AMERICA'S GREAT SHAKING

For some time now, I have written about a great shaking that is coming, has come, and is now upon US. In previous write-ups I dated this great shaking to six months within former President Bush's second term, when the United States forced the Nation-State of Israel to relinquish land it had captured during its war with Egypt years before when the latter invaded Israel along with five other Arab nations; land which according to Biblical injunction was given to Abraham and his descendants through Isaac as part of a legal and eternal binding contract (Covenant) which was made between G-d and Abraham and his descendants forever; long before the nations of the Western democracies ever existed and its lands occupied by its current populations. I have stated previously that no leader of any nation has the authority or right to dictate to Israel its rights to its land and its disposition; the current president of the United States - Barak Hussein Obama - included.

He has in recent times attempted to do this by criticizing Israel's development of settlements within the borders of the lands it has by the right of divine contract been given by G-d. Any and all leaders and nations who attempt to do this, or to force even a single Jew from his land, face divine judgment and retribution, and such has been and is the case with this great shaking. When the United States compelled Ariel Sharon, Israel's Prime Minister at the time, to forcibly vacate Israelis from the Gaza Strip in 2005, it entered into the eye of G-d's divine judgment.

Almost immediately the great shaking began. The two leaders who evicted by force law-abiding Israeli citizens from their homes, places of work, and land - where they had staked out a new life for themselves paid dearly for their affront. Despite acrimonious assaults by the media and partisans for four years, in spite of his successes in keeping America safe from terrorism for eight years, and enjoying the greatest economic recovery in twenty years during his first term; President Bush's legacy vaporized during the last months of his presidency with the greatest economic collapse since the Great Depression. Ariel Sharon suffered a massive stroke, and remains a vegetable to this day, hanging between life and death.

But the great shaking didn't end with these two leaders, it started almost immediately after the last Israeli exited Gaza with natural disasters the likes of which have never been witnessed in history, and it has culminated in the great economic meltdown of our times - this Great Recession, which is really a Depression - but for psychological and political reasons, it is not being acknowledged as such by the elites. who are either like ostriches with their heads in the sand, or are willfully deceiving the American public, especially with news of recovery when the job market continues its descent into a seeming endless abyss.

Some religious leaders, like Rev. Pat Robertson of the 700 Club, several Christian Evangelical speakers, and Messianic Rabbi Jonathan Cahn spiritual leader and pastor the congregation at the Jerusalem Center in Wayne, New Jersey (of which this writer is a member), date this great shaking back to Tuesday, September 11th, 2001, when America's hedge of protection was partially removed, and the worst terrorist attack in history occurred in one day where three thousand souls perished in a single day, and America's financial (World Trade Center), military (Pentagon), and political (Washington, D.C.) became targets of Islamist terror. This sparked the wars in Afghanistan in Iraq, and it leads US to examine current news on the topic of Afghanistan and the lack of leadership and resolve from the Oval Office as America begins its retreat from leadership and responsibility across the planet.

As American service personnel suffer shortage of men and materiel in Afghanistan, President Obama, who remains conflicted with regards to the War on Terror which he claims ended with his administration, continues to "dither" between listening to his commanding officer in the field, General Stanley McChrystal, the NATO Commander in Afghanistan, and the administration's civilian members sitting safely inside their warm homes far from the field. It is nothing short of amazing the lack of leadership this man has displayed, and the disconnect he has to a war that is raging, but whose reality he has yet to come to grips with.

Of course, Obama's indecision on this war is not lost on Al Qaeda and the Taliban, whom have made inroads in Afghanistan, and on Muslim enemies of pro-American Muslim governments in Kabul, Baghdad, and Islamabad. It is amazing also that instead of exploiting the renewed attacks on civilians that terrorists have made by pointing out the fact that such acts show Al Qaeda and the Taliban as not just enemies of the West, but enemies of the Muslim people - of all people; of the human race; this administration does nothing with this reality.

