How do we get past the “entitlement” mentality of half of America? How do we bridge the “entitlement” gap?
In the span of a generation, the American culture has flipped 180°. It was a beloved Democrat, JFK, that delivered the famous admonition: “Ask NOT what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
Today’s Democrats (with the GOP not far behind) ran on a platform of “freebies” in exchange for liberty. Of course, they don’t explain it that way, but history tells us repeatedly to guard our liberty from any and all who would put a pricetag on it. Apparently, a majority of Americans have placed a very low price on their liberty – “Obamacare?” The Affordable Care Act will tax Americans (but not illegals) with an income of $14,000 an additional $2500 annually if they do not purchase the “State Insurance Plan!” Does that sound “AFFORDABLE” or “fair” to you?
There are other evidences of this irresponsible, myopic vision. This administration has a number of unresolved events with catastrophic results.
The FBI debacle known as “Fast & Furious” got as far as the White House in its investigation, and President Obama claimed “Executive” privilege. The only way he can legally do that is if he is intimately involved. Hello?
Obama’s claim to fame, the capture and … Of Osama bin Laden, though a successful mission, proved a precursor to the revelation that the event could have occurred sooner, but President Obama …hesitated. The heroic SEAL Team 6, responsible for this victory, was “outed” by the White House and soon after, a chopper with an unusual number of this team, 20 SEALS, were shot down mysteriously killing all plus the flight crew – 23 in all. This is, apparently, still … under investigation. Is anyone still asking why so many spec ops agents were on board an unarmored chopper? Does anyone care?
“Benghazi-gate” is our most recent event of, what seems like treason. The administration continues to hide behind “the investigation,” but we know the attack was watched LIVE from the White House. We know troops nearby on the ground were ordered to “Stand Down.” We know Gen Ham and Gen Allen, both distinguished career officers, refused to obey the order to “stand down,” and were relieved of duty within 24 hours. We know the administration has, with the help of the lap-dog media, succeeded in turning the bloody attack which resulted in the deaths of 4 Americans into a run-of-the-mill DC sex scandal. Has America moved on to whatever the Kardashian girls or Snooki are doing today?
That doesn’t even touch the election, itself! Have you looked at the “results” map? How does the President win with so few “blue” specks amid the sea of red? Turnout results in some districts greater than 100% of registered voters, multiple precincts reported 100% for Obama – 0 for Romney, Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse … or any other candidate. Strange? Curious? Or just don’t care?
I don’t know how far our nation will have to fall before enough Americans care. I don’t know what might affect the change sufficient to re-awaken the attitude JFK called forth 40 years ago. This much I know, our Founders understood the elements required to build, establish, and maintain a Republic: personal sacrifice, virtue, and free trade!
As for me and my house, we will trust the Lord! This is where things get “radical.” I have told my adult children, and I’m suggesting to you, Patriots, that the only thing we have to cling to right now is what separates us from the Left AND the GOP >>> Traditional American Values! In this transition time, we, as Patriots, need to affirm our belief in our individual & personal FAITH – whatever that may be. We need to position ourselves to be of service to others in the “dark” (and dark is a relative term) days to come. Our WORDS must be put into action for the benefit of others who are struggling. THAT is the ONLY thing short of “bottoming out” that will turn the tide of entitlement around … maybe! But this I know, my God is still on His throne, and His will will be accomplished. My prayer remains the same: that America (and therefore Americans) will take a “reality” pill and … make the Right choice as individual Patriots.
“Right now I call the sky and the earth to be witnesses that I am offering you this choice. Will you choose for the Lord to make you prosperous and give you a long life? Or will he put you under a curse and kill you? Choose life!”
I am compelled to apologize for any words or images I have shared throughout this election season that disrespected the Office of the President or the person of Barack Obama. My intention was to make no judgement about him as a person. It is his policies that are contrary to my beliefs, and it is his policies I take issue with. That is all. His personal life and character are not for me to judge except where it affects public policy.
