, including the cost of flying her</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">there, car rental, food, the Secret Service, and lodging for one dog. Tom Fitton,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">president of Judicial Watch commented, <em>"The American people can ill afford</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to keep sending the First Family on vacations around the globe... It is</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>hypocritical for President Obama to fire GSA officials for wasteful</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>conference </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>spending, while his family went on a luxury vacation in the</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Costa del Sol, Spain, that cost taxpayers nearly half a million dollars. No</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>wonder it took two years and a lawsuit to get these documents out of the</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Obama administration."</em></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></span></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>Week after week, we can always learn from our Founding Fathers . . .</strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of this country who</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man."</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- Samuel Adams, 1750</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>in </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself;</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- Alexander Hamilton, 1775</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>And now just this brief closing comment: </strong>there is so much in the current</div><div>news which merits comment -- but the limitations of time and space make</div><div>total coverage impossible. If you value this pro-Christian, pro-American, pro-</div><div>Conservative view of current events, you may want to help make it possible</div><div>for it to continue. 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And Thank </span><span style="color:#000000;">You for your willingness to help!</span></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div></div>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-37463141988019801522012-05-01T18:56:00.002-07:002012-05-01T19:00:44.648-07:00It's Time For The Church To Stand Up!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"> <div>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<br /><strong> A thought for this week, and for the weeks to come:</strong></div><div><span class="huge"> "<em>The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting.</em></span></div><div><span class="huge"><em> It has been found difficult and left untried."</em></span><em></em></div><div> Gilbert Keith Chesterton, English author and Christian apologist</div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Vol. 18, No. 17 May 2, 2012 © 2012</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>GREAT IDEA! WITH EVERYTHING IN SUCH BAD SHAPE (AND</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GETTING WORSE), ISN'T IT TIME FOR THE CHRISTIAN</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">CHURCH TO STAND UP FOR GOD AND THE BIBLE?</span></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u><strong>To approach this discussion</strong>,</u> it is necessary to recall -- however briefly -- the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">founding and purpose of the Christian Church. For those who are familiar with</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Scriptures, this will be nothing new. For those who might have heard it before,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">this will be a reminder. For those who have never heard this, it will probably be a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">great surprise. The Gospel record recounts Jesus </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">asking His disciples whom people</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">perceived Him to be. And when He focused His </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">question on whom the disciples</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">believed Him to be, Peter answered in a statement </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of belief which has been called</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">first known creed of the Christian Church, <em>"Thou art t</em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>he Christ, the Son of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the living God."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jesus answered with this promise<em>, "Upon this rock</em> (that statement of belief)<em> I</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>will build my church." </em>And He went further, and described the nature of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">church he would build<em>: "and the gates of hell shall not</em></span><em> </em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>prevail against it."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">(Matt. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">16:15-18) In other words, His Church would be so aggressive, so powerful,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">it could prevail against the very fortresses of hell and the devil.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">That is the Church that Jesus said He would build. It is the only thing He promised</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to build -- no government, no army, no educational institution, no business empire --</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">only His Church.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And He gave certain instructions as to what He wanted his Church to be and to do.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">He said, <em>"Ye are the salt of the earth,"</em> (Matt. 5: 13) And He warned that if salt</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ever loses it savour, it is useless and men throw it out. He also said, <em>"Ye are the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>light of the world." </em>(verse 14), and directed His followers to <em>"Let your light so</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>which is in heaven." </em>(verse 16)</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In His last moments on this earth before ascending into heaven, he gave certain</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">other instructions, <em>"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">creature ... go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them ... teaching</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you." </span></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">(Mark 16:25,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Matt. 28:19-20)</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>More recently, in previous issues of ANC</u>, </strong>we have pointed out that Christians</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">have failed in fulfilling those instructions, and the very purpose for which Jesus said</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">He </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">was building His Church. For example, on February 15, we quoted Joel</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Rosenberg </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">asking this pointed question, <em>"Will the Church step up and be the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>shining city on </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>hill that Jesus called her to be?"</em><strong> </strong><em></em>And Kevin Theriot, writing</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in the <em>Speak Up </em></span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Movement, "</span></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Many pastors rarely if ever address the morality</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of homosexual </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>behavior (or any other current controversial issues) from the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>pulpit... The Bible </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>has quite a bit to say on these issues and others like</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>abortion, family, and </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>citizenship... But the failure of most churches to show</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>up for the battle is not </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>just unfortunate, it’s disastrous for religious freedom</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>in America."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Similarly, Wayne Greeson writing in <em>"Restoring new Testament Christianity,"</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">cited Edmund </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Burke's familiar, <em>"The only thing </em><em>necessary for the triumph of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>evil is for good men </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to do nothing,” </em>and added: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Too many Christians and</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>too many churches are </em></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>doing nothing. They are standing idly by, they are</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>mere spectators. They sit on the </em></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>sidelines instead of actively participating</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and working for the good."</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But few have spoken as sharply concerning the failures within the Church as</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Wes Moore, Founder of <em>Evidence America, </em>who wrote: <em>"We have no</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>strategy to </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>recruit and train new evangelists within our congregations...</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>We don’t </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>organize our people </em><em>to effectively reach the lost ...</em><em>Over 90% of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>our </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>people have absolutely </em><em>no intention of sharing their faith. .. Our</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>leaders are often too apathetic...</em><em>to make any worthwhile changes. All</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the while, the numbers </em><em>stare us in the face: 85% of our churches are</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>declining. When you </em><em>measure church growth against population growth,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>only about 4% of </em><em>churches in America are actually growing (that means</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>96% of churches </em><em>are actually declining)... And, according to the Barna</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Group, of the more </em><em>than 350,000 Protestant churches in America, over</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>60,000 don’t have a </em><em>single convert each year."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">From just this brief review, it is evident the church is not doing well.</span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But does this mean that Jesus' intent to build His Church has been thwarted,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and that His plan has failed? Not at all. In the words of Antonin Artaud, the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">early 20th century French author, <em>"The fault lies with you." </em>It is we, the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">present day members of His Church, who have failed... failed to fulfill His</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">plans, His intent, His instructions to us, as noted above. Perhaps one aspect</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the failure can be assigned to the misuse of names -- "Christian," for example,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">which can mean true believers, or simply those who call themselves that out of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a process of elimination: they are not Jewish, Islamist or atheist -- <em>ergo</em>, they</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">must be "Christian." Or a more recently misinterpreted name: "Evangelical."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">This once clear definition of a born-again Christian believer who is committed</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to sharing his faith with others, has been diluted into meaninglessness. We hear</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of "Liberal Evangelicals," or of the "Evangelical Left" -- but those terms make</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">no sense at all. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">So the Church is weakened by dissensions within, and the results</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">are clearly </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">evident. And the answer?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Consider this word from the Faith and Freedom Coalition Prayer Team</u>:</strong></span></div></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"It has become nearly</em></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> impossible to keep up with the political issues and</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the immorality that besiege our nation ... From the beginning of time,</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>man has turned from God and decided to go out on his own, only to reap</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>disaster. And from the beginning of time there has been one consistent</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>answer even in the worst of times, and that answer is found in Joel 2:</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>12-14, </em></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>'Even now, declares the LORD, return to me with all your heart,</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>sending calamity'... While the media focuses on the negative, America is</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>still a Christian nation and the believers are responding with prayer..."</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u><strong>Tomorrow, May 3, is America's 61st National Day of Prayer</strong></u>. This is</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">no whim ... this is an official event, signed into law by President Truman in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1952, and with the first Thursday in May designated by President Reagan and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">signed into law in 1988. Despite President Obama's ignoring the National Day</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of Prayer in recent years, and instead hosting gala White House celebrations of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Islamic events, millions of Americans will gather as groups and as individuals to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pray for our nation, asking God to give guidance in government and bless this</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nation once again.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In ANC's ongoing prayer countdown, there are as of today, <strong>188 days </strong>until</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012. Let us continue in prayer, not only tomorrow</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">as</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the National Day of Prayer, but every day, as we ask God's blessing on our</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nation and our world.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And there is this important advance word: </span></u></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Roman Catholic leaders are</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">calling for two weeks of public protests against President Barack Obama's</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">policies, as they intensify their argument that the administration is engaged in a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">war on religion. The days between June 21 and July 4 have been set aside by the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops with the title: <em>"A Fortnight for Freedom."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">There will be more about this important event in the weeks ahead.</span></div><div> </div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Because of the continuing left-leaning interpretation of the day's news</span></u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by </span></u></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Main Stream Media, we </span></u></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">bring to you "What Others Are Saying"</span></u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Conservative byte:</strong> "There isn’t any economic growth. There’s government</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>growth, but there isn’t any private sector growth. There’s no growth in</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>jobs: </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>120,000 jobs were created last month, according to the news from</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>yesterday. </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>It’s just pathetic."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><strong>Zionica News: </strong>"The modern era is over, assumptions that shaped</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>twentieth century thought and culture, the bridges we crossed to this</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">present moment, have blown up. The postmodern age has begun. Just</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">what is post modernism? The average person would be shocked by its</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">creed. Truth, meaning and individual identity do not exist... Human life</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">has no special significance, no more value than animal or plant life....</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">All moral values are expressions and masks of the primal will to power."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><strong></strong></em></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><strong>Cowboy Byte: </strong>"Remember when there was a sense of dignity in the office</em></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of president of the United States? Even Bill Clinton could, as the phrase</span></em></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">goes, act like he'd been there before; yet after almost 3 1/2 years into his</span></em></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">presidency, Barack Obama could be the figurative love child of bumbling."</span></em></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Fred Jackson (American Family <em>News</em> Network Dir.): </strong><em>"The Constitution</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">was not written in the name of our leaders, but by the authority of 'We the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">People.' It was expected that the people would enforce the leaders' duty</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. If our government no</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">longer faithfully adheres to the Constitution, ultimately the problem is</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that we are not doing our part as enlightened citizens, and when we find</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that the government's current actions are out of step with the Constitution,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">it is our duty as citizens to act."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Expose Obama: </strong>"With his support rapidly drying up among almost every</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">group, Barack Obama has turned to the so- called “youth vote.” He has</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">personally visited or sent a representative to 130 college campuses across</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the country since March 2011. His obvious plan is to use the same lies he</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">told in 2008 to appeal to people who have no life experience and don’t</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">know any better. 'They believed it then, maybe they’ll believe it now' is</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Obama campaign motto..."</span></em></div></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>And as usual, just a few enjoyable "One Liners"</u> . . .</strong></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px; "></span></div><span style="line-height: 16px; "><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Barry Rubin in a headline in <em>The Lid: </em><em>"Obama's Nonsensical Foreign</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Policy: Al-Qaida Bad, Islamists Good</em> <em>"</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Charles Ramsey, Philadelphia Police Commissioner: <em>"Our streets are</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">bleeding, and they're bleeding profusely."</span></em></div><div><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jay Carney, Obama's press spokesperson: <em>"I never lie."</em></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Charles Hugh Smith, writing in Family Security Matters: <em>"Issuing debt and</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">printing money do not create wealth. All they can create is a temporary</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">illusion of wealth. We wish someone would tell our politicians that."</span></em></div><div><em></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u></u></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>As with every issue of ANC, there are just a few <em>"Afterthoughts" </em></u>. . .</span></strong></div><div><strong></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Strange things go on in Washington after hours,</strong> as Ed Morrissey noted</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in <em>HotAir </em>last weekend: <em>"Isn’t it funny what you can find out on Friday</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>evening about what our executive branch does? For instance, Agence</em><em title="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-signs-waiver-lift-palestinian-aid-barrier-152455093.html CTRL + Click to follow link"></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em title="">France-Presse reported last night</em><em> that Barack Obama bypassed Congress</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to send $192 million to the Palestinian Authority, claiming that national</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>security required the US to put money into Mahmoud Abbas’ pocket." </em>A</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">$192 million aid package was frozen by the US Congress ... but in a memo sent</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, published by the White House, the president</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">said it was appropriate to release funds to the authority, which administers the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">West Bank and Gaza Strip. In signing the waiver, Obama instructed Clinton to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">inform Congress of the move, on the grounds that<em> “waiving such prohibition is</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>important to the national security interests of the United States”</em> ... and it</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">means we’re putting almost $200 million into the hands of a terrorist organization.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The language of the Palestinian Accountability Act could not be clearer: <em>“No funds</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>available to any United States Government department or agency … may be</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>obligated or expended with respect to providing funds to the Palestinian</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Authority.”</em> Obama literally ignored that statutory language in this late-day action.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Pamela Geller expressed it well in <em>Atlas Shrugs</em>: <em>"Obama's contempt for the</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">American people knows no bounds. His islamophilia is putting us all at risk.</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">There is no better way to jeopardize the security interests of the United Sates</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">than by funding jihad."</span></em></div></div><div><strong></strong><em></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>There is always something we can learn from the news</strong>; like this item from</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Patriot Newswire, </em>advising us that a video posted at the liberal <em><a href="http://MoveOn.org/">MoveOn.org</a></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">site says that calling illegal immigrants "illegal" comes under the definition of a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"hate crime," and insists that the word "illegal" be banned from being used in the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">context of immigration. So be careful -- in this "politically correct" nation that</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">America </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">seems to be changing into, you may be creating a criminal offense.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>And here's an interesting twist or slant on the news: </strong>The Gross Domestic</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Product (GDP) expanded at a 2.2% annual rate in the first quarter of this year .</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The Obama White House called the report "encouraging." But the other side of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that "encouraging" report was that the GDP actually dropped from the previous</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">quarter, when it showed a 3.0% annual growth. That works out to a decline of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">about 26% in one fiscal quarter. By what twist does that become "encouraging?"</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Just by way of a mention: </strong>Have you noticed the plethora of name changes by</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">some Christian organizations? Some have been accomplished, others are being</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">considered ... for example, Campus Crusade for Christ has become "Cru." The</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">YMCA has become simply "The Y." Philadelphia Biblical University (formerly</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Philadelphia College of the Bible) is considering becoming "Cairn University."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The Worldwide Church of God has become "Grace Communion International."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The Christian Reformed Church's relief function, Christian Reformed World</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Relief Committee (CRWRC) has become "World Renew." Even the Southern</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Baptist Convention considered a change to "Great Commission Baptists," but</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">decided against it, although individual churches can use that name. As is so</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">often the case, Shakespeare had a word for it: <em>"What's in a name?" </em>(Romeo</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and Juliet, Act II)</span></div><div><strong></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">We can always learn something from our Founding Fathers, and from</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>our </strong><strong>earlier presidents, </strong><strong>often from their inaugural speeches.</strong></span></div><div><strong></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable;</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and to violate would be oppression."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">--Thomas Jefferson, Third President, First Inaugural Address, 1801</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"I enter on the trust to which I have been called by the suffrages of my</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>fellow-citizens with my fervent prayers to the Almighty that He will be</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>graciously pleased to continue to us that protection which He has already</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>so conspicuously displayed."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- James Monroe, Fifth President, Inaugural Address, 1817</span></div><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And now those familiar words: "Another week ... another issue of ANC.</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As always, so much to comment upon, but not enough time or space to do so in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">any adequate manner. But in these critical times, here at least are comments you</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">can depend upon to be pro-Christian, pro-American and pro-Conservative. ANC</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">remains solidly "anti" individuals and movements which are "anti" any of those</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">convictions. If you agree, and would like to help keep this publication to continue,</span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">please <span style="color:#ff00ff;"><span style="color:#000000;">click </span><u><a href="http://www.evangelical-viewpoint.com/support.php">HERE</a></u> </span><span style="color:#000000;">and send your contribution by check or credit card. Thank you!</span></span></span></div></div></span></span></span></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-57555999921459720502012-04-25T18:31:00.001-07:002012-04-25T08:51:38.245-07:00OUR PROBLEMS: CAUSE AND SOLUTION!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"> </span><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Vol. 18, No. 16 April 25, 2012 © 2012</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> A principle to guide us as we approach the election in November:</span></strong></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> "<em>Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers,</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> and it is the duty of as well as the privilege and interest</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> of a Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for its rulers."</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em></em> John Jay, first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1816</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">MAYBE IT'S TIME TO PUT LESS EMPHASIS ON CURRENT DAY</span></strong></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">PROBLEMS, AND FOCUS ON THEIR CAUSE AND SOLUTION.</span></strong></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">ELECTION DAY, NOV. 6, IS LESS THAN 200 DAYS AWAY</span></strong></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">And maybe it's time for ANC to focus more sharply on the religious (i.e. the</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Christian) aspects of the problem and its solution. Shifting, therefore, from any</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">undue emphasis on political issues, and focusing on the religious issues, we start</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">with the Bible's basic statement on politics and religion: <em>"Blessed is the nation</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>whose God is the Lord." </em>(Psalm 32:12) Or to express that promise in present</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">day language as it applies to the problems we face, the nation that honors and</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">reverences God will experience His blessings of protection, provision and peace.</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><o:p></o:p></span> </span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Former Chief Justice John Jay, quoted above, stated one of the underlying</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">principles </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">upon </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">which this new nation was established -- that as a Christian</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">nation, our rulers (i.e. presidents) should be Christians. And our first president,</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">George Washington, who selected him to be the first Chief Justice, also held</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that conviction,</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">as he said in those formative days of the United States: <em>"To</em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>distinguished character of Patriot, it </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>should be our highest glory to</em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>add </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the more distinguished character of Christian</em>." (1778)</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"> </div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">And Washington was not alone, among our presidents, in stating his Christian</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">convictions. John Quincy Adams, our 6th president: <em>"The hope of a Christian</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>is inseparable from his faith. Whoever believes in the divine inspiration</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>of the Holy Scriptures must hope that the religion of Jesus shall prevail</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>throughout the earth." </em>Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president: <em>"It is the duty</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>of nations as well as men to recognize the truth announced in Holy</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>Scripture and proven by all of history that those nations only are blessed</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>whose God is the Lord."</em> Woodrow Wilson, our 28th president:<em> "When you</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;color:navy;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roan;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you have</span></em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;color:navy;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roan;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">found in it the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty."</span></em></span></span></div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roan;"></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">John F. Kennedy, our</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">35th president: <em>“The rights of man come not from the</em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>generosity of the state but from the hand of God.”</em> Ronald Reagan, our 40th</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">president: <em>"Without God democracy will not </em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and cannot long endure...If we</em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation</em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>gone under."</em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em> </span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em></em></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">In addition to those comments from a random selection of U.S. presidents (and</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">there are many others in similar vein), the U.S. </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Supreme Court has often expressed</span></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">the same view as the first Chief Justice, as cited above. Consider these decisions;</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">in 1811, <em>"Whatever strikes at the root of Christianity tends to destroy civil</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>government." </em>And in 1892, <em>"Our laws and institutions must necessarily be</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">based on and must include the teachings of the Redeemer of Mankind."</span></em></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em> </span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">It is obvious that through the years there has been a spiritual deterioration in the</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">adherence to the Judeo-Christian principles upon which this nation was founded.</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"> </div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">The greatest deviation from the "Faith of our Founding Fathers" has</span></u></strong></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">occurred in the past three and a half years, or during this administration.</span></u></strong></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Never before, in the two and a third centuries of the American nation, has any</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">one of the 43 presidents who preceded Barack Obama denied that America is</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">a Christian nation. Yet his first trip abroad, as president, was to Islam dominated</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">countries where he repeatedly assured the adherents to the religion in which he</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">was raised, that America is no longer a Christian nation. He even went so far as</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">to boast that the Muslim population in the U.S. of perhaps 1%, makes us one</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">of the largest Muslim nations in the world.</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"> </div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">In this election year Mr. Obama continues to insist that he is a Christian, and</span></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">there are those who say that we should take him at his word. But that is not</span></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">how Jesus taught us -- he said that many would call on His name, but His</span></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">rule for us to observe was simply: <em>"By their fruits ye shall know them."</em></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">(Matt. 7:17-21). That is a different teaching than Obama's citing of Jesus as</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">endorsing same-sex marriage and higher taxes on the rich. And Obama's</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">"fruits" -- support of the homosexual movement, and of same-sex marriage,</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">though the ignoring of the law of the land in the Defense of Marriage Act</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">(DOMA), and the killing of babies through abortion, and the violation of</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">the religious rights of individuals and churches through Obamacare -- just</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to name a few.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">ANC's "Prayer Countdown" has less than 200 days till Election Day</span></u></strong></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">As of today, there are <strong>195 days </strong>until Election Day, Nov. 6. We have 195 days to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">pray for our nation . . . for our leaders to have wisdom to begin making some right</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">decisions . . . and for guidance as we decide for whom we should vote, not only for</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">President, but for Senators, Representatives, Governors, and local office holders.</span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">ANC does not have a partisan-political position. We have said that again and again.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">We are pro-Christian, pro-American and pro-Conservative -- but when someone</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">is "anti" any of those beliefs, we are "anti" that person, regardless of his or her party</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">affiliation.</span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">But our prayer concerns must go beyond our own shores. This week we have read</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">that the purge of centuries-old Christian communities in the Middle East and in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">North Africa continues. The persecution of Christians in Nigeria and Egypt, for</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">example, is becoming more intense. And this fact struck us in our research this week:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">nearly 70% of the world's 6.8 billion people live in countries with little or no freedom</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">of religion. Yet we take that right for granted -- even though there are movements</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">under way in America which deny some aspects of that freedom which our Founding</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Fathers included in the Constitution.</span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">And in <em>Christian Newswire</em> this week we noted this brief comment: <em>"Nearly 400</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>years ago ruling shoguns martyred thousands of Christians and banned the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>faith from the island nation. As a result, today Japan is vaguely religious, yet</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>outwardly secular and materialistic, with a Christian population of less than</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><em>1 percent and most churches composed of only a few dozen members."</em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">There is much to occupy us as we use these 195 days of prayer</span>.</span></div><div> </div></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><div id="breadcrumb"><strong><u>Has anyone questioned the Obama doctrine of "Fairness" and "Equality?"</u></strong></div><div>For example: some American military, inadvertently destroyed some used copies</div><div>of the Quran in Afghanistan -- and it became an international incident, resulting in</div><div>apologies from the highest levels of the Obama administration. Yet almost daily --</div><div>certainly weekly -- we read of Christian churches destroyed by Islamists in</div><div>Nigeria, Egypt, Iraq, and other Muslim dominated nations, and no one in those</div><div>countries apologizes . . . and no one in the White House or State Department</div><div>expresses any concern.</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div>Or American Sergeant Robert Bales, twice decorated during service in Iraq, and</div><div>sent to Afghanistan despite serious wounds of war. When he killed some Afghan</div><div>civilians, he was condemned for his actions, has been given the harshest</div><div>treatment, and leaders in the Obama administration from the president on down</div><div>have apologized, and he faces possible execution. Meantime, more than two years</div><div>have passed since Major Nidal Hasan, an American Army Muslim, went on a</div><div>killing spree at Fort Hood, shouting <em>"Allahu akbar" </em>(Allah is the greatest),</div><div>killing 13 and wounding 32 others. His trial -- if it ever occurs -- is now set</div><div>for October, almost 3 years after the attack. But this Muslim has been given the</div><div>most lenient treatment. [Where, Mr. Obama, is the fairness or equality?]</div></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span> </span></div></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="atclear" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div class="atclear" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><strong><u>An interesting -- and revealing -- survey from <em>Investors Business Daily</em></u></strong></span></div><div class="atclear" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">discloses the percentage of members of past presidents' cabinets who had</span></div><div class="atclear" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">experience working in the private business sector before being appointed to</span></div><div class="atclear" face="'Times New Roman'" size="medium" style=" ;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">serve in the cabinet. Consider these five recent administrations:</span></div><div class="atclear" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div class="atclear" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"></div><div class="atclear" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Carter............................32%<br />Reagan.......................... 