September 30, 2007
Should Christians Tithe?
David Alan Black / Dave Black Online:When most Christians think about supporting their churches financially, they think about giving ten percent of their income. After all, they have been told that this percentage of their income “belongs to God.” Yet the New Testament knows nothing of the tithe. In contrast to our man-made ecclesiastical traditions, the New Testament teaches that all of our income belongs to God, and that the percentage we give in our offerings is up to the individual Christian’s conscience. If the New Testament fails to teach the tithe, then why do most of us continue to believe it is Scriptural and therefore binding? Perhaps one reason is the support tithing receives from pastors.
Posted by Editor at 01:06 PM
September 29, 2007
Bible-Quoting Democrats? Not!
The American View Radio:John Lofton: This program is one for the time capsule and future generations - if there are any. On it, you will hear us analyze the recent Democrat Prez "debate" where they were all asked for their favorite Bible verse - which was like asking them to recite "The Pledge Of Allegiance" in Klingon. You'll here us interview exclusively the last living Pharisee who IS not happy with Biden's blast against them (him). And we tell you all about the Dobson-Bauer dust-up re: Fred Thompson, perhaps more than you want to know.
Posted by Editor at 07:18 AM
Getting Away with Murder
Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:The things I could get away with if I could speak out of both sides of my mouth! The sheer audacity of Dick Cheney is incomparable. He's a one-man Axis of Evil.
Posted by Editor at 05:01 AM
FBI Surveillance Capability Is Extensive
The New American:Documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation have provided disturbing details about the extent of the FBI's ability to monitor the communications of American citizens. According to Wired News reporter Ryan Singel, "The FBI has quietly built a sophisticated, point-and-click surveillance system that performs instant wiretaps on almost any communications device, according to nearly a thousand pages of restricted documents newly released under the Freedom of Information Act."
Posted by Editor at 03:25 AM
The Politics of Free Speech
Eric Rauch / American Vision:The First Amendment to the Constitution is one of the most foundational pieces of legislation and succinctly outlines key freedoms that belong to each and every American. As a corollary, it is also one of the most debated and interpreted collections of words and ideas that have ever been put to paper (or parchment). Since few writers or commentators ever bother actually quoting the Amendment itself when discussing it, I quote it here in full: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Posted by Editor at 02:03 AM
Why Illegal Immigration Is A Threat
Tom DeWeese / NewsWithViews.com:In June, 2007 a solid eighty percent of the American people let Congress know they wanted the government to put the brakes on illegal immigration; they turned thumbs down on the President Bush's guest worker amnesty plan; and they wanted tax-paid services to illegals stopped.
Posted by Editor at 01:31 AM
September 28, 2007
The 'Fix' Is In
Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:"Bush quietly advising Hillary Clinton, top Democrats." This is the title of a much under-reported news story, which appeared in The Examiner on September 24th. The Examiner opens the story by saying, "President Bush is quietly providing back-channel advice to Hillary Rodham Clinton, urging her to modulate her rhetoric so she can effectively prosecute the war in Iraq if elected president." The story stems from an interview with White House Chief of Staff, Josh Bolten, for The Examiner's Senior White House correspondent Bill Sammon's new book, "The Evangelical President."
Posted by Editor at 10:31 AM
Cheney to Address Super-Secret Group
Thomas Burr / The Salt Lake Tribune:Vice President Dick Cheney will speak to a super-secret, conservative policy group in Utah on Friday during his second trip to the state this year. Cheney will address the fall meeting of the Council for National Policy, a group whose self-described mission is to promote "a free-enterprise system, a strong national defense and support for traditional Western values." The organization - made up of few hundred powerful conservative activists - holds confidential meetings and members are advised not to use the name of the group in communications, according to a New York Times profile of the group.
Flashback ~ January 13, 2005
The Council on National Policy
Should Christian Leaders Be Involved?
By Al Cronkrite / The Covenant News
Many Christians have never heard of the Council on National Policy (CNP). This organization holds great sway over the ministries of Christian leaders whose followers may number in the millions. Founded in 1981 by author and Evangelical leader Tim LaHaye, the membership includes such Christian icons as James Dobson, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Phyllis Schlafly, D. James Kennedy, (Alan Keyes), H-Bomb creator Dr. Edward Teller (died 2003), former Attorney General Ed Meese, Jack Kemp, Amway founder Richard DeVoss, several members of the oil-rich Texas Hunt clan who were involved in the founding, several members of the Coor family of beer fame, Delaware politician Pierre du Pont, and Alan Gottlieb who is connected to Rev. Sun Myong Moon's Unification Church. The membership is extensive numbering over two hundred with scores of famous names.
Posted by Editor at 10:08 AM
America's Police Brutality Pandemic
Paul Craig Roberts / VDARE.com:Bush's "war on terror" quickly became Bush's war on Iraqi civilians. So far over one million Iraqi civilians have lost their lives because of Bush’s invasion, and four million have been displaced. Iraq's infrastructure is in ruins. Disease is rampant. Normal life has disappeared. Self-righteous Americans justify these monstrous crimes as necessary to ensure their own safety from terrorist attack. Yet, Americans are in far greater danger from their own police forces than they are from foreign terrorists. Ironically, Bush's "war on terror" has made Americans less safe at home by diminishing US civil liberty and turning an epidemic of US police brutality into a pandemic.
Posted by Editor at 09:44 AM
Sodomite Amendment Tacked On Defense Bill
S.A. Miller / The Washington Times:[Sexually deviant perverts] in the U.S. Senate yesterday adopted legislation giving homosexuals additional protections under federal hate-crime laws, attaching the measure to the defense authorization bill and daring President Bush to veto it as promised. "The president of the United States has never vetoed, in the history of the United States, a defense authorization bill," said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat and chief sponsor of the amendment. "For this reason and for many others ... the defense authorization deserves to be passed [into law]."
Sodomite Amendment Passed on a Voice Vote!
The amendment, which charges the Justice Department with investigating crimes potentially motivated by sexual orientation as it can for crimes considered racially or religiously motivated, passed on a voice vote after the chamber voted 60-39 to end a filibuster. Forty-nine Democrats, nine Republicans and two independents provided the required 60 votes to proceed to final consideration.
Posted by Editor at 09:06 AM
The Totalitarian Entente
William N. Grigg / Pro Libertate:"At a time when we are fighting terrorism abroad," eructated the squalid mass of corruption known as Ted Kennedy, "the United States Senate says, 'We are going to fight terrorism, hatred and bigotry here at home.'" The instrument chosen to carry out this domestic "anti-terrorism" campaign is a "hate crimes" measure appended to the defense authorization bill. Named for murder victim Matthew Shepard, a diminutive college freshman who was savagely beaten to death about a decade ago by a couple of deranged bullies in Laramie, Wyoming. Because Shepard was a homosexual, he has been consecrated as a martyr to the cause of "gay rights," and the hideous crime committed against him depicted as a symbolic indictment of the attitude ignorantly and dishonestly called "homophobia."
Posted by Editor at 08:42 AM
September 27, 2007
Are You Intentional About Witnessing?
David Alan Black / The Covenant News:A person commented to me this weekend that, although he appreciated that Becky and I do mission work, he could never go on a mission trip or even share his faith with others. People might be offended, he said. Watch the news and you will see how quickly "protestant proselytism" is condemned. How terrible that Christians should want to convert others! For what it's worth, I think it's very dangerous when we'd rather be good businessmen or pastors or scholars or homeschoolers than good witnesses for Jesus.
Posted by Editor at 09:11 AM
Rev. Huckabee & The Cult Of Unity
Sean Scallon / The Covenant News:Say what you want about Fox News but you cannot deny that both of the Republicans debates they have broadcasted had the most memorable moments, both of which involved Ron Paul. The exchange between Paul and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee in the Sept. 5 debate in New Hampshire included this line from Huckabee: "Congressman, we are one nation. We can't be divided. . . . If we make a mistake, we make it as a single country, the United States of America, not the divided states of America." It's interesting that Huckabee would take this line juxtaposed against perhaps the most ardent decentralist in the field of presidential candidates.
Posted by Editor at 09:01 AM
Pace: Homosexuality is Counter to God's Law
Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:With one week left before retirement, General Pace is seeking to clarify his remarks made about homosexuality in the military earlier this year. In the face of pandering morons like Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), General Pace is made to sound as if he is a hate-monger. This is despite the fact that the U.S. military has consistently condemned homosexual acts throughout its history. But, in an age dominated by pluralism, a grotesque historical revisionism is underway that makes Gen. Pace appear out-of-step and suggests that U.S. history was largely gay-friendly. Hogwash!
Posted by Editor at 08:51 AM
Queer GOP Senator to Stay in Office Until Ruling
William Yardley / The New York Times:Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho on Wednesday backed away from his earlier decision to resign on Sept. 30 and said he would await a judge’s ruling on a motion to reverse his guilty plea in an undercover sex sting. Mr. Craig, a Republican, made the announcement after a court hearing on the motion. The senator, who had said he would step down on Sept. 30 if he was unable to clear his record, said in a statement that he would stay in the Senate while Judge Charles A. Porter Jr. weighed arguments made Wednesday in Hennepin County District Court.
Related:
No Swift Ruling On Craig Plea Request
Joshua Freed / The Associated Press
A federal judge took Sen. Larry Craig's request to withdraw his guilty plea under advisement on Wednesday, and the Idaho Republican annnounced plans to stay in Congress for the time being, omitting mention of an earlier commitment to resign Sept. 30. Hennepin County Judge Charles Porter said he probably won't rule until next month on Craig's request, which stems from his earlier guilty plea in a men's room sex sting at the Minneapolis airport.
Posted by Editor at 08:18 AM
Values Voter Debate
Carmon Friedrich / The Backwater Report:I watched the debate with most of my children gathered around my computer and some speakers plugged in so we could all hear it. Between frequent questions from different children wanting information about some of the answers (and there were some topics I didn't want them to hear too much about), the phone ringing, dinner preparation, etc., I missed some of it, so I can’t write a good synopsis. I did appreciate that it opened with prayer and that the focus seemed to be bringing honor to God, though I believe many Christians are misguided about how that works out in government. I can understand why the four "top" candidates were no-shows, though I think they are cowards and foolish for not appearing in a place where the very important Christian voting base is strongly represented.
Posted by Editor at 08:06 AM
Darwin Won't Do
Dr. Richard A. Jones / American Vision:The topic of libertarianism popped up twice recently, both items serving as an invaluable even though slightly complex reminder of the causative role that restricted-vision families too often play in the U.S.’s cultural tailspin. As a handy review, libertarianism is a “self-interest-and free-will centered political philosophy maintaining that all persons are the absolute owners of their own lives and should be free to do whatever they wish with their persons and property provided they allow others the same liberty. A Jeffersonian-linked precept is that governments must be severely limited.” Interestingly, there are Christians who feel that many aspects of libertarianism are in harmony with Scripture even while recognizing that libertarian and “libertine” are not necessarily synonyms!
Posted by Editor at 07:52 AM
U.S. for Sale to Foreigners
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:Establishing public-private partnerships that give away control of U.S. infrastructure to foreigners is like playing the casino game "Texas hold'em," a top Texas Department of Transportation official told the EuroMoney conference meeting yesterday in the plush Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. James Bass, the chief financial officer of TxDOT, was speaking on the second day of a two-day seminar devoted to teaching state government officials how to lease public assets to foreign investment interests.
Posted by Editor at 02:41 AM
2 Patriot Act Provisions Ruled Unlawful
William McCall / The Associated Press:Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow secret wiretapping and searches without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as amended by the Patriot Act, "now permits the executive branch of government to conduct surveillance and searches of American citizens without satisfying the probable cause requirements of the Fourth Amendment." Portland attorney Brandon Mayfield sought the ruling in a lawsuit against the federal government after he was mistakenly linked by the FBI to the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people in 2004.