There has been a landslide of nasty, irresponsible ads, cartoons, and slurs from both sides, and it prompts one simple question:
What gives us the impression we deserve a more truthful,
more Constitutional government
when we cannot even engage in a civil discussion
among ourselves as neighbors, family and friends?
I suggest we have more in common than we have differences, or at the very least, we have a foundation of shared beliefs:
We are, after all, all Americans despite what some politicians believe. We come from different nations, backgrounds, ethnicities, religions, etc, but none of those things are really issues unless someone turns a spotlight on them. We are British, French, German, Spanish, African, Russian, Jewish, and Arabs. We are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and atheist. We are rich, poor, thin, fat, tall, short, but we are all Americans. We have been foolish to allow politicians to drive wedges between us, focusing only on our differences and ignoring the things we share.
We all care for our children, our elderly, and the weaker among us, and seek ways and methods to help improve their lot. None of us can abide purposeless suffering and will do whatever we can to “fix” the problem. We want our children to excel in whatever they choose. We want our Seniors to have purpose right up to the end of their lives. We want to alleviate pain where we can, and comfort the suffering as best we can.
We all feel the need to be safe in our homes, and live the life we choose, as lng as it doesn’t infringe on another’s right to do the same. We all know the world has some craziness in it, but we need to feel safe, at least in our our homes. We acknowledge that the choice between safety and freedom is an ambiguous one difficult to fathom and harder to apprehend.
We all need to feel like we matter, like we’re a part of something noble that is much larger than we are and we have a part. We are all disappointed when we learn that “noble” something turns out to be less than perfect. This is a basic human need – to be needed or appreciated. This is the point and function of families. Each of us, ideally, has a family that provides a “safe” growing place, but we know this is not how things always play out. Nevertheless, individuals require a circle of support, in lieu of a family or in addition to it, to help in times of need, but also to be a place of giving for each one. We all – each one of us – have something of value to share with others, and it is vital to to preserve and develop our individual promise, our personal dream.
The hatred and bitterness that ripples across our land is a potentially fatal virus. Though we disagree on the “HOW” of these issues, the goal is the same for Democrats and republicans, for Liberals and Conservatives, for Libertarians, and Tea Party Patriots. We want a strong, vibrant America with productive citizenry and opportunity for every American.
We ALL feel disenfranchised, cut off from the power, right?
We ALL feel a horrible disappointment in the way prices continue to climb and our pay doesn’t, right?
We ALL feel unfairly helpless as life appears to be dictated by the powerful elite in DC or Big Business, right?
We ALL believe the goal of government, as stated in the Constitution, is to facilitate the ability of each American citizen to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The attainment of happiness is up to each of us since it is different for each of us. If the men and women currently running for office are not the ones to get us to this goal, it is up to us to find the ones that can and will, and if we cannot do that, perhaps we should consider running for office.
In another week or so, we will elect the man to lead our nation for the next 4 years. Some of us will be very upset by the results and some will be content, but either way, we are ALL Americans! The hatred and divisions do not serve ANY good purpose, and only serve to divide us for easier … manipulation? I am only one person, and claim no authority but that of citizen, but still I urge any who read this to put aside the foul emotions of this election season, the name-calling and lies, and put our energy into pushing our government to actually represent OUR wishes.
HARPERS FERRY- This Friday, the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan will be holding a public rally in the historic town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. This rally is to endorse Barack Hussein Obama and honor his contributions to the Democratic Party.
It irks me that so many Americans either never learned or have bought the rewritten version of American history concerning Jim Crowe, the KKK, and the Democrat Party. Of course, printing it here will not change many minds, I’d wager, but TRUTH is TRUTH! Martin Luther King, Jr was a REPUBLICAN – a lifelong Republican who lived a virtuous, conservative life as he sought to bring American life into line with Biblical principles of “love your neighbor!” If you check history, the REAL history, the most despicable crimes against Black Americans were perpetrated by the Democrats. The Frederick Douglass Foundation, Inc. is a great source of TRUTH about Americans of color throughout our nation’s history. – BBB
Scripture References – Contrary to current policy and political correctness, you see, WORK is a GOOD thing! It is rewarded, not only by financial gain, but also personal dignity and a sense of accomplishment which builds confidence and character.
