The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.

On Thursday April 15, 2010 U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb (a Clinton appointee), ruled that the National Day of Prayer, scheduled for today, was unconstitutional.    Crabb wrote in her ruling (excerpt):

It goes beyond mere “acknowledgment” of religion because its sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function in this context. In this instance, the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience

One might argue that the National Day of Prayer does not violate the establishment clause because it does not endorse any one religion. Unfortunately, that does not cure the problem. Although adherents of many religions “turn to God in prayer,” not all of them do.

Further, the statute seems to contemplate a specifically Christian form of prayer with its reference to “churches” but no other places of worship and the limitation in the 1952 version of the statute that the National Day of Prayer may not be on a Sunday.

Judge Crabb apparently does not understand the meaning of the word voluntary. 

Exactly one week after the ruling, our fearless Commander-in-Chief came courageously to the defense of this national voluntary observance.  Per CNN.com:

The Obama administration will fight to preserve the law establishing an annual National Day of Prayer, the Justice Department confirmed Thursday (April 22nd).

The Justice Department’s official filing of a “notice to appeal” Thursday came as no surprise, after White House spokesman Matt Lehrich said following the ruling that President Obama intends to recognize this year’s National Day of Prayer, which is May 6.

The injunction against the National Day of Prayer would not take effect until the appeals have been exhausted.

This was remarkable, considering that the President refuses to allow the Federal Government to participate in this observance.   However, realizing that 75 % of Americans identify themselves as Christian and, as Fox and Friends informed us yesterday morning, 83 % of Americans believe that God answers prayer, what choice did President Obama have?  Maybe he actually learned something in those 20 years under the most honorable Reverend Wright, besides how to spell America with three K’s in front of it.

Our Founding Fathers recognized the need of prayer:

Benjamin Franklin at the Congressional Congress, 1787

I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth–that God Governs the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?

We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that “except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it.” I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the Builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing Governments by Human wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.

I therefore beg leave to move–that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that service.

Presidents have always realized the power of praying to their Creator.   As Michael Barone wrote on January 19th, 2005 for wsj.com about George W. Bush’s Second Inauguration:

George W. Bush has been criticized for his religious references. But he has only been following tradition. Every Second Inaugural since Washington’s brief statement has included some reference to God, from Jefferson’s “that Being,” Madison’s “Heaven” and Monroe’s “Supreme Author of All Good” to Reagan’s “God bless you” and Clinton’s “May God strengthen our hands for the good work ahead–and always, always bless our America.” Four years ago Mr. Bush referred, in Founder’s language, to the “author” of “our nation’s grand story.” Expect something similar from him tomorrow.

Today, our nation stands at the precipice, looking over into future’s abyss of  unknown possibilities.  Will we remain true to our founders, who began a new nation based on Judeo-Christian values and beliefs?  Or will we be destroyed at the hands of our enemies, foreign and domestic?  Please join millions in observing the purpose of this day.  We are a nation standing in the need of prayer.

Sources:  The Dangers of Prayer and Eye Black (this blog),  cnn.com, wsj.com, chuckbaldwinlive.com

In the 24 hour news cycle yesterday, the majority of time  (and rightfully so)  was taken up by the capture of and subsequent revelations about the Times Square Bomber, Faisal Shahzad.  It was revealed that he was a naturalized citizen who left to return to Pakistan for additional (ahem)technical training 3 months before going through his citizenship ceremony.   He returned here without his American wife and two children to complete his mission.

There was all sorts of speculation among the Main Stream Media and Liberal Politicians as to his motivation for trying to blow up a 1993 Nissan Pathfinder Saturday night in the heart of one of the busiest entertainment meccas in America.  Some speculated that he was angry over the foreclosure of his house.    Some claimed it was Boooosh’s fault.  New York City Mayor Bloomberg  told perky Katie Couric that he thought the Bomber was:

Homegrown maybe a mentally deranged person or someone with a political agenda that doesn’t like the health care bill or something. It could be anything.

And some in the Main Stream Media were just downright disappointed:

Amongst all the angst by our self-appointed arbitrators of appropriateness, there was one term that I never heard yesterday until I was watching Monica Crowley (God bless her) sitting there with Alan (Skelator) Colmes last night on the O’Reilly Factor.  That term was (shoo away the small children) Muslim Extremist. (gasp!).

