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See How Google Censors American Politics

Christian Gallery News Service:
This writer, Neal Horsley, is running for Governor of Georgia in 2010 as a candidate for The Creator's Rights Party (TCRP). As a part of my campaign, TCRP paid Google to advertise my campaign on the Internet using Google's "Adword" program. It seemed a good place to advertise because it was an ad campaign open to the general public and it promised to provide significant exposure by placing small ads on the Internet pages returned to Internet uses by the Google Internet search engine. That assumption proved correct because the ad returned thousands of page views from Google search pages when Internet users inserted search terms like "abortion" and "pro-life" and "nullification", etc.

'Holy Homosexuals'

Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:
Cathedral of Hope is a church in Texas that is putting the "in" in inclusive! I guess one would need a great deal of hope, if their lifestyle was one that God considers an abomination. Watch how craftily this pastor makes any opposition to homosexuality a matter of hate and fear.

School Bans Anti-Abortion T-Shirt

BBC News, UK:
A teenage mother has been banned from wearing an anti-abortion T-shirt to her secondary school in Aberdeenshire. Sarah Scott, 16, who has a four-month-old son, was told that the black shirt with red lettering reading "ABORTION IS MURDER" was offensive. Staff at Banff Academy, where she is a pupil, said she faces exclusion from school if she wears it again. But Ms Scott said she was being targeted for her views and claimed her freedom of speech had been violated.

The Worst Tragedy of The Bush Presidency

Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:
The worst tragedy of the Bush presidency is the damage he has done to the image and influence of Christianity. It is no hyperbole to say that George W. Bush has done more to demean and mitigate the positive influence of genuine Christianity than any single person in American history. And I do not say that lightly.

Members of Congress Give Themselves a Pay Raise

The Associated Press:
Despite record-low approval ratings, House lawmakers Wednesday voted to accept an approximately $4,400 pay raise that will increase their salaries to almost $170,000. The cost-of-living raise gets lawmakers back on track for automatic pay raises after a fight between Democrats and Republicans last year and again in January killed the pay hike due this year. That was the first interruption of the annual congressional pay hike in seven years.

Tiller Busted On Late-Term Abortion Procedures

The Associated Press:
A doctor who performs abortions was charged Thursday with violating Kansas law on late-term procedures, a surprise move from a Democrat attorney general who recently unseated a prominent anti-abortion Republican. Attorney General Paul Morrison filed 19 misdemeanor counts alleging that Dr. George Tiller, one of the few U.S. physicians performing late-term abortions, got second opinions from a doctor who was not financially and legally independent from him, as the law requires. Morrison's predecessor, Phill Kline, had unsuccessfully prosecuted the same doctor for different reasons.

Senate Drives Stake Through Amnesty

The Associated Press:
President Bush's immigration plan to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants while fortifying the border collapsed in the Senate on Thursday, crushing both parties' hopes of addressing the volatile issue before the 2008 elections. The Senate vote to drive a stake through the delicate compromise was a stinging setback for Bush - who had made reshaping immigration laws a centerpiece of his domestic agenda - engineered by members of his own party.

Illegals Bill Loses Support in Senate

Stephen Dinan / The Washington Times:
The Senate immigration bill lost supporters yesterday and hangs on by a thread heading into this morning's showdown vote, after lawmakers voted down amendments making illegal aliens show roots to get legal status and cutting off their path to citizenship. This morning's vote is on a parliamentary question about limiting debate, but it boils down to a vote to block the bill. The bill was always a precarious balance, a deal between a small group of Republicans and Democrats that didn't win rave reviews from either side. It survived because of pressure from Mr. Bush and because the group, known as the "grand bargain," was able to defeat "poison-pill" amendments and push others into the future.

Lofton Interviews A Possible Presidential Candidate

John Lofton / The American View:
"World Net Daily" (5/7/07) has carried an article mentioning Jim Corsi as a possible Constitution Party Presidential candidate. Will he be? I have no idea. But, I did interview him (5/17/07) on a variety of issues and here’s what he had to say. The occasional background noise you hear is because Jim was at an airport when I spoke with him. — J.L.

The Great Commissions

Eric Rauch / American Vision:
The June 15th edition of the USA Today carried a front page article entitled "Can rap regain its crown?" "With declining sales and rising concerns about its quality and 'gansta' image," the article began, "hip-hop is in crisis. Even some star rappers say it risks becoming irrelevant." The article goes on to interview many industry insiders for their take on the continuing slide of the once dominant rap genre. Rap record sales have fallen 43.6% since 2000, outpacing the general trend of overall record sales (of all genres), which fell 25%.

Poll: Most Republicans Are Closet Perverts

They Favor Socialized Healthcare and Homosexuality.
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
A large nationwide poll of Republican voters shows that an increasing number consider themselves conservative, that about half favor universal healthcare and allowing gays in the military, and that the vast majority say spreading democracy shouldn’t be the United States’ top foreign policy goal. The poll, conducted by GOP consultant Tony Fabrizio 10 years after he conducted a similar study, also casts some doubts on the conventional wisdom about moral-issues voters, thought to be the key constituency for President Bush in 2004. Fifty-one percent of the GOPers said universal healthcare coverage should be a right of every American, and 49 percent favored allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military.

Have You Ever Visited A Sodomite Pride Parade?

Coach Dave Daubenmire / NewsWithViews.com:
I spent last Saturday at the Gay Pride parade in Columbus, Ohio. I try to go every year, at least for the past seven or so. Try as I might to avoid the confrontation there is just something inside of me that will not allow me to stay home. There were about twenty of us who made the decision to go. For several it was the first time they had ever ventured outside the safety of their church.

Illegals Bill Loses Support In Senate

Stephen Dinan / The Washington Times:
The Senate immigration bill lost supporters yesterday and hangs on by a thread heading into this morning's showdown vote, after lawmakers voted down amendments making illegal aliens show roots to get legal status and cutting off their path to citizenship. This morning's vote is on a parliamentary question about limiting debate, but it boils down to a vote to block the bill.

Border Agent Backers to Protest Prosecutor

Jerry Seper / The Washington Times:
More than 1,000 people are expected to rally Saturday outside the offices of U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton in San Antonio to demand his termination and protest his "malicious prosecution" of law-enforcement officers who sought to arrest illegal aliens. Sponsored by the American Freedom Riders and U.S. Border Watch, the rally is billed as the "Showdown at Sutton's Office," and will feature as keynote speaker former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Gary M. Brugman, who spent two years in prison for shoving an illegal alien to the ground with his foot.

Catholic Church Reports Secret Police Ties

Ryan Lucas / The Associated Press:
Documents in secret police files showed about a dozen bishops still alive had ties to Poland's communist-era secret services, a Roman Catholic Church commission said Wednesday. Poland's Roman Catholic bishops asked the special church commission to review their communist-era files in January, after a scandal in which Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus of Warsaw resigned just before his installation over disclosures he had cooperated with the former secret police.

Jewish Groups Split Over Church-State Ruling

James D. Besser / Jewish Week:
Jewish groups that want to use the courts to roll back President George W. Bush's faith-based funding programs received a stunning setback on Monday when the Supreme Court denied legal standing to a group challenging those programs on church-state grounds. The 5-4 decision — which was condemned by Jewish church-state groups but applauded by Orthodox organizations — seemed to endorse the administration’s focus on implementing its faith-based programs through executive action, not legislation.

'Don't Know Much About History'

Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:
In an effort to secure the present, secular critics of Biblical Christianity make much of the alleged "historical revisionism" made by such eminent thinkers as R. J. Rushdoony. By this they are referring to revisionism in American history, and they seek to remove any all proofs that America was founded as a Christian nation. If they can achieve that, they believe they can make the case for casting aside all vestments of a "conservative" Christian society.

Antithesis and the Doctrine of Scripture

John M. Frame / Frame-Poythress.org:
The Bible often divides people into two classes, antithetically related. There are the sons of Cain and of Seth (Gen. 4-6), Israel and the nations (Ex. 19:5-6), the righteous and the wicked (Ps. 1), the wise and the foolish (Prov. 1:7), the saved and the lost (Matt. 18:11), the children of Abraham and those of the devil (John 8:39-44), the elect and the nonelect (Rom. 9), believers and unbelievers (1 Cor. 6:6), practitioners of the wisdom of the world and of the wisdom of God (1 Cor. 1-2), those who walk in light and those who walk in darkness (1 John 1:5-10), the church and the world (1 John 2:15-17). These antitheses aren’t all equivalent. That is to say that they are not simply alternate names for the same two groups. The distinction between elect and nonelect, for example, is not the same as the distinction between believer and unbeliever. There are elect people among the current group of unbelievers, and that fact motivates missions and evangelism. So in Acts 18:10, the Lord assured Paul that "I have many in this city who are my people," many elect who had not yet embraced the gospel.

Be Renewed

The Seekers' Network:
Ephesians 4:23 "And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;"
The previous verse said that the old man "is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts." We are to put off that old man, but this is not sufficient by itself. The old man is corrupt, because it is literally subject to the lusts of deceit. It has been deceived into believing the desires of the flesh. This does not refer only to sexual desires. The word lusts had a much broader meaning. The old man was deceived by all of the worldly pleasures that were placed before it. It could not discern right from wrong.

Senate to Test Success of Immigration Bill

Mary Benoit / JBS:
According to Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC), the only way for opponents to block the Bush/Kennedy amnesty bill is if "the American people raise the level of their voices in the next 24 hours."