Posted by Editor at 01:27 AM
The Communist Plan For Women
Alan Stang / Ether Zone:We have established that many of today's women are a lot crazier than nature meant them to be, and we are searching for the reason. Our thesis of course is that the disorder is not accidental, that it is the product of a carefully orchestrated plan. Let's begin by looking at that plan and then comparing it to what we know is happening. In the Manifesto of the Communist Party, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote that with the introduction of Communism, "The bourgeois family will vanish as a matter of course." The authors explain that the "bourgeois claptrap about the family and education, about the hallowed co-relation of parent and child," is "disgusting." The Communists "desire to introduce, in substitution for a hypocritically concealed, an openly legalized, community of women."
Posted by Editor at 01:00 AM
September 26, 2007
Hidden From The Western World
The Ugly Face Of Sin.Al Cronkrite / The Covenant News:
Christians in the United States are not privy to the ugliness of the wars they support. They are not forced to look at the mangled corpses, see dogs tear at the flesh of the newly killed, or breathe the suffocating odor of decaying human tissue. They have never witnessed blood-ugly gangs frenzied with the excitement of hacking their fellows to death. The programs supported in our more sophisticated societies are just as deadly but easier to sustain since those with the power to sustain them do not have to witness the results. Women who abort their babies and citizens who support their rights are not forced to look on the torn and burned torsos of the tiny God-imaged creations whose lives they have ended.
Posted by Editor at 09:12 AM
Bush Homosexual Allegations Resurface
Paul Joseph Watson / Prison Planet:Allegations that George W. Bush performed a homosexual act on current U.S. Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe in the mid-1980's have resurfaced in the tell-all memoirs of the woman who first made the claim. Leola McConnell, former Liberal Democratic Candidate for Governor of Nevada and one time prostitute-for-hire, was met with deafening silence on behalf of the majority of the corporate media last year when she sensationally alleged that Bush and Ashe regularly hired bisexual men for secret sex sessions in the 80's when Bush was a private citizen.
Posted by Editor at 06:11 AM
Thoroughly Unmodern Thomas Jefferson
Gary DeMar / American Vision:The modern-day image of Thomas Jefferson as a social and political liberal would be shattered after a single reading of his Bill for Proportioning Crimes and Punishments. Capital punishment is maintained for murder and treason while rescinded for all other crimes. Even so, other crimes receive some rather harsh and politically incorrect penalties.
Posted by Editor at 05:47 AM
The Seasick Law of The Sea Treaty
Cliff Kincaid / NewsWithViews.com:The U.N.’s law of the Sea Treaty is the biggest giveaway of American sovereignty and resources since the Panama Canal Treaty. It lays the groundwork for another U.N. corruption scandal worse than oil-for-food. This is what you need to tell your Senators.
Posted by Editor at 03:39 AM
Pastor Charged With Murder in Wife's Death
The Associated Press:A former pastor and youth center chaplain has been arrested on a murder charge in connection with his wife's death that initially was ruled a suicide. Matt Baker remained jailed Tuesday in Kerr County. Unless he can post $200,000 bail, he will be returned to McLennan County within the next week, authorities said. Baker, 36, was notified that a warrant had been issued for his arrest Friday afternoon as he taught at Kerrville Tivy High School. He turned himself in several hours later, said his attorney James Rainey.
Posted by Editor at 01:17 AM
Big-Screen Hi-Fi, Direct-Deposit Tithing Church?
The Washington Post:At First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Prince George's County, parishioners who don't make it to church on time are directed to an overflow room to watch the Sunday service on a huge projection screen. If they can't make it to church at all, they can catch the service online, anytime. The Church at Severn Run in Anne Arundel County has a wireless network in its cafe that lets parents work and peruse the Internet while waiting for their children to finish Sunday school. And at McLean Bible Church in Northern Virginia, fancy lighting, rock music and occasional applause spice up spirited sermons.
Posted by Editor at 01:02 AM
September 25, 2007
Dobson Is Right About Giuliani
Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:As a whole, the Religious Right continues to ignore Ron Paul's candidacy, even though he would probably be the best friend that conservative Christians ever had in the White House. Alas, however, there seems to be a giant disconnect in the thinking of many conservative Christians as to the primacy of constitutional government and how it relates to religious liberty. As a result, many conservative Christians continue to support big government policies, when they are promulgated by Republicans. Sadly, I cannot think of a prominent national conservative Christian leader who has dared to follow the courageous example of the prophet Nathan and say to King Bush, "Thou art the man." Instead, they have served as lackeys and doormats for President Bush. In doing so, they have lost much credibility, and dare I say, honor.
Posted by Editor at 03:12 PM
Prosecutor scoffs at Queer GOP Senator
Megan Boldt / The Pioneer Press:Idaho Sen. Larry Craig knew exactly what he was doing when he entered a guilty plea after being arrested in a Twin Cities airport sex sting and is attempting to manipulate the court system by asking the court to withdraw the plea, a prosecutor argued in court documents filed Monday. Labeling the senator's behavior "ludicrous," Metropolitan Airports Commission attorney Christopher Renz argued "buyer's remorse" isn't a valid reason to request a plea be thrown out. Although Craig entered his guilty plea Aug. 1, it wasn't reported in the media until Aug. 27. Craig then announced he would resign effective Sept. 30. "It is clear from this sequence of events that the defendant had hoped that he could plead guilty and that plea would not be discovered by the media or public," Renz wrote. "The defendant chose to plead guilty and consciously took that risk."
Related:
Prosecutor: Don't allow Craig to withdraw guilty plea
KSTP TV-5 Eyewitness News Minneapolis
WATCH LOCAL VIDEO NEWS REPORT - Craig says he panicked and pleaded guilty to a crime he didn't commit. But prosecutor Christopher Renz argued in a motion filed Monday that Craig was calm in several telephone conversations leading up to his plea. He says the circumstances of the case don't meet the state's standard to allow a plea withdrawal.
Craig won't attend hearing on guilty plea
CNN.com
WASHINGTON -- A Minnesota judge will be hearing Sen. Larry Craig's petition to overturn his guilty plea on a disorderly conduct charge in Minneapolis on Wednesday, but the Idaho Republican will not be at the hearing. "I have been advised not to. I will not be attending," Craig said.
Craig coy on resignation
By Manu Raju and Elana Schor / The Hill
Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig declined to say Tuesday whether he would resign his seat as planned if his guilty plea stemming from a Minneapolis bathroom sex sting is not overturned this week. "We are waiting for the legal determinations and I have nothing more to say," Craig told reporters Tuesday. The senator would not comment on what he would do if the court case were not decided by Sunday, the original date of his planned resignation from the Senate.
Posted by Editor at 10:03 AM
The Money Has to Come From Somewhere
Rep. Ron Paul / Texas Straight Talk:After the current turmoil in the markets, I was hoping that new Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would see the big picture and act judiciously. Instead he signaled, with an aggressive rate cut, that we can expect a continuation of the monetary policies that got us here to begin with. Alan Greenspan released his memoir this week explaining his policies and decisions in the wake of the irrational exuberance they fueled. His successor should see that it is now time for a change of policy that addresses the root of our troubles. But instead of seeing an inflation problem, the Federal Reserve sees a liquidity problem, which is a little like extinguishing a forest fire with gasoline. In the wake of the rate cut, the Dow jumped and brokers cheered. Behind the headlines, however, the dollar quietly fell and was abandoned by more of the world in favor of more solid stores of wealth.
Posted by Editor at 06:01 AM
The Road to Serfdom
Jim Capo / JBS.org:The pre-release operating title for yesterday's LA Times home edition opinion piece on page A23 was "Conspiratorial Highway." Apparently, having realized that the ommission of the word theory would leave the article with a title too close to the truth, the editors at the popular corporate newsletter eventually went with something more in line with the true spirit of their propaganda. Their hit piece on those who stand up for private property rights and representative government is now titled, "Going Protectionist over a fantasy highway." For good measure, an invective-laced sub-title has also been added. It screeches: "Xenophobes see a threat to U.S. sovereignty in a Texas freeway project that would ease trade with Mexico."
Posted by Editor at 04:21 AM
Congress debates North America Union
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:A House resolution urging President Bush "not to go forward with the North American Union or the NAFTA Superhighway system" is – according to its sponsor Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va. – "also a message to both the executive branch and the legislative branch." H.C.R. 40 has been referred to the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Posted by Editor at 04:07 AM
Why I am not a Republican
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:In a heated conversation at the Friday banquet of Phyllis Schalfly's Eagle Council meeting in St. Louis last week, Jed Babbin, editor of Human Events, repeated accusations that I am a "black helicopter Internet conspiracy theorist" for arguing that the Bush administration is pursing the North American Union and NAFTA Superhighways through the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, or SPP. In response, I observed that Babbin has taken Human Events in the direction of becoming an apologist for the Republican Party, not a critical forum for conservative debate.
Posted by Editor at 04:05 AM
NSA Plans Expansion Into Private Networks
Alan Scholl / JBS.org:This is another example of the liberty vs. security debate, with liberty about to be on the losing end once again. According to the Baltimore Sun, the NSA, one of the world's most secretive and powerful spy agencies, is about to embark in a partnership with the Homeland Security Department on a new initiative to protect private communications networks, like the Internet, "from cyberattacks and infiltration by terrorists and hackers."
Posted by Editor at 02:57 AM
Executing Homosexuals Works says Iran President
The Associated Press:Comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose remarks were translated from Farsi. On executions of homosexuals in Iran: "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country. We don't have that like in your country. ... In Iran we do not have this phenomenon."
Posted by Editor at 02:14 AM
2 Inmates Kill 'Female' Guard; Escape
The Associated Press:Two Texas inmates working in prison field overpowered a guard Monday and ran her over in a stolen pickup truck, killing the woman as they fled, prison officials said. One inmate was apprehended within an hour, and a manhunt was under way in Huntsville for the second. The missing inmate, Jerry Martin, 37, had been imprisoned since 1997 and was serving a 50-year sentence for attempted murder. Based on his good disciplinary record in prison, Martin was classified as a minimum security inmate and assigned to do field work outside the prison under the supervision of officers. "In this case, obviously, something went wrong," agency spokeswoman Michelle Lyons said.
Posted by Editor at 01:04 AM
September 24, 2007
George Bush's Dog and Pony Show
Jim R. Schwiesow / The Covenant News:Two Bush administration lackeys, U.S. Army General David Petreus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, were the center-ring attraction at a performance of the greatest comedy show on earth the congressional circus. Unable to sustain a desired momentum for his killing campaign in Iraq, which is costing the taxpayers of the United States $122,820.00 a minute or $7.4 Million dollars an hour, the president was forced to trot out his ace sycophants to woo and deceive the people and the congress with more of the same old administration exaggerations and foolishly false contentions that we are winning the war.
Posted by Editor at 07:28 AM
It Might Help to Read the Constitution
Gary DeMar / American Vision:A recent USA Today article reported that "most Americans believe the nation's founders wrote Christianity into the Constitution." The article went on to say "that 55% believe erroneously that the Constitution establishes a Christian nation." Actually, I’m rather surprised by these results. I would have thought that most Americans, with all the secular propaganda that issues forth from out government-controlled educational institutions, that a majority of respondents would have adopted the secularist notion that the Constitution of devoid of anything related to religion.
Posted by Editor at 06:47 AM
Bill to Bar Vets from Owning Guns
Larry Pratt / NewsWithViews.com:Hundreds of thousands of veterans -- from Vietnam through Operation Iraqi Freedom -- are at risk of being banned from buying firearms if legislation that is pending in Congress gets enacted. How? The Veterans Disarmament Act -- which has already passed the House -- would place any veteran who has ever been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on the federal gun ban list.