86%<br />GH Bush........................51%<br />Clinton ......................... 39%<br />GW Bush.......................55%</span><strong> </strong><br /><br /><br /><strong></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And then we come to our current president, and we find this percentage:</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama .........................08%</span><strong></strong></span></div><div class="atclear" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="atclear" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "></div><div class="atclear" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "></div><div class="atclear" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">Those facts help explain the incompetence of this administration in dealing with</span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">corporate business. We are forced to ask how can the president of the nation</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">with the most successful economic system in world history talk about business</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">management when he has never worked in or for one? And when 92% of his</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">closest advisors have had no business or management experience, how can they</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">know what is best for the auto industry, banking, real estate, insurance and health</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">care -- when they have had no experience aside from spending years in academia,</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">government, non-profit organizations or even (as our president) as "community</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">organizers?"</span></span></div><div face="'Times New Roman'" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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padding-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; border-left-style: none; padding-left: 0pt; width: 90px; padding-right: 0pt; display: inline-block; border-top-style: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- float: none; height: 20px; border-right-style: none; vertical-align: baseline; padding-top: 0pt; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; "></div></a><strong>Ralph Peters (New York <em>Post </em>columnist):</strong> <em>"Obama is the least-manly</em></span></div></div><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em>president we've ever had, unable to admit to any mistakes of any kind...</em><em></em></span></div><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em>And </em><em>Hamlet made more decisions in Act I than Obama's made in four years.</em></span></div><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em>He </em><em>stalls like an old Fiat and lies like a Nigerian scammer. But he remains</em></span></div><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em>the </em><em>media's hero. And our media will pull out every stop and employ every</em></span></div><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em>trick </em><em>to insure his re-election..."</em></span></div><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em> </span></div><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em></span></div><div><div class="atclear"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Heritage Foundation:</strong><em> "High gas prices are not a president's friend,</em></span></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">especially in an election year, so it's not surprising that President Barack</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Obama is trying his darndest to shift the blame for record-high fuel prices</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">onto something other than his failed energy policies...the president</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">announced a proposal to spend $52 million to fund increased government</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">oversight of oil futures market trading in addition to harsher civil and</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">criminal penalties for manipulation in energy markets."</span></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style=" "><strong>Daniel Greenfield (in <em>New Media Journal</em>): </strong><em>"Obama's speeches were</em></span><span style=" "><em></em></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><em>robotic, not just because they were delivered via teleprompter, but</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><em>because they had been assembled together artificially out of bits and</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><em>pieces of old presidential speeches into generic templates that were</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><em>meant to awe audiences through their presentation...His speeches</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><em>called up spirituality devoid of religion, Americana devoid of patriotism</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><em>and ideals devoid of ideas. He appropriated them all and used them as</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><em>props in his</em> show."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style=" "></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><strong>"Chris" (writing as <em>The Steady Conservative</em>): </strong><em>"Suddenly speaking out</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><em>for traditional marriage is “controversial” if you read the Huffington Post.</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><em>Christians’ views are described as backwards, judgmental, inciting hate</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><em>speech, a threat to our civil rights or perhaps ignorant. Just for standing</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><em>up for Biblical truths. But that is the world we live in. It is just one more</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><em>way that those on the left are chipping away at our heritage."</em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style=" "><em></em></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-size:100%;"><div><span style=" "><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style=" "><strong>And from Commentator Thomas Sowell, the "Quote of the Week:"</strong></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style=" "><i>"We seem to be moving steadily in the direction of a society where no</i></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style=" "><em>one is responsible for what he himself did but we are all responsible for</em></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style=" "><em>what somebody else did, either in the present or in the past."</em></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" "><strong><u>Here are a few "One Liners" that our research discovered this week:</u></strong></span></div></span></div></div></div><div class="sharebar"> </div><div class="sharebar"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div class="sharebar"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Sen. Harry Red (D, NV): <em>"Elderly Americans must learn to accept the</em></span></div><div class="sharebar"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">inconveniences of old age."</span></em></div><div class="sharebar"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em></span></div><div class="sharebar"></div><div class="sharebar"> </div><div class="sharebar"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div class="sharebar"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Malcolm Muggeridge (20th Century British commentator): <em>"The depravity of</em></span></div><div class="sharebar"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time</span></em></div><div class="sharebar"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">the most intellectually resisted fact."</span></em></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Rep. Jim Jordan (R, OH): <em>"Make no mistake, we are in a fight for the very</em></span></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">idea of America, and it is a fight we must be fully committed to win."</span></em></div><div></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Rep. Barney Frank (D, MA): Thinks President Obama made a <em>"mistake" </em>in</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">pushing for is signature health law, and told <em>New York </em>Magazine, <em>"I think we</em></span></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">paid a terrible price for health care."</span></em></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong><u></u></strong> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><strong><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">And here, as usual, are just a few <em>"Afterthoughts"</em> for this week <em>. . .</em></span></u></strong></div><div></div><div><div class="atclear"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div class="atclear"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div class="atclear"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">The theme for the 2012 presidential campaign was formed 4 years ago</span></strong></div><div class="atclear"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">in Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the 2008 Democrat national convention:</span></div><div class="atclear"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">"If you don’t have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare voters.</span></em></div><div class="atclear"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">If you don’t have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as</span></em></div><div class="atclear"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em>someone people should run from." </em>[Well, it worked once . . .]</span></div><div class="atclear"></div><div class="atclear"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong>A perplexing problem with the Main Stream Media. </strong>Saudi Arabia's highest</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Islamic authority recently called for the destruction of all churches on the Arabian</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Peninsula, but there hasn't been any global outcry over it. Cliff May, president of</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, wrote in a recent <em><a href="http://Townhall.com/">Townhall.com</a></em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">column: <em>"Imagine if Pat Robertson called for the demolition of all the mosques</em></span></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">in America. It would be front-page news. It would be on every network and</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">cable news program. There would be a demand for Christians to denounce</span></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em>him ...but the major media do not see this as even worth reporting." </em>May</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">added that he believed U.S. leaders and others had kept quiet on the issue to</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">avoid promoting the notion of <em>"Islamophobia."</em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">We should not close without a word on the home-going of Chuck Colson</span></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">There is little we could add to the outpouring of words of appreciation and</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">gratitude for his remarkable ministry. He was a personal friend of your editor</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">for many years. There is much we could say . . . but much has already been said.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">When a leader like Chuck leaves us, we always wonder who will take his place.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Whoever it will be will find he has huge shoes to fill. It cannot often be said, but</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">it is true in Chuck's case: he was one of a kind; there will not be another like him.</span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Thoughts on taxes from the 3rd and 30th U.S. presidents:</span></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></div></div></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">"Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through so many new</span></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em>hands." --</em>Thomas Jefferson, 1784</span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">"No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the</span></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em>corporations </em><em>pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil."<br /></em>-- Calvin Coolidge, 1926</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong>We can always learn something from the words of our Founding Fathers</strong><em></em></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">"The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority."</span></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">-- Alexander Hamilton, 1787</span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">"We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections."</span></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">-- John Adams, 1797</span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em></em> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">"If, then, the control of the people over the organs of their government</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">be the measure of its republicanism, and I confess I know no other measure,</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">it must be agreed that our governments have much less of republicanism</span></em></div><div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">than ought to have been expected; in other words, that the people have</span></em></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em>less </em><em>regular control over their agents, than their rights and their interests</em></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em>requir</em>e." --Thomas Jefferson, 1816</span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div></div><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">And finally, these familiar words: "Another week . . . another issue."</span></strong></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Each week we try to keep the overall length a little shorter, but each week</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">there seems to be so much on which to comment . . . and each week -- as is the</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">case this week -- there is still so much that has been left untouched without any</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">comment whatsoever. 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Thank you!</span></div></div></div></div>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-90681768393864508652012-04-18T20:51:00.001-07:002012-04-17T20:56:25.433-07:00WE'RE STILL NOT DOING WELL!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><div><br /></div><div>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Vol. 18, No. 15 April 18, 2012 © 2012</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> This week's thought for the week ... and for the weeks to come:</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> nor standeth in the way of sinners,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.<br /> But his delight is in the law of the LORD;</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> and in His law doth he meditate day and night</em></span>."</div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> The Holy Bible, Psalm 1: 1-2</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>THE THEME OF LAST WEEK'S ANC WAS: <em>"POLITICALLY,</em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><em>ECONOMICALLY AND </em></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><em>INTERNATIONALLY, WE'RE</em></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><em>NOT </em></strong></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><em>DOING WELL."</em> AS WE REVIEW THE NEWS,</strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTHING HAS CHANGED MUCH THIS WEEK</strong></span></span></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And last week's issue began with the words that this was not our sole opinion, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">but</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">was shared by others . . . and we provided a quote from Mat Staver, Founder </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Chairman of Liberty Counsel, as an illustration. In line with the premise that </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">there</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">hasn't been any dramatic change, this week also we offer this quote from</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mat Staver which addresses the basis of our problems: <em>"I've </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>never felt so</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;"><em>compelled to unreservedly work against a president’s overreaching policies,</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;"><em>unconstitutional mandates, unvetted czars, and tyrannical power grabs as I</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;"><em>do now. Then again, there has never been a president like Barack Obama</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;"><em>whose clearly stated goal is to 'fundamentally transform' our nation into a</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;"><em>socialist state (as we now know.)"</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;"><em></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;"></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;">To avoid being accused of quoting only Conservative Opinion makers, here is a</span></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><div>comment on the financial aspect of our nation, as concerning the Obama agenda</div><div>of unrestrained spending under his "Stimulus Plan." Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben</div><div>Bernanke, told the Budget Committee on April 9 that Official Congressional budget</div><div>estimates understate the peril of rising debt. <em>"Sustained high rates of government</em></div><div><em>borrowing would both drain funds away from private investment and increase</em></div><div><em>our debt to foreigners, with adverse long-run effects on U.S. output, incomes,</em></div><div><em>and standards of living. Moreover, diminishing investor confidence that</em></div><div><em>deficits </em><em>will be brought under control would ultimately lead to sharply rising</em></div><div><em>interest </em><em>rates on government debt and, potentially, to broader financial</em></div><div><em>turmoil </em><em>..." </em>In short, the official estimates that members of Congress hear from their</div><div>budget office are under-estimating our dire economic predicament. If fiscal policy is</div><div>not brought under control, things will be much worse, according to Mr. Bernanke.</div><div></div><div><div><span style="color:#000001;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000001;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Even the very Liberal commentator, Arianna Huffington, writing in</span></span> <em>Huff Post</em>, on</span></div><div><span style="color:#000001;">the international front, <em>"You'd think a ten-and-a-half year war would be a major</em></span></div><div><span style="color:#000001;"><em>issue in a presidential campaign -- especially a war going as badly as the one</em></span></div><div><span style="color:#000001;"><em>in Afghanistan... But right now we are doing a lot of harm, losing hearts and</em></span></div><div><span style="color:#000001;"><em>minds every day and making our country ultimately less safe as a result. 'War</em></span></div><div><span style="color:#000001;"><em>is destructive of the human spirit,' military scholar Andrew Bacevich said</em></span></div><div><span style="color:#000001;"><em>recently; 'War compromises our humanity.' This one is now compromising our</em></span></div><div><span style="color:#000001;"><em>humanity, our national security, our standing in the world, and our claim to</em></span></div><div><span style="color:#000001;"><em>the moral high ground."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="color:#000001;"></span></em></div><div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>We have often mentioned Mr. Obama's "credibility" problem</u>, </strong>but have</div><div>never actually called the president a liar, as so many commentators have done.</div><div>This past week a new book (or perhaps "booklet" -- but it's 122 pages in length)</div><div>was announced, titled <em>69 Obama Lies. </em>ANC doesn't have the time, space or</div><div>inclination to discuss all 69 of them, but Steve Elliott, writing in <em>Grassfire Nation</em>,</div><div>the publisher, listed #23 as his favorite Obama Lie; he calls it the <em>"Create Or</em></div><div><em>Save Jobs Lie." </em>He recalls it as one of the first lies that came out of Obama's</div><div>mouth after Inauguration Day -- <em>"in one voice Obama and every member </em><em>of</em></div><div><em>his messaging team began talking about the 3.5 million jobs their plan</em></div><div><em>would save...</em> <em>Of course, never before in the lexicon of employment statistics</em></div><div><em>had any president talked about 'saved' jobs. It was a mirage. A myth. A lie.</em></div><div><em>The first of many lies that Obama used to transform our nation."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Mr. Elliott may have a point. Our research this week turned up many examples</div><div>of the Obama "Stimulus Plan" failures . . . here are just two of them: (1) Reno,</div><div>NV, received a $2.1 million federal energy grant as part of the Obama stimulus</div><div>plan approved by the Democrat controlled Congress in February, 2009. The</div><div>Reno <em>Gazette-Journal</em> recently reported on the "success" of the grant: <em>"The</em></div><div><em>city's seven windmills have so far saved Reno $2,785 in energy costs after</em></div><div><em>generating 25,319 kilowat hours of electricity. The windmills were installed</em></div><div><em>between April and October, 2010, and cost about $1 million out of a $2.1</em></div><div><em>million federal grant given to the city as part of the stimulus package." </em>[At</div><div>that rate it will take 718 years to equal the $1 million cost of the windmills.]</div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>And here is No. 2: <em>CNS News </em>reported this past week: <em>"The government spent</em></div><div><em>at least $205,075 </em><em>in </em><em>2010 to 'translocate' a single bush in San Francisco</em></div><div><em>that </em><em>stood in the path </em><em>of a $1.045 billion highway-renovation project that</em></div><div><em>was </em><em>partially funded by </em><em>the economic stimulus legislation President Barack</em></div><div><em>Obama </em><em>signed in 2009... </em><em>'In October 2009, an ecologist identified a plant</em></div><div><em>growing in a </em><em>concrete-bound </em><em>median strip along Doyle Drive in the Presidio</em></div><div><em>as </em><em>Arctostaphylos franciscana,' </em><em>the U.S. Department of Interior reported in</em></div><div><em>the </em><em>Aug. 10, 2010 edition of the </em><em>Federal Register...'The translocation of the</em></div><div><em>Arctostaphylos franciscana plant </em><em>to an active native plant management</em></div><div><em>area </em><em>of the Presidio was accomplished, </em><em>apparently successfully and</em></div><div><em>according to </em><em>plan, on January 23, 2010,' the </em><em>Interior Department reported."</em></div><div>[Footnote: The bush -- a Franciscan manzanita -- was a specimen of a</div><div>commercially cultivated species of shrub that can be purchased from nurseries</div><div>for as little as $15.98 per plant.]</div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>On the use of lies to influence public opinion, here is the motto of a true master of</div><div>the practice, Adolph Hitler: <em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it,</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and eventually they will believe it." </em>And in <em>Mein Kampf, </em>he said of the great</span></div><div>masses of the people, <em>"in the primitive simplicity of their minds </em><em>they more</em></div><div><em>readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they </em><em>themselves</em></div><div><em>often </em><em>tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to </em><em>resort to</em></div><div><em>large-scale </em><em>falsehoods." </em>(Vol. 1, Ch. 10)<em></em></div><div><em></em></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>Months ago ANC began a "Countdown of Prayer" for the next election.</u></strong></div><div>As of today, Apr. 18, there are <strong>202 days </strong>until Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012.</div><div>202 days to pray for our nation, and for God's leading as we cast our votes on</div><div>Nov. 6 to transform our government into the kind of a nation it was founded to</div><div>be. And beyond our shores there are fellow Christians who are daily facing</div><div>persecution because of their faith . . . and there are rogue nations like Iran, Syria,</div><div>North Korea, to name a few, who pose real threats to any semblance of peace</div><div>throughout our troubled world. As Christians, we should be faithful in prayer.</div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>It is interesting that "those on the other side" are also calling for prayer. Previously</div><div>we have noted that supporters of "Obamacare" were calling for prayer for the</div><div>Supreme Court to rule in favor of the controversial law -- even as Christians</div><div>were praying for its defeat. Now we have learned of another such prayer effort.</div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">A local Planned Parenthood abortion business in Humbolt County, California is</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">copying the "40 Days for Life" campaign, which recently resulted in saving the</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">lives of more than 700 unborn children from abortion. The abortion business has</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">set up its own 40 Days of Prayer for the local abortion center. </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Their theme: <em>"We</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>believe in your right to choose to be a parent or not.”</em></span></span></div><div><em></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>In ANC we continue to try to counter the left-wing viewpoints of the</u></strong></span></span></div><div><div><strong><u>Main Stream Media by bringing our readers "What Others are Saying"</u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>David Axelrod, Chief Strategist for President Barack Obama,</strong><em> </em>told Chris</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Wallace on FOX News this weekend: <em>“The choice in this election is between</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>chance to get ahead and their kids a chance to get ahead, and an economy</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that continues down the road we’re on.”</em> [We couldn't have said it better!]</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><strong></strong></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><strong></strong></em></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><strong>Human Events:</strong> "One of the first things Stalin, Hitler, Mao and other</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>totalitarians did during their reign was rewrite the histories of their nations,</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>remaking the past to foster their control of the present. The American Left</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>has done the same thing in our country: most American history books are</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>riddled with PC nonsense that makes the Founding Fathers over into racist</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>slaveholders, the settlers of the West into genocidal land-stealers, and the</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>welfare state into the harbinger of the ultimate triumph of liberalism."</em></span></span></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Erick Stakelbeck (in <em>Charisma News</em>): </strong><em>"The so-called Arab Spring </em><em>has</em></div><div><em>given a big boost to radical Islamists like the Muslim Brotherhood. </em><em>For</em></div><div><em>Christians, it’s been a much different story. Believers in Jesus are </em><em>suffering</em></div><div><em>major persecution throughout the Middle East and North </em><em>Africa. But there</em></div><div><em>is one place left in the region where they don’t </em><em>have </em><em>to fear: Israel."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><strong></strong></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><strong></strong> </div><div class="olsys-fblike"><br /></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><strong>Victor Davis Hanson ( Hoover Institution, Stanford University): </strong><em>"In 2008,</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>a mostly unknown Barack Obama ran for president on an inclusive </em><em>agenda</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>of 'hope and change.' ... Four years later, none of those promises will </em><em>be</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>themes of his 2012 re-election campaign. Gas has more than doubled in</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>price. Billions of dollars have been wasted in insider and subsidized wind</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>and </em><em>solar projects that have produced little green </em><em>energy. Unemployment</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>rates </em><em>above 8 percent appear the new norm... From the Middle East to the</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>Korean </em><em>peninsula, the world seems on the brink. Modern racial relations</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>are at a new </em><em>low"</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><strong></strong></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><strong></strong> </div><div class="olsys-fblike"><br /></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><strong>Leslie H. Gelb (Pres. Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations):</strong> <em>"President</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>Obama is being pushed and pulled into three conflicts–Iran, Syria, and North</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>Korea ... Events are being driven mainly by three bad guys. Iran's Ayatollah</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>Khamenei,</em><em> intolerably, is trying to keep open the option to build nuclear</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>weapons. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad,</em><em> intolerably, is killing rebels to</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>keep power. North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jung Un, </em><em>unacceptably, is</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>trying to have his nuclear cake and eat American food too. Slowly but</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>inexorably, all three situations are becoming testier and riskier with little</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>sign </em><em>of being saved by warnings or compromise."</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em></em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Peter Martino (Gatestone Institute): </strong>Under the heading, <em><strong>"Diversity -- they</strong></em></div><div><em><strong>drive us out, we invite them in," </strong></em>wrote: <em>"Islamic countries have become</em></div><div><em>more Islamic because of a deliberate policy that drives non-Muslims out;</em></div><div><em>non-Islamic countries have become more Islamic because of a deliberate</em></div><div><em>policy that invites Muslims in, and ensures that they feel in no way</em></div><div><em>hindered or upset."</em></div><div><em><br /></em></div></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em></em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>Barry Rubin (Dir. Global Research in International Affairs):</strong><em> </em>Concerning</div><div>the announcement that President Obama would be wearing a Cuban style</div><div>'guayabera' shirt made for him by a Colombian designer at the Americas summit</div><div>in Cartagena, Colombia, this week, Mr. Rubin commented: <em>"This guy just</em></div><div><em>doesn’t seem to get it. He’s supposed to be America’s leader, not an ersatz</em></div><div><em>South American, friend of the Franks, roommate of the Russians, soul-mate</em></div><div><em>of the Muslims, etc."</em></div><div><em><br /></em></div><div><em></em></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div>It has been reported that the president's visit to Colombia got off to a bad start --</div><div>at least 11 members of the Secret Service team sent there in advance of his visit,</div><div>were relieved of duty after what were described as wild drinking parties and</div><div>arguments with some prostitutes they had employed for a night at the hotel where</div><div>the American staff were staying. They were promptly replaced, presumably by</div><div>agents somewhat more restrained in their leisure time activities. And, from other</div><div>reports, several members of the U.S. military stationed there, were also involved</div><div>in the developing scandal.</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div>The Obama administration moved quickly to deal with the problem, but the</div><div>scandal made the United States the laughingstock of the important summit, as</div><div>diplomats were talking more about the hooker escapade rather than focusing on</div><div>Obama’s goals in the region. <em>“I had a breakfast meeting to discuss trade</em></div><div><em>and drugs, but the only thing the other delegates wanted to talk about was</em></div><div><em>the story of the agents and the hookers,”</em> commented one Latin American</div><div>diplomat. Former Secret Service agent, Ronald Kessler, author of In the</div><div>President's Secret Service, said: <em>“It's the biggest scandal in the history of</em></div><div><em>the </em><em>Secret Service and the most basic breach of security.”</em></div><div></div><div><div></div><div><em></em></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>And to wind up the scandal-plagued American presence at the Summit of the</div><div>Americas, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton slugged back a beer</div><div>and kicked up her heels at a Cuban-themed nightclub in Cartagena. Photos</div><div>snapped by surprised onlookers show the former first lady swilling a</div><div>Colombian-brewed Aguila (“Eagle’’)<em> cerveza,</em> straight from the bottle and</div><div>hitting the dance floor. Witnesses said Clinton played maracas and danced the</div><div>rumba to numbers played by the club’s Cuba-centric house band. [Does she</div><div>have the right to relax? Certainly . . . but she should never forget that she is</div><div>the Secretary of State of the United States of America.]</div><div></div><div></div><div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>The Washington Post summed up the Summit quite succinctly:</u></strong><em> "The </em><em>sixth</em></div><div><em>Summit of the Americas ended without an official declaration -- a </em><em>negotiated</em></div><div><em>statement of shared principles from the hemisphere’s heads </em><em>of state -- and</em></div><div><em>left open the question of whether there would be a </em><em>seventh such meeting. The</em></div><div><em>ambiguous conclusion underscored the fact </em><em>that Obama, while pledging a new</em></div><div><em>relationship with the United States’ </em><em>leery southern neighbors, has had little</em></div><div><em>success in bridging significant </em><em>policy differences that have divided the region</em></div><div><em>for decades. With the </em><em>scandal involving a number of secret Service agents</em></div><div><em>and prostitution </em><em>coloring the weekend meeting, Obama departed here with</em></div><div><em>the U.S. </em><em>image mildly blemished and the enduring political differences</em></div><div><em>between </em><em>the hemisphere’s wealthy north and rising south firmly intact."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Reuters reported in similar vein, saying that the U.S. emerged from the Summit</div><div><em>"increasingly isolated," </em>and added that the show of unity among the other</div><div>nations highlighted the <em>"steady decline of Washington's influence in a region</em></div><div><em>that has become less dependent on U.S. trade and investment thanks</em></div><div><em>economic growth rates that are the envy of the developed world and new</em></div><div><em>opportunities with China."</em> Reuters summarized Obama's efforts in two words,</div><div><em>"He failed."</em></div><div><em><br /></em></div><div></div><div><div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><strong><u>And from our research, a few "One Liners," some longer than others:</u></strong></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>President Barack Obama, on his proposed <em>"Buffet Rule" </em>(which failed to pass</div><div>in the Senate on Monday): <em>"There are others who are saying: 'Well, </em><em>this is</em></div><div><em>just a gimmick. Just taxing </em><i><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">millionaires and billionaires, just </span></i><i><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">imposing the</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Buffett Rule, won’t do enough to close the deficit’ Well, </span></i><i><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">I agree."</span></i></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, on the current high gasoline prices: <em>"The</em></div><div><em>economy </em><em>is in a much better position to deal with those pressures."</em></div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Kim Jong-Un, the new Supreme Leader of North Korea: <em>"Yesterday, we</em></div><div><em>were </em><em>a weak and small country trampled upon by big powers. Today, our</em></div><div><em>geopolitical location remains the same, but we are transformed into a</em></div><div><em>proud political and military power and an independent people that no one</em></div><div><em>can dare provoke."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Gerard Barzan, humorist: <em>"You don't have to fool all the people all of the</em></div><div><em>time; you just have to fool enough to get elected."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><div class="olsys-fblike"> </div><div class="olsys-fblike"><br /></div><div class="olsys-fblike">Mat Staver, Liberty Counsel: <em>“Intimidated by the American Civil Liberties</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>Union or Freedom From Religion Foundation, the public square is</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>becoming a haven for religious bigotry. As a nation, we are long overdue</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em>in demanding that our fundamental liberties be fully honored and protected.”</em></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><em></em></div></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>Here are a few <em>"Afterthoughts" </em>from our review of the week's news . . .</u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>In case you were wondering about all those first family vacations ...</strong> on</div><div>a panel with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Brazilian President</div><div>Dilma Rousseff, and moderated by MSNBC's Chris Matthews, during the</div><div>Summit of the Americas in Colombia last week, Mr. Obama said, <em>"When I</em></div><div><em>take these summit trips, part of my job is to scout out where I may want</em></div><div><em>to bring Michelle back later for a vacation. So we'll make sure to come</em></div><div><em>back some time in the near future."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Last Sunday was a meaningful date in American history:</strong> On April 15, 1865,</div><div>President Lincoln died. He was shot the night before in Ford's Theater. On April</div><div>15, 1912, the Titanic sank. It struck an iceberg the night before. On April 15, 1947,</div><div>Jackie Robinson ran out to his position at first base as a member of the Brooklyn</div><div>Dodgers, and became the first African-American to play baseball in the Major</div><div>Leagues since the earliest years of the game. And April 15, 1954 became the</div><div>deadline for Income Tax returns.</div><div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Doug Giles, Pastor, Clash Christian Church in Florida, </strong>and an outspoken</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Conservative, offers a thought on the religious aspects of the upcoming election:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"The same media that ignored information about Obama’s racist religious</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>roots steeped in Marxism is already queuing up with queries about Romney's</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Mormonism as somehow being weird and a tad white ...</em><em> The duplicitous</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>journalists who saw no story in the well-documented anti-honky rhetoric of</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Wright’s/Obama’s 'religion' now want to paint Romney with the racist brush</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>... As an evangelical, I'll be the first to admit that I don’t get Mormonism,</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>but I do get Marxism, and we’re now seeing the political fruit coming from</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Obama’s ignored and divisive theological roots. Which leads me to this</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>conclusion as an evangelical: ... in 2012 I will take a quasi-conservative</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Mormon who has been ridiculously successful, over an uncompromised</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Marxist any ol’ day. And lastly, a word of advice for the MSM </em>(Main Stream</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Media):<em> I would leave </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Mitt’s Mormonism well enough alone unless, of course,</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>you want Obama’s </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>religious roots to be exposed, as well. I believe Americans</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>will find in </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Mormonism more pro-traditional American sentiments than they</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>will in R</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>everend Wright’s greatest sermon collections."</em></span></span></div><div><em></em></div><div><div class="olsys-fblike"><strong></strong> </div><div class="olsys-fblike"><br /></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><strong>In case you were wondering, but hadn't computed it: </strong>Under President</div><div class="olsys-fblike">Obama prices of gasoline have more than doubled -- from a national average of</div><div class="olsys-fblike">$1.85 on Inauguration Day, 2009, to $3.92 this past week. It has been estimated</div><div class="olsys-fblike">that this means the average American family is paying $2,200 more per year for</div><div class="olsys-fblike">gasoline today than when Obama came into office. And that's not the only increase</div><div class="olsys-fblike">in living costs -- as gasoline prices increase, the cost of just about everything else</div><div class="olsys-fblike">increases as well.</div><div class="olsys-fblike"><br /></div><div class="olsys-fblike"></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><strong></strong> </div><div class="olsys-fblike"><strong>Historically, our Founding Fathers and other leaders of our nation have</strong></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><strong>not hesitated to give God and the Bible a prominent place in government</strong></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><strong></strong></div><div class="olsys-fblike"><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em>"There is not a single instance in history in which civil liberty was lost, and</em></div><div><em>religious liberty preserved entire. If therefore we yield up our temporal</em></div><div><em>property, we at the same time deliver the conscience into bondage."