Amnesty Outcome to be Revealed Soon!
The Senate is desperately trying to bring the so-called immigration reform bill to a close after a procedural vote to debate and vote on the bill's amendments passed in the Senate on Tuesday, breathing new life into Senator Ted Kennedy's (D-Mass.) S. 1639.

Bush Sends Wrong Message To Terrorists

MinutemanHQ.com:
The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (MCDC) believe that by refusing to secure our porous borders and by visiting the Washington Islamic Center today, the premiere Saudi-funded mosque in the United States, President Bush sends a “y’all come” message to terrorists, seditionists and criminals. The U.S.-Mexico border is frequently violated by individuals originating from known Middle East terrorist states, and the Senate Amnesty Bill’s failure to secure our borders will only increase the ability of hostile foreign nationals to enter sovereign United States territory undetected.

'Amnesty' Fake Papers Pledged in Wiretap

Stephen Dinan / The Washington Times:
The head of a Mexican forgery ring was convinced he could make phony documents that illegal aliens could use to indicate fraudulently that they were eligible for a new amnesty, says a government affidavit recounting wiretapped phone calls the man made. Julio Leija-Sanchez, who ran a $3 million-a-year forgery operation before he was arrested in April, was expecting Congress to pass a legalization program, which he called "amnesty," and said he could forge documents to fool the U.S. government into believing illegal aliens were in the country in time to qualify for amnesty, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent said in the affidavit.

NRLC Thinks Criticizing Dobson Is Blasphemy

John Lofton / The American View Radio:
This program discusses in detail the recent expulsion from the National Right To Life Committee (NRTLC) of the Colorado Right To Life (CRTL) organization, a true, no-exceptions, pro-life group. This is a very important clash between Republican Party cheerleaders (NRTLC) and a group of individuals that are – well, not Republican Party cheerleaders (CRTL.) This is also a religious war. The former group (NRTLC), evidently, believes it is blasphemy to criticize Dr. James Dobson; the latter group (CRTL) believes – well, that criticizing Dr. Dobson is not blasphemy. May God bless and prosper the CRTL and raise up more men such as those who make up this organization.

Ron Paul Misses 'Unalienable Right to Life'

The Missing Element in Stem Cell Debate.
Rep. Ron Paul / Texas Straight Talk:
"Our founding fathers devised a system of governance that limited federal activity very narrowly. In doing so, they intended to keep issues such as embryonic stem cell research entirely out of Washington’s hands. They believed issues such as this should be tackled by free people acting freely in their churches and medical associations, and in the marketplace that would determine effective means of research. When government policies on this issue were to be developed, our founders would have left them primarily to state legislators to decide in accord with community standards."

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Going Slow On Paul
Bret McAtee / The Backwater Report:
Dr. Paul was seriously incorrect to suggest that this particular program should not be prohibited. Dr. Paul was seriously incorrect to suggest that it would be acceptable for the Market and States to deal with embryonic research. Embryonic stem cell research requires the destruction of human life and a Libertarian approach to human life taking is not acceptable for a Christian. Embryonic stem cell research is something that should be constitutionally forbidden for the same reasons that abortion should be constitutionally forbidden. Embryonic stem cell research, since it takes human life, is not something that we handle in a Libertarian fashion by allowing the marketplace or the States to decide. When we fail to protect life we are failing the US Constitution with its explicit intent to "secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity."

Final Cloture Vote On Amnesty Expected Thursday

MinutemanHQ.com:
The Senate took a major step toward Amnesty by casting their first vote in favor of cloture. A final cloture vote is expected Thursday opening wide the floodgates of Amnesty! We MUST stop this final cloture vote from advancing a devastating Immigration Bill to the Senate floor for a vote! "The Senate is playing Russian roulette with our nation by invoking cloture and promoting amnesty," says Chris Simcox, founder and President of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.

Immigration Bill Threatens Jobs and Guns

Gun Owners of America:
If you've been listening to the news, you know that the immigration bill may soon be back on the U.S. Senate floor for consideration. Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts has reintroduced his immigration bill (along with Senator Specter of Pennsylvania). The new bill, S. 1639, contains both of the concerns that GOA alerted you to last month: * First, section 205 of the bill could, in the hands of an anti-gun administration, PUT EVERY MAJOR GUN SHOP OUT OF BUSINESS. * Second, the immigration bill could deny many gun owners their right to find a job or buy a gun.

Planned Worker ID Called Vulnerable

Carolyn Lochhead / San Francisco Chronicle:
The linchpin of all new proposals to control illegal immigration, including a Senate bill up for reconsideration this week, is an electronic employer verification system to shut off the job magnet that has attracted millions of illegal workers to the United States. A government that cannot issue passports to 3 million U.S. citizens in time for summer holidays is expected to create a vast work-authorization system for more than 7 million U.S. employers and eventually all 146 million U.S. workers that is quick, accurate and safe. Heavy enforcement would be required to prevent it from being evaded by illegal workers and employers alike.

Pushing National IDs

Dennis Behreandt / The New American:
The ABC News headline was intended to be alarming. Posted by "Brian Ross & the Investigative Team," the headline proclaimed: "FBI Terror Watch List 'Out of Control.'" According to the report by Justin Rood, the watch list, intended to help authorities keep tabs on a few of the world's worst terrorist threats, had gotten so big as to become nearly useless for actually fighting terrorism.

NAFTA Superhighway Ready to Roll

Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, has vetoed a series of bills passed by the Texas Legislature, clearing the way for the Texas Department of Transportation to begin construction on the four-football-fields-wide new Trans-Texas Corridor along Interstate 35 (TTC-35) from the Mexican border at Laredo north to the Oklahoma border south of Oklahoma City.

Air NAFTA
Bush Plans to Erase National Borders for Air Carriers
An author and investigative journalist says the Bush administration is working on a plan that would essentially erase national borders for air carriers, perhaps paving the way for Mexican and Canadian airlines to compete with U.S. carriers for American domestic and international routes.

Plans for Open North American Aviation Market Inch Forward
Media-Newswire.com -- Washington -- Sometime over the next the decade, but likely not in 2007 or 2008 -- Air Canada could be competing with U.S. carriers on the New York-Paris route and Aeromexico might be launching flights between Los Angeles and Toronto. This vision for an open North American aviation market inched a bit closer in April when the United States, Canada and Mexico announced a plan to work toward establishing a trilateral open skies agreement, according to U.S. officials.

NRA's Massive Expansion of Gun Control

Press Release / Gun Owners of America:
Legislation introduced by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) -- and passed by the House last week -- represents the most massive expansion of gun control in years. If HR 2640 becomes law, untold hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Americans could lose their gun rights. "Under this bill, based solely on a diagnosis of a psychiatrist, an American's name could be dumped into the National Criminal Instant Check (NICS) system," said GOA Executive Director Larry Pratt. "No due process, no court, just an illegible signature on a prescription pad.

Hindu Prayer Will Open U.S. Senate

Nathan Burchfiel / CNSNews.com:
For what is believed to be the first time in its history, the U.S. Senate will on July 12 be opened with a Hindu prayer, the Senate Chaplain's Office confirmed Monday. For more than 200 years, the Senate has opened each workday with a prayer usually delivered by the Senate Chaplain, currently Barry Black, a Seventh Day Adventist. It is common, however, for senators to recommend religious leaders from their home states to serve as guest chaplains.

Lutheran Pastor Sentenced to a Year in Jail

LifeSiteNews.com:
A city court in Erlangen, Bavaria, gave Lutheran Pastor Johannes Lerle a one year jail sentence for the "crime" of comparing abortion to the Nazi holocaust. In response, Jim Hughes, Vice President of International Right to Life Federation has called on pro-life activists internationally to take action on the matter by contacting German authorities to demand freedom of speech and freedom of religion for the pastor.

Covenant Theology

His Glory:
"Man, by his Fall, having made himself incapable of life by that covenant [of obedience to the Law], the Lord was pleased to make a second, commonly called the covenant of grace: wherein he freely offereth unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ, requiring of them faith in him, that they may be saved, and promising to give unto all those that are ordained unto life, his Holy Spirit, to make them willing and able to believe." - Westminster Confession of Faith (1647). Chapter 7:3.

Alan Keyes: Debate of Carhart Called For

Alan Keyes / RenewAmerica.us:
I learned with sadness and chagrin that at the recent convention of National Right to Life, the organization's leadership decided to purge the Colorado Chapter because the chapter took to task the pro-life leaders who applauded Justice Kennedy's reasoning in Gonzales v. Carhart — the recent Supreme Court decision on partial birth abortion. Unfortunately, this news was not my first inkling of the internecine conflict the decision brought to light within the ranks of the pro-life movement.

Amnesty Bill Passes Test Vote in Senate

The Associated Press:
The Senate voted Tuesday to jump-start a stalled immigration measure to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants. President Bush said the bill offered a "historic opportunity for Congress to act," and appeared optimistic about its passage by week's end. The pivotal test-vote was 64-35 to revive the divisive legislation.

Great Idea For Independence Day

Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:
A few years ago, I sadly discovered that it was next to impossible to find our nation's great historic documents together in one volume, so we decided to fix that problem. It took us a full year to research and compile over 50 of our country's greatest historical documents, but we did it!

Christian School to Go Online!