Along with Barak Hussein Obama (mm mmm mmmm) and his Administration, the sycophantic MSM has determined that calling a Muslim Terrorist a Muslim Extremist  is so offensive, that just speaking those dreaded words might do irreparable harm to the wonderful relationship that the Greatest President of  All Time has forged with the Middle East.  (Just ask Bibi Netanyahu about our POTUS.)

Hey, it’s worked great so far, hasn’t it?  While Iranian President Ahmedinejad is fervently rushing to build a nuclear arsenal in order to blow the U.S. off the face of the Earth, Scooter breached Protocol and torqued off one of our staunchest allies, Israel, at a White House Conference, and then he held a Summit Conference for Muslim Entrepreneurs.

So, while President Pantywaist’s Administration and the MSM are pussy-footin’ around, the Muslim Extremists (Yeah, I said it.) have become emboldened to the point that they are now embedding themselves in our culture, like the old Russian Sleeper Cells during the Cold War, just waiting to kill as many Americans as they can and claim their 72 virgins.  Thanks to the naive at best, treasonous at worst, policies of this President and his Administration, America is having to fight the War on Terror on the streets of our own cities.

But, Scooter is waaaay smarter than we are.  He speaks about Islam from personal experience, as in his Cairo Speech on June 4, 2009:

Now part of this conviction is rooted in my own experience. I’m a Christian (Is that why you said that we were no longer a Christian nation?), but my father came from a Kenyan family that includes generations of Muslims.  As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia (in a Madrassa) and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and at the fall of dusk.  As a young man, I worked in Chicago communities where many found dignity and peace in their Muslim faith (like Calypso Louie Farrakhan?).  As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam.  It was Islam — at places like Al-Azhar — that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe’s Renaissance and Enlightenment (nothing like Revisionist History).  It was innovation in Muslim communities — (applause) — it was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing; our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed.  Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation (and beheadings).  And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds (like jihad) the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.  (Applause.)

Y’know, I was called an Extremist yesterday.  It happened on a very popular Conservative Website by a Liberal poster, after I dared asked why the MSM was not referring to Faisal Shahzad as a Muslim Extremist.  I replied:

Yep.  I’m an Extremist.  I’m extreme in my love for God, my family, and my country and the freedom it affords which gives you the right to be a total jerk on the Internet.

He did not have a snappy comeback for that.

By the way, on Fox and Friends this morning, it was announced that 83 % of Americans believe that God answers prayers.  That means that, according to the Administration and the Main Street Media, 83 % of you are Extremists, too.

Sources:  foxnews.com, drudgereport.com, youtube.com

Ladies and gentlemen, before I proceed to go on a rant, please allow America’s Clown Prince, the late Mr. Bernard “Red” Skelton,  to explain our Pledge of Allegiance:

Under God.  This week, Liberals, within the Halls of Power of our own government, have decided to deny our soliders access to a Christian service on the National Day of Prayer.

Evangelist Franklin Graham’s invitation to speak at a Pentagon prayer service has been rescinded because his comments about Islam were inappropriate, the Army said Thursday.

Graham, the son of famed evangelist Billy Graham, in 2001 described Islam as evil. More recently, he has said he finds Islam offensive and wants Muslims to know that Jesus Christ died for their sins.

Army spokesman Col. Tom Collins said Graham’s remarks were “not appropriate.”

“We’re an all-inclusive military,” Collins said. “We honor all faiths. … Our message to our service and civilian work force is about the need for diversity and appreciation of all faiths.”

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation had raised the objection to Graham’s appearance, citing his past remarks about Islam.

Collins said earlier this week that the invitation to attend the National Day of Prayer event at the Pentagon wasn’t from the military but from the Colorado-based National Day of Prayer Task Force, which works with the Pentagon chaplain’s office on the prayer event.

As co-honorary chair of the task force, Graham was expected to be the lead speaker at the May 6 Pentagon service. Country singer Ricky Skaggs was expected to perform.

Since Graham’s invitation was rescinded, the task force has decided not to participate in the military prayer service, Collins said.

From last Sunday’s Blog, “The Dangers of Prayer and Eye Black”:

The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.