Posted by Editor at 03:05 AM
Feminism's One-Sided View of 'Equality'
Henry Makow / Ether Zone:In 1971 when males represented 2/3 of college students, feminist organizations started to lobby for "equality." Today, the position of males and females is reversed, but we don’t hear a peep about equality from feminist groups. Clearly the demand was just a ploy to supplant men in the workplace and as protectors and providers in the home. Women now have fewer children and less incentive to marry or stay married. The central bankers don't care about "women's rights." Their agenda is to divide the sexes and dissolve the traditional family. Feminist activists are their shills.
Posted by Editor at 02:37 AM
South Florida to Outlaw Shooting 'Transgenders'?
Towns making sexual deviant perverts a 'protected class'.South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
Transgender is quietly becoming a protected class in South Florida as cities vote to prohibit discrimination against a group that faces tremendous challenges fitting in. Palm Beach and Broward counties may extend the protection next. Palm Beach County Commissioner Jeff Koons is working to add transgender to the county's laundry list of protected classes: race, sex, color, religion, national origin, handicap, familial status, sexual orientation and marital status. In a brief discussion earlier this month, Commissioner Mary McCarty called it the "lipstick and high heels ordinance" that would protect male employees who came into work dressed as women.
Posted by Editor at 02:14 AM
September 22, 2007
Too Heavenly, No Earthly Good
Al Cronkrite / The Covenant News:A friend of mine told me about the Sunday sermon at his Reformed church. The guest preacher arrived in a Cadillac sporting a flowing beard that looked like the picture on a Smith Brothers cough drops box (older readers will remember the simile), donned his fancy phylacteries, began with a humorous reference to long Puritan sermons, and spoke with vigorous gesticulations for an hour. His text was "Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord." Hebrews 12:14
Posted by Editor at 07:11 AM
Satan Confesses His Sins
Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:The despotic dragon from the underworld of neoconservative foreign policy, Henry Kissinger, is coming clean on Iraq. First, Alan Greenspan admitted this week that the reason the U.S. is in Iraq is oil--though this is not a criticism on his part. It is an admission. Now, Kissinger gives a tell-all. The war is not about WMDs or 9/11, but it's about U.S. hegemony and establishing "global order".
Posted by Editor at 05:10 AM
Columbine Memorial Dedication
Debate over Rohrbough writings.Rocky Mountain News:
Brian Rohrbough, whose son, Dan, was murdered at Columbine, wanted to spur debate with his inscription at the Columbine Memorial. He did, indeed. Part of the inscription, in which the father sought to answer his fallen son's question about why Columbine happened, blamed it on "...a Nation that legalized the killing of innocent children in the womb; in a County where authorities would lie and cover up what they knew and what they did; in a Godless school system your life was taken. Dan I'm sorry."
Columbine Memorial Dedication
'A place of healing and forgiveness'
Posted by Editor at 03:23 AM
Student Tasering Smacks of Psy Op
Henry Makow / Ether Zone:The tasering of University of Florida student Andrew Meyer 21, Tuesday looks like a B.F. Skinner experiment designed to let the mice know they will receive a painful shock if they raise sensitive political topics in public. On the other hand, if they are docile or supportive, like the students who cheered when Meyer was dragged away, they will continue to get their food and sex.
Posted by Editor at 02:06 AM
Televangelist Rex Humbard Dies at 88
The Associated Press:The Rev. Rex Humbard, a former itinerant preacher whose televangelism ministry once reached more parts of the globe than any other religious program, died Friday a family spokeswoman said. He was 88. Humbard died of natural causes at a South Florida hospital near his Lantana home, family spokeswoman Kathy Scott said.
Posted by Editor at 01:04 AM
September 21, 2007
Giuliani Is Everyone's Worst Nightmare
Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:Former New York City Mayor and Republican Presidential contender Rudy Giuliani said this week that he was "liberals' worst nightmare." However, the truth is, Rudy Giuliani is everyone's worst nightmare. This is a man who is unabashedly pro-abortion. He has been seen walking down Fifth Avenue with thousands of homosexuals demanding "gay rights." He himself is a cross-dresser. He has had numerous marriages and only God knows how many sexual affairs. He has been one of the country's most radical proponents of gun control. He made New York a sanctuary city for illegal aliens and is a strong proponent of amnesty for illegal aliens. As a prosecutor, his abuse of power and disregard for law are legendary.
Posted by Editor at 07:11 AM
Biblical Self-Government
Stiles J. Watson / The Chalcedon Foundation:Biblical Self-Government: The desire and the ability to willingly submit to God-given authority without being forced, coerced, or constantly reminded to do so. When man refuses to be self-governed, he asks to be a slave. This sums up the whole history of mankind. It started in Eden, and it is still true, even in our country today.
Posted by Editor at 06:16 AM
The AFA Jihadists Have Strange Values
Rick Fisk / LewRockwell.com:Watching the final two hours of the Values Voters debate was a pretty excruciating experience. When I joined the debate in progress, I had to sit through about forty-five minutes of yes or no questions... A good deal of the questions were posed by socialist pastors and clergy whose organizations would follow Bush to hell if he commanded them to do so. The obvious bastardization of Romans 13 was on full display. In fact, a visit to the Values Voters website, the political arm of the American Family Association which has essentially replaced the Christian Coalition, directs pastors(pdf) to obey Title 26, 501(c)3 instructions on what they can or can't say to their congregations. The words "Congress shall make no law...." are to be ignored. That the government is even defining what is and isn't a church is absurd but this does not even cross the minds of Church "leaders" who affiliate themselves with the AFA.
Posted by Editor at 05:54 AM
The Sunlight Rule
Rep. Ron Paul / Texas Straight Talk:Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." Indeed some of the most malignant growth of our government has been nurtured under a cover of darkness. Literally, in the dark hours of the morning at the end of the year, it has become tradition for the Appropriations committee to rush the famous omnibus bill to the floor for a vote, mere hours after it is introduced. The vote took place at 4 am the last time an omnibus spending bill was before us. We had all of 4 hours to deliberate on almost 1400 pages of important legislation. My colleagues somehow found this acceptable, however, and the bill passed 212-206.
Posted by Editor at 04:41 AM
The Death of 'Alex' the Tax-Funded Parrot
John Lofton / The American View Radio:This program is about: The blatantly un-Constitutional Federal-funding ($1-$2 million) of a research project featuring the now deceased "Alex" the parrot; my interview of Dr. Irene Pepperberg, the woman who studied "Alex"; my "World Net Daily" column denouncing this illegal Federal spending; the resulting hate-mail from those who – well, hate my column and me; and my moderate, well-informed (in spots, brilliant), knowledgeable, and may I say modest, reply to all this hate.
Posted by Editor at 02:13 AM
Selfish Morality
Eric Rauch / American Vision:In what is shaping up to be a very interesting debate, atheists and secular humanists are finally beginning to seriously grapple with the moral arguments that theists have been holding over their heads for years. Richard Dawkins’ theory of the "selfish gene" has been the default metaphysical answer for most college biology courses for the last 30 years. But that is beginning to change and atheists on both sides of the debate do not like what they see.
Posted by Editor at 01:39 AM
House Opposes Amnesty Bill
Dana Bash / CNN.com:Though the Senate voted Tuesday to bring President Bush's immigration reform bill back to the Senate floor, objections to any of two dozen amendments to be debated starting Wednesday could kill the bill for the year. And even as the Senate moved forward, House Republicans late Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution opposing the immigration bill -- a move that could place a significant roadblock in front of the measure even if it clears the Senate.
Posted by Editor at 01:12 AM
September 20, 2007
Michael Peroutka Endorses Ron Paul
Michael Anthony Peroutka / The American View:I endorse Rep. Ron Paul for President. And I endorse him not because he is the lesser of two evils. A Christian can never endorse any kind of evil. I endorse Rep. Paul because — from a Christian/Biblical and Constitutional perspective – he is, by far, the best candidate running for President.
Posted by Editor at 03:01 AM
Sekulow endorses Giuliani adviser for AG
Laurie Kellman / The Associated Press:"Conservatives" may not like President Bush's nominee for attorney general, but they are not rebelling against Michael Mukasey. In fact, the former federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan was endorsed by the American Center for Law and Justice, founded by Pat Robertson. The nomination "is good for the Department of Justice and good for America," said the group's chief counsel, Jay Sekulow.
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Bush Picks Giuliani's Judicial Adviser for Attorney General
WASHINGTON -- President Bush has settled on Michael B. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general and will announce his selection Monday, a person familiar with the president's decision said Sunday evening. The 66-year-old New York native, who is a judicial adviser to GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, would take charge of the Justice Department.
Posted by Editor at 02:01 AM
Bush Seals Betrayal of Religious Right
Christopher Manion / LewRockwell.com:Never let it be said that the neocons are a single-issue pro-war clique. In addition to hijacking the country into perpetual war, and ever the aboriginal left-wing Democrats, they have also successfully destroyed the GOP, its conservative base, and the pro-life and pro-family movements that propelled the Bush-Cheney ticket to victory in 2000 and 2004. If there remained any doubts before this week, President Bush's appointment of retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey to succeed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales seals the lid on the coffin in which the neocons buried "compassionate conservatism" long ago. You don’t have to be pro-life to marvel at the breadth and depth of the betrayal that Bush has delivered to his base on the "religious right."
Posted by Editor at 01:53 AM
Stop Apologizing To The Devil
Coach Dave Daubenmire / NewsWithViews.com:Is anyone besides me tired of being so nice? That is what they are trying to convince us to be you know... nice. Funny, isn't it? You can search the Bible through and through and you will be hard-pressed to find that adjective in reference to Christianity. Somewhere along the line we have become convinced that the greatest thing they can ever say about you as a Christian is that you are a "nice" man.
Posted by Editor at 01:48 AM
Bush Calls for Permanent Warrantless Authority
The Washington Post:Bush called on Congress Wednesday to make permanent a law that gives the government broad authority to eavesdrop without warrants on phone calls, e-mail and other communication between people in the United States and people abroad. The president wants Congress to extend the law, set to expire in February, that allows spy agencies to intercept the communications of suspected terrorists that pass through U.S. switching facilities.
Posted by Editor at 01:37 AM
Queer GOP Senator Returns to Congress
Carl Hulse / The New York Times:Senator Larry E. Craig returned to Congress on Tuesday for the first time since the disclosure of his arrest in a sex sting, voting and having lunch with fellow Republicans in an atmosphere described as chilly and awkward. Mr. Craig, who is trying to revoke the misdemeanor guilty plea he entered last month after an encounter with an undercover police officer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport, surprised his colleagues by turning up to vote on District of Columbia issues. His attendance came on what is typically a busy day with a substantial news media presence because of weekly party policy luncheons.
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GOP Supporters Are Hard to Find on Craig's List
By Dana Milbank / The Washington Post:
When Larry Craig (R-Lindbergh Terminal) dropped in unexpectedly for lunch with his Senate Republican colleagues yesterday, the caucus developed a serious case of acid reflux. "I never talk about these things," a sour Sen. Orrin Hatch (Utah) told reporters as he left the room. "You'll have to ask somebody else about that," said a dyspeptic Sen. John McCain (Ariz.).
Posted by Editor at 01:24 AM
Federal Panel OKs Sodomite Orientation Bill
Stephen Barr / The Washington Post:The House federal workforce subcommittee usually operates on bipartisan consensus and voice votes. But not yesterday. The panel's Democrats and Republicans split over proposed legislation that would ban discrimination against federal employees and job applicants based on sexual orientation. Republicans asked for a roll call, and Democrats, as the majority party, prevailed, 5 to 3. The measure would affirm that the government's employment policy prohibits bias against gays in the workplace and is directed at Bush appointee Scott J. Bloch, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, who has refused to enforce the policy based on his reading of civil service law.
