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Dangerous Kooks

Rick Fisk / LewRockwell.com:
Statists and warmongering neoconservatives have been working overtime in an attempt to derail the Ron Paul Freedom Train. Since most of them have only involved themselves in war from behind a keyboard, the chicken-hawk generals (my new choice of names for the D.C. baseball club) aren't proving themselves well-versed in political strategery.

While there have been some attacks originating from the left, let's face it, most of the attacks against Ron Paul have been from those claiming to be "conservatives." Entire volumes could be written about the socialist bent of those belonging to the Trotskyite neoconservative movement who proclaim themselves the sole heirs to Ronald Reagan’s legacy, but it is safe to say that Ron Paul's detractors are not standing up for political ideology as much as they are defending their own livelihoods. They feel threatened; as well they should, because their entire house of cards is falling down before their eyes.

Republicans Square Off In Key Debate

WTKG News On Demand:
Only a month left until the Iowa Caucuses, and Republican presidential candidates are jockeying for the inside track. Tonight's YouTube/CNN debate in St. Petersburg, Florida could be a make or break opportunity for rising stars, or the beginning of the end for campaigns struggling increase their base. The interactive event will include video questions pre-submitted by YouTubers. Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo and Fred Thompson are all expected to be in attendance.

Christians for Ron Paul

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Yes, God Does Tell Us Who To Vote For
Scott T. Whiteman, Esq / The American View
Since every Evangelical Christian and man of worldly wisdom knows that God’s preferred mode of government is theocratic-monarchy, and that in a monarchy, the fiat will of the King rules, and the wishes of "the People" are irrelevant, you are probably already objecting to the premise, that God instructs us how to vote.

Baby Killer Hillary Fools Black Clergy

Grant Swank Jr. / American Daily:
Whatever happened to the truly gospel black congregation? I presume it exists somewhere. But what is coming from AP is that particularly South Carolina black pastors are thoroughly convinced that Hillary is their woman for the White House. Yet Hillary supports murder. She endorses post-birth abortion--and all other categories of killing womb babies. I thought most black churches endorsed the Bible as divine revelation, believing it from Genesis to Revelation. I thought that when they sang "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" that they actually meant it.

RFID and National ID As Electronic Stalking

John Longenecker / NewsWithViews.com:
The Right To Bare Arms means no RFID in the body. Virgin. Untouched. Unmolested. With any sort of requirement to even eventually and for whatever reason take the RFID Chip implant, the officials pushing it makes them the New Bureau Of Engraving. I had written years ago that when I was a Paramedic in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles in 1977, I had seen and treated many Jews who had Nazi Numbers on their arms. You know what those were for. The RFID Chip is for that same purpose. Order.

Leaders Betray Christ For World Peace

Paul Proctor / NewsWithViews.com:
Once again, leaders from the so-called "church growth movement" are demonstrating for us the Hegelian Dialectic - that transformational Marxist process of compromise and consensus made famous by Georg William Friedreich Hegel which seeks to rid the world of its divisive absolutes in the interest of global peace and unity. Here's the formula: Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis

'The Golden Compass' Not Good as Gold

Michael F. Haverluck / CBNNews.com:
As Christians set their sites on the big screen this Christmas season, the phrase "coming to a theater near you" should come as a threat when referring to The Golden Compass. Packaged as a kid-friendly, Narnia-style movie just in time for the holidays, The Golden Compass is regarded by Christian movie critics as a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Creation Museum Still Drawing Large Crowds

Mark Looy / Answers In Genesis:
Because AiG's Creation Museum is still drawing large crowds (over 275,000 guests since its opening six months ago), the world's media continue to cover the success of this latest entry in the ongoing creation/evolution battle. For example, a leading Japanese newspaper is sending a reporter and photographer to the Cincinnati-area museum tomorrow; over the past weekend, two leading U.S. newspapers printed articles that discussed the museum.

Oral Roberts University Gets $70M Pledge

The Associated Press:
Oral Roberts University, the debt-ridden evangelical institution riven by scandal, has been handed a $70 million lifeline. Mart Green, founder of the Christian office and educational supply store chain Mardel, said Tuesday he would immediately give $8 million to the university, with the rest to come after a 60-to-90-day review of the university's financial records. The pledge came on the same day the university's regents said they planned to separate the finances and leadership of the university from the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association.

More Reasons to Beware of Huckabee

Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:
Many Christian conservatives see Mike Huckabee as the best candidate to deliver the GOP from an impending pro-abortion presidential nomination of either Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney. Huckabee is doing especially well in Iowa, particularly among evangelicals. Is Mike Huckabee worthy of this support, however? The facts say no.

Pain at the Pump

Ron Paul / Texas Straight Talk:
This past week Americans traveled approximately 2 billion miles to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with family and loved ones. While you cannot put a price on time with family, Americans sure felt the pain of higher fuel prices at the gas pump. It is time to take an honest look at the government's direct and indirect role in inflating those prices. Taxation is the most direct way government increases Americans' cost at the pump.

An Unsettling Forecast

Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:
Pat Buchanan has a new book coming out (Day of Reckoning), and his premises are disturbing. "America is coming apart, decomposing, and...the likelihood of her survival as one nation...is improbable -- and impossible if America continues on her current course," declares Pat Buchanan. "For we are on a path to national suicide."

Fight Global Warming:

Get a Horse and Sterilize Yourself.
by Gary DeMar / American Vision:
When people are pushed to live consistently with their worldview assumptions, all kinds of revelations come to light. Toni Vernelli was sterilized at age 27 to "reduce her carbon footprint" and "protect the planet." If pressed, I wonder if Vernelli would decry antibiotics and peace talks to avert war. While I am saddened that she will never experience the joys of having a child, I am thankful that her "genetic footprint" stops with her. In fact, it might not be a bad thing to encourage more environmental extremists to go under the knife.

Need a Legacy? Al's Got a Hot One

Wesley Pruden / The Washington Times:
All the wiseheads keep telling us that Climate is headed south, but Weather keeps getting in the way. Global warming is scheduled to kill us all before next Christmas, but since Christmas is going the way of the hula hoop to avoid offending Osama bin Laden, the ACLU and assorted grinches, we might yet muddle on.

The 'Loophole'

Gun Owners of America:
America has a problem with unlicensed restaurant operators. Week after week, millions of these scofflaws cook elaborate meals without any official authorization, or even an inspection by a government health agency. The problem grows particularly acute at Thanksgiving, when some unlicensed chefs prepare meals for a dozen or more people. The result? Every year countless Americans are sickened by salmonella, campylobacter, and other food-borne bacteria. You might know the cooks as Mom and Dad, or Grandma and Grandpa, or Uncle Mike and Aunt Karen. But don't let their down-home manner fool you. It's time to close the regulatory loophole that lets these scofflaws dodge the rules of restaurant safety. Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? But that's precisely the approach being taken by gun-control advocates who want to close what they call the "gun-show loophole."

Supreme Court Won't Vacate Monument Ruling

Click 2 Houstan, Texas:
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review lower court rulings that a monument outside a courthouse featuring the Bible should be removed and that Harris County must pay the legal fees for the woman who sued over the monument. Harris County Attorney Mike Stafford had asked the high court to vacate a ruling by U.S. District Judge Sim Lake, who sided with a woman who sued in 2003 claiming a monument featuring the King James version of the Bible was offensive.

Diverse Groups Rally at 'Peace Summit'

The Associated Press:
Annapolis, Md. - Activists of diverse views and faiths awaited the opening of Tuesday's Mideast peace conference, hoping to make enough noise outside the U.S. Naval Academy gates to influence public opinion, if not the negotiations inside. Conservative and liberal Jewish activists, Palestinians, Christians and others planned demonstrations throughout the day.

Eloquence With Shabby Intentions

Al Cronkrite / The Covenant News:
United States is going through an apostasy similar to those of the Old Testament era when the people were still God's chosen. The reflection of God's Laws that crept into our legal system is quickly being replaced by a secular system that will eventually make Christianity a crime warranting death or worse. A newly emerging, tolerant, all encompassing, world religion being crafted for future generations will be government sanctioned and as intolerant of competing religions as Christianity should have been.

Creation/Evolution Public Debate

Brandon Vallorani / American Vision:
American Vision will host a public debate on the topic of Creation vs. Evolution in Dothan, AL. The debate will be held at the Dothan Opera House from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM on Tuesday, November 27th between Rick Pierson and Dr. Robert Carter. Questions from the public will be answered in a special 30-minute session following the debate (8:30 PM – 9:00 PM).

Blame the People Who Elected Them?

Robert Higgs / LewRockwell.com:
Discussions of calamitous government actions – engagements in pointless, costly, and bloody wars; counterproductive actions to avert or shorten economic recessions; botched relief and reconstruction efforts after natural disasters – often arrive at, if they do not begin with, condemnation of government leaders. Thus, in the United States, for example, people have blamed Harry Truman for ordering U.S. military forces into the Korean war, Herbert Hoover for worsening the economic bust of 1929–33, and George W. Bush for presiding over the FEMA fiasco associated with Hurricane Katrina.