By trying to stand for everything, Liberals are making sure that the United States of America stands for nothing.  Just like their President, they are bent on overseeing the radical changing of this country from “the shining city on a hill”  to a third-rate Democratic Socialist nation.  The whole message, especially the last couple of weeks, has been:

Timothy McVeigh claimed to be a Christian.  The Tea Partiers are mostly Christian Americans.  Therefore, they are violent and pose a bigger threat than Islamic Terrorists.  

Just like Goebbels and the National Socialist (Nazi) Party  in Germany demonized the Jews, these Alisky-ites in power are trying to demonize Conservatives, whether you proclaim Christ, or not.  

Unfortunately for the Libs, 75 % of Americans identify themselves as Christians.  This is unlike Europe, where their lifestyle and ambivilence has allowed Sharia Law to gain a major foothold on their continent. 

Isn’t it amazing how those that claim to be the most tolerant among us are actually the least?  Franklin Graham’s dad, the Reverend Billy Graham, remains the greatest Evangelist of our lifetime, leading millions to Christ , while serving and couseling Presidents from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush.  He actually was a registered Democrat, but leaned Republican in his later public life.

According to a 2006 Newsweek interview, “For Graham, politics is a secondary to the Gospel…. When Newsweek asked Graham whether ministers—whether they think of themselves as evangelists, pastors or a bit of both—should spend time engaged with politics, he replied: ‘You know, I think in a way that has to be up to the individual as he feels led of the Lord. A lot of things that I commented on years ago would not have been of the Lord, I’m sure, but I think you have some—like communism, or segregation, on which I think you have a responsibility to speak out.’

For The Federal Government to do this to the son of this great man, a fine Christian leader in his own right, because he dared to speak out against evil, stands against the history of our country.  For those of you who claim to be Conservative and are saying :

Meh.  Why should I care?   We need to expand our tent and make it more encompassing, so that we can win elections.

 Allow me to end this rant by quoting a highly-educated (holder of  a Doctorial degree) man I respect greatly.  He recently said:

The only thing in the middle of the road is a yellow line and dead possums.

Sources:  dailycaller.com, newsweek.com

This past Thursday, we had two rulings aimed at Christians that made the national news.  The first ruling came from U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb (a Clinton appointee), who ruled that the National Day of Prayer, scheduled for May 6th, was unconstitutional.    Crabb wrote in her ruling (excerpt):

It goes beyond mere “acknowledgment” of religion because its sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function in this context. In this instance, the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience

One might argue that the National Day of Prayer does not violate the establishment clause because it does not endorse any one religion. Unfortunately, that does not cure the problem. Although adherents of many religions “turn to God in prayer,” not all of them do.

Further, the statute seems to contemplate a specifically Christian form of prayer with its reference to “churches” but no other places of worship and the limitation in the 1952 version of the statute that the National Day of Prayer may not be on a Sunday.

The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.

Judge Crabb, what part of the fact that the National Day of Prayer is voluntary don’t you understand?  A voluntary event means you do not have to participate if you do not want to.  On the other hand, our new Obamanation of a Healthcare, err, Health Insurance, err, Healthcare Reform Law involves mandated purchase of Health Insurance Policies, with the IRS (Revenuers) reinforcing the fines for not purchasing an insurance policy.  That, my dear judge, is an example of something unconstitutional.

The second ruling against Christians involved the writing of messages on eye black by college football players.  The NCAA banned this practice.  This ruling was the result of Tim Tebow, the Unversity of Florida star quarterback and strong Christian, writing scripture verses on his eye black.   For his last home game as a Senior,  Florida fans urged everyone to wear eye black (with or without Bible verses on them) in honor of Tebow.  It sounds like the fans were really offended, doesn’t it, NCAA?

In both these rulings, it appears that some Liberals in positions of power are taking steps to insure that President Obama’s proclamation that “America is not longer just a Christian nation.” is reinforced.  I’ve got some news for the psuedo-intellectual Elite:  75 % of Americans identify themselves as Christians.  The freedom Americans have experienced for over 200 years is God-given, not man-made.  It is not yours to give or take away.  That is way above your pay grade.

By the way, Judge Crabb, if you want to speak to me on May 6th, you will find me at my town’s City Hall, attending our National Day of Prayer Service.  I’ll save you a seat.

