Live Free or Die

If you haven't yet watched Glenn Beck's outstanding original documentary, Revolutionary Holocaust: Live Free or Die, what are you waiting for?  It borders on criminal that so many people are oblivious of the dark history of socialism, or that its natural course ultimately leads to absolute tyranny.  And the real criminals are the educational establishment, the press, and the media; all of whom generally ignore, downplay or glamorize its evil roots and intent.  Beck's first foray into documentary production was a resounding success, with more than 4 million TV sets tuned in for the 5 pm showing; a larger audience than all other cable news venues combined.

Beck is also planning an event for August 28 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.  His "Restoring Honor" rally will raise funds for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which provides financial support for the families of wounded or fallen SpecOps troops and college financing for their children.  This is a worthwhile cause to reward the service and sacrifice of these very special troops.

Joy doesn't always equal happiness.  Joy Behar, that major embarrassment and affront to womanhood from The View, accidentally (?) gave away a major component of the homosexual agenda. According to an article on NewsBusters.org, on Tuesday's show Behar told her audience, "They [gays] don't take monogamy and infidelity the same way that the straight community does. Such things as fidelity don't have the "same weight" with gays as with straights..."  No kidding, Joy.

The article goes on to state, "As far back as 1972, the National Coalition of Gay Organizations has demanded the 'repeal of all legislative provisions that restrict the sex or number of persons entering into a marriage unit; and the extension of legal benefits to all persons who cohabit regardless of sex or numbers.'"

And if that isn't telling enough, Stanley Kurtz, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute, agreed in his 2003 article "Beyond Gay Marriage," which was published in The Weekly Standard. He wrote that "the likeliest effects" of gay marriage will be a "slippery slope" to the legalization of polygamy and polyamory (group marriage).  "Marriage will be transformed," he continued, "into a variety of relationship contracts, linking two, three or more individuals...in every conceivable combination of male and female."

The homosexual agenda is wrong-headed in so many aspects, and marriage is not the worst. Because it is essentially a parasitic behavior -- in the sense that homosexuals, by definition, cannot breed more homosexuals naturally between themselves -- they must either find like-minded individuals, or recruit otherwise-normal people into their deathstyle.  This is why there is so much effort among activists to promote it in the schools (see "Federal Level" point 6, and "State Level" point 7); they attempt -- through dares, temptations (money), intoxication, or seduction -- to attract the adventurous, the naive, the insecure, the confused and the troubled youths; first into a general or passive acceptance, and gradually (although sometimes rapidly (if circumstances permit) into active experimentation and participation. They "accept" the youth into their subculture, and, much like a gang affiliation, that often becomes the young person's new "identity."

Incidentally, I refer to it as a "deathstyle" not out of vindictiveness but in  an attempt at accuracy.  Besides being a major venue for a broad spectrum of sexually transmitted diseases, homosexuality - if carried to the ultimate, unrestrained degree - would result in the death of the entire culture, and possibly of the species itself.  While many homosexuals undoubtedly lead quiet, stable lives, the more active and flagrant among them often use their sexual identity to mask lives of self-hatred, insecurity, hostility, violence, and suicidal tendencies. Many homosexuals are profligate, indiscriminate, sometimes violent. This subculture of selfishness is primarily about self-interest, self-gratification, and often, self-destruction, because the one thing they cannot attain is true satisfaction. Instead, they are in perpetual pursuit of the "greater thrill." In their wake they cut a swath of physical, psychological and spiritual destruction.

Ultimately, while they often separate themselves from the broader culture by a crass and heathenish approach to life, the greater tragedy is that they risk separating themselves from God. As might be expected from people who are so desperate to establish their own sense of identity (however perverse or repulsive it may be considered by "normal" folks) that some will lash out against the cultural norms, they will often (though not always) lash out against God, too; even if they profess non-belief in Him.

