the people must be armed

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed - as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword because the whole body of the people are armed."   ~  Noah Webster

the tree of liberty must be refreshed

What country ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure."  ~  Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Paris, 13 Nov. 1787

The Tree of Liberty

saving money, wasting lives

Governor of Arkansas argues that protecting the lives of innocent children just isn’t worth the money.

"Governor Mike Beebe of Arkansas vetoed a bill on Monday, March 4, that would prohibit an abortion if a baby’s heartbeat could be detected 12 or more weeks into a pregnancy. The bill, titled the “Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act” was to be the most life-affirming state law in regards to abortion yet. Arkansas lawmakers, understanding the importance of human life, promptly overturned the Governor’s veto just two days later. All involved are pretty sure that this life-affirming law is going to go to court."

"Governor Mike Beebe’s response to the legislature overriding his veto? The Governor noted that a 1997 court challenge to partial-birth abortion cost the state $148,000. He cited monetary costs as the messaging point to convince voters he was looking out for them."

Dianne Feistein validates armed citizens

Sen. Feinstein Makes Wild Claim to Push Gun Control at Senate Committee Hearing 

I've long considered this Democratic Party representative to be on the lunatic fringe of Congress, and her comments here serve to solidify my position.  I think its interesting to note that she at least recognizes on a sub-concious level that it would be a Police Officer or citizen ARMED WITH A GUN that would likely resolve the issue.

"when a criminal, a drug dealer, a deranged individual has to pause to change magazines and reload that the police or brave bystanders have the opportunity to take that individual down.”

in fairness reporting

There have been many claims recently about there being more causalities during the current Obama Administration than during all eight years of the Bush Administration.  The following statistics are reported by the Department of Defense,

Bush
2001 - 2004: 1489  22.41%
2005 - 2008: 3348  50.40%
Obama
2009 - 2012: 1800  27.10%



Defense Casualty Analysis System
Department of Defense

Obama the puppet

I received a good word last night from a recent friend.  We need to minimize villainizing President Obama; he is merely a puppet on a stage that is bigger than we can imagine, and we can imagine big.  The real enemy of the Constitution, at least the American face of it, is the Democratic Party.  They, the voters, the people behind the party, are responsible for propping him up, for following his "lead" and for continuing to empower him and his anti-American antics, through their continued voting support.

From now on, we need to remind the folks who might be listening that it is the Democratic Party that must be battled, today, tomorrow and until the few good men and women who are involved with this immoral, murderous, anti-Constitutional party have come to their senses, and the Democratic Party is at least reduced to a dull roar.  The alternative continues to be hideous.

Liberalism: A Basic Primer

"“Classical liberalism” is the term used to designate the ideology advocating private property, an unhampered market economy, the rule of law, constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion and of the press, and international peace based on free trade…including freedom of contract and exchange and the free disposition of one’s own labor, is given a high priority. Historically, liberalism has manifested a hostility to state action, which, it insists, should be reduced to a minimum."  ~  Ralph Raico

Hmm, sounds a lot like conservatism.  I wonder where the shift occurred.


Kelly OConnell pens the missive, "Liberalism: A Basic Primer—Or, Why Leftism is Failure Incarnate".


Mark J. Perry enlightens us Why Socialism Failed.

Triablogue: "Do Christians still receive spiritual gifts?"

Triablogue: "Do Christians still receive spiritual gifts?": By Dominic Bnonn Tennant:

can you see the baby?

The National Pro-Life Alliance has prepared a short video on the power of sonograms in saving babies.

Please take a moment to watch it by clicking here.


“See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity; in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it.   But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them,  I declare to you today that you shall surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess it.  I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,  by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”  ~ Deuteronomy 30:15-20 (NASB)

BibleGateway.com

facted points

Our life is like a precious stone, containing many aspects, many facets.  These facets combine to produce the whole, and, like a precious stone, each facet produces a distinct point of light, a sparkle, when exposed to the light, radiance produced when the whole is moved and turned in its entirety, some producing brighter sparkles than others.

Upon reflection, I have seen my life, my gem, become dull, non-radient.  I have have allowed myself to de-evolve, working and sleeping and enjoying few of life's enjoyable moments.  Time for a change!

fac·et

   [fas-it]  Show IPA noun, verb, -et·ed, -et·ingor ( especially British ) -et·ted, -et·ting.

noun

1.

one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.

2.

a similar surface cut on a fragment of rock by the action ofwater, windblown sand, etc.

3.

aspect; phase: They carefully examined every facet of theargument.

4.

Architecture . any of the faces of a column cut in a polygonalform.

5.

Zoology . one of the corneal lenses of a compound arthropodeye.