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Ingraham Debuts on Fox News With a Great Guest: Chief of Staff John Kelly

10/31/2017

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Laura Ingraham's much awaited new show debuted on the Fox News Channel at 10 last night with a very special guest. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.  The author, radio host, and now host of her own TV show discussed the current Special Counsel investigation and other timely topics such as immigration limits while allowing the always honest and candid Kelly an opportunity to expound on his views and philosophy.  I've always liked Ingraham, she can be both blunt and gracious while delving into many of the issues that most aren't willing to talk about.  If I had to use a quote to best describe her approach, it might very well "the truth will set you free."

For his part, General Kelly told it like he sees it with no fluff, the Marine way. He discussed a  number of points with Ingraham, but I was particularly interested in his thoughts on the Special Counsel and the White House view on the indictments as well as the whole story, much of which is openly avoided.  He also spoke of American history and the relationship that our Civil War has, and should have, with that history.

With regard to the Special Counsel, Kelly said that he knew of no plans to shut down the prosecution effort, that a decision was made to let it run its course and that he was confident that the President had no involvement and the charges thus far issued made that clear.  The White House does feel that the indictments are nothing more than a witch hunt since, in the case of Manafort and his associate Gates the charges are based on prior to Trump events. With regard to George Papandopoulos, he noted that the young man was a volunteer, had only attended one White House meeting and had very limited involvement or access within the Administration.  He knew little of the man who has been charged with only one count, lyiing to the FBI.

Concerning the bigger picture, Kelly said he's becoming more and more in favor of another Special Counsel being appointed since the Uranium One issue and the Democratic funding of the evolving GPS Fusion Russian scandal deserves a serious review.  It is clearly the major issue with regards to Russian and American ties and these two actions involving the Democrats are certainly more serious with significant evidence already coming out.

Finally, the Chief of Staff spoke of American history and the Civil War.  He said basically that history is history and it should not be changed to meet the whims of those who are trying to sully America.  The statues should be maintained and the removal of the plaque at Christ Church in Alexandria of George Washington, an early vestryman at the church, is a travesty to a great man.  This tragic war which came because the country became divided beyond repair politically is an example of why we need real history so that it will never be lost.  I think there was probably a thought in his head about how today we see some of the same division although he didn't state that.  It's just my hunch.

As she always does, Ingraham carried out her duties professionally and honestly and, as such, it is a welcome addition to nighttime current affairs TV.  I congratulate her  on her new show and am thankful that she had General Kelly to be the first major guest to help christen it.  He was a most worthy choice.

Laura Ingraham is a fighter for what she believes in and a smart and diligent worker at her trade.  I am sure the show will only get better and better over time and that will be a great addition to supporting Conservatism and its truth in America.  Talk on, Laura, talk on.

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Your Private Property Rights are Tenuous at Best!

10/30/2017

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Ever since the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 majority vote in Kelo vs. the City of New London (2005) said that the value of economic development to a community can overrule private property rights, I have  worried about the fate of those right  rights in the United States.  In the current year I have even written a novel about government versus property rights, a fictional book using  a "what if " scenario set in Florida in 2033.  The book was written for entertainment and also to inform citizens about what can happen when an out of control government decides to do something that adversely impacts constitutional rights.

In the case of Kelo, the decision allowed for the City of New London to take property using eminent domain and allow for development by a large business.  As often happens in economic development, however, the plans for Pfizer to develop a large corporate complex on the property fell through and as of March of this year the property remained undeveloped, grown up in weeds despite the huge costs the case brought to the citizens of New London, including Ms. Kelo herself.  The result of the court decision did create an impetus to counter it by local and state statutes in many parts of the country, but the message it sent was frightening.  And with so many things done by government today on behalf of lobbyists and special interests, small private interests need to be ever vigilant in demanding the Constitution be upheld.