Medical Consequences Of What Homosexuals Do
Throughout history, all civilized societies have condemned homosexuality. Until 1961 homosexual acts were illegal throughout America.
Posted by Editor at 01:13 AM
Most Corrupt Members of Congress Report
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington:Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its third annual report on the most corrupt members of Congress entitled Beyond DeLay: The 22 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and two to watch). This encyclopedic report on corruption in the 110th Congress documents the egregious, unethical and possibly illegal activities of the most tainted members of Congress. CREW has compiled the members' transgressions and analyzed them in light of federal laws and congressional rules. Sixteen members have been replaced from last year’s list of 25.
Posted by Editor at 01:05 AM
Judicial Watch Monitors Hillary
Judicial Watch:Just like any other native-born American over the age of 35, Hillary Clinton is free to run for president. But, as she well knows, with her candidacy comes close scrutiny of her public record... And any discussion of Hillary Clinton’s public record begins and ends with her past crimes and corrupt behavior. The first time Hillary Clinton campaigned for the Senate in New York, she violated campaign finance laws by failing to report almost $2 million in contributions.
Posted by Editor at 01:01 AM
Pastor's Killer Can Visit Kids
The Associated Press:A judge ruled Wednesday that a woman who killed her minister-husband with a shotgun can begin supervised visits with her three young daughters, but did not decide whether she can have custody of them. Mary Winkler, who said she needs to help her children heal emotionally from the loss of their father, can visit with them starting Sept. 29, Judge Ron Harmon ruled. The visits will be supervised because of worries about Winkler's mental health, the judge said, and physical security for the children will also be provided if needed.
Posted by Editor at 12:41 AM
September 19, 2007
Exodus Mandate's 10th Anniversary
Lee Duigon / The Chalcedon Foundation:Former U.S. Army Reserve chaplain E. Ray Moore founded the Exodus Mandate ten years ago when he finally came to understand, he said, that reforming the public school system simply wouldn't work. "We believe very strongly that this is a Holy-Spirit–generated movement," Moore told Chalcedon. "In recent years, there has been a lot of unconnected, spontaneous focus on the truth—that is, the need for Christian children to get a Christian education. We’ve seen such an increase lately in books, literature, DVDs, all sorts of independently produced materials promoting Christian education. It reminds me of the days of Luther and the Reformation. The reformers didn’t have to get together and coordinate their actions. The time was just ripe for it."
Posted by Editor at 02:18 AM
Stolen Moral Capital
Gary DeMar / American Vision:Atheism 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 no different from a build up of electrical energy and dissipated through a lightening strike. But how can a materialist know that an evolved brain can be trusted to know anything authoritatively or claim that certain behaviors are morally right or wrong given purely materialistic assumptions?
Posted by Editor at 02:10 AM
Ron Paul vs. U.S. Foreign Policy
D. T. Armentano / LewRockwell.com:For those paying any attention, the recent Republican presidential candidate debate in New Hampshire was an eye-opener. No, there were no surprise announcements or gaffs from the so-called front-runners. Romney, Giuliani, and McCain came off predictable and scripted in their replies to questions; yawn, yawn. The real fireworks, instead, came from 10-term congressman Ron Paul who showed up to debate, yes actually debate, U.S. foreign policy. Unlike the other Republican candidates for president, Paul has always opposed the U.S. war in Iraq. He voted against the war resolution in 2002; he opposes the "surge" and would withdraw ALL U.S. troops immediately from the Arabian peninsula. The other candidates giggled as Representative Paul explained his non-interventionist positions to debate moderator Chris Wallace. Given the frequent audience cheers to Paul's arguments, however, they had best stop giggling and listen up.
Posted by Editor at 02:01 AM
Religious 'Warmongers' Boo Ron Paul
Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:For anyone paying attention, last night was the Values Voters Presidential Debate in Fort Lauderdale, FL; and although not all candidates appeared, Ron Paul of Texas made a showing and made his usual case on war, the police state, constitutionalism, and sound money. What astounded me was how the Religious Right booed him. Unbelievable.
Posted by Editor at 01:07 AM
Values Voters Pick Ron Paul
Ron Paul Wins Values Voter Debate Poll.What the Media Didn't Report
About the Values Voters Debate:
Who was the ONLY candidate to have supporters outside the Values Voters debate? RON PAUL Which candidate had a tug boat, all painted red, white, and blue, going up and down the New River tooting its horn? RON PAUL Which candidate had yard signs and banners posted all over downtown? RON PAUL Who was the ONLY candidate to have a public reception for their supporters after the debate? RON PAUL
WorldNetDaily.com:
Who won the Values Voter 2008 Presidential Debate?
Ron Paul 48.21% (2280)
Mike Huckabee 17.40% (823)
Tom Tancredo 9.62% (455)
Alan Keyes 7.91% (374)
Duncan Hunter 4.40% (208)
Sam Brownback 0.85% (40)
John Cox 0.36% (17)
TOTAL VOTES: 4729
Posted by Editor at 12:17 AM
September 18, 2007
Is Yet Another War Justified?
David Alan Black / The Covenant News:This past week the subject of Iran seemed to be on everyone's lips. The top U.S. diplomat in Iraq met with the Washington Post to make the Bush administration's case that harsher action needs to be taken against Iran because of allegations that Iran's leaders are funding and training terrorists in Iraq. Israel's Olmert agitated that Iran should "pay dearly" for continuing its nuclear program. In Iran itself, the Ayatollah Khamenei laid into President Bush for his war policy and aggressive stance towards Iran, providing a sharp retort to Bush's Iraq War speech on Thursday. Khamenei predicted that Bush and other American officials will one day face trial just like deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein for "the catastrophes they caused in Iraq." And in the U.S. Congress and among the 2008 presidential hopefuls, the anti-Iran drumbeat got steadily louder.
Posted by Editor at 09:01 AM
Armageddon, 200 Million Horse Soldiers
Gary DeMar / American Vision:Question: After reading your book Last Days Madness, which is understandable for even a layman such as me, I have a couple of questions. First, the time indicators you reveal and clarify in your book point to an A.D. 70 fulfillment of the "great tribulation." However, I do not see how the preterist view of Armageddon, where a third of the world's population is destroyed, is dealt with on this issue. Second, in Revelation it refers to 200 million mounted troops. What is your position on these issues?
Posted by Editor at 08:01 AM
Black Regiment Directory Now Online
Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:I am pleased to announce that our initial "Black Regiment" directory is now online. We received more than 800 responses to my initial appeal back in July. Obviously, we had to sift through all these recommendations and also contact each one individually in order to obtain their consent to be listed. For those who may not be aware of what I am talking about, the "Black Regiment" (also called the "Black-Robed Regiment") was a group of patriot-pastors in Colonial America who greatly assisted America's fight for freedom by courageously preaching the Biblical principles of liberty and independence from their pulpits.
Posted by Editor at 07:15 AM
Conservatives & Liberals aka Conquer & Divide
Nancy Levant / NewsWithViews.com:What does it mean to be "conservative?" What does it mean to be "liberal?" Furthermore, who invented the contemporary definitions of political conservatism and liberalism? I will tell you who defined them – your television sets and their talking heads, which are owned, operated, and forced to say what their elite owner’s pay them to say. Hence, you now have 2 political parties, which have been totally "re-created" by corporately owned media to 1) relay to you your political opinions, and 2) to insist upon your political illusions.
Posted by Editor at 05:14 AM
Conservatism Isn't What It Used To Be
Paul Craig Roberts / VDARE.com:When I was in the Reagan administration, America had a lively press that never hesitated to take us to task. Even the "Teflon President" received more brickbats than Bush and Cheney. The lively press disappeared along with its independence in the media concentration engineered during the Clinton administration. Shortly thereafter all the liberal news anchors disappeared as well. Today the US media serves as propaganda ministry for the government's wars and police state. Yet, some conservatives continue to rant on about "the liberal media."
Posted by Editor at 05:02 AM
Immigration Debate Heading Back to Congress
Mary Benoit / JBS.org:Opponents of illegal immigration breathed a sigh of relief last June when the immigration debate hit a brick wall and seemingly died away. However, in the coming weeks some members of Congress will attempt to add provisions of the failed immigration bill (S. 1639) onto other pieces of legislation such as the defense authorization bill (H.R. 1585) for Fiscal 2008.
Posted by Editor at 02:15 AM
September 17, 2007
Blood for Money: The New American Way
Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:A newly released study shows the death toll of Iraqis to be 1.2 million. Incredible. How many innocents does that include? Now, just when I thought I'd heard everything, the idiots at FOXNews are discussing how Wall Street will or will not benefit from bombing Iran. Watch them. They are discussing this issue as if it's investment advice. I am ashamed to call myself an American. I love my country, but I am beyond horrified at the conduct and mentality of my fellow citizens--especially the Christians.
Posted by Editor at 05:46 PM
Regulation, Free Trade and Mexican Trucks
Rep. Ron Paul / Texas Straight Talk:Another NAFTA nail is about to be hammered into the coffin Washington is building for the US economy. Within the next few days our borders will be opened to the Mexican trucking industry in an unprecedented way. A "pilot" program is starting which will allow trucks from Mexico to haul goods beyond the 25 mile buffer zone to any point in the United States . Officials claim this is being done with utmost oversight, but Americans still have their legitimate concerns. Rather than securing our borders, we seem to be providing more pores for illegal aliens, drug dealers, and terrorists to permeate.
Posted by Editor at 05:49 AM
Amnesty for Illegals Is Back
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:President Bush's comprehensive immigration reform, defeated in June, will make a second appearance this week when the Senate takes up various pro-amnesty amendments submitted to the Department of Defense funding bill, H.R. 1585, which is scheduled for debate.
Posted by Editor at 03:47 AM
The Betrayal of the American Right
Charles A. Burris / LewRockwell.com:Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul often describes himself as belonging to the non-interventionist tradition of the "Old Right" in American politics, and that his hero or mentor in this regard is Ohio Republican Senator Robert A. Taft, son of President and Chief Justice of the United States William H. Taft. To the mouthpieces of the mainstream news media with their shallow view of American political history, this is very perplexing. Their superficial knowledge of events rarely stretches beyond the Reagan years, if indeed that far back.
Posted by Editor at 02:09 AM
Pro-Democracy Killing in Iraq
Jacob G. Hornberger / Future of Freedom Foundation:During the recent Republican presidential debate, former Governor Mike Huckabee took Congressman Ron Paul to task for calling for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. Huckabee suggested that it was irrelevant whether the United States should have invaded Iraq. The point, he stated, was that because the invasion had "broken" Iraq, the United States had the obligation to remain and fix it. As Huckabee put it, "We bought it because we broke it." Huckabee said that his analysis was based on what his mother had taught him when he was a little boy: "If I picked something off the shelf and I broke it, I bought it." Huckabee is wrong on several counts, and his reasoning only goes to show how far American conservatives have fallen in terms of conscience and morality.
Posted by Editor at 01:26 AM
Craig Versus The Dialectic
Alan Stang / OfficialWire:As I write, Larry Craig is trying to withdraw his guilty plea in the Cities. If he can do that, and, if his Republican colleagues will therefore restore his Senate committee assignments, then, he says, he may not implement his pledge to resign. Now he says he didn’t really say he would resign, he said something else, but I can’t understand what Senator Craig says he said. My guess is he will go for a reason I have seen no one mention. He will go because of dialectical materialism, which of course is the primary Communist tool in the pseudo-science of "Marxism-Leninism." In political terms, dialectical materialism simply means controlling both sides of a dispute. Obviously, if you control both sides, you can’t lose.
