Are we free to assemble and conduct a Bible study in our own homes? Silly question you say, of course we are free to assemble and practice our religious believes the way we see fit without the state interfering! It's our constitutional right you say. Well think again! San Diego County government has told a local pastor and his wife that they are in violation of county ordinances because they host a weekly Bible study in their home. Ten to fifteen people gather in a private home, share a meal, pray and study God's word, and the County says they are now required to obtain a permit to hold a religious assembly. How ridiculous! Someone needs to remind San Diego County of a little thing called the U.S. Constitution and the 1st Amendment.
If you find this all a little hard to believe, check it out for yourself at : http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,522637,00.html
Some may say it's just crazy California, but I fear that this is just the tip of the iceberg. Are you ready to fight for your rights America? I don't know about you, but I plan on being ready.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Friday, May 01, 2009
The "New" American Revolution
Is it time for a second American Revolution? Right off the bat let me say that I am not advocating a violent overthrow of our current form of government. In fact I think the “new revolution” is needed to ensure that our current form of government continues and thrives. We, as a nation, have become complacent and allowed “career politicians” to subvert, and bring to its knees, the representative republic that our fore fathers set in place 233 years ago. I find it hard to believe that the likes of Washington, Jefferson, and Adams envisioned that the government would be run by a group of “professional, career politicians.”
Arlen Specter, the senior Senator from Pennsylvania, is the perfect example of the “career politician” that is ruining our country. Here’s a guy who has served in the Senate for nearly 30 years! He claims that he switched parties because he no longer felt the Republican Party shared his political views. An out right lie! Less that a month ago, he told Sean Hannity in an interview that the 41 Republican Senators where “in a way, national treasures”, and that he had no intentions of switching parties. Why did he really switch? Because he saw the hand writing on the wall, and realized he could not survive a strong challenge in the next republican primary. In fact he was down over 20 percentage points in the polls to his primary challenger. The blinking light in the corner of his eye was his Career Dissipation Indicator. Scrambling to save his professional political career; he cut a deal with Harry Reid and changed parties. Now he will have a much better chance of re-election in a democrat leaning Pennsylvania. Citizens of Pennsylvania, was he looking out for your best interest, or his own. You make the call.
So why do we need a “new” American Revolution? It’s time to make our government work for us again. It’s time to put an end to career politicians. Right now the first job of every new Senator or Representative is to get re-elected. As soon as he or she takes office, they begin raising money and lining up the special interest groups to help them win another term. Is that what we elect them to do? How about addressing real issues and problems that face our nation; how about re-shaping a bloated federal government that is so big that it restricts and stymies economic growth and puts an ever increasing heavy hand on it’s citizens. Let’s get rid of all the career politicians and place term limits on our representatives. If we limit a President to serving only two terms, why don’t we do the same to our Congress? Maybe, just maybe, if they know they only have a limited time in office, they’ll get down to doing the business they were sent to Washington to accomplish. Maybe the politicians who seek public office just to hoard power and curry favor from the special interest will say it’s not worth it for only two terms. And when that happens, maybe we will begin to see true public servants running for office. And maybe, just maybe, we’ll have a congress that is composed of “Statesmen” not politicians!
We don’t need to wage this revolution with rifle and cannon. This time let’s use the ballot box!
If you feel like being a revolutionary, feel free to copy this and send it to your friends. But be aware; you may find yourself on “the list.”
Arlen Specter, the senior Senator from Pennsylvania, is the perfect example of the “career politician” that is ruining our country. Here’s a guy who has served in the Senate for nearly 30 years! He claims that he switched parties because he no longer felt the Republican Party shared his political views. An out right lie! Less that a month ago, he told Sean Hannity in an interview that the 41 Republican Senators where “in a way, national treasures”, and that he had no intentions of switching parties. Why did he really switch? Because he saw the hand writing on the wall, and realized he could not survive a strong challenge in the next republican primary. In fact he was down over 20 percentage points in the polls to his primary challenger. The blinking light in the corner of his eye was his Career Dissipation Indicator. Scrambling to save his professional political career; he cut a deal with Harry Reid and changed parties. Now he will have a much better chance of re-election in a democrat leaning Pennsylvania. Citizens of Pennsylvania, was he looking out for your best interest, or his own. You make the call.
So why do we need a “new” American Revolution? It’s time to make our government work for us again. It’s time to put an end to career politicians. Right now the first job of every new Senator or Representative is to get re-elected. As soon as he or she takes office, they begin raising money and lining up the special interest groups to help them win another term. Is that what we elect them to do? How about addressing real issues and problems that face our nation; how about re-shaping a bloated federal government that is so big that it restricts and stymies economic growth and puts an ever increasing heavy hand on it’s citizens. Let’s get rid of all the career politicians and place term limits on our representatives. If we limit a President to serving only two terms, why don’t we do the same to our Congress? Maybe, just maybe, if they know they only have a limited time in office, they’ll get down to doing the business they were sent to Washington to accomplish. Maybe the politicians who seek public office just to hoard power and curry favor from the special interest will say it’s not worth it for only two terms. And when that happens, maybe we will begin to see true public servants running for office. And maybe, just maybe, we’ll have a congress that is composed of “Statesmen” not politicians!
We don’t need to wage this revolution with rifle and cannon. This time let’s use the ballot box!
If you feel like being a revolutionary, feel free to copy this and send it to your friends. But be aware; you may find yourself on “the list.”
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