I write about this because of a situation recently in New Orleans that impacted a couple who bought an old and dilapidated townhouse with plans to turn it into a modern townhouse they could rent or sell.  And it was at this point that the City of New Orleans made a huge mistake which they still haven't admitted or corrected, resulting in David and Lourdes Garrett needing to take the city to court.  This is a story that can't be made up, yet it's just another small example of why I say private property rights are so tenuous.

Not long after the purchase was completed and recorded, the city sent a bulldozer to the property and demolished it.  The Garretts learned of what happened when they went to check the property and were shocked.  They reported the matter to the city and then, within a few days, they received a bill for nearly eleven thousand dollars for the demolition.  But it even gets much worse.

It seems that New Orleans was the landowner of record of the property from 1998 to 2015 when they sold it to the Garretts, so if they had conducted due process before the demolition they would have realized it wasn't abandoned.  Not only that but when the Garretts bought the property, the sale did not include a defects or danger clause.  Additionally, the city sent the required notice of pending demolition to a previous owner from the early 1990s; the Garretts were never notified and they were given no opportunity to respond prior to the building being leveled. 

The city is clearly in the wrong yet they still refused to budge and now the Pacific Legal Foundation (PCF) has requested that the  Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rule on it. Prior to the current action, a lower federal court referred the Garretts to state courts, yet Louisiana courts have a terrible track record on such cases, hence the submission to the higher court.  The city is fighting the action saying that the Garretts have no right to circumvent the legal system.  PCF says they certainly do if the Garretts are to receive justice.  Hopefully, the fifth circuit will agree.

This is just another example of how private property rights are abused routinely and the Kelo decision played a big part in setting that standard.  Whether it's at the local, state or federal level, the problem is a large one. And now that the New World Order has stuck it's swollen head into sovereign nation issues, there is rapidly becoming no limit to the reach of government.  That's the reason why I wrote Thou Shall Not Take Our Land. It's time for us all to be awake and if a fictional example helps with that goal, so much the better.

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SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN: Does God Speak to Us?

10/28/2017

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Then the Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel. I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end. I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn’t disciplined them. So I have vowed that the sins of Eli and his sons will never be forgiven by sacrifices or offerings.”  1 Samuel 3:11-14

In Bible times, the fear that a woman had of being barren was real.  Women in those days who could not bear a child were looked down on and Hannah, wife of Elkanah, prayed to God that she would be granted a son.  She promised the Lord that if He blessed her in this way, she would make sure that the child would live a life dedicated to God.

The day came when God answered her prayer, giving her a beautiful baby boy. She named him Samuel, meaning God heard.  Yes, indeed, God did hear her prayer and she responded by living up to her part of the bargain.  Once the boy was weaned and old enough to be separated from Hannah, she delivered him to the Temple in Shiloh and presented him to the Chief Priest, Eli, to serve the Lord.

Samuel learned quickly and became much loved by those who visited the Temple.  He was a credit to his mother and his God and Eli loved him.  But, unfortunately for Eli, who had two grown boys who served under him as priests, his sons did not use their duties to glorify God.  They instead used them for their own selfish desires.  Eli didn't have the strength, however, to punish his boys and they continued in taking advantage of the priesthood. They seduced young women and demanded the best cuts of food brought as offerings.  God warned Eli but the old man remained weak when it came to his sons while relying on Samuel to provide the services and counsel expected of a priest.

One night when Samuel slept, he was awakened by a call from the Lord which he thought to be Eli.  He ran to Eli and told him he was responding to his call.  The Chief Priest told the boy to go back to sleep, he must have been dreaming. This happened on three occasions and finally Eli told him it must be God speaking to him. He suggested that Samuel go back to bed and answer God by telling him he was there and listening.

After doing so, God told Samuel that Eli and his sons would soon be destroyed, the sons for completely ignoring God's plans and the father, Eli, since he did nothing to change their ways.  It was God's way of beginning the preparation of Samuel for much greater duties in the Temple. These duties would ultimately lead the young priest to performing a major supporting role in the spiritual life of King David and Israel.