Lee Duigon / Chalcedon Blog:
Cornerstone Christian School will be reaching out to homeschooling parents all over America this summer by offering a pair of online enrichment courses. "This is all new to us," said Rebecca Johnson, in charge of developing the project. "We're looking for a test market for the summer, so there'll be some perks and challenges for those participating in this first program."

History's Wasted Moment

Bob Strodtbeck / Ether Zone:
Once upon a time the US was known as the world's "benevolent superpower". This moniker was affixed to our identity when we were attempting to contain the spread of communism during the days of the Cold War. That was the epic global struggle between us, the "benevolent superpower", and the USSR, "The Evil Empire". The American political system, however, never seemed to adjust to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Goodbye To The 'City Upon A Hill'

Paul Craig Roberts / VDARE.com:
America is being destroyed. Many Americans are unaware, others are indifferent, and some intend it. The destruction is across the board: the political and constitutional system, the economy, social institutions including the family itself, citizenship, and the character and morality of the American people. Those who rely on the Internet for information are aware that the Bush regime has successfully assaulted the separation of powers and civil liberty.

Court Lets 'Hog-Trough-Faith' Initiative Stand

William Branigin / The Washington Post:
The Supreme Court ruled that federal taxpayers cannot challenge the constitutionality of White House efforts to help religious groups obtain government funding for their social programs, handing a victory to President Bush's faith-based initiatives program. In a 5 to 4 decision, the court blocked a lawsuit by a Wisconsin-based group of atheists and agnostics against the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The court ruled that the suit, by the Freedom From Religion Foundation and three of its taxpaying members, could not go forward because ordinary taxpayers lack legal standing to challenge executive branch expenditures.

Court Backs School On 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus'

Charles Lane / The Washington Post:
The Supreme Court yesterday gave public schools new authority to regulate what students say, allowing principals to punish speech or demonstrations that may "reasonably be viewed" as promoting illegal drug use. In its most significant ruling on student speech in almost two decades, the court said that the principal of a high school in Juneau, Alaska, did not violate senior Joseph Frederick's constitutional right to free speech when she suspended him for unfurling a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus."

Preacher's Wife Leaves Jail

Emanuella Grinberg / Court TV:
A preacher's wife who was convicted of manslaughter for shooting her husband to death left jail Wednesday for a mental health facility, where she will serve the remainder of her sentence. After spending 13 days in McNairy County jail in Selmer, Tenn., Mary Winkler was transferred to an undisclosed mental health facility, where she will receive treatment for longstanding mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and a mild personality disorder.

Rudy set to woo Pat U.

David Saltonstall / New York Daily News:
Talk about an unusual civil union between two men - Rudy Giuliani, the pro-choice, pro-gay rights former mayor, is set to huddle tomorrow with Pat Robertson, the "conservative" Christian Coalition founder and televangelist. The Republican presidential hopeful is due to give a speech at the preacher's Regent University in Virginia, marking one of the most explicit appeals to date by Giuliani to fundamentalist Christian voters.

'The Giuliani-Driven Christians'

Mark Dankof / blogs.albawaba.com:
My good friend, Dr. Paul Gottfried of Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, goes a long way toward explaining the real agenda of the American "Christian" Right in his latest effort for The American Conservative, entitled The Giuliani-Driven Christians. Dr. Gottfried notes that Quinnipiac polls indicate Giuliani's present status as the most popular Presidential candidate among Protestant evangelicals, and that Hizzoner's present lead in the polls in key swing states, especially Florida, is directly attributable to "white Evangelical voters." The Washington Post has chimed in, reporting in February that Giuliani is "surging among white Evangelicals."

Book: Bomb Iran In Jesus' Name

Bill Berkowitz / TomPaine.com:
Mike Evans may not be a household name, but he is doing all he can to encourage President Bush to act militarily against Iran before the end of 2008. The "book is designed as a twenty-one-day study tool, patterned after Daniel’s twenty-one days of prayer told of in Daniel 10 that brought deliverance to his nation and his people. " Evans has come up with "three weeks of messages for pastors and Bible teachers." "I believe this is a battle of two books, two kingdoms and two spirits—and that the key to victory lies more in the hands of the church in America crying out to God than it does in the politicians of Washington, D.C."

Evangelicals and the Middle East

Darrell Dow / Backwater Report:
I recently read Paul Findley’s “They Dare Speak Out.” Findley was a congressman from rural Illinois from the late 60’s until he was taken down by the Israeli lobby in 1982, defeated by a rising young politico named Richard Durbin, now one of the most prominent Dems in the United States Senate. I’ve seen much ink spilled in the last month or so over the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War, but surprisingly (snicker, snicker) not too much discussion recalling a less auspicious anniversary–the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty.

The Church

R. J. Rushdoony / Chalcedon Blog:
It is sad that Christians have forgotten the meaning of the word church in the New Testament. It translates ecclessia, an unusual word which meant then the town or ruling council or government for an area. This means that the church was called into being to become in time the true ruling body for its given area. It was not to attain this position by means of revolution, nor by political activity, but by obedience to the law of God.

What Does Pro-Life Mean?

Jim Schneider / Crosstalk America:
Brian Rohrbough is the President of Colorado Right to Life. Colorado Right to Life is the oldest right to life organization in America. Their statement of values is based upon the Sixth Commandment as well as the idea of honoring God. Brian admitted that the organization strayed in the past but he apologized to members and told them he would not go down that path again.

Wanted: A New Conservatism

Joseph Sobran / Sobran.com:
George F. Will, spokesman for the hence-thus-indeed coffee-table school of conservatism, whose utterances seem meant to sound like old translations from some august language, has once more done what he does best: set my teeth on edge with yet another pronouncement on what the contemporary conservative position ought to be. In recent weeks Will has all but endorsed Rudy Giuliani (whom else?) for president and ridiculed Ron Paul, who takes the U.S. Constitution seriously, as an anachronism.

Feds Take Control of Vitamin Supplements

Sweet Deal For Drug Companies.
Kevin Freking / The Associated Press:
For the first time, manufacturers of vitamins, herbal pills and other dietary supplements will have to test all of their products' ingredients. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it is phasing in a new rule that is designed to address concerns that existing regulations allowed supplements onto the market that were contaminated or didn't contain ingredients claimed on the label.

The Hypocrite That Keeps On Giving

Daniel Sargis / Ether Zone:
Tennessee Williams once noted that, "The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!" While pumping-up his Amnesty bill at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Confrence in Washington DC, President Bush finally demonstrated a skill at something other than drinking...he is an A+ hypocritical liar. W spewed hypocrisy and lies from the first words of his remarks to the last.

Deer Hunting With Jesus

Fred Reed / LewRockwell.com:
Long ago, having had to write more book reviews than I wanted, I decided that I would rather have pile surgery by an ocelot than write another. Then I got an advance copy of Deer Hunting with Jesus, by Joe Bageant, and realized that I had to come out of retirement. It’s, you know, like noblesse oblige. Here goes. Bageant is a redneck, and his book is about rednecks, who are a huge, sprawling class of people found everywhere but mostly invisible. They aren’t what people think they are. (Though, given that a strange mixture of folk read this column, I’d better be careful with generalizations.) They actually have lives, and problems, and stories. They can be amusing, admirable, exasperating, and pathetic. Mostly nobody cares. If you truly are interested in how America works, in what’s out there down the side roads, shell out the lousy $16.50 and read the sucker.

Theocracy

Rev. R.J. Rushdoony:
False theocracies are the rule of men; true theocracy is the rule of God's law in men and over men. True theocracy requires a very limited church and state. Giving more power to men, either privately or institutionally, is no substitute for the rule of the triune God in the lives of men.

YWCA to Exclude Christian Parade Float

Carl Lindquist / The York Dispatch:
With an eye toward keeping the annual Halloween parade family-friendly (e.g. politically correct), the YWCA of York is again planning to exclude political floats at this year's ghoulish procession. The decision on whom to accept or reject is made by a volunteer committee, she said. Among applicants to be rejected last year was the Rev. Jim Grove, pastor of the 60-member Heritage Baptist Church in the Loganville area. "If they (the YWCA) support diversity, it would seem to me they ought to be willing to tolerate my opinion," Grove said. But "it's not diverse. It's not what they claim to promote."

Atheist Group Sues State Over Youth Ranch

Blake Nicholson / The Associated Press:
An atheist group says North Dakota officials are using public money to religiously indoctrinate young people at the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch, according to a federal lawsuit. The Freedom From Religion Foundation wants a judge to declare a violation of the constitutional separation of church and state, and order the government to stop sending children or money to the ranch. The ranch has three residential facilities for troubled youth and also offers day-programs.

CIA Declassifies 1970s 'Skeletons' File

National Security Archive:
The Central Intelligence Agency violated its charter for 25 years until revelations of illegal wiretapping, domestic surveillance, assassination plots, and human experimentation led to official investigations and reforms in the 1970s, according to declassified documents posted today on the Web by the National Security Archive at George Washington University.

Pentagon Email System Hacked

The Associated Press:
The Defense Department took as many as 1,500 computers off line because of a cyber attack, Pentagon officials said Thursday. Few details were released about the attack, which happened Wednesday, but Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the computer systems would be working again soon. Gates said the Pentagon sees hundreds of attacks a day, and this one had no adverse impact on department operations. Employees whose computers were affected could still use their handheld BlackBerries. When asked if his own e-mail account was affected, Gates revealed, "I don't do e-mail. I'm a very low-tech person."