Uncle Sam: Obey or Die

Arthur Silber / Once Upon a Time:
In cultural terms, and with regard to the mythic conception of the United States that we refuse to surrender or even to question seriously, America is like the crazy uncle whom relatives unsuccessfully attempt to confine to the attic. Just for amusement's sake, let's call him Uncle Sam, shall we? Uncle Sam mumbles incessantly and often incoherently about how young and strong he is, while his body rots and decomposes. Sam endlessly insists that his way is the best way -- his way in everything, mind you. Sam yells that if only everyone would listen to him and do exactly as he says -- in everything, mind you -- the world would be a beautiful and peaceful place.

Courts Examine Bush's 'Surveillance Secrets'

Pamela Hess / The Associated Press:
In federal courts and on Capitol Hill, challenges are brewing to a key legal strategy President Bush is using to protect a secret surveillance program that monitors phone calls and e-mails inside the United States. Under grilling from lawmakers and attack by lawsuits alleging Bush authorized the illegal wiretapping of Americans, the White House has invoked a legal defense known as the "state secrets" doctrine _ a claim that the president has inherent and unchecked power to shield national security information from disclosure, either to plaintiffs in court or to congressional overseers.

Feds Halt Illegals' Crackdown

The Associated Press:
The government says it will rewrite rules for penalizing employers of illegal immigrants to try to satisfy a federal judge in San Francisco who put the crackdown on hold. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer stopped the Bush administration last month from going ahead with enforcement of regulations requiring employers to fire workers if their Social Security numbers did not match records and the discrepancies could not be addressed in 90 days. In issuing the temporary injunction, the judge said the Social Security database contained errors that could have cost many legal workers their jobs, and the government did not properly study the effect of the rules on business.

Different But Equal

R.C. Murray / NewsWithViews.com:
These concepts sound simple enough, but some folks don't understand them. Bible scholars have duped millions of sincere Christians into believing that modern bibles are the same as the King James Version Bible, despite their thousands of deletions and word substitutions. Having cast doubt on the inerrancy of the Scriptures, these scholars make themselves our moral authority, rather than the Bible. Do you trust them?

Teach Your Children Well

Amy Fagan / The Washington Times:
Highly organized co-ops like Grace — a Christian organization that doubled in size this year and offers about 35 classes each Monday to children from kindergarten through high school — are among the many sophisticated resources now available to home-schooling families.

The Religious Right Dumb & Dumber

Alan Stang / Ether Zone:
The Christian "religious right" used to be a formidable force. At least, I think they were. They said they were. Every four years, national politicos running for President used to suck up to them, pleading for their votes. There were supposed to be millions of them, despite which, after all this time, the nation is still firmly on its way to Hell. In other pieces, I have explained why, and this time it is worse. Pat Robertson, who has run for President himself, has endorsed Rudy Giuliani, who may be closer to Christianity than the late Chairman Mao, but not much closer. Rudy loves queers. He marches proudly in faggot parades and has lived with a couple of them, but he isn’t queer himself. On the contrary, he strongly supports marriage between himself and many women.

The Biblical Trustee Family

Andrea Schwartz / The Chalcedon Foundation:
R. J. Rushdoony’s central impact on the Biblical family involved his unabashed declaration that as God's basic institution, the Biblical family is the primary force in the fulfillment of the dominion mandate and the Great Commission. While placing him in the bull's-eye of those who disagreed with him, his thesis never nullified the God-given purpose of the church or the state, but rather placed the family as the institution that makes godly ecclesiastical and civil life possible.

Interview With NRLC's Political Director

John Lofton / The American View Radio:
Why "we" are losing/part umpteen: a conversation with Karen Cross, Political Director, National Right To Life Committee, re: Fred Thompson endorsement - and more; hear it & weep.

When Your Press Secretary Calls You a Liar

Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:
If you're not aware, Joseph Wilson, Valerie Plame's husband and former U.S. Ambassador, accused the Bush administration of exaggerating questionable claims about Iraq trying to purchase yellowcake from Nigeria. This was one of the central arguments used to inspire fear in the U.S. population and motivate support for a pre-emptive invasion. Many suspect that Plame's outing was related to Wilson's report. And still, the Religious Right says nothing.

The Coming Political Earthquake

Kyle Hunt / LewRockwell.com:
There is a monumental shift taking place in the United States of America, of which you are well aware. Its effects have been felt throughout the world. The tectonic plates of public opinion are resettling and causing earthquakes all across the country. I have seen and felt some of the shock waves. This rumbling of which I speak is of course the Ron Paul Revolution. It is not just the presidential candidacy of Ron Paul, though. It is a mass awakening of a long silent populace. An eclectic group of people who see the good doctor as the embodiment of their country's past greatness. He is also their beacon of hope for the future shining to them from a Washington that has long since been clouded and obscured by the pollution of corruption and greed.

Federal Robbery

Alan Stang / NewsWithViews.com:
By now you know that the administration of Communist world government terrorist Jorge W. Boosh recently conducted raids on the Liberty Dollar people in Indiana and on a mint in Idaho. The Liberty Dollar is – was – a gold or silver medallion, or a certificate backed by those precious metals, and the Boosh FBI conducted the raid because the corporations that control the Federal Reserve toilet tissue couldn’t stand the competition.

FDA: Flu Drugs Affecting Kids' Behavior

The Associated Press:
Government health regulators recommended adding label precautions about neurological problems seen in children who have taken flu drugs made by Roche and GlaxoSmithKline. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday released its safety review of Roche's Tamiflu and Glaxo's Relenza. Next week, an outside group of pediatric experts is scheduled to review the safety of several such drugs when used in children. Twenty-five patients under age 21 have died while taking the drug. Five deaths resulted from children "falling from windows or balconies or running into traffic."

Richard Roberts Resigns From ORU

The Associated Press:
For many, the resignation of Oral Roberts University's embattled president, Richard Roberts, seemed to be a question of when, not if, amid the financial scandal that hit the school nearly two months ago. Roberts, facing accusations in the lawsuit that he misspent school funds to support a lavish lifestyle, resigned Friday.

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ORU President Resigns
Christianity Today
In October, Richard Roberts denied charges of misusing university funds and took a leave of absence. In November, the faculty gave him a no-confidence vote. Now, he's calling it quits.

George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation

President, General George Washington:
Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.

AG: Abortionist Indicted for Medicaid Fraud

Covenant News Wire Service:
Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced the indictment and arrest of Dr. Hamid Hussain Sheikh, a Lexington physician. According to the indictment, Sheikh, age 62, committed fraud by performing abortions and disguising patient visits as fetal ultrasounds for normal pregnancies, which he billed to Medicaid. The Franklin County Grand Jury returned a sealed four count indictment on November 14, 2007. In addition to false Medicaid billings, the indictment alleges that Sheikh was paid twice for the procedures, accepting payment from Medicaid and from his patients. According to the indictment, Sheikh has engaged in the scheme continuously since 2004.

Thanksgiving or Mourning in Seattle?

Gary North / LewRockwell.com:
Maybe you have heard about the psychologist employed by the Seattle public school system who sent out a memo to all teachers, warning them of the negative effects of teaching students about Thanksgiving. This had nothing to do with the issue of offering public thanks to the Non-Pluralistic Sovereign Previously Known as God. That memo was sent out several decades ago.

President Bush Unifies Foes

Bob Strodtbeck / Ether Zone:
If the Bush Administration has done anything for America it would have to be bringing people from both sides of the political spectrum to realize that the US Constitution is an important document that needs to be honored. Since the rise and fall of Republican dominance in Washington, the differences between liberal and conservative have been blurred. The GOP discovered that the power of government is indeed intoxicating.

How Conservatives Became Centrists

Sean Scallon / Ether Zone:
I do not watch Glen Beck’s show on the CNN Headline News channel because I do not have the time to waste on a stupid and silly individual. However, when I found out Beck would be interviewing Thomas Naylor of the Second Vermont Republic and Dr. J. Michael Hill of the League of the South as they were conducting a national secession conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee, I was curious to see how he would treat these two stalwarts for secession. The segment truly opened my eyes, my ears and my mind. Beck acted as though he had never contemplated the very idea of secession before, let alone heard of it. He approached Naylor and Hill the same way a Neanderthal might approach a flying saucer if it had landed outside his cave. In fact, before the interview, he stated his love for whole country - even if on some days he wished California or Vermont could be sawed off from the rest of the United States.

The 9/11 Candidate

Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:
New York Firefighters and their families are organizing against Rudy Giuliani's claim to be a proven leader by the murderous acts of 9/11. They have a strong case, and they could be Rudy's Swift Boat opposition. All that's needed now is a similar opposition by Christians to Pat Robertson's ridiculous endorsement of Giuliani.

Chuck Smith's Prophetic Confusion

Gary DeMar / American Vision:
In Chuck Smith's Revelation commentary Dateline Earth he informed his readers in 1989 that "the rapture is at hand." Earlier he wrote, "Very soon there are going to be some strange and terrible things happening on this planet of ours." These “very soon” happenings are based on his reading of Revelation. He reinforces this claim when he argues emphatically, "Jesus is coming back, and He’s coming back soon." In his book The Final Curtain, he writes, "It is later than you think. It is time to wake up from your lethargy and realize that the coming of the Lord is at hand!" Notice the use of "soon" and “at hand," a phrase that is most often translated as "near" (Matt. 24:32–33; 26:18; James 5:8; 1 Pet. 4:7; Rev. 1:3; 22:10)

Does God Need Hollywood?