The Lord does work in mysterious ways and He also does speak to us.  It can be in a dream or it can be through the Holy Spirit. It can be through His Word as spoken through the Bible or even just in His answer to a prayer.  But unless we get ourselves tuned to God with humility,  reverence and infected by the Spirit residing in us, His voice may be lost.  Don't forget to take the time to communicate with God with our hearts, eyes and ears open. We never know what way He will use to reach us.  When he does and when we listen, the things He will say to us are truly amazing and they are all true. But the impact will be lost if we don't show our belief and sincerity.

Dear Lord, We thank you for always being here at our side and for being available for our prayers and our concerns.  We ask that you make us open, listening and watching for you and your responses in all that we do.  In Jesus' name, Amen.



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Contrary to the Pundits, Trump is Doing Very Well

10/27/2017

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If you listen to the mainstream media, you will be told that Donald Trump is a total failure as the Chief Executive of the United States, that he listens to no one, spends all of his time with drivel on Twitter and has lost any semblance of order.  The reality is actually quite the opposite, but to understand that you need to understand what his mission is and why he ran for President.  The answer to that is quite simple.  Donald Trump is a change agent. He seeks to alter the status-quo, the "same-old, same-old syndrome" and to do that requires that the Washington culture must be seriously changed. He's not and ideologue and is quite flexible in his thinking, but he does tend to come down on the side of a conservative agenda since he smartly recognizes the more freedom given the individual, the more likely he or she will find a way to be successful.  It's part of his entrepreneurial spirit and it's infectious.

Think about it.  Government bureaucrats spend careers building their turf and expanding influence and in the process they lose sight of what their job was created for and, instead, turn it into their own little fiefdom.  Politicians do likewise, they initially arrive on Capitol Hill with lofty and worthwhile goals, only to realize that if they want to keep the perks, prestige, and opportunities to amass money, the stated goals just remain verbal while they focus on the source of their power, reelection.  And then there are the lobbyists, professionals trained to use money to allow them to buy elected officials to approve their pet projects, projects designed to enhance their pockets while keeping their supporters in office.  The will of the people then takes a backseat.

We certainly can't leave out the media, which sells it's soul for the cause they believe in (today that's 93% liberal) by reporting the news with a strong slant.  Sometimes they ignore the news totally and try it create it, often through polling.  They try and spoon feed the masses with their toxic pablum while they enjoy the limelight on television and in print, detailing what happens just the way they want it to be.  The truth is not even a word in their vocabulary.

So, Trump came to town with an ambitious agenda to make Washington work for Americans again; he made it clear in his inaugural address and you could visibly see the disdain of many in the audience, the Establishment types in both parties who have now joined together to try and stop him at any cost.  Trump is clearly a change agent and he's also nobody's fool.  He  knew this would happen and that's why he has used unorthodox approaches to get his message out to his supporters.  If you think that he has been neutered by the Establishment with the departure from the White House of men like Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka, you would be very, very wrong.   Using social media, conducting regular in person town halls and rallies around the country, his supporters are enthused and active.  And Steve Bannon, now on the outside, still has regular talks with Trump.  He may not be in the official inner circle but he is fully in the loop with Trump.  No one can stop Trump from talking to who he wants.  And nobody can take him off Twitter either and his comments take the air out of every other story, just as he intends.


Today, we see signs of many of the Establishment types beginning to realize that Trump is not going away and they will be much better off if they work with him instead of against him.  The recently announced departures of Senators Corker and Flake are actually positive events and there are good conservatives who have a better than even chance of replacing them.  Alabama has already taught the Establishment the lesson that money by itself can't win; it takes ideas that people will accept and Beltway dwellers have no idea what that requires.  And now, states like Nevada and Ohio show Trump supporters doing well in the polls. to name just two.