</em></div><div>--John Witherspoon, 1776</div><div></div><div></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em>"It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, to own their dependence upon</em></div><div><em>the overruling power of God and to recognize the sublime truth announced</em></div><div><em>in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are</em></div><div><em>blessed whose God is the Lord." --</em> President Abraham Lincoln, 1863</div><div></div><div></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em>"Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet anchor of your liberties; write its</em></div><div><em>precepts </em><em>on your hearts and practice them in your lives. </em><em>To the influence</em></div><div><em>of this book we are indebted for the progress made, and to this we must</em></div><div><em>look as our guide in the future.” </em>-- President Ulysses S. Grant, 1874</div><div></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>And finally, the usual summary: "Another week, another ANC issue"</strong></div><div><strong></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>In the nearly 10 full years of publication, the purpose and premise of ANC</div><div>has never changed. It has been, and is: pro-Christian, pro-American and</div><div>pro-Conservative. From the many messages we receive from our readers,</div><div>we are encouraged that you appreciate this approach to current events. By</div><div>the same token, we have always taken an "anti" position against those who</div><div>are clearly "anti" our viewpoints. We have never charged any subscription</div><div>fee, but if we are going to be able to continue, we need to have the support</div><div>of our readers. 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We look forward to hearing from you, and hope to be able to</div><div>continue this publication.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-91567174087698653662012-04-11T14:44:00.001-07:002012-04-10T20:59:56.623-07:00WE'RE NOT DOING WELL!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><div style="font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Vol. 18, No. 14 April 11, 2012 © 2012</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">A thought for this week ... next week ... and the weeks to come:</span></strong></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can,</em></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can,</em></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>as long as ever you can."</em></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Charles Wesley, 1771</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>DESPITE TORNADOS, WE'RE IN SPRING, WITH THE PROMISE</strong></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">OF SUMMER ... WE'RE LIVING IN THE REMEMBRANCE OF</span></strong></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">EASTER ... BUT POLITICALLY, ECONOMICALLY AND</span></strong></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">INTERNATIONALLY, WE'RE NOT DOING WELL</span></strong></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><strong></strong> </div><div style="font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-size:medium;"></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And that isn't a viewpoint held by ANC alone. It isn't pleasant to admit such a</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">situation exists, but there come times when it is necessary to face the facts.</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"> </div><div style="font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mat Staver, the highly respected Founder and </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Chairman of Liberty Counsel,</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">who is at the forefront of the legal battles in defense </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the Constitution and our</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nation's Christian heritage, this past week issued this alarm and </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">call for action</span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">with respect to the domestic front, as he wrote: </span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"President Obama's agenda</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>'fundamentally transform' the </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>United States of America has been fully</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>exposed as a systematic assault on </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>our Constitution in order to form a</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>more </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>socialized union...The more the </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>President disrespects the Constitution</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>rule of law, the more outraged </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Americans are becoming...That's</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>why we </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>are </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>calling for ALL Americans </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>citizens to rise up and 'Stop the War</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>on the </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Constitution.'"</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em></em></span></span></span></span> </div><div style="font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Robert Ringer, whose column, <em>A Voice of Sanity,</em> we often quote, offered this</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">further expression of concern: <em>"Long time readers will recall that I began</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>warning about </em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Barack Obama's dictatorial ambitions before he even won</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the 2008 presidential election. Now, finally, more people are beginning to</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>take this possibility as a serious threat. Obama's recent contention that it</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>would be 'unprecedented' for the Supreme Court to overrule congressional</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>legislation had dictatorship written all over it. It was, quite obviously, an</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>ignorant slip on his part. Rather than lashing out with absurd statements like</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>this, the Marxmeister does much better when he follows the far-left playbook</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and innocently feigns indignation over anything that isn't to his liking."</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em></em></span></span></span></span> </div><div style="font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Founding Father, James Madison, often referred to as "Father of the Constitution,"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">foresaw such aberrations, and wrote in 1788: <em>"An elective despotism was not</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the government we fought for; but one in which the powers of government</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>should be so divided and balanced among the several bodies of magistracy</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>as </em></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>checked and restrained by the others."</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em></em></span></span></span></span> </div><div style="font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>And just this brief reference to one of the problems</u></strong> we are forced to face on</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">domestic front -- the national economy. These two quotes are brief, but speak</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">volumes concerning our economic problems. From Barack Obama: <em>"Under my</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket."</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And from Obama's Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, <em>“Somehow, we have to</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.”</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em></em></span></span></span></span> </div><div style="font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">We have not discussed the many other problems . . . the unemployment crisis . . .</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the threatened tax increases . . . the administration's increasing efforts in favor of</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">abortion and same-sex marriage . . . and the danger of serious racial unrest given</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a boost by the Trayvon Martin case and encouraged by Barack Obama, Jesse</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jackson, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Al Sharpton and Obama's long time pastor, Jeremiah Wright, and the</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">media. But there's always </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">next week . . .</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em></em></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Those examples are domestic in nature.</u></strong> Internationally, we aren't at all better</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">off. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">News story headlines like this: <strong>"Washington Helpless as Islamists Play</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>for </strong></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Keeps in Egypt" </strong>are specific to one Middle East nation, Egypt, but are</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">typical of </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the failures in Obama's attempts at diplomacy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span> </div><div style="font-size:medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Pamela Geller, writing in <em>Atlas Shrugs,</em> reviewed the situation in Egypt: <em>"Obama's</em></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>quiet and unyielding support of the Muslim Brotherhood gave rise to their</em></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>power and they succeeded in overthrowing Mubarak, once Obama made it</em></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>plain he would not stand with our ally... The Muslim Brotherhood promised</em></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>as early as May 2011 to implement Shariah and cancel the peace treaty with</em></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Israel. Despite this, in June 2011,<span title="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000519/!x-usc:http://p.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/26412/20407795/4162519/http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/06/reuters-obama-to-establish-formal-contacts-with-the-muslim-brotherhood.html CTRL + Click to follow link" style="color:#000000;"> </span>Obama was resuming formal contacts with</em></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the Muslim Brotherhood... When Obama's perfidy became unavoidably obvious,</em></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>his media handlers suddenly called Obama's Muslim Brotherhood support a</em></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>'cosmic wager.'''</em><em></em></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em></em></span></span></span> </div><div style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In attempting to explain these actions, White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney,</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">said </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the meetings between the Muslim Brotherhood and the National </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Security</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Agency, "<em>The Muslim Brotherhood will be a big player, and we are </em></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>engaging</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>because that is the appropriate and right thing to do." </em>As a fall-out from Mr.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama's </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">support of the Muslim Brotherhood, the persecution, subjugation and</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">slaughter </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christians in Egypt increased dramatically, but even so, Obama refused</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to meet with </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Coptic leadership. More recently, rockets have been fired into Israel</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from Egypt. Dr. </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mike </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Evans, of the Jerusalem Prayer Team, summarized it briefly</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">this week: <em>"The </em></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>future of </em></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Israel is on </em></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the line right now. Surrounded by enemies</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>on every side </em></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and abandoned by those </em></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>who once were friends, God’s Chosen</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>People face the </em></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>gravest threat in Israel’s </em></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>modern history."</em></span></span></span></span></div><div size="medium"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em></em></span></span></span> </div><div size="medium"><br /></div><div size="medium"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></span></div><div size="medium"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Syria provides another example of the failure of diplomacy in the strife-torn Middle</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div size="medium"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">East. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">There was hope last week when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad agreed to</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div size="medium"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a U.N. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">sponsored plan, which calls for all fighting to have stopped tomorrow. But</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div size="medium"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">United </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Nations special envoy, Kofi Annan, has informed the General Assembly that</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div size="medium"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the ceasefire may not occur because Assad </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">says he will not fulfill his part of the </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">plan</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div size="medium"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">if the rebels do not first </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">provide written guarantees to stop fighting. The last minute</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div size="medium"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">demand came as weekend </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">violence claimed over 200 lives, most of them civilians, a</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div size="medium"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">surge in bloodshed that former </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">UN chief Annan described as <em>"unacceptable."</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div size="medium"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em></em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </div><div size="medium"><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And we have not discussed the increasing unrest in Afghanistan, with more suicide</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">bombings occurring almost daily . . . or Prime Minister al Maliki moving to seize</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">dictatorial power </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in Iraq, with the restraint of the U.S. Military eliminated . . . and</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the increasing attacks on Christians in the Muslim dominated nations. . . and North</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Korea's defiance of international concern as the rogue nation moves toward tests</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of potential intercontinental ballistic missiles. But as was </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">noted above . . . there's</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">always next week.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><em></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>What better place than this, for a reminder of our "Prayer Countdown."</u></strong></span></div><div>As of this date, Apr. 11, there are <strong>209 days </strong>until Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012 ...</div><div>209 days to pray for our nation, for wisdom to be given to our leaders, and for</div><div>guidance as we go to the polls to vote to restore America to the kind of nation it</div><div>was intended to be. <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And we must not fail to pray for our fellow believers in so</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">many countries who are daily </span>facing persecution and even death from Islamic</div><div>activists, and for Israel, our ally in the Middle East, which lives under the threat</div><div>of extinction by its Muslim neighbors.</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>From <em>Vision to America, </em>comes this warning about the theory of "Coexistence"</div><div>which so many Liberals, including those from the "religious-left" and even some</div><div>mega-church pastors, have embraced as truth: "<em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The world is shifting. It is</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">dissatisfied, </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">baffled </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">craving transformation. </span></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Religious tolerance is</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>prized more than </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>truth. </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>From clever </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>slogans to celebrity endorsements, we</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>are bombarded </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>with </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>seemingly peaceful </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>messages of coexistence. But</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>beneath the bumper </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>stickers </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and T-shirts is buried this </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>truth: Coexistence </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a myth. Instead, a </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>war for </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>world domination is raging--between </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>radical </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Islam,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>secularism </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and Judeo-Christianity."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em></em></div><div>And there is this word of challenge from <em>Conservative News Alerts: "In</em></div><div><em>generations past, the Church has always been able to count on the faithful</em></div><div><em>to </em><em>stand up and protect her sacred rights and duties...Will you vote the</em></div><div><em>values </em><em>that will stand the test of fire? Some things are more important </em><em>than</em></div><div><em>high </em><em>gas prices or a faltering economy. They are life, marriage and </em><em>freedom."</em></div></span></span></span></span></span><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em></em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Just a few examples of "what Others Are Saying" this week, but each is</u></strong></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a bit longer than usual, and each focuses on the basic problem we face</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Wes Pruden (writing in <em>Conservative Outpost</em>): </strong><em>"Presidential contempt for</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Supreme Court and inconvenient law is not new. But rarely has a</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">president sounded so, well, dumb, as when Barack Obama lectured the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">justices on what they can and can’t do to his cherished Obamacare...The</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">president, who frequently describes himself (inaccurately) as a former</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">professor of constitutional law, sounded willfully ignorant... But Barack</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama is neither dumb nor ignorant... So why would he say something</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">so foolish and dumb? ... He’s more than willing to sound dumb and</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>ignorant in the greater cause of his re-election."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div id="first_graf"><strong></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Jonathan Tobin (writing in <em>Commentary</em>:</strong> <em>"Passover is the occasion for</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Jews </em><em>to remember their liberation from Egypt and to embrace not only the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>gift of </em><em>freedom but also the ability to worship God and His laws as a people...</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>It is </em><em>not the time to be delivering obsequious paeans to American politicians,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>no </em><em>matter which party they belong to... The National</em></span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> Jewish Democratic</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Council has published a new </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">version of the 'Four Questions' from the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Haggadah that is a paean, not to </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the liberation of the Jews from Egypt, but</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to the wonders of Barack Obama, </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to whom the NJDC directs Americans to</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">express thanks rather than their </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Creator. One need only read the NJDC’s</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">questions to understand their </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">desperation to make up for three years of</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Israel-bashing by President </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama."</span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>From <em>Expose Obama</em>: </strong><em>"Pushed by Barack Obama’s naked attempts to</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">destroy our economy, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">up his mind: he will look west to China when he is ready to sell his nation’s</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">crude oil. Barack Obama has won this round to destroy America’s economy,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and we have lost."</span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Matt Barber (writing in the <em>Daily </em>Caller): </strong><em>"Eric Holder is a busy man.</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">When President Obama’s chief law enforcement officer isn’t tied up selling</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">guns to Mexican drug cartels ... he’s busy conspiring with pro-abortion</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">extremists to bring the full weight of the federal government down upon</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">innocent pro-life advocates. <span style=" "><em>So much tyranny, so little time. </em></span><span style=" "><em>Eric Holder</em></span></span></em></div><div><em><span style=" "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">is much more than just incompetent. He’s an extremist pro-abortion</span></em></span></em></div><div><em><span style=" "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">activist who shares his boss’s goal of 'fundamentally transforming</span></em></span></em></div><div><em><span style=" "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">America' </span></em></span></em><em><span style=" "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to reflect both men’s secular-socialist self-image."</span></em></span></em></div><div><em><span style=" "></span></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style=" "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></em></div><div><span style=" "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">[With respect to Obama's frequent promises of "change," and his promise to</span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>'fundamentally transform" </em>our nation, we are reminded of the statement of</span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi, in 1899, </span></span><span style=" "><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(0, 0, 1); font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Everyone thinks of changing the world,<br /></em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>but no one thinks of changing himself."</em>]</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(0, 0, 1); font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(0, 0, 1); font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span> </div><div class="entry"><div class="print-ad" style="text-align: right; float: right; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); clear: both; font-size:10px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div></div><div><strong></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Joseph Luppino-Esposito (writing in <em>The Foundry</em>):</strong><em> "Obama – who</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">often is described as a former professor of constitutional law – made</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">comments that demonstrated little knowledge of the concept of judicial</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">review...Obama stated that to find his administration-defining health</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">insurance legislation as unconstitutional would be an ''unprecedented,</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>extraordinary step' ...On Tuesday, </em><em>the President attempted to revise</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>his statement. His comments were </em><em>actually an entirely new, and equally</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>inaccurate, critique... this isn’t </em><em>the first time...Constitutional history is</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>not Obama’s strong suit, to </em><em>say the least."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><u><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And here are just a few "One Liners" our research found this week</span></strong></u></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Matt Barber, in <em>The Daily Caller</em>: "<span style=" "><em>History will be no more kind to </em></span><span style=" "><em>this</em></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>president than he has been to the citizens he was sworn to honorably serve."</em></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">N.Y.<em> Times</em> columnist Maureen Dowd is not happy with the Supreme Court's</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">hostility toward Obama-care: <em>"It is run by hacks dressed up in black robes."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Massoud Jazayeri, a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard: <em>"No</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>place in America will be safe from our attacks.”</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Michelle Malkin, in <em>New Media Journal</em>:<em> "Progressives in the media and</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">White House continue to strike a see-no-election-fraud, hear-no-election-</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">fraud, speak-no-election-fraud pose."</span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Thomas Sowell, offering these <em>Random Thoughts: "How long do politicians</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>on, and stop getting swept away by rhetoric?"</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Robert Knight, in <em>One News Now: "Face it, folks. America elected a bully</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>in 2008 -- and he shows no sign of mellowing."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><em></em></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Here, now, are a few <em>"Afterthoughts</em>" to share with you this week:</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Under the "Give credit where credit is due" thesis, </strong>you may have missed</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;">this kindly </span></span></span></span><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">token from President Obama's Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta --</span></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">Mr. Panetta paid </span></span></span><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">about $17,000 to reimburse our Treasury for his frequent visits</span></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">to his home in California. </span></span></span><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">Those trips cost us about $860,000. It could have been</span></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">much more costly, but he has only </span></span></span><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">been in that office for one year. Over a longer</span></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">period of time it could be quite expensive.</span></span></span></div><div><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>If you wondered what to give your Muslim friends, </strong>in Canada, Hazrat</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi's new, so-called "Islamic Marriage Guide" titled</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>A Gift for the Muslim Couple, </em>sold out when it first went on sale in a </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Toronto</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Islamic book store. The 160 page handbook advises husbands on </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">how to beat</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">their wives -- instructing them not beat their women too </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"excessively." But</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">scolding her, pulling her by the ears, and hitting her "by </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">hand </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">or stick," however,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">is good for discipline.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Barack Obama continues to have problems with the Bible. </strong>Basically it is</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">because he isn't as familiar with the Christian Bible as he is with the Islamic</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Quran. We remember how he dismissed the Christian teaching on homosexuality</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">as being based on <em>"an obscure verse in Romans." </em>And how he interpreted the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Sermon on the Mount to express Jesus' approval of same-sex marriage. And his</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">citing Jesus as advocating higher taxes for the wealthy. His most recent gaffe has</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">been in citing Genesis 4:9 as the source of the Bible's teaching on being his</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"brother's </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">keeper." One would hope that someone among his coterie of sycophants</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">might </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">explain to him that the only use of that phrase in the Bible is after Cain (who</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">is history's first murderer) </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">had killed his brother, Abel. When God asked about</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Abel, Cain </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">rather disdainfully replied <em>"Am I my brother's keeper?" </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">It isn't</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">exactly an inspirational quote, and such erroneous use of the Bible in this election</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">year is not going to win over much of the Christian vote.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But despite Obama's frequent references to the Bible and the Christian faith, a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">recent Pew Research Center poll disclosed that the number of Americans who see</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">his administration as unfriendly toward religion has increased from 17% in 2009</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to 23% in 2012. It is encouraging that among Evangelicals, 44% see the Obama</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">administration as unfriendly toward religion. And there are enough of us to make</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a difference in November's election.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Terry Paulson, writing in <em><a href="http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/">TownHall.com</a>, </em></strong>expresses well a conviction we have</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">long held </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">about the men who established this nation: <em>"For many of our founding</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>fathers, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>America was part of God's plan--a country based on God-given</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>rights, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>founded </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>in liberty, and sustained by a free people using their gifts</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and resolve </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to live out </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and sustain a dream ... Our founders also knew that</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>good </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>government requires </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>good, ethical people. 'We the people' were not</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>just any </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>people; most were people </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>grounded in their Christian faith."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Here are just two from so many quotes from our Founding Fathers . . .</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Whereas true religion and good morals are the only solid foundations of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>public liberty and happiness . . . it is hereby earnestly recommended to the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>several States to take the most effectual measures for the encouragement</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>thereof.” -- </em>Ben Franklin, 1778, addressing the Continental Congress</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and immutable as the existence and attributes of God."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- John Adams, 1813</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As we seem to say every week: <em>"Another week, another issue of ANC</em>"</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But we continue to feel very strongly the need for a pro-Christian, pro-American,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pro-Conservative commentary on current events. That has been our purpose and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">message for almost 10 years . . . and we will continue to express it as long as it</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">is possible to do so. This is a reminder that you can click <span style="color:#800080;"><strong><u><a href="http://www.evangelical-viewpoint.com/support.php">HERE</a> </u></strong></span><span style="color:#000000;">to learn how to</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;">make </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;">a contribution by check or credit card toward keeping ANC coming your</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;">way . . . </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;">and we thank you in </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">advance for your willingness to help.</span></div></span></span></div></div></div></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-84767369599909691142012-04-04T16:34:00.001-07:002012-04-03T16:42:18.957-07:00THE UNCHURCHED MIGHT RE-ELECT OBAMA!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;"><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Vol. 18, No. 13 April 4, 2012 © 2012</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">A thought for today, and for all the days yet to come:</span></strong></div><div><div style="font-style: italic; ">"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down </div><div style="font-style: italic; ">upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how </div><div style="font-style: italic; ">he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God."</div><div>Abraham Lincoln, 1861</div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">HOW OUT OF PLACE IN THE MID-POINT IN THE CHRISTIAN</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">EASTER HOLY </span></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>WEEK, IS THIS HEADLINE IN THE NEWS:</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"UNCHURCHED </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">COULD CARRY OBAMA TO VICTORY"</span></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>This must have been disappointing for the atheists!</u></strong> They had announced <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">it</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">as </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"the largest gathering of the secular movement in world history." </em>It </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">was</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">their "Reason Rally" held recently in Washington. They had expected </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">30,000, but</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">observers say about 20,000 turned up. The title -- a "Reason </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Rally" -- seems a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">bit out of place. How can you expect any reasoning to come </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from people whom</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">are described as fools -- <em>"The fool hath said in his </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>heart there is no God."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">(Psalm 14:1) And as for it being such </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a "large" gathering -- remember when </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Billy</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Graham was actively preaching </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">across America, he regularly saw crowds </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of 50,000,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">75,000 and 100,000. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And today there are many of the so-called "mega </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">churches"</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">with attendances </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of 20,000 or more, not just once, but every Sunday.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But the news story mentioned in the heading above relates to the power of the non-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">religious, or atheist vote, which seems to be in support of Mr. Obama's re-election.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">According to projections released last week by the Center for Applied Research in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University, Obama will win the November</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">election if he continues to get the non-religious vote. <em>"President Obama </em><em>could lose</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>both the Catholic and Protestant vote to the Republican nominee — </em><em>even lose</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>badly — and still win re-election,"</em> said Mark Gray, associate professor at</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Georgetown and director of CARA.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The study found that U.S. adults who identify themselves as having "no religious</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">affiliation" had risen to 22 percent this year, compared to just 7 percent in 1972.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The percent of the electorate not belonging to any faith is equivalent to the U.S.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Catholic population percentage, the report said. The theme of the Reason Rally</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">was how to use the government as a hammer to punish and tear down Christianity</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and the other “theist” religions.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Tad Cronn, writing in <em>Patriot Update, </em>commented: "<em>There is ongoing belief in</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>some corners that President Obama is Muslim, rather than Christian as he</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>claims. But it’s also been suggested that he is ultimately an atheist who</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>cynically </em><em>uses Islam as a tool against Christianity. </em><em>What Obama’s deeply</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>held beliefs are </em><em>is not clear, but what is clear is that the courts, the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>bureaucracy, Congress and </em><em>the administration </em><em>are more than willing to let</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>atheism run roughshod over the </em><em>religious freedoms of Americans while</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>installing itself as the de facto state religion." </em>That is frightening.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>In these final days of Lent, we are midway through Holy Week</u>, </strong>as we</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">approach Easter Sunday. Back in the 1960s I worked with Jim Vaus in the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">development of the exhibition of the huge and magnificent oil painting called</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"The Miracle at Pentecost," in Dallas, Texas. (The painting and the entire</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Biblical Arts Center which housed it, were destroyed by fire in 2005.) During</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nearly fifty years, millions viewed it, and none will ever forget the narrator's</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">words </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in speaking of Holy week, describing the exultation of the throngs who</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">greeted </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jesus on what is now called "Palm Sunday," and then these somber</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">words, <em>"Five </em></span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">days later, He was dead."