COLUMBINE STUDENT'S FATHER 12 YEARS LATER!!

On Thursday, Darrell Scott, father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee (subcommittee of the Committee? Really?). Oh well. What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful.

They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It needs to be heard by every parent, teacher, psychologist, and every so-called expert! These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt God sent this man. Here is a portion of the transcript:

"Since the dawn of creation there has been both good and evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of the heroic teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for answers.

The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used. Neither was it the NCA, National Club Association. The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's heart.

In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA-because I don't believe they are responsible for my daughter's death.Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be their strongest opponent.

I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy-it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best."

Your laws ignore our deepest needs,

your words are empty air.

You've stripped away our heritage,

YOU'VE OUTLAWED SIMPLE PRAYER!

Now gunshots fill our classrooms,

and precious children die.

You seek for answers everywhere,

and ask the question, "WHY?"

You regulate restrictive laws,

through legislative creed.

And yet you fail to understand,

That God is what we need.

"Men and women are three part beings. We all consist of body, mind, and spirit. When  we refuse to acknowledge a third-part of our make-up, we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and wreak havoc. Spiritual presences were present within our educational systems for most of our nations history. Many of our nations colleges began as theological seminaries. This is a historical fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God,and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as Columbine's tragedy occurs, politicians immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws. Eric and Dylan (the shooters) would not have been stopped by metal detectors. No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts.

As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right!! I challenge every young person in America, and around the world, to realize that on April 20,1999, at Columbine High School prayer was brought back to our schools. Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into a new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him. To those of you who would point your finger at the NRA--I give to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your own heart before casting the first stone!

My daughter's death will not be in vain! The young people of this country will not allow that to happen!"

Do what the media did not do nor will do! Let the nation hear this man's speech! Get this message out to everyone you know. It's up to us to save this country by bringing God back into it. It WILL NOT happen if you just sit on the sidelines. Don't complain if you are not willing to be a part of the solution.

God bless

Ragman 

Obamacare - The Great Destroyer of the Economy

Many of my friends and family don't really believe that Obamacare will hurt the economy. I wanted to show you a part of an email I got today from NECA, which is the electrical contractor association in which I and my company are members.

First, you must understand that this organization lobbies Congress like many others. But, it is not left wing or right wing. Being representatives of thousands of electrical contractors and suppliers, both large and small, they lobby both parties for the betterment of the industry. So, in that context what I'm about to show you from their email is not partisan. It simply states the facts as they are.

This ruling by the Supreme Court didn't catch anybody by surprise. NECA was prepared to relay to all of its members what to expect, as employers, no matter how the decision turned out. Here is a word for word copy of some of that email.

"Impact of the Decision on NECA Contractors: Same Today as Yesterday

The bottom line for NECA contractors is that unfortunately nothing has changed. NECA contractors must continue to locally plan to comply with the requirements of the ACA that will take effect in 2012 through 2014.

The following taxes that were included in the ACA remain and will potentially have a negative financial impact on NECA.

*Applies to all NECA contractors: A 3.8% surtax on investment income earned in households making at least $250,000 ($200,000 single). Effective 2013, this provision may make it harder for employers to raise capital in order to create jobs and expand business operations. This would result in the following top tax rates on investment income:

*Applies to all NECA contractors: Employers are required to provide employees with a summary of benefits and coverage explanation of benefits and coverage explanation prior to enrollment, re-enrollment upon request, or upon a mid-year material modification. This requirement applies to insured and self-funded group health plans, regardless of grandfathered status, and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage.

*Applies to all NECA Contractors: Beginning January 1, 2013, employees' contributions to Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) will be limited to $2,500 per tax year with annual inflation increases.

*Applies to NECA contractors with 50 or more employees: Effective in 2014, if an employer that does not offer health coverage, and has at least one employee who qualifies for a health tax credit, the employer must pay an additional non-deductible tax of $2000 for all full-time employees. If any employee actually receives coverage through the exchange, the penalty on the employer for that employee is increased to $3000. If the employer requires a waiting period to enroll in coverage of 30-60 days, there is a $400 tax per employee ($600 if the period is 60 days or longer)."

Notice that the email mentions how investment income will be taxed at such higher rates than the current rates that it may make it harder for employers to raise the necessary capital for business expansion and job creation. This is reality, not spin from either party. One of the reasons the economy has been so slow is because business owners have not known how much the cost of business was going to really cost under Obamacare. They have been waiting to see. Well, now we know. If you think the economy is slow now, just wait.


I can tell you that I've sat in meeting rooms with other electrical contractors who are going to retire because of this. They are all able to retire, but would have probably worked many more years had it not been for this Marxist push by the Obama administration to "level the playing field". What leveling the playing field really means is, dragging everybody down to the same level of mediocrity.


