Saturday, December 12, 2015
Trey Gowdy Grills DHS Official on Due Process
Is there only one representative who sees the horror of the Airline No-fly list?! The maddening thing is this, now that Mr. Gowdy has shown the unconstitutional nature of the no-fly list, nothing will be done about it. Nothing. Nada. Zip! Even with Republican majorities in both houses, the list is here to stay.
Friday, December 11, 2015
Dealing With the Devil II
On July 20th, this year, I wrote a post called Dealing With the Devil. In that post I complained about the National Instant Background Check system, which Obama considers his personal enemies list. When it was originally proposed and pushed through congress by the National Rifle Association, oh! You didn't know?! Yep, this huge infringement upon the national right to keep and bear arms is the brainchild and evil bastard child of the National Rifle Association. They pushed this through amid the howling protests of their members, which has resulted in many members switching allegiance to Gun Owners of America and the National Association for Gun Rights. Anyway, when it was shoved down our collective throats, we were promised that the only people who would be prohibited would be those with actual felony convictions. (short time later...) and domestic violence misdemeanors, (a little later) and veterans who have been given psychological counseling, and (several years later) Social Security recipients who have help with their financial affairs, AND....
(a few weeks later) BSBHO is about to add, we expect, by executive order, without congressional approval, the Federal Airlines No-fly list. The no-fly list is the most whimsical, unconstitutional list of all. If any member of the government even thinks a specific person is a hazard, real or not, he gets placed on the list. This list is very easy to get on and is impossible to get off, for no one in government would accept that liability and there has never been a workable process of removal designed. The late senator from Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy, found himself on the list and the power of his office struggled to get him off. This is one of the rankest violations of the American system of due process ever devised and Obama will integrate it with the National Background Check, which in one fell swoop invalidates the 2nd, 4th and 5th amendments to the Constitution.
The governor of Connecticut isn't waiting for BSBHO. Dannel Malloy, a Republican, is already using the Connecticut Background Check system to prohibit persons on the no-fly lists from buying guns.
Speaking of eviscerating the 2nd Amendment, the Supreme Court stepped in it again. Back in 2008 they ruled in Washington DC vs. Heller that the right to keep and bear arms was an individual right which nullified the prohibition of gun ownership foisted on the people of Washington DC. In 2010, in the case of McDonald vs. City of Chicago, they nullified a similar prohibition of gun ownership in Chicago. These two cases moved the bar in the right direction...somewhat.
This week, the Court declined to review the case of Friedman vs. City of Highland Park. Highland Park, IL is a political district situated immediately north of downtown Chicago, They enacted a city ordnance which bans the ownership and possession, within their boundaries, of semi-automatic, magazine fed rifles, rifles which are very popular in Texas and other states. By declining to review the case, the Court in fact ratified the ban. They basically nullified Heller and McDonald, two of their own decisions. If Highland Park can ban certain specified guns then any gun may be specified, by any governing authority. Bye bye 2nd Amendment!
In reality, gun ownership in America isn't going anywhere soon. The vast majority of our people have guns, shoot guns and carry them for personal protection. There isn't near enough political currency to actually nullify the 2nd Amendment because too many of us carry it around in our hearts. However, if bozos like the city council of Highland Park keep pushing, they will soon experience some real push-back. In the meantime, move away from Illinois, New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. Let those pathetic monuments to liberal fuzzy ideals fade away under their own dead over taxed weight.
As for all of the lists being weaponized into one mega list, we should all be concerned and demand this be stopped now! Government lists are the very opposite of freedom as history has told us before. Any restrictive power we allow the government always grows against us, for that is the nature of the beast; for this was why the United States Constitution was written in the way it was, that all powers not specifically enumerated are withheld from the federal level. Now is the time to get your guns, for times like these are the very reason for the 2nd Amendment.
One more point, the 2nd Amendment does not confer upon our people the right to keep and bear arms, it ratifies it. In other words, that right pre-exists the Constitution and the federal government. The statement, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state; the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." was placed in the Constitution to remind the government of that essential fact. It also emboldens our people, because we can read too!