Ecclesiates 3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Romans 5: 1-5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have[a] peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Confident they will suffer no condemnation by the liberal media, Democrats routinely engage in rank racism toward black Republicans, calling them “sellouts”, “House Negroes” and worse.
This racist name calling is the despicable tactic Democrats use to demean black Americans who do not toe the liberal agenda line and keep blacks corralled on the Democratic Party’s economic plantation.
Race-baiting to garner the black vote is a key component of the re-election campaign of President Barack Obama. He remained silent when his VP, Joe Biden, shamelessly played the race card while speaking to a largely black audience in Danville, Virginia, saying about the Republican candidates: “They’re going to put y’all back in chains”. READ MORE
1. What Party was founded as the anti-slavery Party and fought to free blacks from slavery?
[ ] a. Democratic Party [ ] b. Republican Party 2. What is the Party of Abraham Lincoln who signed the Emancipation Proclamation that resulted in the Juneteenth celebrations that occur in black communities today?
[ ] a. Democratic Party [ ] b. Republican Party 3. What Party passed the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution granting blacks freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote?
[ ] a. Democratic Party [ ] b. Republican Party 4. What Party passed the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1875 granting blacks protection from the Black Codes and prohibiting racial discrimination in public accommodations, and the Party of most blacks prior to the 1960’s, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
[ ] a. Democratic Party [ ] b. Republican Party 5. What is the Party of the founding fathers of the NAACP?
[ ] a. Democratic Party [ ] b. Republican Party *NOTE: Mr Du Bois was actually a member of the Socialist Party and in the early 60′s, joined the Communist party of America. 6. What is the Party of President Dwight Eisenhower who signed the 1957 Civil Rights Act, sent U.S. troops to Arkansas to desegregate schools, established the Civil Rights Commission in 1958, and appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren to the U.S. Supreme Court which resulted in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision ending school segregation?
[ ] a. Democratic Party [ ] b. Republican Party 7. What Party, by the greatest percentage, passed the Civil Rights Acts of the 1950’s and 1960’s?
[ ] a. Democratic Party [ ] b. Republican Party 8. What is the Party of President Richard Nixon who instituted the first Affirmative Action program in 1969 with the Philadelphia Plan that established goals and timetables, a plan crafted by black Republican Art Fletcher?
[ ] a. Democratic Party [ ] b. Republican Party 9. What is the Party of President George W. Bush who appointed more blacks to high-level positions than any president in history and who spent record money on education, job training and health care to help black Americans prosper?
[ ] a. Democratic Party [ ] b. Republican Party 10. What Party fought to keep blacks in slavery and was the Party of the Ku Klux Klan?
[ ] a. Republican Party [ ] b. Democratic Party 11. What Party from 1870 to 1930 used fraud, whippings, lynching, murder, intimidation, and mutilation to get the black vote, and passed the Black Codes and Jim Crow laws which legalized racial discrimination and denied blacks civil rights?
[ ] a. Republican Party [ ] b. Democratic Party 12. What is the Party of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Harry Truman who rejected anti-lynching laws and efforts to establish a permanent Civil Rights Commission?
[ ] a. Republican Party [ ] b. Democratic Party 13. What is the Party of President Lyndon Johnson, who called Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “that [N-word] preacher” because he opposed the Viet Nam War; and President John F. Kennedy who voted against the 1957 Civil Rights law as a Senator, then as president opposed Dr. King’s 1963 March on Washington and had Dr. King investigated by the FBI on suspicion of being a communist?
[ ] a. Republican Party [ ] b. Democratic Party 14. What is the Party of the late Senators Robert Byrd who was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, former Governor Ernest “Fritz” Hollings who hoisted the Confederate flag over the state capitol in South Carolina , and the late Senator Ted Kennedy who called black judicial “Neanderthals” while blocking their appointments?
