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Showing posts with label Second Amendment. Show all posts
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Due to a busy Saturday schedule, I wasn’t able to make it to the Day of Resistance rally in Joplin Mo, today, but I did have a chance to speak to the organizer, Jesse Mills, of the Southwest Missouri Firearms Freedom Coalition. He told me he was pleased with the turn out, estimating a crowd [...]
POWAY — Several hundred people, mostly men, mostly older and almost universally conservative, descended on Old Poway Park Saturday afternoon to take part in a “Pro-Second Amendment” rally.
The local rally was part of a nationwide “Day of Resistance,” in opposition to recent gun-control legislation proposed and action taken in Washington, D.C. The Poway gathering was organized by conservative blogger Roger Cotton, who called it the “Shall Not Be Infringed” rally, echoing the last line of the Second Amendment.
“The focus of the rally is to serve as a call to action to citizens who value their individual liberties,” Cotton said.
The crowd was colorful and of like mind. Many wore messages on their T-shirts such as “Invest in Precious Metals – Buy Lead,” and “Freedom Requires a Truthful Press.”
Others carried signs bearing messages like “Victims who shoot back live longer,” and “The 2nd Amendment is the line in the sand,” and “Gun-free zones enable mass killings.”
“Don’t Tread on Me” flags were almost as common as Old Glory was.
Among those scheduled to speak during the three-hour rally were members of the San Diego chapter of the National Rifle Association, a conservative humorist and musician, and several conservative bloggers
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“The problem is not firearms or their cartridges. The problem is a mental health issue,” said one early speaker, Julie Sutton, a blogger and humorist. “That’s what needs to be addressed. That, Mr. President, is what you should be focusing on.”
Sheriff’s deputies were present, but the gathering was peaceful. There was no opposition to cause trouble, and everyone obeyed the law and did not bring guns to the rally, officials said.
Last month, President Barack Obama urged Congress to require background checks for all gun sales and ban both military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines in a plea to curb gun violence in America.
Obama also signed 23 executive actions, including orders to make more federal data available for background checks and end a freeze on government research on gun violence.
The president’s actions came just a month after the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn., in which 26 people, including 20 children, were killed by a lone gunman armed with an assault rifle.
Even before Obama outlined his gun control plans, sales of weapons of all kinds skyrocketed among people fearing bans, which for the most part haven’t been proposed, that may limit their ability to purchase firearms in the future.
The National Day of Resistance was timed for Feb. 23 to reflect the 23 executive actions, according to the official website of the movement.
Cotton, who said he does not own any guns but believes in the Constitution, said he got the idea to stage the rally a few weeks ago after hearing one police chief say the disarming of America could be accomplished within a generation and another say the Second Amendment is a dangerous right.
“Since I was a kid, I’ve been in love with this country,” he said. “I don’t want anything to happen to it beyond what has already happened. I just decided to do this. It’s really just me getting fed up.”
Similar rallies occurred throughout the country Saturday.
As Obama signed 23 executive orders to “control gun violence” that impact citizen rights under the Second Amendment, supporters of gun ownership held hundreds of rallies across the country this Saturday (Feb. 23) to protest these rules. The theme for many was “Day of Resistance“; however, in San Diego, it was entitled “Shall Not Be [...]
If you care ANYTHING AT ALL about our freedoms here in America, then I urge you to watch the video, read the commentary written by Matt Bracken, and then share on your blog, website, forum, Face Book page etc. so that more people will be educated and informed regarding what is really at stake when ObaMARXIST and his ilk want to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of We The People; RIGHTS that are given to us under God first, and then under the Charters of Freedom that are guaranteed by our United States Constitution!!
~ Christine
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Spread this latest work by Matt Bracken and friends far and wide, especially the video:
Democide: Socialism, Tyranny, Guns and Freedom
Democide is the elimination of a despised group by a government. It includes genocide, politicide, and other forms of state-sponsored mass murder. The hated minority headed for extermination may be defined by religious, racial, political, class, cultural or other attributes. Between 200 and 260 million people were the victims of democide in the 20th century, several times more than were killed in international wars during that period.
The first widely studied modern democide occurred in Turkey between 1915 and 1923, when the Turkish government decided to eliminate the country’s Christian minority, primarily ethnic Armenians and Greeks who had Turkish roots extending back to before the Islamic conquest. Two million Christians were murdered on forced marches into deserts without water or food. This democide occurred in view of Western reporters, who took photographs and posted contemporary wire reports. The fact that the democide was known outside Turkey did not deter the Turkish leaders.
The Armenian Genocide, as it has become known, was also widely known inside Turkey, where the majority Muslim population either supported or at least passively tolerated the democide. It was impossible to miss the sight of thousands of Christians at a time being rounded up and force-marched through towns and into the burning deserts on one-way trips.
