I recently visited some relatives in Pennsylvania for a cookout and some good quality family time. During our visit there, we discussed a good many topics, top of which was the state of our republic, the upcoming presidential elections, and the changes that have been made to our government since Obama took office three years ago.
My relative made an observation that I had not made. He told me that my mother looked “scared.” That he had never seen my mother look quite that way before, but that she looked very concerned. He reminded me of the fact that the reason for her concern was that she was seeing the same things happen here in the United States that she saw happen systematically in her native country of Cuba, and it frightens her.
I considered for a moment what my relative said, and recent conversations my mother and I had had about what Obama is doing and plans to do if reelected to a second term, and realized that he was right. Because my mother was aware of much more (you can blame me for that) of what Obama was doing to our Constitution, our civil liberties, and our economy than most of her friends and acquaintances who get their news from the Spanish language Mexican-banker- owned media of Telemundo and Univision, she is awake to much of what is going on, while everybody else around her is asleep and uninformed, just as the media wishes most people to be.
My mother went through much of what we are witnessing happen in this country in her native country of Cuba when Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, and the changes the Communist regime made to that republic are being made right here before her eyes – the abridgement of free being replaced with approved politically correct forms of expression, radio, television, and newspaper writers and commentators who disagreed with the government were increasingly attacked by the government for their points of view; first it was rebuttals, then it was in harsher tones, and finally the writers, commentators, and radio hosts were either forced to toe the government line, or close shop, or leave the country. When Castro took power, there were about a thousand journals, newspapers, radio programs, and others forms of independent media in the country. Within three years, almost all of them disappeared. Within four years, only Revolucion and Granma remained.
We are seeing the same thing in this country. Obama uses his media allies in MSNBC, and other alphabet soup channels to trumpet the administration talking points, and with increased frequency and ferocity, his minions and he are becoming more shrill in their denunciations of all who disagree with their policies or dare to criticize them openly.
With his signing of the NDAA Law, Obama now has dictatorial powers to shoot, incarcerate, kill with a drone attack (they’re weaponizing the drones being used domestically over our cities right now), and assassinate anyone whom he pleases in the name of national or homeland security. This is unprecedented and it is extremely dangerous.
We are seeing increasingly punitive gun laws and fire arms confiscations by federal, state, and local governments, censorship of various forms of opinions, the incarceration without limit and without trial of American Citizens, mysterious deaths of radio commentators and others who were critical of the Obama regime, the favored status of enemies by the Department of Justice, the creation of a Gestapo-KGB-NKVD-G2 type of construct called the Department of Homeland Security, the militarization of our police forces, and on and on one can go.
All of these things she saw in Castro’s first three years, just as she is witnessing in Obama’s first (and hopefully only) three years as president. We are in a lot of trouble, and our nation has been overrun by individuals in government who possess the reins of power, who do not hold our Constitution with the same respect we do. They now view anyone who does as terrorists and enemies of the homeland. We are even beginning to sound more and more like Nazi Germany.
We also discussed how our liberties have been repealed by presidential edict through the Department of Homeland Security, the Supreme Court, and even by both houses of congress through its passing the Patriot Act, and recently the NDAA – National Defense Authorization Act, which President Obama claimed publicly that he opposed and would not sign into law, but privately had been lobbying congress for its passage, and then signed into law on a cold December 31st, night just before the new year of destiny; 2012.
All in all, Obama’s actions have not resembled those of an American president under our laws, but a foreign dictator with a large bureaucracy at his beck and call which he has appointed (over fifty so-called czars), not vetted by congress, not elected by the people, or beholden to anyone but him. What he has done in three years is nothing short than fundamentally changing our system of government right under our noses, and it is incredible that having done all of these things – things which affect every person in this country – there are still a significant part of our population that are considering reelecting him for another four years!