Paul Proctor / NewsWithViews.com:
I pose the above question because there continues to be confusion among professing Christians today regarding the Bible's call to repentance and faith, the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the transforming power of Almighty God.

The True Cost of Taxing and Spending

Ron Paul / Texas Straight Talk:
Congressman Charlie Rangel recently unveiled a tax plan that Republicans estimate would raise taxes by $3.5 trillion over 10 years. Democrats questioned the math. Now, the Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee have released a report on the total costs of the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan , including "hidden costs" such as interest on the money we're borrowing, and long term healthcare for vets. The bill comes to $3.5 trillion. Republicans are, of course, questioning the math on this item. One thing taxpayers know is taxing and spending is expensive, and government cost estimates tend to be on the conservative side relative to the actual bills. However extracted and spent $3.5 trillion is an unimaginable extra burden on our economy.

Make Yours A Patriotic Christmas

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

Prophetic Pronouncements Under Microscope

Gary DeMar / American Vision:
Chuck Smith, founder of Calvary Chapel and senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, California, has authored another prophecy book: The Final Act: Setting the Stage of the End Times Drama. The book carries the ringing endorsement of Tim LaHaye, co-author with Jerry Jenkins of the widely popular Left Behind series of prophetic novels. LaHaye offers the following complimentary words: "This unique dramatic treatment is both true to the Scripture and practical—both hallmarks of all Pastor Chuck's teaching! I found it very interesting." In addition to his new prophecy book, Smith has written the Foreword to Breaking the Apocalypse Code co-authored by Mark Hitchcock and Thomas Ice. Breaking the Apocalypse Code is said to be a "point-by-point" critique of Hank Hanegraaff's The Apocalypse Code (2007). I found it ironic that LaHaye would write that Smith's teaching is "true to the Scripture" on the subject of prophecy when Smith has been so wrong on the subject for more than 30 years.

Flip-Flopping Fred and the Right to Life

Cliff Kincaid / Accuracy In Media:
"Pro-life" apparently doesn't mean pro-life. Fred Thompson has received the endorsement of the National Right to Life Committee even though he doesn’t favor a human life amendment to the Constitution, didn’t favor Terri Schiavo’s right to life during his November 4 NBC "Meet the Press" appearance, and once lobbied for a pro-abortion group. One conservative news service claims that Thompson has a 100 percent pro-life voting record. In fact, he got only 86 percent in the 105th Congress.

Gunshot Precedes Anti-NAU Marches

Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:
Protest rallies against the controversial Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America were held successfully in nine U.S. cities, marred only by a drive-by shot fired without causing injury into the home of the organizer of the Atlanta march. Organizer Jim Stachowiak of Freedom Fighter Radio explained that a .9 mm gunshot round was fired into his suburban home Saturday at about 5:40 a.m. on the day of the marches.

Bush Homeland Security Adviser Resigns

Peter Baker / The Washington Post:
President Bush's chief terrorism adviser announced yesterday that she is stepping down early next year, the latest in a series of high-level exits from the White House as the Bush presidency heads toward its final year. Frances Fragos Townsend, the president's homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, has managed the White House response to all manner of natural disasters and extremist threats over the past 4 1/2 years. "We are safer today because of her leadership," Bush said.

Sex Scandal Hits Megachurch

Dorie Turner / The Associated Press:
The 80-year-old leader of a suburban Atlanta megachurch is at the center of a sex scandal of biblical dimensions: He slept with his brother's wife and fathered a child by her. Members of Archbishop Earl Paulk's family stood at the pulpit of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church a few Sundays ago and revealed the secret exposed by a recent court-ordered paternity test. In truth, this is not the first - or even the second - sex scandal to engulf Paulk and the independent, charismatic church. But this time, he could be in trouble with the law for lying under oath about the affair.

What Christianity Offers Us

David Alan Black / The Covenant News:
What is of paramount importance is whether or not the people of this nation can be made to understand the dangers of power politics in which the rewards go to the strong and not to the right. Things have in fact become so serious right now to give too much importance to the effects of what one says on the sensitivities of one's peers and colleagues. A writer like Orwell could hardly have imagined the kind of animal farm American society has become. Again, it is here that I think Christianity offers us a perspective that politics can't – that the purpose of life is to love God and love our neighbor, that Christ is the only answer to the wickedness and abysmal horror of our warmongering, and that a man lives only to the extent that he dies to himself.

Why Christians Don't Know What To Do

Al Cronkrite / The Covenant News:
Dr. Richard Land who is President of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He has authored an essay that discusses a method of determining how to vote or not to vote. Joe Farah of WorldNetDaily says Land thinks Christians should be willing "to overlook the evil within candidates and actually have a moral obligation to make utilitarian compromises and vote only for those who are electable." Joe Farah, Richard Land, Rudolph Giuliani, and Mitt Romney have one thing in common; they are all Zionists and Zionism with its unreasonable fear of Islam is a stumbling block to righteous voting.

Ron Paul Should be the Zionist Choice

Shmuel Ben-Gad / Arutz Sheva:
It seems to me a Ron Paul presidency would be good for Israel and for the United States. Its foreign policy non-interventionism and its concern to protect national sovereignty would provide Israel with a greater impetus to increase its own independence and sense of national honor. I hope American Zionists will resist the immediate, meretricious attractions of American financial assistance for Israel. Ron Paul would both end this infantilizing, and even corrupting, aid and respect Israel's national sovereignty. Taking the long and deep view, Ron Paul should be the Zionist choice.

Huckabee: Abortion Not States' Issue

Editor's note: In this article Mike Huckabee is using his presidential campaign to spin the abortion issue away from the truth by using "situation ethics" in comparing abortion to slavery.

Slavery is not murder. Murder and slavery are two completely different issues. Murder laws are determined by the states. Murder laws already "have 50 different versions" in 50 different states and as an ex-Governor, Huckabee knows this.

So, as Governor of Arkansas what did Huckabee do to stop the murder of children by abortion in his state? Answer: Nothing!

People cut the heads off babies by abortion in Arkansas the whole time Mike Huckabee was governor. Is Huckabee really "pro-life?" You can go dig up the corpse of one of those aborted babies and ask it if Governor Huckabee is "pro-life" and see what the answer will be.

Huckabee is parading himself around calling himself "pro-life," while every baby murdered by abortion in the state of Arkansas is crying out from the ground calling him a murderous liar! With such overwhelming evidence against Huckabee, it is amazing to me that so many Christians are allowing him to get away with such a damnable lie without calling him to repentance! After all, abortion is a "moral issue" isn't?

During the National Presidential Debates why hasn't anybody ask Huckabee this question: Mr. Huckabee, how many babies were murdered under the abortion regulations you signed into law while you were governor of the state of Arkansas? No wonder Huckabee wants to say abortion is not a states' issue. Because the state's evidence against him says he is guilty of murder -- many times over.

--Jim Rudd

Huckabee Rejects Letting States
Decide Whether to Allow Abortions
The Associated Press:
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee rejects letting states decide whether to allow abortions, claiming the right to life is a "moral issue" not subject to multiple interpretations. "It's the logic of the Civil War," Huckabee said Sunday, comparing abortion rights to slavery [sic]. "If morality is the point here, and if it's right or wrong, not just a political question, then you can't have 50 different versions of what's right and what's wrong." "For those of us for whom this is a moral question, you can't simply have 50 different versions of what's right," he said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday."

Capital Punishment Saves Lives

Darrell Dow / The Backwater Report:
The New York Times reports on roughly a dozen recent studies indicating that capital punishment saves lives. From Gary Becker to Cass Sunstein, the consensus is that a judicious and relatively quick use of execution serves as a deterrent for murder. "I personally am opposed to the death penalty," said H. Naci Mocan, an economist at Louisiana State University and an author of a study finding that each execution saves five lives. "But my research shows that there is a deterrent effect."

What About Hitler?

Laurence M. Vance / LewRockwell.com:
Adolf Hitler is alive and well, and especially among neocon warmongers, conservative interventionists, Christian armageddonists, and other advocates of perpetual war for perpetual peace.

Principals of Newspeak

R.C. Murray / NewsWithViews.com:
An old proverb recently came to mind, causing me Google the phrase, "give a man a fish." It's a Chinese proverb, but it is not a Communist Chinese proverb: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." The reason I’m so sure it’s not a Communist Chinese proverb is that one of the major tenets of a socialist/communist society is to strongly discourage independent thinking and self-sufficiency. Schools in Communist China are not designed to produce well-educated, independent-thinking and self-reliant citizens. Guess what? America’s public schools aren’t designed for that purpose either.

'No Child' Data on Violence Skewed

Nelson Hernandez / The Washington Post:
A little-publicized provision of the No Child Left Behind Act requiring states to identify "persistently dangerous schools" is hampered by widespread underreporting of violent incidents and by major differences among the states in defining unsafe campuses, several audits say. Out of about 94,000 schools in the United States, only 46 were designated as persistently dangerous in the past school year. Maryland had six, all in Baltimore; the District had none. At Anacostia Senior High School last school year, private security guards working under D.C. police recorded 61 violent offenses, including three sexual assaults and one assault with a deadly weapon. There were 21 other nonviolent cases in which students were caught bringing knives and guns to school. Anacostia is not considered a persistently dangerous school.