Stalin and Hitler both noticed the lack of world reaction to the democide of Turkish Christians and planned accordingly. In the Soviet Union, Stalin’s henchmen purged millions of “kulaks” (farmers deemed to have too much wealth), intellectuals, businessmen, and anyone who had ever traveled outside the USSR or even had had contact with foreigners.
In Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe, Hitler proceeded with his own “final solution to the Jewish problem.” Where the German nationalsocialists simply eliminated Jews as quickly as possible in mass graves and gas chambers, Stalin’s international socialists deported their “class enemies” to Siberia, where they were put to work in Gulag slave-labor camps, with years of torture through cold, malnutrition and brutal working conditions preceding the release of eventual death.
Stalin also devised another means of democide when he ordered the forced starvation of the Ukrainians, and five million more innocent victims were added to his totals. In Communist China seventy million people were the victims of democide, murdered by overwork in slave-labor camps, by direct execution, and by regional forced starvation. Millions more were victims of democide in Pakistan, Cambodia, Rwanda, North Korea, and many other countries.
Democide, as the name implies, does not happen in the dark of night without any awareness of it in the country where it occurs. The Turks knew the Christians were being mass murdered. Average Germans were fully aware of what was happening to the Jews between 1938 and 1945, and a large majority either actively supported or at least tolerated it. (I strongly recommend reading Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust, by Daniel Goldhagen, to fully appreciate the wholehearted German support for the Jewish democide.)
Today, we sometimes hear that the Second Amendment has outlived its usefulness, that it is a relic of our barbaric past and is no longer needed in the modern era. Horrific mass shootings by deranged individuals are cited as the primary reason for Americans to surrender their most effective firearms and rely solely on a state monopoly of force for their protection. This government-dependent attitude is shortsighted, historically ignorant, and extremely dangerous.
In each of the cases cited above, a necessary preliminary step on the road to democide was the confiscation of privately owned firearms. In Turkey, “reasonable” gun control laws enacted in 1911 permitted the democide of two million Turkish Christians a few years later. In Germany, the “commonsense” 1928 gun control laws of the Weimar Republic preceded Hitler’s Holocaust by a decade.
The Weimar politicians did not intend for their gun control laws to lead to the slaughter of millions of people, but it is an historical fact that those gun control laws permitted the Nazis to carry out their Holocaust. How? By making it economically and militarily feasible to round up and mass murder entire towns without any significant resistance.
In fact, the Nazis quickly learned that they needed only a hundred ordinary military policemen to exterminate towns of a thousand Polish Jews in a single day. Contrast that fact with the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. If the Jews had not first been disarmed, using previous gun registration lists as a map for confiscation, the Holocaust would not have been possible.
Likewise in the Soviet Union and in every other case, democide was preceded by “reasonable and commonsense” firearms registration, followed eventually by gun confiscation and then by the extermination of a despised minority population.
During the past two centuries, while America has avoided tyranny, Turkey, Germany, Russia and the other nations mentioned above have spasmodically lurched between monarchs, democratically elected leaders, and often quite popular dictators, allowing them frequent opportunities to commit democide against their unwanted minorities.
The situation is fundamentally different in America, because we have a centuries-old tradition of private firearms ownership guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the Constitution. The Second Amendment does not “grant” us this right; it puts into writing our God-given natural right to effective self-defense, including armed defense against tyranny.
“Pure democracy” has been described as two wolves and a sheep voting on their dinner plans. The two wolves might see this election as an expression of their highest democratic values, but for the outnumbered sheep, pure democracy is highly problematic. On the other hand, a republic has been described as two wolves and a well-armed sheep voting on dinner plans. The well-armed sheep can veto the outcome of the dinner election simply by brandishing its firearm. The sheep has inherent rights as a sovereign individual, including the right to self-defense, a right that cannot be stripped away by a simple majority vote.
So, when a democratically elected American president speaks of “fundamentally transforming” his country, and of his need to act outside the constitutional framework, the population should be on guard. When that leader begins to push for strict new “commonsense and reasonable” gun control laws, including national firearms registration in the name of “public safety,” the citizenry should be on high alert.
Can any glib politician, pundit or ivory tower academic give us an ironclad guarantee that tyranny will never arise in the United States? Not even a popular tyranny, like those of Ataturk, Stalin, Hitler or Mao? Can anyone assure us that today’s “commonsense” gun registration lists will not be used for future gun confiscation? Of course not.
The future may be unknowable, but history is well understood, and American gun owners know and understand the history of democide in the 20th century. That is why they will never accede to what is currently portrayed in the predominantly left-wing mainstream media as “commonsense and reasonable” new gun control laws.
