Baptism

It is little wonder that the general government has chosen to openly deny access to openly-professed people of faith.  It has been trying, for years, to convince the American people that everything we have ever relied upon - Christianity, family, country - is bad and that the government has all of the answers.

It has sought to ruin the family by driving wedges between parents and children, and by scattering the extended family unit to the winds.

It has sought to destroy Christianity in America by denying our historic Christian roots and rejecting the primacy of God - putting unnecessary laws in place to provide protections for people who do not need any more protection than the basic laws provide when they are consistently and ethically employed.

It has sought to destroy America from within by doing everything it can to shock, dismay, annoy, irritate, and otherwise put off her allies - simultaneously getting cuddly with our enemies and making America appear to be a place nobody can trust.

Ethics, character, integrity - all things that America has stood for through the years.  Now the rest of the world is wondering what happened.  In brief, we got lazy.  We decided that our personal issues were paramount, that everyone else felt the same about their personal issues, and that the government would see to making everything work (that's why we pay taxes, isn't it?).  Even when the government's dishonesty and outright corruption was exposed like a cheating spouse, we continued to allow them to do what they were doing because we believed that they really were involved in an important market study of enhanced condoms.  As we closed the door to the room and walked away to the sound of laughter coming from behind it, we wanted to believe the lie so much that we parked ourselves in front of the TV with a beer and proceeded to perform the La-La dance.

Now, years later, we have returned to the room and peered through the doorway to see what is going on.  The pile of condoms - extortionist taxes, bad international deals, failed domestic and foreign policies - has become distressingly large, and there seems to be little difference between them all.  The crowd lined up in the room, trousers down and waiting their turn, has lengthened - Colombia, Mexico, China, North Korea, Iraq, Iran, France, Russia, Cuba, and more, all waiting for their turn.

It is time to take the business sign down and tell the rest of the world that America is not whoring herself anymore.  It is time to take a primary interest in all Americans, not just a noisy minority with no scruples as to how they get attention, or access to lots of money.  It is time for America to develop a character - a face that is consistent no matter what leadership we have at the time - so that people around the world know that they can trust America to be what she appears at all times.

If we do not do this, we are finished at a major player on the world stage.


Deus Patria Sic!

Constitutional Interpretation: Its roots

"It is essential to the being of the national government, that so erroneous a conception of the meaning of the word necessary should be exploded.

"It is certain, that neither the grammatical nor popular sense of the term requires that construction.  According to both, necessary often means no more than needful, requisite, incidental, useful, or conducive to.   It is a common mode of expression to say, that it is necessary for a government or a person to do this or that thing, when nothing more is intended or understood, than that the interests of the government or person require, or will be promoted by, the doing of this or that thing.

". . . To understand the word as the Secretary of State does, would be to depart from its obvious and popular sense, and to give it a restrictive operation, an idea never before entertained.  It would be to give it the same force as if the word absolutely or indispensably had been prefixed to it."

"Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States" Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 23 February 1791

This is the basis upon which purposeful Interpretation of The Constitution of the United States has been based. Something as simple as a word.

Hamilton was quite capable at putting words together, but not so capable that he could run all of them by endless generations of people without being found in error. His writings are masterful, but his reasoning fails when he steps away from simple truth and relies instead upon rationalizing and rhetoric.

The case with the word, necessary, very clearly illustrates this. In these passages, Hamilton is making his case against Jefferson's rigid reading of the text of the Constitution's Necessary and Proper Clause.

Hamilton uses a great many subjective adjectives in his supposedly reasonable and dispassionate explanation, meaning to diminish the reader's regard for the facts; "common mode", "obvious", and "popular" relegate this fulcrum expression to the office of "pebble in the shoe". Essentially, Hamilton is casting aspersions on not only the word used, but those who used the word in the first place.

His first two meanings for necessary – needful or requisite – are accurate in their summation of the definition and character of the word in question. The last three, however, are not: incidental implies happenstance without the fixed character of being indispensible; useful and conducive to merely imply convenience – not gravity.

Necessary, then, is far more than that which answers convenience or indifference. Rather, like air, necessary is that without which the condition which needs it cannot exist. Regardless of the common mode and popular usage, necessary has an absolute meaning that should not be discarded out of hand when it is not convenient.