What will this "healthcare-for-everyone" really accomplish? A 21 year old in great shape who may not want insurance will have to pay for it or pay the "penalty", which was confirmed by the Supreme Court to be a tax. He will pay for the couch potato diabetic who does nothing but lay on his backside watching TV all day.
People like my parents who have worked hard their whole lives and have earned their healthcare benefits, will wait in longer lines than ever to see doctors because rationing will occur. This is not just my opinion; it's just plain common sense. If more patients enter the already overcrowded medical arena, it follows that it will take longer to get in to see their doctors.


I urge EVERYONE who takes time to read this article to vote for people who will repeal Obamacare and come up with a better plan than this.


Storeytime

Is It Too Late?

Is It Too Late?

Obama Executive Order Imposes Martial Law On United States

   On Friday evening, March 16th 2012, Barack Hussein Obama signed into existence "National Defense Resources Preparedness," an Executive Order which will afford the president dictatorial powers over the nation and the American people whenever he chooses to implement it.

               Some of the more important-and frightening-dictates of the Obama decree:

   The president can place the order in effect virtually whenever and for whatever reason he wishes. Although related to the Defense Production Act of 1950, written as a result of the Korean War, the current Executive Order makes it clear that the nation need not be at war or threatened with aggression by outside forces to be implemented. The Order specifically states that it may be activated in peacetime.

   All actions of the Order are ultimately controlled by the President. Obama has appointed the National Security Council and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, as the "integrated policymaking forum" for all Order policies.

   All commerce will be conducted according to the demands of the President. All "services, materials and facilities" may be commandeered by the President "as deemed necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense..."

   Regulations will be issued by the President's representatives, establishing nationwide standards and procedures of production. The entire economy will literally work under the President's direction. He and his representatives will also decide how all important resources shall be apportioned. They will "control the general distribution of any material (including applicable services) to the civilian market."

   The President's representatives will have authority to grant or guarantee loans for the production of goods and materials or to "create, maintain, protect, expand or restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for the national defense." They may also "encourage the exploration, development, and mining of strategic and critical materials..." Apparently oil may be sought only after the President has become a dictator.

   Manufacturers will not be permitted to produce or sell goods unless authorized by the President. Anything produced will be made available for the President's (that is, the nation's) use before it may be offered elsewhere. The President's representatives have authority to take over privately owned companies, plants, and facilities, modify them, add or delete equipment and "authorize" production schedules. In short, private businessmen will be told what to make, how to make it, how much, when and for whom.

   The Director of Selective Service and the Secretary of Defense will decide who will be inducted into the armed forces and who will be deferred.

   In addition to those powers listed above, the President will also control all civil transportation; all forms, supplies and suppliers of energy; farm equipment; all food resources; food resource facilities; all water resources; health resources; strategic and critical materials and national defense.

  

   And there are two additional items to consider. Janet Napolitano will be in charge of the National Defense Executive Reserve program. NDER refers to individuals recruited for specific tasks based upon specific abilities. And though they might be builders, they could also be mercenaries armed by Obama to "control" an unruly populace.

   Also, emergency preparedness mandates of Obama's Executive Order will be carried out according to Title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief  Act. Managed for years by FEMA, the Act is known for its creation of "temporary housing" facilities for displaced persons also known as FEMA camps.

   As the American people consider what Obama has done, it is also necessary to ask WHY? Does he know or expect something the American public does not? And how will the enslavement of 300 million Americans make the United States better prepared for the requirements of "national defense?"

Is it too late?

Sleep well America.

Ragman

God-Country-Family Part 2

God-Country-Family
Part 2

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
GENESIS 1:1

   Our creator. GENESIS 1 goes on to say that the earth was a formless wasteland. Darkness covered the abyss. A mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light." and there was light. God saw how good the light was. God then separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." Thus evening came, and morning followed-the first day.

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people chosen as his very own.

PSALM 33:12

  Our country. The weak economy can give rise to churches reaching out to the hungry and ministering to those in need. It is important to note that after the Great Depression and after WW2 there was a tremendous, quiet revival in our country. My hopes are that this will happen again and that we may once again reform the church, by the grace of God.

   It is important to remember our freedoms. Freedom to worship, freedom of speech, freedom to own property and to give to others. There is no government, no power that is not derived from the ultimate power-God. Human government was for the common good (and under God), and so was faith.

   There was a time when many Americans thought that we were the chosen nation. Hoping for a nation that was the city on the hill; a light for the world to see. There are not many who believe that any more. As people of God, we can continue to influence our country by the way we live, and also by multiplying the gospel in our country. Much of the freedom we have is there because people seek to follow Him and reject evil. We are called to pray for the place where God has placed us, and work for prosperity. We are not only called to pray but to live, vote, and care for our nation. My hope is for this nation to come closer to God as Christians really live and share their faith. This is a place for primary love of God and secondary love of country.

God created man in his image; in the Divine image he created him; male and female he created them.