Needless to say, this is extremely dismaying for those among US who value our liberties and treasure our Constitution, and love our nation. But lest there be anyone out there reading this who has the inkling of a doubt as to the accuracy of what I write here. I am including a list here, put together by the TEA PARTY NATION that helps bring home just what Obama has done in three years. This list is from an article put out by the same entitled, The Making of a Dictator. I quote it here in its entirety:
When we think of a dictator, we usually think of someone in another country, wearing a military uniform, watching his troops goose-step down the main boulevard.
It can’t happen to America, can it?
It is happening in America. It is happening right now and we are mostly ignoring it. What is worse, the group that should be jumping up to defend freedom is mostly sitting on the sidelines.
The term dictator comes from the word dictate or to which means to speak or act domineeringly.
Can anyone seriously argue this is not exactly what we are seeing from the Obama Regime?
Does anyone remember Obama’s big slogan, “We can’t wait?” Obama said point blank that he could not wait for Congress nor would he. The man the left likes to point out was a Constitutional law professor (actually he was a mere instructor), either cannot read the Constitution or he willfully ignores it.
The greatest concentrations of power in the Constitution are reserved for three groups: The Congress, the States and the People.
Unfortunately for Obama, all three oppose him so he can’t wait so he acts in a dictatorial fashion.
In 2009, he created Czars to by pass the Constitutional requirement that senior administration officials be permitted only with the advice and consent of the Senate.
When Obama does not like a law, what does he do? He ignores it. The Defense of Marriage Act is the prime example. This law was passed by Congress and signed into law by Bill Clinton. Obama, not the Supreme Court, decided it was unconstitutional. Instead of going back to Congress asking that Congress repeal this law, he announced he would order the Justice Department not to defend the law in Court.
Obama objected to “No Child Left Behind.” While “No Child Left Behind” is a bad law, instead of asking Congress to repeal it, he just grants waivers so the law is effectively gutted.
Obama wanted his DREAM Act passed. When Congress refused, he announced he was not going to enforce immigration laws he did not like. When Congress would not pass Cap and Trade, he directed the EPA to impose it administratively. Congress would not pass Net Neutrality so the FCC in a brazen power grab imposed it.
The list of Obama’s usurpations grows by the day. Anything he does not like, he uses the power of the Federal Government to stop. Anything from oil exploration to fracking to a state’s attempts to protect itself against illegal immigration, if Obama does not like it he will use the overwhelming power of the Federal Government to stop it. He will do so regardless of the wishes of Congress, the American people or the Constitution.
Where are the Republicans while this is going on?
They were nowhere to be found.
In fairness to the GOP, from 2009 until 2011, there was nothing they could do. With the Party of Treason holding a majority in the House and a super majority in the Senate, they were stuck.
Since 2011, what have the Republicans done about Obama?
Not a damn thing.
They have not defunded his czars.
They have not defunded the FCC.
They have not defunded Obamacare.
They have not taken a single action to change Obama’s behavior. When Obama announced that he would no longer defend court challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act, what was the GOP’s response? They hired a law firm to handle the defense. That was it.
What was the GOP’s response to Obama’s amnesty? Not a damn thing.
The only thing the Republicans did was run for the cameras, making the most dangerous spot in America, the space between them and a camera.
The Republicans are now campaigning on the theme of elect them to stop Obama. That’s a great theory but in the last year and a half they have had the tools to at least slow him down.
What do we Americans have to show for that?
Not a damn thing.
America stands at the edge of the cliff. We are about to lose our freedoms to a dictatorship. What will Obama do if he has a second term? What will he do if he is no longer constrained by the prospect of facing the voters again? As Obama told the Russians, wait until after the elections when he is free to do what he wants.
We cannot stand a second Obama term.
What is worse, the Republicans are doing nothing to stop Obama’s radical expansion of power. Does anyone really believe that if Mitt Romney is in fact the nominee and gets elected, he will do anything to reduce the power of the Executive Branch of the Government?
We have a terrible choice this year. We cannot allow under any circumstances a second Obama term. We must do what ever it takes to make certain that the Party of Treason is voted out of power.