The Boom in Doom

Gary DeMar / American Vision:
Papers of Isaac Newton have surfaced that show that he predicted the end of the world would take place no earlier than the year 2060, exactly 1,260 years after the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire.1 His calculation is based on passages that use "1260 days" ... "42 months" ... "time, times, half a time" (Dan. 7:5; 12:7; Rev. 11:2–3; 12:6; 12:14; 13:5). These periods of time are interpreted to mean 1,260 years. Newton wasn’t alone in predicting when the end might come. The year 2000 preoccupied a number of revolutionaries and self-styled "prophets" long before our generation took an interest in the seemingly mystical number.

A Parable: The Good Christian

Bret McAtee / The Backwater Report:
An average American was going about his daily business when he fell into the hands of the State. They stripped him of his clothes through taxation, beat him by legislating against his cultural roots and dumbed him down by the process of enstupidification, leaving him half dead while still thinking he was perfectly healthy (hey, enstupidification works). They then invited in an alien horde into the Average American’s homeland with the intent of destroying America’s cultural identity and impoverishing him even more by forcing him to pay for the social services that the illegal aliens required.

Tyranny and the Military Commissions Act

Jacob G. Hornberger / LewRockwell.com:
In Star Wars, Episode 3, in response to the Senate's grant of sweeping powers to Chancellor Palpatine, Padme declares, "So this is how liberty dies: with thunderous applause." The same may be said about the Military Commissions Act (MCA) that was recently enacted by Congress – that this is how freedom ends, with or without the applause. Despite the fact that the MCA has received just a modicum of publicity from the mainstream press, it is undoubtedly the most ominous and dangerous piece of legislation in our lifetime.

You Are an Enemy Combatant

John W. Whitehead / LewRockwell.com:
The groundwork is being laid for a new kind of government where it will no longer matter if you’re innocent or guilty, whether you’re a threat to the nation or even if you’re a citizen. What will matter is what the president – or whoever happens to be occupying the Oval Office at the time – thinks. And if he or she thinks you’re a threat to the nation and should be locked up, then you’ll be locked up with no access to the protections our Constitution provides. In effect, you will disappear.

Is S. 1348 the Aztlan Implementation Act?

Jack Ward / Freedom.org:
When the details of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, S. 1348, were revealed, many asked: "Who supplied input to the Senators?" When it was revealed that La Raza (The Race) and MeChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) were major players in the congressional smoke-filled rooms, the intent of the legislation became evident. While the naive believed that the immigration legislation was focused on compassion, the intent of La Raza and MeCha is Reconquista or the "re-conquest" of the Southwestern U.S. by Mexico.

NAFTA Superhighway Extends North

WorldNetDaily.com:
A NAFTA superhighway plan under way in Texas will be extended to Oklahoma and Colorado, stretching the four-lane, train-truck-car-pipeline corridor from the Mexican border at Laredo, Texas, to Denver, reports WND columnist Jerome Corsi, whose new investigative book, "The Late Great USA: The Coming Merger with Mexico and Canada," has just been released.

Homeland Security Computers Hacked

Judicial Watch:
The massive federal agency that secures U.S. borders, protects the nation from terrorist attacks and cyber threats cannot even protect its own "secure" computer system from hacker break ins. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security, the blanket agency created to protect the country after the 2001 terrorist attacks, have admitted that its computer security system is not so secure after all. In the last two years alone, more than 800 unauthorized hackers have broken into the system possibly accessing crucial national security data.

1798 National Fasting and Prayer Proclamation

John Adams / WallBuilders.com:
This is the text of President John Adams' March 23, 1798 national Fasting and Prayer proclamation; as printed in the The Phenix/Windham Herald, April 12, 1798.

Hijacking the Declaration

Gary DeMar / American Vision:
It's been said that you can tell a book by its cover. You can also tell a book by those who endorse it. Consider Alan Dershowitz’s Blasphemy: How the Religious Right is Hijacking our Declaration of Independence. The book is endorsed by at least two published atheists (Steven Pinker and Sam Harris), the president of the ACLU (Nadine Strossen, who speaks to atheist groups and may be an atheist herself), an anti-Christian and self-avowed atheistic Congressman (Pete Stark, D-CA), and the Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Barry W. Lynn) who rarely has anything good to say about religion and the public square.

Dominion vs. Domination

Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:
"It is significant that godly man in Genesis 1:26-28 is called to exercise dominion (not domination) over the earth, not other men, to develop all things in terms of God's law-word and to make this earth into God's realm and domain. Fallen man does not seek dominion, which begins with his salvation and his ability to rule himself, but, rather, the goal of fallen man is domination, to control other people.

Ron Paul's Bill to Abolish Federal Reserve

GovTrack.US:
Presidential candidate and Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) introduced H.R. 2755 "To abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes. This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills go first to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise bills before they go to general debate. The majority of bills never make it out of committee."

Excluding Ron Paul

Thomas E. Woods, Jr. / LewRockwell.com:
The Iowa Christian Alliance and Iowans for Tax Relief are co-sponsoring a Republican candidates’ forum for June 30. The event will feature Mitt Romney, Tommy Thompson, Sam Brownback, Jim Gilmore, Mike Huckabee, and Tom Tancredo. Ron Paul, however, is to be excluded. In fact, that’s what Paul’s campaign was expressly told when they inquired. Campaign manager Kent Snyder tells the story.

Treason In The Congress

Joan Veon / NewsWithViews.com:
Recently The Washington Post ran an article entitled, "A Senate Debate with a British Accent." In it they explained that Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer, who appeared to be "playing a British parliamentarian [Oliver Cromwell], had come to seek a ‘vote of no confidence’ in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales—and thereby deal a blow to the imperial reign of President Bush the Second." When it was told to President Bush who was traveling in Bulgaria, he said, "They can try to have their votes of no confidence, but it’s not going to determine---who serves in my government." The article mused, "Only in America would the president turn himself into a king on the very same day that the Senate decides to become a parliament." Let’s talk about this for a moment.

House GOP Gives 'Amnesty' Alternative

Stephen Dinan / The Washington Times:
Key House Republicans yesterday said they would stick with current immigration laws rather than adopt the Senate's reform bill, taking a poke at the key selling point of President Bush and Senate Republicans to try to earn conservatives' support. "Ideally, you would have the current law plus the legislation we are proposing today, but what we want to do is stop the Senate amnesty bill in its tracks right now," said Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican and ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee.

Mint Releases 'Godless' Dollars

The Associated Press:
It looks like the U.S. Mint has struck again — or not struck again, depending on how you look at it. New dollar coins featuring John Adams are missing edge inscriptions including "In God We Trust," according to the Professional Coin Grading Service, a rare coin authentication company based in Newport Beach, Calif.

Church Looks to Change Denomination

Split Caused by Abortion and 'Homosexual Approval'.
Steve Eighinger / Quincy Herald Whig:
The congregation of First Presbyterian Church will vote Sunday on whether to seek dismissal from the Presbyterian Church USA and realign with another reformed denomination. The Rev. Rod Bakker said if the First Presbyterian congregation approves the move and receives the dismissal it would request from the Presbytery of the Great Rivers, its regional governing body, the next step will be to align with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Bakker said the unrest stems largely from stances PCUSA has taken in recent years involving abortion and the ordination of practicing, self-avowed homosexuals.

The Atheist Bible of Quotations

Gary DeMar / American Vision:
Atheism is a religion. It is a worldview driven by faith in a system of thought supposedly generated by a brain that evolved from a pre-biotic soup of chemicals that randomly emits electrical impulses through its gray matter. But how can the evolved mind be trusted to know anything authoritatively or claim that certain behaviors are morally right or wrong?

Public Interest in Ron Paul is Growing

Alex Spillius / Daily Telegraph:
A little-known Texan congressman is exploiting the internet to launch a cut-price bid for the US presidency as fund-raising for big name candidates sets new records. Ron Paul, 71, has combined his popularity online with core conservative values to transform his campaign. Public interest in Dr Paul, who is known as Dr No in Congress because he has rejected so many bills as unconstitutional, has grown after each live debate with other Republican contenders.

Illegal Immigration - The Politics of Treason

Dr. Patrick Johnston / RightRemedy.org:
Illegal immigration is one of those issues that everyone is talking about but no one in the mainstream appears to know what they are talking about. The state and the media have foisted upon the public a false dichotomy in this discourse that few have shaken.

School Fires Supervisor For Talking Morality

Lisa Kiava / WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul:
The Prior Lake-Savage School Board decided Monday night to terminate the employment of a high school campus supervisor that had been talking about religion and morality to students inside and outside of school, according to the school board. Chris Lind supervised hallways and a computer lab at Prior Lake High School. Many students would ask his advice and even seek him out outside of school.

Justice Dept. Drops Gay Probe of Arizona Republican

Jennifer Talhelm / The Associated Press:
Justice Department investigators looking into former Arizona Rep. Jim Kolbe's relationships with House pages found no wrongdoing and have closed their inquiry, Kolbe says. Kolbe and his Washington lawyers said in a statement that they were notified that investigators had completed a preliminary inquiry opened by federal prosecutors last fall, and saw no reason to pursue it further. Kolbe was pulled into the Foley scandal when he acknowledged that a former page had complained in 2001 or 2002 about e-mails the page had received from Foley that made him feel uncomfortable.