And as part of this disconnect, this cognitive dissonance; this administration continues pall mall in its goal of releasing the world's most dangerous terrorists from the Marine Prison Compound at Camp X Ray at the Guantanamo Naval Base (GITMO) into the continental United States. Ladies and gentlemen, this is criminal and the members of congress on both sides of the isle should call the president on this, and demand that he abandon this immediately. This is not in the interests of the American people, but is a promise Obama made to Move.Org, Code Pink, and other radical elements which came out to vote for him last year. This is political, nothing more, and it is ideological because Obama is a conflicted soul with regards to Islam and the war being waged with a very large segment of its population which is committed enemies of the West in general and the United States in particular.

To understand Obama's dithering indecision one must understand the fundamentals behind it which we have explained above. But, while he remains shackled and bound to promises made and conflicted feelings about fighting and killing Muslim radicals (soldiers in the international war of national liberation - also a Marxist concept), Americans and American Muslim allies - human beings - are dying daily. The other night President Obama visited the families of 18 dead service men whose remains had arrived from Afghanistan at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware this week, and one can almost appreciate, but not fully know how presidents in wartime cope with the losses war brings to our home front. President Bush said he lived with it every day of his life when he was in the Oval Office. Yet in the face of mounting casualties, it strikes many as not only irresponsible, but intolerable that the nation's Commander in Chief of its armed forces would delay the deployment of additional troops when such deployment, in the assessment of the leading commander in the theatre and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including General Patraeus, are critically needed not only to stabilize the region, but to turn the war in to a victory. President Obama did well to visit the families of the fallen 18 dead service personnel, but he would do much better were he to listen to the requests of his military experts' conducting this war's request for an additional forty thousand troops. If he wishes to truly honor the fallen and those still serving, he should immediately honor his general's request post haste. Every minute that he delays his decision is additional time given to America's enemies in the field, and emboldens them to openly defy America with increased brazen terrorist attacks on our men and women in uniform and our allies. His ambivalence is threatening the success of this war, and putting more American and Afghan lives in danger.

Add to this Obama's naked and bold addition to the War's Appropriation's Bill of Hate Crimes Legislation, and he continues to show himself for the radical politician he is, and how he breaks promises he made when those promises run against the interests that put him in the Oval Office. Last year he promised that he would never sign into law any legislation or appropriation bill containing additional unrelated pieces of legislation attached. Well, he has done just that, because he cynically knew that the Republicans who oppose the unnecessary Hate Crimes Law (our Constitution provides equal protection to every citizen), will be forced to support this legislation in order to get necessary funding for supplies for our troops fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. Weeks ago, he spoke before his gay and lesbian supporters, and promised that he would sign into law hate crimes bill the Democrat controlled congress recently approved. What he and they either fail to understand or simply are ideologically committed to not understanding is the reality that the concept of hate crimes legislation imposes a presupposition that an otherwise crime which the books already condemns and punishes, is by its nature to be classified a hate crime under special conditions as enforced by the federal government for specific groups, which they believe our laws do not protect from crime apparently. Again, there is a disconnect here between reality and ideology, and the nation suffers for it with stupid and arcane legislation intended to promote hidden agendas in social experimentation which Obama and those who think like him wish to impose on the rest of US. It will not do a thing to deter crime, only criminalize the freedom of expression if that expression is interpreted as being a "hate crime." Thus, religious expressions of Scriptural injunctions on life styles and behavior fall under the radar of such legislation if it is interpreted as "hate crime." Bad, very bad, but it is so false on its premise that it is apparent to any rational thinking human being.

On the home front, incidents of Anti-Semitism and Anti-Christian rhetoric around the country is increasing. The recent plans of home grown Muslim radicals to bomb a synagogue in NYC and a shooting at an LA synagogue, are just recent examples of trends which must be monitored closely. The Anti-Christian secular humanist Left continues to lambast America's Protestant Evangelicals and Roman Catholics, and they are finding their expressions on television programs and in movies. This is not a good trend folks. There was a time when Hollywood made movies which respected men and women of faith and even extolled their lives as examples to emulate. Today, such men and women are ridiculed and belittled, and this is partly due to the self-serving materialistic faith and prosperity televangelists and their lavish untaxed lifestyles.