 Sources:  examiner.com, nationaldayofprayer.org, cbsnews.com

I am a Christian American Conservative.  The trendy apellation for that is ” Social Conservative”, or “SoCon”.  At least, that seems to be  the  handle given to us by all the “cool” “super-smart” people.  What do “Social Conservatives” believe?  It depends on who you ask.   According to some of the things I’ve read on some Conservative Blogs and Facebook lately, we’ve been identified as not being too bright, very puritanical, and likely to marry our cousins. 

 About.com lists our beliefs as follows:

Advancing pro-life and anti-abortion stances on unwanted or unplanned pregnancies

Advocating for pro-family legislation and a ban on gay marriage

Eliminating federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research and finding alternative methods of research

Protecting the Second Amendment right to bear arms

Maintaining a strong national defense

Protecting US economic interests against foreign threats and eliminating the need for trade unions

Opposing illegal immigration

Limiting welfare spending by creating economic opportunities for America’s needy

Lifting the ban on school prayer

Implementing high tariffs on countries that do not uphold human rights

That’s a pretty good,  encompassing list.  Of course, everyone’s different and each person has their own belief system they bring to the table.  If you were raised (or reared, as we say in Dixie) in a permissive situation, then you’re going to believe, as John Lennon said, Whatever Gets You Through the Night, It’s Alright. 

 But, if you were raised by parents who instilled in you a set of moral and ethical values unphased by the shifting sands of society, that belief system will remain with you all your life.  We old fogies used to call that, knowing the difference between right and wrong.    That love of God, Country, and the concept of Freedom itself, is what is driving the Tea Party movement and the rest of the Conservative rebirth.  Beltway Business as usual, self-centered psuedo-intellectual squishiness (so-called “Moderate” Republicans), and reliance on Uncle Sugar to solve America’s problems, have gotten us where we are today.  We have a guy in the White House who doesn’t even like the country or people he’s leading.  He is an individual with a undocumented past, who is bowing to our enemies and ridiculing our friends.  He is the product of radical parents, and his sole purpose is to radically change our Free Republic into a third-rate Democratic Socialist state, whose people are dependent on their Federal Government (the Politboro) from cradle to grave.  And if you do not believe this, you obviously have not been paying attention.

It’s time for Conservatives to man up.  We must regain that fiery passion for freedom that prompted the birth of this great nation.  In doing this, we must stand together.  Conservatives can not fight one another and expect to be victorious this November or in 2012. 

Allow me to leave you today with a quote from the finest President of the United States in my lifetime, Ronald Reagan, who said:

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

Sources:  about.com, brainyquote.com

I was born three days before my mother’s 40th birthday.  To say I was a surprise is an understatement.  I truly believe that they were going to name me “oops”.   That being said, I am truly grateful that God convicted them regarding the sanctity of the life that my mother was carrying within her. 

Prior to 1973, abortions were allowed in some states but restricted or almost banned in others. Every state legislature made their own decision on whether to allow abortions and under what circumstances.  There was no Federal Law in regards to abortion.   Then, in 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court gave us Roe v. Wade. It declared a Texas anti-abortion statute unconstitutional and, in doing so, affected abortion laws in many other states.

The Supreme Court justices ruled that, throughout the U.S.:

• During the first three months of pregnancy, a woman and her physician may jointly decide to terminate a pregnancy. No significant state interference is allowed.
• Later in pregnancy, states can restrict abortion access with laws but only if they are intended to protect the woman’s health.
• Once the fetus is viable, an abortion must still be available if the woman’s health or life are at risk. State governments are free to pass legislation that will allow or prohibit late-term abortions — those on a viable fetus — for other reasons.

The new Obamanation of a Healthcare Reform, err, Health Insurance Reform, err, Healthcare Reform Bill that has just been passed says the following about abortions: 

Federal premium or cost‐sharing subsidies may not be used to purchase coverage for abortion if coverage extends beyond saving the life of the woman or in cases of rape or incest. If an individual who receives federal assistance purchases coverage in a plan that chooses to cover abortion services beyond those for which federal funds are permitted, those federal subsidy funds (for premiums or cost‐sharing) must not be used for the purchase of the abortion coverage and must be segregated from private premium payments or state funds.  