While it might be nice if everyone could practice their own peculiarities without danger of consequence, this is not how life operates. Irresponsible behavior carries with it risk to ourselves and others around us, and - in my mind, at least - the greatest risk is that of causing, by our own willfulness, separation from His love. Homosexuals should not be the subject of personal hatred, but neither should their sin be embraced. We all are sinners. "There is none righteous, no, not one." There is nothing we can do to save ourselves from His wrath and our own destruction; our only hope is His forgiveness and grace.  But, isn't it preferable to at least try to rise above our baser nature?

The Dying Dream

Our race to national suicide continues. Have you ever noticed that when things roll downhill, they tend to pick up speed as they go? That is what seems to be happening to the United States, our homeland, in recent months. Those who have actually been paying attention have known for decades that things were going the wrong way, but recently we seem to be rocketing toward the bottom. And in this case, the bottom is murky at best, and a flaming tar pit at worst.

Our recent, current and pending leadership shows all indications of a progressive (in both senses of the word) 'stupid' gene run amok. The wisdom we once looked for and depended upon has all but disappeared. What we have saddled ourselves with on every level of government is an army of self-centered, egotistical, ideologically challenged idiots whose sole (but formidable) talent is the acquisition and consolidation of their own political power. To paraphrase what the greatest voice ever heard once sadly lamented, "They know not what they do." But what is worse, is that they don't even seem to care what damage they're doing to the nation and its people.

It doesn't seem to matter to them that they are selling us and future generations into debt slavery and turning the greatest economic engine in history into a shambles, or that they are turning our children into self-absorbed, soulless, intellectually lazy, schizophrenic robots who -- like Pavlov's dogs -- practically begin drooling on command at the least hint of "crisis" announced by the sychophantic mainstream press. Today's kids in public schools are not taught about the greatness (or former greatness) of this country; they are not taught the positives of the largely Christian values that made America the envy of the world; although they may hear famous names, they aren't encouraged to emulate the greatest Americans, like the honor and integrity of George Washington, the thoughtful and decisive (but not always popular) leadership of Abraham Lincoln; the hard work and ingenuity of George Washington Carver or Tom Edison, the intellectual wisdom of James Madison or Tom Jefferson, or the fiery intellectualism of Patrick Henry or John Adams. They certainly aren't being taught the tenets of Jesus Christ, the very Author of the 'operator's manual' for the human species.

What they are being taught in the schools and the media is that they have "rights" to everything and responsibility for nothing; that life is not sacred and worthy of respect, but merely something to exploit. They know next to nothing that's useful about the real world they live on but are fully briefed on the latest political ploy being passed along as pseudo-science. A typical high-schooler can tell you how to apply a condom, where to get an abortion, how to score drugs, or how to use meaningless gestures to save the planet from all the wrong things, but can't point to where he lives on a map of his state or tell you what even the first two (and arguably the most important) constitutional rights are. All this makes for a very politically-pliable electorate that has to be told what choices to make, because they'll be too stupid to realize the choices they have, and too timid or lazy to make the tough choices they need to thrive.

But I digress. Our leaders are presently in a mad rush to see how quickly they can sell out the American people. The bailout fallout is only beginning to sprinkle from the clouds of Congress and the rain shows no signs of ending soon. The states are now getting in line, looking to fill their coffers (which they largely squandered) from the federal taxpayer's pockets (keep in mind that while they are printing bogus money and seeking loans from our enemies, the bill collector's hand will ultimately land in our wallet). Now even the porn 'industry' is throwing a half-serious hook into the waters, seeking their cut of the public pie.

Pending-President Obama's healthcare plan is designed to destroy the system we currently have, weakening existing plans and eventually pushing everyone into a nationalized healthcare system that will ultimately be neither healthy nor caring.

As the Democrats continue to consolidate power, a frightening phenomenon is occurring, at least by American standards: the politicians are increasingly and brazenly ignoring the wishes and demands of the citizens. In Massachusetts, for example, lawmakers are reacting to tough fiscal times by cutting budgets nearly everywhere. Everywhere, that is, except in the prosyletizing of students into the homosexual deathstyle. We've already seen how Prop 8 in California has incensed homosexual activists and their plants in the halls of government.