OPEC Eyes Abandoning U.S. Dollar

The Washington Times:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that OPEC's members have expressed interest in converting their cash reserves into a currency other than the depreciating U.S. dollar, which he called a "worthless piece of paper." "They get our oil and give us a worthless piece of paper," Mr. Ahmadinejad told reporters after the close of the summit in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. He blamed President Bush's policies for the decline of the dollar and its negative effect on other countries.

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7 Countries Considering Abandoning the US Dollar
CurrencyTrading.net
It's no secret that the dollar is on a downward spiral. Its value is dropping, and the Fed isn't doing a whole lot to change that. As a result, a number of countries are considering a shift away from the dollar to preserve their assets. These are seven of the countries currently considering a move from the dollar, and how they'll have an effect on its value and the US economy.

Dollar Falls, Gold Rises
The Associated Press
LONDON -- The U.S. dollar was mostly lower against other major currencies in European trading Friday. Gold fell. The euro traded at $1.4632, up from $1.4612 late Thursday in New York. Later, in midday trading in New York, the euro fetched $1.4651. Other dollar rates in Europe, compared with late Thursday, included 110.47 Japanese yen, up from 110.39; 1.1176 Swiss francs, down from 1.1228; and 0.9795 Canadian dollars, down from 0.9848. The British pound was quoted at $2.0446, up from $2.0434.

OPEC Unites Behind Higher Oil Prices

Ed Crooks / Financial Times:
Opec leaders meeting at the weekend summit in Saudi Arabia have differed sharply over the group strategy and purpose, but have united in defence of high oil prices. Hugo Chávez, the left-wing president of Venezuela, opened the summit welcoming oil prices at close to $100 a barrel, describing them as "fair". He called for the group to be "an Opec for geo-politics, an Opec for revolution", adding "Opec was born as a geo-political actor, not as an economic or technocratic bloc."

Oil Reserves Are Increasing

George Crispin / LewRockwell.com:
Eugene Island is an underwater mountain located about 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1973 oil was struck and off-shore platform Eugene 330 erected. The field began production at 15,000 barrels a day, then gradually fell off, as is normal, to 4,000 barrels a day in 1989, Then came the surprise; it reversed itself and increased production to 13,000 barrels a day. Probable reserves have been increased to 400 million barrels from 60 million. The field appears to be filling from below and the crude coming up today is from a geological age different from the original crude, which leads to the speculation that the world has limitless supplies of petroleum.

The Pulpit And the Bling-Bling

Michelle Singletary / The Washington Post:
Is it okay for a minister to live large? A new probe by Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Finance Committee, will certainly call into question whether it's appropriate for some leaders of multimillion-dollar ministries to live in majestic homes, drive luxury cars and earn CEO-like salaries. There's a popular term used to satirize the bling-bling of some prosperous pastors -- "pimps in the pulpit." I find it a hateful phase. But I'm afraid the perception that there are a lot of these types of preachers will only increase in light of Grassley's probe.

Rushdoony's Impact on Eschatology

Martin G. Selbrede / The Chalcedon Foundation:
Postmillennialism. In the early 1970s, it was the Rodney Dangerfield of eschatologies: it didn’t get any respect. It was the eschatology that nobody took seriously. Postmillennialists were seen as the flat-earthers of the world of eschatology. They were dismissed as unbiblical on the authority of scholars of the other camps who labeled postmillennialists as seriously out of step with both Scripture and with the world we live in. The theory was unrealistic, discredited, groundless, and deprived the church of the blessed hope (as the opposing scholars defined it).

Exclusive 'Interview' With 'Frederic Bastiat'

The American View Radio:
On this program co-host Michael Anthony Peroutka interviews "Frederic Bastiat." OK, so he didn't, not really, because Bastiat died 157 years ago. The "Bastiat" on this program is Pastor David Whitney of the Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church who is also a Senior Instructor at "Institute On The Constitution."

Turn the Other Cheek

Bob Murphy / LewRockwell.com:
As Lew Rockwell said, "I guess the memo went out." In the past week there was a seemingly coordinated effort by various right-wing pundits and websites to besmirch Ron Paul's supporters. As we've argued before, Republicans who oppose Ron Paul at first hoped he'd just fade into oblivion. But now that ignoring him clearly isn't working, his opponents have upped the ante. This is why it is now more important than ever that Paul's supporters be on their best behavior. Now let me unload the obvious disclaimer: I am not trying to give a sermon, and I have been known in the past to lose my temper in online discussions. Even so, I think my present analysis needs to be stated, just to remind everyone why courtesy works.

Endorsement Says More About Pat Than Rudy

Doug Patton / GOPUSA:
Pat Robertson has endorsed Rudy Giuliani for the presidency. Excuse me while I yawn. Apparently, Pat didn't get the memo that Rudy stands for all the things he (Robertson) has claimed to oppose with every fiber of his being for the last forty years. And apparently Rudy didn't get the memo that Pat's influence with the so-called "religious right" peaked about a decade ago and has been declining rapidly ever since.

The Religious Right: Dumb and Dumber

Alan Stang / NewsWithViews.com:
The Christian "religious right" used to be a formidable force. At least, I think they were. They said they were. Every four years, national politicos running for President used to suck up to them, pleading for their votes. There were supposed to be millions of them, despite which, after all this time, the nation is still firmly on its way to Hell. In other pieces, I have explained why, and this time it is worse. Pat Robertson, who has run for President himself, has endorsed Rudy Giuliani, who may be closer to Christianity than the late Chairman Mao, but not much closer.

Gay Republicans Support Giuliani!

Huffington Post:
Mayor Rudy Giuliani beats all his Republican competitors hands down for contributions from prominent gay Republicans. A survey of 34 members of the board of the Log Cabin Republicans and the organization's New York and California chapters shows seven contributions totaling $9,700 going to Giuliani, according to Huffington Post's Fundrace. The Log Cabin clubs are the premier organizations representing gays affiliated with the GOP.

Sodomites to Plant Flags on National Mall

Army Times:
Gay groups protesting [Clinton's and Bush's] "don't ask, don't tell" policy are to plant 12,000 flags on the National Mall on Nov. 30, they announced Tuesday, to commemorate the 12,000 service members [sic] they say have been discharged under the ban on gays in the military. The Human Rights Campaign, Servicemembers United, Log Cabin Republicans (affiliated with the GOP), the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and the Liberty Education Forum are jointly staging the protest, according to their announcement.

Bush Support For Sea Treaty Affirmed

WorldNetDaily.com:
The president continues to support the pending Law of the Sea Treaty, but a spokeswoman isn't going to speculate on how it would have affected critical U.S. operations on the sea had it been adopted earlier. The issue was resurrected recently in the U.S. Senate at President Bush's urging even though critics making up a wide-ranging chorus have concluded it would grant the United Nations control of 70 percent of the planet under its oceans, and undermine U.S. sovereignty.

Turning The Police State Against Dissenters

Steve Watson / Infowars.net:
A sustained media propaganda campaign in support of the move to swing the apparatus of tyranny away from phantom Muslim terrorists and towards the American people is in full operation and may pave the way for further attacks on US soil to be blamed on dissenting Americans who speak out against the war and the rise of the domestic police state. Over the past decade we have witnessed an extreme acceleration of the physical implementation of a framework and infrastructure ready to receive those who will not go along with a coordinated destruction of traditional American values and freedom. With 9/11 came the first opportunity of the 21st century to radically alter the mentality of America and introduce a new order of society.

Military to Support States in Disasters?

Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily.com:
It was Day 3 of NORAD-USNORTHCOM's exercise, Vigilant Shield 08 and Top Officers 4, and the "reports" were coming in of the explosion of "dirty bombs" in Guam, at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix and at the Steel Bridge in Portland, Ore. The Joint Interactive Agency Coordination Group staging the exercise to test the national response to the detonation of radiological dispersal devices was on duty. "This is an exercise designed to look at the national response if we would have a terrorist attack," explained Michael B. Perini, director of public affairs at NORAD-USNORTHCOM.

N.C. Southern Baptists Expel Abomination

Associated Baptist Press:
North Carolina Baptists expelled Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte from their statewide group because the church accepts gay members into leadership. The Executive Committee of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina ruled Nov. 12 that the church was not in compliance with membership articles. While convention messengers voted overwhelmingly to hear the Myers Park appeal the next day, they voted similarly to reject it. (Watch news video)

ORU Scandal: Situation Threatens Schism

John Estus / The Oklahoman:
Oral Roberts University now faces a schism that threatens to further divide the university as it attempts to serve more than 5,700 students enrolled there. The university's regents — led by a man who once said the Lord told him to do anything President Richard Roberts told him to — are being asked to make a monumental choice: Do they banish Roberts, despite founder and Chancellor Oral Roberts' plea to give his son a second chance, or bring the embattled president back and risk alienating an administration and faculty increasingly unsupportive of him?