While American gun owners lament and regret the inescapable fact that deranged individuals in a free country may on rare occasions murder a dozen or a score of unarmed victims, they also understand that government democide murders by the million. And in every case, tyrants can conduct these democides only after disarming their unwanted minorities, rendering them helpless to resist murderous government pogroms.
American gun owners will never permit this historical pattern to be repeated in their country, because they understand that the government’s heavy hand will be kept in check only as long as they are armed. Ask yourself: Were the Armenians, the Jews or the kulaks treated better, or worse, after they were disarmed and rendered helpless by their oppressors, who thereafter held an absolute government monopoly on armed violence? The answer is too obvious to require elaboration.
Naive utopians and other “low-information voters” might not understand the historical pattern, and we don’t expect them to bother to learn it. Cynical and dishonest “progressives” who do understand the historical pattern cannot yet reveal their ultimate goal of creating a disarmed and helpless American citizenry. Nevertheless, millions of Americans understand their hidden aim with crystal clarity, seeing through the false sincerity of power-hungry leftist politicians who are actually Marxist wolves dressed in Democrat sheep’s clothing—for now.
But unless and until these secret Stalinists and sundry other “progressives” can figure out a way to disarm Americans, they cannot execute their historically standard final solution to the “reactionaries-standing-in-the-way-of-utopia” problem. And this is a thorny problem for them, because tens of millions of Americans, disbelieving their deceitful bromides, will stick to their guns no matter what.
Unlike the Armenians, Jews, kulaks and other exterminated peoples, Americans who support the Second Amendment will never be disarmed quietly by government edict prior to meekly boarding a train to a socialist “reeducation” camp. They will not be taken at government gunpoint on a one-way forced march into a desert or a Zyklon-B “delousing shower,” simply because they foolishly agreed to be disarmed by their future oppressors in the dubious name of “public safety.”
If American “progressives” truly intend to disarm the American people, they will have to do it the hard way, by taking their bullets first, one at a time. As the 300 Spartans announced to the vastly larger Persian army at Thermopylae, “Molon Labe!”
The following is a video sarcastically entitled, "A Tribute to Communism" by the creator. The reason being that there are a lot of pro-communist propaganda videos on Youtube, "celebrating" the tenets of that evil ideology. Prepare yourself for another devastatingly sobering account (as has been masterfully described in the essay above by Matt Bracken) of the real truth about what ObaMAO and his ilk believe. Remember, as CommieBlaster.com informs us on a daily basis, the links between the following ideologies which are held by most in the ObaMARXIST BADministration cannot be ignored!
Conservatives and Tea Partiers plan to reignite the flame of 2010 next Saturday at rallies in cities and towns across America. The event is titled the "Day of Resistance," and head organizer Dustin Stockton told Breitbart News that February 23 was picked as the date for several reasons.
“The first is one which I’ve been getting ruthlessly abused for and that is because the AR-15 caliber is .223,” Stockton said in a phone interview. “It’s also the day that we raised the flag in Iwo Jima and it’s also a Saturday, so people who work regular hours can also attend.”
More than 50,000 Americans have already signed up for 97 rallies in more than 30 states across the country. The rallies will focus on Second Amendment issues and President Barack Obama’s push for gun control, but they will also branch out into all aspects of oppressive big government.
“The main hook is Second Amendment defense and executive actions by Obama,” Stockton said. “At the same time, we feel like the GOP establishment argument on guns is that ‘this is all crazy talk, what you’re hearing doesn’t matter and they’re not going to actually come take your guns away.’”
Stockton claimed the average law-abiding gun owner believes the president is seriously pushing for gun control, among other left-wing policies, and cannot stand the establishment GOP’s unwillingness to fight back. However, guns are not the only issue that has conservatives upset: the gun control fight is a new launching pad for a bigger discussion, similar to how Obamacare sparked the Tea Party movement’s beginnings in 2009.
“We think that gives us an opportunity to talk about how Obamacare is affecting people’s personal privacy and all the other issues the Tea Party movement has to talk about,” Stockton said. “We’ll talk about over-regulation, bailouts, crony capitalism, Benghazi, Fast and Furious."
"Fast and Furious is a big one for me," Stockton explained. "When the top cop in the country is as crooked as Eric Holder, it really cements our argument that ‘yeah, you really need to not be counting on law enforcement for protection. You need to be taking personal responsibility.’”
Those interested in getting involved can either find a rally near them on the Day of Resistance website, or they can (through the end of this week) sign up to create their own event in their own town or city. “You have three options: You can sign up to attend, you can sign up to volunteer, or you can sign up to organize your own rally,” Stockton said.
Stockton has a Political Action Committee, Western Representation PAC, that is spending $25,000 from its cash reserves on the rallies in addition to money they have raised for the events; he said about $9,000 has come in thus far. TheTeaParty.net is sponsoring the events as well.