It is so true, and the only talk radio hosts are shouting at the top of their lungs about this are Michael Savage and Alex Jones, and rightly so. Where are the Republicans in all of this right now? Why are they sitting idly by allowing this dictator to make mince meat of our Constitution, destroy our national sovereignty, erode of civil and human rights under an NDAA and a Patriot Act, and subject US to Gestapo-KGB-like federal agencies that have been increasingly militarized and radicalized against the domestic public in the last three years?
These are questions that every person of voting age, who will vote in these elections must ask themselves. We cannot stand idly by in apathy and complacency. There are answers to these questions and they go beyond partisan politics. They point to a wealthy oligarchy of the richest and most powerful families in the world, who own finance, banking, and commerce, and yes; our elected officials. It is beyond party and beyond the Left versus Right Paradigm they have used to lull most people’s attention away from themselves and their activities for the past hundred years. But most of the public has been so asleep, so conditioned, and many are so willfully so ignorant in the face of the evidence – evidence and documentation, some by the very people allied to the international banking interests – that they willingly choose to ignore it, and hide their heads in the proverbial sand, thinking themselves immune to the created chaos they see around them.
The time has come for the American people to rise up and vote their consciences for the sake of their children, for the sake of their nation, and for the sake of everything they hold dear. The time of compromise is long past. In 2008 I asked many the question as to how they could elect a person to the highest office in the land who was so diametrically at odds with their own core moral and spiritual convictions. They could not reply. After self-examination, these people retorted deadpan, “I’m still voting for Obama.” Why? Because he was historically the first black president, and they too were black.
If the only reason to vote for a public servant is that he or she belongs to the same race, religion, or ethnicity as oneself, then one can see why our nation has deteriorated to where it is today, and why someone like a Barack Hussein Obama could even be considered to run in a major party’s own primaries, much less; make it to the Oval Office. But, this is the true of America as it was in 2008, and it is hopefully and perhaps to a lesser extent, of America in 2012. We will find out on Election Night, November 4th.
The Democrat Party produced a television ad purporting to show Rep Paul Ryan throwing grandma off the cliff, by opposing ObamaCare.
A couple of San Antonio doctors have responded with an effective ad to counter this injustice. See the ad produced by Drs Jane Hughes and Kris Held
http://www.youtube.com/embed/PJ-p29xEM0s
What goes around, comes around! I loved this ad! If you like their ad, please forward widely. And now for the rest of the story:
Recently, I read the following report on why Americans should be very concerned about the second half of 2012. This is what the report said:
“What is the second half of 2012 going to bring? Are things going to get even worse than they are right now? Unfortunately, that appears more likely with each passing day. I will admit that I am extremely concerned about the second half of 2012. Historically, a financial crisis is much more likely to begin in the fall than during any other season of the year. Just think about it. The stock market crash of 1929 happened in the fall. "Black Monday" happened on October 19th, 1987. The financial crisis of 2008 started in the fall. There just seems to be something about the fall that brings out the worst in the financial markets. But of course there is not a stock market crash every year. So are there specific reasons why we should be extremely concerned about what is coming this year? Yes, there are. The ingredients for a "perfect storm" are slowly coming together, and in the months ahead we could very well see the next wave of the economic collapse strike. Sadly, we have never even come close to recovering from the last recession, and this next crisis might end up being even more painful than the last one.
The following are 17 reasons to be extremely concerned about the second half of 2012....
#1 Historical Trends
A recent IMF research paper by Luc Laeven and Fabián Valencia showed that a banking crisis is far more likely to start in September than in any other month. The following chart is from their report....
So what will this September bring?
#2 JP Morgan
Do you remember back in May when JP Morgan announced that it would be taking a 2 billion dollar trading loss on some derivatives trades gone bad? Well, the New York Times is now reporting that the real figure could reach 9 billion dollars, but nobody really knows for sure. At some point is JP Morgan going to need a bailout? If so, what is that going to do to the U.S. financial system?