Hamilton makes amply clear his contempt for the truth, and for those who deserve it at his hand, the most in his third paragraph. By resorting to the "obvious and popular" sense, he departs from the actual sense – regardless of how congruent they may be – and marks himself out as a politician and not a leader of men. By insisting on an enforcement of his position based on "common", "obvious and popular" perceptions – rather than dispassionate, logical truth – Hamilton reveals unmistakably his intent to sway the opinions of the masses for his own advantage.

One is tempted to believe that Washington was under some onus or duress with regards to Hamilton, explaining why it was Hamilton's unsatisfactory opinions that prevailed; to conclude that Washington was of a similar heart and mind to such a solicitor as Alexander Hamilton is the grossest insult to the memory of our first president and leader. Unfortunately, history's unfolding record of such exchanges is proving a disappointing lens through which to view our nation's heroes.

Obama’s first State of The Union Address

I was beat down and tired after a twelve-hour day, but when I came home – expecting to hand off the Taco Bell to my wife and to bed – and saw the SoTU on the set, I just had to sit and listen.  God bless her, my wife was able to quietly tolerate the experience for my benefit; she is not a political type, but she understands my bent in that direction.

In the course of the SoTU address, I noted these peculiarities:

                1 – As he has for such a long time, Obama continued to blame Bush for the mess he found waiting for him when he assumed the mantle.  While it is true that Bush left a horrible mess in his wake, there are two problems with Obama’s incessant resort to this issue.  The first is that he had to know what he was getting into when he announced his bid for the Oval Office and so he has no room to use that excuse for the state of things in his presidency; if he did not want to deal with the problems, he should have withdrawn from the race.  If he proceeded to pursue the office of president and had no clue as to the state of things, he had no business seeking the office of America’s leader.  No matter how one looks at the president’s excuses, the old saw is still true – A man who is good at making excuses is good for little else.

He is seeking to divert attention from his own failure by pointing at the failure of another leader with whom many Americans are still deeply unhappy.  Pointing out Bush’s mistakes and failures cannot mitigate the number and degree of Obama’s own mistakes and failures – no matter how many times he uses this tactic, it changes nothing – any more than speeding blind-folded down the wrong side of the freeway prevents one from hitting an oncoming car.  The fact that Obama is still using this method – a year after his election and with so many broken promises and failed policies clinging to him – shows a lack of imagination and, worse, an arrogant disdain for the American people.  How are Americans supposed to respect and support a president who has no respect for them?

                2 – His statement that “(spending hundreds of billions of dollars when we were already in debt ten-fold more than that) was the right thing to do” makes one wonder where his understanding of economics comes from.  The last time I saw the average American do that, they wound up in court for credit fraud and bankruptcy; how does it magically become legal and accepted behavior for a government?  I am curious as to whether he has ever managed a household before, because his ideas regarding economics are nothing short of illegal and disastrous for the average American homemaker or head-of-household.  Honestly; I would love to see how such economics would work on my level.

                3 – He says he wants to return trust to Americans.  I would like to believe that.  I do not.  There are several things I can think of that he could do to work toward that direction.  These include returning to The Constitution  – as it was written, not as it has been interpreted – and eliminating legal precedent, “Constitutional Law”, and judicial review.  Give us back a rule of Law in place of the current rule of Lawyers, and I can see us trusting him a little more.

                4 – He made the statement that, in a nation of over 300 million people, democracy can be noisy and messy.  I believe that was one of the truest statements he ever made.  What he failed to say is that democracy in nation of so many should also be very, very slow.  Democracy – rule by the people – is not possible if any one of those people is not kept in-the-know and provided the opportunity to voice his will in the government.  This would slow matters down enormously, but the central government would have a much harder time getting anything by the American people – and that is a good thing.  Consider this: when human tissues grow out of their normal rate and form, they become – cancer.  When government grows out of its normal rate and form, it becomes -  toxic, deadly.

Deus Patria Sic!