Speaking of Corker and Flake, I believe both men thought their outbursts would give them hero status, showing that they were willing to stand up for the Establishment and counter the Trump bandwagon.  But after the early coverage, the Republican Party seems to be showing more and more signs of realizing that if the Trump agenda isn't enacted. they likely will resemble burnt toast.  One Senator, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, even stated that everyone should get on board and support the President's agenda, as did Roger Wicker of Mississippi as well when he publicly rebuked Corker.

Donald Trump has been counted out almost daily ever since he began his seemingly impossible task of winning the Republican nomination in 2016 and the general election.  He did it then and he's doing much more than anyone wants to admit now.  Don't count him out, you are very likely to lose and lose badly.  The Trump Train is riding high and fast on the rails.

This is my last political blog until the weekend is over. Enjoy your weekend and take a break from political thought and have some fun instead. But I'll be back again on Monday.

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Will the "UraniumGate" Mystery Man Informant Please Speak Up?

10/26/2017

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Late yesterday afternoon, breaking news came out that the unidentified informant for the FBI on the uranium for Russian dollars issue was released from his non-disclosure agreement (DNA) by the Justice Department.  All we know so far is the informant is a businessman who was involved in business dealings around a pay-for-play plan by Russia to acquire American uranium resources.  We don't know if he turned evidence to avoid prosecution or he just found himself on the periphery of the action but, whatever his role, he wanted to get the story off of his back.

So, the real questions are just surfacing and they include these. How did he become aware of the situation and how and where will he testify?  What evidence will he give and will he name names?  Is his life in danger? Will he be afforded a security protection detail?  And why after all the evidence came out and Congress and other entities became aware of what is happening did the FBI refuse to lift the DNA until forced to do so by the DOJ? I'm sure many more questions will surface in the near future and investigators start digging?

Had Hillary won the election, you can bet that this man would never have been allowed to tell his story and without it the corruption would just remain as an unproven matter.  Regardless of who is involved, be it either party, when corruption over money and power rears its ugly head in the Swamp, nothing will come of the charges if the guilty remain running free.  This needs to stop now.

Several House committees are interested in hearing from him as is the Senate Judiciary Committee, headed by Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley.  Grassley applied direct pressure to the Justice Department to release the DNA and the work of Congressman Devin Nunes, Republican of California, led much of the upfront push to bring this subject to full view.  They are to be congratulated since giving control of up to twenty-percent of our uranium to Russia has direct adverse implications to national security.  America deserves to know the truth, including who all of the American players were, particularly those in government, and how much money was expended by Russian interests and accepted by American officials and for what purpose.   Components of bribery, extortion, money laundering and even treason could very well play a role in the matter.

A lot of things that draw concerns and questions are coming to the front in a short period of time and Hillary Clinton seems to be involved in all of them.  She assumed that her victory in last year's election would have allowed this matter to stay below the radar, but that was not to be.  And what's even more amazing is that most of the issues involve Russia, a country that Hillary has tried to paint as a huge supporter of Donald Trump. The information which should soon be provided by this informant, like what is coming out on Trump's so-called Russian collusion, is clearly refuting her position.

Stay tuned.  This should be a very interesting show.  Maybe we should call it the "Glow in the Dark Scandal."


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The Washington Post: Finally, the Truth Comes Out

10/25/2017

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The Russian reset: When Hillary gave away the store.
"The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming!"  These words have represented Democratic Party politics since election night 2016 as they immediately began a sore loser, scorched earth campaign against the new President, claiming that his ties to Russia disqualified him to be President of the United States.  Never mind the rumors roiling about Hillary and Russia and the "pay for play" uranium  since, in their eyes, it was just a myth.  But But what about the Trump dossier prepared by former British spy Christopher Steele? Well, that was different and they knew it to be true even if no one could find any good evidence.  And that's where we've been ever since until last night when the Washington Post released a very damaging story about Hillary's involvement with the dossier story.