Pastor's Wife Wants Church Proceeds in Divorce

Ann Givens / Newsday.com:
In a case that may be the first of its kind, the wife of a pastor from Baldwin is hoping to win assets from her husband's church in their divorce proceedings, saying he uses the church as his "personal piggy bank" and that any money he makes from it is partly hers. In a decision published this week, state Supreme Court Justice Arthur Diamond agreed to hear arguments at trial in Mineola about whether Grace Christian Church in Brooklyn should be considered a marital asset, and ordered that it be appraised.

Apostasy: Is The Church There Already?

Doug Newman / Freely Speaking:
Pastor Baldwin has been a very courageous and eloquent opponent of the cult of personality that American Christians have built around GW Bush. While he has never judged what God will ultimately do with GWB, he has steadfastly measured the fruit on GWB’s tree versus the yardsticks of the Bible and the Constitution. While popularity has never been Baldwin’s number one priority, his integrity and adherence to principle have earned him a large following. When I first read one of Baldwin’s recent columns, I wondered if he had overstated his case. It was titled: "The Church of Apostasy". I thought to myself: I know the church is in bad shape, but are we there already? After reading this column a few times, I realized Baldwin was right.

Feds Raid Liberty Dollar Offices

WorldNetDaily.com:
A company that makes and distributes Liberty Dollar coins in various denominations has announced it is shut down – for now – after a raid by FBI and U.S. Secret Service agents in which documents, records, coins and gold and silver were confiscated. Liberty Dollar produces and distributes the coins as "private voluntary barter currency," or coins that compete with the Federal Reserve notes used in general economic circulation.

FBI Raids Liberty Dollar

Jon Christian Ryter / NewsWithViews.com:
A dozen FBI agents staged a raid on the Liberty Dollar's Evansville, Indiana office at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. Nov. 14 and confiscated all of its property and equipment—including about two tons of commemorative Ron Paul coins. Liberty Dollar, founded by money architect Bernard von NotHaus in 1998, was created as an alternate "private, voluntary barter currency" to the US dollar. Liberty Dollar was headquartered in a strip mall at 225 N. Stockwell Road in Evansville. The future for Liberty Dollar—and its founder—who came under investigation by the US Treasury last fall, appears bleak.

Update: FBI Raid on The Liberty Dollar

Covenant News Wire Service:
Bernard von NotHaus: Make no mistake, the FBI and Secret Service raid on the Liberty Dollar was a direct assault against the US Constitution and your right to own and use gold and silver in any way you chose. I personally spoke to FBI agent Andrew Romagnuolo shortly after he and his gang invaded the peaceful home of the Liberty Dollar. He told me that the raid was related to the US Mint's warning and the beginning of a criminal investigation. This is the first battle of a long war that I intend to win!

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Local Media Coverage of the Liberty Dollar Raids
Manuel Lora / LewRockwell.com
"My name is Phil Schmitt and I am the organizer of the Ron Paul Meetup in Evansville, IN; home of the Liberty Dollar. A dedicated fellow member of the group, Brad Linzy, posted these two local newscast covering the Liberty Dollar Raid. He is also the man on the scene that they interviewed...The Fox affiliate actually did a pretty good job and are to be commended."

AP Spin on Feds 'Gold Grab'

Ryan Lenz / The Associated Press:
Nov 16, 1:11 PM -- Federal agents raided the headquarters of a group that produces illegal [sic] currency and puts it in circulation, seizing gold, silver and two tons of copper coins featuring Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. Agents also took records, computers and froze the bank accounts at the "Liberty Dollar" headquarters during the Thursday raid, Bernard von NotHaus, founder of the National Organization for the Repeal of the Federal Reserve Act & Internal Revenue Code, said in an interview.

Ron Paul and Republican Politics

David Alan Black / The Covenant News:
As everyone knows, the term "republican" in "Republican Party" is a misnomer. The Republican Party is only nominally republican. The actual support it gives to republican ideals is illusory. In matters pertaining to foreign policy, economics, and personal liberty, it scarcely differs from the Democratic Party.

Ironically enough, it is the Republican Party’s identification with the warfare-welfare state, so often in the past a source of embarrassment and despair to its best servants, that provides its only remaining strength. This connection is unlikely to be broken in the near future, even if Ron Paul should ascend to the White House. A moribund Congress and an even more dependent civil population cling together, each one knowing it will collapse if it loses control of the other. One thinks of a group of drunkards holding on to each other, swaying back and forth, barely managing to remain upright. Alone, each would invariably fall into the gutter.

Ron Paul's Long Coat-Tails

Gary North / LewRockwell.com:
Recently, an article on this site, "Ron Paul's Long Tail," discussed the shift in marketing that is taking place because of the Internet. In the past, Pareto's 20/80 law has dominated marketing. About 20% of your sales will produce 80% of your profits. Negatively, 20% of your customers will produce 80% of your complaints. This ratio has been known for years. It has not been explained in over a century, but wise marketers do not ignore the law. A new phenomenon – long tail/Remnant/spontaneous order – has appeared as a result of the Internet's cost structure.

The Oil Baron Speaks

Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:
I am fascinated with the human condition--the motives behind what men do. I've sported my personal opinion as to the reasons behind the rising price of gasoline, but I've said little because I really don't know a great deal about the oil and gas industries. However, I do know that men have motives, and until now, the oil industry has said very little about theirs--they've only continued to post record profits.

Bush Embarrassed By Wiretap Inquiry

The Telegraph:
George W Bush has been forced into an embarrassing climb-down by his new attorney general within days of his appointment. Michael Mukasey, who was sworn in Tuesday, has reopened a dormant inquiry into the US government's warrantless wiretapping programme which was effectively blocked by the president 18 months ago. Mr Bush said Mr Mukasey had "my complete trust and confidence", but has agreed to let the investigation by the justice department's Office of Professional Responsibility restart. advertisementIt was shut down in 2006 when the National Security Agency refused to grant the department's lawyers the necessary security clearances to quiz officials.

Homeland Security Links Truthtellers to Taliban

Barbara Peterson / OpEdNews.com:
Do you remember when Bush Jr. said, "either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists"? Well, he meant it. Homeland Security’s sub-committee on terrorism risk assessment convened a hearing on 11-06-2007 to discuss "using the Web as a weapon – the Internet as a tool for violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism." In a video of this meeting, which was last aired by C-Span on 11-12-2007, members of the sub-committee clearly pointed to Internet sites that question the legitimacy of the official 9/11 story as tools for recruiting terrorists.

120 US War Veteran Suicides a Week

Herald Sun:
THE US military is experiencing a "suicide epidemic" with veterans killing themselves at the rate of 120 a week, according to an investigation by US television network CBS. At least 6256 US veterans committed suicide in 2005 - an average of 17 a day - the network reported, with veterans overall more than twice as likely to take their own lives as the rest of the general population. While the suicide rate among the general population was 8.9 per 100,000, the level among veterans was between 18.7 and 20.8 per 100,000.

No Cents Until It Makes Sense

Ron Paul / LewRockwell.com:
Mr. Chairman, I am introducing this bill in response to HR 3956, which would unconstitutionally delegate the authority to determine the metal content of coins to the Secretary of the Treasury. While I am concerned at the high cost of minting pennies, I am not entirely convinced that the Mint needs to mint as many pennies as it does. Over the past 30 years, over 300 billion pennies have been minted, more than twice as many coins as all other denominations combined. This is over 1,000 pennies for each man, woman, and child in this country.

I find it hard to believe that with this many pennies having been minted, we still have a shortage of pennies. My bill would prohibit the minting of pennies until the Treasury and Federal Reserve certify that there is no surplus of pennies. If there is a surplus of pennies, it makes no sense for the Mint to continue to coin them if each penny costs more than one cent to produce.

The Land of the Free

Comment: "Great video! Very inspiring. The entire world needs this man to win, it's not just the USA. We're all in this mess together. You can do it! Getting him elected, spreading the word about freedom and sound money should supercede anything else you've got going on for the next little while."

Update: FBI Raids Liberty Dollar

Confiscates All Ron Paul Dollars.
Covenant News Wire Service:
Dear Liberty Dollar Supporters, I sincerely regret to inform you that about 8:00 this morning a dozen FBI and Secret Service agents raided the Liberty Dollar office in Evansville. For approximately six hours they took all the gold, all the silver, all the platinum and almost two tons of Ron Paul Dollars that where just delivered last Friday. They also took all the files, all the computers and froze our bank accounts.

Feds raid Liberty Dollar
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee
The Liberty Dollar organization announced this morning, via the letter appended here, that federal agents today raided its offices in Evansville, Indiana, and confiscated all its property and equipment. This moves seems extraordinarily bold considering that Liberty Dollar's right to operate already was being litigated in federal court. Let's hope that Liberty Dollar soon can force the government to answer in federal court for today's action.