[ ] a. Republican Party [ ] b. Democratic Party 15. What is the Party of President Bill Clinton who refused to send troops to Rwanda to save 800,000 blacks from being killed in 1994, vetoed the welfare reform law twice before signing it, and refused to comply with a court order to have shipping companies stop discriminating against blacks and develop an Affirmative Action Plan?
[ ] a. Republican Party [ ] b. Democratic Party 16. What Party is against school choice opportunity scholarships that would help poor blacks get out of failing schools and takes the black vote for granted without ever acknowledging their racist past or apologizing for trying to expand slavery, lynching blacks and passing the Black Codes and Jim Crow laws that caused great harm to blacks?
[ ] a. Republican Party [ ] b. Democratic Party
NOTE: All answers are “b.” – For details visit: www.NBRA.info
Character assassination. That’s the tactic used by Democrats in the 1960′s to discredit Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a Republican who was fighting the Democrats and trying to stop them from denying civil rights to blacks.
The relentless disparagement of Dr. King by Democrats led to his being physically assaulted and ultimately to his tragic death. In March of 1968, while referring to Dr. King’s leaving Memphis, Tennessee after riots broke out where a teenager was killed, Democrat Senator Robert Byrd, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, called Dr. King a “trouble-maker” who starts trouble, but runs like a coward after trouble is ignited. A few weeks later, Dr. King returned to Memphis and was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
Prior to his death, Democrats bombed Dr. King’s home several times. The scurrilous efforts by the Democrats to harm Dr. King included spreading rumors that he was a Communist and accusing him of being a womanizer and a plagiarist.
BLOGGER’S NOTE:Sadly, there are still great numbers of African Americans supporting President Obama for no other reason than his skin color. Seriously! When asked why they support him, they, generally, have nothing to say.
PLEASE, friends, if you truly support what he stands for and the personal vision he has for America – to become equal partners in a One World Government with the other nations of the earth, by all means, vote for him.
If, however, you love America, but believe we can do better, help one another better by becoming more productive from bottom to top, I urge you to support LIFE, support the Equality birthed by God and written about in our Constitution, support Godly principles (regardless of personal religion or lack of it) that build character and strong families. Vote for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan on November 6th! Please!
I know that every campaign promise Barack Obama makes has an expiration date … but this is ridiculous. The confetti is barely off the floor at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina after Obama’s acceptance speech, and already we find out that he’s flip-flopped. Remember this part of the speech, in which he attacks the Paul Ryan plan to apply free-market reform and cost controls to Medicare?
And I will — I will never turn Medicare into a voucher.
No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and the dignity they have earned. Yes, we will reform and strengthen Medicare for the long haul, but we’ll do it by reducing the cost of health care, not by asking seniors to pay thousands of dollars more. And we will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it, not by turning it over to Wall Street.
In his convention speech in Charlotte, President Obama vowed to block the Republican Medicare reform plan because “no American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies.”
But back in Washington, his Health and Human Services Department is launching a pilot program that would shift up to 2 million of the poorest and most-vulnerable seniors out of the federal Medicare program and into private health insurance plans overseen by the states.
The administration has accepted applications from 18 states to participate in the program, which would give states money to purchase managed-care plans for people who are either disabled or poor enough to qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid. HHS approved the first state plan, one for Massachusetts, last month.
Bear in mind that Ryan’s plan made the vouchers optional; seniors could choose the traditional government-run Medicare plan or opt for a private insurance plan from a federal exchange of approved insurers. Ryan also allows all seniors to choose, and didn’t force the poorest seniors to take the voucher option. Not only will Obama push just the poorest seniors into this plan, in some states they’d have to know to opt back in to traditional Medicare:
California is already counting on more than $500 million in budget savings from its own program this year. Most states are proposing to automatically enroll people. Those who don’t want to participate would need to opt out. The Massachusetts plan includes that feature.