</span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jill Carattini, writing in <em>A Slice of Infinity</em>, speaks of Holy Week in these brief</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">words,</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"For the Christian church, Holy Week begins a time of silence...</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>from the triumphal entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem to the march of Christ</em></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the grave. Holy Week moves the world through the shouts of Palm Sunday</em></span></div></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to the empty space of Holy Saturday. Though the Christian story clearly and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>loudly ends on the note of triumph and resurrection, there is a great silence</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>in between."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>The Scottish theologian, Alan Lewis, of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary,</div><div>shortly before his death authored what he considered his most important work,</div><div><em>Between Cross and Resurrection</em>, in which he wrote: <em>"Ironically, the center of</em></div><div><em>the drama itself is an empty space. All the action and emotion, it seems,</em></div><div><em>belong </em><em>to two days only: despair and joy, dark and light, defeat and victory,</em></div><div><em>the end </em><em>and the beginning, evenly distributed in vivid contrast between what</em></div><div><em>humanity </em><em>did to Jesus on the first day and what God did for him on the third...</em></div><div><em>Yet </em><em>between the crucifying and the raising there is interposed a brief, inert</em></div><div><em>void... </em><em>a time of waiting in which nothing of </em><em>significance </em><em>occurs and of which</em></div><div><em>there is little to be said. It is rare to hear a </em><em>sermon about </em><em>Easter Saturday; for</em></div><div><em>much of Christian history the day has </em><em>found no place in </em><em>liturgy and worship</em></div><div><em>it could call its own."</em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>As we approach another Easter, from the sorrow and grief that marks what we</div><div>call "Good Friday," to the joy that Easter Sunday brings to us, there is the quiet</div><div>period, the silence of Saturday, which can be for us -- because we know the</div><div>outcome -- a time of confident contemplation.</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>And let us never forget that there are graves or tombs in which are buried the</div><div>bodies of the founders of the world's great religions, and which can be visited.</div><div>Muhammad, the founder of Islam, in the Mosque of the Prophet, in Medina,</div><div>Saudi Arabia . . . Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and other founders of Judaism, in the</div><div>Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, Israel's West Bank . . . Confucius in Qufu,</div><div>Shandong province, China . . . etc. The only unoccupied grave or tomb is</div><div>that of Jesus Christ, who rose from the grave, and was seen to ascend bodily</div><div>into heaven. And that fact of history remains as the assurance for our faith and</div><div>hope of eternal life.</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><u><strong>And for American Christians, there is the question</strong></u>:<em> </em>what recognition, if any,</div><div>will Mr. Obama make this year . . . will he again ignore this most sacred of all</div><div>Christian observances, aside from a White House Easter egg hunt, and the</div><div>substitution of bunnies as the symbol of the event? Thus far in his presidency,</div><div>the celebration of Ramadan, the Islamic Holy Month, has been his premier</div><div>religious observance.</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><strong><u>As part of our rejoicing because of the miracle of Easter</u>, </strong>should be our</div><div>continued prayer for our nation and its leaders, with just <strong>216 days </strong>remaining</div><div>until Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012. And we must pray for God's will to be</div><div>accomplished in the world-wide problems which we are facing in these troubled</div><div>days. "Arab Spring" has turned into "Islamofascist Summer" as the Muslim</div><div>Brotherhood moves toward political domination of Egypt, and the sounds of war</div><div>are heard from Israel ... Iran ... Afghanistan ... Pakistan ... the Sudan, and Syria,</div><div>where thousands are being hunted down and murdered by the rogue president ...</div><div>and across the globe to North Korea where the new leader, Kim Jung Un,</div><div>appears to be as unbalanced as his father, as he moves to test inter-continental</div><div>ballistic missiles in defiance of concerned nations throughout the world.</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>Israel, our long time ally in the Middle East is threatened with extinction by its</div><div>Muslim neighbors, and from its Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has come</div><div>a stronger expression of freedom for Christian worship than from our own</div><div>president: <em>“The shared biblical values of Jews and Christians set Israel</em></div><div><em>apart from other nations in the Middle East...Israel is the only place in the</em></div><div><em>region where Christians are free to practice their faith… At a time when</em></div><div><em>Christians are under siege in so many places and in so many lands in the</em></div><div><em>Middle East, I'm proud that in Israel, they are free to practice their faith.</em></div><div><em>They don't have to fear, they don't have to flee."</em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em></em></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>A few examples of "What Others Are Saying," to offset the distortions</u></strong></span></div></div><div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the news stories of the day as reported by the Main Stream Media</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Jim Denison (writing in the <em>Denison Forum</em>):</strong> <em>"Over 80% of the world's</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>population lives on less than $10. a day; over 50% lives on less than $2.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a day. Compared to most of the world, most of us are wealthy. What will</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>we do with what has been entrusted to us?"</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Tony Perkins (Family Research Council): </strong><em>"Follow a budget? America</em></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>hasn't even passed one! The last time the Senate waded into the messy</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>business of</em><a href="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000183/!x-usc:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR25KAHc4Gw"><span style="color:#005596;"><strong title="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000183/!x-usc:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR25KAHc4Gw CTRL + Click to follow link"><em title="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000183/!x-usc:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR25KAHc4Gw CTRL + Click to follow link"> </em></strong></span></a><em>financial planning, Michael Jackson was still alive, Tiger</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Woods was still married, and the iPad hadn't been introduced!"</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">[Worth noting: It has been 1,071 days since the U.S. Senate passed a budget,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the national debt is at about $16 trillion, and the deficit is at $3 trillion. One</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">wonders </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">how much longer Harry Reid intends to resist establishing a budget</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">as </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a measuring </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">rod to evaluate President Obama's expenditures -- or aren't</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">we, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the taxpayers footing his bills, entitled</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> to be informed?]</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Chuck Colson (in Manhattan Declaration): </strong><em>"The current administration's</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>effort to force religious institutions to adopt </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>practices that violate their</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>conscience is perhaps the biggest threat to religious liberty in our nation's</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>history. It should spur </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>every serious Christian into action."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>James Robison (writing in <em>The Blaze</em>):</strong><em> "Our nation, once a shining flame</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of freedom, is well on its way to becoming a flickering ember of debt,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>despair, dissension, and defeat. It does not have to continue...Who bears</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the greatest responsibility for this predicament? I believe Christians do..."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Ben Crystal (writing in <em>Personal Liberty Digest</em>):</strong> <em>"Panic led Obama to</em></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>wade blindly into the case of George Zimmerman...In suggesting Trayvon</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Martin would “look like” him, Obama played to the racist bilge that has</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>consumed the foundation of the Democratic Party... In one week, Obama</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>turned a local matter into a national embarrassment, fumbled the ball on</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>foreign policy and watched his planned centerpiece to an unprecedented</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>expansion of state power virtually laughed out of court."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div></div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>In our research this week we found these "One Liners" you may like:</u></strong></span></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">J. Lee Grady: "<em>In the case of Trayvon Martin, we’d be better off to keep</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>our </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>heads cool and our words peaceable."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Ben Stein: <em>"Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>citizen to </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>prove they are insured ... but not everyone must prove they are</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a citizen."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And even the Founding Fathers often come up with some great "One Liners"</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Alexander Hamilton, in 1788: <em>"The confidence of the people will easily be</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>gained by a good administration. This is the true touchstone."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div></div><div>James Madison, in 1892: <em>"A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the</em></div><div><em>catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of</em></div><div><em>visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts."</em></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And as always, here are a few <em>"Afterthoughts" </em>to round out this issue</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>With reference to last week's comments on the Obama credibility problem,</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">this quote was sent to us: <em>"The true hypocrite </em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is the one who ceases to perceive</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>his deception; the one who lies with sincerity." </em>by </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Andre Gide, French author,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">winner Nobel Prize for literature in 1947.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>What would we do without Joe Biden</strong>? While speaking at a Democrat</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">fundraiser in Chicago, he praised the work of Mayor Richard Daley, saying </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in his</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">inimitable gaffe style: <em>"I never had any interest in being a mayor, ' c</em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>ause that's</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a real job. You have to produce. That's why I was able to </em></span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">be a Senator for</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">36 years."</span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>And Joe Biden isn't the only producer of embarrassing gaffes; </strong>President</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama is active in that area, too. Just yesterday in a speech opportunity provided</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for him by the Associated Press, he tried to make a joke out of his being caught</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">whispering a message for Russian President-elect Putin via the current President</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Medvedev, saying that he would have more <em>"flexibility" </em>to work with Putin</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">after his re-election, presumably with respect to missile defense and the further</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">weakening of our military capability. His</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> attempt at a joke fell flat . . . the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">American </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">people don't </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">think that sort of thing is funny, Mr. President.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">You may have forgotten them, but "Occupy Wall Street" is still around.</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In fact, <em>Adbusters, </em>the magazine which may have been responsible for planting the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">seeds of the Occupy movement, is now asking for people around the world to do</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">something similar on May 18. In a recent article, the magazine made this comment</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on the decision to relocate the upcoming G8 Summit from Chicago to the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">presidential compound at Camp David: <em>"Wow! Looks like the specter of 50,000</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">occupiers ready to warm with a list of demands has turned the climactic</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Showdown in Chicago into a humiliating G8 Backdown."</span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>An interesting, and overlooked fact: </strong>Culture and Media Institute (CMI) has</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">been </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">examining textbooks used in the nation's schools. They have found that in the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">recounting of the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Three </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mile Island nuclear accident in 1979, the media-created</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">myth that this was </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a horrible </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">disaster has persisted in American history textbooks.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">We would point </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">out that there </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">were fewer deaths as a result of the Three Mile</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Island incident than </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">there </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">were on that </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">bridge at Chappaquiddick involving Senator</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Ted Kennedy, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">10 years earlier.</span></div><div> </div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Our Founding Fathers, and leaders throughout our past history, were never</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>hesitant in clearly demonstrating their Christian faith</strong></span></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to select</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and prefer Christians for their rulers.”</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- John Jay, First Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1816</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of men...and to supplicate His merciful protection for the future."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- President John Tyler, 1841, whose first act as president was to issue this call</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for a </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">national day of prayer and fasting</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">We seem to say it every week: "Another week, another issue of ANC."</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">It becomes increasingly difficult to select from the bewildering volume of news</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of current events, those issues which are -- or should be -- of greatest interest</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and concern to Christians. We do extensive research to develop our commentary,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">with the intent that these pro-Christian, pro-American, pro-Conservative opinions</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">will be of interest and help in these troubled times. And we remind our readers that</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">we are totally dependent on your support to continue this publication. Please click</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#008000;"><strong><u><a href="http://www.evangelical-viewpoint.com/support.php">HERE</a></u></strong> <span style="color:#000000;">to learn how to help with your contribution sent by check or credit card.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Thank you!</span></div></div></div></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-15282225219690640132012-03-28T16:03:00.001-07:002012-03-27T16:15:27.222-07:00MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION IN STATEMENTS COMING FROM THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE<div style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Vol. 18, No. 12 March 28, 2012 </span></strong><strong>© <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">2012</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> An enduring statement to remember today, and in all the days to come:</span></strong></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> "The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> but from the hand of God."</span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> President John F. Kennedy, 1961</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">IT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT FOR US</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">TO </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">SEPARATE </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">FACT FROM FICTION IN STATEMENTS</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">COMING FROM </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">While ANC has often expressed concern over the pronouncements and/or actions</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of President Obama which have been anti-Christian and anti-American in nature,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">we have never referred to Mr. Obama as a "liar," and we have never actually said</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that he has lied to the American people. We have said that Mr. Obama and his</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">administration has a "credibility problem," and frequently faces a "credibility crisis."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Other observers of the Obama administration have been more frankly outspoken</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on this subject. For example, Jack Marshall in his very discerning commentary,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Ethics Alarms, </em>recently used this heading: <em>"</em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> <em>A Question For President Obama</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and His Campaign: Why Lie?" </em>Another illustration of a growing trend among</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">commentators is this heading from an in-depth article by Ron Reale, of Western</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Center for Journalism: <em>"How Many Times Has Obama Lied To The American</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>People?"</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In each of those articles -- as in other similar ones -- there are many examples of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">what those writers have characterized as "lies." But even as there are "sins of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">omission and sins of commission," so there are "lies -- or non-truths -- of omission</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and of commission." Both techniques are employed by the Obama administration,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and their use results in what we have chosen to call a "credibility problem."</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And this whole trend of thought merges into laying the blame for problems or</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">solution failures on someone else.</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">For example, Keith Koffler, writing in the <em>White</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>House Dossier, </em>observes:<em> </em><em>"President Obama has passed the buck to others –</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>mainly George W. Bush – for no less than 13 problems that characterize his</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>presidency."</em> And he goes further, stating that: "<em>Obama is aggressively staking a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>claim for successes for which Bush shares significant or nearly all responsibility."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And there is this further step in the lack of credibility matter, as defined by President</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">John F. Kennedy: <em>"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie --</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>deliberate, contrived, and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>realistic." </em>(Yale Commencement address, 1962)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">To whatever degree, and in whatever mode, we find ourselves as a nation. living</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">under </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the rule of a president and administration acting in accord with an ongoing</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pattern of </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">credibility failures. Two voices from the past, one from some 300 years,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and another </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from more recent times, summarize the solution well: <em>"Where thou art</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Obliged to </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Lying, as Lying, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is the whole way to Hell."</em> (William Penn, 1693) ... <em>"Where all</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>else fails, tell the </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>truth." </em>(Donald Regan, President Reagan's Chief of Staff, 2001)</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>America is being confronted with an ideological conflict. </u></strong></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">From CNS News</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on Mar. 23: <em>"Ten days after Saudi Arabia’s foremost </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>religious leader called</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>for a demolition of all churches in the Arabian </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Peninsula – in line with a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>purported injunction by Mohammed – the U.S. </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>government and other allies</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of the kingdom have yet to react." </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">This does </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">present something of a conflict.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Let's see; our present president said: <em>"America </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is no longer a Christian nation"</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- so it may be considered logical for our country </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">not to respond. But that same</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">president also said, <em>"I am a Christian. I am a </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>devout Christian."</em> So it doesn't</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">logically follow that he would ignore such threats. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obviously, there is a real conflict</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">here. How does that old saying go: <em>"</em><span class="st"><em>Oh! what </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>a tangled web we weave, when</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>first we practice to deceive!"</em></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>As an introduction to our reminder about our Prayer Countdown </u></strong>to the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Nov. 6 Election Day, recall these words from Founding Father Samuel Adams</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in 1781: <em>"Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that he </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual --</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and his country."</em> There are, as of today, <strong>223 days </strong>until Nov. 6 -- 223 days</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to pray for our nation or leaders, and for God's direction as we vote for new</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">leaders. And </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">beyond our own shores, we must never neglect to pray for our</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">fellow believers </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">who are threatened with persecution - even extermination -- in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Islam dominated </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">countries all over the world. Mr. Obama may dismiss the words</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of St. Paul as </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"obscure verses," but for Christians, our Holy book -- the Bible --</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">has real </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">meaning, as Paul writes, <em>"I exhort therefore, that first of all,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>supplications, </em></span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>men; for kings </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and or all that are in authority." </em>I Tim. 2:1-2)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></span></o:p> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Our weekly feature, "What Others Are Saying," becomes more important</u></strong></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">day by day, as the left-leaning Main Stream Media distorts the news</span></u></strong></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></o:p> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Chuck Colson (and this is very important!): </strong><em>"Welcoming different</em></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><o:p><span><em>viewpoints </em></span></o:p><o:p><span><em>and beliefs is said to be one of the crowning glories of the</em></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">modern university. Unless of course, your viewpoints and beliefs happen</span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to be Christian. </em><em>Sadly, back in 2010, the Supreme Court...ruled that a</em></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">public college may refuse to recognize a student organization if it restricts</span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">membership or leadership to students who share the group’s core beliefs.</span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In other words, campus student organizations like InterVarsity or Campus</span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Crusade now run the risk of being kicked off campus if they say that only</span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christian students may hold leadership positions. The Court ruling says,</span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in effect, that Christian groups must allow people who hold non-Christian</span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">beliefs into leadership ranks."</span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></o:p> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">[<strong>Here it is important to remember</strong> the quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln:</span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of the government in the next.”</em>]</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><o:p><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></o:p> </div><div><br /></div><div><o:p><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Robert Ringer (in <em>A Voice of sanity</em>): </strong>Commenting on this quote<em>, "The issue</em></span></span></o:p></div></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><o:p><span><em>in the presidential </em></span></o:p><o:p><span><em>race is not the economy, but an oppressive government</em></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><o:p><span><em>that's taking away </em></span></o:p><o:p><span><em>people's freedom,"</em> he said: <em>"The ever-worsening state of</em></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><o:p><span><em>the economy (and, </em></span></o:p><o:p><span><em>yes, it is getting worse) is but a symptom of the ever-</em></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><o:p><span><em>worsening state of </em></span></o:p><o:p><span><em>our freedom (the cause). The government cannot 'fix'</em></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><o:p><span><em>the economy. Only </em></span></o:p><o:p><span><em>free people can do that."</em></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><o:p><span><em></em></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em></em></span></o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></o:p> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Simba Tian (in <em>Religion today</em>): </strong><em>"The 'ethnic cleansing' that Sudanese</em></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">President Omar al-Bashir has undertaken against black Africans in the</span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Nuba Mountains is also aimed at ridding the area of Christianity,</span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>according to humanitarian workers. </em><em>By targeting Christians among people</em></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">who are also adherents of Islam and other faiths in the Nuba Mountains,</span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">military force helps the regime in Khartoum to portray the violence as</span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">'jihad' </span></em></span></o:p><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to Muslims abroad and thus raise support from Islamic nations."</span></em></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><o:p><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></o:p></div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Paul Harvey (famed U.S. Newscaster):</strong> <em>"One would think by listening to</em></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">all the propaganda about the United Nations that they are some sort of</span></em></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">benevolent, peaceful organization. Never in the history of the United</span></em></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Nations has it stood for anything but killing and violence. They have</span></em></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">never </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">kept peace anywhere on this globe."</span></em></div></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Sen. Rand Paul (R, KY):</span></strong><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> "In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade</span></em></div><em><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>ruling forced abortion-on-demand down our </em><em>nation's throat. </em>For 39 years,</span></div></em><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nine unelected men and women on </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Supreme Court have played God</span></em></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>with </em><em>innocent human life. They have </em><em>invented laws that condemned to</em></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>painful </em><em>deaths without trial more than 56 </em><em>million babies for the crime of</em></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>being </em><em>'inconvenient.'"</em><em></em></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><em></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Chris Gadsden (writing in <em>The Patriot Update</em>): </strong>In trying to understand</span></div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mr. Obama's attacks on religion, he points out that it <em>"can only be explained</em></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>by Obama’s mixture of warped political correctness, a lack of knowledge</em></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of our Founding Fathers’ belief in God that is manifest throughout our</em></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>founding documents, and a perverse hatred of our country in its current</em></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>faith-based and free market form. Surprise! We all know this... He is not</em></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a good man and we know it. It should not be a shocker that he is</em></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>attacking religious beliefs."</em></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u></u></span></strong> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>And in our hours of research, we always find a few "One Liners"</u></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jeff Dunetz (writing in <em>The Lid</em>): <em>"Barack Obama represents the biggest threat</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to individual freedom in my lifetime (Joe Biden might even say in the past</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>500 years)."</em></span></div><div><em></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Al Capp (creator of Lil Abner): <em>"Anyone who can walk to the welfare office</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>can walk to work."</em><span style="color:#000080;"></span></span></div><div><em></em></div></span><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Matt Smith (Pres. <em>Catholic Advocate</em>): <em>"White House prepares for Easter, by</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Attacking Catholics."</em></span></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em></div></span><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jay Sekulow (ACLJ Chief Counsel): <em>"Roe v. Wade made it a "right" to end</em></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the life of an unborn child; ObamaCare forces every taxpayer to help pay</em></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to end the life of an unborn child."</em></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">V.P. Joe Biden has topped his ridiculous "middle class" statement at the John</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Kerry affair, as reported last week. This week we have another classic quote</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from Mr. Biden -- this one at another $5,000 per person reception and campaign</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">fundraiser at a private </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">home in New Jersey. Recalling the decision to send Navy</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Seals </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to attack a home in Pakistan and kill Osama bin Laden, he said: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>“You can</em></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>go back </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>500 years. You cannot find a more audacious plan." </em>That time period</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">would extend </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from 1512 to today, encompassing our Revolutionary War, our Civil</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">War, World Wars I and II, and all the other wars in between. Hmmmm. One of the</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">comments we read was: <em>"</em></span><a name="4016971"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Oh, I dunno, Joe, I </em></span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>think a bunch of farmers fighting</em></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the worlds lone superpower for </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>independence is a tad more audacious."</em></span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">[We</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">might suggest that to charge </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">people </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">$5,000 to attend these campaign fundraisers,</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to hear Mr. Biden make such </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">outlandish </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">statements, is really the height of audacity.]</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And, as always, there are a few<em> "Afterthoughts</em>" for you to consider</span> </u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. . .</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><strong><u></u></strong><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Those friendly, cultured Muslims of whom Mr. Obama speaks so warmly,</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and whom some of our so-called "Evangelicals" feel we can share religious beliefs,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">have made new headlines in Egypt.<strong> </strong>This follows last week's pronouncement by</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Saudi Arabia's "Grand Mufti" that no Christian churches can be allowed on the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Arabian Peninsula under an Islamic <em>hadith </em>from Muhammad. Following the death</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the Christian Coptic Pope, Shenouda III, last week, the Salafist Islamics in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Egypt </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">have expressed </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">rejoicing in his death, saying: </span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"We rejoice that he is</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">destroyed. He has </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">perished. </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">May Allah have his revenge </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">on him in the fire of</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>hell -- he and all who walk </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>his path."</em> [Not much love of fellow man there!]</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">At times like these we tend to remember Senator Everett Dirksen (R, IL),</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a powerful Washington political figure in the 50's and 60's, if for no other reason</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">than the quote attributed to him, <em>"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>you're talking real money."</em> Amid all the bailouts of recent months, that quote</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">often </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">comes to mind. And this week another bailout -- $41 billion -- is in the works</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">subsidize the healthcare retirement benefits of postal service employees -- the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">kind </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of benefits that are relatively scarce in the public sector.</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Democrat nostalgia</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">past is very difficult to overcome. They are completely averse to gradually</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">winding </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">down the Postal Service. Senator Claire McCaskill (D, MO) has even</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">suggested </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that people write more letters so that the USPS will have more work.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">So, as Senate </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Bill S.1789 proceeds with Harry Reid's help, get ready to be</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">tapped </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">for another </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">$41 billion to aid another dying industry.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Occasionally even the N.Y. <em>Times </em>admits a problem exists. </strong>The latest</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">N.Y. Times/CBS News poll found that 69% of Americans think that we</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">should not be at war in Afghanistan. That is a sharp increase -- just 4 months</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ago 53% said we should no longer be engaged in the Afghanistan war. The</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">opinion as to how the war is going showed an even sharper change -- in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">November, 2011, 42% felt that the fighting was going "very badly" or</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"somewhat badly." The latest poll (March 21-25) shows 68% feel that way.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In these difficult -- even dangerous -- times for the American nation, the</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">views of our Founding Fathers take on new meaning and importance.</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>justice cannot sleep forever.</em> -- Thomas Jefferson, 1810</span></div></div></div><div><strong><u></u></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>pure </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>(and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>solid </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>governments." </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>-- </em>Charles Carroll, 1800</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Another week ... another issue of ANC.