Posted by Editor at 01:16 AM
The Second Wave
Eric Rauch / American Vision:Although still mostly a Christian phenomenon, homeschooling has been rather effective in reminding all parents of the sad condition of state education. Ten years ago, everyone agreed that public education was in trouble and debated endlessly over what could be done, yet no one really provided any answers beyond "more money." Now, however, parents of school-age children realize that there is a solution and "therein," as Shakespeare says, "lies the rub."
Posted by Editor at 01:09 AM
School Daze
Andrea Schwartz / Chalcedon.edu:It's mid-September and all the back to school ads and displays have given way to enticements for us to make purchases for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The “back to school” savings are passé now that the kids are back in school. However, what remains fairly constant as the newness of the first week of school wanes is the response of many students when asked, "How is school this year?" "The same as always -- boring."
Posted by Editor at 01:01 AM
Who Is Head of Your Church?
David Alan Black / Dave Black Online:Leadership has become an issue in the church today. This ethics of leadership has social and political implications as well as ecclesiological ones. It is not a matter of church eldership per se. No one doubts the necessity for qualified leaders in a congregation. It is the manner and means of leadership that is under dispute. (A similar question may be posed of the classroom: Is the teacher the authoritative and unchallengeable dispenser of truth, or the wise and humble facilitator of learning? This question cannot be treated here.)
Posted by Editor at 12:44 AM
September 15, 2007
The United States Constitution - R.I.P.
The American View Radio:September 17 is "Constitution Day." Who cares? Well, sad to say, almost nobody today, in or out of public office, cares about our Constitution because we are no longer a Christian people; thus, an oath to God to preserve, protect and defend our Constitution is meaningless. So, it is regularly and blatantly violated. In this program you will hear about: The purpose of the Constitution; why it is, supposedly, "Godless;" Bush’s crimes; how Nixon/Ike didn’t get it; the bipartisan stupid/evil of Dole/McGovern; how FDR and the Communist Party agreed on the role of government; the lawlessness of Social Security; and more.
Posted by Editor at 08:03 AM
Two Thousand Seven Constitution Day
The Conservative Caucus:September 17, 2007, Arlington, VA - TCC is sponsoring Constitution Day for the sixth consecutive year, in cooperation with The Conservative Caucus Foundation and the U.S. Taxpayers Alliance. You will have the opportunity to learn more about the Constitution from several knowledgeable, compelling speakers. The program is excellent and will feature remarks by top experts in the Constitution.
Posted by Editor at 05:02 AM
Keyes Announces Run for President
RenewAmerica.us:On Friday, Sept. 14, Alan Keyes filed a Statement of Candidacy with the Federal Election Commission--thus officially announcing as a Republican candidate for President of the United States. Keyes told Janet Parshall, host of a nationally syndicated radio show, that he's "unmoved" by the lack of moral courage shown by the other candidates, among whom he sees no standout who articulates the "key kernel of truth that must, with courage, be presented to our people."
Posted by Editor at 03:14 AM
ABC News: Foley Unlikely to Be Prosecuted
Vic Walter and Krista Kjellman / ABC News:Homosexual Republican Mark Foley, whose e-mails and instant messages to teenage former congressional pages shocked the country, may avoid criminal prosecution in Florida because of the state's three-year statute of limitations. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement did not start a criminal investigation of Foley until November 2006, making it nearly impossible to prosecute what some officials regarded as the best case, an explicit instant message sent by Foley to a 17-year-old high school student in February 2003, when Foley was in Pensacola, Fla.
Posted by Editor at 02:38 AM
9-11 — Emergency
Michael R. Butler / First Word:There are many dates that are full of meaning for Americans. July 4, December 7, and November 22 each mark pivotal events in our history. When historians write about the downfall of America (which is coming sooner rather than later) 911 will be seen as the pivotal date. It will not be seen as the beginning of the end, that goes back to the 1860’s if not June 21, 1788, but as the beginning of the end of the end.
Posted by Editor at 02:08 AM
Department of Homeland Security Flunks Audit
The Associated Press:Ten years after Congress ordered federal agencies to have outside auditors review their books, neither the Defense Department nor the newer Department of Homeland Security has met even basic accounting requirements, leaving them vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse. An Associated Press review shows that the two departments' financial records are so disorganized and inconsistent that they have repeatedly earned "disclaimer" opinions, meaning that they simply cannot be fully audited.
Posted by Editor at 01:37 AM
Televangelist's Husband Won't Contest Divorce
FOX News:Televangelist Juanita Bynum's husband, accused of assaulting her, will not contest her petition for divorce after all, his attorneys said Thursday. The Rev. Thomas W. Weeks III had held out hope that he and Bynum could reconcile even after she filed a petition for divorce Monday, but now "has come to the personal resolve, that if Juanita is insistent on a divorce, he will not stand in the way," his attorneys said in a statement.
Posted by Editor at 01:06 AM
TBN Greets Televangelist Divorcee
Lillian Kwon / Christian Post:Loud applause greeted famed life coach and female televangelist Paula White at her first public interview since the announcement of her divorce. White appeared on the Trinity Broadcasting Network this week as both a guest and preacher, touching on the highly public divorce she's going through while encouraging others not to be swayed by life's trials.
Posted by Editor at 01:02 AM
September 14, 2007
Henry Kissinger: Realist, or Neocon?
Philip Giraldi / Antiwar.com:It is now obvious that the neocons have been marketing their agenda under deceptive labels and meticulously planning their takeover of the U.S. foreign policy apparatus to advance their Middle Eastern program. The new book by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt on the Israel Lobby provides some fresh insights into how American interests have been consistently betrayed by politicians and government officials who have fought to protect Israel at all costs. Mearsheimer and Walt reveal, inter alia, that Henry Kissinger, while national security adviser and secretary of state between 1969 and 1977, might have been one of the first neocons in deed if not in name. Kissinger, who prefers to describe himself as a "realist," reportedly took it upon himself to defend Israeli positions even when those positions were in no way linked to American interests in the region.
Posted by Editor at 09:33 AM
Conservatives Are Desperate
Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:The entrance of Fred Thompson in the presidential race immediately took a toll on the Romney campaign. Romney's support is dropping like the temperature in northern Idaho in the wintertime. That trend will probably continue, as more conservatives catch the Thompson wave. The problem is, Thompson is not a conservative. Worse still (for the GOP), Thompson cannot beat Hillary in a general election. Mark my words, if Fred Thompson is the Republican nominee next November, Hillary Clinton is your next president.
Posted by Editor at 09:21 AM
Paul Poses Serious Threat to Hillary
Larry Fester / USA Daily:Analysis: The antiwar Republican congressman from Texas poses a serious threat to Hillary Clinton and potential Democrat rivals in the general election. The presidential race has to a great extent turned into a two issue campaign, immigration and the war in Iraq. Democrat candidates are capitalizing on popular antiwar sentiments among the public but are swimming up stream by apparently supporting President Bush's policy of turning a blind eye toward illegal immigration and unsecured borders.
Posted by Editor at 09:05 AM
Follow Up: The Mark of the Beast
Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:"The beast, symbol of human government and empire, of anti-Christian states and cultures generally, represented the Roman Empire of St. John's day, and all other anti-Christian orders. The beast represents the totality of all such empires in the ancient world, and all to come."
Posted by Editor at 08:13 AM
Hoffa: Bush creating North American Union
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:Saying he is convinced "the Bush administration has a master plan to erase all borders and to have a super-government in North America," James P. Hoffa, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, celebrated the Senate's 75-23 vote Tuesday night to block the Department of Transportation's Mexican truck demonstration project.
Posted by Editor at 07:51 AM
Bill to Stop Mexican Trucks Just Another Band-Aid
Devvy Kidd / NewsWithViews.com:The senate didn't do their homework by researching the provisions of NAFTA. I read that treaty disguised as an "agreement" back in 1994, all 2400 pages of it, but I don't remember every section 14 years later. Very few members of Congress bothered to read it, but they voted yes. Marxist Bill Clinton then gleefully signed this gigantic tool which began the destruction of the working class. The past 14 years has proven NAFTA is one of the worst trade disasters in the history of this republic.
Posted by Editor at 07:39 AM
Was Jesus Homeschooled?
Richard A. Jones / American Vision:Speaking of being surprised, a retired public school teacher and I were recently lamenting the mutual distress we share when encountering lone young people on the street, at the mall (and even in church), and to observe there the deliberate avoidance of eye contact, plus the cold, dejected, angry, depressed, dead, dull, hostile, de-moralized looks in the eyes and body language of 75% of them.
Posted by Editor at 05:49 AM
Feds End College Subsidies for Condoms
Gary North / GaryNorth.com:You probably did not know that the United States government for years has indirectly subsidized condoms for college students. It has done this through Big Pharma. No more!
Posted by Editor at 05:36 AM
Hearing for Queer Senator Set for Sept. 26
The Associated Press:Sen. Larry E. Craig's request to withdraw his guilty plea in an airport sex sting will be heard Sept. 26, just four days before the Idaho Republican has said he will step down from his Senate seat. The Hennepin County District Court said the hearing will be held in Edina, a Minneapolis suburb. A spokesman for Craig has said the senator is unlikely to try to finish his third term unless a court moves quickly to overturn his conviction. The spokesman could not immediately be reached yesterday, and it is unclear what impact the hearing date will have on Craig's plans.
Posted by Editor at 01:04 AM
September 13, 2007
Reagan Criticized Me for Telling the Truth
John Lofton / The American View:All his political life, until becoming President, Reagan attacked, repeatedly, Big Government. But, when he left office as President, the Federal Government was bigger than when he took office. In fact, in 1982, Reagan signed into law what was, up until then, the biggest tax increase in history. The same thing happened when Reagan was Governor of California. When he left that office, that state’s government was bigger than when he was elected Governor.
Posted by Editor at 07:29 AM
Bush Planned Invasion Before 9/11
Chalcedon Blog:Bush insider reveals startling information on Bush's plan to topple Saddam's regime months before 9/11--and this right after he completed a campaign that included "no nation building."
Posted by Editor at 05:45 AM
They're Lying To Us
Coach Dave Daubenmire / NewsWithViews.com:Lying has become a way of life in America. In fact, it is so common that we almost expect it. I don’t know if America can ever recover from our acceptance of lying. Honesty used to be a virtue. Today it is a weakness. The truthful are ridiculed. The dishonest are promoted. "Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children." --Oliver Wendell.
Posted by Editor at 04:06 AM
China Mega-Port Catalyst for NAFTA
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:The Chinese deep-water port at Yangshan, near Shanghai, provides ample evidence North America is about to be hit by a tsunami of containers from China. Yangshan is a reclaimed island the size of 470 soccer fields that lies in the East China Sea Port, offshore from Shanghai.
Posted by Editor at 03:49 AM
Oprah Interviews Killer-Wife
CNN.com:The parents of a Tennessee preacher shot to death by his wife convinced a judge to keep the convicted killer at home, but they couldn't keep her off the air. Seven months in custody wasn't a long enough sentence for what she did, Mary Winkler said Wednesday in an exclusive, pre-recorded interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Posted by Editor at 02:17 AM
September 12, 2007
Feds Trample on Prisoners' Religious Freedom
Lee Duigon / Chalcedon Blog:You would think that of all people, prison inmates are most in need of religious education. But in aid of "protecting the country from terrorism," the U.S. Bureau of Prisons has ordered the removal of thousands of religious books, tapes, CDs, and videos from federal prison libraries.
Posted by Editor at 06:49 AM
Christianity a Religion of Peace, Islam is Not
Gary DeMar / American Vision:Robert Spencer is one of our nation’s most articulate and spot-on critics of Islamic extremism. He is the author of The Truth About Muhammad, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), as well as other books on the relationship between Islam and terrorism. His latest book, Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn’t, includes a short bio that informs readers that “Spencer lives in a secure, undisclosed location.” The reason for his self-imposed seclusion is because he fears for his life. Considering what we know about Islamic radicalism in words and deeds, you would think that there would be dozens of authors who would be issuing similar warnings. Sadly, it’s not the case.