On the home front, the plight of the homeless, poor, indigent, and those who've lost their jobs, homes, and every earthly possession due to this depression is something which charities, churches, synagogues, religious groups, and mosques should not allow to continue in their communities. It is unconscionable for many such institutions which can marshal their resources together through collections and donations to continue ignoring the plight of these suffering people, while they continue to languish and die all around US. There are some exceptions to the rule, such as CBN's Operation Blessing and Beth Israel Messianic Center's Compassion Projects which do reach out to those hurting and suffering need. But there is something intrinsically wrong with televangelists spending the better part of more than one hour preaching on seedtime and harvest, asking for thousands of donors to give one thousand dollars each for "the Gospel," while they continue to fleece G-d's flock without any financial or personal accountability, while totally ignoring the poor in America all around them all in the name of Christ of course. It is not by accident that Jesus warned about such people, and said to them that the day will come most assuredly when they will stand before the Judge of All Creation and give an account for their misdeeds to the poor, where He will say to them, "To the extent that you did not do it to the least of these My brethren, you have not done it unto Me. Depart from Me, for I never knew you." It is time for American Evangelical Christians to wake up and take account of who the phonies are, and to mark them, because judgment begins with G-d's house and amongst G-d's people. For Jesus Himself said, "Not every one who calls Me, 'Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven," and, "You will know them by their fruits." The problem with too many Christians is that they're Biblically illiterate and they are quick to believe every charlatan who shouts, "Lord, Lord to Jesus," and claims to be anointed servants of His. Religion is a great business, but G-d will have the last laugh some day with these phonies.

Now also on the home front, another related story is the one of the unemployed and underemployed. As the nation suffers, the media, the government, and Wall Street are telling US that we are in recovery, yet eighteen per cent of eligible workers are unemployed, with the national average at around 9.8 per cent. Some states are in double digits at around 15 per cent, yet the actual figure, as just quoted, when tallying those whom have fallen off of the radar and whose unemployment benefits have ended, are at between 15 and 18 per cent of the nation's labor force.

Already over five hundred thousand Americans have exhausted all of their unemployment benefits, with an average of seven thousand daily losing all of their lifeline benefits. It is estimated that by year's end, there will be over one million, six hundred thousand Americans whom have exhausted all of their unemployment benefits, and whom have not been able to find work, because the jobs are simply not there. With an average of six jobs per job seeker, and with increased taxation on small businesses, especially if the looming health care bill is approved by congress and signed into law by President Obama, job prospects will continue to decline for the long term unemployed. It is interesting how the media is reporting this, because legislation in the Senate is being stalled by a disagreement between Democrats and Republicans on funding for HR 3548, a bill that will extend benefits to the hurting unemployed who are about to exhaust their benefits and especially those who have already exhausted theirs and are still looking for work, but unable to find it.

Democrats wish to continue funding the extension with a tax on small business, and Republicans want the money to come out of the TARP, which has seen only ten per cent of its 800 billion dollars put to use. Most of the media has focused on the Republicans as obstructionists in this, and to one extent they have been, but so have the Democrats, who could use some of the TARP to fund these extensions (the bill is an amendment to the president's stimulus signed earlier this year), yet do not want it used because it will eat into their base of sweetheart deals and other local projects they have on the books for next year when they face reelection. This is the reality, the political reality behind the current stall, and the unemployed are made pawns in this game.

They are hurting, do not have a means to pay their bills, put food on their tables, or to provide for the most basic of necessities, while the people whom they elected to look after their interests haggle and stall because of a disagreement on how to fund what both political parties know morally should have resolved weeks ago. This is unconscionable, and is another compelling reason why every single elected official in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate should have term limits on themselves imposed and should. be voted out of office.