</strong> And again we stress our three point</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">purpose: pro-Christian, pro-American and pro-Conservative. And we are "anti"</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ell those who hold opposite views. If this represents your view, there are two</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">things </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">you can do -- and we hope you will. First, you can forward this issue to a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">friend, or </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">friends, and urge them to subscribe (The is no subscription charge.) And</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">second, you </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">can <span style="color:#008000;"><span style="color:#000000;">click</span><strong><u> <a href="http://www.evangelical-viewpoint.com/support.php">HERE</a> </u></strong></span><span style="color:#000000;">and follow the directions to send your contribution</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;">by c</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;">heck or c</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">redit card to help us continue ... because we are totally dependent on</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">your </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">support. Thank you!</span></div></span></div>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-8211556297570480902012-03-21T19:36:00.001-07:002012-03-21T04:22:02.991-07:00CHRISTIANS CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Wednesday, March 21, 2012 of our 10th year of publication</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> A thought, a motto, for today, and for all the days to come:</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> "I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> but I can do something.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> And that which I can do, by the grace of God, I will do."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> D. L. Moody, 1890</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">AMID ALL THE NEWS CONFRONTING US DAILY, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">THERE </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">IS</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">MUCH THAT IS BAD, BUT OCCASIONALLY SOME </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">THAT</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">IS GOOD; CHRISTIANS CAN MAKE THE</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> DIFFERENCE,</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">BUT </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ONLY IF WE LIVE ACCORDING TO OUR FAITH</span></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">To open this week's discussion, we could express our viewpoints on what is</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">happening in America during these days of constant upsets, but one of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">best email commentaries that we receive is <em>The American Dream</em>, and just</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a few days ago they provided an introduction that says it so well. Important</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">is the fact that it contrasts today's governmental short-comings with the intent</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the nation's founding fathers.</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Consider it carefully. It's well worth reading.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Do you have faith in the people running this nation? When answering</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that question, most people would bash either the Democrats or the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Republicans, but...power is constantly shifting back and forth between</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the two major political parties, and it seems like things don't really change</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>no matter who is in power...Do you have faith in the U.S. government, the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Federal Reserve, the state governments, the local governments, our public</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>schools and our financial system? Do you believe that the people that are</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>running things in this country are doing a good job?... In fact, this country</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is caught in such a downward spiral that it would be easy to argue that</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>most of our politicians should immediately resign in disgrace. Our leaders</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>just keep coming up with one bad idea after another... If the founders of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>this nation could see us now they would be absolutely disgusted with us."</em></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Getting into our theme, first, a news story we all read this past week:</u></strong></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Saudi Arabia's </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"grand mufti," Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the nation's </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">highest Islamic</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">authority, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">said no Christian churches should be allowed in the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Arabian Peninsula --</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">which </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">includes the nations of Yemen, Kuwait, Bahrain, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Qatar, Oman and the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">United </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Arab Emirates. Referring to a Kuwait parliament member's proposal that</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that there be a ban on constructing any new </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">churches in Kuwait, the grand mufti</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">said that it was <em>"necessary to destroy all </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the churches in the region."</em> And</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Abdullah cited an Islamic <em>hadith</em> quoting the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">prophet Muhammad, who said on</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">his deathbed, <em>"There are not to be two </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>religions in the [Arabian] Peninsula,"</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">meaning that only Islam could exist there. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Abdullah later added a clarification:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Kuwait [is] a part of the Arabian </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Peninsula and therefore it is necessary</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to destroy all churches in it."</em> [It </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">should be noted that Christianity is forbidden</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in Saudi Arabia and there are no </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">churches there.]</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The logical question arises -- why should not America ban all Islamic mosques in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">our country, since the Islamic countries are moving toward a ban of all Christian</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">churches? The answer, of course, is in our Constitutional right of freedom of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">religion -- even though Mr. Obama is attempting via Obamacare to destroy at</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">least some aspects of that freedom, with an aggressive attack on not only the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Catholic </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">church and its beliefs, but also on the beliefs of Evangelical Christians.</span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><u>And in other news from the frontlines of persecution</u></strong>, Compass Direct</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">News reported this week that Iranian authorities have begun arresting Christians</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">in Isfahan, Iran's third largest city. The arrests re seen as the Islamists' effort to</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">discourage Muslims and converts to Christianity from visiting underground and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">house churches. In recent days they have also arrested leaders and worshippers</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">at Anglican and other official churches. <span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Since the beginning of this year,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">authorities have arrested Christian converts in Tehran, Ahwaz, Shiraz, Isfahan</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">and Kermanshah. <span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black;">Iran is the fifth worst persecutor of Christians in the world,</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black;">according to the most recent World Watch List by the Christian support group,</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black;">Open Doors.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:black;"></span></span></span><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal">And in Egypt, as Muslim extremists have seized control in the Arab Spring</div><div class="MsoNormal">revolution, thousands of Egypt's Coptic Christians have fled the country -- but</div><div class="MsoNormal">those who remain say conditions have steadily gotten worse. The Egyptian</div><div class="MsoNormal">Initiative for Personal Rights, an activist group tracking attacks on Egypt's</div><div class="MsoNormal">religious minorities, says Christians in Egypt are being targeted, as evident in</div><div class="MsoNormal">recent mob attacks on churches and Christian neighborhoods and Christians</div><div class="MsoNormal">being jailed for performing illegal church repairs. Also, under <em>sharia</em> Islamic</div><div class="MsoNormal">law, non-Muslims in Egypt have been denied many basic rights and legal</div><div class="MsoNormal">equalities, forcing Christians to take jobs shunned by Muslims, such as</div><div class="MsoNormal">collecting garbage, repairing sewers and scavenging in trash dumps. The death</div><div class="MsoNormal">this past week of Egypt's Coptic pope, Shenouda III, who had led the Middle</div><div class="MsoNormal">East's largest Christian minority for 40 years, comes at a time of rising fears for</div><div class="MsoNormal">Egypt’s 10 million Coptic Christians, who have felt increasingly vulnerable since</div><div class="MsoNormal">the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, and amid attacks on churches by hard-line</div><div class="MsoNormal">Islamists and repression by Egypt’s security forces. The rise to power of</div><div class="MsoNormal">conservative Islamist parties has raised concerns that Egyptian national identity</div><div class="MsoNormal">is becoming more closely bound to Islam.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>And there is another current news item</u></strong> which isn't getting much attention</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama-biased "Main Stream Media," and it also raises a logical</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">question. It </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">centers around the fact that the Pentagon said last week that a joint</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">NATO-</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Afghan investigation into the burning of Korans at Bagram Air Field has</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">been </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">completed. The investigation found that the <em>“disposal process”</em> of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Qurans </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">was improper but was not a malicious act intended to show any</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">disrespect for </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Afghans or Islam. The probe was conducted by the International</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Security </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Assistance Force and the Afghan Ministry of Defense. That, of course,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">is in </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">accord with the initial reports which circulated after the Quran incident.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And here is the question that arises: The Afghans, essentially all Muslims, from</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">President Karzai on down, were outraged, and demanded apologies and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">punishment for the Americans involved. The immediate results were rioting,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">burning of the American flag, and the murders of six American military men.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And apologies were made, from President Obama, from the Department of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">State, from the Department of Defense, from our generals in the field, etc. But</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">all over the world Muslims are destroying Christian churches, including Bibles</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and other worship materials, murdering the pastors, and the members of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">churches -- but not one word of apology has been asked for from President</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">or any of his administration, nor has one been offered from the leaders</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the Muslim </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">governments or the leaders or </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">followers of Islam.</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> And the logical</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">question is "Why?" Why </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">does Islam mean so much more to the people and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">leaders </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of Muslim nations </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">than the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christian faith does to the Christian people</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and leaders </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of America?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>And concerning just one indication of a moral breakdown in America,</u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>The American Dream </em>(referenced above), offered this comment: <em>"Why are</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>wild brawls breaking out at Chuck E. Cheese restaurants all over the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>United States? Sadly, the epidemic of Chuck E. Cheese fights that we</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>have seen in recent months is just another symptom of what is happening</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to America on a larger scale. The truth is that the fabric of our society is</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>slowly but surely coming apart, and the rest of the world is laughing at us</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>... Of course it is not just Chuck E. Cheese that is having these kinds of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>problems. All over the nation we are seeing brawls break out in public</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>places, we are seeing thieves become incredibly bold, and we are seeing a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>general breakdown in civilized behavior. So where does America go from</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>here? ...Our country is changing and it is not emotionally prepared for</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>what is about to happen. Let us hope for the best for America, but let us</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>also prepare for the worst."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>All of the above leads us into a reminder of our "Prayer Countdown."</u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And this is something that Christians can do in these difficult times, when bad</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">news often seems to outnumber the good. Months ago we announced a count-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">down of prayer leading to election day, Nov. 6, 202. As of today, there are</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>230 days </strong>until Nov. 6. That means 230 days to pray for our nation, for</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">wisdom for our leaders, and for guidance as we go to the polls and vote for</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">new leaders to restore America to the kind of a nation our Founding Fathers</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">intended it to be. And we must never fail to pray for our fellow believers who</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">are daily suffering persecution and death for expressing their faith . . . and for</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Israel, under the threat of extinction from the Islamic government of Iran. In</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Scriptures, Paul assured us that our God is able <em>"to do exceeding</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>abundantly above all that we ask or think." </em>(Ephesians 3:20) And as we</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">urge in the next paragraph: pray for the Supreme Court to make the right</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">decision on Obamacare in the hearings that begin next week.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><u>Obamacare -- two competing prayer vigils.</u></strong> The Heritage Foundation reminds</span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">us that <em>"It has been two years this week </em>[Friday, actually],</span><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><em> since the passage</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>of Obamacare, and the firestorm it ignited has not abated but only spread</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>and intensified. Most Americans have already made up their minds,</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>understanding that until it is completely removed, the cancer of Obamacare</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>threatens not only our healthcare and our economy but also our most</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>fundamental liberties and constitutional self-government...Obamacare is a</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>cancer. We must not rest until we are rid of it." </em>And next week the Supreme</span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Court will hear arguments as to the constitutionality of Obamacare. While the</span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">justices listen to the opposing views, both sides have called for prayer vigils in</span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">support of their viewpoint. We live in what is termed "The age of the polls," and</span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">so we can </span><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">almost </span><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">expect daily reports from the pollsters on public opinion as to</span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">which side God will </span><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">favor. We agree with the stated assessment of The Heritage</span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Foundation, and for those reasons -- and others -- we urge prayer for the Court</span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">to </span><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">rule against Obamacare, or its legal name: Patient Protection and Affordable</span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Care Act.<br /></span><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><strong><u>Our busy, busy, well traveled president.</u> </strong>Today President Barack Obama</div><div>is scheduled to begin a 5,000-mile, five-state, two-day trip on Air Force One to</div><div>campaign rallies in Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and Ohio. He is expected to</div><div>tout his energy policies, and brag on his administration's efforts to reduce the nation's</div><div>use of motor fuel. It is estimated that this use of Air Force One will consume</div><div>approximately 25,000 gallons of jet fuel, costing about $80,000. His support aircraft,</div><div>including the C-17 cargo jets that carry his limousine and other motor vehicles, will</div><div>each burn an equivalent amount of jet fuel.. But in an election year, with the high price</div><div>of gasoline causing political damage, he apparently feels that this exorbitant use of fuel,</div><div>and funds, is justified.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u></u></span></strong></span> </div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>As always, it is helpful to balance the reporting of the Liberal, left-wing</u></span></strong></span></div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>media by presenting some examples of "What Others Are Saying"</u></span></strong></span></div><div><span></span><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></span></div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></span></div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Chuck Colson: </span></strong><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Any paper you pick up or TV show you turn on will talk</em></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>about the 'contraception controversy.'... this controversy is NOT about</em></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>contraception. It is about the ability of the government to limit the free</em></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>exercise of our religion. This is a religious liberty question</em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> . . . the first of</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>all our freedoms."</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></span></div><div><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span> </div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Robert Ringer (on Barack Obama): </strong><em>"Being a lifetime Marxist and</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>community organizer, he is breathtakingly ignorant of how the world works.</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>He misjudges people because he has managed to climb the political ladder</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>via the stealth approach. As a result, his Marxist mischief has gone virtually</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>unchallenged. </em><em>Now, however, the natives are becoming restless and are</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>increasingly discovering that the Emperor of Envy has no clothes. They are</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>finally beginning to see him as the fraud that he is."</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></span></div><div><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>The Heritage Foundation: </strong><em>"In the Super Tuesday primary, the economy</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>was the number one issue on voters' minds, be they in Massachusetts,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Georgia, Ohio, or Virginia. And that wasn't because they were happy</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>about high unemployment and slow wage growth. Yet according to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>President Barack Obama, 'the economy is getting stronger, and the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>recovery is speeding up.' Of course, these things are relative. A</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>disappointing recovery is underway. It just hasn't touched the millions</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of Americans who remain out of work, the millions more whose wages</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>can't keep up with inflation, and it doesn't offset the effects of high gas</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>prices on family budgets."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Robert Wiedemer (economist and best selling author): </strong><em>"The data is clear,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>50% unemployment, a 90% stock market drop, and 100% annual inflation ...</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>starting in 2012."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></span></div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></span> </div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Osama bin Laden (on plot to kill Obama and Petraeus, from documents</span></strong></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>found in his compound): </strong><em>"The reason for</em> <em>concentrating on them is that</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Obama is the head of infidelity and killing him automatically will make</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Biden take over the presidency. ... Biden is totally unprepared for that post,</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>which will lead the U.S. into a crisis. As for Petraeus, he is the man of the</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>hour ... and killing him would alter the war's path."</em> </span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /><br /><strong>Melanie Rickey (British fashion editor, on the fashion styling of first</strong></span></span></div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ladies, </span></strong></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Michelle </strong></span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Obama and Samantha Cameron):<em> </em></strong><em>“In Britain, there’s a</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>big </em></span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>difference between being cool and being chic. Cool used to be the thing</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>you wanted to be, but now it’s all about being chic. And Samantha</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Cameron is very, very chic.”</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Gary Bauer (writing in <em>American Values</em>): </strong><em>"This is the reality of radical</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Islam. It is an ideology of hate. It is the focus of evil in the modern world,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and Western Civilization must find the will to combat it and defeat it."</em></span><em></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>This week we found a nice assortment of "One Liners" for you to enjoy:</u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Max Lucado: <em>“If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and a sunrise every morning… Face it, friend. He is crazy about you! ”</em></span></div><div><strong></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Dr. Manfred Kohl (at "Christ at the Checkpoint" conference on literal reading of</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Scripture): <em>"the </em></span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>theology of fools who delight in their own idiocy."</em></span></span></div><div><span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Tom Jensen (of the Democrat polling firm, Public Policy Polling): <em>"The first lesson</em></span></span></div><div><span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>you learn as a pollster is that people are stupid."</em></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Patriot Action Network: <em>"Liberalism is for losers."</em></span></span></div><div><span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jack Marshall (in <em>Ethics Alarms, </em>on the Internet): <em>"The web is teaching</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>cheating more effectively than our culture is teaching honesty."</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Hans Urs von Balthasar (Swiss theologian): <em>"Test everything; Hold fast to</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>what is good."</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And here are a couple of classics which fit into this category:</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Joe Biden (on Republican presidential candidates):<em>“These guys don’t have a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>sense </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of the average folks out there. They don’t know what it means to be</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>middle class." </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">[Biden made the remark in a speech at the Georgetown home of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">wealthy Senator John </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Kerry (D, MA), where some 87 guests paid a minimum</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of $10,000 per couple to dine on </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">char-grilled grass-fed New York strip steaks</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and white truffle mashed potatoes, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">beneath </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a tent bathed in soft pink lighting; yes,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">strictly "middle class" life style.]</span></div></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><h3 class="r"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span></span></span></h3><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Suzy Rice (columnist, on the Obama campaign film, <em>The Road We've Traveled,</em></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">concerning the narrator:<em> "Hanks as narrator of such politics is like dirty socks</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>on a soiled statue." </em>[And there seems to be a connection with the book, <em>The</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Road We’re Traveling,</em> by Socialist Stuart Chase, who just happens to be, as</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama also appears to be, a Socialist and a eugenicist -- you know: do away</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">with </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">undesirables, especially when they’re extra vulnerable, can’t defend</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">themselves, being still in the womb.]</span></div><div></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>And as always, here are a few <em>"Afterthoughts"</em> from this week's research:</u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Oh, and about that Obama campaign film mentioned above; </strong><em>The Road</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>We’ve </em></span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Traveled</em> contains a gross inaccuracy. Specifically, it claims that General</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Motors </span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">(GM) has fully repaid its federal bailout loan. It has not -- meaning the</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pseudo-</span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">documentary contains a $25 billion error. Of the nearly $50 billion given</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to </span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GM, </span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">just under half has been repaid to the government. [Now that this error in</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the </span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"puff </span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama" film has been pointed out, surely this outright lie be corrected.]</span></span><span><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><p><a href="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000436/!x-usc:http://conservativebyte.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/malia29384.jpg"></a></p><div><div><strong><br /></strong></div><div><strong>From CBN News we learn that the Department of Justice</strong> and the Federal</div><div>Bureau of Prisons announced a new plan to begin recruiting employees who will</div><div>serve as lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender (LGBT) representatives for each</div><div>prison facility. The LGBT representatives will serve as members of each prison's</div><div>affirmative action committee, and will devote 20 percent of their workday to</div><div><em>"coordinating activities and programs designed to cultivate LGBT cultural</em></div><div><em>awareness both within and outside the institution."</em> Pat Nolan, of Prison</div><div>Fellowship Ministries, summarized that <em>"it makes no sense at all from a</em></div><div><em>management-of-the-prison perspective. It seems to us this is just a political</em></div><div><em>move; it has nothing to do with running better prisons."</em> [It seems that lots of</div><div>unusual things happen in an election year.]</div></div><div><br /></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>Barack Obama's <em>"I wish I hadn't said that"</em> Department. </strong>During his 2008</div><div>campaign, Mr. Obama labeled the increase in the national debt under George W.</div><div>Bush as<em> "irresponsible"</em> and <em>"unpatriotic." </em>Now that in just 3 years under his</div><div>administration the debt has been increased by more than during the entire 8 years</div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the Bush administration -- what does that make him?</span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span> </div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>It is always interesting to note how our Founding Fathers, and subsequent</strong></span></span></div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">national leaders emphasized the same basic principles</span></strong></span></div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></strong></span></div><div><span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span> </div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>itself."</em> --Thomas Jefferson, 1776</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span> </div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every breast ...</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>would </em></span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>have sympathized with oppression wherever found, and proved their</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>love of </em></span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>liberty beyond their own share of it."</em> --Thomas Jefferson, 1814</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span> </div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>citizens. </em></span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils,</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>because they dare </em></span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because</em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>they flatter the people, in </em></span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>order to betray them."</em> -- Joseph Story, 1833</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span> </div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."<br /></em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1953</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></span> </div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>During our 10 years of offering a weekly newsletter and commentary, </strong>we</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">have </span></span><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">never failed to be pro-Christian, pro-American and pro-Conservative in</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">our viewpoints. If you find this approach helpful, perhaps you would like to help us</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to continue publication. 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Thank you!</span></span></span></div></div></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-9401038635568904682012-03-14T19:08:00.001-07:002012-03-13T19:15:39.716-07:00CHRISTIAN STATE OF THE NATION!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Wednesday, March 14, 2012 of our 10th year of publication</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> A thought for today, and for all our days yet to come:</span></strong></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> "Thanksgiving is a creative force that, if lived on a continuous basis</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> and not just for one day each year, will create more good</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> in your life, and more to be thankful for."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> Sir John Marks Templeton, 1994</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> American financier and Christian philanthropist</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">THE ANNUAL "STATE OF THE UNION" </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">SPEECH ALWAYS</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">MAKES BIG </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">NEWS -- BUT WE SELDOM HEAR ABOUT</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">THE </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"CHRISTIAN STATE OF THE NATION"</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And not to worry! We're not going to offer you our version of the annual "State</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the Union" speech. To do so would [a] take too much time and space, and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">[b] include subjects we're either not experts on, or really can't do much about.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Such a discussion would have to include views and opinions on national defense,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">international relations, the economy, health care, taxes, inter-state and inter-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">national commerce, first amendment "rights" such as freedom of the press and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">freedom of religion, the Constitution</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. . . and those are only column heads.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Beneath each one are </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">many sub-titles.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>But a few topics do come into focus for brief comments;</u></strong> for example, the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">present situation in Afghanistan. After being there for 10 years, we are no more</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">welcome than we were in Iraq, but there common sense prevailed and we got</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">out with our original purpose not accomplished, and the country in an overall</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">worse condition than when we began our invasion. Yes, an evil dictator,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Saddam Hussein, was captured, tried and executed, but the opposing Muslim</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">adherents are still waging their wars, and doubtless will continue.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In Afghanistan, the Muslim forces used an inadvertent (accidental, unintentional)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">destruction of the "Holy Quran," as an excuse for Afghan police and soldiers to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">murder at least </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">6 American military men</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and other NATO workers, and now</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">following the killing of some 16 Afghan civilians, including women and children</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by an American soldier, the country has become a very dangerous place for</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Americans. The Russians learned the hard way that their mission there was</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">impossible, and left. Surely we should learn from their experience. Already</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">all Christian churches in Afghanistan have been eliminated. The future can only</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">become worse. Getting out of Afghanistan is a prevailing national view,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll which shows that 54%</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of Americans want to withdraw U.S. troops even if the Afghan army </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">is not</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">yet adequately trained to carry on the fight.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>With respect to the Israeli situation, and Iran's threat to destroy Israel,</u></strong><u><strong></strong></u></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">after last week's meeting between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Netanyahu, and Mr. Obama's pressure for Israel not to launch a pre-emptive</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">strike on Iran, and allow Mr. Obama to try the diplomatic approach, Mr.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Netanyahu said:<em> "When it comes to Israel's security, Israel has the right -- a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>sovereign right -- to make its own decisions... Israel must reserve the right</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to defend itself ... For the last decade, the international community has</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>tried diplomacy-- it hasn't worked. For six years the international</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>community has applied sanctions -- that hasn't worked, either. Israel has</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>patiently waited for the international community to resolve this issue.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>We've </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>waited for diplomacy to work, we've waited for sanctions to work.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>None of </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>us can afford to wait much longer... </em></span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Never again will the Jewish</em></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>people be </em></span></span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>supplicants. Never again... We deeply appreciate the alliance</em></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>between our </em></span></span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>two nations, but when it comes to Israel's survival, we must</em></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>always remain </em></span></span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the masters of our fate."</em></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">So much for international issues; now a brief comment about the economy.</span></u></strong></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mr. Obama keeps insisting he has learned much during his years in office, and<br /><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in a recent interview with Matt Lauer on NBC-TV, he said: <em>"One of the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>things about being president is you get better as time goes on."</em> And even</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Senator John McCain told Bob Schieffer on CBS-TV, that Mr. Obama <em>"has</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>learned a lot in his first two years in office."