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I love my country, the
United States of America.
I consider myself blessed beyond explanation, having been born in a nation of freedom where a government was formed OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE.
Sadly, my husband and I have come to realize that most of what has been taught in school textbooks (K-university!) is false. We believe that our “one nation under God” exists no longer as a defender of the CONSTITUTION OF THESE UNITED STATES. Yet, we know that America, as designed, cannot remain intact when the antichrist and the Great Tribulation are ushered in. We are living in exciting and changing times, my Friend!
Some thoughts on the topic of America’s/the World’s Politics are below. I would like to hear your EDUCATED (and polite!) opinion on what has taken and is taking place here in this once great land and on this globe.
Please please, if you are a servant of Christ, PRAY FOR THIS NATION. Pray for repentance to come quickly. Pray for wisdom for the (true) Body of Believers in Christ, that we will be able to discern the times.
Go to www.constitutionparty.org/ to learn some truth!
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“For this nation’s heart has grown gross (fat and dull), and their ears heavy and difficult of hearing, and their eyes they have tightly closed, lest they see and perceive with their eyes, and hear and comprehend with their ears, and grasp and understand with their heart AND TURN AND I SHOULD HEAL THEM [caps are fibromom’s addition.]
Christ’s Word in Matthew 13L15 (Amplified Bible)
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November 17, 2008
Texas Representative Ron Paul is a Constitutionalist. I campaigned for him as he ran for the U.S. presidency this go-round and was defeated in receiving the position.
He still holds a seat in the House of Rep and HE DID AND DOES CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT WORK: he is waking America up! I encourage you to get to know him and to LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. If you google him, you’ll find all sorts of excellent places in which to do that.
Here is a quote by Dr. Ron Paul which I took from www.constitutionparty.org:
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“Now, in light of the election, many are asking: What is the future of the Republican Party?
But that is the wrong question. The proper question should be: Where is our country heading? There’s no doubt that a large majority of Americans believe we’re on the wrong track. That’s why the candidate demanding "change" won the election. It mattered not that the change offered was no change at all, only a change in the engineer of a runaway train.
Once it’s figured out what is fundamentally wrong with our political and economic system, solutions can be offered. If the Republican Party can grasp hold of the policy changes needed, then the party can be rebuilt.
In the rise and fall of the recent Republican reign of power these past decades, the goal of the party had grown to be only that of gaining and maintaining power -- with total sacrifice of the original Republican belief in shrinking the size of government.
Most Republicans endorsed this view in order to achieve victories at the polls. Limiting government power and size with less spending and a balanced budget as the goal used to be a "traditional" Republican value. This is what Goldwater and Reagan talked about. That is what the Contract with America stood for.
The opportunity finally came in 2000 to do something about the cancerous growth of government. This clear message led to the Republican success at the polls.
Once the Republicans were in power, though, the promises faded, and all policies were directed at maintaining or increasing power by trying to whittle away at Democratic strength by acting like big-spending Democrats.
The Republican Congress never once stood up against the Bush/Rove machine that demanded support for unconstitutional wars, attacks on civil liberties here at home, and an economic policy based on more spending, more debt, and more inflation -- while constantly preaching the flawed doctrine that deficits don’t matter as long as taxes aren’t raised.
But what the Republican leadership didn’t realize was that ALL spending is a tax on middle-class Americans through price inflation and that eventually the inevitable consequence is paying for the extravagance with a financial crisis.
Party leaders concentrated only on political tricks in order to maintain power and neglected the limited-government principles on which they were elected. The only solution for this is for Republicans to once again reassess their core beliefs and show how the country (not the party) can be put back on the right track. The problem, though, is regaining credibility.
After eight years of perpetual (and unnecessary and unconstitutional) war, persistent and expanded attacks on our privacy, runaway deficits, and now nationalization of the financial system, Republicans are going to have a tough time regaining the confidence of the American people. But that’s what must be done.
Otherwise, Republicans can only mimic Democrats and hope for an isolated victory here and there. And that’s just more of the same that brought on the disintegration of the party.
Since the new alignment of political power offers no real change, we will remain on the same track without even a pretense of slowing the growth of government. With the new administration we can expect things to go from bad to worse.
Opportunity abounds for anyone who can present the case for common sense in fiscal affairs, for protection of civil liberties here at home, and avoiding the senseless foreign entanglements which have bogged us down for decades and contributed so significantly to our fiscal and budgetary crisis.
During the debates in the Republican Presidential primary, even though I am a 10-term sitting Representative Member of Congress, I was challenged more than once on my Republican credentials. The fact that I was repeatedly asked how I could be a Republican when I was talking a different language than the other candidates answers the question of how the Republican Party can slip so far so fast.
My rhetorical answer at the time was simple: Why should one be excluded from the Republican Party for believing and always voting for:
• Limited government power
• A balanced budget
• Personal liberty
• Strict adherence to the Constitution
• Sound money
• A strong defense while avoiding all undeclared wars
• No nation-building and no policing the world
How can a party that still pretends to be the party of limited government distance itself outright from these views and expect to maintain credibility? Since the credibility of the Republican Party has now been lost, how can it regain credibility without embracing these views, or at least showing respect for them?
I concluded my answer by simply stating the Republican Party had lost its way and must reassess its values. And that is what needs to be done in a hurry.