At least two lawsuits have been filed challenging the new healthcare law on religious grounds.

One was filed by a Michigan-based group, the Thomas More Law Center. The other was filed on behalf of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., which was founded by the late Jerry Falwell.

Both groups oppose abortion and take the stance that forcing individuals to participate in a healthcare system that supports abortionsis in violation of their First Amendment right to freely follow their sincerely held religious beliefs. It will be interesting to see how these lawsuits progress.

Regarding the issue of abortion itself, the  latest arguments that you hear from the pro-abortion crowd are like this one from atheism.about.com: 

Whether the fetus is declared a person from a scientific, religious, or legal perspective, this would not necessarily mean that abortion is wrong. A woman could assert a right to control her body such that even if the fetus is a person, it has no legal claim to use it. Could an adult claim a right to being hooked up to someone’s body? No — it might not be ethical to refuse the use of one’s body to save the life of another, but it couldn’t be forced by the law.

And from Salon.com:

The attempt to change the vocabulary around embryos is part of a larger strategy to elevate the fetus to ‘personhood’ under the 14th Amendment — and an effort to overturn Roe,” says Suzanne Martinez, vice president for public policy at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Relative ethics and morality sure make self-deluded attempts at logic easier, don’t they?

Here are some thoughts from The Book provided by The Author of Life:

Did not He who made me in the womb make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb? (Job 31:15)

Yet Thou art He who didst bring me forth from the womb; Thou didst make me trust when upon my mother’s breasts. Upon Thee I was cast from birth; Thou hast been my God from my mother’s womb. (Psalm 22:9-10)

For Thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from Thee, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth. Thine eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Thy book they were all written, The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. (Psalm 139:13-16)

Thus says the LORD who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you, `Do not fear, O Jacob My servant; And you Jeshurun whom I have chosen. (Isaiah 44:2)

Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, “I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, And spreading out the earth all alone, (Isaiah 44:24)

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5)

Why,  even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not;  you are of more value than many sparrows.”(Luke 12:7 )

From the scientific perspective, Dr. Carlo Bellieni, in his book “Dawn of the I: Pain, Memory, Desire, Dream of the Fetus,” says:

As soon as it is born, the child shows in a scientifically demonstrable way that it recognizes its mother’s voice and distinguishes it from that of a stranger. Where has he learned that voice other than in the maternal womb?

There are also direct proofs. For example, we register how the movements and cardiac frequency of the fetus vary if we transmit unexpected sounds through the uterine wall. And we see that at first the fetus is startled, then it gets used to it, just like we do when we hear something that does not interest us.

In fact, the scientific evidence is immense. We cannot understand how it can be thought that it becomes a person at a certain point, perhaps when coming out of the uterus.

From the physical point of view, at the birth very little really changes: Air enters the lungs, the arrival of blood from the placenta is interrupted, the type of circulation of blood in the heart changes, and not much more.

As I often say, only blind faith in magic arts or some strange divinity can lead one to think that there is a “human” quality leap at a given moment — certainly not science.

I know that there are some of you that read my blog that are non-believers.  For you and for my Christian brothers and sisters, I offer the following closing thoughts: 

There is a curious unique enzyme found in the human body.   Laminin is defined by the Webster Medical Dictionary as a “glycoprotein that is a component of connective tissue basement membrane and that promotes cell adhesion.”  In other words, a glue within the body.

Colossians 1:15-17 tells us:

¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. ¹⁶For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. ¹⁷And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Sources:  religioustolerance.org, csmonitor.com, atheism.about.com, salon.com, godandscience.org, bible.com, truthorfiction.com,zenit.org

The White House, according to sources, is in the process of rewriting the United States National Security Strategy Document.  They are eliminating any reference identifying Islam as the source of Terrorist activities.  This comes on the heels on yesterday’s announcement that Scooter Obama has decided to enter into a non-proliferation and nuclear arms reduction treaty with the Russian Bear, trusting without verifying.  And we are not going to retaliate with nukes unless it is a very naughty country like Iran.   Hey Scooter, want to buy some beachfront property in Arizona? 