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">They are right. Last week the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">projected that the February, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">2012 deficit will be $229 billion - the highest monthly</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">figure in history. But in </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">setting this new record deficit, Mr. Obama broke his </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">own</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">record of $223 </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">billion in 2011.</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">This is the 41st consecutive month that the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">government has run </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a deficit - a record streak dating back to the final few months</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the George </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">W . Bush period -- previously the longest streak on record was</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">11 months. Yes, he did get better as time went on - or at least more proficient.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">G. Edward Griffin, commenting on this situation, pointed out: "<a href="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000460/!x-usc:http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/05/news/economy/national-debt-interest/index.htm" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span title="wlmailhtml:{95C3E92B-6FCB-4FD2-967A-8A8D1BD1C2E0}mid://00000460/!x-usc:http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/05/news/economy/national-debt-interest/index.htm CTRL + Click to follow link" style="color:#000000;">The US will pay</span></em></span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span title="" style="color:#000000;">over $5 trillion in interest on its debt over the next 10 years. More than</span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span title="" style="color:#000000;">14% of all revenue the government collects will be used just for that. </span><span title="" style="color:#000000;">Note</span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span title="" style="color:#000000;">there is no serious effort to pay down the principle, just the interest.</span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span title="" style="color:#000000;">Therefore, the debt will continue to grow until the interest approaches</span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span title="" style="color:#000000;">100% of revenue; but long before that, the whole system will collapse.</span></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span title="" style="color:#000000;">It will not be pretty."</span></em></span></span></div><div><em></em></div><div><u><strong></strong></u> </div><div><br /></div><div><u><strong>But more important from our viewpoint is the religious situation. </strong></u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In last</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">week's issue of ANC we traced the Bible-centered and Christian viewpoint of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">America's presidents and leaders </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">through the years from the founding of our</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nation to current times, and found an un-interrupted continuity of belief right</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">up to the Obama administration.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Following up on those historical facts, historian David Barton was written this</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">summary: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"When one observes President Obama’s unwillingness to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>accommodate America’s four-century long religious conscience protection,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>through his attempts to require Catholics to go against their own doctrines</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and beliefs, one is tempted to say that he is anti-Catholic. But that</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>characterization would not be correct. Although he has recently singled out</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Catholics, he has equally targeted traditional Protestant beliefs over the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>past four years. So since he has attacked Catholics and Protestants, one is</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>tempted to say that he is anti-Christian. But that, too, would be inaccurate.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>He has been equally disrespectful in his appalling treatment of religious Jews</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>in general and Israel in particular. So perhaps the most accurate description</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of his antipathy toward Catholics, Protestants, religious Jews, and the Jewish</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>nation would be to characterize him as anti-Biblical.." </em>Mr. Barton goes so far</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">as to label Barack Obama as the <em>"most Biblically hostile president of all time."</em></span></div><div><em></em></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And from the Catholic side of he ongoing controversy over the Obama</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">administration's attempt to destroy the First Amendment </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">right of freedom of religion,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York and President of the U.S.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Conference of Bishops, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">after a meeting with the Obama administration in the White</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">House, said:<em> </em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"The White House seems to think we bishops simply do not know</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>or understand Catholic teaching,"</em> and in his letter to all Catholic bishops wrote,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"</em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Brothers, we know so very well that religious freedom is our heritage, our</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>legacy and our firm belief, both as loyal Catholics and Americans. There have</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>been many threats to religious freedom over the decades and years, but these</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>often came from without. This one sadly comes from within. As our ancestors</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>did with previous threats, we will tirelessly defend the timeless and enduring</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>truth of religious freedom."<em></em></em></span></span></div><div><em></em></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>And last week we mentioned the breakdown of the president's Advisory Council</div><div>on Faith Based issues . . . now the man who guided President George W. Bush's</div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">faith-based initiatives from 2002 to 2006 says the office has become a <em>“faith-based</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>farce”</em> under President Barack Obama, and should be shut down. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jim Towey is</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">now president of Ave Maria University, one of a number of church-affiliated</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">institutions suing to block Obama’s contraceptive coverage mandate. He accuses</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama of turning the faith-based office into <em>“nothing but a political outreach</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>operation”</em> to get clergy behind his agenda.</span></div><div></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>So what can we say about the "Christian State of the Nation?"</u></strong> Under the</div><div>Obama administration, it isn't in particularly good shape . . . and from a brief</div><div>survey of international relations and the economy, they aren't in very good shape</div><div>either. And we haven't even mentioned two of the "high" spots of the economy</div><div>situation: the price of gasoline and the unemployment rate.</div><div></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>All of which leads us to the reminder of our Prayer Countdown</u>, </strong>because</div><div>prayer is one thing we all can do to restore America to being the nation it was</div><div>intended to be. As of today, there are <strong>237 days </strong>until election day, Nov. 6; 237</div><div>days to pray for our nation, its leaders and for God's guidance as we vote to</div><div>elect the leaders America needs. And never fail to pray for our fellow believers</div><div>all over the world who constantly face persecution, and often death, for their</div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">expression of their faith.</span></div></div><div></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As usual, to offset the liberal-biased, left-leaning "Main Line Media,"</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">we </span></u></strong><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">offer a few examples of "What Others Are Saying"</span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Skip MacLure (writing in the <em>Conservative Outpost</em>): </strong><em>"I wouldn’t want to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>be in Barack Hussein Obama’s shoes. So many lies to keep track of and far</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>too many ‘little’ people willing to point them out. The 'Lame Stream Press'</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>has done an incredible job of contorting themselves into knots while running</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>cover for the regime. It isn’t flying… at least, the regime’s aerodynamic</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>qualities at this point are more akin to a balloon filled with lead…or gasoline."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>The Heritage Foundation: </strong><em>"First they came for our money when they bailed</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>out irresponsible banks, companies and individuals. Our personal and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>national financial security is now at risk. Then they took away the ability to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>choose our own doctors, insurance carriers, and treatments. 'It is only fair,'</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>they said. Our personal health is now at risk. And now they come for what</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>drove so many of our founding fathers to America's shores. They want to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>mandate religious institutions, schools, and people of faith... Freedom of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>religion is now at risk. The First Amendment has been dismantled before</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>our eyes. America is now at risk."</em><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Robert Ringer: </strong>"<em>Liberty must be given a higher priority than all other</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>objectives — including a politician’s desire to do good things for people. As</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Senator Jim DeMint points out in his constitutionally grounded book, Now</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>or Never, it’s not the government’s job to do good things. Its job is to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>protect our natural rights. </em><em>Whether or not America survives much longer</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>may well depend upon how many people can be brought around to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>understanding this fundamental truth."</em></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u></u></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>And just a few "One Liners" to brighten the day</u> . . .</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Rep. Michelle Bachman (R, Minn.) (in <em>CNS</em>): <em>"President Barack Obama has</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>become </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a 'health care dictator.'”</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Michelle Malkin (in<em> The New Media Journal</em>): <em>"At his first press conference</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of the year, the Nation's Concern Troll explained that he phoned Fluke ..."</em></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Michelle Obama (in an interview video): <em>"Government doesn't have all the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>answers." </em>[Now if she could just convince her husband on that point.]</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg (on the deficit crisis in N.Y. State): <em>"Towns</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and counties across the state are starting to have to make the real choices -</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>fewer cops, fewer firefighters, slower ambulance response, less teachers in</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>front of the classroom."</em></span></div></div><div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;"><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;"><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>And now, here are a few more than the usual number of <em>"Afterthoughts"</em></u></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>One of the best statements yet on Al Gore's "Global Warming" hoax</strong> came</div><div>from Senator James Inhofe (R, OK), who maintains that only God can change the</div><div>climate, and for us to believe that our actions can alter the seasons is pure</div><div>“arrogance.” His comments last week were: <em>"The Genesis 8:22 verse that I use</em></div><div><em>in </em><em>there is that 'as long as the earth remains there will be springtime and</em></div><div><em>harvest, cold </em><em>and heat, winter and summer, day and night.’ My point is,</em></div><div><em>God’s still up there. The </em><em>arrogance of people to think that we, human beings,</em></div><div><em>would be able to change what </em><em>He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous.”</em></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>One of the troubling, but almost ignored aspects of our depressed economy:</strong></div><div>Banks are foreclosing on America's churches in record numbers as religious facilities</div><div>default on their mortgages. The surge in church foreclosures represents a new wave</div><div>of distressed property seizures, with many banks no longer willing to grant struggling</div><div>religious organizations forbearance. Since 2010, 270 churches have been sold after</div><div>defaulting on their loans, according to the real estate information company CoStar</div><div>Group. In 2011, 138 churches were sold by banks, an annual record, compared to</div><div>just 24 sales in 2008, and only a handful in the decade before.</div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Perhaps there is some relief in sight from present day "prophets;" </strong>but not</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">all the prescient voices have been stilled. Family Radio founder, Harold Camping</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">who made headlines last year with his predictions of Christ's return, first on May</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">21, and then on Oct. 21, has admitted that his predictions were both <em>"incorrect"</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and <em>"sinful." </em>His promise to make no more end-time predictions included these</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">words, <em>"We have learned the very painful lesson that all of creation is in</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>God's hands and He will end time in His time, not ours!"</em> However, another</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">self-styled "prophet" -- Pat Robertson -- described as a "wealthy media mogul,"</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and the founder of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) and Regent University, continues to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">create news with his pseudo-prophetic viewpoints. At the start of this year, he</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">announced that God had revealed to him the outcome of the 2012 presidential</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">election, and he has now declared that the recent tornadoes occurred because</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the residents of those states did not pray enough . . . and his latest word is that</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">he favors the legalization of marijuana in America. He is within his right of the</span></div></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">freedom of speech, but the rest of us still have freedom to ignore his opinions.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><strong><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><strong><br /></strong></span></div>We can always learn from our Founding Fathers and other national leaders:</strong></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><b><br /></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div><div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>pure, and which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>governments." -- </em>Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1800</span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Our society -- unlike most in the world -- presupposes that freedom and<br /></span></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>liberty are in a frame of reference that makes the individual, not government,<br /></em><em>the keeper of his tastes, beliefs, and ideas; that is the philosophy of the </em><em>First</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Amendment; and it is this article of faith that sets us apart from most </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>nations</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>in the world." </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1973</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Another week . . . another issue of ANC, as always, a trusted commentary.</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Where else will you find current events reviewed from our position: pro-Christian,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pro-American, pro-Conservative? If this is important to you, please lend us a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">hand by your contribution to keep ANC coming your way every Wednesday. Just</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">click <span style="color:#800000;"><strong><u><a href="http://www.evangelical-viewpoint.com/support.php">HERE</a> </u></strong></span><span style="color:#000000;">and send your contribution by check or credit card. Thank you!</span></span></div></div></div></span></span></div>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-33141619751649206322012-03-07T19:03:00.003-08:002012-03-06T21:03:09.912-08:00WHAT PART RELIGION SHOULD HAVE<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in our 10th year of publication</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">A most important precept for today, and for the days to come:</span></strong></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and will heal their land."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jehovah, the Almighty God -</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The Holy Bible, II Chronicles 7:14</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">THERE IS MUCH DISCUSSION -- SPECULATION, ACTUALLY -- </span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">AS TO </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">WHAT PART RELIGION SHOULD HAVE IN THE CHOICE</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">OF </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">A PRESIDENT IN THIS ELECTION YEAR, 2012</span></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>The subject, which is gaining so much media attention,</u></strong> focuses on whether</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">America </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">is a Christian nation, and if religion really matters in the governance of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">country today.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">To further this discussion, but avoiding speculation, and sticking to the facts,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">here is an at-random review of what American presidents (prior to the current</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">one) and other American leaders have said on this subject. We can skip George</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Washington because we have so often quoted his views on the importance of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">being a Christian. Even the most casual reader will be able to spot a trend here.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1784 -- John Jay, the Original Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: <em>"The</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Bible is the best of all books, for it is the Word of God, and teaches us the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">it and to regulate your life by its precepts."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1798 -- John Adams, our second president: <em>"Our Constitution was made</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">government of any other."</span></em></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1892 -- U.S. Supreme Court<em>: "Our laws and our institutions must</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">necessarily be based upon the teachings of the Redeemer of Mankind.</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">extent, our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian."</span></em></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1911 -- President Woodrow Wilson<em>: "America was born a Christian nation.</em></span><em></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">righteousness, which are derived from the revelations of Holy Scriptures."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1935 -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt<em>: "We cannot read the history of our</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">rise and development as a nation. without reckoning with the place the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Bible has occupied in shaping the advances of the Republic."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><em></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1950 -- President Harry S. Truman<em>: "The fundamental basis of this nation's</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Rights comes from the teaching we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Isaiah and St. Paul."</span></em></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1955 -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower: "<em>Without God there could be no</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">American government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Supreme Being is the first, the most basic, expression of Americanism."</span></em></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1984 -- President Ronald Reagan: <em>"If we ever forget that we're one nation</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">under God, then we will be a nation gone under."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Contrary to those historical beliefs and convictions of America's leaders</span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">are the liberal, progressive, politically-correct views of some current day would-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">be leaders. Entering the discussion is White House religious advisor, Jim Wallis,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">who offered the opinion that America <em>"is not a Christian nation. It's never</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>been </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>a Christian nation. We set this up so it would not be a Christian nation,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>or </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>any religious framework. Where in the Bible is there a special place for</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>America?"</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And the Obama White House hasn't done much to provide any assurance to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">American Christians. The president's first Advisory Council on Faith-Based</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">issues produced a 163 page report in March, 2010, and then disbanded. The</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">second council has waited more than a year, and has yet to meet. The major</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">issue they were to consider -- whether religious groups that receive public</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">money can discriminate in hiring -- remains unresolved more than three years</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">after Mr. Obama promised to address it.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And the president himself isn't doing much to accommodate himself to America's</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christian heritage. Beginning with his first trip abroad as president in 2009 -- to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the countries of his Muslim forebears (naturally), he asserted again and again that</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">America is not a Christian nation. He has been unrelenting in his efforts toward</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">repealing DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) which affirms the Bile-based view</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that marriage is between one man and one woman. He has encouraged the LGBT</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">members, and those who want to kill additional millions of babies through abortion</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- at least 50 million since Roe v. Wade. And to demonstrate his complete lack of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">familiarity with the Bible, he has cited Jesus as favoring same-sex marriage, taxation</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the wealthy, etc.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And he has steadfastly ignored Christian observances, like the National Day of Prayer,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and Easter -- but has sponsored gala White House celebrations of the Muslim holy</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">month of Ramadan, and speaks reverently of the "Holy Quran."</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">However, in this election year, he seems to have discovered that there are far more</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">American </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">voters </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">who profess to be Christians, than the homosexuals, Muslims and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">atheists combined -- and has already begun to stress his Christian beliefs. One is</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">inclined to wonder how he will interpret these words of Jesus: <em>"By their fruits ye</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>shall know them ... not everyone that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the kingdom of heaven ..." </em>(Matt. 7:20-21)</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>So what should Christians be doing in these difficult times</u>?</strong> Well, first we can</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">obey the many admonitions of Scripture about prayer ... <em>"Pray without ceasing ..."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Ye have not because ye ask not ..." "Ask and ye shall receive ..." "The</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much ..." </em>Some months ago</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ANC announced a count-down of prayer leading to the November election. As of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">today there are <strong>244 days </strong>until the Nov. 6 election day -- 244 days to pray for our</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nation, for wisdom to be given to our leaders, for our fellow believers all over the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">world who are facing persecution and even death for their faith . . .for Israel, our</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">faithful ally, trying to exist with the Muslim threat of extinction facing them . . . and for</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">our fellow Americans who are trying to recover from the disastrous tornados of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">past week. We have much to pray for; that is our Christian responsibility.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>As a counter-balance to the liberal (i.e., Obama) biased Main Stream</u></strong></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><strong><u>Media, we offer "What Others Are Saying"</u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong>Karla Dial (in <em>CitizenLink</em>): </strong><em>"When it comes to marriage and family</em></div><div><em>structure, there's a good reason nearly every modern society has encouraged</em></div><div><em>monogamy as the accepted norm: Because it's good for society. </em><span style="line-height: 15px; color: rgb(83, 50, 28); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><em>So says a new</em></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 15px; color: rgb(83, 50, 28); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><em>multidisciplinary study published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal</em></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 15px; color: rgb(83, 50, 28); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><em>Society, the world's longest-running scientific journal, established in 1665."</em></span></span></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Jay Sekulow (ACLJ): </strong><em>"Forcing religious and pro-life organizations to</em></div><div><em>provide insurance that pays for abortion-inducing drugs and more is not only</em></div><div><em>wrong, it's unconstitutional. It violates the fundamental right to religious</em></div><div><em>liberty enshrined in the Constitution and must be stopped."</em></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>David Barton (Pres. Wall Builders):</strong><em> "We just posted on our website a piece</em></div><div><em>documenting the extreme hostility of President Obama against Biblical faith</em></div><div><em>and Biblical values for the past three years. He is, as proven by his own</em></div><div><em>actions and words, the most anti-Biblical president in American history."</em></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Barack Hussein Obama: </strong>In a speech to the United Auto Workers union, he said</div><div>that <em>"trying to climb to the very top"</em> was not what <em>"America is about," </em>saying</div><div>that it was "<em>greed.”</em> [Well, he should know -- he made it to the top.]</div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Crystal Wright (a "triple minority" reporter -- Woman, Black, Republican):</strong></div><div><em>"Obama seems to be coddling our enemies more like they are our friends.</em></div><div><em>After </em><em>jacking up our debt to $15 trillion in three short years, Obama thought</em></div><div><em>now was a </em><em>good time to build a $750,000 playground at the Guantanamo Bay</em></div><div><em>detention camp </em><em>(GITMO) so terrorists would feel comfortable. According to</em></div><div><em>military police, the </em><em>new soccer field was built because that’s the sport of</em></div><div><em>choice for most of the </em><em>detainees...Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he</em></div><div><em>wasn’t aware of it.'”</em></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>David Goetsch (in <em>Patriot Update</em>):</strong> <em>"Those who are entrusted with</em></div><div><em>leadership positions in our society should never forget the following rule</em></div><div><em>of thumb: people will not follow a leader they do not trust. Consequently,</em></div><div><em>gaining the trust of the American people is essential to any individual who</em></div><div><em>serves as President of the United States. One of the reasons President</em></div><div><em>Reagan remains so popular with such a broad cross-section of Americans</em></div><div><em>is that people trusted him. Can the same be said for President Obama?</em></div><div><em>Asked another way, do you trust </em><em>Barack Obama? ... When you listen to</em></div><div><em>Barack Obama, listen carefully. It’s your future he is lying about."</em></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Chris Matthews (on MSNBC): </strong>[He's the one who said he had tingling in his</div><div>legs whenever Obama spoke] <em>"Barack Obama ... has a brain, and he has a</em></div><div><em>heart, </em><em>and he can cause a thrill in the American people because he has both.”</em></div></span><div><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>And there are these quotes which are focused on specific subjects"</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u><br /></u></strong></span></p></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Jack Marshall</strong>, writing in <em>Ethics Alarms </em>on Rush Limbaugh's "slut" comment:</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Anti-democratic bullies, however, would silence opposition voices because</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of 'ignorance,' which in their minds can and often does translate into</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>'thinking </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>differently than we do, and we know best, because we are</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>intrinsically smarter </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and better.' Such people are authoritarian, self-righteous</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>censors at heart, </em></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and far, far more dangerous to American values than any</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>blowhard like Rush Limbaugh."</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" "><span style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;"><span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>Thomas Sowell</strong>, writing in <em>Patriot Post</em> concerning yesterday's "Super Tuesday"</div><div>Republican primaries:<em> "If a clear winner with a commanding lead emerges,</em></div><div><em>the question then becomes whether that candidate is someone who is likely</em></div><div><em>to defeat Barack Obama. If not, then the fate of America -- and of Western</em></div><div><em>nations, including Israel -- will be left in the hands of a man with a lifelong</em></div><div><em>hostility to Western values and Western interests."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>From <em><strong>Human Events</strong>,</em> on the many comparisons with President Reagan:</div><div><em>"Reagan was one of America's greatest leaders. He changed the world,</em></div><div><em>developing a successful strategy for defeating Communism, toppling the</em></div><div><em>Soviet Union, and liberating Eastern Europe. Most importantly Reagan</em></div><div><em>restored an America that had found itself mired in a malaise of falling</em></div><div><em>living standards, moral decay, and what seemed like inevitable decline --</em></div><div><em>a state all too familiar to Americans today."</em></div><div><em><br /></em></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div>From <em><strong>Heritage Foundation</strong>,</em> on the recent attacks on religious freedom:</div><div><em>"Since 1791, when the Bill of Rights was formally adopted, America has</em></div><div><em>enjoyed the legal protection of religious freedom, enshrined in the U.S.</em></div><div><em>Constitution. Today, 221 years later, centuries of progress in the</em></div><div><em>protection of religious and other liberties is at risk of being rolled back</em></div><div><em>in one fell swoop. The culprit: Obamacare."</em></div><div><em><br /></em></div><div><em></em></div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><strong><u>And to brighten the day, just a few "One Liners" or "Short Takes"</u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div></span></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>From<strong> </strong><em>Moody News</em>:<em> "Burning the Koran is an Excuse to Kill, but Not</em></div><div><em>The Reason"</em></div><div><em></em></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>From Os Hillman: <em>"T G I F -- Today It's God First"</em></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>From the usual Liberal <em>HuffPostHill: </em>"An 'Upside-Downer' -- After nearly</div><div>four years of unemployment, Brian Gagnon of Fort Worth, Texas landed a</div><div>production job similar to the one he lost in 2008. '<em>It pays less than my</em></div><div><em>previous </em><em>full time job (a lot less) and the hours are abysmal, but it is a</em></div></span></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>job nonetheless. </em><em>I'm just glad I'm starting to turn stuff around."</em></span></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And from <em>Anonymous: "10 years ago the USA had Steve Jobs, Bob</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Hope and Johnny Cash. Now they have no Jobs, no Hope and no Cash."</em></span></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span style=" ;color:blue;"><b></b></span><o:p></o:p></p></em></span><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u><br /></u></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>And to head toward the finish -- just these two <em>"Afterthoughts</em></u><em>". . .</em></span></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></strong></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>A major change in world foreign missionary programs. </strong>The Center for the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Seminary reports that Brazil now</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">sends the second largest number of missionaries to the rest of the world -- 34,000</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in 2010, second only to the 127,000 sent by the United States. And even though</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the U.S. sends the most missionaries, it also receives the most; 32,400 foreign</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">missionaries arrived here in 2010.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Temporarily, a Muslim power in Indonesia has suffered a set-back. </strong>The</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Indonesian Red Cross has refused to change its logo at the demand of the Islam</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">based PKS (Prosperous Justice Party.) The politicians said that the logo of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Red Cross was similar to the Christian symbol of a cross, and demanded change.</span></div></div></div><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">We have already cited so many Founding Fathers' quotes with </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">respect to</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Christian faith. This one is applicable </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to current international relations</span></strong></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><em></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die: Our won country's honor,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>all call upon us for vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. Let us therefore rely upon</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the goodness of the cause, and the aid of the Supreme Being, in whose hands</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble actions."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- George Washington, 1776</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>And that is the complete issue of ANC for today, March 7, 2012. </strong>But even</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">if this issue is complete, our needs have not diminished. If you think our efforts are</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">worthy of support, would you please make at least a small contribution to help us</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">continue? Just click <span style="color:#008000;"><strong><u><a href="http://www.evangelical-viewpoint.com/support.php">HERE</a></u> </strong></span><span style="color:#000000;">and learn how you can send a contribution by check</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">or credit card. Thank you . . .</span></div></span></div>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-21875536686542711932012-02-29T15:25:00.000-08:002012-02-28T15:28:59.450-08:00WHAT CHANGE HAS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED?<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Wednesday, February 29, 2012, of our 10th year of publication</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">A thought for today, and the years to come, from the far distant past:</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order;</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order;</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life;</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."<br /></em></span><span title="" style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Confucius, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">551-479 BC</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <strong>-</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">AFTER MORE THAN THREE YEARS OF HIS PROMISE OF </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"HOPE</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">AND CHANGE," AND HIS THREAT TO </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"FUNDAMENTALLY</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">TRANSFORM AMERICA," WHAT CHANGE HAS BARACK</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">HUSSEIN OBAMA ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED?</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And an old, but much more recent, thought from Ralph Waldo Emerson, in</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">his essay on <em>"Self Reliance" </em>in 1841: <em>"Nothing can save our nation but</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>ourselves. Nothing can save our nation but the triumph of principles."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>On the subject of "change," there has been much of it under Obama</u>. </strong>But</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">first, there is this brief soliloquy to consider: <em>"What </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is the best indicator of the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>future? The past." </em>Or George Santayana's often quoted: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>"Those who cannot</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>remember the past are condemned to repeat it</em>." Or this from Dr. Robert</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st">Owens, </span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in <em>Canada Free Press, "If we aren’t going to allow History to</em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>instruct us, we </em></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>should at least be wise enough to allow it to warn us."</em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">They are right. There is much to be learned from the past. </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st">Think back to the first</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st">Commander in Chief of the American military -- General George Washington,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st">who, in 1776, after the Declaration of Independence was read to his troops,</span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ordered chaplains to be included in each regiment, and said, </span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"The General hopes</em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and trusts, that every officer and man, will endeavor so to live, and act, as</em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>becomes a Christian Soldier, defending the dearest Rights and Liberties of</em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>his country."