For the past several months, they have been obsessed in passing and imposing on US a gargantuan government run socialized medical package they call Health Care Reform while literally ignoring every other business, because Barak Obama must get what he wants - Obama Care - what he calls Health Care and Insurance Reform - depending on what day of the week it is, and what mood he's in. If he wants to trash the medical profession, he and his House and Senate allies call it "Health Care Reform," but if on that particular day, he and they wish to trash the insurance industry, they call it "Health Insurance Reform." It just depends what day of the week and what mood you find them in. That's all. But make no mistake about it, it is the same socialized medicine scheme being imposed on every American, except of course, themselves. You see, the bills before congress will not provide the same coverage your elected officials have, and will keep regardless of what they pass; but it will be one which they will not impose on themselves because they know it is far inferior to what now exists, and to what they enjoy. Of course, this includes the president and his family. And if the way the Veteran's Administration and the H1N1 Vaccine are handled is any indication of how efficient the government can be expected to be, then Obama Care will be one lollapalooza.

People; see beyond this. We were told that we needed TARP so that the nation's largest financial institutions, banks, brokerage houses, and securities brokerage firms would not go under. Instead, the unheard of amount of eight hundred eighty seven billion dollars our government used became the largest money laundering scheme in the history with massive amounts of capital sent overseas to undisclosed parties. It did nothing for the average American whose lost his/her job and still must pay their bills. We were told that we needed Stimulus One, because it would provide shovel ready jobs; and keep unemployment below 8.5 per cent; it failed because unemployment stands currently at 9.8 per cent and is expected to reach 10 per cent by year's end. We were told we needed the Omnibus One and Omnibus Two because they would save jobs and create one million new ones; they too failed because no jobs were saved and no new jobs were created, but over 9 million jobs were lost. We were told that we needed bailouts of banks because they would open credit to small businesses and home buyers; it failed because banks have not freed up credit but have hoarded the money to invest in US Treasuries. We were told that we needed cash for clunkers, this too failed it has been disclosed that taxpayers paid an average of twenty-five thousand dollars per clunker. In most cases the clunkers traded in and the new vehicles were not even worth this amount of money. Shovel ready? The only shovel that will be ready will be the one we'll need to use to clean up the mess all of this is going to create.

Now we are being told that we need to replace our current health care system which works for over eighty five per cent of our population with an inferior one that will still not cover over twenty-five million Americans; cost more in new taxes, cut critical Medicare coverage for our elderly and disabled, cut Social Security to our seniors, disabled, and poor, when all that is needed is to provide credit for those Americans who do not have health insurance so that they may purchase in the open free market the coverage they need for themselves and their families like the rest of US. We are being told now that this will bring health care costs down, yet it is projected to cost over one trillion dollars, which translated means this program alone will cost over ten trillion dollars. This is not counting all of the others federal programs the US government pays for with your money. This most assuredly will bankrupt the United States of America and drive the nation further into Depression.

These people are not out for your good, but only to transform the United States into a government run socialist command economic state run by special interest groups who will continually reelect them into perpetuity. Nothing short of this will do, and they are out to do it any way they can. Of course, they and their media allies (especially MSNBC and the rest of the alphabet soup channels) promise you that this is for your good. There is nothing good in it, and they are committed to impose this on the American electorate, and pay off their cronies in the large labor and teachers' unions, as well as several special interest groups where they have their base of support. It is not reform these people are after, but the end of American free enterprise system, and it will bankrupt our nation. Our country will cease to exist as we have know it.

It may now be too late for the American people to understand this, to make any difference, because it is being imposed regardless of their will, and the people doing it would rather fall on their sword succeeding in pushing it through than winning reelection without first imposing this transformation on the rest of US. It is a matter of ideology and commitment to it, not what they are telling US, and not the good of the republic, but its economic dissolution. Why are they so adamant? Because with the election of the nation's first committed (but not declared) Marxist president, they have never come so close to succeeding, and may never get the chance again if the American electorate ever realizes what these partisan ideologues are up to.