Related:

• Foley, Kolbe and the Secret Gay Network


• Feds Probe Trip That Kolbe Made With Pages


• Homosexual Blackmail on Capitol Hill


• Foley, Gay Republicans, And The List
• Gay Republican Congressman Faulted in Foley Report


• Gay Republican Gets OK to Use Campaign Funds

United States, That Late, Great Nation

Al Cronkrite / The Covenant News:
"Joe Farah rejects the only candidate that might bring major change and uses outrageously faulty reasoning to support his decision. He claims his Middle-Eastern roots afford him a superior ability to analyze politics in that region. He does not, however, calculate the hideous distortion Zionism creates."

Ordinance Against Street Preaching Nixed

Scott Parrott / Times-News:
North Carolina: The Hendersonville City Council threw out a picketing law that came under fire after an evangelist spent time in jail for preaching with no permit. In March, Georgia pastor Billy Ball was cited twice and then arrested for not obtaining the permit before preaching on Four Seasons Boulevard and Main Street. Preachers from neighboring counties and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee came to Hendersonville and protested the law, saying it violated the freedoms of religion and speech guaranteed by the Constitution. At least one preacher threatened to sue if the city didn’t change the ordinance.

Death & Church Courts

Bret McAtee / The Backwater Report:
The Reformed World in the month of June convenes many of their denominational Synods and Assembly's. At such gatherings weighty subjects are discussed and voted upon and on many of those issues I have passionate convictions that sometimes are assuaged by denominational decisions but more often become unchartable due to what I am convinced are decisions that are reached by way of pagan sentiment and irrationality more then by way of thinking God’s thoughts after Him.

Ron Paul, The Mahatma

Gary North / Chalcedon Blog:
They called Gandhi the mahatma: the great self. Ron Paul is the mahatma of self-government. He gains applause from the anti-war Left, small as it is. He gains applause from free market advocates, who are weary of government interference in their lives. And he drives the muddled middle crazy. Note: he doesn't wear a loincloth.

Tell the Vision

Eric Rauch / American Vision:
A study conducted by the Culture and Media Institute has confirmed what we already knew: those who describe themselves as heavy watchers of television (four hours or more a day) are less likely to be engaged with or even aware of the culture or community around them. Michael Medved’s analysis of the study concludes that these heavy TV watchers also tend to be more liberal or left-leaning in their political persuasion and attitude.

Paul deParrie Camp Meeting

Saturday, July 28 - Sunday, July 29:
Come together with steadfast Christian abortion abolitionists from the Northwest to make friends and share inspiration. Family social time. Pro-life activists from the region come prepared to share vision and guidance from God on our Christian witness in America today (10 minutes each speaker).

Colorado Right To Life Kicked Out of NRLC

Covenant News Wire Service:
Two days after Dr. James Dobson concedes that "ending partial-birth abortion... does not save a single human life," Colorado Right To Life is disenfranchised as a state chapter of National Right To Life Committee. The vote by the board of delegates was 44 to 6 to kick the Colorado chapter out. CRTL being one of the organizations which has broken ranks by exposing fundraising irregularities within the "Pro-Life Industry." ``We will tell the truth that National Right To Life doesn't want told,'' said Brian Rohrbough, president of Colorado Right To Life, ``that NRTL advocates a strategy of child-killing regulations that undermine personhood and distract from the real battle.''

Focus Says CRTL Is a 'Rogue and Divisive Group'

The Associated Press:
Colorado Right to Life said it was kicked out of the National Right to Life coalition on Wednesday, in part for publicly criticizing Focus on the Family founder James Dobson. The Colorado group and three others accused Dobson of misrepresenting a Supreme Court decision that upheld a ban on dilation-and-extraction procedures, called partial-birth abortion by opponents. Dobson had praised the ruling as a victory for abortion foes, but the Colorado group believes it will only encourage doctors to find other, “less shocking” methods. It joined other organizations in running full-page ads in at least two newspapers criticizing Dobson. Full story...

Taking Back The Country

Jim R. Schwiesow / The Covenant News:
No dictator can seize power and maintain control over a country without the support of subordinate, or lesser, despots. Hitler had Hermann Goering, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler and others, and George Bush has Dick Cheney, Alberto Gonzales, et al. Even so the sustaining of power by Adolph Hitler would not have been possible without a corrupt judiciary and an enforcement apparatus with which to enforce the dictatorial decrees of the regime upon the people. In order for totalitarianism to flourish society must cease to be based upon law. It is necessary that the law be what subjective activist judges say that it is, and not be predicated upon immutable principles. There must be no independency of law against the wishes of the ruling regime.

Meet Me In Greenville, South Carolina

Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:
Recent speaking engagements have taken me to New Hampshire, Utah, and Idaho. And in just a few days, I will be speaking in the beautiful city of Greenville, South Carolina. I plan to address illegal immigration, and the emerging North American Union, as well as the Biblical roots of our Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence. I also plan to address the issue of the separation of church and state, and why Christians should support constitutional government. In addition, I want to discuss the GOP's track record on abortion and also give a Christian perspective regarding the war in Iraq.

The New Slave Traders

Steve Scroggins / Georgia Heritage Council:
These New 21st Century Slave Traders want to, in effect, legalize past illegal immigration with "amnesty" which will encourage more illegal immigration in the future...the proposed amnesty plan prevents the forced deportation or arrest of the criminal illegals but makes it highly unlikely the immigrants will jump through the hoops and pay the fines to become legal citizens....thus, they become the permanent non-citizen underclass. The Republican Slave Traders want to supply the cheap labor slaves to keep their financial backers happy, but would prefer those slaves didn't vote.

Hind-Sight Omniscience

Gary DeMar / American Vision:
A recent New York Times article dismissed the value of the quadricentennial of the founding of Jamestown because, quoting Columbia University history professor Kenneth Jackson, it was nothing more than "a town that disappears in the mud." The Virginia Gazette published an article entitled “Jamestown not worth it," which ridiculed the efforts of the original colonists for their lack of sustained accomplishments. "For a whole year or more," the editors wrote, "we shall celebrate the fact that a bunch of British buffoons who knew nothing of what they were doing colonized a swamp for the sake of Christianizing Indians."

The Failure of the Conservative Movement

R. J. Rushdoony / Chalcedon Blog:
The failure of the conservative movement in the United States has been a failure of the churches. This has been true in other countries as well. With rare exception, conservatives have lacked Biblical and theological roots. This is not surprising, given the fact that the clergy are themselves abysmally ignorant. I have repeatedly been amazed at the ignorance on the part of pastors and clergy of the doctrine of sin and total depravity. These are now termed by some as simply Calvinistic dogmas, but at one time they were common to all churches.

Man Charged With Killing His 'Preacher Wife'

The Associated Press:
A church deacon was charged with stabbing his preacher wife to death in their home, just a few doors down from their tiny church. The Rev. Esther Dozier was found by the couple's son early Monday. He said the 65-year-old preacher was in her bed and had multiple stab wounds. Her husband, Henry Dozier Sr., 63, had crashed his pickup truck earlier that night and police had returned him to the home. A few hours later, after his wife's body was discovered, police found Henry Dozier in another vehicle outside of town.

Enyart v. Dobson - Truth v. Spin

Bret McAtee / The Backwater Report:
I have been doing some studying on the recent blowout between different 'pro-life' organizations concerning their contradictory interpretations of the recent SCOTUS Gonzales v. Carhart Partial Birth Abortion decision. My inclination is to agree with those that have been toasting James Dobson’s feet over the fire, though I kind of understand why Focus on the Family would consider this is a 'moral victory.' Still, it is kind of ironic to claim some kind of 'moral victory' when the consequence of such a victory are more torturous ways pursued for killing the baby in the womb.

Imperial President Visits Imperious Senate

Covenant News Wire Service:
"President Bush's arm-twisting visit to Capitol Hill today is a graphic illustration of why this administration has moved from policy disaster to policy disaster over the past six and half years," commented Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). "The president consistently fails to listen to anyone, including the American public, and routinely ignores facts and evidence when they contradict his personal goals."

Bush Presses Senate on Amnesty

Julie Davis / The Associated Press:
President Bush pressed divided Republicans on Tuesday to support him on immigration overhaul, saying "status quo is unacceptable." In a rare visit to the Capitol for lunch with the Senate's GOP membership, Bush said he recognized that immigration was an emotional issue and that many do not agree with him. Still, he said, "Now is the time to get it done." Still, it was unclear how much influence Bush has among Republicans on immigration, given that it has sparked a backlash among some of the party's core supporters, who see it as amnesty for people who sneaked into the country.

Why Was General Pace Sacked?

John F. McManus / The John Birch Society:
Was Peter Pace victimized by homosexuals and others who won't tolerate any condemnation of their conduct? It certainly seems so. And if that explains why he is being sent to pasture, then the nation has slid down the slippery slope of immorality much farther than most would like to admit.

The Sanctity of Native American Beliefs

Gary DeMar / American Vision:
One of the debates surrounding the "celebration" of the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown colony is that the English "invaded" the land of a native people. It's true; it was an invasion, an invasion of a superior worldview even if the people who did the invading weren't always moral in the advance of that worldview. Can you imagine what the world would be like today if the invasion was the other way around? Native cultures knew nothing of progress. They believed in the circularity of life and a world controlled by unpredictable forces.