#3 Derivatives
Last week, Moody's downgraded the credit ratings of 15 major global banks. As a result, a number of them have been required to post billions of dollars in additional collateral against derivatives exposures....
The worldwide derivatives market is starting to show some cracks, and at some point this is going to become a major disaster.
Remember, the 9 largest U.S. banks have a total of more than 200 trillion dollars of exposure to derivatives. When this bubble completely bursts it is going to be impossible to fix.
#4 LEAP/E2020 Warning
LEAP/E2020 has issued a red alert for the global financial system for this fall. They are warning that the "second half of 2012" will represent a "major inflection point" for the global economic system....
#5 Increasing Pessimism
One recent survey of corporate executives found that only 20 percent of them expect the global economy to improve over the next 12 months and 48 percent of them expect the global economy to get worse over the next 12 months.
#6 Spain
The Spanish financial system is basically a total nightmare at this point. Moody's recently downgraded Spanish debt to one level above junk status, and earlier this week Moody's downgraded the credit ratings of 28 major Spanish banks.
According to CNBC, Spain's short-term borrowing costs are now about three times higher than they were just one month ago....
Needless to say, this is very, very bad news.
#7 Italy
The situation in Italy continues to deteriorate and many analysts believe that it could be one of the next dominoes to fall. The following is from a recent Businessweek article....
A recent Fortune article detailed some of the economic fundamentals that have so many economists deeply concerned about the Italian economy right now....
#8 Greece
I have written extensively about the financial nightmare that is unfolding in Greece. Unemployment has soared past the 20 percent mark, youth unemployment is above 50 percent, the Greek economy has contracted by close to 25 percent over the past four years and now Greek politicians are saying that a third bailout package may be necessary.
#9 Cyprus
The tiny island nation of Cyprus has become the fifth member of the eurozone to formally request a bailout. This is yet another sign that the eurozone is rapidly falling apart.
#10 Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel continues to promote an austerity path for Europe and she continues to maintain her very firm position against any kind of eurozone debt sharing....
In fact, Merkel says that there will be no eurobonds "as long as I live". This means that there will be no "quick fix" for the problems that are unfolding in Europe.
#11 Bank Runs
Every single day, hundreds of millions of dollars is being pulled out of banks in southern Europe. Much of that money is being transferred to banks in northern Europe.
In a previous article I included an extremely alarming quote from a CNBC article about the unfolding banking crisis in Europe....
In fact, Merkel says that there will be no eurobonds "as long as I live". This means that there will be no "quick fix" for the problems that are unfolding in Europe.
#11 Bank Runs
Every single day, hundreds of millions of dollars is being pulled out of banks in southern Europe. Much of that money is being transferred to banks in northern Europe.
In a previous article I included an extremely alarming quote from a CNBC article about the unfolding banking crisis in Europe....
#13 Global Lending Is Slowing Down
All over the globe the flow of credit is beginning to freeze up. In fact, the Bank for International Settlements says that worldwide lending is contracting at the fastest pace since the financial crisis of 2008.
#14 Sophisticated Cyber Attacks On Banks
It is being reported that "very sophisticated" hackers have successfully raided dozens of banks in Europe. So far, it is being estimated that they have stolen 60 million euros....
What happens someday if we wake up and all the money in the banks is gone?
#15 U.S. Municipal Bankruptcies
All over the United States there are cities and towns on the verge of financial disaster. This week Stockton, California became the largest U.S. city to ever declare bankruptcy, but the reality is that this is only just the beginning of the municipal debt crisis....
#16 The Obamacare Decision
The U.S. economy is already a complete and total mess, and now the Obamacare decision is going to throw a huge wet blanket on it. All over America, small business owners are saying that they are going to have to let some workers go because they cannot afford to keep them all under Obamacare. It would be hard to imagine a more job killing law than Obamacare, and now that the Supreme Court decision has finally been announced we are going to see many businesses making some really hard decisions.