The Islamic "Religion" and Religious Freedom
Our people are tearing up the airwaves with angst and vitriol over Donald Trump's declared intention to stop Muslim immigration. At first glance it seems like a violation of Freedom of Religion. In reality, it isn't, because in essence, Islam is not a religion at all.
In the 500's a man named Mohammed sat down and wrote up a set of rules, which he claimed were given to him by God. It is apparent that somewhere in his past, a Christian tried to catechize him, because he includes several Christian facets, such as the tenets of One God, the Virgin Birth and Jesus. Beyond that, it is a book with three manifest purposes: to make Mohammed powerful, to make Mohammed rich and to get Mohammed as much sex as he could stand. If you are shocked by this assertion, read the book, it's all in there. Also, this false religion of Mohammed, in order to effect these goodies for Mohammed, uses the force of the sword to spread the "word". Talk about violation of Freedom of Religion! It is the antithesis of Christianity. His forces spread like wildfire through Northern Africa, the Middle East and Spain. It was a real and present threat to Italy which prompted the Crusades, to beat back this scourge. Spain was the only country who successfully purged themselves of Islamic invaders, a fight which lasted over 500 years and was finally completed by Queen Isabella, yep, the same queen who funded Columbus in the late 1400's. Though Queen Isabella pushed them out 500 years ago, the pressure has always remained and today, Spain is high on the Islamic State's list of reconquest, but sadly, Spain has saturated herself in this modern social liberalism mush and has no strong leader capable of effective resistance.
Our politicians and media heads keep talking about "Radical Muslims" and the "religion of peace". Both of these are lies hidden in euphemisms, such as a "woman's right to choose". Firstly, Islam is NOT a religion of peace. It isn't even a religion. It is a political method of force which has, as it's stated purpose, the conquest of all lands. It's in the book. The proper term for Radical Muslim is, Muslim Fundamentalist. In other words, he believes the tenets of his "religion" and puts his life where his mouth is, and those tenets are to kill unbelievers and conquer lands. He will not emigrate into a foreign country to fit in, but rather to destabilize the current social order so to replace it with Islam! as this is the first order of Sharia law. In truth, he is more honorable that the majority of the proponents of Islam, because he isn't a hypocrite, he read the book and takes action, But even the "peaceful" followers of Mohammed will work to undermine the existing social structures, for it is their basic method for the propagation of the faith. This was the hard reality that Spain faced after expelling the armed forces of Islam. The reason for the Spanish Inquisition was not forced conversion to Catholicism, as is often claimed by Protestants, but rather the exposition of covert Muslims who publicly claimed to be Catholic but were actually working to subvert the Church and re-instituting Islam.
Let's talk about the reasoning behind Freedom of Religion. Up until the 1500's there was mainly the Catholic Church in the western world. She was the source and structure of Christianity. She fought many battles, through the middle centuries, in the minds of men and governing councils, preserving the Faith from error and mutation. She preserved the scriptures, in the form of the Latin Vulgate Bible, and evangelized all nations, as directed to Her personally by our Lord Jesus Christ. She never used force of conversion, never. Force of conversion is repugnant to the very gospel of our Lord. She taught nations of the value and dignity of each and every human being, rich or poor. She commanded kings and emperors to cease killing their own people at will. She taught men and women to marry once and for life and to raise their children well. She made it abundantly clear that the only pathway to heaven was to willingly and completely surrender oneself to Christ and his moral teachings. She taught her children how to defend themselves against terror and assault. Then came the Protestant Revolt in the 1500's. It was the new churches of Calvin, Luther and King Henry of England that started persecutions, to push away the Catholic Church. Read the history of Henry's wicked daughter, Elizabeth, who pilloried and quartered her people for being faithful to Catholicism and retains, shamefully, an honored part of England's political history. It was always the new churches persecuting Catholics and each other as they vied for political stability and property for themselves. That persecution is the genesis of the Pilgrims and other new sects moving to the new world seeking religious freedom. At the core of all of these new "Christian" religions are the basic tenets of love of neighbor and social order. With that commonality, it is possible to agree to disagree and to live with Freedom of Religion. However, when another "religion" teaches violent primacy, then social order disintegrates. That is why Islam cannot be accommodated by Freedom of Religion, for it is the forceful application of a lie and the Truth of Christ deserves defensive action against it. The symbols say it all, the sword of Islam or the self-sacrifice of Christ? I will never submit to the sword!