In last night's on-line issue, the Post tied Hillary and the Democratic National Committee to the funding of the dossier story. And since the Post is certainly not a friend of Donald Trump, why would they release such a story?  Well, I have my own hunch and here it is.  Remember, Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Post, despises Trump and turned his reporters loose on him like a pack of rabid dogs, as has most of the mainstream media.  But Bezos is a smart man and a business icon in his own rights and I suspect someone tipped him off that the story about Democratic funding of the dossier had no legs under it and no evidence.  He was also likely advised that the truth would be coming out soon and, wanting to protect his business interest in the struggling newspaper, he approved the report.  At some point any businessman is going to deal with reality if for no other reason than maintaining his finances and business reputation.

The interesting thing about this fiasco is that the real story of Hillary is her willingness to sacrifice anyone and even her nation's security to enrich herself.  She is money driven, has turned it into her god and will do whatever it takes to get more and more.  It's a sad state of affairs, but it's hard to ignore when you look at her history.

Why would the State Department under Hillary agree to a deal giving one of our biggest enemies control of twenty-percent of our uranium supply if it was run by a Patriot?  It wouldn't and when money rules the roost bad things happen.  And if that isn't bad enough, we also have seen that after losing her election, she immediately set out to undo what had been done and the Russian "dossier" played a big role in that.  Think about it, Hillary and the Democrats screamed Russia, Russia with fingers pointed at Trump the day after the election and what followed was a corrupt spy's report while she was raking in the big bucks for the Clinton Foundation and Bill was in Moscow making speeches for up to half a million dollars a pop.

So, now Hillary and her party are on the hot seat and they will continue to dream up more phony stories to try and cover for their evil deeds, but it's not likely to work this time.  Why?  Well, for the first time even the mainstream media can't avoid taking notice.  Since the Washington Post story came out last night, this morning it is gathering traction everywhere.  And since Trump's "golden shower dossier", which has already been debunked, is going nowhere and Robert Mueller and his predominantly Democratic investigators keep coming up empty on Trump, even he can't avoid the obvious.

Look for this story to grow and the more they lie about it, the worse it will get. Now there are two House committees looking into it and the email situation is sure to be opened full speed ahead.  Hillary and Bill, the entire leadership team in the Obama White House and the Democratic National Committee all have some explaining to do.  It should be interesting.

The problem with telling lies and making up stories is sooner or later you can't tell the truth from the falsehood and that's when you fall.  Get ready for the wall of truth to come crashing down on Hillary and Company in the months ahead.  It's about time.

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The Clinton Emails: God Bless Tom Fitton

10/24/2017

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The cartoon above showing Bill Clinton at Hillary's computer would be very funny if not so serious. And now, thanks to the zealousness of Tom Fitton, head of Judicial Watch, her missing emails are back in the news.  It seems that some 72,000 emails, many  not reported by the Clinton campaign  are maintained in the State Department, but now even the current Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, is reluctant to release them.  If you think something could be rotten in the State of America, not Denmark, the evidence certainly makes it appear so.  Why would a Trump appointee not move on these post haste or is it because all of the working level managers a Obama holdovers?  And thanks, Mitch, for slowing down everything you can to protect the Swamp of which you are a part.

Enter Fitton, the brave leader of Judicial Watch, who was back in court asking a federal judge to require they expedite the release.  The judge has now required the State Department to provide a new timeline for release and explain what the hold up is.  It's also noteworthy that previously State said the reason they didn't need to meet any deadline was because there is no public interest in the information?  Really. No wonder they call the place Foggy Bottom, but perhaps its Foggy Memory instead.

Tom Fitton is a bird dog and he'll stay on this thing for the duration, but it was noted that at the rate things are going, the totality of the required release won't be completed before 2020.  And maybe I'm confused, but wasn't Hillary the Secretary of State in the Administration that said it was  the most transparent ever? Yeah, right!  So, here's hoping Fitton stays on the case because as has happened in past Clinton scandals, Hillary just figures she can outlast everyone and it will go away.