#17 The U.S. Election
It is being reported that Barack Obama is putting together an army of "thousands of lawyers" to deal with any disputes that arise over voting procedures or results. It certainly looks like this upcoming election is going to be extremely close, and there is the potential that we could end up facing another Bush v. Gore scenario where the fate of the presidency is determined in court. This campaign season is likely to be exceptionally nasty, and I fear what may happen if there is not a decisive winner on election day. The possibility of significant civil unrest is certainly there.
We definitely live in "interesting" times.
Personally, I am deeply concerned about the September, October, November time frame.
The other day, Joe Biden delivered a speech in which he made the following statement....
"It's A Depression For Millions And Millions Of Americans"
And what Biden said was right for once. Millions of Americans are out of work right now and millions of Americans have fallen out of the middle class in recent years. If you have lost everything, it does feel like you are living through a depression.
When people lose everything, they tend to get desperate. And desperate people do desperate things - especially when they are angry.
A whole host of recent opinion polls have shown that anger and frustration in the United States are rising to unprecedented levels. The ingredients are certainly there for an explosion. Someone just needs to come along and light the fuse. We truly do live in frightening times.
Let us hope for the best, but let us also prepare for the worst.”
From the article titled, 17 Reasons To Be EXTREMELY Concerned About The Second Half Of 2012
The second article which I must cite and quote here in its entirety is the following one written by Conor Murphy for the Washington Times, which mirrors precisely my sentiments, which I’ve expressed before in other reports on the state of our nation and our economy, and our elected leaders. I quote:
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2012 — Yet another 4th of July has come and gone.
Most people spend this celebration of independence with family or friends watching fireworks, throwing a party, or grilling some burgers. We often forget about the brave men who revolted against Great Britain and declared the independence that we celebrate. Worse, we forget what our Founding Fathers truly believed with regard to freedom and liberty. Would statesmen like Washington or Jefferson be as respected as they are if they were alive today? Would they even be electable?
Although we respect and admire our Founding Fathers, we no longer hold true to their vision and the founding principles that are the backbone of this country. In his farewell address Washington stated, “the Constitution which at any time exists, til changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.”
Does this sound like the Republicans, who convinced us to support the USA Patriot Act, which completely disregards the fourth amendment of our Constitution? It certainly doesn't sound like the Democrats, who turned our admittedly flawed healthcare system into an even worse government-run monopoly. Ironically, politicians with Washington's views would have a difficult time getting elected to public office.
Benjamin Franklin would probably be ostracized today for his political opinions. “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Neither Democrats or Republicans believe this (some even think that his love of liberty would make Franklin a terrorist); both Parties passed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012. In a country that has accepted drones flying over its own skies, Franklin's words give a very strong reminder of the freedoms that citizens should demand from their government.
War was often warned against by our founders. James Madison, the father of the Constitution, warned: “Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.” Unfortunately, even though he helped craft the Constitution, Madison has been ignored in modern day politics. Both major parties have clamored for war and inflated defense budgets. This is certainly not the foreign policy of our Founding Fathers, who preached that we must go to war cautiously.
Perhaps one of the most ignored Founding Fathers is none other than our third President, Thomas Jefferson. He warned of central banking and debt, “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] ... will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.” Republicans and Democrats have both been guilty of ignoring him on this. Other than Ron Paul's annual Audit the Fed bill, which until recently received little to no attention, there is almost no concern over the Federal Reserve from the Congress, the Obama administration, or the courts. Jefferson's prescient words have been almost completely ignored by modern America.
It isn't just politicians who have forgotten the message of freedom and liberty; the American people have forgotten as well. The American public has greatly lowered its standards for those running for public office. Through our elected representatives, it is easy to see that liberty is no longer the primary objective of voters. In fact, it might not even make the top five. American voters have become content with choosing between the lesser of two evils, and sacrificing liberty in return for safety and security.
The United States is facing a true identity crisis. Will we still promote individualism and civil liberties, or do we no longer believe in these values? It is not up to politicians and public officials to change their policies. This will not happen unless liberty once again becomes the primary goal of America and her citizens.