This video highlights the relationship between socialism, tyranny, the right to keep and bear arms and American freedom from 1776 until today.
Can any glib politician, pundit or ivory tower academic give us an ironclad guarantee that tyranny will never arise in the United States? Not even a popular tyranny, like those of Ataturk, Stalin, Hitler or Mao? Can anyone assure us that today’s “commonsense” gun registration lists will not be used for future gun confiscation? Of course not.
The future may be unknowable, but history is well understood, and American gun owners know and understand the history of democide in the 20th century. That is why they will never accede to what is currently portrayed in the predominantly left-wing mainstream media as “commonsense and reasonable” new gun control laws.
While American gun owners lament and regret the inescapable fact that deranged individuals in a free country may on rare occasions murder a dozen or a score of unarmed victims, they also understand that government democide murders by the million. And in every case, tyrants can conduct these democides only after disarming their unwanted minorities, rendering them helpless to resist murderous government pogroms.
American gun owners will never permit this historical pattern to be repeated in their country, because they understand that the government’s heavy hand will be kept in check only as long as they are armed. Ask yourself: Were the Armenians, the Jews or the kulaks treated better, or worse, after they were disarmed and rendered helpless by their oppressors, who thereafter held an absolute government monopoly on armed violence? The answer is too obvious to require elaboration.
Naive utopians and other “low-information voters” might not understand the historical pattern, and we don’t expect them to bother to learn it. Cynical and dishonest “progressives” who do understand the historical pattern cannot yet reveal their ultimate goal of creating a disarmed and helpless American citizenry. Nevertheless, millions of Americans understand their hidden aim with crystal clarity, seeing through the false sincerity of power-hungry leftist politicians who are actually Marxist wolves dressed in Democrat sheep’s clothing—for now.
But unless and until these secret Stalinists and sundry other “progressives” can figure out a way to disarm Americans, they cannot execute their historically standard final solution to the “reactionaries-standing-in-the-way-of-utopia” problem. And this is a thorny problem for them, because tens of millions of Americans, disbelieving their deceitful bromides, will stick to their guns no matter what.
Project Veritas has the greatest video out which demonstrates the absolute hypocrisy of the progressive lefties who spout virulent rhetoric (and newspapers that out the location of the homes of gun owners) against gun owner rights to keep our Constitutional guaranteed Second Amendment Rights to own and carry firearms for protection.
Excerpt:
Project Veritas' founder, James O'Keefe remarked, "Our nation's children spend the majority of their week within schools that are starkly emblazoned with signs that read 'Gun Free Zone.' Project Veritas put that same concept to the test with some of America's most fervent advocates for gun control."
Organizing as Citizens Against Senseless Violence, Project Veritas' citizen journalists went door-to-door in New York, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. to see which outspoken champions for Gun Control would be willing to declare their own home as a "Gun Free Zone" by placing a sign on their lawn.
O'Keefe continued, "It's amazing to see members of our media equivocate and contradict their spoken and written words when faced with the dilemma to declare their own homes as Gun Free. Surprisingly, we found that the homes of the very New York paper that was willing to put the lives and fortunes of gun owners at risk by publishing their names and addresses, were also the most heavily armed and protected. The hypocrisy of New York's Journal News is beyond words."
The fact is that the majority of our nation's children spend almost every day TRAPPED inside schools that are proudly emblazoned with signs reading "Gun Free Zone." But when Project Veritas offered that same opportunity to some of America's most fervent advocates for gun control they REFUSED.If it's good enough for children, why isn't it good enough for them?
While the video above is entertaining, it is also very telling as to the state of hypocrisy in our media.
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Some quotes from the video when homeowners were asked if they would put a sign up on their lawn that reads, "This Home Is Proudly Gun Free": "I appreciate what you're doing but will pass on the sign." "I agree with you but don't want the sign on my lawn."
When dealing with enemies and individuals who could not be trusted to tell the truth, President Ronald Reagan famously quipped, "Trust, but verify." These days, with this BADministration and their cohorts in the media of mass deception, we need to question everything! They cannot and should not be trusted! We need to think for ourselves! There is so much LYING, DECEIT, FALSE FLAG OPERATIONS, CORRUPTION, AND COVER-UPS happening at break-neck speed that it truly should boggle the minds of anyone who is REALLY paying attention!
Each time that I have written about the Sandy Hook school massacre tragedy, I had hoped that it would be my LAST POST about it. I'm sickened and devastated enough already! I don't need to see more. But with SO MANY unanswered questions and bloggers discovering many, many strange happenings related to the tragedy, I can't help but report them here.
This video at The Daily Sheeple is truly creepy and made me shudder to think that "hints" about the two tragedies in both Colorado and Connecticut were set-ups. You might ask, "set-ups for what?" Answer: gun control!!! Have you noticed that this is all that the news shows, Congress, BHO, and even Hollywood is talking about?