Not this time, Hillary, we're going to keep it alive. The death of four brave Americans in Benghazi will not go away until we finally get the truth. And don't try to concoct another video, either. It's much too late for that.

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Cong. Frederica Wilson: No Friend of the Military

10/23/2017

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Fast-talking,  inaccurate-speaking Congresswoman Frederica Wilson of Florida, a politician who surely makes Maxine Waters proud, refuses to stop her drivel about the President of the United States and his call to the widow of a fallen soldier.  She positioned herself in a limousine with the young widow when the call came in and immediately took it to the press claiming that the President was disrespectful.

And now the widow is preaching the same line, obviously because of the influence of Wilson, a close family friend, who has filled the distraught woman's head with mush at a time when she should be left alone to grieve.  The words used by President Trump were the ones given to him by his Chief of Staff, retired Marine General John Kelly, words that have often been used to comfort those left behind for the family of a member of the all volunteer military.  Trump and Kelly were right, these men and women who die do know what they were doing and in a place that they chose for themselves in spite of the dangers they face.  And it is in such a situations that we are so thankful and appreciative of the sacrifice that was made.  A perfectly suitable statement was made to honor the deceased, yet a vile Congresswoman, one who truly despises Trump from earlier comments she has made, used a solemn and sacred moment to politicize it.  But, after all, that's what Democrats do, time and time again because, for them, everything is all about politics.  Nothing else matters.

So, that begs the question:  Is Congresswoman Wilson truly a big supporter of the military? Well, sadly, the answer is no and my source comes from the website VoteSmart.org, an organization which has had as members of its directors the likes of  former Presidents Ford and Carter, certainly not men who come from the same political viewpoint.

A prime example of her lack of concern for the military are her votes back in 2013 against bills to make sure military were exempted from any dollar impacts during the cycle of threatened and real budget stalemates.  She also has a track record of not being very sympathetic to the plight of veterans by her votes against many VA bills. Yet she is there for Mrs. Johnson, feeding her viewpoint to the young woman who of course is going to listen to someone who is a family friend.  Quite the coincidence that this young enlisted man's widow was in a limousine with the Congresswoman when the call came in and was put on speaker, don't you think? How often has this taken place before? Gee, I can't find an example but it is a fact that the White House staff places a pre-call to make sure that the person will talk to the President.  That protocol was followed in this case, making the Congresswoman's involvement in this humble writer's view a set-up.  She was hell bent on finding something to try and make into an issue and personal fame.

The Congresswoman also arrogantly asked why we had soldiers in Niger in the first place and to that I would suggest she should ask Barack Obama who was the President who sent our troops there in the first place.  And to her comment, which the widow parroted today as well, that the President didn't even know her husband's first name, think about that for a minute.  If you were handed a name and you read LaDavid as the first name, would you not likely hesitate to make sure you got it right, that it wasn't a mistake?  After all, it's not a common name and I'm sure that President Trump wanted to be sure it was correct.  And since  General Kelly was in the presence of Mr. Trump when he spoke to the widow and confirmed what he said, a man of his character certainly wouldn't stand by if something untoward had been said. General Kelly would likely even considering resigning under such circumstances, unlike the Congresswoman, who is seriously lacking in anything approaching character.

So, a time which should be sacred and a time for mourning is manipulated into a political event for the Congresswoman.  And to think, Democrats often like to refer to Conservative Republican as cowboys.  Well, we now have a rhinestone cowgirl, only not one who would be appropriate for a playing of Glen Campbell's great song by that name.  She should  be ashamed of herself, but when you don't have anything other than hate for the President of the United States that won't happen.  Time to saddle her up and send her out on the range, anywhere but Washington.


My sympathies are offered to the widow, Mrs. Johnson, who was used as a pawn by a despicable woman.  And may God care for her husband, Sergeant LaDavid Johnson, who gave his life for his country.