Related:
Evansville FBI acknowledges Liberty Dollar raid
MUCKRAKER REPORT

Passing the buck: Printer pushing Ron Paul dollar
Covenant News Wire Service
By Aaron Siegel - Investment News, October 29, 2007 -- After unveiling its own "currency" bearing Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul's likeness this year, The Liberty Dollar of Evansville, Ind., an "alternative" mint that has tried to print its own money to compete with the U.S. dollar, has now minted coins that advocate opposition to the Iraq war. The Liberty Dollar made its name minting coins pegged to commodity prices. It has now released the 2008 Peace Dollar, which has a face value of 10 "Liberty Dollars" and contains a half-ounce of pure silver. The Peace Dollar is made of one ounce of pure copper. And the $20 "Presidential" Ron Paul Dollar was minted in support of the Republican presidential candidate who has ridden a wave of Internet buzz to increased prominence in recent months.

Entangling Alliances

Ron Paul / Texas Straight Talk:
In the name of clamping down on "terrorist uprisings" in Pakistan, General Musharraf has declared a state of emergency and imposed martial law. The true motivations behind this action however, are astonishingly transparent, as the reports come in that mainly lawyers and opposition party members are being arrested and harassed. Supreme Court justices are held in house arrest after indicating some reluctance to certify the legitimacy of Musharraf's recent re-election. Meanwhile, terrorist threats on US interests may be more likely to originate from Pakistan, a country to which we have sent $10 billion.

Theocracy, Hellenism, and the World Order

Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:
During his farewell speech in 1905, Lord Milner, the presiding member of the elite group of British imperialists seeking to unify all nations under the British flag, spoke idealistically of the fortitude needed to realize what he referred to as "one of the noblest conceptions which has ever dawned on the political imagination of mankind." His statements hold a strong resemblance to the kind of scope of vision so often found in Rushdoony.

Dr. Paul Has Prescription Americans Need

Sandra Hamilton / LewRockwell.com:
If Americans have Stockholm Syndrome, Dr. Ron Paul has the cure. Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in an abducted hostage, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the danger (or at least risk) in which the hostage has been placed. Stockholm syndrome is also sometimes discussed in reference to other situations with similar tensions, such as battered person syndrome and the prisoner/interrogator relationship. As I watch the field of Presidential candidates and the way the American people respond to them, it appears to me as if many Americans have a form of Stockholm syndrome.

Veteran's Day

Dr. Richard A. Jones / American Vision:
In honor of U.S. veterans, and in honor of all “Christian soldiers” to be, I’d like to share with you an unexpected event from last Saturday at a Veteran’s Day breakfast in a small room at my large church. Though a veteran myself, I hadn’t planned to attend this get-together with 45 older fellows. But, the Holy Spirit had other plans. The message by associate pastor, "Pastor Bowen," also a veteran, took me completely by surprise because such statements are seldom heard these days at churches, especially now that Rev. D. James Kennedy is gone.

Supreme Court Takes No Action in Guns Case

The Associated Press:
The Supreme Court took no action Tuesday in the case involving the District of Columbia's ban on handguns. The justices discussed the case at their private conference on Friday, but reached no resolution. Four justices must vote to grant an appeal. The court does not always reach a decision the first time it discusses a case. At issue is the capital's 31-year ban on handguns, among the strictest gun-control laws in the nation. In March, a federal appeals court struck down the ban as incompatible with the Second Amendment.

ORU President Gets No Confidence Vote

The Associated Press:
Embattled Oral Roberts University president Richard Roberts, facing accusations he misspent university funds to support a lavish lifestyle, has received a vote of no confidence by the tenured faculty at the evangelical university. The resolution was approved by faculty Monday and obtained late Tuesday by The Associated Press. Faculty plan to distribute the nonbinding document to the school's Board of Regents and the faculty assembly at an upcoming meeting.

An Open Letter to Christians

On Behalf of Ron Paul.
by Laurence M. Vance / LewRockwell.com:
Member of Congress and Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul is the premier advocate for political and religious liberty in politics today. He is the most pro-life, pro-family, pro-property, pro-Constitution politician in history. If it is possible to be more Jeffersonian than Jefferson, then Ron Paul is the man.

On issues that are dear to the vast majority of Protestant Christians, Ron Paul stands head and shoulders above the other candidates. Consider just a few.

Abortion: Ron Paul is a physician who has delivered more than 4,000 babies. He not only opposes federal funding of embryonic stem cell research and partial-birth abortion, he is against abortion itself. As he himself has said:

In 40 years of medical practice, I never once considered performing an abortion, nor did I ever find abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman. In Congress, I have authored legislation that seeks to define life as beginning at conception, H.R. 1094. I am also the prime sponsor of H.R. 300, which would negate the effect of Roe v Wade by removing the ability of federal courts to interfere with state legislation to protect life. This is a practical, direct approach to ending federal court tyranny which threatens our constitutional republic and has caused the deaths of 45 million of the unborn. I have also authored H.R. 1095, which prevents federal funds to be used for so-called "population control." Many talk about being pro-life. I have taken and will continue to advocate direct action to restore protection for the unborn. Full story...

Preborn to Be Defined As 'Persons'

'Person at Fertilization' Ballot Plan Gets Crucial OK By Court.
John C. Ensslin / Rocky Mountain News:
The wording of a proposed initiative that would define a fertilized egg as a person in Colorado won an OK from the state Supreme Court on Tuesday. The 7-0 decision sent abortion opponents into the streets to begin collecting 76,047 signatures in the next six months, enough to put the constitutional amendment on the November 2008 ballot. A jubilant group of about 40 supporters, including anti-abortion leaders from across the country, gathered at the Timbers Hotel in northeast Denver to cheer the ruling.

The Wasteland of Willow Creek

Paul Proctor / NewsWithViews.com:
Christianity Today's blog, Out of Ur, posed an intriguing question recently with a post titled, Willow Creek Repents?, where it was reported that Willow Creek Community Church's senior pastor, Bill Hybels, told an audience at his Leadership Summit this year in South Barrington, Illinois that he got "the wake up call" of his adult life.

A Social Darwinist Speaks and Murders

Gary DeMar / American Vision:
Atheist writers have tried to make the case that religion is the cause of all the evil in the world. Get rid of religion, and we’ll all live happily ever after.1 For a brief time, there were a few news articles that reported on a school student in Finland who shot and killed eight people (six students, a nurse, and a principal).

Children, Can You Say Anthrax?

The Washington Post:
The weekly class, launched this year in D.C. schools, brings homeland security to the lunchbox set. It is part of a national effort to get families to prepare emergency kits and otherwise plan for disasters -- a message spread through cartoons, Disney shows and even first-responder camp.

High Cost of Paying for a Hoax

Phil Brennan / Ether Zone:
"Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them, then team up with movie, media and other liberal, environmentalists, [and] journalists to create this wild 'scientific' scenario of the civilization threatening environmental consequences from Global Warming unless we adhere to this radical agenda. Now, their ridiculous manipulated science has been accepted as fact and becomes a cornerstone issue for CNN, CBS, NBC, the Democratic political Party, the Governor of California, school teachers and, in many cases, well informed but very gullible environmental conscientious citizens. Only one [ABC] reporter has been allowed to counter the Global Warming frenzy with one 15 minute documentary segment."

Justice Dept. Reopens Surveillance Probe

Dan Eggen / The Washington Post:
The Justice Department said yesterday that it has reopened an internal investigation of the role played by its lawyers in the administration's warrantless surveillance program, marking a notable policy shift just days into the tenure of new Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey. The investigation by the Office of Professional Responsibility was abandoned in July 2006 after President Bush refused to give security clearances to the OPR lawyers conducting the investigation, according to documents and congressional testimony.

Hillary Spikes Campaign Event With Plants

CNN.com Politics:
The college student who says she was told what question to ask at one of Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign events told CNN Monday that she wasn't the only one at the event who was a plant and said "voters have the right to know what really happened." In an exclusive interview with CNN, Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, a 19-year-old sophomore at Grinnell College in Iowa — whose story in her campus newspaper has now been widely circulated — said that giving anyone specific questions to ask is "dishonest," and the whole incident has given her a negative outlook on politics.

Full Weekend of Homosexual Events Planned

Mike Hein / Christian Civic League:
Southern and Coastal Maine is preparing for a host of radical homosexual and transgender events this week. The events, a meeting of the University of Southern Maine (USM) "Queer Insurgency" student group, USM's and Maine SpeakOut's "2007 Transgender Day of Rememberance," and the Maine Community Foundation (Maine Equity Fund) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning 2007 Symposium are scheduled for November 15, 16, and 17, respectively.

Another Gay Republican Found Guilty

The Associated Press:
A Republican lawmaker who tried to pass tougher public lewdness laws was convicted Friday of agreeing to pay for gay sex with an undercover officer in a men's park restroom. State Rep. Bob Allen faces up to 60 days in county jail and a $500 fine for soliciting prostitution, a second-degree misdemeanor. The Merritt Island Republican was accused of peering over a stall at Titusville officer Danny Kavanaugh, then agreeing to pay $20 to perform oral sex on the policeman.

Related:
Jury finds Fla. Rep. Bob Allen
guilty in gay bathroom sex case
By Travis Reed / The Associated Press
Republicans pressured a Florida House representative to resign after his conviction for trying to pay for gay sex with an undercover police officer. A three-man, three-woman jury deliberated nearly 3 1/2 hours Friday before finding state Rep. Bob Allen, R-Merritt Island, guilty of soliciting prostitution, a misdemeanor. Allen was accused of peering over a stall at a young, black undercover police officer, then agreeing to pay $20 to perform oral sex on him.