The more that I investigate and find out about these terrible incidences, the more scary it is to realize how much we are being LIED to and how much corruption and how many cover-ups are going on right under our noses!
Well, perhaps I have spoken enough about all of this. The video at The Daily Sheeple and links below will speak for themselves. Talk Wisdom Reports - You Decide.
~ Christine
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Before It Is News picked up on the United Way donation page being created three days before the shooting.
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I did not see the interviews of parents directly on TV after the tragedy, but here is a You tube video of someone's opinion about them: Sandy Hook families interviews.
Hat Tips to all links.
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P.S. In case anyone missed this in the comment section of my last post:
It sickens me, scares me, and reviles me to think that anything this horrible could possibly be done by either our government, it's secretive "handlers" or whomever the perpetrators are.
I had a good "gun control" debate with a very good friend of mine last night during dinner. She is a grandmother of 4 children. She seems "all for" more gun control until I explained to her what that would really mean about our liberty, freedoms, and security AGAINST any tyrannical government (like the one we have now!) to have our Second Amendment rights infringed upon.
I shared with her how both the Colorado theater massacre and Sandy Hook elementary massacre were both "gun free" zones - and why lives COULD have been saved if a guard at the theater had a gun to shoot the murderer, or if the school principal had a gun locked in a safe in her office; and upon hearing the shooting happening could have retrieved the gun and killed the shooter dead before more children were killed.
I told her about my last post - regarding just why there is so much media coverage about gun control, yet no questions being asked about mental health issues and psychotropic/psychiatric drugs and their side effects. It was then that "the light bulb" apparently went off in her mind. As a former nurse, she KNOWS of the dangers of such drugs; as well as the dangers of individuals who "go off" their medications and end up doing horrible things.
I don't know all of the answers here. I am just trying to get people to THINK and then decide for themselves what is real and the truth, vs. what is propaganda and evil motives.
I want people who visit here to know that I'm not interested in spreading falsehoods. The Bible is very clear about lying - and that God's judgment against lying is very harsh! Just read about the self-deception of Saul in 1 Samuel 15:1-35. Lying destroys integrity. Dishonest people soon begin to believe the lies they construct around themselves. Then they lose the ability to tell the difference between truth and lies. By believing your own lies you deceive yourself, you alienate yourself from God, and you lose credibility in all your relationships. In the long run, honesty wins out.
Recently, while sharing a disagreement with my best friend (we have known each other for over 20 years!) that I had with another person (and being told by that person that I was lying), she said to me, "Chris, you don't lie like that." It felt so good to hear someone tell me that she believes in my integrity! However, there are people who probably visit here, read what I write about BHO and his BADministration and think I'm a liar, crazy, or both!
When I am caught in something that turns out to be untrue, I always try to amend it. For example, during the election, there was a blog that reported that thousands of military ballots were destroyed rather than counted. GMPilot - (Talk Wisdom's usual nemesis) pointed out to me later that the blog was satire. I went back and made the correction.
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January 8, 2013 11:08:00 AM PST
The main reason why I write, "Talk Wisdom Reports - You Decide" on certain posts is because of media lies, deceitfulness, and the evil and corruption of many in government. In simple terms, it is often very difficult these days to discern truth from error.
You see, I don't WANT to outwardly and purposefully lie because God's Word instructs us:
"So put away all falsehood and "tell your neighbor the truth" because we belong to each other." (Ephesians 4:25)
Of course, I make mistakes and have made many bad ones over the course of my life, but when I was born again in Christ my new life in Him changed me. I know that lying undermines freedom and undermines the unity of believers in Christ. It creates conflict and destroys trust. It tears down relationships and leads to open warfare. We should put away such "lying ways" once we accept Christ's gift of salvation.
I know that I must consciously renew such a commitment every day. I must have a new role, head in a better direction and have a new way of thinking that the Holy Spirit gives me.
When I see lying going on in others - especially in government - it really hurts. Such lying often leads to injustice; and those who may think they can trust and benefit from government aren't always protected from evil consequences.
I have seen obedience to God provoke anger and hatred from others. It's running rampant these days! But Matthew 10:28 informs us that it is better to suffer from human displeasure than from God's wrath.
I see ridicule against me for being honest as being a possible sign that I am indeed doing what's right in God's eyes (see Matthew 5:10-12; Romans 8:17, 35-39). I certainly hope so. I want Him to use me - not the other way around.
My guide is not to go against Scripture, Jesus' words, or the guidance of the Holy Spirit. When I make errors and mistakes (as we all do because we are all human), I admit it, confess, repent, and strive to not do it again in the future.