This perverse trend in leadership isn't limited to government, though. Feminism has, since the misguided1960s bra-burners, been doing its best to destroy the nuclear family, to pull women down from their Christianity-built pedestle and force them into making decisions they never should have to make (like whether to have their baby dismembered in their womb). Among the presumeably unintended consequences has been the decimation of the female gender worldwide.

Meanwhile, animal activists and environmental nutcases are doing their utmost to save the world at the expense of the human race. If and when these people get their wish, and the human race becomes extinct, I wonder who will be around to actually appreciate "Mother Nature."

Looking forward, downward, upward

I hope you had a Merry Christmas, and avoided that current intolerable intolerance of all things Christian. But now we must again look forward, especially in light of a new administration about to take over the reign --uh, reins -- of government.

The Bush Administration is about to exit, with one more instance of egg on its face with the revocation of the presidential pardon of Isaac Toussie for a real estate scam among a flurry of clemency for drug dealers, counterfeiters and other criminals. Yet as of this writing, two loyal Border Patrolmen -- Ramos and Compean -- remain behind federal bars for doing their job. Not so incidentally, an article recently appeared that exposes how timid currently serving border guards have become, refusing to return fire when attacked at our southern border for fear of ending up in prison like their brethren. I had long been a supporter (and still support his views on the Middle East wars) until he began his obeisance to the Mexican government. I can support him no longer. While our southern border explodes in kidnappings, crime and violence, George Bush has been acting as though he's campaigning to move into the Mexican version of the White House.

The bailout continues to bankrupt our nation by trying to bouy up corporations that are sinking themselves (with the help of the unions, of course). More companies "just too big to fail" are begging at the federal teat (i.e., our wallets), and a report out this morning opined that by next Christmas a lot of familiar company names apparently not too big to fail may no longer be around. You can expect states to follow, and several, including our own perpetually overtaxed New York State, have already put in their applications.

On Fox News today, a scary scenario is emerging, whereby at least 19 states are ready to close courthouses for extended periods to save money . While this may not sound very important, here's the point: delaying criminal (i.e., felony) trials for extended periods is a breach of the constitutional right to a speedy trial. As Fox's own Judge Napolitano warned, it could mean localities and states being forced to set criminals free, partly in order to avoid even more costly infringement lawsuits. And should we not mention further weakening the Constitution?

The bailout and the California court (regarding Prop 8) have showed us that government no longer responds to the will of the people, and the PC police continue to run roughshod over us. Here in New York, the governor is proposing to put a high(er) tax on such items as non-diet sodas and other sugared foods. So we can't consume sweets or fats; what's next?

Besides the what-should-be-obvious fact that higher taxes only limit what poorer folks can buy, drive out those who can afford to move, and put an increasing burden on those forced to remain, it illustrates that when the people are removed from the mechanism and oversight of government, government naturally tends to increase its power over the people, and in its greed and avarice will eventually go beyond the point where it can even manage the power it grabs, to the point of utter collapse of the entire society.

If allowed to dictate which foods you can eat, what other limits to credulity will it try to stretch? In only a generation, government has severely restricted your right to use tobacco (as much as I hate the stuff, you should still have the right to abuse it if it doesn't affect others) and alcohol, has severely limited your right to defend yourself, has put an excessive tax (call it 'extortion by government') on your money if you try to take it out of the country, has heavily taxed the medical industry (which accounts for a sizeable portion of medical expenses), taxes virtually anything that does or doesn't move, continuously calls for taking more money from those who are successful (thereby limiting their willingness or ability to produce jobs for others), and has allowed a largely unregulated abortion industry to kill off millions of future workers (which also would have been known as taxpayers). Have I missed anything? Oh, yeah, the increasing marginalization and persecution of Christians who have struggled to restore some semblance of sanity and balance.