Talk about leaving seniors — the poorest seniors! — “at the mercy of insurance companies.” And why has HHS decided to roll out this pilot program?
A former Ohio University student paid to canvass for Voters First Ohio petition signatures was arrested August 14 by the Cincinnati Police Department. Timothy Noel Zureick was booked on 22 counts of signing false signatures and one count of election falsification, both fifth-degree felonies.
As reported by the Athens News, Zureick, age 21, was arrested for crimes allegedly committed while working in Athens for Working America, a campaign arm of the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC. Zureick’s August 14 arrest is the first known prosecution to stem from the numerous allegations of fraud during the union-driven Voters First campaign.
According to authorities, on or around June 12 Zureick forged the signatures of a number of prominent Athens County Democratic Party figures. Athens County Board of Elections employees who had not signed Voters First petitions alerted the county prosecutor’s office after finding their signatures on petitions Zureick submitted.
The White Collar Crimes unit of the Athens County Prosecutor’s Office investigated the case and found that Zureick was living in Cincinnati. Zureick, who has two addresses in Cincinnati, was located by authorities at his father’s residence thanks to assistance from a neighbor.
Zureick reportedly attempted to hide from the officers serving a warrant for his arrest.
“His father first denied he was at the home,” Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn told Athens Newsreporter Jim Phillips. However, Zureick’s car parked outside and movement detected inside the home led police to suspect otherwise.
Hamas-linked CAIR tries to strong-arm Romney, demands he explain private meeting with pro-freedom General
This will be a test for Romney: will he kowtow to the Islamic supremacists and allow them to dictate with whom he can speak and consult? Will they succeed in intimidating him into distancing himself from General Boykin and downplaying the nature and magnitude of the threat of jihad and Islamic supremacism? Or will he tell them that he is not going to take orders from a Hamas-linked Muslim Brotherhood front group?
CAIR Asks Romney to Explain Meeting with Infamous ‘Islamophobe.’ Muslim rights group questions why candidate willing to hold private meeting with anti-Muslim extremist
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/9/12) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to clarify his decision to meet privately with a key figure in the ‘Islamophobia’ movement, retired Lieutenant General William G. “Jerry” Boykin.
Boykin asserts that “[Islam] should not be protected under the First Amendment,” that there should be “no mosques in America” and that there can be no interfaith dialogue or cooperation between Muslims and Christians. In 2003, President Bush rebuked Boykin for his anti-Muslim stance.
Earlier this year, Boykin’s extreme viewpoints resulted in him withdrawing from a prayer breakfast at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. CAIR and VoteVets.org, a coalition of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, had both asked the academy to retract the invitation because of Boykin’s Islamophobic views….
Hamas-linked CAIR’s propaganda screeds against freedom fighters cannot be trusted. Boykin was speaking about not extending First Amendment protection to Islam as a political system that is authoritarian, supremacist, and at variance in numerous ways with the rights and freedoms acknowledged by the U.S. Constitution. Hamas-linked CAIR obfuscates and dissembles about those elements of Islam, and would have you believe that Boykin simply wants to deny individual Muslims — good, pious, hardworking people! — First Amendment protection out of “bigotry” and “racism.” But just today on Jihad Watch we have seen an amputation for theft and the jailing of people for gambling and for proselytizing for Christianity — all in accord with Islamic law.
Hamas-linked CAIR reps will never discuss these aspects of Islam, or explain how they fit in with our freedoms and rights in the U.S. But these stories were the kinds of things that General Boykin was talking about. So we shall see: will Romney fold and submit? Or stand firm and maybe even declare his intentions to protect Constitutional freedoms from Sharia encroachment? That is probably too much to expect, but we can hope at least that he doesn’t throw Boykin under the bus.
Four years of President Obama’s foreign policy are having their full effect. After squandering time in sham “negotiations” with Iran and Palestine and abandoning Iraq to al-Qaeda, the President has made many situations more difficult—and urgent.
During the course of the Sabbath (Aug 2012), 10 Quassam rockets were fired into Israel from the Hamas controlled Gaza Strip.