Last night, Conservative radio talk show host Roger Hedgecock mentioned that when the colonists desired to break away from the king of England, only a small portion supported it - at first. Those colonist leaders KNEW that something better could be created here in America; as long as they were willing to fight for such freedoms and do so under God's Divine Providence.
Today, we don't see or hear much about that anymore. We have a "law" professor who thinks it's a better idea to scrap the genius of the Constitution because it was written by "men with old fashioned and different thinking over 225 years ago." Because this individual is reprobate, he doesn't see the genius of these men who were far better thinkers at that time than he is now!
Oops...sorry...I'm getting off topic.
One last thought. Our nation is in such peril that it will take only an act of God to keep our Republic alive, well, and intact. I continue to pray each day for His abiding mercy, grace, and love to continue to bless this nation - even when our atrocious sinfulness doesn't deserve it.
I often receive emails from a movie guide company that supports Christian values in movies and writes reviews when they are released on DVD. I was a bit taken aback when I recently received an email with a highly favorable review of the movie, "The Dark Knight Rises."
The reasons stated by the reviewer were that despite a few curse words, violence, and one instance of taking the name of Jesus Christ in vain, the movie's theme was against evil and the plot apparently showed how good overcomes evil. [I haven't seen the film and have no intention of seeing it].
My question. What about the fact that two dozen people were killed and 58 others were wounded at a premiere of the July, 2012 released movie in Colorado ? Should that make a difference on whether or not a person wants to see the film?
For me, personally, it does. The terror and sadness of that awful massacre would never allow me to watch the film; let alone enjoy watching the movie. But that's just me. What's your opinion?
There are those who blame guns and want more gun control. There are those who blame the NFL and the brutality of the sport that causes concussions and brain injury to players. There are those who blame the NRA (as that crazy nut sportswriter Jason Whitlock wrote when he stated that the NRA is the "new KKK.")
Why not put the blame were it belongs? SQUARELY ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE MURDERERS!!
O.K. Should I not take issue with the movie guide people who celebrated the batman movie that was shown during the Colorado theater massacre?
Should I blame the movie, itself, for the violence that happened that day? Or was it a matter of a deranged killer who probably WOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED IF THE THEATER ALLOWED SECURITY OFFICERS TO CARRY LOADED FIREARMS TO PROTECT THE PATRONS IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY???
Then, I don't think Whitlock or others should blame the NRA or guns in the murder/suicide of Jovan Belcher. As some people have surmised, if the girlfriend had her own firearm to protect herself, perhaps she would still be alive today.
Received a very informative email from Gun Alerts today. It contains updates about the Gun Runner scandal called Operation Fast and Furious. The following is a copy of most of that email. Please feel free to distribute any way you can! ~ Christine
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Stonewalling: Obama Style
We are getting closer and closer to the truth,
...in relationship to getting to the bottom of "Project Gunrunner" and "Operation Fast and Furious."
Wednesday's House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by Rep. Darrell Issa, questioned several, some who brought out new revelations. The bottom line: It is more of a cover-up than we had imagined!
The scandal broke when it was learned that the Department of Justice deliberately led operatives of Mexican drug cartels purchase guns at licensed U.S. firearms dealers and did nothing to intercept the gun purchaser or retrieve the guns even when they were under active surveillance by federal law enforcement officials.
"Who authorized 'Operation Fast and Furious'?"
Ronald Weich, the assistant attorney general for legislative affairs at the Justice Department, finally responded to Issa's heated questioning: "I do not know the answer to that question, and the (Justice Department) inspector general is reviewing the matter!"
Despite the courageous testimony of four ATF agents---speaking against the Department of Justice standard answers---the STONEWALLING by this administration continues!
Quite frankly, it will take an independent Special Prosecutor to get the real truth!
Documents released by U.S. Representative Darrell Issa's panel make it very clear that "Operation Fast and Furious" was well-known and enthusiastically supported at the highest levels of ATF. This devastating program had to have been supported elsewhere within the Justice Department. Despite him saying different, it is totally inconceivable that Attorney General Eric Holder did not know about Operation Fast and Furious!
Four ATF agents' sworn testimonies very much CONTRADICT the Justice Department's account of "Operation Fast and Furious."
John Dobson, a special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), told the Issa committee on Wednesday that he was SHOCKED when he discovered his agency was carrying out a plan specifically designed to deliver "loads of weapons" into the hands of criminals, including operatives purchasing guns for Mexican drug cartels.
Dobson stated under oath: "This is not a matter of some weapons that had gotten away from us or allowing a few to walk so that we could follow them to a much larger, more significant target. Allowing loads of weapons that we knew to be destined for criminals was the plan, this was the mandate."
"Yes. We were mandated, 'Let these guns go!'"
Of course the reported original purpose of the project was to track the guns back to leaders in the Mexican drug cartels.