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SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN: Peace Through Strength

10/21/2017

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“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”     -Isaiah 12:2

Yesterday I wrote a blog about peace through strength.  It was focused on the impact of a man who is very troubled and his speech at the University of Florida where a large number gathered to express their opposition.  There was much concern about violence which the speech might generate. But in a land that cherishes free speech which is also in a world where God has granted us free will, the university reluctantly but correctly allowed his appearance. 

A large contingent of law enforcement officers was on hand to make sure that the peace was maintained.  The man spoke and the peace was maintained.  It didn't go perfectly, nothing ever does, but it was clearly a case of strength maintaining the peace in a secular world.

On today's Sunday Morning Coming Down, however, I want to briefly cover how peace through strength is also critical in the spiritual realm, the realm that can offer eternal life to those who believe through faith in God through His Son, Jesus Christ. This is a realm of everlasting peace, a peace which transcends all understanding and offers us a future that is so beautiful that we can't even describe it and one of us deserve without the grace of God.

As the Prophet Isaiah wrote in the opening scripture verse, he tells us that everlasting peace comes from the strength of God, and if only we open ourselves to Him will we attain it.  It's a strength that can withstand anything, but it takes commitment and living for Him to reach it. If we do, however, true peace, something not attainable in this world, will be ours in the Kingdom of Heaven.

And think of it this way.  God turned Satan loose on this earth to do his will, but He also gave us free will to make the choice between good and evil.  Following Jesus' resurrection and ascension, He sent us the gift of the Holy Spirit, a spirit of God to live within us to help us stay on course.  God wants us to make the right choice, but He also knows it wouldn't be very meaningful if he just made it so.  The gift is there, we just have to commit to the Savior, who died for us, and accept His offer,

Just as the law enforcement officers stand between conflict in a community when earthly trouble brews,  the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of God, fills that role for each of us.  Although He is within each of us, it is up to us to open our hearts to Him so that He may guide our way. We each make our own decisions; we each receive our just rewards accordingly. It's not a difficult concept to understand, it's just difficult to do without faltering since we are all sinners.

Choose wisely, my friends, the choice is yours.



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An Example of Peace Through Strength: The Spencer Event at UF

10/20/2017

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So, what does it take to keep violence from taking place, be it at the local, national or international level?  Conversely, what happens when a heated situation is faced and weakness is noted?  Individuals taking bad actions generate a mob mentality and we know what comes next.  There is no doubt in my mind that there were people in town who were "casing the joint" to find places to create violence and chaos, and they weren't just Spencer's followers. But when they saw the advance preparations made, the size of the force and realized the police weren't there to start anything, just finish it if they must, they wisely decided to walk away.

Sheriff Darnell was wise to call on the Governor for assistance and the Governor responded quickly and decisively. Yes, even here in divided Florida we can find leaders who can work together when the crunch is on.  And because of their smart action, college buildings weren't trashed, private businesses weren't looted, and no one was seriously harmed. Yes, it cost a lot of money for the protection, but government wastes lots of money on "feel good stuff" that accomplishes little.  And safety of citizens is one of its paramount constitutional requirements.

For the most part, the students were controlled and realized the seriousness of what was taking place.  The only thing I wish is that instead of yelling at Spencer during his appearance, they should have stood up, made an about face, and silently let him dispense his drivel.  With a guy like Spencer you want to let him talk as much as he wants,  for the more he says the more people realize it's not a message with anything positive to offer.  Just think how much more impact that approach would have accomplished instead of people standing and yelling at a free speech rally.  It would have been much more effective and it would have not afforded Spencer the opportunity to use the videos to his advantage later.

But why did the actions taken in Gainesville work so well? Because everyone knew that the police were there to keep the peace, unlike places like Charlottesville and Berkeley where the police were ordered by politicians to stand down and allow the violence to take place.  I don't know what the true agenda of those politicians was and is but I do know this: PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH WORKS.  And Gainesville in the Great State of Florida was a beautiful example of just that yesterday.


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