Iran is testing its ballistic missiles. We cannot afford to waste any more time. After the President downplayed a military option for more than three years, recent pressures—both practical and political—have caused the Obama Administration to become more hawkish on the Iran nuclear issue in recent weeks.
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, in Israel on a Middle East tour last week, called for international leaders to keep “maximum pressure” on Iran and warned that the United States “will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, period.” As Heritage’s James Phillips notes:
The Administration’s tougher rhetoric is in part a reflection of the fact that Iran has shrugged off international sanctions, refused to negotiate an acceptable resolution of the nuclear impasse, and continues to stockpile enriched uranium at an accelerating rate.
…Although the Administration has been quick to take credit for stronger sanctions on Iran, much of the impetus for sanctions has come from Congress, which has passed sanctions legislation by huge bipartisan majorities, sometimes over the objections of the Administration.
Congress, and slowly the Administration, is recognizing that the U.S. should broaden and deepen its cooperation with Israel on missile defense. We must share the costs of trying to make up the lost time when missile defenses were not pursued as a matter of policy.
In a new Heritage paper, Baker Spring lays out specifics for this cooperation and its funding. He notes that there is “strong bipartisan congressional support in favor of providing significantly more money for U.S.–Israeli missile defense cooperation than the Obama Administration originally proposed.” > > > READ MORE
NOTE: When will the American people begin to realize we are at war, and we must recognize our adversary if we harbor any hopes of victory – of peace! Islam is NOT a religion of peace. In fact, it is NOT a RELIGION at all. It is little more than license to kill all who oppose their way of life.
“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”
George Washington (Farewell Address, 1796)
No sooner had Barack Hussein Obama launched his campaign Demo-goguery assaulting the Second Amendment last week than his surrogates set about attacking the First Amendment.
Their target of opportunity was Chick-fil-A, the most recent entry on a long list of companies large and small that have come under attack for Christian business practices. Chick-fil-A, however, is just the proverbial tip of the iceberg when it comes to the Left’s multi-vectored assault on Judeo-Christian values.
It is worth a brief review of how this attack unfolded, as it is very consistent with the modus operandi of Obama’s socialist cadres.
Chick-fil-A was started by Truett Cathy in 1967; it now operates 1,614 very successful restaurants in 39 states. Years ago I met Truett and his sons Dan and Bubba, and I’ve crossed paths with them since by way of their far-reaching support of local and national organizations promoting traditional family values. By that I don’t mean “anti-gay” organizations, but “pro-family” groups like First Things First, one of the nation’s leading fatherhood advocacy groups managed by my friend Julie Baumgardner.
Mr. Cathy is a devoted Christian, and this context has shaped his company from top to bottom. By extension, this has also shaped the values of communities nationwide: Chick-fil-A’s corporate mission statement notes, “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us. To have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.” In keeping with the Christian stewardship of its owners, Chick-fil-A stores are closed on Sundays, when many restaurants do vigorous business. “I was not so committed to financial success that I was willing to abandon my principles and priorities,” Truett says. “Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.”
So what offense did current Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy commit to put his company directly in the Left’s sights and set off a Leftist boycott? Well, when asked in an interview about his company’s “support of the traditional family,” he replied, “Well, guilty as charged. We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and … we give God thanks for that. We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We intend to stay the course. We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles.”
Or … maybe not.
In the wake of Dan’s remarks, Boston mayor Thomas Menino unilaterally declared Chick-fil-A could not open franchises in the city “unless they open up their policies.” Menino warned, “if they need licenses in the city, it will be very difficult,” adding, “There is no place for [Chick-fil-A] along Boston’s Freedom Trail. Chick-fil-A doesn’t belong in Boston. We’re an open city, we’re a city that’s at the forefront of inclusion.” Washington, D.C., mayor Vincent Gray protested that Chick-fil-A advocates “bigotry” and added, “I would not support hatechicken.” Gray claims, “They give hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-gay [read: "pro-family"] groups.” That was followed by Obama’s former chief of staff and now Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, who said, “Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values. They disrespect our fellow neighbors and residents. if you’re gonna be part of the Chicago community, you should reflect Chicago values.” (Apparently, Chicago values include becoming the murder capital of the nation and hosting Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, the Christian-hating race baiter who, ironically, opposes same-sex marriage.) Predictably, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee also jumped over the rainbow, saying he was “very disappointed Chick-fil-A doesn’t share [our] values and strong commitment to equality for everyone. … The closest Chick-fil-A is 40 miles away, and I strongly recommend that they not try to come any closer.”