I have written in this blog a couple of posts which lament the idea of walls on our borders and the restriction of people's freedom of movement across any national borders. I stand behind all of that because, as I stated, the freedom to move into another country is predicated on the absolute Christian responsibility to live in harmony with the host country's laws and civil order. If one cannot do that, then one has no right to move in. It is obvious that Muslims cannot do that, for it would be an apostatizing of their own statements of faith. As they did in Spain, they will do everywhere they go. This is why Donald Trump, while certainly not my choice for president, actually got this one right.
In the 500's a man named Mohammed sat down and wrote up a set of rules, which he claimed were given to him by God. It is apparent that somewhere in his past, a Christian tried to catechize him, because he includes several Christian facets, such as the tenets of One God, the Virgin Birth and Jesus. Beyond that, it is a book with three manifest purposes: to make Mohammed powerful, to make Mohammed rich and to get Mohammed as much sex as he could stand. If you are shocked by this assertion, read the book, it's all in there. Also, this false religion of Mohammed, in order to effect these goodies for Mohammed, uses the force of the sword to spread the "word". Talk about violation of Freedom of Religion! It is the antithesis of Christianity. His forces spread like wildfire through Northern Africa, the Middle East and Spain. It was a real and present threat to Italy which prompted the Crusades, to beat back this scourge. Spain was the only country who successfully purged themselves of Islamic invaders, a fight which lasted over 500 years and was finally completed by Queen Isabella, yep, the same queen who funded Columbus in the late 1400's. Though Queen Isabella pushed them out 500 years ago, the pressure has always remained and today, Spain is high on the Islamic State's list of reconquest, but sadly, Spain has saturated herself in this modern social liberalism mush and has no strong leader capable of effective resistance.
Our politicians and media heads keep talking about "Radical Muslims" and the "religion of peace". Both of these are lies hidden in euphemisms, such as a "woman's right to choose". Firstly, Islam is NOT a religion of peace. It isn't even a religion. It is a political method of force which has, as it's stated purpose, the conquest of all lands. It's in the book. The proper term for Radical Muslim is, Muslim Fundamentalist. In other words, he believes the tenets of his "religion" and puts his life where his mouth is, and those tenets are to kill unbelievers and conquer lands. He will not emigrate into a foreign country to fit in, but rather to destabilize the current social order so to replace it with Islam! as this is the first order of Sharia law. In truth, he is more honorable that the majority of the proponents of Islam, because he isn't a hypocrite, he read the book and takes action, But even the "peaceful" followers of Mohammed will work to undermine the existing social structures, for it is their basic method for the propagation of the faith. This was the hard reality that Spain faced after expelling the armed forces of Islam. The reason for the Spanish Inquisition was not forced conversion to Catholicism, as is often claimed by Protestants, but rather the exposition of covert Muslims who publicly claimed to be Catholic but were actually working to subvert the Church and re-instituting Islam.
Let's talk about the reasoning behind Freedom of Religion. Up until the 1500's there was mainly the Catholic Church in the western world. She was the source and structure of Christianity. She fought many battles, through the middle centuries, in the minds of men and governing councils, preserving the Faith from error and mutation. She preserved the scriptures, in the form of the Latin Vulgate Bible, and evangelized all nations, as directed to Her personally by our Lord Jesus Christ. She never used force of conversion, never. Force of conversion is repugnant to the very gospel of our Lord. She taught nations of the value and dignity of each and every human being, rich or poor. She commanded kings and emperors to cease killing their own people at will. She taught men and women to marry once and for life and to raise their children well. She made it abundantly clear that the only pathway to heaven was to willingly and completely surrender oneself to Christ and his moral teachings. She taught her children how to defend themselves against terror and assault. Then came the Protestant Revolt in the 1500's. It was the new churches of Calvin, Luther and King Henry of England that started persecutions, to push away the Catholic Church. Read the history of Henry's wicked daughter, Elizabeth, who pilloried and quartered her people for being faithful to Catholicism and retains, shamefully, an honored part of England's political history. It was always the new churches persecuting Catholics and each other as they vied for political stability and property for themselves. That persecution is the genesis of the Pilgrims and other new sects moving to the new world seeking religious freedom. At the core of all of these new "Christian" religions are the basic tenets of love of neighbor and social order. With that commonality, it is possible to agree to disagree and to live with Freedom of Religion. However, when another "religion" teaches violent primacy, then social order disintegrates. That is why Islam cannot be accommodated by Freedom of Religion, for it is the forceful application of a lie and the Truth of Christ deserves defensive action against it. The symbols say it all, the sword of Islam or the self-sacrifice of Christ? I will never submit to the sword!