Gone will be the terms Islamic Extremist,  Islamic Jihadist, and Islamic Fundamentalism.  They are going to replace those terms with Very Angry Person of Middle-Eastern Descent Who Disagrees with the Flawed Foreign Policy of Boooosh…or something like that.

“You take a country where the overwhelming majority are not going to become terrorists, and you go in and say, ‘We’re building you a hospital so you don’t become terrorists.’ That doesn’t make much sense,” said National Security Council staffer Pradeep Ramamurthy.

Ramamurthy runs the administration’s Global Engagement Directorate, a four-person National Security Council team that Obama launched last May with little fanfare and a vague mission to use diplomacy and outreach “in pursuit of a host of national security objectives.”

Since then, the division has not only helped change the vocabulary of fighting terror but also has shaped the way the country invests in Muslim businesses, studies global warming, supports scientific research and combats polio.

I hear they also sell autographed pictures of Scooter sinking a jump shot. 

So, Obama is worried about offending devotees of Islam by linking them to extreme behavior.   After all, those weren’t Muslims that killed 3,000 people in the Twin Towers on 9/11.  Those weren’t Muslims that killed 220 Marines in their barracks in Beirut Lebanon in 1983.  Those weren’t Muslims that killed  sailors on the U.S.Cole in the waters off of Yemen.  Those weren’t Muslims that hijacked the Achille Laro.  That wasn’t a Muslim that blew up Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270.  No.   We must have been mistaken all these years.  All the Islamic Fundamentalists, err, devout religious practicers, are as peaceful as that private madrassa, err, school Scooter attended when he was living in Indonesia as a child.

According to the White House and their sycophants, err, Democratic Congressional leaders, the real enemies of America are all the Seasoned Citizens and Average Americans of all races attending the Tea Party Rallies.  And, for gosh sakes, be careful around those Southern Baptists and Chamber of Commerce members like me.  We might attack you with one of those killer casseroles.

Sources:  foxnews.com, guardian.co.uk, arlingtoncemetery.net

I am a Christian American Conservative. I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and I will not apologize for the greatest country on Earth.  

There has been a lot of conversation lately within the ranks of American Conservatives. In-fighting about what political philosophy and attitude to take. Should Conservatism be abandoned for the same kind of pseudo-intellectual arrogance and snarkiness that the Liberals practice with regularity and glee?

Or should Americans embrace Conservatism? Which kind of Conservatism? Fiscal? Social? Beltway/Moderate/Independent (a.k.a. Squishy)? 

The Republican Party has been practicing “Squishy” Conservatism in the last two elections. We are currently living with the consequences of that. Practicing this political philosophy of relative ethics and relative morality is akin to building a house on shifting sand.

Americans do not tolerate vacillating leaders for very long. Look at the problems besetting The Magnificent One, Barack “Scooter” Obama. Few Americans, except for his Far Left sycophantic base, are buying the “Hope and Change” he is selling. And they are upset with him because he is not “hoping and changing” fast enough to suit them. He even tried to reach out to the rank and file of his party and the Independents (one or two) who still might support him by attending church on Easter Sunday. He held a photo op at Allen Chapel, a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church, founded shortly after the Civil War. This action from the man who once said, “Whatever we once were, we’re no longer just a Christian nation…” and who regularly worships at the Sanctuary of the Holy Basketball Court. But I digress… 

Conservatives have a great opportunity ahead of us this November. But we will blow it if we do not present a united front. Our country is under siege from enemies, internal and external, that want to turn the “shining city on a hill” into a third-world barrio. We don’t have time for Internet Flame Wars, questioning the legitimacy of each other’s Conservatism. Nor do we have the luxury of wasting time ridiculing another Conservative for being old-fashioned or Christian. It’s time to man up. The barbarians have knocked down the gate and they are ransacking our homes. They have burdened future generations with a tax burden that may be insurmountable. For our children’s children’s sake, we must politically repel these invaders who wish to make us subservient to their failed ideology. 

So before I wrap this rant up, I wish to leave you with the words of the greatest American President in my lifetime. There are those who say he wasn’t a believer. I beg to differ. 

“Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. “ 

“If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”

“We are never defeated unless we give up on God.” 

“We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.”  

“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.”

“Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.” – President Ronald Reagan 2/6/11-6/5/04

courtesy cbn.com, brainyquotes.com