Of course, the Leftist outrage with Chick-fil-A is somewhat puzzling because in Obama’s own words, “I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian … it is also a sacred union. God’s in the mix. … I am not somebody who promotes same-sex marriage.” Oh, wait — that was candidate Obama back in 2008, when he hoodwinked a majority of voters into thinking he was a man of principle.
Chicago ‘Godfather’ Rahm Emanuel Welcomes Jew-Hating Farrakahn And Rejects Chick-fil-a on “moral” grounds
Now understand, Chick-fil-A does not discriminate against those with Gender Disorientation Pathology in their employment or service practices. That would be contrary to Christian doctrine, which instructs that we are to love the sinner and hate the sin. You can’t love someone if you shut him or her (or it) out, and despite ignorant protests from the Left, genuine Christians reach out to all people. The company policy states, “The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect — regardless of their belief, race creed, sexual orientation or gender.”
The same can be said of tens of thousands of other businesses, whose Christian owners infuse their organizations with faith-based values. Some of those brands are Big Idea Entertainment (VeggieTales), Forever 21, eHarmony, Whole Foods, Tom’s of Maine, Interstate Battery, Tyson Foods, ServiceMaster, Marriott International, Alaska Airlines, In-N-Out Burger and Hobby Lobby. Yes, even The Patriot Post has an official Statement of Faith as adopted by our Board and renewed each year. (No word yet from Menino, Emanuel and Lee about boycotting the rest of Christendom.)
Perhaps all those business owners should invoke Obama’s claim, “You didn’t build that — somebody else made that happen,” in order to avoid the Leftist prosecution.
The venomous Leftist assaults against the First Amendment and its protection clause ensuring the free exercise of faith, not only earned the four mayors condemnation from even the ACLU, but also gave rise to a Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. The massive turnout in support of traditional family values created blocks-long lines around some Chick-fil-As, and resulted in a one day sales record for the company. I suspect that those same folks will be turning out in long lines at the polls in November.
Of course, Leftists are the consummate hypocrites. On the one hand, they boycott a certain restaurant because its CEO subscribes to the Judeo-Christian family model established through all of recorded history but is a model that doesn’t comport with Obama’s homosexual agenda. On the other hand, they fill the tanks of their cars with fuel purchased from Islamic cultures that condone the stoning of homosexuals.
Disciple of hate via Rev Jeremiah Wright
Obama is a disciple of hate, stewarded by his “religious mentor,” Jeremiah Wright and a long list of Marxist mentors that includes his atheist mother. As theologian G. K. Chesterton once wrote, “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing — they believe in anything.” That defines Obama’s constituencies and explains his election.
In the timeless words of John Adams, from 1776, “It is religion and morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand.”
To that end, Obama’s assault on faith has been relentless, as it must be in order to replace Liberty, as enshrined in Rule of Law, with tyranny under the rule of men.
There are, of course, some defining moments of Obama’s unmitigated hostility toward Christians. In April 2008, we saw a hint when then-candidate Obama defined grassroots Christians as folks who “get bitter” and “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them.”
But Obama most notably framed his disdain for Christians once it became apparent that his Socialist Democrats were going to suffer significant setbacks in the 2010 midterm election.
Recall that in October of that year, he repeatedly and deliberately omitted “endowed by our Creator” when citing the Declaration of Independence, and he insisted at an international forum that our National Motto was “E Pluribus Unum” rather than “In God We Trust.”