Meat Treatment Approved

FDA to Allow Spoiled Meat to Be Artificially Colored.
The Washington Post:
The Agriculture Department gave the green light to using carbon monoxide gas to keep older cuts of meat looking red and fresh. Opponents have said GRAS status is inappropriate for a technology banned by the European Union, Japan and Canada. FDA officials at the hearing stood by their decision to categorize the gas as "generally recognized as safe," or GRAS, for use on red meat and tuna -- a category that allows companies to bypass a public regulatory review. Industry officials, who have complained that they lose $1 billion in sales every year from having to toss or discount meat that is still edible but does not look red and appetizing, defended the gas, which locks in red color indefinitely.

You Can't Lock Up Lady Liberty

David Alan Black / The Covenant News:
America is in a tunnel. It's a long tunnel and as dark as night. The good news is that a tunnel implies a way out as well as in. Otherwise it would be a cave. Perhaps, just perhaps, the night is far spent and the day is at hand for America. Whatever may have triggered the Ron Paul Revolution, the basic trouble is that we have forsaken the Constitution. The way to liberty is by becoming enslaved again to the principles of freedom enshrined in our founding documents. A simple assembly of humble Americans can know more about this great subject than all the pundits in the Beltway put together.

Anti-War Veterans Arrested

The Associated Press:
Anti-war veterans were arrested when they protested their exclusion from a Veterans Day event. The Boston chapter of Veterans for Peace and supporters were arrested Sunday at the event sponsored by the American Legion. "We're opposed to the U.S. invasion of Iraq; we're opposed to the planned invasion of Iran," said group member Winston Warfield, a Vietnam War veteran.

Honor Veterans with a Better Budget

Ron Paul / RonPaul2008.com:
Congress narrowly passed a budget last week that calls for the federal government to spend in excess of 2 trillion dollars in 2004, which is more than double what the federal government spent in 1990. Yet while Congress finds hundreds of billions to fund every conceivable unconstitutional program and special-interest pork project, it fails to provide adequately for our nation’s veterans. In fact, the budget passed by the House calls for cuts of $15.1 billion from veterans programs over the next ten years. These cuts will affect programs that provide education benefits, compensation for veterans with service-related disabilities, and pensions for disabled veterans.

Patriots vs. Politicians

Tom DeWeese / NewsWithViews.com:
Many of the younger generation must be truly bewildered over the emotions older Americans display when expressing love, devotion, respect and reverence for our country. A tear in the eye for a patriotic song... a hand over the heart as the national anthem plays... a salute to the flag as it passes in a parade. Why would we older folks do that?

Ron Paul Schools Face the Nation

Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:
I continue to be astonished at the absolute ignorance of the mainstream media to basic Americanism. I was especially taken back by Bob Schieffer of Face the Nation. This guy is beyond retirement years, so surely he knows more about the founding of America than young wise guys like me. Nope! He needs the The U.S. Constitution for Dummies. He tries to describe Ron Paul's positions as a series of "anti-s", but Dr. Paul beautifully spins them around to a litany of "pro-s."

Proof Iraq War Was Planned Before 911

Covenant News Wire Service:
A 60 Minutes Interview And Indictment, Which Has Been Buried. Paul H. O'Neill, Former George W. Bush Treasury Secretary reveals that from the first days of this Bush administration there had been a plan to start a war in Iraq. There were memos, before 911, showing the planning for "a post Saddam Iraq". There was a plan to assemble oil contractors to divvy up Iraq oil. Paul O'Neill's story is the center piece of a book called "The Price of Loyalty" by Ron Suskind. Ron Suskind reveals a document, (dated March 5 of 2001).

The Danger of Prophetic Inevitability

Gary DeMar / American Vision:
In 1977, D. S. Russell warned that end-time theorists might "create the very situation which is being described [in their prophetic writings] so that the interpretation given brings about its own fulfillment." Paul Boyer, professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and currently a visiting professor of history at the College of William and Mary and a long-time analyst of prophetic themes and their impact on politics, pointed out as recently as 2003 that "as the nation debates a march toward war in the Middle East, all of us would do well to pay attention to the beliefs of the vast company of Americans who read the headlines and watch the news through a filter of prophetic belief." Concern for the way Bible prophecy is influencing foreign policy is becoming increasingly prevalent in numerous books and articles. The person at the center of much of the talk about an inevitable cataclysmic end is John Hagee.

White House Ordered to Keep E-Mails

Peter Baker / The Washington Post:
A federal judge ordered the White House yesterday not to destroy any backup computer tapes of its e-mail, pending civil litigation seeking to learn more about what happened to a trove of messages missing from a 2 1/2 -year period earlier in the Bush presidency. The order stems from the disappearance of possibly millions of e-mails sent and received by aides to President Bush from March 2003 to October 2005.

NRLC endorses Fred 'The Abortion Lobbyist'

Reuters:
Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson will be endorsed by a leading [sic] anti-abortion group on Tuesday in a move that could bolster his support among conservatives. The National Right to Life Committee plans to announce on Tuesday that it will endorse the candidacy of the former Tennessee senator, an official familiar with the decision said on Monday. Thompson, who was campaigning across the early-voting state of Iowa, declined to confirm the new backing but said he had the group's support in the past and would welcome it again.

Marine to God: 'Please Tell Me What to Do'

Karen DeCoster / LewRockwell.com:
This young Marine's story of post-war trauma and suicidal thoughts is tragic and tear-jerking. As usual, the warmakers in Washington couldn't have cared less about what he had to say about the war they sent him to fight. Thanks to the LA Times for this extraordinary journalism. He concludes, "What have we gained...what have we accomplished?" Listen to his conclusions about the war and killing, and you realize this young man has a strong mind and a humane soul.

A Christian Standard to Quell the Chaos

Al Cronkrite / The Covenant News:
My writings against Zionism have been shunned, criticized, and often condemned. It is a topic that begs for Truth but remains cloaked in falsehood because those who have the temerity to discuss it in public are thoroughly trashed. John Hagee, popular Pastor of the mega-Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, an outspoken Zionist, is now denying that Christ was the Messiah. Detached from a sound theological base and surrounded by Pharisaical Jews, Hagee succumbed to the tenets of another religion articulating publicly what has been the practice of hundreds of thousands of Evangelical Christians across our nation for decades. When a solid standard like the Westminster Confessions is removed from the church members are left without theological guidelines and are vulnerable to heresy and serious error.

Robertson's Endorsement 'Will Destroy GOP'

Matthew Cullinan Hoffman / LifeSiteNews.com:
The reaction from leading social conservatives to Pat Robertson's endorsement of pro-abortion and pro-gay Rudolph Giuliani for the Republican presidential nomination has ranged from outraged denunciation to conspicuous silence. Robertson's move is especially significant since the evangelical protestant leader's "700 Club" program influences millions of Americans and he has in the past had major influence on US elections. According to One News Now, the news agency of the influential American Family Association, only one pro-family leader they contacted agreed to respond -- anonymously. A close friend of Robertson, he reportedly said that the endorsement is "tragic", and nominating Giuliani "will destroy the Republican Party."

Endorsing Evil

Becky Akers / LewRockwell.com:
It's never easy to be a Christian, but lately it's been tough for the wrong reasons. Confessing Jesus Christ as the Son of God has earned folks censure, exile, dispossession, torture, and death in most times and places. Whether it's the ancient Roman Empire or modern North Korea, over 70 million Christians have been murdered for their faith since 33 AD. Martyrdom is hard, but that isn't what makes "evangelical" American Christianity difficult. Rather, it's the hypocritical ravings of Pat Robertson and his ilk.

Is a Vote for Rudy a Vote for War?

Patrick J. Buchanan / LewRockwell.com:
Rudy Giuliani has made a "promise" not to allow Iran to acquire a nuclear capability, even if it requires U.S. military action. Though the U.S. Army is scrimping to meet recruitment goals, Rudy has pledged to add at least 10 new combat brigades. Speaking to an Atlantic Bridge conference in London, Rudy called for NATO expansion to include Japan, India, Australia, Singapore and Israel. Has Rudy thought this through?

Anti-War Vets Get Cheers, Jeers

Valerie Richardson / The Washington Times:
Anti-war veterans passed out leaflets and carried signs opposing the Iraq war after winning a last-minute right to march in this city's annual Veterans Day Parade. About 50 marchers displayed peace signs and banners with messages like "Iraq is Just Vietnam in the Desert," "Bring Our Troops Home Where They Belong," and "Bush Lies." They were greeted with bursts of applause by some parade-watchers and shouts of criticism by others.

Abandon Government Schools

Steven Yates / NewsWithViews.com:
Last month California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a legislative package effectively banning the phrases 'mom and dad' and 'husband and wife' from the state's government schools as discriminatory against homosexuals. The same measures would allow boys to use girls' restrooms and vice versa. Critics are charging that this will enable California schools to finish their journey towards becoming full-fledged indoctrination centers for those promoting a homosexual-bisexual-transgender lifestyle.

America's 'Faggot' Corporations

Covenant News Wire Service:
Below is the list, in alphabetical order, of companies scoring a perfect 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign's 2008 Corporate Equality Index, with policies beneficial toward homosexuals.