When something is so well expressed and articulated in writing in such a precise and clear manner, it must be shared from one person to another, because in so doing, there is created in those who take such actions the reminder that our liberties are not to taken for granted, representatives and public servants whom we elect to office, and those who serve US, must be accountable and their actions restrained by the Constitution; otherwise we most certainly will (and have descended as of this writing) into tyranny.
We are teetering on the precipice of our own demise. No one has brought US here, we have done this to ourselves. We have lived for a generation believing that we can ignore our national conscience without paying the price for our collective rebellion against all that has governed US since the founding of our great republic.
We have believed the lie that our abundance was a product of our own doing, of our own sweat and efforts, and that we are self-sufficient and accountable only to ourselves. We have dispensed with the norms that governed our distinct way of life for over two hundred years, replacing its Judeo-Christian principles with the shifting sands of secular humanistic relativism – and have produced brutes for children – adopting the law of the jungle of anything goes.
Our national leaders for a generation now, have been increasingly reflecting our own new humanist and relativist values, and have bankrupted US while redistributing the wealth of our great nation to a very small few of oligarchs for whom they owe their careers. We have believed the lie, and have come to the point where our young ask, “Who is the Lord?” Please take the time after reading my report to view the following links below, and listen closely to the message, for it is for these times.
We have sowed the wind and have reaped the whirlwind, and yet we have considered not the mercies of our Creator who waits for our return into His tender yet all powerful arms. We have believed our misguided leaders who’ve increasingly removed G-d’s Commandments from our public buildings, have stricken laws on our books based upon Judeo-Christian precepts which have governed this nation since its founding, having been built upon the bedrock of Biblical precepts which are eternal cannot and should not be tampered with.
We have removed G-d from our public discourse and have removed His teachings from our society and prayers for His guidance from our public schools. The class room now teaches relativism and in place of the very basics of reading, writing, arithmetic, and the social sciences; we have replaced our classroom curriculum with increasingly deviant sex education, which only a generation ago, we had to the good sense to exclude from our schools.
Pedophiles have overrun our society, and deviant behavior and alternative lifestyles have replaced the pillars of our society; the monogamous marriage between a man and a woman, the child of a married couple, and the sanctity of human life. We have truly deviated from what we once lived by and so many of our hallowed dead fought to preserve in the wars this nation fought. We have come a long, long way from the nation we once were.
We have been given harbingers as signposts; warnings of what may come from the lessons of history within the pages of Holy Scripture, and yet even some members of our own religious community can do no better than to attack without grounds the message given to our nation at this very late hour. The very people whom one would believe have been entrusted with the Good News that there is another way, the Way of Life in the One for whom we all live and move and have our being, and from whom every family on the earth obtains its name; and yet the best these so-called avatars of the Gospel can do is criticize and distract from the warning we must all heed at this late hour.
The message of the harbingers which have come upon US as warnings that we must heed, and listen to, learning from the fate of ancient Israel, what could befall modern America, if we do not pay close attention and turn, turn from the trajectory which our nation has been heading, and return and restore the values that made this the greatest nation that ever existed; what President Ronald Reagan once called “the last best hope of mankind.”
Three years ago, the person who holds the highest office in our land – our president, declared that this was no longer a Christian nation – that is to say, that it no longer embraced the Judeo-Christian Precept and concept of natural law based upon the G-d of all Creation, what some of our Founders called “ nature’s God.” Listen to the words of President Abraham Lincoln, and consider just how far we have strayed:
Fellow-Countrymen:
AT this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.
On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war—seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”
From the following link: http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres32.html
And consider if you will, the following words which are taken from George Washington’s Inaugural Address:
“Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge.
In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at large less than either.
No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States.
Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities from which the event has resulted can not be compared with the means by which most governments have been established without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seem to presage.
These reflections, arising out of the present crisis, have forced themselves too strongly on my mind to be suppressed. You will join with me, I trust, in thinking that there are none under the influence of which the proceedings of a new and free government can more auspiciously commence.”