To achieve his strategy of disabling Individual Liberty, Obama knows he must erode the integrity of faith and family — the keystones of our Republic. Those keystones have been recognized throughout civilization, as aptly demonstrated through the words of Marcus Tullius Cicero (circa 50 BC): “[T]he first principle of society consists in the marriage tie, the next in children, the next in a family within one roof, where everything is in common. This society gives rise to the city, and is, as it were, the nursery of the commonwealth.”
On occasion, we’re given a great opportunity to confront the Left’s assault on the First Amendment and the assailing of faith and family. The attack on Chick-fil-A is one of them. To that end, I encourage you to vigorously support all companies that stand firm in their Judeo-Christian business practices as well as their stated support for traditional American family values.
Obama’s “gay” constituency of useful idiots is doing what they do best. They plan to occupy Chick-fil-As across the country on Friday for a “National Same Sex Kiss Day” — a fine juxtaposition of how conservatives and liberals demonstrate their values. Conservatives stand in line and purchasing a product to show support while liberals occupying private property with the objectives of offending others and preventing commerce. Undoubtedly some “kisser” will provoke confrontation, and that will be the story carried by the Leftmedia to repeat the lie that Christians are “homophobic thugs.” (Tucson-based Vante Medical Corp FIRED its CFO today after he posted an online video [below] of himself provoking a Chick-fil-A employee.)
Reject the Leftist Dema-goguery and hate — signal your support for traditional family values by signing this national petition and, by extension, make clear your opposition to any and all Leftist bigotry against the deeply held values of the traditional American family.
NOTE: My observation – or question of the Left is: Why does support of Family Values automatically mean Hatred of gays? Why does support for Family Values translate into “Christian” oppression of non-believers? Why does a desire for a smaller, less intrusive government automatically translate into free reign and anarchy? Why does a support for our Military members become twisted into war mongering?
It seems to me, those on the left simply project there own biases and prejudices onto us. Either that or guilt twists their brains into mush! Listen, believer or non-believer, we are all imperfect. In “religious language, we are all sinners, and to God, as I understand it, one sin is as bad as another. Remember Jesus saying talking nasty is as bad as doing nasty? So there you go! Believers need to be way less judgmental in our approach to non-believers. Sin uncovers itself. When we point our the splinter in our neighbors’ eye, we’re ignoring the log in our own, remember? Let’s endeavor to stay above the fray, okay?
Today’s Democrats (with the GOP not far behind) ran on a platform of “freebies” in exchange for liberty. Of course, they don’t explain it that way, but history tells us repeatedly to guard our liberty from any and all who would put a pricetag on it. Apparently, a majority of Americans have placed a very low price on their liberty – “Obamacare?” The Affordable Care Act will tax Americans (but not illegals) with an income of $14,000 an additional $2500 annually if they do not purchase the “State Insurance Plan!” Does that sound “AFFORDABLE” or “fair” to you?
That doesn’t even touch the election, itself! Have you looked at the “results” map? How does the President win with so few “blue” specks amid the sea of red? Turnout results in some districts greater than 100% of registered voters, multiple precincts reported 100% for Obama – 0 for Romney, Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse … or any other candidate. Strange? Curious? Or just don’t care?
As for me and my house, we will trust the Lord! This is where things get “radical.” I have told my adult children, and I’m suggesting to you, Patriots, that the only thing we have to cling to right now is what separates us from the Left AND the GOP >>> Traditional American Values! In this transition time, we, as Patriots, need to affirm our belief in our individual & personal FAITH – whatever that may be. We need to position ourselves to be of service to others in the “dark” (and dark is a relative term) days to come. Our WORDS must be put into action for the benefit of others who are struggling. THAT is the ONLY thing short of “bottoming out” that will turn the tide of entitlement around … maybe! But this I know, my God is still on His throne, and His will will be accomplished. My prayer remains the same: that America (and therefore Americans) will take a “reality” pill and … make the Right choice as individual Patriots.