I have written in this blog a couple of posts which lament the idea of walls on our borders and the restriction of people's freedom of movement across any national borders. I stand behind all of that because, as I stated, the freedom to move into another country is predicated on the absolute Christian responsibility to live in harmony with the host country's laws and civil order. If one cannot do that, then one has no right to move in. It is obvious that Muslims cannot do that, for it would be an apostatizing of their own statements of faith. As they did in Spain, they will do everywhere they go. This is why Donald Trump, while certainly not my choice for president, actually got this one right.
A Public Service Announcement
Run! Hide! Fight! This the title of this YouTube video which shows strategies to employ if you are suddenly, and shockingly confronted with an active shooter. I completely agree with these points, if you find yourself trapped without a gun of your own. As you watch this video, have your finger poised to hit the pause button at exactly 0:59. There! Do you see it? The murdering creep walks past that Gun Free Zone sign, with the attendant regulatory citation, like it isn't even there. At that is the crux of it all. Why do we pay any attention to those signs if the madman, the reason for this terrible Gun Free Zone idea in the first place, ignores them?
A much better idea is to Fight! Fight! Fight!. To do that, we too need to ignore those stupid Gun Free Zone signs.
A second idea has surfaced, in light of the San Bernardino shooting.
See how ridiculous Gun Free Zones are? We must stop tolerating this restriction on our right of self protection. Ignore the signs and demand their removal.
May our good Lord help us all.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Moral Certitude
Reading the news reveals a lot of anger and confusion over a whole range of issues. Is racism a problem on college campuses? Should there be safe spaces for racial minorities? Should students have a share of the administration powers of the school? For that matter, what are the proper rules of agreement for sexual activities on college campuses or anywhere else? Does "yes" mean yes or does it mean no? Is all consent null and void if there is alcohol involved? Should our country allow Syrian refugees to enter? Will there be violence if we do? Should we build a wall on our borders? Should a cake baker be censored for refusing to bake a cake, for homosexuals to celebrate a wedding? On and on the questions rage and the shouting escalates.
This near universal confusion and divergence of opinion is the result of the last one hundred years of "the errors of Russia" spreading throughout the world. Diana West wrote an illuminating book, detailing this assault on western values, called American Betrayal. The communist method was to spread as many lies throughout the world as possible. If people could be made to question anything and everything, to disbelieve everything before held to be certain or authoritative, then the ground would be fertile for the spread of communism. Of course, the founding tenet of communism is the denial of Christ and His Catholic Church and the best way to undermine that church was to convince the people that She holds no real authority and that there is no real consequence to sin. If there is no consequence to sin, then there is really no sin at all; thus the arena of sexual morality is thrown wide open, bringing a whole batch of new questions. Additionally, a plethora of questions rear up concerning politics and order in the civil arena. Among all of this confusion, the structures and institutions which hold our society together begin to fail, starting with the families. While Ms. West does an extraordinary job of detailing the scheming and itemizing the damage done in this nefarious and comprehensive action, through the last several decades of our country's history, there was another lady who foretold these days, indeed, it was she who predicted the "errors of Russia."
In Fatima, Portugal in the year 1917, while WWI was raging in France, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three children, not once, but once each month from May through October. She forewarned us all, through these innocent children, of these times. She reminded us of the brutal reality of hell and the severe consequences of sin. She affirmed, in crystal clear messages, that God is real, her son Christ Jesus is real and that His message of salvation should be the paramount motivation throughout our entire lives, or there will be hell to pay. She ratified her message with a miracle witnessed by thousands. Did you know of this? While the world was telling you that extra-marital sex is OK, did you hear our Lady's strict caution against these sins? The world makes so much noise and today, that noise is reaching a crescendo. I have not linked a reference to Fatima, for you should look for it yourself. It won't be hard to find and I really recommend that you study Her message to us.