Augustinian Conspiracy Theory

Michael Butler / First Word:
The view of man and of history presented by Augustine in the City of God is glorious and awe-inspiring. In this vision, all men are active and loyal citizens of one or the other of two invisible Cities: the City of God, or the City of Man.

The occasion for writing the book was the sack of Rome by the barbarians. The non-Christian Romans were putting forth the view that Rome was defeated because she had betrayed her ancestral and traditional gods: Christianity was to blame. Augustine countered that Rome’s defeat should be regarded as a hard Providence meted out in just judgment by the living and true God, in His vengeance of eternal warfare against the false gods that the Romans had trusted in.

Of course, godly Christians also suffered in Rome’s sacking. In a brilliant discussion, Augustine shows how the same hard and mysterious Providence should be regarded as working for their good. This digression would itself be worthy of unpacking in its own thread… another day.

'Pride Goeth Before Destruction'

Al Cronkrite / The Covenant News:
A current attempt to correct the ministry of Dr. James Dobson is being met with a response similar to that of former President Clinton. Instead of acknowledging the measure of truth involved in attempts to make the message more accurate the Dobson camp is circling the wagons and defending its position.

Intolerance of Islam Exposed

The American View Radio:
This program is a re-run of our 10th “The American View” program but is worth listening to again because we hear so many lies about this religion. This program is a detailed, in-depth interview with Robert Spencer, editor of (at the time) a new book titled “The Myth Of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims” (Prometheus). Spencer also writes the “Jihad Watch” column for the conservative Washington DC weekly “Human Events.” His Web site is Jihadwatch.org. We discuss, among other things, President Bush’s dangerously wrong view that Islam is a religion of “peace” and how Osama bin Laden has done nothing that violates the Koran or is at odds with the basic doctrines of this faith.

Does Prophecy Really Matter?

Brandon Vallorani / American Vision:
American Vision is often asked why we deal with the controversial subject of Bible prophecy. After all, shouldn't we just focus on America's Christian history or even the Gospel? Great question. Besides the fact that more than 25% of the Bible contains prophetic texts, Paul tells Timothy that "...the WHOLE Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable to teach, to convince, to correct, and to instruct in righteousness." We cannot take the post modernist position that each of us can have our own view of Bible prophecy. There can only be one right view—plain and simple.

Amnesty Opponents Are Not Un-American

Rep. Ron Paul / Texas Straight Talk:
Although action in the United States Senate this week has slowed passage of the amnesty bill, it is not yet dead as President Bush remains committed to this approach. That is why the President recently suggested that those of us who oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants are unpatriotic. Those of us who strongly oppose the new immigration reform bill before the Senate "don't want to do what's right for America," the president said. I reject that assessment as unfair and inaccurate.

Population Replacement

Alan Stang / Ether Zone:
The term "conspiracy for world government" is fast becoming a misnomer. The "conspirators" already have so much power that they apparently believe they no longer need to dissemble. They are implementing their goal of totalitarian dictatorship almost without bothering to conceal it. Everywhere you look, you can see their tentacles. Maybe this is just a function of the fact that the closer they come, the more obvious it will be, and the harder it will be to conceal. Right wing Communist talk radio is aghast. Because of the near universal fury among all kinds of Americans about Communist world government traitor Jorge W. Boosh’s proposed illegal alien amnesty.

Illegals/NAU: A Hot Summer Coming

Devvy Kidd / NewsWithViews.com:
If you missed this one, you'll want to sit down because if you think you're having a difficult time now paying high health care premiums, auto insurance to cover millions of illegal aliens loose on our roads, gas at the pump, massive and ever growing property taxes, sales taxes, payroll taxes, taxes, taxes and food on the table: U.S. taxpayers to pay for Mexican repairs Federal documents reveal 'physical infrastructure' fix-up plan.

D.C. Allows Sodomites to Roam the Streets

Filthy Abomination In Nation's Capital.
Michael Chandler / The Washington Post:
More than 175 pride festivals in nearly two dozen countries are registered with InterPride, a support network for such events. New York and San Francisco boast full-day, blowout parades, and more unlikely destinations, such as Salt Lake City, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Lancaster, Pa., host events. Still, many places have little or no community or public support for sodomites. That's one reason sex offenders and predators travel from Delaware, Pennsylvania and North Carolina for the D.C. event.

Studies Say Death Penalty Deters Crime

Robert Tanner / The Associated Press:
Anti-death penalty forces have gained momentum in the past few years, with a moratorium in Illinois, court disputes over lethal injection in more than a half-dozen states and progress toward outright abolishment in New Jersey. What gets little notice, however, is a series of academic studies over the last half-dozen years that claim to settle a once hotly debated argument - whether the death penalty acts as a deterrent to murder. The analyses say yes. They count between three and 18 lives that would be saved by the execution of each convicted killer.

War of words targets James Dobson

Bob Unruh / WorldNetDaily.com:
An internecine battle in the camp of pro-life activist groups is pointless, because no, the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision cannot stop any specific abortion, but yes, it is a huge precedent in the long-range strategic war over the deaths of the unborn in the United States, experts have told WND. ... The disagreement even attracted the attention of the Washington Post, which called it a "highly visible rift" and noted that the coalition's leaders have been "using rhetoric that they have reserved in the past for abortion clinics" to address fellow pro-lifer Dobson. ... Brian Rohrbough, president of Colorado Right to Life, and Judie Brown, president of the American Life League, were joined by Flip Benham, of Operation Save America, and Tom Euteneuer, of Human Life International, in their criticism of Focus' applause of the ruling. ... They listed others in agreement including Alan Keyes, Jim Rudd of Covenant News, John Lofton of The American View, ProLifePhysicians.org, Chuck Baldwin of Crossroad Baptist and others.

In defense of Dr. Dobson

Tom Minnery / WorldNetDaily.com:
In the wake of the Supreme Court's April 17 decision in Gonzales v. Carhart, which upheld the federal law against partial-birth abortions, a furor broke out after my boss, Dr. James Dobson, praised the ruling on the grounds that it will save the lives of preborn children. He was attacked ferociously by a small group of pro-lifers who say the ruling did no such thing, because the justices explained how other methods of late-term abortion could be used to replace the one they had just thrown out.

It's The 'C' Word, Stupid!

Al Cronkrite / The Covenant News:
Our world is engaged in a battle that will not be won without the assistance of The One True God. Overwhelming power is in the hands of the conspirators. Two things are necessary: One, followers of King Jesus must face reality and stop their foolish support of powers that seek to destroy them. Two, the battle will not be won by human endeavor. “O our God wilt Thou not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on Thee.” II Chronicles 20:12.

Not Our Fathers' America

Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:
In a very real sense, this is not our fathers' America. And by that, I am not referring to our modern conveniences, our advanced technologies, or our avant-garde styles of dress and forms of entertainment. I am talking about the principles and values that cut to the very core of who and what we are as a nation. We are fast losing the substance of what it means to be American.

Mary Winkler Sentenced to 210 Days

Charles Montaldo / About.com:
A Tennessee judge sentenced Mary Winkler to 210 days incarceration for her voluntary manslaughter conviction for shooting her husband in the back with a shotgun while he lay in bed. Winkler will get credit for time she served in jail before she made bond. Winkler was actually sentenced to three years, with only seven months of that time to be in incarceration. She will also be incarcerated in a facility that will allow her to get treatment for mental illness.

What Might Have Happened Had The South Won

The American View:
"If The South Had Won the Civil War: The Trial of President Abraham Lincoln." This presentation is almost four hours long, it is credible, it has believable actors in it and it is chocked full of information everyone should be aware of. This docudrama was conducted by Liberty University's "Center for the Study of the Civil War" as a part of its 9th Annual Civil War Seminar. This Seminar used MacKinlay Cantor's 1960 alternate history novel, "If the South Had Won the Civil War," as its premise.

Is God an Insurance Agent?

Rev. R.J. Rushdoony / The Chalcedon Foundation:
I believe my insurance agent when he talks about insurance. He is competent, helpful, and accurate. But I do not believe in my insurance agent. When he talks economics, religion, or almost any other subject other than insurance, I can only shake my head with dismay at his departure from the faith of his fathers. Many church members treat God as an insurance agent. They believe Him when He talks about Heaven and hell, death and salvation, and other such things, but they do not believe in Him.

Gone Fishin'

Paul Proctor / Newswithviews.Com:
I have had a column in one form or another somewhere on the World Wide Web now for nearly ten years - the last five of which have been at NewsWithViews.com. During much of that time, I have maintained a Reader's List of those who felt compelled to write me on occasion about similar concerns we shared - mostly involving the changing church. I certainly wasn't the first to address this controversial issue - but since I began doing so back in August of 2000, there have been numerous individuals and ministries that have sprung up and joined in the effort to warn the flock.

New Zero-Day Bugs in IE, Firefox

Gregg Keizer / Fairfax Business Media:
A noted security researcher disclosed four new zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft and Mozilla's browsers, including a critical flaw in Internet Explorer (IE) and a major bug in Firefox. Michael Zalewski, who regularly publishes browser flaw findings, posted details on the full-disclosure mailing list for cookie-stealing, keystroke-snooping, malicious downloading and site-spoofing bugs.