Intel Official: Say Goodbye to Privacy

Pamela Hess / The Associated Press:
A top intelligence official says it is time people in the United States changed their definition of privacy. Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that "government" and businesses properly [sic] safeguards people's private communications and financial information. Lawmakers hastily changed the 1978 law last summer to allow the government to eavesdrop inside the United States without court permission. The original law required a court order for any surveillance conducted on U.S. soil, to protect Americans' privacy. The White House argued that the law was obstructing intelligence gathering.

Rightwing Communist Media Caving

Alan Stang / NewsWithViews.com:
Regular readers may recall that recently I did a piece called "Your Papers, Please!" It chronicled some of the "false flag" operations in which Washington attacked the American people to create a phony justification for government by perpetual emergency and perpetual war. Since then, I have seen again a 1990 movie based on a Tom Clancy novel entitled, "The Hunt for Red October."

America's Top Cop a Top Criminal

Chris Ortiz / Chalcedon Blog:
After the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, George W. Bush was going to make the NYC Police Commissioner, Bernard Kerik, the Head of the newly formed American security apparatus. Before he could be appointed, allegations of Kerik's criminality began to surface. A federal grand jury brought him up on corruption charges--one of which was the employment of an illegal immigrant. However, there were other more serious allegations that prompted Kerik to step aside. He then was appointed as Iraq's Minister of the Interior.

Supreme Court Could Take Guns Case

Mark Sherman / The Associated Press:
Supreme Court justices have track records that make predicting their rulings on many topics more than a mere guess. Then there is the issue of the Second Amendment and guns, about which the court has said virtually nothing in nearly 70 years. That could change in the next few months.

Megachurch Took in $69 Million in 2006

The Associated Press:
An Atlanta megachurch took in $69 million in 2006, according to a financial statement the church's minister released in response to a Senate investigation into him and five other well-known televangelists. The Rev. Creflo Dollar disclosed the World Changers Church International's financial information to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, but said the money he spends is his own. Dollar said his income comes from personal investments, including businesses and real estate ventures. But the church gave him a Rolls Royce, which he mainly uses for special occasions, he said. "Without a doubt, my life is not average," he said. "But I'd like to say, just because it is excessive doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong."

The Law and Gospel Dynamic

Frederick Meekins / Ether Zone:
In classical Lutheran theology and homiletics, a two part approach is often taken referred to as Law and Gospel. For it is through this dynamic duo that the individual is made to realize that he is a sinner in need of salvation and what the solution is for this vexing dilemma. In old detective movies and police shows, when a suspect was interrogated often a tactic was used referred to as "good cop/bad cop". In this approach, the suspect is at first confronted by a seemingly harsh officer whose task is to bluntly tell the suspect what the suspect is alleged to have done, that the evidence as to such is overwhelming, and that the best thing the suspect can do for their own sake is to confess to what they have done. Once the suspect has been worked over psychologically, the good officer arrives on the scene to offer the best deal possible in terms of the suspect's interests in exchange for cooperation. Though the analogy is not perfect, one can roughly think of the Law as the bad cop and Gospel as the good cop.

Neal Horsley: God Forsakes Georgia

YouTube.com:
A candidate for Governor of Georgia says that the current drought is only the first in a series of calamities that will befall the people of Georgia until they stop allowing the blood of innocent babies to be shed in their State.

Now I Can See

Eric Rauch / American Vision:
Having recently returned from the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival, I can assure you that there is plenty of interest in the art of filmmaking within the evangelical community. This is a good thing and very much-needed if Christians hope to have any input and influence in the pagan-saturated media-marketplace of ideas.

Seeker-Sensitive is 'Mistake'

Bob Burney / Baptist Press:
Willow Creek has released the results of a multi-year study on the effectiveness of their programs and philosophy of ministry. The report reveals that most of what they have been doing for these many years and what they have taught millions of others to do is not producing solid disciples of Jesus Christ. If you simply want a crowd, the "seeker-sensitive" model produces results. If you want solid, sincere, mature followers of Christ, it's a bust. In a shocking confession, Bill Hybels states: "We made a mistake." Incredibly, the guru of church growth now tells us that people need to be reading their Bibles and taking responsibility for their spiritual growth.

Two Masters

Mark Glenn / The People's Voice:
The truth is, as much as I knew it was for his own good, I hated seeing the look on his face... It was a mixture of many emotions on his part, and none of them positive–shock, confusion, sadness, bewilderment, worry, a little bit of anger, but not too much... He was trying to make some kind of sense of it all, the fact that the 'Reverend' Pat Robertson–one of his heroes–had just recently given his personal endorsement to Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign, something that was obviously a kick in the gut to him personally.

Pat Robertson and Rudy Giuliani

Lee Gonzales / JBS.org:
My parents, pastor, and school teachers always said that the destruction of America would not be the result of a military attack, but instead would come from within. Pat Robertson's recent endorsement of ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's candidacy indicates that Christians who used to operate under Godly, moral principles are now accepting the principles of the culture of death raging around us, a culture war that could bring about the destruction of America as we know it.

Profiles In Cowardice

The American View Radio:
Robertson, Weyrich Refuse To Defend The Faith; Endorse Unbelievers Giuliani, Romney. On this program co-host John Lofton reports on and analyzes these shameful acts of Christ-denial.

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Yes, God Does Tell Us Who To Vote For
Scott T. Whiteman, Esq / The American View
Since every Evangelical Christian and man of worldly wisdom knows that God’s preferred mode of government is theocratic-monarchy, and that in a monarchy, the fiat will of the King rules, and the wishes of "the People" are irrelevant, you are probably already objecting to the premise, that God instructs us how to vote.

Right and Wrong

William N. Grigg / Pro Libertate:
So Pat Robertson, an individual who looks as if he had been given life by the pen of a Disney animator (and speaks as though delivering in earnest lines written as satire by Sinclair Lewis), insists that only Adolf - whoops, I mean Rudolph – Giuliani can defend "our population against the bloodlust of Islamic terrorists." Giuliani may be a thrice-married, habitually cross-dressing, gun-grabbing, abortion-loving, pederast-coddling wretch, but according to the self-anointed seer of Virginia Beach, Rudy is "a leader with a bold vision who is not afraid to tackle the challenges ahead."

Giuliani - The Fix Is In

Back when Rudy Giuliani had hair he called himself a Citizen of the World. Here's a film clip of Giuliani introducing David Rockefeller to a crowd of Global Corporatists.

Fake Christian Neocon Shills

Steve Watson & Paul Watson / Infowars.net:
Fake Christian conservative Pat Robertson has hit the headlines again by throwing his hat in with Rudy Giuliani, a man who supports the continued war in Iraq, supports the preemptive bombing of Iran, is pro-abortion and is an adulterer who has been married on three different occasions. Also noteworthy is that fact that Giuliani is supportive of gay rights, an issue, along with abortion, that Robertson has for years made the crux of his programming. Regardless of where you stand on these issues, for Robertson to turn around and say they no longer matter, and what is more important is the battle against "Isamofascism", highlights just how much of a total and complete hypocrite the man is and how he has long been willing to be used as a political tool for the neoconservative movement.

Pat Robertson's 'Sinful Endorsement'

Jennifer Riley / Christian Post:
Prominent televangelist Pat Robertson has received mixed reaction from conservatives for his endorsement of presidential contender Rudy Giuliani. Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, lambasted Robertson Wednesday for his support of the former New York mayor who is blacklisted by many conservatives for his pro abortion and gay rights stance. "Pat Robertson is leading pro-family voters astray by abandoning moral standards for government," he said. Thomasson accused Robertson of "casting a blind eye" to Giuliani's "big-time advocacy" of the homosexual, transsexual, bisexual agenda.

An Appeal To My Fellow Pastors

Chuck Baldwin / The Covenant News:
Recently, Iowa pastors gathered to hear my presentation in Des Moines on behalf of Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul. After listening to me, they then heard ten-term Republican Texas Congressman Ron Paul himself. Consider how Congressman Paul's message impacted Pastor Jim Hartman of the Assembly of God church in Conrad, Iowa.

They Don't Live in a Shoe

Dr. Richard A. Jones / American Vision:
Whether you homeschool or not, you'll see why the plea for advice in the amazing letter below prompted my heartfelt attention and reminded me of the old nursery rhyme; "There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children she didn't know what to do." I phoned the father and can praise God for the dedication this family is exhibiting. Naturally, secular humanists everywhere will be aghast at what you’re about to read, but “the Smiths” are using Psalm 127:3–5 to validate their conviction that a bundle of children are a blessing from God.

Anti-Christian Bias In Education

Michael J. Chapman / NewsWithViews.com:
For more than a dozen years, I have been working to expose anti-Christian bias within America’s popular curriculum. But it wasn’t until I ran across a copy of Curriculum Standards for Social Studies, published by the National Council for the Social Studies under a US Department of Education grant, that I realized the force of law was now driving the agenda. In fact, the NCSS are missionaries of a new religion operating in the field of American education. Unlike Christians, these particular missionaries have government backing, free reign with captive children, and operate under the guise of "education" – and thus under the radar of most Christians.