We must stop questioning everything and considering ourselves to be the ultimate personal authority of what is right and wrong. There is objective Truth and we will be held to account to it. Hint: Your human nature and its self interest will steer you wrong almost every time. You must look for the true authority, to which you are accountable. Look for Christ. With Him comes moral certitude. With Him comes the peace which calms the civil storms and gives us courage to face our tormentors. With Him comes joy at the prospect of death. With Him we are complete.
Oh! Most sacred heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
This near universal confusion and divergence of opinion is the result of the last one hundred years of "the errors of Russia" spreading throughout the world. Diana West wrote an illuminating book, detailing this assault on western values, called American Betrayal. The communist method was to spread as many lies throughout the world as possible. If people could be made to question anything and everything, to disbelieve everything before held to be certain or authoritative, then the ground would be fertile for the spread of communism. Of course, the founding tenet of communism is the denial of Christ and His Catholic Church and the best way to undermine that church was to convince the people that She holds no real authority and that there is no real consequence to sin. If there is no consequence to sin, then there is really no sin at all; thus the arena of sexual morality is thrown wide open, bringing a whole batch of new questions. Additionally, a plethora of questions rear up concerning politics and order in the civil arena. Among all of this confusion, the structures and institutions which hold our society together begin to fail, starting with the families. While Ms. West does an extraordinary job of detailing the scheming and itemizing the damage done in this nefarious and comprehensive action, through the last several decades of our country's history, there was another lady who foretold these days, indeed, it was she who predicted the "errors of Russia."
In Fatima, Portugal in the year 1917, while WWI was raging in France, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three children, not once, but once each month from May through October. She forewarned us all, through these innocent children, of these times. She reminded us of the brutal reality of hell and the severe consequences of sin. She affirmed, in crystal clear messages, that God is real, her son Christ Jesus is real and that His message of salvation should be the paramount motivation throughout our entire lives, or there will be hell to pay. She ratified her message with a miracle witnessed by thousands. Did you know of this? While the world was telling you that extra-marital sex is OK, did you hear our Lady's strict caution against these sins? The world makes so much noise and today, that noise is reaching a crescendo. I have not linked a reference to Fatima, for you should look for it yourself. It won't be hard to find and I really recommend that you study Her message to us.
We must stop questioning everything and considering ourselves to be the ultimate personal authority of what is right and wrong. There is objective Truth and we will be held to account to it. Hint: Your human nature and its self interest will steer you wrong almost every time. You must look for the true authority, to which you are accountable. Look for Christ. With Him comes moral certitude. With Him comes the peace which calms the civil storms and gives us courage to face our tormentors. With Him comes joy at the prospect of death. With Him we are complete.
This video shows the courageous certitude shown by a convent of Carmelite nuns, who were not afraid to die for their Lord, in a world gone crazy, revolutionary France.
Oh! Most sacred heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Frustration! II
On October 3rd I wrote a post titled Frustration! I remain frustrated, as we all are, watching madmen shooting innocent people. It took only a month after posting that article for another grisly shooting to take place, this time in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
A lunatic, armed with two handguns and a semi-automatic rifle, shot three people in cold blood. His first victim, a bicyclist, was heard to plead for his life, by witnesses. This hits at the core of my frustration. That bicyclist, I have learned from another news source, was an army veteran, with two tours of duty in the Middle East to his credit. It is a sure bet that when he started out on his bike ride that he did not expect to encounter his murderer. We never expect to be murdered at any given moment; if we did, it would drive us crazy. However, we must always be cognizant of the possibility and make ourselves ready. To put that more directly, never, ever leave home without your handgun.
Even a combat zone veteran is reduced to begging and helplessness when confronted, empty handed, by an armed killer. Also remember, that the responsibility of arming yourself is for your neighbor's life as well as your own. After fruitlessly begging and dying, that poor veteran failed to prevent the murder of two women, who were the next victims in this rampage. Always expect the best from people and prepare for the worst.