Obama’s first State of The Union Address

I was beat down and tired after a twelve-hour day, but when I came home – expecting to hand off the Taco Bell to my wife and to bed – and saw the SoTU on the set, I just had to sit and listen. God bless her, my wife was able to quietly tolerate the experience for my benefit; she is not a political type, but she understands my bent in that direction.

In the course of the SoTU address, I noted these peculiarities:

    1 – As he has for such a long time, Obama continued to blame Bush for the mess he found waiting for him when he assumed the mantle. While it is true that Bush left a horrible mess in his wake, there are two problems with Obama's incessant resort to this issue. The first is that he had to know what he was getting into when he announced his bid for the Oval Office and so he has no room to use that excuse for the state of things in his presidency; if he did not want to deal with the problems, he should have withdrawn from the race. If he proceeded to pursue the office of president and had no clue as to the state of things, he had no business seeking the office of America's leader. No matter how one looks at the president's excuses, the old saw is still true – A man who is good at making excuses is good for little else.

He is seeking to divert attention from his own failure by pointing at the failure of another leader with whom many Americans are still deeply unhappy. Pointing out Bush's mistakes and failures cannot mitigate the number and degree of Obama's own mistakes and failures – no matter how many times he uses this tactic, it changes nothing – any more than speeding blind-folded down the wrong side of the freeway prevents one from hitting an oncoming car. The fact that Obama is still using this method – a year after his election and with so many broken promises and failed policies clinging to him – shows a lack of imagination and, worse, an arrogant disdain for the American people. How are Americans supposed to respect and support a president who has no respect for them?

    2 – His statement that "(spending hundreds of billions of dollars when we were already in debt ten-fold more than that) was the right thing to do" makes one wonder where his understanding of economics comes from. The last time I saw the average American do that, they wound up in court for credit fraud and bankruptcy; how does it magically become legal and accepted behavior for a government? I am curious as to whether he has ever managed a household before, because his ideas regarding economics are nothing short of illegal and disastrous for the average American homemaker or head-of-household. Honestly; I would love to see how such economics would work on my level.

    3 – He says he wants to return trust to Americans. I would like to believe that. I do not. There are several things I can think of that he could do to work toward that direction. These include returning to The Constitution – as it was written, not as it has been interpreted – and eliminating legal precedent, "Constitutional Law", and judicial review. Give us back a rule of Law in place of the current rule of Lawyers, and I can see us trusting him a little more.

    4 – He made the statement that, in a nation of over 300 million people, democracy can be noisy and messy. I believe that was one of the truest statements he ever made. What he failed to say is that democracy in nation of so many should also be very, very slow. Democracy – rule by the people – is not possible if any one of those people is not kept in-the-know and provided the opportunity to voice his will in the government. This would slow matters down enormously, but the central government would have a much harder time getting anything by the American people – and that is a good thing. Consider this: when human tissues grow out of their normal rate and form, they become – cancer. When government grows out of its normal rate and form, it becomes - toxic, deadly.

Divide et impera

I have read a few articles that made me wonder, what are we all about?

Quite an opener, eh?

Think about this, people – when Brown won in Massachusetts, there was a rolling wave of applause, cheering, and partying across America. In every state, city, and town, there was celebration by those in the conservative party and the Tea Party movement. Why should this cause me concern? The same thing that caused me concern when I read the president's alleged response to Coakley when he called her after her loss in the election: "we cannot win all the time".

"We"? I thought this was America, folks, and that Americans played on the same team. When did Americans become divided against each other? When did it become "us" and "them"?

I am not even really concerned about the possibility of external exploitation of this division – as History has shown, Americans are entirely capable of casting aside petty differences to unite against the common foe. Ask the Germans. Ask the Japanese. Ask the combined might of the Communist world. No matter what the issue dividing America – race, creed, even sexual orientation – one nation has galvanized, time and time again, to meet the threats offered it. And it has triumphed, time and time again.

How is it, then, that we come through these crucible events – not only married by the forced mobilization, but alloyed by the pressure that compels our company and heat that burns away the chaff of irrelevant and immaterial misconception – only to fall back into such behaviors that divide us against our fellow Americans?