"THIS EFFORT FAILED!" House Oversight Chairman Darrel Issa (R-CA) declared at Wednesday's meeting.
Issa went on to explain: "Over strong objection of the ATF field agents, the program continued, and approximately 2,000 AK-47s and derivatives and some 50-caliber sniper rifles and others and 10,000 or more rounds of live ammunition went into the arsenals of the Mexican drug lord."
Yet, the Obama administration finally admitted that they would "look into the matter."
An independent Special Prosecutor must be appointed to find out who authorized what, when and where---let the chips fall where they may!
STONEWALLING BECAME THE NAME OF THE GAME!
No one in the administration would "own up" to this debacle of a plan; especially after U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry was murdered approximately 18 miles INSIDE the border from Mexico - with two of these weapons that we sold to the drug cartel found at the crime scene!
Then, almost all the ATF lips were suddenly sealed!
David Voth, a supervisor at the ATF field division in Phoenix, told complaining agents to back off: "Whether you care or not people of rank and authority at headquarters are paying close attention to this case and they also believe we (Phoenix field division) are doing what they envisioned the Southwest Border Groups doing," Voth wrote in a March 12, 2010 email.
His email was included in a 51-page report by Republican staffers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee, spearheaded by U.S. Senator Charles Grassley.
At one point, Dobson asked his superiors if they "were prepared to attend the funeral of a slain agent," Dobson's fellow agent Olindo James Casa told the committee.
"I and other field agents involved in this operation repeatedly raised these concerns with our supervisors," Dobson testified. "In response we were told that we simply did not understand the plan."
YET, more and more killings have been linked to "Fast and Furious" Project.
ONLY an independent Special Prosecutor can sort out the genuine truth from some of the "fiction" and "outright lies" that have been told in the interview process!
Representative Issa has been critical of the Department of Justice (DOJ), which oversees the ATF, for not turning over all of the documents he has requested and not making available all of the officials he has wanted to interview, sometimes citing ongoing gun-tracking investigations and prosecutions.
"Fast and Furious" was part of the five-year-old GUNRUNNER program. It authorized local U.S. gun stores to sell THOUSANDS of semiautomatic rifles to suspected and known straw-purchasers for Mexican drug cartels.
By allowing people to illegally purchase large quantities of the weapons from gun dealers, officials hoped to trace the firearms to the upper ranks of the drug cartels and prosecute them. But ATF whistleblowers allege that officials lost track of guns. Some even point to the very, very top!
Issa and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have led the congressional hunt for more information about the ATF operation and its approval. The lawmakers have said repeatedly that they are being "stonewalled" by the Department of Justice.
U.S. Senator Grassley, who does not have the same subpoena power as Issa—has vowed to hold up President Obama's nominations in the Senate until he gets the documents and information that he has requested on the operation.
The fingers of guilt point to officials high up in the Obama administration.
Across-the-board stonewalling by government agencies is hindering the final investigation, including the Attorney General. The Obama administration is the most anti-gun and anti-Second Amendment administration in recent memory!
This stonewalling goes way, way beyond any "political maneuvering"---it verges on the dark side of criminal acts!
This cover-up must be stopped!
Many of the whistleblowers have come forward to Congress out of loyalty to the murdered Border Patrol Agent. We need the administration to come forward out of "loyalty" to patriotic Americans who voted their superiors into office!
You see, here is how this cover-up affects you and me directly---when the criminals use the illegal weapons, it puts gasoline on Mr. Obama's anti-gun "fire" to go against ALL gun owners in general; and even against those who believe in our Second Amendment rights! We cannot let Mr. Obama use this illegal act---perpetrated by his own administration---to use against legitimate gun owners!
The Obama Administration is doing all this in a concentrated effort to blame America's gun owners like YOU for the violent crime with guns in an attempt to pass new anti-gun laws to infringe on your gun rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment!
Please help to expose this cover-up! Please help to urge others to appoint an independent Special Prosecutor. Your Constitutional rights are literally at stake here!
I look forward to hearing from you on exposing this cover-up!
Respectfully,
Alan M. Gottlieb Chairman Second Amendment Foundation
P. S. We can only guess (just for a little longer!) how far up the Administration hierarchy this cover-up was approved...maybe all the way to the top!
Quick re-cap – Obama, Clinton and Holder deliberately instituted Operation Fast and Furious for the sole purpose of increasing the number of U.S. weapons that “walked” into Mexico. Remember some of the facts:
* ATF agents were repeatedly told to “stand down” as the guns “walked;”
* The supervisor of this operation was “jovial” and “just delighted” when “walked” guns appeared at crime scenes in Mexico;
* No one had “one iota of concern for human life;” and
* “Acting Director Melson was able to sit at his desk in Washington and – himself – watch a live feed of the straw buyers entering the gun stores to purchase dozens of AK-47 variants.”