There is no greater love than that of he who lays down his life for another. It is also an act of love to prepare yourself to defend the life of another.
A lunatic, armed with two handguns and a semi-automatic rifle, shot three people in cold blood. His first victim, a bicyclist, was heard to plead for his life, by witnesses. This hits at the core of my frustration. That bicyclist, I have learned from another news source, was an army veteran, with two tours of duty in the Middle East to his credit. It is a sure bet that when he started out on his bike ride that he did not expect to encounter his murderer. We never expect to be murdered at any given moment; if we did, it would drive us crazy. However, we must always be cognizant of the possibility and make ourselves ready. To put that more directly, never, ever leave home without your handgun.
Even a combat zone veteran is reduced to begging and helplessness when confronted, empty handed, by an armed killer. Also remember, that the responsibility of arming yourself is for your neighbor's life as well as your own. After fruitlessly begging and dying, that poor veteran failed to prevent the murder of two women, who were the next victims in this rampage. Always expect the best from people and prepare for the worst.
There is no greater love than that of he who lays down his life for another. It is also an act of love to prepare yourself to defend the life of another.
Handy Lunatic Controllent
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Rust, Moths & Thieves
How many times have I heard someone say, "If only I could hit the lottery". That thought always makes me pause and imagine the "what-if" of buying a ticket for a few dollars and realizing several million in return. If money is simply a means to self ends, then that is an enchanting thought. However, money is so much more than that, and thanks to nefarious actors in state governments, now it is so much less.
The lottery cash comes from millions of other people who are embracing the "what-if" dream. For many of them it has grown into a compulsion which will not allow them to not buy a ticket at each and every cycle, for fear that they would miss their day. Lotteries are a voluntary tax on the poor. It was sold as a fun and painless way to raise money for sanctimonious causes such as the school system. "This money would insure that our children have the best and most complete education possible", is a typical politician's quote, as they pushed this legalized gambling down the tax payer's throats.
If you did hit it big, what would you do with the blood, sweat and tears of a million people, which was gathered up into a bundle and dropped into your lap? Choose wisely, because our good Lord is watching. You may believe that the money is yours, free and clear, but the truth is, as long as we live, we are never free and clear. We must always use whatever God gives us, which is exactly everything we get, regardless of the method, for the good of our neighbors. Would you have the courage and the will to resist the temptation to spend on yourself to the point of losing your soul? I suspect that the majority of the lottery winners have failed that test. That is what the value of money really is; it is the potential labors of your fellow humans and any good or pleasure you derive from having so much of it can only come from other people working for you. That is a big responsibility.
As for the government's high sounding motivations to fund "schools" with their cut of the loot, understand this, the money didn't just go to the schools. It went into the main pot and the school money came from that. When they conned our citizens into supporting this "school windfall" what they were really doing was finding a way to harvest more of our money for their everyday, ordinary runaway spending habits, with the benefit of this version of their endless taxes being a voluntary one. "Buy" a ticket and get an infinitesimally small chance of receiving a windfall and we will keep half for our cut, and our poorest lined up and sent in millions of dollars which they never saw again.
Now we come to this weeks announcement by the Illinois Lottery that they are broke and will not payout any winning amount over $600.00 until the state legislature ends it's budget impasse. What?! The lottery needs to get money FROM the state funds?! Remember when they sold the lottery to us as a free ride. People contribute and win some back and the schools get free money. How can it be that they are short? It is because they lied. They put all of the money into the state pot and were using cash flow from the government to make payouts, which they hoped would be rare events. They failed to reserve the potential winnings. They spent it all. What a bunch of crooks, and watch how no one will go to jail for it.
These are the thieves which our Lord warned us about. Forget about the lottery. They only promise you the tiniest chance at comfort and ease of mind, at a certain cost and even fail at that. Our Lord promises infinite graces, love, comfort and peace. He promises to provide everything you need and all it will cost you is your love and trust. Just try to out love Him and you will receive far more in return. As for those leaches in the state house, walk away from their shell game and let their lottery schemes crumble down around their ankles.
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