</em> Further, after the harsh winter at Valley Forge in 1778, he wrote:</span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"</em></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>To </em></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to</em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>add </em></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the more distinguished character of Christian."</em></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As recently as in 1983, President Ronald Reagan summarized this traditional</span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">belief </span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of America's leaders, <span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"The American experiment in democracy rests on</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>this </em></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>insight. Its discovery was the great triumph of our Founding Fathers,</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>voiced </em></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>by William Penn when he said: 'If we will not be governed by God,</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>we must </em></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>be </em></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>governed by tyrants.' Explaining the inalienable rights of men,</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Jefferson </em></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>said, '</em></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.'</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>And it </em></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>was </em></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>George Washington who said that 'of all the dispositions and</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>habits </em></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>which lead </em></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to political prosperity, religion and morality are</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>indispensable </em></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>supports.'”</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span><em></em></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>But Barack Obama brought "change" to the American way of life</u>. </strong>And</span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">his </span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">threat to fundamentally transform America is being accomplished as much in</span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the area of </span></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">religion as in any other aspect of American life. Let's set aside in this</span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">commentary his attempts to change America politically and economically by</span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">making-over our government to become a socialistic welfare state -- never</span></span></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">minding the fact that socialism has been a dismal failure everywhere it has been<div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">tried, and that the European practice of the welfare state has brought that</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">continent </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to the brink of economic ruin.</span></span></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Instead, let's focus on his changes as respecting religion -- most specifically, his</div><div>attacks on Christianity. Very soon after becoming president, he made his first</div><div>overseas trip to -- naturally -- the Muslim world, where he assured his Islamic</div><div>forebears again and again that America was no longer a Christian nation. Such</div><div>a claim (or in this case, a boast) had never been made by any U.S. president,</div><div>and was made in the face of the fact that some 80% of Americans profess that</div><div>they are Christian, with non-believers in any religion, plus Jews, Muslims and</div><div>adherents to all other religions together, represent only 20% of our population.</div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Mr. Obama's agenda is, and has been, anti-Christian. From the beginning of his</div><div>term as president he has promised to repeal DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act)</div><div>adopted by Congress and signed into law by Bill Clinton. Through Attorney</div><div>General Eric Holder he has ordered the Justice Department <strong><em>not</em></strong> to defend in</div><div>court that federal law defining marriage as between one man and one woman.</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Contrary to General Washington's encouraging every officer and soldier to be</div><div>a Christian, recently President Obama repealed the military's "Don't Ask, Don't</div><div>Tell" policy, allowing gays to serve openly in the armed forces. On Dec. 7, 2011</div><div>the president said to his homosexual supporters,<em> "I've met my </em><em>commitments to</em></div><div><em>the LGBT community. I've delivered on what I promised. </em><em>Now that doesn't</em></div><div><em>mean our work is done."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>It has become evident that his administration is working harder to promote gay</div><div>rights than protecting more recognized universal human rights, such as religious</div><div>freedom. The serious violation of the right of freedom of religion as guaranteed</div><div>by the First Amendment which has occurred through the ObamaCare mandate,</div><div>has brought America's Christian majority -- Protestant and Catholic -- into a</div><div>unified conflict with the Obama administration's position.</div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>This anti-Christian position is apparent in every department of the Obama</div><div>administration. Recently Tony Perkins of Family Research Council was</div><div>disinvited from a prayer service at Andrews Air Force Base. Franklin Graham</div><div>was similarly disinvited from a National Day of Prayer service at the Pentagon.</div><div>Retired Three Star General William Boykin had to forego speaking at West Point</div><div>due to objections raised by atheists and CAIR (Council on American Islamic</div><div>Relations).</div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Tony Perkins summed up the prevailing situation well: <em>“There seems to be</em></div><div><em>pressure coming from within the administration to sweep Christianity off</em></div><div><em>the face of military bases.” </em>And all this is from a president who keeps insisting</div><div>that he is a devout Christian, who finds in the words of Jesus approval of gay</div><div>marriage and increased taxes. He should read Jesus' warning about false</div><div>prophets, where He said, "<em>By their fruits ye shall know them"</em> (Matt. 7:20).<br /></div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>And there is this current example of Mr. Obama's anti-Christian views --</u></strong><br />the inadvertent burning of some copies of the Quran in Afghanistan brought on</div><div>an apology from the generals in charge, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary</div><div>of State and ultimately from President Obama himself. But when Muslims have</div><div>been bombing and burning and destroying Christian churches, including Bibles,</div><div>he has voiced not one word of objection. And when Muslims in Afghanistan</div><div>killed American military because of the Quran incident, he did not seek a word</div><div>of apology from Afghan President Karzai. [It seems that Mr. Obama has spent</div><div>much of his three years in office apologizing for our nation's greatness. Maybe</div><div>it is time for us to tell him: <em>"Stop apologizing for America!</em>]</div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>And when the American National Day of Prayer does not merit any observance</div><div>in the White House, but Islam's Ramadan is celebrated by gala banquets, we</div><div>can appreciate Franklin Graham's recent observance that he could not say for</div><div>certain that President Obama is a Christian. It comes back to those words of</div><div>Jesus: <em>"By their </em><em>fruits ye </em><em>shall know them."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, there has been change . . . but not for the better.</div><div></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="st"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>The position and purpose of American News Commentary</u>:</strong> from day-one</span></span></div></span></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ANC has been clearly and unequivocally pro-Christian, pro-American and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pro-Conservative in position and purpose. ANC has not and will not endorse</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">any candidate for public office; but any candidate who takes a position which is</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">anti-Christian, anti-American and anti-Conservative, ANC will oppose that</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">candidate, and this includes the president of the United States. In fact, it may</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">be said that opposing Barack Obama has become a Christian responsibility.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">But this is not solely the view of ANC. Here are summary statements from two</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">credible observers; first, from <em>The American Dream: "</em><em>Has the economy</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">improved since Barack Obama became the president of the United States?</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Of course not. Despite what you may be hearing in the mainstream media,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the truth is that when you compare the U.S. economy on the day that</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Barack Obama was inaugurated to the U.S. economy today, there is really</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">no comparison. The unemployment crisis is worse than it was then, home</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">values have fallen, the cost of health insurance is up, the cost of gas is</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">way up, the number of Americans living in poverty has soared and the size</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of our national debt has absolutely exploded. Anyone that believes that</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">things are better than they were when Barack Obama was elected is simply</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">being delusional."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And second, from the Presidential Prayer Team: <em>"America is now in deception</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>mode. </em><em>At the Prayer Team, we felt 2012 would be a time of testing, even</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">trial, for our nation, well before we launched our recent 40-Day Challenge</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of prayer. Since then, the political climate and moral compass of this country</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">has swayed dangerously off course. We need ... Americans, and even believers</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in Jesus Christ, to understand again that only the truth of God's Word will</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">make everything better in this nation... Between now and Election Day and</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">beyond, your Prayer Team will continue to trumpet this message and call</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Americans to unified, humble prayer."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>And there is this reminder to ANC readers</u></strong>: in our ongoing count-down of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">prayer for the upcoming election, there are, as of today, <strong>251 days </strong>until Nov. 6 --</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">251 days to pray for our nation, for wisdom for our leaders, and for guidance as</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">we vote to return America to being the nation it was founded to be. And pray</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">also for fellow Christian believers all over the world, who daily experience</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">persecution and </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">even death for their faith in Jesus Christ.</span></div><span class="st"><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>It continues to be true that given the Liberal bias </u></strong><strong><u>of the Main Stream</u></strong></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Media, "What Others Are Saying" becomes extremely important.</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Giacomo (in <em>Godfather Politics)</em>: </strong><em>"When we turn to the history given us</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in the Bible, we see that God raised up a nation who worshipped Him and</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">whose rulers relied upon Him for wisdom and guidance. Whenever the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">rulers and people turned away from God and His teachings, the nation</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">was brought down and destroyed. We read about this pattern being</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">repeated over and over again... And people wonder why America is on</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the verge of ruin and collapse? If we turn to history, we will readily learn</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that the ONLY way to turn America around and save our nation is to turn</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to God and His precepts."</em><br /><br /><br /><strong>David Azerrad (the Heritage Foundation): </strong><em>"George Washington has</em></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">much to<i> </i><em>teach us, in particular when it comes to the presidency, foreign</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>policy and </em><em>religious liberty. Although much has changed in the past two</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>centuries, </em><em>his </em><em>sage advice and conduct in office have lost none of their</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>relevance, </em><em>anchored as they are in the timeless principles of the Founding</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and a </em><em>sober assessment of human nature."</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Conservative News Alerts: </em><span style="font-weight: 400; "><em>"Iran grows more aggressive by the day. Riots</em></span></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-weight: 400; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and upheavals, fueled by the Muslim Brotherhood are taking place in Egypt,</span></em></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-weight: 400; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Syria and all over the Middle East. What was proclaimed to be an 'Arab</span></em></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-weight: 400; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Spring' is now becoming a winter of discontent. Europe is heading into</span></em></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-weight: 400; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">bankruptcy and Barack Hussein Obama is almost single-handedly</span></em></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-weight: 400; "><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">transforming the United States of America into a socialist country."</span></em></span></strong></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Mat Staver (Liberty Counsel): </strong><em>"Our religious liberties are being crushed</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by the latest health care 'mandate' from the Obama administration. Will</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">future generations cite the signing of ObamaCare as that moment in time</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">when Americans were no longer 'Citizens' and became 'Subjects' once again,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">subservient to a tyrannical government?"</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Jim Campbell (The Western Center for Journalism): </strong><em>"Let us never </em><em>forget</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama's historic Bowing tour<strong> </strong>in which he blasted America’s exceptionalism</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">while bowing to virtually everyone available. The President of the United</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">States traditionally bows to no one; in doing so, he shows the world’s leaders</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that he is a paper tiger and is not to be taken seriously. Thus with him still</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">occupying the Oval Office, the US and the entire world have become much</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">more unstable."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Human Events: </strong>"'Islam means peace.' So we were told by our government</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and the mainstream media in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. And so, in</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">one form or another, have we been told ever since by the Obama</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">administration. The main problem with that statement is that it isn't true.</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Islam actually means "submission" — as in submission to the will of Allah,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and submission to Islamic rule (the justification for violent jihad). And that's</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">just one of many myths about Islam that have gained currency in the years</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">since Obama came into power."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">This has been one of the better weeks for discovering meaningful </span></u></strong><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"One</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Liners" while engaging in our research; here are a few of them:</span></u></strong></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Ned Ryun in the<em> American Majority: "President Obama is wishing from the</em></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">18th green that the economy will magically improve enough to make him</span></em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">appear competent."</span></em></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;font-family:helvetica;"></span><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Lawrence Sellin, PhD (Col., U.S. Army, Ret.): <em>"Federal governmental</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">malfeasance fueled by political corruption is the single, most important</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">issue of the 2012 election."</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><strong><u></u></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Former Attorney General Edwin Meese recently commented that the Obama</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">administration is<em> “…as close to a monarchy as there’s been since the days</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of George III.”</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jack Marshall, in <em>Ethics Alarms: "A world that does not have the United</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">States as its champion has no champion, and a United States that will</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">not be the world's champion is no longer the United States."<span style=" ;font-family:Arial;">.</span></span></em></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (in 1903):<em> "We contend that for a</em></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."</em></span></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And to augment all that has gone before, here are a few <em>"Afterthoughts"</em></span></u></strong></div><div><strong><em><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></em></strong></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>It is, of course, too late for this year's Academy Awards, </strong>but President</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Obama is reported </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to have signed Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">produce a film on </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">president's first three years in office. Guggenheim may be</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">remembered for his </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">film, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>An Inconvenient Truth, </em>which won an Oscar in 2006,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and which featured Al </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Gore's efforts to get support for </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">his global warming theory.<em></em></span></div></div><div><strong><em><u></u></em></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><em><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></em></strong><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Public riots seem to be 21st century happenings, including America, </strong></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">but</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">whereas elsewhere in the world they involve tear-gas, shootings and beatings,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">here in America they involve people writing for hours to be first in line to buy</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">athletic shoes at $220.00 a pair. Is this a great country, or what?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Are you wondering about where gas prices are heading? </strong>Remember the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">words </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of President Obama's Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, when he told the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Wall Street </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Journal </em>in 2008: <em>"Somehow we have to figure out how to boost</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe." </em>[FYI: European prices for </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a US</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">gallon in US dollars at that time were between $8.06 in Britain to $8.63 in France.]</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">So </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">there you have the Obama administration's goal, straight from the man in charge.</span></div></div><div><strong><em><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></u></em></strong><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">This issue of ANC began with stressing the importance of learning from</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the past. What better source for such learning than our Founding Fathers?</span></strong></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Concerning the national debt:</span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>economy of time more valuable." --</em> George Washington, 1793<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Concerning the federal government attempting to regulate religious worship:</span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">discipline, or exercises. This results not only from the provision that no law</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">shall be made respecting the establishment or free exercise of religion, but</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from that also which reserves to the States the powers not delegated to the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">United States. Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise or to</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">assume authority in any religious discipline has been delegated to the</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">general government. It must then rest with the States."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">--Thomas Jefferson, 1808</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Concerning the usurpation of power by the judiciary:</span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"It has long been my opinion, and I have never shrunk from its expression ...</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that the germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of </em><em>the federal Judiciary; an irresponsible body, working like gravity by night</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and </em><em>by day, gaining a little today and a little tomorrow, and advancing its</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>noiseless </em><em>step like a thief, over the field of jurisdiction, until all shall be</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>usurped </em><em>from the </em><em>States, and the government of all be consolidated into one."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">--Thomas Jefferson, 1821</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>And finally, here is a request we haven't made in a long time</strong>: If you like</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the pro-Christian, pro-American, pro-Conservative position of ANC with</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">respect to current events -- why not forward this week's issue to your list of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">email friends</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and urge them to join the list of ANC readers? Thanks for your</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">help . . .</span></div></div></span></div></span></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-14321016444039968242012-02-22T18:47:00.001-08:002012-02-21T18:53:34.704-08:00TODAY IS WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:100%;" ><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Wednesday, February 22, 2012, in our 10th year of publication</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 27px; "></span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">A thought for today and the years to come from one of our great leaders:</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily</em></span></div><div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural school house,</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty. To anyone</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">who truly loves America, nothing could be more inspiring than to</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">contemplate this rededication of our youth, on each school </span></em><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">morning, to</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">our country's true meaning."</span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1954, as he signed into law the bill</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">adding the words <em>"under God" </em>to the Pledge of Allegiance</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">A COMBINATION OF OBSERVANCES FOR AMERICAN</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">CHRISTIANS; PRESIDENT'S DAY ON MONDAY, AND</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">TODAY IS WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">AND IS</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">ASH WEDNESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF LENT</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As a side note to the reminder of President Eisenhower's action in formally</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">adding the words <em>"under God" </em>to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954, followed</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">by a Joint Resolution of Congress confirming the wording (actually Louis Bowman,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of the Sons of the American Revolution, used those words in 1948), another</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">law suit has been instituted in Massachusetts by an atheist couple who claim that</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">their children are <em>"marginalized" </em>by repeating the words. The district school</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">superintendent explained that reciting the pledge is voluntary, and there is no</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">penalty for students who choose to remain silent. We are reminded of the many</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">attempts in recent years by attorney Michael Newdow (who claims to have been</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">born an atheist) to remove <em>"under </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>God</em>" from the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pledge, and <em>"in God we trust"</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from our currency. He has failed in </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">every legal </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">action he has initiated, all the way</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to the U.S. Supreme Court.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent</u>, </strong>the most important Christian</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">observance of all time. Lent continues for 46 days until Saturday, April 7, the day</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">before Easter. The six Sundays included in the period are not counted among the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">traditional forty days of Lent -- each one represents for Christian believers a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">celebration of Jesus' Easter victory over sin and death.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">We are reminded that the Islamic holy period of Ramadan, July 21 to August 20,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">has, in his previous years in office, been accorded gala observances in the White</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">House by President Obama, whereas he has tended to ignore any recognition of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the Christian Easter. Perhaps in this year, 2012, in line with his more active efforts</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">to identify with Christians, this pattern will change.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span> </div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">With our nation -- and the rest of the world -- in worse shape today than </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">at any</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">time in recorded history, in every way: spiritually, morally, culturally, religiously,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">economically, </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">politically, militarily, there has never been a more urgent need for</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the salvation message of </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the risen Christ.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>As we move through the 40 (46) days of Lent toward Resurrection Sunday</u>,</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">we must not forget the count-down for prayer for the next election. As of today,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">there are <strong>258 days </strong>until Nov. 6 -- 258 days to pray about a real change in our</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">nation's government. And as we pray for America, let us never forget to pray for</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">our fellow Christian believers all over the world, who are facing persecution and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">death because of their faith.</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In Nigeria, Iraq, Sudan, Egypt -- and other countries --</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christians are being forced to flee. In Afghanistan, where so many American</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">lives have been lost, there is not a single Christian church left in that country. And</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">pray for Israel, in missile range of Iran, which considers Israel a cancer that must</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">be removed. Remember God's Word: <em>"I will bless them that bless thee, and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>curse him that curseth thee." </em>(Gen. 12:3)</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u><strong>In mentioning the problems the world faces</strong></u>, religion was referred to, and that</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">brings to mind the growing threat of Islam. One of ANC's readers sent in this</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">evaluation of Islam by Winston Churchill, in his book,</span> <span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>The River War, </em>in 1899 --</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">one more indication of the wisdom and foresight of this great British statesman:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"How dreadful </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries!</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Besides the fanatical </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>frenzy, which<span style=" ;color:black;"> </span><span>is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia</span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span>in a dog, there is this </span></em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span>fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are </span><span>apparent in</span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span>many countries, improvident </span></em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span>habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish</span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span>methods of commerce, </span></em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span>and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers</span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span>of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its</span></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><span>grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity... </span></em><span><em>Individual Muslims</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em>may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em>social development </em></span></span><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;color:black;">of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists</span></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style=" ;color:black;">in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant</span><span style=" ;color:black;"> </span><span>and</span></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising</span></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>fearless warriors at every </span><span style=" ;color:black;">step; and... </span></span></em><span style=" ;color:black;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the civilization of modern Europe might</span></em></span></div><div><span style=" ;color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."</em></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;color:black;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" ;color:black;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></span></div><div><span style=" ;color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span style=" ;color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Those words, written some 113 years ago, are as timely as if they appeared in a</span></span></div><div><span style=" ;color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">current account of present day world conditions.</span></span></div><div><span style=" ;color:black;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" ;color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></span></div><div><span style="color:black;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>It is difficult to keep focused on America's current international situations</u>.</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Here Alan Dershowitz, writing in the Stonegate Institute site, summarizes briefly</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">world scene: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"In a quickly changing world, it is important to ask which</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>countries the United States can always count on in times of crisis. Recent</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>events have shortened that list considerably. India has long claimed to be a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>reliable ally, but it is now undercutting American efforts to impose</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>meaningful </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>sanctions against Iran. Its help cannot any longer be counted on</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>in the struggle against the greatest danger faced by the United States—an</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Iran with nuclear weapons. Japan, another ally, is dilly dallying on sanctions</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>as well. Brazil used to be a reliable partner, until it began to fall under the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>sway of Venezuela's Chavez, who is closely allied with Iran and other</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>American enemies. The 'new' Russia and China demonstrated their lack of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>reliability when they vetoed American efforts in the Security Council to help</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>resolve the Syrian crisis. Egypt, which has received billions of dollars of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>American aid, has defied American warnings not to put US citizens on trial</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>on phony, trumped-up charges. Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Emirates are</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>now playing footsy with Hamas and Hezbollah, also Iranian surrogates, as</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>they worry about the contagion of the Arab Spring and the growing influence</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of the Muslim Brotherhood.</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"It turns out that other than Europe, Israel may be America's only remaining</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>reliable ally. And even some European countries, such as France, Sweden and</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Norway, are in doubt."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>President Obama makes frequent summaries (from his viewpoint) of his</u></strong></span></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">first term of office. Here the Heritage Foundation offers another opinion:</span></u></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"With tens of millions of Americans watching, Barack Obama stood at the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2009, with his left hand on</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the Bible and his right hand held aloft, swearing to God and country that</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>he would preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Yet despite that pledge, President Obama has time and time again taken</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>actions contrary to the principles of the founding document he swore to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>uphold, setting forth on a heretofore uncharted path of unconstitutionality</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>that will fundamentally change the character of this Republic for the worse,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>not for the better."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>The moral "roller coaster" America has been riding</u></strong> continued, with a three</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">judge panel in California ruling that Proposition 8, defining "marriage" as between</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a man and a woman, was unconstitutional -- a full court review is scheduled. And</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Washington, the governor signed into law the approval of same-sex marriage in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">that state. In Maryland, the legislature has begun approval of same-sex marriage,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">with the governor promising to sign the bill into law. But as evidence that there is</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">still some measure of moral values in our nation, New Jersey Governor Christie</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">vetoed the same-</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">sex marriage bill when it reached his desk.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Week after week, the best counter to the Liberal biased, left wing "Main</u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Stream </u></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><u>Media" is to consider "What Others Are Saying" </u>. . .</span></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Chuck Colson: </strong><em>"Do divorce rates, </em><em>incarceration, abortion, and low</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>educational achievement affect the economy and government spending in</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>America? Of course they do... America's social and economic issues are</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>inextricably inter-connected! America cannot have a healthy economy</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>without strong moral values."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Don Feder (in GrasstopsUSA):</strong> <em>"Whether it’s called Marxism, socialism,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>liberalism or the Obama administration, the left is about compulsion –</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>forcing individuals to surrender cherished beliefs, compelling acceptance of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the lifestyle choices of others, reshaping our national identity and pulverizing</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>constitutional protections." </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Keith Koffler (in <em>White House Dossier): </em></strong><em>"What does President Obama</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>plan to do if he is reelected this year? ... If you can't answer quickly, it isn't</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>because you haven't been paying attention. Because President Obama has</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>no agenda. This he made perfectly clear in the budget he released Monday...</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Nothing. His agenda is getting reelected."</em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em><strong></strong></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u><em></em></u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Matt Smith (Pres. <em>Catholic Advocate</em>): </strong><em>"This is not a Catholic issue, it's </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>an</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>American one ... and we can't afford to compromise on it. If we do, we're</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>willingly surrendering one of our Constitutional rights -- the freedom of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>religion. And that will open up a can of worms -- which one of our liberties</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>will the Obama Administration go after next? I'm not willing to wait and see!"</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></u></strong></div><div><em><u></u></em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>From <em>Wallbuilders: </em></strong><em>"Don't let anyone tell you that this amendment - or this</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>issue in general - is about contraceptives or "just" abortion ... This isn't</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>about an attack on Catholics; this is about an attack on all kinds of faiths.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>This is about a three and a half year battle with the Obama administration's</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>vicious attacks on religious freedoms and brazen disregard for all types of</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>conscience issues."