Immigration Bill Fails Crucial Test Vote

The Associated Press:
A broad immigration bill to legalize millions of illegal aliens in the U.S. failed a crucial test vote in the Senate Thursday, a stunning setback that could spell its defeat for the year. The vote was 45-50 against limiting debate on the bill, 15 short of the 60 that the bill's supporters needed to prevail. Most Republicans voted to block Democrats' efforts to bring the bill to a final vote.

Politics of Appeasement

Judie Brown / The Covenant News:
A few days ago I joined with several pro-life leaders in signing an ad that focused attention on Dr. James Dobson and other Christian leaders who had celebrated the Supreme Court's decision in the Gonzales v. Carhart case. We did so because it is of specific concern to each of us that the facts contained in the actual Supreme Court decision and its ultimate impact on our struggle to end abortion are not clearly understood by some-and perhaps intentionally distorted or ignored by others.

Leaving the Legacy Nobody Wants

Wesley Pruden / The Washington Times:
George W. Bush is looking for a legacy to leave behind, and he may have found it. His approval rating now hovers at 28 percent, but with a little more work he could leave office as the most unpopular president ever. He's not there yet. When Harry S. Truman left Washington in 1953 the pollsters said only 23 percent of his countrymen were still wild about Harry. (Adulation would come later.) Pundits, historians and others who track these things reckoned no president could ever match that, but George W. has a good shot at it.

The Other Disciple Believed First

J. Phillips / The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved:
The book The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved examines the facts in the Biblical record in an effort to establish the identity of the "other disciple" who wrote the fourth gospel but it turns out a key piece of Biblical evidence was overlooked. When the book noted the fact that the "other disciple" was the first one who "believed" after the resurrection of Jesus it focused on why he "believed" and missed a truth revealed by the timing of this event.

Christianity & Islamism

American Vision:
John Quincy Adams, founding father, sixth president of the United States, looks over your shoulder at the morning newspaper and contrasts the two opposing spiritual forces between which war must rage for yet another generation. While his language may offend today’s postmodern sensibilities, it is the vernacular of the men who loved Christ and cherished freedom—the mighty men who secured our liberty.

Senate Voted to Grant Amnesty

Stephen Dinan / The Washington Times:
The Senate voted yesterday to grant amnesty to hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who have already been caught and ordered deported but are defying a court order, preserving their path to citizenship as part of the immigration bill. Another showdown is scheduled for this morning on Democrats' effort to cut off the debate and force a final vote on the bill. Republicans have vowed to block that through a filibuster unless they are given assurances they can offer enough amendments before the final vote.

Ex-Border Agents: Illegals Bill 'Unrealistic'

Jerry Seper / The Washington Times:
An association of former U.S. Border Patrol officers, whose members include retired chiefs, supervisors, field agents and inspectors, says an immigration bill being debated in the Senate is "unrealistic and technologically unfeasible." Instead, the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers said in a press conference this week and in a position paper, real immigration reform would include securing the border, tightening the screening of those permitted to enter, and opposition to any legislation allowing aliens to remain in the country who entered illegally.

Apologetics and the State

Pastor Matt Trewhella / The Covenant News:
A popularly held belief amongst Christians in America is that the early church had nothing to do with politics. Nothing could be further from the truth. Even a brief perusal of the writings of early churchmen known as apologists, reveals that almost all of their writings were directed towards the State. They were written to Roman government officials; to the rulers of that day.

Godly Cause Turned Into A Money-Grubbing Industry

Stephanie Simon / Los Angeles Times:
As they gathered Tuesday for a national strategy session, antiabortion activists faced an unexpected revolt in their own ranks. Some of the biggest groups in the movement, including Focus on the Family and National Right to Life, are under attack from fellow activists who accuse them of turning a godly cause into a money-grubbing industry.

Mail Call! - Responding to Listener Mail

The American View Radio:
In this program Michael and John respond to listener mail, addressing such statements/questions/topics as: How dare you mix religion and politics!; why not a meeting of Constitution/Libertarian Parties?; OK, so what DO we do about Islamic terrorism?; Lincoln and God; when might America wake up and realize you cannot bomb people into "democracy" and "freedom?"; our Constitution and freedom FROM religion; Terri Schiavo; and how listeners might get "The American View" radio show on the air where they live, and more.

Foreign Policy and the Crusader Mentality

Darrell Dow / The Backwater Report:
A disconcerting element of American public life is the crusading impulse inherent in contemporary humanism. In the realm of foreign policy, the crusader zeal has found its most enthusiastic adherents in the neo-conservative movement, and has a fervent apologist sitting in the Oval Office in the person of George W. Bush, Ideologue-in-Chief.

If You Think Bush Is Evil Now...

Paul Craig Roberts / VDARE.com:
The war in Iraq is lost. This fact is widely recognized by American military officers and has been recently expressed forcefully by Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of US forces in Iraq during the first year of the attempted occupation. Winning is no longer an option. Our best hope, Gen. Sanchez says, is "to stave off defeat," and that requires more intelligence and leadership than Gen. Sanchez sees in the entirety of our national political leadership: "I am absolutely convinced that America has a crisis in leadership at this time."[ US can forget about winning in Iraq: top retired general, AFP, Sunday June 3, 2007]

Immigration Deal Under Threat In Senate

CBS News:
A broad bipartisan immigration deal was threatened Tuesday as the Senate prepared to vote on a Republican proposal to make it harder for millions of illegal immigrants to qualify for green cards. Showdowns were expected on Democratic efforts to allow more family-based immigration under the bill and more Republican proposals to make the path to legalization for illegal immigrants more burdensome.

Don't Kill the Goose or We'll Cook Yours

Steven F. Hotze, M.D. / American Vision:
Once upon a time there was a farmer who found a lone gosling on the banks of a lake. He nurtured it until it was full grown. One morning, he went to the goose’s pen and found a golden egg. The goose began to lay a golden egg every day and the farmer sold them, using the proceeds to purchase land and equipment, and to build a farm house. He was able to employ many of the townsmen to work in his fields, cultivating and harvesting his crops. This allowed the workers to support their families and improve their living standards.

Abortionist Pays to Avoid Assault Trial

WorldNetDaily.com:
An abortionist and his Granite City, Ill., clinic have paid an undisclosed settlement to a family that runs a pro-life ministry to avoid a civil trial for damages from his attempt to run down the father as well as an assault by a clinic "escort" on a child. The settlement this week comes from Hope Clinic and its chief abortionist, Yogendra Shah, and was being paid to Daniel, Angela and Arielle Michael, their Small Victories ministry confirmed.

Needed: 3-Dimensional Leaders

Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:
I recently delivered a Sunday address entitled "The 3-Dimensional Life." This address was motivated by my belief that a major part of America's overall problem today derives from the fact that most people, including our leaders, live 1-dimensional lives. For the most part, they are ignorant of the past and oblivious to the future. Such people are incapable of making wise decisions, because they are only living for the present.

Our Current Politicians Are Corrupt

Bob Strodtbeck / Ether Zone:
Democrats would quickly agree that Republicans are horribly corrupt and craven to international corporations seeking to exploit the global labor market. Republicans would quickly agree that Democrats are horribly corrupt and devoted to using the power government to create expensive and suffocating cures for all perceived social ills. Both Republican and Democrat loyalists are right, but none are willing to see that the entire two-party political system is being abandoned by the working general public and with that abandonment comes a lack of faith in institutions that were established to maintain public order.

The Price of Delaying the Inevitable in Iraq

Rep. Ron Paul / Texas Straight Talk:
Good intentions frequently lead to unintended bad consequences. Tough choices, doing what is right, often leads to unanticipated good results. The growing demand by the American people for us to leave Iraq prompts the naysayers to predict disaster in the Middle East if we do. Of course, these merchants of fear are the same ones who predicted that invading and occupying Iraq would be a slam dunk operation; that we would be welcomed as liberators, and oil revenues would pay for the operation with minimal loss of American lives.

Gary North on Christians' Inferiority Complex

Chalcedon Blog:
Why have so many Christians, especially theologians and professors at Christian colleges, proclaimed such a monstrous social philosophy, a philosophy of "anything is politically acceptable except the Old Testament"? I believe that one reason above all is at the root of the problem: Christians have been afraid to exercise dominion. They have been bullied into submission by professional humanist guilt-manipulators who have persuaded Christians that Christianity, when applied to politics, has led to tyranny and war.

'I'm Not a Spiritual Dermatologist'

Gary DeMar / American Vision:
I'm reminded of Jim Croce’s song "Don't Mess with Big Jim" when asked to mediate disputes with fellow Christians and their ministries: "You don't pull on Superman's cape/You don't spit into the wind/You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger, and you don’t mess around with Jim." The Bible was ahead of the song's wisdom when it warned not to take a dog by the ears when it's fighting with another dog. You’ll probably lose a couple of fingers: "Like one who takes a dog by the ears is he who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him" (Prov. 26:17).

Time to Break With Disastrous Bush Presidency

Patrick J. Buchanan / VDARE.com:
For President Bush has attacked his own loyalists for a lack of patriotism. "If you don't want to do what's right for America," he said of opponents of the Bush-Kennedy immigration bill, "if you want to scare the American people, what you say is the bill's an amnesty bill. That's empty political rhetoric, trying to frighten our citizens." But if the 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens are instantly legalized, what other term is there to describe that than amnesty?