What would be wrong with taking the approach that Americans work hard and do what Americans must to see that the right (not the capital "R", but what is invariably right) triumphs – that evil is defeated – and when the battle is won, just. Go. Home. No rubbing noses in the defeat, no reveling in getting our way, no building a power base to further our ends. Quietly accepting the fact that the job is done, and then going back to our lives as Americans who know they did what they had to – FOR AMERICA.

Does a parent cheer or celebrate when they must impose their will upon their child? Is it right for one sibling to exult when they have prevailed in a conflict with their brother or sister? God forbid! How, then, is it right for any American to take pride in the performance of a needed task, when such reveling is at the expense of the dignity of their fellow Americans?

We have another common foe, my fellow Americans. Sadly, it is not from another country, or even another planet. It is the "parents" that we have placed in government over us. They keep us divided against each other with talk of "civil rights issues", "management versus labor", any part of America pitted against some other part of America. While they keep us divided and distracted – with trash programming on TV, divisive media, and occasional tweaking of the other wedges they have driven into the American bedrock – they continue to consolidate their power base and prepare us for the day when we will be little more than the "coppertops" of the "Matrix" or the blood harvest of "Daybreakers". I use "will" instead of "shall" because I believe that this is an issue of our voluntary choice to walk silently into the wood chipper that has been prepared for us. As long as we allow the government to yank on our shorthairs – our lives, our fortunes, our sacred honor – and pull us back into conformity with their plans, we are surrendering our freedom willingly. Power cannot be taken; it is only given. They can kill you, but that does not take your freedom – just your life. After that, there is little more they can do but explain why they killed you – and so many others – for no other reason than that you refused to surrender your freedom. Would you rather live in a world without your freedom? Then return to your masters and lick their fingers, accept the scraps from their hands; bear your chains as any slave does, and dream of the freedom that was once yours.

When the time comes, enter the fray willingly - roaring like lions and wielding the sword with a will to destroy the enemy. Win the battle; failure is not an option, for it entails the surrender of freedom and every indignity that follows. Do not fear death, for there is no freedom like it – beyond even the basest ignominy, death renders all fixed and beyond defacement.

When the battle is won, let the living be like the dead – silent and satisfied with the results. Let there be no exultation, for it is only born of pride – that greatest sin from which all others spring.

I love you all, my fellow Americans, and I pray the grace and peace of God Almighty be with you all.

One example of what is wrong with this country

Why wasn't this guy the guest of honor at a public hanging?

Q: What happened to the killer of Marc Dotson, who was trying to break up a fight at a 7-Eleven?

A: Christopher George Somkopulos, tried as an adult although he was only 16 when he killed Dotson, was convicted and sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison in March 1998, according to Sacramento Superior Court records. Somkopulos is still in prison, records indicate. 

Dotson, a clerk at a 7-Eleven convenience store at Gerber and French roads, was shot and killed on Aug. 6, 1996, after he tried to evict a group of loiterers from the store's parking lot. Somkopulos was arrested a day later by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, The Bee reported. 

Witnesses told investigators Dotson asked the group to leave, but instead they got out of their cars and surrounded him. 

An argument followed and the gunman shot Dotson once in the head. He was taken to UC Davis Medical Center, where he died. 

Dotson, an Elk Grove High School graduate, had worked for 7-Eleven for about three months.

Deus Patria Sic!

Message from President Obama to Americans: “Watch Your Back!!”

(For the full article, see http://www.khou.com/news/Phone-call-delays-Houston-bound-AirTran-flight-70369417.html)

 