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Dr. Mike Evans (Jerusalem Prayer Team)</strong>:<em> "The United States has</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>provided billions of dollars to prop up Egypt’s struggling economy since the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty was signed. Now the new Muslim Brotherhood-</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>dominated government is warning Washington not to stop the handouts…or</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>else... They have sent a message </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>to Washington that if U.S. aid is stopped,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>they </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>will repudiate the peace treaty with Israel. This poses a grave threat to</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Jewish state... The Muslim Brotherhood doesn’t just hate Israel, they</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>hate </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>America too ... they still want our money!"</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Peter Brookes (in the Boston Herald): </strong><em><span class="articleBegin">"Y</span>ou know what’s so great about</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the Obama administration’s record in the Middle East and North Africa —</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>or Near East as some call it — after three-plus years in office?</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Unfortunately, </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>little to nothing. </em><em>In fact, from the looks of it, the region is a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>veritable weather </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>map of nasty storms whose troubling winds and waves</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>are rattling and </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>pounding our interests abroad — and may very well reach</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>our shores. "</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>And from our research came these few enjoyable "One Liners"</u></strong> <strong>. . .</strong></span></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Jack Lew, White House Chief of Staff: <em>"There's pretty broad agreement that</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the time for austerity is not today."</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Also this from Jack Lew: <em>"...you can't pass a budget in the Senate of the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>United States without 60 votes and you can't get 60 votes without</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>bipartisan support...."</em> [Fact: Senate rules only require a simple majority of</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">51 </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">votes to approve a budget... where do they find these guys?]</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Senator Jim DeMint (R, SC): <em>"To protect all Americans’ religious freedom,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>and every other kind, the only acceptable 'reform' is for ObamaCare —</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>the entire law – to be repealed."<strong></strong></em></span></div><div><strong><em></em></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the "underwear bomber," as he was sentenced</span></div><div>to life imprisonment, defended his actions as based in the Quran, and said,</div><div><em>"Mujahedeen are proud to kill in the name of God (Allah). Today is a</em></div><div><em>day of victory."</em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And for a bit of comic relief featuring Rep. Maxine Waters (D, CA), here is a</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">quote from her speech at the 2012 CA Democrat Convention:<em> “I saw pictures</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of Boehner and Cantor on our screens; don’t ever let me see again in life</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>those Republicans in our hall, on our screens, talking about anything.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>These are demons.”</em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em> </em>[Next thing we know, she'll be practicing exorcism.]</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><div><strong><u>And here, from this week's research, are a few <em>"Afterthoughts" </em></u>. . .</strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><div><span style=" ;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><strong>We earlier mentioned the observance of Ramadan in July - August; </strong>those</span></div><div><span style=" ;">dates have prompted a problem for the International Olympics Committee. The</span></div><div><span style=" ;">scheduled dates for the London Olympics are July 27 - August 12, right in the</span></div><div><span style=" ;">middle of Ramadan, July 21 - August 20. Some 3,000 of the participating</span></div><div><span style=" ;">athletes </span><span style=" ;">are from Muslim countries, and strong protests have been made, even</span></div><div><span style=" ;">demands that </span><span style=" ;">the IOC reschedule the Olympics.<strong></strong></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><strong></strong></span> </div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong>In case you wondered: Jimmy Carter's view of the "Occupy Movement."</strong></div><div><div>Former President Jimmy Carter said last week that the Occupy organizers have</div><div>achieved some success <em>-- “It‘s been relatively successful even acknowledging</em></div><div><em>there’s no leadership, there‘s no coherence and there’s no single list of issues</em></div><div><em>they want to succeed,”</em> and added that they have forced recognition that <em>"the</em></div><div><em>chasm is getting greater than leaps and bounds between the rich and the poor."</em></div><div><span style=" ;">The former president said his travels abroad have helped him realize that the U.S. is</span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>“extra stingy”</em> about sharing its wealth with developing nations, particularly when</span></div><div><span style=" ;">compared to European democracies that put an emphasis on foreign aid. [He is</span></div><div><span style=" ;">apparently completely out of touch with the facts of America's benevolences.]</span></div><div><span style=" ;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" ;"></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong>A note from <em>Huffington Post, Chicago Brief</em></strong> concerning Mr. Obama's</div><div>favorite city, and the training ground for his political endeavors:<em> <span style="color:#000001;">"As our former</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#000001;">governor </span></em><em><span style="color:#000001;">prepares to head west to begin his prison sentence,</span><span style="color:#000001;"> Chicago was</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#000001;">given </span></em><em><span style="color:#000001;">the unfortunate title of 'most corrupt' city in America in a new study</span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#000001;">by </span></em><em><span style="color:#000001;">the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois'</span></em></div><div><span style="color:#000001;"><em>Institute of Government and Public Affairs." </em>[They said it -- we didn't --</span></div><div><span style="color:#000001;">and they should know.] Additionally, Illinois is the only state which will have<strong> two</strong></span></div><div><span style="color:#000001;"><strong>former governors in federal prison</strong> at the same time when Rod Blagojevich</span></div><div><span style="color:#000001;">enters </span><span style="color:#000001;">Littleton, Colorado’s federal prison next month.</span></div><div><span style="color:#000001;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#000001;"></span></div><div><strong>And here is a light-hearted, slightly humorous bit of information. </strong>David<div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; ">Emery, Editor of <em>Urban Legends, </em>in reviewing some of the folklore surrounding</div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; ">America's leaders, discussed some presidential nicknames: <em>"Lincoln is</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><em>remembered as 'The Great Emancipator.' Washington was 'The Father of</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><em>His Country.' Jefferson, 'The Sage of Monticello.' The most mythic of</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><em>contemporary presidents, Ronald Reagan, earned the title 'The Great</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><em>Communicator.' Bill Clinton was tarred from day one with the nickname</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><em>'Slick Willy,' an appellation only slightly less ignominious than 'Tricky Dick,'</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><em>Richard Nixon's earned sobriquet. G.W. Bush's most popular nickname was</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><em>'Dubya,' a take-off on his middle initial. The charismatic Barack Obama,</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><em>who campaigned on the lofty slogans 'Hope' and 'Change, became known to</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><em>his detractors as (sarcastically) 'The One,' 'The Obamessiah,' and (in all</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><em>seriousness) 'The Obamination.'"</em></div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><em></em> </div><div style="border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; text-align: left; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-top-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><br /></div></div></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><strong>We couldn't have said it better -- from Human Events:</strong> <em>"Candidates for</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>office are always saying that the upcoming election is the most important</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>ever. In 2012, this truly is the case. This November, America's voters have</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>a choice between four more years of Barack Obama's disastrous Big</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>Government agenda or a return to commonsense conservative leadership</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>for our country."</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em></em></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" ;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><strong>And from our Founding Fathers -- </strong>further evidence that in their wisdom they</span></div><div><span style=" ;">foresaw problems this new nation would one day experience . . .</span></div><div><span style=" ;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" ;"></span></div><div><span style=" ;">Concerning the ignoring of the three branches of government: <em>"The accumulation</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>of all powers, legislative, executive and judiciary, in the same hands, whether</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>of one, a few or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed or elective,</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;">-- James Madison, 1788</span></div><div><span style=" ;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" ;"></span></div><div><span style=" ;">Concerning immigration: <em>"Born in other countries, yet believing you could be</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules.</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>That these rules shall be as equal as prudential considerations will admit,</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>will certainly be the aim of our legislatures, general and particular."</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;">-- Thomas Jefferson, 1801</span></div><div><span style=" ;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" ;"></span></div><div><span style=" ;">Concerning national debt and taxation: <em>"I place economy among the first and</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>most important of republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>dangers to be feared ... Taxation follows that, and in its turn wretchedness</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>and oppression ... We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion</em></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><em>and servitude." </em>-- Thomas Jefferson, 1816</span></div><div><span style=" ;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style=" ;"></span></div><div><span style=" ;"><strong>And that concludes another issue in our 10th year of publication. </strong>ANC is,</span></div><div><span style=" ;">has been, and will remain a pro-Christian, pro-American, pro-Conservative</span></div><div><span style=" ;">voice on the Internet. We have no financial backers to make this publication</span></div><div><span style=" ;">possible -- we are totally dependent on the contributions of our readers. 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Thank you . . . your help will be truly appreciated.</span></span></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></span></div></div></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18648698.post-65857151223838335852012-02-15T14:50:00.000-08:002012-02-14T14:53:38.986-08:00SERIOUS PROBLEMS EXIST!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Wednesday, February 15, 2012 of our 10th year of publication</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">From one of our great presidents, a thought for today and years to come:</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>“Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>conscience … without God there is a coarsening of the society;</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>without God democracy will not and cannot long endure…</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>America needs God more than God needs America.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>then we will be a Nation gone under.”</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">President Ronald Reagan, 1984</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<br /><strong>ANC CONTINUES TO COMMENT FRANKLY AND OPENLY ON</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>SUBJECTS THE LIBERAL MEDIA IGNORES -- SERIOUS</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>PROBLEMS EXIST HERE AT HOME AND ABROAD</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As our regular readers are well aware, we close each issue of ANC with quotes</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">from our nation's Founding Fathers for two reasons: [1] they were wise men,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and their </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">vision for America went far beyond the time in which they spoke, and</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">[2] their </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">words remind us of the kind of a nation they were establishing, which is</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">something we may tend to forget in the busy pace of 21st century life.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Today's issue will once again close with some of those quotes, but we will also</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">begin this issue with some statements from those leaders concerning perhaps the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">most important issue confronting us as American Christians today. From James</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Madison, in 1785: <em>"Religion is the basis and Foundation of Government."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And from John Adams in 1812: </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><em><span class="st">"Nothing is more dreaded than the national</span></em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><em><span class="st">government meddling with <em>religion</em>."</span></em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><em><span class="st"></span></em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st"></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st"></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st"></span></span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st">The primary subject for concern this week is the attempted attack by the Obama</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st">administration on the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution -- which, by way</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st">of reminder, states: <em>"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st"><em>of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..." </em>Apparently Mr. Obama</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st">takes the position that he is not subject to any such restraint.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st"></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st"></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st"></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st"></span></span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st">And in support of those concerns, Dr. Michael Milton, Chancellor of Reformed</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st">Theological Seminary, wrote last week: <em>"All </em><em>other freedoms are grounded in</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st"><em>the </em><em>fundamental freedom to worship </em><em>God as we understand it, and to</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st"><em>assemble freely to do so." </em>And to bring this issue into sharpest focus, Brent</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="st"><span class="st">Bozell, President of <em>Media Research Center,</em> expressed it in these words: <em>"The</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>Obama administration is waging war on Christianity. Somehow, the</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>networks haven't seen this as newsworthy."</em></span></span></div><div><em></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>At issue is the Obama administration's mandate</u></strong> that would force members</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">of </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Christian faiths whose religious beliefs oppose birth control and abortion, to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">take </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">part in the provision of such procedures. Siding with Mr. Obama, Senator</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Barbara </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Boxer (D, CA) tried to make it an issue of "medicine," saying: <em>"It's</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>medicine and women deserve their medicine." </em>[Senator Boxer needs to</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">understand that children aren't a disease, and the pill is not the cure. Medicine</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">is </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">prescribed to treat illnesses--and pregnancy isn't one of them.]</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">On the other side of the </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Senate aisle, Senator </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Kelly Ayotte (R, NH) said, <em>"This</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is not a women’s </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>rights issue. This is a religious liberty issue."</em> And Senator</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Marco Rubio </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">(R, FL) said, <em>"The issue is not contraception, but whether the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>government </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>of the United States should have the power to go in and tell a</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>faith-based </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>organization that they have to pay for something that they teach</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>their </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>members shouldn’t be done. It’s that simple. And if the answer is yes,</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>then </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>this government can reach all kinds of other absurd results."</em></span></div><div><em></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And Timothy Lee, of the Center for Individual Freedom, summarized it this way,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>"Freedom of religion is a Constitutional right. Indeed, it is our nation's most</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>foundational right. In contrast, the convenience of government-mandated</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>free </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>contraceptives from religious institutions in violation of their fundamental</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>theology </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>is not. Those two basic truths settle the merits of this week's sudden</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>collision </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>between the Obama Administration and religious institutions."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u></u></strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><u>But we all know how this flare-up ended, </u></strong>or seemed to end. The Obama White</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">House and its sycophantic main stream media [remember,<em> sycophant</em> is described</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">in the dictionary as <em>"a self seeking, servile </em><span id="hotword"><em>flatterer, a fawning parasite"</em>] used</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>all the words in its book of spin words, called the president's solution a "compromise,"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>an "adjustment," an "accommodation" and similar. In fact, the president realized </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>that</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>he had gone too far ... that he was not just attacking Catholic beliefs, but widely held</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>Christian beliefs, making his mandate a literal attack on the First Amendment's right</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>of freedom of religion. Now when the mandate takes effect in August 2013, women</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>will still get the free much-objected-to-coverage, but the religious organizations won't</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>have to pay for it. Instead, insurance companies will have to provide the service</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>directly </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>to the employees at no cost. No cost? Who is the president kidding? We,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>the general </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>public, will pay for the coverage through increased insurance premiums</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>across the board.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>The Obama "compromise" was not well received by religious leaders. William Donahue,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>head of the Catholic League spoke of the mandate as <em>“the most serious infringement</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em>by the federal government on the rights of Catholics and others in 200 years ...</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span><em>Quite frankly, he’s adding insult to injury. He must think the Catholics are stupid.”</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span></span></span><em></em></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>But this is one instance where the "Main Stream Media" got it right. </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">CBS News chief</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Washington correspondent, Bob Schieffer, said the White House folded on the issue,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">calling it a <em>"political blunder." </em>And even <em>Washington</em> <em>Post </em>editor, Melinda</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Henneberger, said on MSNBC: <em>“Maybe the Founders were wrong to guarantee</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>free exercise of religion in the First Amendment but that is what they did and I</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>don’t think we have to choose here.” </em></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">And i<span class="st">n the site, <em>Godfather Politics,</em> there</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st">was this hard hitting </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st">summation, <em>"The President’s latest attack on the American</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>people by mandating </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>that employers cover contraception is a blatant attack on</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>the Constitution and </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>the </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>freedom of ALL Americans, not just those who hold a</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>particular religious </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>view on </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>contraception. His so-called compromise that</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>insurance companies pay </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>for birth </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>control pills is one of the most audacious</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>power grabs in the history of </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>government. </em></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em>What’s next?"</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em></em></span></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><div style="text-align: justify; "><strong><u></u></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><strong><u>A sobering thought:</u> </strong><em>"Every single day, a silent horror kills more Americans</em></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><em>than were killed on 9/11. Every single year, this silent horror kills about as</em></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><em>many Americans as have been killed on all the battlefields in all of the wars</em></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><em>in U.S. history combined. This silent horror is called abortion, and it is a</em></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><em>national disgrace. Overall, more than 50 million babies have been slaughtered</em></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><em>since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. We have become a nation with so little</em></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><em>regard for human life that nobody even really talks that much about this issue</em></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><em>anymore." </em>(From <em>The American Dream</em>)</div><div style="text-align: justify; "></div></span></span></span><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>Internationally, the situation is equally deplorable. </u></strong>Here is a brief summary.</div><div>Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and national security expert Judith Miller says</div><div>Christians and other minorities face a <em>"very grim"</em> future as the radical Muslim</div><div>Brotherhood inevitably comes to power in Egypt and other Arab countries.</div><div><em>"There is a reluctance to acknowledge what is happening, which is that these</em></div><div><em>revolutionary movements that were spearheaded largely by secular, liberal</em></div><div><em>young people have been taken over by Islamist forces..."</em> The United States</div><div>now faces a region that is going to be increasingly Islamic, increasingly intolerant to</div><div>minorities, particularly Christians, and to alternative ... points of view. According to</div><div><em>Newsweek magazine, </em>a largely unrecognized global war on Christians is underway.</div><div><em>"Christians are being killed in the Islamic world because of their religion,"</em></div><div>writes columnist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, <em>"It is a rising genocide that ought to provoke</em></div><div><em>global alarm."</em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em></em></div><div></div><div></div><div>In Iraq, less than two months into the New Year, Iraqi authorities have executed at</div><div>least 65 people so far in 2012. In Syria, Christians remain wary of what “change”</div><div>might mean for their country, looking to Iraq, where their fellow believers in Christ</div><div>are now making a mass exodus as a result of the attacks they have faced, and Egypt,</div><div>where the prospect of an Islamist government has been matched by on-going attacks</div><div>on Christians in a way not previously seen under deposed President Hosni Mubarak.</div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>In Nigeria, the Islamist group, Boko Haram, aims to establish <em>sharia</em> (Islamic law)</div><div>and has stated it will kill all Christians in the country. In Sudan, tens of thousands of</div><div>Christians have been displaced from their homes, subjected to targeted killings,</div><div>kidnapping and bomb attacks. And Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,</div><div>last week announced that Iran will support any nation or group that attacks the</div><div>“cancerous tumor” of Israel, and said the opportunity must not be lost to remove</div><div><em>"this corrupting material" </em>and that it is a <em>"jurisprudential justification”</em> to kill</div><div>all the Jews and annihilate Israel, and that <em>"the Islamic government of Iran must</em></div><div><em>take the helm.”</em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em></div><div></div></span></span><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">So much for the unfulfilled promise of Mr. Obama's much heralded "Arab Spring."</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="st"><em><br /></em></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em><div><em></em><div><div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span><div><em></em><div><div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>That brief overview of some of the day's problems</u></strong> should confirm the need</div><div>for the count-down of prayer for our national election on Nov. 6. As of today,</div><div>there are <strong>265 days</strong> till that election ... 265 days to pray for our nation and for</div><div>wisdom to be given to our leaders. Jonathan Falwell, son of the late and much</div><div>missed Jerry Falwell, spoke this week of the moral value issues confronting us:</div><div><em>"Even when the tides of our social and political cultures change, Christians</em></div><div><em>must stand firm on the Word of God, compassionately calling all to believe</em></div><div><em>and follow Him....."</em></div></div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>The best way to keep you advised of viewpoints which are </u></strong><strong><u>totally </u></strong><strong><u>ignored</u></strong></div><div><strong><u>by </u></strong><strong><u>the "Main Stream Media" is to bring you "What Others Are Saying"</u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Joel Rosenberg:</strong> <em>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">With our national debt skyrocketing, our politics divided,</span></em></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><em>many marriages and families crumbling, and the growing threat of another</em></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><em>war in the Middle East, one thing is clear: 2012 is going to be a critical year</em></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><em>for the United States. Will the Church step up and be the shining city on the</em></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><em>hill that Jesus called her to be?...Or will we continue rejecting God's mercy</em></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><em>and see our decline accelerate into a national death spiral?</em></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><em></em></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><em></em></span></div></div><div><em><strong></strong></em></div><div><em><strong></strong></em></div><div><em><strong></strong></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em><strong>The Steady Conservative:</strong> "Today the Bible and its lessons have been</em></div><div><em>removed from schools, which certainly was never the intention of those</em></div><div><em>who formed this nation...Christianity seems to be under increasing attack;</em></div><div><em>so I do believe it is important for Christians to take a stand in such</em></div><div><em>matters. </em><em>We can also pray that God will take situations such as this…</em></div><div><em>that </em><em>are meant for evil…and use them for His good."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em></div></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Kathleen Parker (a <em>Washington</em> <em>Post </em>Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist):</strong></div><div><em>"These </em><em>immediate battles may be about abortion or contraception, but</em></div><div><em>ultimately </em><em>they </em><em>are about whether we stand firm on our nation’s core beliefs</em></div><div><em>in freedom of </em><em>conscience and religious liberty...The fundamental question is:</em></div><div><em>Who are we? As </em><em>we individually search for the answer, we know this much:</em></div><div><em>Coercion and </em><em>intimidation are the tools of mobs and tyrants and have no</em></div><div><em>place in this calculus."</em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em></div></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong>Ann Coulter (in re the Dems attacking Romney's wealth):</strong> <em>"Democrats are</em></div><div><em>very proud of the rich, patrician FDR – who inherited all of his money and</em></div><div><em>then launched a series of federal entitlements designed to bankrupt America</em></div><div><em>60 years later. JFK also inherited his wealth, from a father who made his</em></div><div><em>money as a bootlegger and stock manipulator. (In their defense, both men</em></div><div><em>went on to create lots of jobs for bartenders and prostitutes.)"</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><div><div><div><div><em></em></div></div></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em></div><div></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></span></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Glenn Greenwald (human rights commentator):</strong> <em>“The U.S. first kills people</em></div><div><em>with drones, then fires on the rescuers and others who arrive at the scene</em></div><div><em>where the new corpses and injured victims lie. The theory is that when</em></div><div><em>you kill a bad guy, the odds are that bad guys are the ones most likely to</em></div><div><em>show up at his funeral or to try to recover his body. Nice theory... Whatever</em></div><div><em>else is true, it seems highly likely that Barack Obama is the first Nobel</em></div><div><em>Peace laureate who, after receiving his award, presided over the deliberate</em></div><div><em>targeting of rescuers and funeral mourners of his victims.”</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em></div><div></div><div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>The Heritage Foundation:</strong> <em>"Thousands are dead in Syria, with more</em></div></div><div><em>blood spilled</em> <em>each day. Iran is within arm's reach of a nuclear weapon,</em></div><div><em>threatening </em><em>Israel's very existence. And in Egypt, 19 Americans are</em></div><div><em>banned from </em><em>leaving the country, making them veritable hostages in an</em></div><div><em>unfriendly land. </em><em>All indications are that the Middle East is crumbling,</em></div><div><em>and President Barack </em><em>Obama's foreign policy is collapsing right along</em></div><div><em>with it<strong>."</strong></em></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div></div><div><em><strong></strong></em></div><div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Jay Sekulow (ACLJ Chief Counsel): </strong><em>"Israel is facing grave danger, and</em></div></div><div><em>news reports say that President Obama won't assist in defending Israel.</em></div><div><em>In fact, he has actually issued a warning to Israel not to take military</em></div><div><em>action against Iran. Unbelievable. President Obama actually told our</em></div><div><em>greatest ally in one of the most dangerous areas of the world: don't</em></div><div><em>defend yourself."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em></div><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><div><strong><em></em></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><em>Conservative News Alerts</em>: </strong><em>"Iran grows more aggressive by the day. Riots</em></div><div><em>and upheavals, fueled by the Muslim Brotherhood are taking place in Egypt,</em></div><div><em>Syria and all over the Middle East. What was proclaimed to be an 'Arab</em></div><div><em>Spring' is now becoming a winter of discontent. Europe is heading into</em></div><div><em>bankruptcy and Barack Hussein Obama is almost single-handedly</em></div><div><em>transforming the United States of America into a socialist country."</em></div><div><em></em></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong><u>And, as always, in our research we found several interesting "One Liners"</u></strong></div></div><div><strong><u></u></strong></div><div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>President Barack Obama in an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer: <em>"I deserve a</em></div><div><em>second term, but we're not done</em> ... <em>One of the things about being president</em></div><div><em>is you get better as time goes on.”</em></div><div><em></em></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Former MA Governor Mitt Romney: <em>"Barack Obama is the poster child for</em></div><div><em>the arrogance of government,"</em></div><div><em></em></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>George Will: "<em>Historians will marvel that American liberalism in the first</em></div><div><em>part </em><em>of the 21<sup>st</sup> century is defined as defense of abortion.”</em></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Cal Thomas: <em>"The president is mistaken when he interprets Scripture to</em></div><div><em>achieve </em><em>his political goals."</em><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Black actor Samuel L. Jackson (in <em>Ebony </em>Magazine): <em>"I voted for Barack</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>because he was black." </em>[No comment as to what degree he was right.]</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Human Events: <em>"Barack Obama is willfully, routinely shredding the</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>Constitution to create national policy literally WITHOUT congressional</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em>approval..."</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: 400; ">And this further quote from the above mentioned Obama interview with Matt Lauer:</span></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: 400; "><em>"What’s frustrated people is that I have not been able to force Congress to</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: 400; "><em>implement every aspect of what I said in 2008. Well, it turns out our Founders</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: 400; "><em>designed a system that makes it more difficult to bring about change that I</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: 400; "><em>would like ... what I’m going to keep on doing is plot away, very persistent."</em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: 400; "><em></em></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: 400; "><strong><u></u></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: 400; "><strong><u></u></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: 400; "><strong><u></u></strong></span></span> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: 400; "><strong><u>And here are a few <em>"Afterthoughts"</em> from our research this week . . .</u></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: 400; "><strong><u></u></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: 400; "><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel"><strong></strong></div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel"><strong></strong> </div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel"><br /></div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel"><strong>Serious violence close to home. </strong>The Department of State has just issued a</div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel">new Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens about the security situation in Mexico.</div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel">Crime and violence are serious problems throughout the country and can occur</div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel">anywhere. U.S. citizens have fallen victim to TCO (Transnational Criminal</div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel">Organizations) activity, including homicide, gun battles, kidnapping, carjacking</div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel">and highway robbery. Our government gets tremendously aroused over a few</div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel">hundred or even a few thousand killings in Muslim countries, while just below</div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel">our common border with Mexico, since December, 2006 some 48,000 people</div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel">have been killed. The Obama administration has turned a blind eye to all this</div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel">violence -- no, that isn't exactly true. They did something -- they have supplied</div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel">American-made guns to the TCO through the "Fast and Furious" program.</div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel"></div><div o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word" x="urn:www.microsoft.com/excel"><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>In Australia, the need for God is openly observed.</strong> This Sunday, Feb. 19,</div><div>a National Day of Prayer and Fasting will be observed at Parliament House in</div><div>the nation's capitol, Canberra, and in churches, homes and public places all</div><div>over the nation. The purpose of this call to prayer is for the renewal and</div><div>transformation of Australia as a nation with Jesus Christ as Lord. [We used</div><div>to speak like that here in America.]</div><div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>You may have missed this official announcement</strong> by the U.S. Department</div><div>of Defense, that the Fort Hood incident in Nov. 2009, where a Muslim soldier</div><div>screaming <em>"Allah Akbar"</em> as he shot and killed 13 other soldiers (14 if you</div><div>include an unborn child), was "workplace violence." To have considered these</div><div>murders to be "terrorism" would have not been "politically correct."</div></div><div></div><div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>We began and close this issue with quotes from our Founding Fathers</strong></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><br /></div><div><em>"Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for liberty. There is also in</em></div><div><em>human nature a resentment of injury, and indignation against wrong. A</em></div><div><em>love of truth and a veneration of virtue. These amiable passions, are the</em></div><div><em>'latent spark.'"--</em>John Adams, 1775<br /></div><div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>From a somewhat unfamiliar Founding Father: <em>"It is not the purpose nor</em></div><div><em>right of Congress to attend to what generosity and humanity require,<br />but to what the Constitution and their duty require."<br /></em>-- William Branch Giles, 1796</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong>And there is this week's issue of ANC . . . </strong>heavily loaded and presenting</div><div>news and evaluations of current events you won't find anywhere else. If you</div><div>would like to help keep this publication continuing, please click on one of the</div><div>"Support" links and do your part to continue the availability of ANC.</div></div></div></div></span></span></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></span>JB, who writes American News Commentaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024902808196316436noreply@blogger.com0