Posted by Editor at 05:53 AM
The Suffering Church
David Alan Black / Dave Black Online:This year I will be meeting with a group of persecuted pastors in a country I cannot name, men who have learned that zeal for the Gospel can lead to hazardous consequences. I will teach them that an important aspect of love for the brethren is the willingness to risk reputation, property, and life itself.
Posted by Editor at 03:12 AM
Hell Does Exist, Christians Believe
WorldNetDaily.com:A whopping 95 percent of those who responded to a new poll by ChristiaNet.com believe there is, indeed, a hell. "God's Word makes it clear that there is a place after death where people are separated from Him for eternity," ChristiaNet President Bill Cooper noted.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
As read by: David Bruce Sonner
SermonAudio.com:
Considered to be one of the most famous sermons in American history, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was first delivered in Enfield, Connecticut on July 8, 1741. Timely yet timeless, Jonathan Edwards shows us our true nature, that nature which we see so very clearly even today.
Posted by Editor at 02:21 AM
Senate OKs ban of Mexico trucks on U.S. roads
The Associated Press:The Senate voted Tuesday to ban Mexican trucks from U.S. roadways, rekindling a more than decade-old trade dispute with Mexico. By a 74-24 vote, the Senate approved a proposal by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., prohibiting the Transportation Department from spending money on a North American Free Trade Agreement pilot program giving Mexican trucks greater access to U.S. highways.
Posted by Editor at 02:08 AM
U.S. Discovers 'Pearl Harbor II' Plot
WorldNetDaily.com:America's key allies in the Pacific – Japan and Taiwan – could be left virtually defenseless in a deadly cyberwar attack China has secretly prepared. Codenamed "Pearl Harbor II" by the Pentagon, the plan calls for a simultaneous attack on the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet in the Pacific and the disabling of communications at its headquarters at Pearl Harbor and with the Pentagon.
Posted by Editor at 01:36 AM
Husband-Killer Seeks Custody of Kids
The Associated Press:The woman who killed her minister husband with a shotgun is seeking custody of her three daughters, or at least frequent visits. A petition filed in Carroll County Chancery Court argues that Mary Winkler’s continued separation from the girls — ages 2, 8 and 10 — is “unconscionable and detrimental” to the children.
Posted by Editor at 01:15 AM
Court Grants Queer Senator a Hearing
Reuters:A Minnesota court on Tuesday granted U.S. Sen. Larry Craig a hearing on his request to let him take back the guilty plea he made after his arrest in a men's room sex sting. The Hennepin County District Court said the hearing would be held on September 26 at a courthouse in Edina, a town near Minneapolis -- just days before the September 30 deadline the Idaho Republican set for himself to resign if his name is not cleared.
Posted by Editor at 01:02 AM
September 11, 2007
Kentucky to Seek Homosexual Death Penalty
Abominations:More than one month after six-year-old Wesley Mullins was found dead in his grandfather's garage, the convicted pedophile charged with sodomizing and killing him appeared in court. Lewis "Buck" Ballard pleaded not guilty to murder and sodomy charges. Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty.
Posted by Editor at 04:55 PM
9/11, Six Years Later
Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:Contrary to the claims of President Bush, the United States is not only just as vulnerable to terrorist attacks as it was in 2001, it is more vulnerable. Not only has President Bush done nothing to secure our borders, he has just last week opened the door for Mexican trucks to come unimpeded across our southern border. These trucks will have free access to our entire country. Can one imagine the amount of drug trafficking, illegal aliens, and even potential terrorists that will be smuggled across our borders in these trucks? Plus, think of the safety concerns these drivers and trucks will bring to America's highways.
Posted by Editor at 09:11 AM
Bush Allocates $66M to 'NAFTA Highways'
Mike Sunnucks / The Business Journal:The Bush administration announced Monday it is granting $66.2 million to improve freight flow on several so-called NAFTA highways. The U.S. Department of Transportation is allocating the money so it can work with state and local governments and the private sector on six interstate highways, with projects including the addition of bypasses and trucks-only lanes. Five of those highways connect to or run near the Mexican or Canadian borders.
Posted by Editor at 08:44 AM
Prisons Purging Christian Books From Libraries
Laurie Goodstein / The New York Times:Behind the walls of federal prisons nationwide, chaplains have been quietly carrying out a systematic purge of religious books and materials that were once available to prisoners in chapel libraries. The chaplains were directed by the Bureau of Prisons to clear the shelves of any books, tapes, CDs and videos that are not on a list of approved resources. In some prisons, the chaplains have recently dismantled libraries that had thousands of texts collected over decades, bought by the prisons, or donated by churches and religious groups.
Posted by Editor at 08:37 AM
Ron Paul and America at the Tipping Point
Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:What has happened? How can a body politic so easily turn from their rich tradition of conservatism into a grotesque display of nationalistic fascism? How can they swallow the massive expanse of federal power in police state measures while decrying "big government" in their Democratic opponents? How is the Department of Homeland Security any less government than universal healthcare? And, where are the Christians? I was sickened to see these candidates sport "one nation under God" while they simmer in bloodlust to wipe Iran off the map.
Posted by Editor at 05:17 AM
'Stick It' to the Anti-gun United Nations
Gun Owners of America:Senator David Vitter (R-LA) pushed a pro-gun amendment through the U.S. Senate on an 81-10 vote. GOA worked closely with Vitter in getting the language just right, as Senate rules make it difficult to attach certain amendments to spending bills. The Vitter provision stipulates that no U.S. funds can be used by the United Nations -- or organizations affiliated with the UN -- to restrict or tax our gun rights.
Posted by Editor at 04:27 AM
IRS Says Dobson is 'Squeaky Clean'
Electa Draper / The Denver Post:Focus on the Family chairman James Dobson's endorsement of 2004 Republican candidates did not disqualify his conservative media ministry from tax-exempt status, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service ruled after an audit. Dobson acted as an individual and did not speak on behalf of the Colorado Springs-based ministry he founded, the IRS said. Dobson announced Monday morning on Focus on the Family's flagship radio program, aired nationally, that the IRS found him "squeaky clean" after a year of auditing.
Posted by Editor at 03:43 AM
A Fitting Tribute to a Corrupt Tyrant
Thomas J. DiLorenzo / LewRockwell.com:The August 25 Washington Times reported that an outfit called the " United States Historical Society," which had donated a statue of Abe Lincoln to the city of Richmond, Virginia in 2003, was stripped of its tax-exempt status by the IRS. It seems that the main activity of the Society was marketing $875 miniature replicas of the statue and pocketing the profits. The reason the Society lost its tax exemption is that the erection of a Lincoln statue in Richmond was considered by many Richmonders to be akin to putting up a statue of Hitler in Tel Aviv or of Stalin in the Ukraine. Several affluent and influential Richmonders made it a point to bring to the attention of the IRS the real activities of the U.S. Historical Society. They waged a four-year campaign against the organization and its spit-in-your-face gesture of placing the Lincoln statue in their home town, and they won.
Posted by Editor at 03:12 AM
Microchip Implants Suspected of Being Deadly
Jim Kouri / NewsWithViews.com:For several years political leaders on both sides of the aisle promised the American people a microchip that would contain their medical histories and other important healthcare data. The US Food and Drug Administration declared these new microchips safe and a boon to US healthcare. There is only one problem: these microchip implants have been linked to several cases of cancer in animals who had the chips inserted into their bodies.
Posted by Editor at 02:01 AM
Katie Couric vs. Age Spots
Gary North / GaryNorth.com:CBS decided to bet tens of millions of dollars against statistical reality: Aging women are not popular with men. It is losing the bet. A May 14, 2007 article in the New York Times blew the whistle.
Posted by Editor at 01:39 AM
A Word to My Ph.D. Students
David Alan Black / Dave Black Online:Have you learned the lesson of humility yet? I would ask all of you to remember the message of 1 Corinthians (1:26ff.): God does not choose the wise after the flesh. He chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, so that no one should glory in His presence. All of us who are involved in scholarship must learn this lesson sooner or later. Jesus’ disciples are good examples for us: they were men without means, whether political, intellectual, social, or financial. God took Gideon’s soldiers away from him. He did the same with David’s armor. It is an implacable spiritual law that what is done by the natural man is useless.
Posted by Editor at 01:07 AM
September 10, 2007
Vote Fraud: It's Not Just The Machines
Devvy Kidd / NewsWithViews.com:Only a party hack or visitor from outer space can deny at this point in time that Bush's agenda, just like his father before him, Bill Clinton and other past presidents, is the elimination of these united States of America and total integration with Mexico and Canada into one region of a world government. The North American Union (NAU) and the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) is the final shot being fired; the process is well underway.
Posted by Editor at 03:05 AM
NAFTA Superhighway Plans Advance South
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:Official Mexican government reports reveal Mexico has entered discussions with the state of Texas and top officials in the Bush administration to extend the Trans-Texas Corridor into Mexico, with a plan to connect through Monterrey to the deep-water Mexican ports on the Pacific, including Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas.
Posted by Editor at 02:31 AM
Mexican Trucks Approved for Long-Haul
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:Federal officials have confirmed that the first Mexican truckers have been given authorization to run their long-haul rigs throughout the United States under the Department of Transportation's Mexican trucking demonstration project. The word came during a late-night surprise teleconference held by John Hill, the administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. He told selected reporters that Transportes Olympic of Nuevo Leon was the first company to be given the authorization.
Posted by Editor at 02:29 AM
Chip Implants Linked to Tumors
The Associated Press:When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved implanting microchips in humans, the manufacturer said it would save lives, letting doctors scan the tiny transponders to access patients' medical records almost instantly. The FDA found "reasonable assurance" the device was safe, and a sub-agency even called it one of 2005's top "innovative technologies." But neither the company nor the regulators publicly mentioned this: A series of veterinary and toxicology studies, dating to the mid-1990s, stated that chip implants had "induced" malignant tumors in some lab mice and rats.
Posted by Editor at 02:16 AM
'Queer Senator' Will Try to Take Back Plea
The Associated Press:Sen. Larry Craig lawyer argues that Craig should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea in a sex sting because he was under extreme stress after being hounded by journalists asking questions about his sexuality. Craig, an Idaho Republican, pleaded guilty in August to disorderly conduct following a sting operation in a men's bathroom at the Minneapolis airport. His lawyer, William Martin, said he will file court documents Monday trying to undo that decision so Craig can fight the charge.
Posted by Editor at 01:14 AM
Arrests, Warrants, Restraining Orders
Jake Tapper / ABC News:As part of the effort to rehabilitate the reputation and save the political career of Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, his children Michael Craig and Shae Howell spoke to ABC News' "Good Morning America" this week to testify that their father isn't gay and was not in fact guilty of the lewd conduct for which he was arrested. Michael Craig said his father was simply "a victim of circumstance" who was "in the wrong place at the wrong time." But the criminal records of Michael Craig and his sister, whom Sen. Craig adopted after marrying their mother, Suzanne, in 1983, not only call into question their credibility as character witnesses but may even further undermine Craig's portrayal of himself as a defender of family values.
Posted by Editor at 01:04 AM
September 08, 2007
Rev. George Wilson: A Life Well-Lived
Matt Trewhella / The Covenant News:In the summer of 1992, George Wilson, an ordained Presbyterian (PCUSA) minister, attended the national General Assembly of that denomination which was held here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The denomination is pro-abortion, and he attended to speak up for the preborn with the hope of changing the wicked position of the denomination. His efforts did not have the desired effect, but while in Milwaukee he learned about Missionaries to the Preborn. He felt God's calling on his heart; packed up his family and belongings in Pennsylvania, and moved to Milwaukee. He spent the next 15 years here ministering on behalf of the preborn.