This was MUCH more than a man with a cell phone! See this story of the TRUTH! One week ago, I went to Ohio on business and to see my father. On Tuesday, November the 17th, I returned home. If you read the papers the 18th you may have seen a blurb where a AirTran flight was cancelled from Atlanta to Houston due to a man who refused to get off of his cell phone before takeoff. It was on Fox. This was NOT what happened. I was in 1st class coming home. 11 Muslim men got on the plane in full attire. 2 sat in 1st class and the rest peppered themselves throughout the plane all the way to the back. As the plane taxied to the runway the stewardesses gave the safety spiel we are all so familiar with. At that time, one of the men got on his cell and called one of his companions in the back and proceeded to talk on the phone in Arabic very loudly and very aggressively. This took the 1st stewardess out of the picture for she repeatedly told the man that cell phones were not permitted at the time. He ignored her as if she was not there. The 2nd man who answered the phone did the same and this took out the 2nd stewardess. In the back of the plane at this time, 2 younger Muslims, one in the back, isle, and one in front of him, window, began to show footage of a porno they had taped the night before, and were very loud about it. Now….they are only permitted to do this prior to Jihad. If a Muslim man goes into a strip club, he has to view the woman via mirror with his back to her. (don't ask me….I don't make the rules, but I've studied) The 3rd stewardess informed them that they were not to have electronic devices on at this time. To which one of the men said "shut up infidel dog!" She went to take the camcorder and he began to scream in her face in Arabic. At that exact moment, all 11 of them got up and started to walk the cabin. This is where I had had enough! I got up and started to the back where I heard a voice behind me from another Texan twice my size say "I got your back." I grabbed the man who had been on the phone by the arm and said "you WILL go sit down or you Will be thrown from this plane!" As I "led" him around me to take his seat, the fellow Texan grabbed him by the back of his neck and his waist and headed out with him. I then grabbed the 2nd man and said, "You WILL do the same!" He protested but adrenaline was flowing now and he was going to go. As I escorted him forward the plane doors open and 3 TSA agents and 4 police officers entered. Me and my new Texan friend were told to cease and desist for they had this under control. I was happy to oblige actually. There was some commotion in the back, but within moments, all 11 were escorted off the plane. They then unloaded their luggage. We talked about the occurrence and were in disbelief that it had happen, when suddenly, the door open again and on walked all 11!! Stone faced, eyes front and robotic (the only way I can describe it). The stewardess from the back had been in tears and when she saw this, she was having NONE of it! Being that I was up front, I heard and saw the whole ordeal. She told the TSA agent there was NO WAY she was staying on the plane with these men. The agent told her they had searched them and were going to go through their luggage with a fine tooth comb and that they were allowed to proceed to Houston. The captain and co-captain came out and told the agent "we and our crew will not fly this plane!" After a word or two, the entire crew, luggage in tow, left the plane. 5 minutes later, the cabin door opened again and a whole new crew walked on. Again…..this is where I had had enough!!! I got up and asked "What the hell is going on!?!?" I was told to take my seat. They were sorry for the delay and I would be home shortly. I said "I'm getting off this plane". The stewardess sternly told me that she could not allow me to get off. (now I'm mad!) I said "I am a grown man who bought this ticket, who's time is mine with a family at home and I am going through that door, or I'm going through that door with you under my arm!! But I am going through that door!!" And I heard a voice behind me say "so am I". Then everyone behind us started to get up and say the same. Within 2 minutes, I was walking off that plane where I was met with more agents who asked me to write a statement. I had 5 hours to kill at this point so why the hell not. Due to the amount of people who got off that flight, it was cancelled. I was supposed to be in Houston at 6pm. I got here at 12:30am. Look up the date. Flight 297 Atlanta to Houston. If this wasn't a dry run, I don't know what one is. The terrorists wanted to see how TSA would handle it, how the crew would handle it, and how the passengers would handle it. I'm telling this to you because I want you to know…. The threat is real. I saw it with my own eyes…. -Tedd Petruna

 

I have been all over the net trying to find any evidence that this is not true. I can fine none. Snopes will only give it a partial verification, which tells me that it is much more than likely TRUE as they are very quick with disclaimers for untrue stories. PEOPLE, WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If even a third of this story is true, we all need to be very afraid and we ALL need to bombard our local, state, and federal governments for a full disclosure and report on this. Did you see how easily those supposed wannabe's got into the White House?! Was that another dry run? I know, I know, there are those of you out there who are thinking "Another crazy conspiracy theorist". Maybe so, but what if I am right?! Make no mistake, there are radical Muslims out there whose mission it is to destroy the U.S.A., and we can NEVER let out guard down again. Decide for yourself if it is true, then tell every one you know. It's the only way this story will ever be fully told. (southernpatriot said on December 2, 2009 at 12:36 PM)