But it might just take a new crop of leaders to regain the credibility needed to redirect the Party. It certainly won’t be done overnight. It took a long time to come out of the wilderness after 40 years of Democratic rule for the Republican Party to take charge. Today though, time moves more quickly. Opportunities will arise. The one thing for certain is that in the next four years we will not see the Republic restored. Instead the need for it will be greater than ever.
The problems are easily understood and the answers are not that difficult. Abusing the rule of law and ignoring the Constitution can be reversed. If the Republican Party can grasp hold of the needed reforms, it can lead the way and regain its credibility. If power is sought for power’s sake alone, the Party will never be able to wrench away the power of the opposition.
In the past two years, I found that when the young people heard the message of liberty, they overwhelmingly responded favorably, fully realizing the failure of the status quo and the need to once again endorse a system of self reliance, personal responsibility, sound money, and a non-interventionist foreign policy while rejecting the cradle-to-grave nanny state all based on the rule of law and the Constitution.
To ignore the political struggle and only "hope for the best" is pure folly. The march toward a dictatorial powerful state is now in double time.
All those who care -- and especially those who understand the stakes involved -- have an ominous responsibility to energetically get involved in the battle of survival for a free and prosperous America.”
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November 17, 2008
Many of our MeetUp groups continue to be very active. One Ron Paul supporter wrote this:
Hooray for Obama!
I must admit, I'm a little bit happy about Obama winning the
election. No, it's not because I'm all googly-eyed over his
message, or because I think he's the country's salvation. Quite the
opposite, in fact. I'm glad he won, because I think it will speed
up, if only by a tiny fraction, the demise of the United States
empire. Good riddance.
If you had a dog, and it had rabies--staggering around, frothing at
the mouth, and trying to bite everyone--would your goal be to
prolong it's life as long as possible, or to put the thing out of
its misery?
However much you once cared for it, the only humane
thing to do is shoot the dog.
Likewise, a lot of people know full
well that the Great American
Experiment has failed. It had a pretty impressive start, but it's
never going back to anything resembling a free country. It is an
empire now, a tyrant's playground. It has nothing to do with
individual liberty, and everything to do with dominion and control.
So why drag out its demise any longer? Even if McCain is a bit less
socialist than Obama, what good would it have done for him to win?
Would he turn things around, and start the country on a steady
swing back in the direction of a limited, constitutional republic?
Not a chance. I don't think I know anyone stupid enough to think
that. So what's the best a McCain presidency could have
accomplished? To maybe delay the demise of the empire another few
months, or even years (to be overly optimistic about it)? Why
bother? Is the goal to put it off until it's your kids' problem, or
what? Our political system has rabies, and there is no
cure. Let it
die. In fact, help it die.
I hope Obama passes every socialistic program and wealth
redistribution plan he can think of. And then I hope the American
people refuse to comply. I hope he outlaws private gun ownership
completely, and I hope the American people refuse to give up their
guns. I hope he nationalizes all health care, and I hope a black
market in health care springs up. I hope he outlaws private
possession of gold, and no one hands theirs over. I hope he keeps
the war-mongering going, and Americans refuse to sign up, and
people already in the military resign in droves. I hope he
continues the tradition of the government doing the bidding of the
bankers and the Federal Reserve, keeping everyone in debt, and
constantly defrauded through the fiat currency scam. And I hope the
dollar collapses, and people start using something else (e.g.,
silver and gold). I hope he raises taxes through
the roof, and I
hope people refuse to pay them. I hope he pushes his
nationalist/socialist agenda just as fast as he possibly can, and I
hope Congress helps him to do so. And then I hope that the spirit
of resistance comes back to life in this country, and lets the
beast die under its own weight.
Every time I bash the cult ritual of voting, or point out how
crumby one candidate or another is, lots of people ask me, "Well,
what are we supposed to do? You're not giving any solutions!" Let
me say this very bluntly: the way to end tyranny is not by voting,
or petitioning, or running for office. The only way to end tyranny
is by disobedience. Whether by revolution or by passive resistance,
the only thing that has ever reduced oppression is a bunch of
people refusing to do what "authority" told them to do. Of course,
that's risky, and "illegal," and so most people will never dare
to
do it, at least not until
things get really bad. That's why I WANT
things to get really bad. Maybe then the American people will grow
a spine, and stop all this pathetic groveling to politicians.
Larken Rose
http://www.kickingthedragon.com
(P.S. There may be some tempted to say, "But Obama will destroy the
country!" Sorry to break it to you, but the country was destroyed
about a century ago, if not earlier. It's just taken really long
for the terminal illness called "collectivism" to run its full
course. Pull the plug. Let it die. Then try for something better.)
(P.P.S. I admit, I was eagerly looking forward to election day. No,
not because I was excited by the election, or because I cared who
won anything. No, I was excited because after today, the constant
stream of absolute bullpoop spewing out of every TV and radio might
slow down a bit. Nothing is more depressing than having to listen
to the biggest crooks on
the planet whining, lying, fear-mongering,
playing god, making empty promises, and otherwise lying their rear
ends off--a.k.a. "campaigning.")
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Most mainline media in the U.S. (you know, the “power of the people” to help keep our govt in check?) are purposefully refusing to publish factual info on the issues of Obama’s citizenship status. Yet, many not-so-wealthy nor well-known media outlets are running stories on this issue (numberous lawsuits sprouting from all over the U.S. are ensuing.) EVEN RUSSIA’S PRAVDA writes about the situation!
See www.wnd.com for info on that article
as well as more coverage of this FRIGHTENING situation America is now in.
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