Posted by Editor at 02:02 AM
Pro-Abort, CFR-Member Fred Thompson
Steve Lefemine / Covenant News Wire Service:Fred Thompson veteran actor, former Republican senator launched his bid for the presidency Hollywood style. "I'm running for president of the United States," Thompson told Jay Leno in a taped appearance on NBC's "Tonight Show" airing Wednesday night. "It starts right now." Is this the kind of man that Christians want for president?
Posted by Editor at 01:34 AM
Analysis of Fred Thompson's Record
The American View Radio:A Detailed Analysis Of The Record Of Fred Thompson On God/Government, Abortion, Our Constitution, Iraq And More - Not Good
Posted by Editor at 01:23 AM
Controversy In The Military
Al Cronkrite / The Covenant News:In a recent interview Lt. Colonel Yingling said, "I find it hard to look them in the eye. Our generals are not worthy of their soldiers… a private who loses a rifle suffers far greater consequences than a general who loses a war". His widely read essay "A Failure in Generalship" contends that wars are fought by nations, not armies, and the people's support is necessary. He excoriates Iraqi commanding officers for failing to stand up to civilian leaders by demanding a winning size army and condemns congress for not overseeing the promotions of well educated, versatile, and adaptable officers who would insure a winning team.
Posted by Editor at 01:12 AM
The Synoptic Problem
Why Are the Fathers Ignored?David Alan Black / Dave Black Online:
Most experts disregard the external evidence for the historical origins of the Gospels in a way that is very odd. It seems to me today there is more faddism than serious academic inquiry taking place. In reality, the fathers are ignored. This has to do perhaps with the observable tendency in evangelical scholarship to pay mere lip service to the careful exegesis of the patristic writings.
Posted by Editor at 01:07 AM
September 07, 2007
Thoughts On The Larry Craig Scandal
Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:"The real problem that this scandal unearths is the widespread influence that homosexuality has within the GOP. Ladies and Gentlemen, the GOP elephant is not red; it is pink. That is a fact that rank and file conservatives within the GOP either don't know or don't want to know. But it is getting harder and harder to keep that fact a secret."
Posted by Editor at 08:07 AM
Larry Craig: Homosexual
Alan Stang / Ether Zone:Now that Minneapolis cops have finally nailed Idaho Senator Larry Craig, let it be said that his proclivity is stale news. Craig has routinely been accused of sodomy for at least twenty five years. In fact, Craig’s reputation as a predatory sodomite is so well-established and redundant that I did not bother mentioning him in my new book, Not Holier Than Thou, about the homosexual takeover of the Republicrud Party. Instead, I focused on Republicruds whose homosexual résumés were not so well known.
Posted by Editor at 07:35 AM
The First Promise Keeper
Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:A masculine soul is one that is content and impassioned with the responsibilities God has given him. Real men don’t require profanity and a hunting license in order to feel more masculine. Real men understand they have a task to perform, and they do it with diligence and patience knowing that a reward awaits them. Our Lord did not say, “If you love Me, keep your promises.” Rather, He said, “[K]eep my commandments” (John 14:15). We do not demonstrate our love for God by contriving a list of what we deem important and then struggle to fulfill it. Genuine love for God recognizes that He has spoken infallibly in His Word and our only response should be a willing obedience.
Posted by Editor at 07:01 AM
D. James Kennedy, R.I.P.
Gary North / GaryNorth.com:D. James Kennedy, the pastor of Coral Rridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, died today at the age of 76. He had suffered a heart attack in December, 2006, and never returned to the pulpit. His daughter announced his retirement on August 26. Kennedy was a Calvinist in a Calvinistic denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America, which separated from the liberal Southern Presbyterian Church in 1973. His congregation has 10,000 members, the largest in the denomination. He started it in 1959. He was the only Calvinist television evangelist.
Posted by Editor at 06:36 AM
What I Owe Dr. D. James Kennedy
Gary DeMar / American Vision:Ft. Lauderdale is a big city. It just so happened that I found an apartment two blocks from Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, a church I didn’t even know existed. It just so happened that after a prayer asking God to show me where I should go to church, I heard someone sharing the gospel with my landlady. When the conversation ended, I came outside and introduced myself. Toni Fern was her name, and she came back to visit my landlady, and, once again, had shared the gospel with her. She had rented the apartment before me. Toni was a member of Coral Ridge and invited me to attend.
Posted by Editor at 06:12 AM
Hell and the High Schools
The American View:This is one of the anti-evolution posters seen around town in Dayton, Tennessee during the famous 1925 Scopes Trial when a biology teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution in a public school. Kind of sums up things rather well and succinctly, don’t you think?
Posted by Editor at 06:02 AM
Mexican Rigs Hit U.S. Pavement Today
Bush 'hell-bent' to green-light foreign truckers.Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:
Trucks owned by Mexican trucking companies and piloted by Mexican drivers are scheduled to hit the pavement of U.S. roadways as early as today, according to an Oregon congressman. U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., late yesterday said what critics call the Bush administration's "stealth plan" to allow Mexican long-haul rigs to run on roads throughout the United States is being launched.
Posted by Editor at 03:06 AM
Televangelist's Husband Issues an Apology
The Associated Press:The husband of evangelist and gospel singer Juanita Bynum has issued an apology over the case, in which he is accused of beating his wife. In a statement issued through his lawyers Wednesday, Thomas W. Weeks III, 40, apologized to all Christians, his church family and others "having to endure this ordeal." Weeks, known to his followers as Bishop Weeks, is accused of beating, stomping, choking and threatening to kill Bynum during an Aug. 21 argument outside a hotel. Weeks' statement came a day after Bynum, 48, announced that she forgave her estranged husband and would not say anything negative about him.
Posted by Editor at 01:08 AM
September 06, 2007
Ron Paul Wins Debate, Hannity Cringes
John F. McManus / JBS.com:Much to the chagrin of Fox News talking head Sean Hannity, a Fox News "text messaging poll" indicates that Ron Paul won the September 5 Republican presidential debate: The University of New Hampshire hosted the very spirited September 5 debate among the GOP's candidates for president. The most intense exchanges occurred when several of the participants sought to counter Congressman Ron Paul's insistence that the U.S. should terminate its involvement in Iraq and bring the troops home.
Posted by Editor at 03:02 PM
North American Union Driver's License Created
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:The first "North American Union" driver's license, complete with a hologram of the continent on the reverse, has been created in North Carolina. "The North Carolina driver's license is 'North American Union' ready," charges William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration.
Posted by Editor at 09:26 AM
Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act
Larry Neumeister / The Associated Press:A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said the government orders must be subject to meaningful judicial review and that the recently rewritten Patriot Act "offends the fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances and separation of powers."
Posted by Editor at 09:11 AM
Craig Aide Says He's Likely to Leave
Charles Babington / The Associated Press:Sen. Larry Craig has all but dropped any notion of trying to complete his term, and is focused on helping Idaho send a new senator to Washington within a few weeks, his top spokesman said Thursday. "The most likely scenario, by far, is that by October there will be a new senator from Idaho," Craig spokesman Dan Whiting told the Associated Press.
Posted by Editor at 07:41 AM
Reversing Craig's Plea Won't Be Easy
The Associated Press:The politics of being caught in an airport sex sting are tough enough for Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, but a legal fight against his guilty plea won't be any easier. The Republican on Wednesday relayed word that he would resign his seat by Sept. 30 only if he fails to withdraw last month's guilty plea to a charge of disorderly conduct. Legal experts say that it's tough to convince a judge to allow a guilty plea to be withdrawn, and that even if the tactic succeeds, it could backfire if it leads to a trial where the lurid allegations against the senator get a full public airing.
Posted by Editor at 03:46 AM
Ethics Committee Continues Craig Review
The Associated Press:To the dismay of fellow Republicans, Sen. Larry Craig launched a determined drive to save his seat on Wednesday, vowing to stay in office if allowed to withdraw his guilty plea in a men's room sex sting. Craig's campaign suffered an instant setback, however, when the ethics committee refused to set aside a complaint lodged against him. "Pending Sen. Craig's resignation, the committee will continue to review this matter," the committee's senior senators wrote.
Posted by Editor at 03:28 AM
'Moral Values' Party Stumbles Again
Thomas F. Schaller / Baltimore Sun:Idaho Republican Sen. Larry E. Craig's June arrest in a Minnesota airport men's room, and his guilty plea last month to a misdemeanor, are further evidence that Republicans operate on a preach-but-not-practice standard. [T]his is the party that, in recent years, included a Florida congressman who used his role on the U.S. House page program's oversight committee to prey on teenage male interns, a gay male escort working for a bogus news service reporting from the White House press room, and a Florida state legislator arrested earlier this summer on charges that he offered an undercover police office $20 to perform a lewd act on him in a Titusville park bathroom.
Moral High Ground?
Posted by Editor at 03:09 AM
Republicans Gone Wild 2!
Will Durst / Statesman Journal:If you're one of the millions still rolling on the floor in amazement at the greed and hypocrisy featured in last year's surprise hit: "REPUBLICANS GONE WILD," throw that DVD away. Because you're not going to believe the extreme and hilarious action we've compiled for you in the brand new "REPUBLICANS GONE WILD 2."
Senator Craig - Tap Three Times
Posted by Editor at 02:58 AM
'As a Dog Returneth to His Vomit'
Neocon-Christians Have Faith in Their Sodomite Lovin' GOP.Marcus Baram / ABC News:
As the Republican Party reels from another scandal involving homosexuality, several evangelical leaders say they're worried about losing their political clout as the faithful become disillusioned with the immoral behavior of a few hypocritical lawmakers. Richard Land, a prominent leader in the Southern Baptist Convention, said, "We're disappointed by it, but not surprised by it. And we understand that our political leaders are human. … It can happen to any of us if we are not watchful of our moral values." Roberta Combs, the president of the Christian Coalition, was equally disappointed. "He certainly ran on family values. When they get elected and campaign on family values, you hold them to a higher standard. We need to step up our job a little more." Tony Beam, the director of the Christian World View Center, said, "There is frustration, but I don't see it as an overall loss of faith in the conservative side of Republicans."
"While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."
2 Peter 2: 19-22
Posted by Editor at 02:45 AM
September 05, 2007
D. James Kennedy Dies
The Associated Press:The Rev. D. James Kennedy, a Presbyterian pastor who became one of the nation's most prominent Christian broadcasters and a key figure in the rise of the religious right, died Wednesday, a church spokesman said. He was 76. Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church spokesman John Aman said Kennedy died at about 2:15 a.m. at his home in Fort Lauderdale. He had suffered a heart attack in December and announced his retirement last month. Kennedy took the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale from a congregation of 45 in 1959 to a megachurch of nearly 10,000 members today.
Posted by Editor at 12:33 PM
A Memorial Tribute to D. James Kennedy
Coral Ridge Ministries:"Now, I know that someday I am going to come to what some people will say is the end of this life. They will probably put me in a box and roll me right down here in front of the church, and some people will gather around, and a few people will cry. But I have told them not to do that because I don’t want them to cry. I want them to begin the service with the Doxology and end with the Hallelujah chorus, because I am not going to be there, and I am not going to be dead. I will be more alive than I have ever been in my life, and I will be looking down upon you poor people who are still in the land of dying and have not yet joined me in the land of the living. And I will be alive forevermore, in greater health and vitality and joy than ever, ever, I or anyone has known before."
D. James Kennedy, Ph.D.
Posted by Editor at 12:32 PM
Surrender Should Not Be an Option
Rep. Ron Paul / Texas Straight Talk:Faced with dwindling support of the Iraq War, the warhawks are redoubling their efforts. They imply we are in Iraq attacking those who attacked us, and yet this is not the case. As we know, Saddam Hussein, though not a particularly savory character, had nothing to do with 9/11. The neo-cons claim surrender should not be an option. In the same breath they claim we were attacked because of our freedoms. Why then, are they so anxious to surrender our freedoms with legislation like the Patriot Act, a repeal of our 4th amendment rights, executive orders, and presidential signing statements? With politicians like these, who needs terrorists? Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us? This seems the epitome of cowardice coming from those who claim a monopoly on patriotic courage.