Although I have tried hard to push off the conspiracy theories I had entertained in years past, it is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the evidence that there is, if not a conspiracy, certainly an unsettling consensus of ideology diametrically opposed to all the good that has been produced in western culture over the past two hundred-plus years (for example; didn't George Soros -- the major contributor for leftist causes -- and others help to collapse the British pound in 1992?). Because of a Marxist/Darwinist ideology that has slowly been inculcated throughout the culture (although "culture" is becoming more of a misnomer by the day) through the media and the educational system, we have a population that cannot discern the difference between right and wrong, and cannot differentiate between good and bad except where it concerns personal selfish motives.

I'm sorry to be the bearer of such bad tidings, especially at a time when most of us try to be upbeat. But until we pull our collective heads out of our nether regions, things are going to get worse. Much worse. And the worse things become, the louder the cry will go out for someone to 'save' us. Unfortunately, without the personal ability of discernment (which requires actually trying to understand how things work), we will continue to look for help in all the wrong places; and as the saying goes, we will get the kind of government we deserve.

I'd like to believe the incoming Obama Administration will discover quickly how wrong its campaign promises were (and they are already backtracking on many of them, to the ire of the liberals and useful idiots who elected him), but I fear there will be a lot of intentional and circumstantial missteps that are going to further divide and weaken this nation.

Frankly, though I hate to say it and don't want to see it happen, we deserve to be taken down. For decades, America has been on a slow course of national suicide, but the pace has dramatically increased in only the past few months. Our Founders instituted a government that requires the overwatch and participation of the population. Instead, we've become a populace too lazy to actually pay attention to our leaders, and only weakly and briefly protest when those leaders slowly remove our rights and impose ever-growing taxes on us. Most voters continue to pull the lever for the one who will seem to do the most for them individually, rather than collectively. Such a self-centered mindset is not in the best interest of the nation.

I now see the wisdom of the Founders original design which only allowed landowners to vote, because when parasites become the eventual majority of the electorate, chaos naturally follows. Those few who still try to argue for a return to sanity and responsbility are shouted down as 'hate-mongers' and dividers. In fact, have you ever noticed that virtually every accusation thrown at conservatives (especially Christians) is the same thing they themselves have done? It's an old and frankly juvenile ploy of blaming the good guy for the sins of the bad guy, and yet, so many folks are willing to believe the lies instead of actually checking for themselves. As Hitler once said, tell a lie often and loud enough and the people will believe anything.

We still allow the murder of more than a million children each year in this country alone by the abortion industry, and Obama indicates he will do all he can to remove the few restraints presently in place. While he claims to oppose single-sex marriage, he owes the overly-loud and increasingly violent homosexual activist segment of the culture, which has been allowed to exercise an influence greatly in excess of its numbers (even as it continues to actively recruit to its deathstyle in the schools and media). Obama will be pressed to give even more opportunity and influence to radical homosexuals who have shown little restraint or regard for that segment of society that actually reproduces.

And now that I've sown so much misery, allow me to switch into reverse.

Yesterday was Christmas. While the evidence indicates that Jesus was not born on December 25th, it is the day we celebrate His birth. Outside of a very small circle of people including His parents, the Magi, the shepherds in the fields and the prophets who foretold His coming, few realized Who that baby in a manger was, or that He would suffer beyond our understanding in order to save us from the sins resulting from that very lack of understanding. Even today, with the propagation of thousands of ministries spreading the Good News throughout the world, with increasing physical and historical evidence pointing to the truth of the Holy Bible, many still don't seek Him, nor understand why we need Him so desperately. Many people throughout history have literally thrived on ignorance, either their own, that of those around them, or (usually) both. In a world of unreasoning and increasing hatred and selfishness, I can only echo the old lament, "O Lord, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small."

I am utterly convinced that if we, as individuals and as a nation, began to look to Him and returned to the word of God as our instruction manual for life, He would bring us out of this deepening mess we're diving into. Of course, as a nation we probably won't do the right thing because we keep choosing the wrong leaders and refuse to listen to sound advice. But if we each would personally repent (i.e., renounce, turn away from) our sins - and each and every one of us have sinned against God and one another - and returned His laws into our own personal code of conduct, He would save us from our enemies and our own faults. It should be obvious by now that we cannot save ourselves, because we cannot get out of our own way. Our salvation, both personal and national, must come from above.