Why did Obama, Clinton and Holder do this? It’s obvious to even the most casual observer; they did this to further the propaganda they pushed in early 2009 – that the U.S. has a gun problem because “90%” of the confiscated weapons in Mexico are coming from the U.S. – in order to justify more aggressive restrictions on gun ownership in the U.S.
Keep in mind that when the operation was created in 2009, the Obama administration had not anticipated that it would be exposed. The Democrats had a majority in both the House and Senate and any investigation would have had to have been brought forward by their own party – which Obama, Clinton and Holder knew would not happen. But there were several things they didn’t anticipate:
* Agent Brian Terry’s murder whereby two of the weapons found at the scene were tracked to straw purchasers who bought the weapons under ATF’s supervision via Operation Fast and Furious.
* David Codrea and Mike Vanderboegh’s discovery of this operation.
* Democrats’ loss of their majority in the House, with Republicans taking over in January 2011.
* CBS coverage of this operation.
* David Workman’s exceptional and diligent reporting on this operation.
* Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) pursuit of the truth through Congressional Hearings.
Marxists will always tell you that the ends justify the means. Creating the very problem they can claim they’re prepared to solve isn’t a new tactic for Progressives, but this is only part of the story.
Congressman Issa will fail the American people if he stops short and fails to investigate and determine the true purpose of Operation Fast and Furious. To say that it was a dumb program and needs to stop will miss the true agenda behind the creation of the operation in the first place.
While the “bottom up” Operation Fast and Furious continued, so too has Obama’s “top down” operation – the United Nations (UN) Small Arms Treaty.
Did you know that the UN has an Office for Disarmament Affairs? Did you know the Obama administration has been working closely with the UN and firmly supports the UN Small Arms Treaty, which Obama and Clinton fully intend to thrust upon America?
That excerpt is just a small portion of the entire article. Wait till you read what is written before and after that information!!
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Proverbs 2:2-5
"Make your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding; for if you cry for discernment, lift your voice for understanding; if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will discern the fear of the LORD, and discover the knowledge of God"
Lies Obama Has Told America
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Well! You did it, America - This is your guy. Somehow, Obama was able to spend 4 years attacking your Freedom and lying about it the whole time. And yet, you re-elected him. This board is dedicated to setting straight the many, many, many lies he and the media pass off as truth. Re-pin these and help spread the word!
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Our Judeo-Christian Nation
Enjoy watching Representative Randy Forbes soundly rebut Obama's claim that "we do not consider ourselves a Judeo-Christian nation!"
The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience
Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family.
We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental truths about justice and the common good, and to call upon our fellow citizens, believers and non-believers alike, to join us in defending them. These truths are:
1. the sanctity of human life 2. the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife 3. the rights of conscience and religious liberty.
Inasmuch as these truths are foundational to human dignity and the well-being of society, they are inviolable and non-negotiable. Because they are increasingly under assault from powerful forces in our culture, we are compelled today to speak out forcefully in their defense, and to commit ourselves to honoring them fully no matter what pressures are brought upon us and our institutions to abandon or compromise them. We make this commitment not as partisans of any political group but as followers of Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen Lord, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
“Are you willing to spend time studying the issues, making yourself aware, and then conveying that information to family and friends? Will you resist the temptation to get a government handout for your community? Realize that the doctor’s fight against socialized medicine is your fight. We can’t socialize the doctors without socializing the patients.
Recognize that government invasion of public power is eventually an assault upon your own business. If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he’ll eat you last.” - Ronald Reagan
C. H. Spurgeon Quote
It is in the way of truth that real peace is found. If we quit the faith or leave the path of righteousness under the notion of promoting peace, we shall be greatly mistaken.
‘When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children…’ “
Read that last line again.
“That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children…”
That’s an admission that Great Britain “governed the status” of Barack Obama, Jr. He has chosen to highlight this on his own volition.
And this leads to the relevant question:
HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN’S STATUS BE “GOVERNED” BY GREAT BRITAIN?
A natural born citizen’s status should only be governed by the United States.
Hat Tip: Natural Born Citizen blog
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security
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Proverbs 2:2-5: "Make your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding; for if you cry for discernment, lift your voice for understanding; if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will discern the fear of the LORD, and discover the knowledge of God" (NASB).
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Married for 29 years to my wonderful husband! Two grown children whom we treasure. Our family is very close and love to spend time with each other. We all share a deep Christian faith, love for the Lord Jesus Christ and love for each other. I earned a BA in education from Kean University in 1978. I have been studying the Bible for 20 years and in 2003, upon successful completion of the course of study offered in the MA Lecture Series, earned a Christian Apologetics Certificate from Biola University.
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