Posted by Editor at 06:39 AM
Chuck Baldwin Interviews Ron Paul
Chuck Baldwin Live:Ron Paul, Republican candidate for U.S. President in the 2008 Elections, answers a wide range of questions as we discuss his views on issues critical to the future of our country, during my interview with him on Thursday, August 30, 2007.
Posted by Editor at 06:20 AM
Queer Senator Reconsiders Decision to Resign
The Associated Press:Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said Tuesday evening. A telephone call Craig received last week from (pro-sodomite) Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urging him to consider fighting for his seat is affecting Craig's decision to reconsider his resignation.
Related:
Craig reversal angers GOP colleagues
By Carrie Brown / Politico.com
Just when Republicans thought things could not get much worse for their scandal-stained party, Idaho Sen. Larry Craig leaked word Tuesday night that he is reconsidering his abrupt plan to resign from the Senate in the wake of his arrest in a police sex sting operation. Top Republican strategists were neither delighted nor amused by the senator's decision to rethink retirement after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct following his arrest in a Minnesota airport men's bathroom.
Posted by Editor at 01:40 AM
FBI: No Serial Killer?
The Associated Press:La Crosse, Wis. - There is no serial killer, investigators insist, no boogeyman lurking in college-area bars, waiting to drown good-looking young men. Since 1997, eight college-aged men have drunk heavily at local taverns, then turned up dead in one of the area's rivers. Each death rekindled the killer talk, but FBI profilers and other investigators have all reached the same conclusion: The deaths were accidents.
Posted by Editor at 01:08 AM
Televangelist: 'I Forgive My Husband'
WSB TV-2 Action News - Atlanta:Juanita Bynum spoke publicly to reporters Tuesday -- the first time since her husband was arrested for allegedly assaulting her. Bynum said she did not want to be seen as a victim or as a damsel in distress. "I did not prepare a written statement because I felt like whatever I said today I wanted it to come from my heart," said Bynum. "This is such a difficult moment for me because this is my first time speaking out publicly about what I've been through, but I just wanted to first go on record to say that I forgive my husband and I wish him all the best."
Posted by Editor at 01:01 AM
September 04, 2007
Bush Apologizes to Witch
United Press International:U.S. President George Bush apologized to a Nevada witch who was left out of a presidential meeting with relatives of soldiers killed in combat. Rebecca Stewart, who sued to have the Wiccan symbol placed on her husband's grave marker in a military cemetery, told The Washington Post the president called her to apologize. She said she explained to Bush the faith she and her husband shared.
Posted by Editor at 07:25 AM
Paper: Republicans Fear This Sodomite
Washington Post says the most feared "man" in ournation's capital is a sodomite that outs Republicans.
The Washington Post:
Soon, a new name will pop up on Mike Rogers's hit list. Larry Craig wasn't "the first on my list," the gay blogger says. And the Idaho senator, who announced his resignation Saturday, "won't be the last." In the coming months, he plans to post the names of "a few more" closeted Congress members on his blog, he says, all of them Republicans. There are 33 names on his published list, most of them men, 30 from the GOP. That fact reveals more about the Republicans, he says, than about him.
Posted by Editor at 07:09 AM
The Big Sister State
Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:John Edwards of North Carolina wants the Nanny State (a.k.a. "Big Sister") to provide MANDATORY cradle to grave health care for every American. But, as in education, environment, and SUVs, usually the elite exclude themselves from the Nanny State. The elite will send their children to private schools to receive the absolute best in education--to his credit, John Edwards did not do this. The elite will decry "global warming," but they'll use massive amounts of energy to fuel their estates and private jets. And, as in Edward's case, the hypocrisy is compounded as he tells Americans give up their SUVs while he's climbing into his—he has several.
Posted by Editor at 06:15 AM
Bush Formalizes North American Plan
Jim Kouri / NewsWithViews.com:The "North American Plan for Avian & Pandemic Influenza" was finalized at the SPP summit last week in Montebello, Quebec. With virtually no media attention, President Bush has shifted US policy on avian flu and pandemic influenza, placing the country under international guidelines not specifically determined by domestic agencies. The policy shift was formalized on September 14, 2005, when Bush announced a new International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza at a meeting of the UN General Assembly, in New York.
Posted by Editor at 06:02 AM
Name Changed to Hide 'Superhighway'?
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:A 1998 document which shows the North American SuperCorridor Coalition, or NASCO, was originally named the North American Superhighway Coalition. The document plays into an emerging debate in which a number of critics, including President Bush, want to deny that a NAFTA "Superhighway" exists.
Posted by Editor at 05:44 AM
Moral Turpitude
Lynn Stuter / NewsWithViews.com:Americans who claim to be Christians today have walked away from their responsibility to partake and be involved in their government, leaving the void to be filled by people for whom our Constitution and Bill of Rights are wholly inadequate. And no better example of that exists than the debacle of Senator Larry Craig and the Minneapolis airport men’s bathroom caper.
Posted by Editor at 05:09 AM
Charges Change Focus on Televangelist
The Associated Press:Juanita Bynum is known and admired by thousands as a fiery evangelist whose no-nonsense, lead-by-less-than-perfect-example message of self-improvement was seemingly illustrated by her fairy-tale marriage to a man who also is a widely known minister. The romance, which included a million-dollar wedding, became a nightmare last week when Thomas W. Weeks III was charged with choking his wife, pushing her to the ground in a hotel parking lot and stomping on her.
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Coalition: Weeks Should Be Suspended
The Associated Press
ATLANTA -- A national group of black and Hispanic churches is calling for the minister husband of evangelist and gospel singer Juanita Bynum to be suspended from the ministry because of allegations he beat his wife. Thomas W. Weeks III, known to his followers as Bishop Weeks, was charged with aggravated assault and making terroristic threats following a confrontation last month that police say left Bynum badly bruised. Weeks and Bynum are estranged.
Posted by Editor at 01:05 AM
Uganda Church Consecrates Anti-Gay US Bishop
Alfred Tumushabe / The Monitor:Uganda's Anglican Church Sunday consecrated an American priest as bishop to lead some congregations in his country that are opposed to homosexuality. "God created man for woman,” said the Rt. Rev. William Magambo at the consecration of the Rev. John Guernsey who will now lead a new branch of the Church of Uganda in the United States. "Homosexuality is against the scriptures but some Americans started saying it's correct; they started blessing the union of people of the same sex. Some Christians are not sympathetic to this type of marriage."
Posted by Editor at 01:01 AM
September 03, 2007
A Cuckoo Nation
Al Cronkrite / The Covenant News:With cuckoo logic United States citizens have accepted the fact that third party candidates cannot win elections and are completely ready to accept the marginalization of the only genuine patriot, popular Congressman Ron Paul. Truculent, stubborn and stupid, many citizens do not know and do not want to know that the reason truly patriotic candidates cannot win is because the cozy little cabal that controls our press and media actually decides what candidates will be considered for election.
Posted by Editor at 12:22 PM
The Right to Lie?
Rev. R.J. Rushdoony / The Chalcedon Foundation:In recent years, various federal officials have either stated or acted on their belief in the "right" of the federal government to lie to its citizens. Some people, shocked by these statements, have acted as though this were some strange new doctrine. We find it, however, at least as far back as Plato’s Republic, where it is strongly maintained by Socrates and Plato. Truth, said Socrates, is "only useful to men in the way of a medicine"; therefore, "it is plain that such an agent must be kept in the hands of physicians, and that unprofessional men must not meddle with it."
Posted by Editor at 05:16 AM
Time Has Run Out For This Nation
Jim R. Schwiesow / The Covenant News:At the conclusion of another secret Security and Partnership meeting between Mr. Bush and his counterparts from Mexico and Canada the president was asked by a reporter if the meeting was in fact a prelude to a North American Union similar to the European Union and if there were plans to build a super highway connecting the three North American Countries. The president chose to sidestep honesty once again by resorting to equivocation and by deploying the slick evasiveness he possesses as an accomplished liar.
Posted by Editor at 05:05 AM
Church Signs and the Downfall of America
Brandon Vallorani / American Vision:Last Friday I wrote an article about a local church sign, which was guaranteed to keep any man from ever darkening the church door. (See Wonderful Wednesdays) Well, I have another bad report about a church sign I saw last night. It read: "Back to School Praying 4 You".
Posted by Editor at 03:32 AM
The Demise of Gospel Preaching
Pastor Bob Dewaay / Truth Matters:There are problems even when some are actually converted through the popular "decision for Jesus" approach. If they eventually do find out the true nature of the gospel, those truly converted then realize that they have been sold a bill of goods. The gospel does not promise better living in this world through a simple decision. The gospel calls us to take up our cross and live in this world as ones already condemned to die.
Posted by Editor at 03:25 AM
Hollywood and Their Hatred of God
Ray Comfort / Christian Worldview Network:Hollywood has set its own standard and become a law to itself. It answers to no-one and rules as the only potentate. Its says, Thou shalt commit adultery, lie, steal, kill, blaspheme and covet. It’s first and greatest commandment is Thou shalt have any other gods before the God of the Bible.
Posted by Editor at 03:14 AM
Aftermath of Homo Sympathizers
David J. Stoddard / NewsWithViews.com:As expected my article titled "It’s Not About Marriage" generated an avalanche of mail. Most of it was what I will call "drive by slappings." For a culture of people who portray themselves as happy, witty, artistic, creative, tolerant, intelligent, enlightened and progressive, the ranks are filled with intense hatred and intolerance. It quickly became clear that they hate all things and ideas they can label "Christian." The tolerance they demand is not extended to those who believe differently than they.
Posted by Editor at 02:03 AM
September 01, 2007
A Twenty-First Century Church
David Alan Black / Dave Black Online:Power has ruined America. Not only on the Left. Now it has done the same for the Right. I analyzed this problem in my book Why I Stopped Listening to Rush: Confessions of a Recovering Neocon. The Right has a large clientele. When it takes a wrong turn it turns all its followers in the wrong direction. The Right has taken over every platitude, every trite slogan. It has prostituted itself with power, status, and wealth. Only a few would deny that these same attitudes have infiltrated the church. There is only one small light left in the darkness, and it is the pure Word of God. A recovery of some fundamentals is still possible, but only if we obey the Scriptures. Here is where the Master’s genius is fully revealed. He turns the status grid on its head. Power cannot last if we do not worship it.
Posted by Editor at 10:59 AM
Perverts & Weirdoes, All of Them!
Marsha West / NewsWithViews.com:Whether or not the allegations against Sen. Larry Craig are true, the fact remains that any man who solicits anonymous sex in a public restroom, or a public park, or a "gay" bathhouse is a pervert. If Larry Craig did what he's being accused of, he's a perv.
Posted by Editor at 08:25 AM
GOP: Craig Plans to Resign From Senate
The Associated Press:Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig's decision to quit spares his party the embarrassment of an indefinitely prolonged scandal following his arrest during a sex sting in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. Craig will announce his resignation, effective Sept. 30, at a news conference in Boise Saturday morning, GOP officials in Idaho and Washington told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Posted by Editor at 06:31 AM
Court: Mexican Trucks to Proceed
The Associated Press:The Bush administration can go ahead with a pilot program to allow as many as 100 Mexican trucking companies to freely haul their cargo anywhere within the U.S. for the next year, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request made by the Teamsters union, the Sierra Club and the nonprofit Public Citizen to halt the program.
Posted by Editor at 06:11 AM