Court Rebuffs F.C.C. on Fines for Indecency

Stephen Labaton / The New York Times:
If President Bush and Vice President Cheney can blurt out vulgar language, then the government cannot punish broadcast television stations for broadcasting the same words in similarly fleeting contexts. Adopting an argument made by lawyers for NBC, the judges then cited examples in which Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney had used the same language that would be penalized under the policy. Mr. Bush was caught on videotape last July using a common vulgarity that the commission finds objectionable in a conversation with Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain. Three years ago, Mr. Cheney was widely reported to have muttered an angry obscene version of "get lost" to Senator Patrick Leahy on the floor of the United States Senate.

Judge Won't Drop Bush Threat

FOX News:
A judge refused to throw out a Purdue University student's indictment on charges alleging he urged the assassination of President George Bush and made threats against other administration officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge James Moody clears the way for Vikram Buddhi's trial to begin June 25 in Moody's Hammond courtroom.

Feds Updating 'Post-Apocalypse' Plans

United Press International:
The United States is updating its post-apocalypse plan for maintaining a semblance of order after a devastating terrorist attack or natural disaster. The Boston Globe said Saturday the plan is meant to update similar contingency plans drawn up during the Clinton administration and will reflect the post-Sept. 11 emphasis on terrorism. The plan largely revolves around a surprise attack -- most likely nuclear -- that kills a large portion of the national leadership and requires surviving officials to set up shop in a new location within 12 hours.

Marine Corps: Troops Have No Rights to Dissent!

Heather Hollingsworth / The Associated Press:
A military panel has recommended a general discharge for an Iraq war veteran who wore his uniform during a war protest and later responded with an obscenity to a superior who told him he might have violated military rules. Marine Cpl. Adam Kokesh participated in the protest in March, clad in a uniform that had his name tag and other insignia removed. After he was identified in a photo caption in The Washington Post, a superior officer sent him a letter saying he might have violated a rule prohibiting troops from wearing uniforms without authorization.

Split in Antiabortion Movement

Alan Cooperman / The Washington Post:
In a highly visible rift in the anti-abortion movement, a coalition of evangelical Protestant and Roman Catholic groups is attacking a longtime ally, Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson. Using rhetoric that they have reserved in the past for abortion clinics, some of the coalition's leaders accuse Dobson and other national antiabortion leaders of building an "industry" around relentless fundraising and misleading information.

The Suborning of Presidential Treason

Jim R. Schwiesow / The Covenant News:
The substantial number of messages sent by readers of my article, "It's Time To Standup – Put Up – Or Shutup" was both unanticipated and telling. It pointed up a rapidly building and simmering resentment and anger in regard to 1. The impact of illegal aliens upon the nation, and 2. the encouragement of the illegal entry of huge numbers of aliens by George Walker Bush and a congress that aids and abets his treasonous activities. The delivering of the country, on the domestic front, to the destructive forces of a continuing and deadly invasion of illegal aliens and the equally deadly pursuit of a resource wasting belligerence on the international level has set the stage for an unprecedented conflict between the people of the nation and the government that ignores their concerns in regard to these issues.

John Lofton Interviewed on WHO Radio

The American View:
John Lofton discusses Hitchens, Falwell, Role of Preachers in politics with Jan Mickelson on WHO Radio

Fred Thompson: Another CFR-Member

Steve Lefemine / News Wire:
"While in congress, Thompson, reportedly a good friend of Senator John McCain, (R-AZ) supported two obviously anti-free market bills: the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform act and the Shays-Meehan bill restricting issue ads. He is also a member of Council on Foreign Relations, a main think-tank behind the idea of a North American Union that would eventually dissolve borders between Mexico, Canada and the United States to create one big super-nation..."

Slouching Toward a Police State

Matthew Hart / LewRockwell.com:
As if we need another indication that we are slouching toward a police state, a couple of incidents in my home state of Oklahoma give us further reason to shudder at the predations of our increasingly militarized local law enforcement. On the evening of May 19th, in the course of a purported investigation into drug trafficking at a local homeless shelter, two Oklahoma City police officers handcuffed a woman and tasered her to death because, as a police spokesman said, "the officers felt that she was not under control."

Concentration Camps Planned For Us?

Jim Kouri / NewsWithViews.com:
Halliburton affiliate Kellog, Brown & Root is currently constructing a vast detention facility earmarked for unlawful enemy combatants and terrorists, but some fear the facility -- the first of many -- is being designed for Americans who oppose US global integration programs.

NAFTA Superhighway Lobbying Moves North

WorldNetDaily.com:
The lobbying for NAFTA superhighway projects is moving north, but supporters of the mega-transportation corridors aren't finding an enthusiastic team of supporters in Minnesota, according to a report by WND columnist Jerome Corsi. U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, a Republican, is distancing himself from the North American Super-Corridor Coalition, Inc., according to internal documents obtained under the Minnesota Data Practices Act. The documents also revealed NASCO had been reaching out to Coleman, seeking his support.

White House Approves of Homosexuals

LifeSiteNews.com:
On May 23, 2007, the White House released an official White House photo of Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne Cheney, welcoming their sixth grandchild, Samuel David Cheney, into the Cheney fold. The child is the offspring of Mary Cheney and an unreported male sperm donor. However the official White House photo caption indicates the child’s "parents" are Mary Cheney and her homosexual partner, Heather Poe.

Bush's New World Order Legacy

Cliff Kincaid / NewsWithViews.com:
With his record of defending American borders and national sovereignty in ruins, President Bush has decided to conclude his second term in office by making common cause with those who think America’s future lies in appeasing the "international community." He apparently wants his "legacy" to be that he cared for the rest of the world. Watch your wallets—and your freedom. The latest phase of this "legacy building" ampaign began with a plea on Wednesday for more money to fight AIDS.

Putin Threatens to Target Missiles

CTV globmedia:
In an interview with the Globe and Mail, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to target Europe with missiles, including potentially nuclear weapons, in a dramatic escalation of his Cold War-style showdown with the United States. Mr. Putin, in an interview at his summer residence outside Moscow, said he considers U.S. plans to build an eastern European anti-missile site to shoot down Iranian missiles a provocation aimed at Russia.

Home-Schooled Student Wins Spelling Bee

Joseph White / The Associated Press:
Having spelled "serrefine" to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Evan O'Dorney is ready to tackle an even more unusual challenge for a 13-year-old boy. "In the fall," said his mother, Jennifer, "he'll be taking calculus." Evan, a home-schooled eighth-grader from Danville, Calif., breezed through the competition Thursday night to become the nation's top speller. He said he knew the winning word - a noun describing small forceps - the moment the pronouncer said it, but he was more enthusiastic when he spoke about an upcoming math camp this summer and the calculus class he'll be taking at the University of California at Berkeley.

IRS Investigates Wichita Church

KAKE TV-10, Wichita KS:
The Spirit One Christian Center in South Wichita is under investigation amid accusations it may have tried to influence recent elections. Spirit One Pastor Mark Holick says he's only preaching the Gospel. "Under federal tax laws, non-profit organizations, like churches, are prohibited from participating in political campaigns," said reporter Cayle Thompson of KAKE TV-10 in Wichita. Pastor Holick has long spoken out against issues like abortion and homosexuality. (See News Report Video)

In God We Trust

Rev. R.J. Rushdoony / The Chalcedon Foundation:
The men of our times have no right to complain of the developing problems and crises of our world. When men trust in civil government rather than in God, they will always get more statist power in their lives and less of God’s power. When men trust in controls rather than freedom, they will get more controls unto slavery and less freedom. What men trust in becomes the power over their lives, and the god a man worships is known by what a man trusts. Our coins still read, “In God we trust,” but men address their hopes and prayers to the national and state capitols and then wonder why God abandons them.

Amnesty and Foot Stompin' Globalists

Patrick Wood / NewsWithViews.com:
On May 29, President Bush lambasted the critics of his supposedly bi-partisan immigration bill by suggesting that they "don't want to do what's right for America." When logic runs short and reasons run out, the natural way out is to try to intimidate your critics with name-calling and irrational blustering. Such was President Bush's speech to, of all people, a training center for border enforcement in Georgia.

Immigration Bill Could Outlaw Gun Shops

Gun Owners of America:
Senator Ted Kennedy and the anti-gun zealots who wrote the bill just couldn't resist the temptation to get their hands on our guns. They have included language that GOA has been able to defeat in the past. When Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) introduced these anti-gun provisions in 1998, the GOA grassroots were able to convince seven senator cosponsors to pull their names from Hatch's bill. The current language in the amnesty bill is only slightly different from Hatch's original language almost 10 years ago, but it would essentially do the same thing -- threaten every gun store in America.

REAL ID Trojan Horse Vote Possible

Free Market News Network:
Yesterday we told you that the immigration bill being considered in the Senate contains provisions that could entangle all U.S. employers and employees in a bureaucratic nightmare similar to what has happened with the terrorist watch list. This bill contains no direct mention of the REAL ID Act, or the de facto national identity card the REAL ID Act would create, but it seems fairly clear to us that REAL ID is woven into this bill, even though it is far from clear that the REAL ID Act can even be implemented.

S.C. Senate to Reject National ID Card

WIS TV-10, SC:
South Carolina would reject a federal call for a national driver's license under a proposal senators agreed to Thursday. Complying with the federal Real ID Act of 2005 would cost the state $25 million to start, then $11 million annually. State officials also say the lines at Department of Motor Vehicles offices could be hours long, as all drivers would be required to show up in person for a new license. Under the approved bill, South Carolina would refuse to participate in the program.