In these honorable qualifications I behold the surest pledges that as on one side no local prejudices or attachments, no separate views nor party animosities, will misdirect the comprehensive and equal eye which ought to watch over this great assemblage of communities and interests, so, on another, that the foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens and command the respect of the world.
I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire, since there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity; since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.”
Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave; but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in humble supplication that, since He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquility, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness, so His divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures on which the success of this Government must depend.”
And President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address again illustrates what is obvious to all who read it for themselves – then there was a time when our national leaders invoked the G-d of the Bible, and even a New Birth of Freedom for our nation, as Lincoln did in his eloquent dedication of Gettysburg. I include it here.
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
I ask then, “What has happened to our great republic?” We began calling upon and invoking the G-d of heaven, indeed the Lord G-d of all Creation; the G-d of the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, and prayed to Him from our great halls, from our schools, and churches and synagogues, from our homes, and even from our public places once.
What has overtaken our national psyche that we have so brazenly and callously disregarded our past, and though have done the right and correct thing before our Maker of freeing our enslaved fellow countrymen, and have ascribed to them their due right to vote and full citizenship as free men and women among our nation; now have made retrograde movements in regards to human dignity and liberty by allowing our national leaders to sign into law measures which abridge the very liberties our Constitution protects, and allowing the same to assault our rights through onerous legislation and regulation, and now taxation deemed by the highest court in our land – the Supreme Court – to be within the norms of Constitutional governance, when in fact it is an assault on our liberties and free choices?
How have the mighty fallen. How has the republic fallen. How have the righteous fallen among US. America consider your ways. America consider your ways. Do not think that you are exempt from the same fate as that which befell previous civilizations that degenerated from civil and moral order.
The harbingers which have befallen US are a reminder that the clock is ticking, but that there is yet the opportunity to turn the nation around. There is yet the opportunity to abandon the current course, and to return our country to its Judeo-Christian origins. The corruption and criminality which plagues our highest offices currently are a reflection of the apathy of an amoral and immoral public.
That a church in our land – the largest black church in the nation – has allied itself to the criminal attorney general is nothing short than a disgrace, and the arrogance and brazenness of this president is beyond anything that our nation has seen since its founding. There is no comparison. The worst act of Nixon cannot compare to the criminal and corrupt activities of the Oval Office. Our nation must turn.
At one time, I had advocated that we not pray for these people, because to do so was either a waste of time (as I saw it – I was terribly wrong), or it would help these people get reelected. So I thought. Then in a conversation to a relative’s counsel on the subject, I learned the following.
Jesus said, “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” (Matthew 5:44)
When Jesus taught this, He was not advocating, as some erroneously believe; pacifism, as I once also thought. What He was saying was that if you love your enemies and pray for them, G-d will work the situation in their lives to either change them and their relationship with Him and you, or He will remove them out of the way.
They are in error, and they need enough compassion from you that you will consider praying on their behalf so that G-d, who can do all things, will enact His will and change things around to benefit both you and they. If after you have prayed and G-d has provided through your prayers and His grace, the opportunity for them to turn, and they do not; then they run the risk of being removed from office, or from whatever position they are in to do you harm.
We must pray for ourselves, our leaders, and our nation. We must stop compromising with the world, as so many of US have done; and must again return to being the salt of our nation, the light of our world, a force for good among our people and communities, and elect men and women of integrity who will uphold the finest of our laws, return our nation to its Judeo-Christian past, and restore our national conscience to individual accountability for our actions.
Let US heed the harbingers, and do what is right. We can do it beginning right now. Beginning this day. Beginning this year. This is the year of destiny, and our nation must turn from its wickedness, drop its lawlessness, expose and vote out the criminals we’ve elected to high office, and elect a president who will not usurp our rights and take away our freedoms because of some misguided sense of social justice of his which he wishes to impose on the rest of US against our wishes.
America come back. America return. America repent. America the hour is late. Very late. While there is still time, turn. Turn now. Turn.
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