GENESIS 1:27

   Our family. Scripture reminds us where we came from and where we are going. Our beginning and end is in the loving power of our Creator, God. God loves us so much that He made human beings the high point of His creations. God in His goodness and mercy created man and woman to reflect His image to the world. The woman compliments the man in a way that is unique and life-giving to both of them. Together they live out this complementarity physically, psychologically, and emotionally as they strive to become more united in their love for one another and God. In our heart of hearts we all want love to be lasting and permanent so that we can be free to be ourselves with another and know that we are loved.

   We strive to live a life of kindness and compassion, but we know we will fall short therefore we will need to forgive and be forgiven as well. Ephesians 5:25 says, "Husbands love your wife as Christ loved the church." We are to love, cherish, and nurture our spouse so as to help our beloved get to heaven. Our goal in marriage is not just an earthly goal but also eternal. Your marriage has eternal ramifications; to help someone else (and more if kids come along) get to heaven. Our spouse is a blessing from God. It was the Lord who brought the two of you together and He has a great plan for you.

   Children are the supreme gift of marriage and contribute greatly to the parents. A loving father and mother create the best homes for children, the domestic churches, where children learn to love and be loved. Our society does not see children as the ultimate gift, but what more could two people do than to unite their love for one another and in that love create another eternal soul? We share in God's creative love and your love is made eternal in your child.

May God bless you and your family, bless the country he so mercifully gave to us, and bestow grace upon us that we as Christians can bring all back to Him.

Ragman

Euthanasias 'R Us

Remember when the so called debate was at a fever pitch over Obamacare? That is to say, before many backroom deals and having it crammed down our throats, one of the biggest concerns was the "death panels" that would ensue after its full passage.

I know, Liberals don't like the use of the term, "death panels," and prefer the Obamacare terminology of, "End of Life Counseling." In fact those that use the term, "death panels" are completely mocked and humiliated by the lame street media as being moronic, crazy, lunatic extremists for thinking that America would ever euthanize anyone besides babies in the womb, who they don't consider to be living people. They would be the first to march against euthanizing animals.

But, in the case of then Illinois Senator Barack Obama, he voted to allow infanticide when Illinois SB 1082 was voted down in the committee of which he was the chair. That bill would have allowed for the protection of any child including abortion survivors.  The bill defined the term "born-alive infant" as any infant, even one born as the result of an unsuccessful abortion that shows vital signs separate from its mother. The bill would have established that infants thus defined were humans with legal rights.

We have tried and tried to tell you. If you give an inch, they take a mile. This is why believers in right to life are so adamant about defending life. When life is cheapened in any way it affects life at every stage of the game including the euthanasia of the "non-useful-to-society" such as the handicapped, mentally retarded, and the elderly who are deemed as unfit to live because they have outlived their usefulness to society. 

You think I'm making this up? Check out news from the champion of the world in euthanasia, the Netherlands. This article from The Guardian on March 1, 2012, "Dutch mobile euthanasia units to make house calls," explains how the Dutch will now make house calls to euthanize those who want to end their lives. Holy Soylent Green, Batman. Is this really happening? Yes it is. This is not a trick title or heading. The article explains in detail how the Dutch Association for a Voluntary End to Life has launched what they call house-call units. And the services are being offered FREE OF CHARGE! Does that not set off an alarm bell for anyone other than me? No charge, just give us a call and we'll come put you down before you know what hit you. Oh, don't worry about not having the money, just give us a call at, Euthanasias 'R Us!

So you say, "but that could never happen here." It's just plain old, simple math, people. Let me try to explain it so even a liberal can understand. When you give every citizen "free" healthcare in a situation where medical facilities and practitioners are already in short supply ---> decrease the amount of money the government will pay them, thereby reducing the amount of people willing to spend 10 years of their life preparing to be doctors ----> (Now stay with me, it's simple math)----> it naturally follows that there won't be enough healthcare to go around ------> so somebody has to decide who receives treatment and who doesn’t ----->not the doctors or patients, that duty would fall on, you guessed it,  the "End of Life Counseling" panel. It's common sense people. Who gets the cancer treatment.....my 93 year old dad who has worked hard all his life to pay for his health insurance or the 25 year old who’s never worked a day in his life?

Now doesn't that sound a whole lot better than the "Death Panel?" I mean death panel is such a messy term; we better not use that one. In case you think my mathematical formula for who gets eliminated in this game of Big-Government-playing-God, is a bunch of hypothetical nonsense, it's already in full use. The Dutch have been using this model for years, along with universal healthcare. The Dutch are now killing 2300 to 3100 people a year through the End of Life Association. The actual numbers are likely to be much higher since many cases are not registered.

Remember the story from my blog, "Right to Choose" about throwing a frog in water? That's the principle at work here. Throw a frog in boiling water, he will jump out. But, throw him in a pot of cold water and slowly turn up the heat and he will never notice and slowly boil to death. Here's the analogy. Justify that fetuses are not humans yet -allow them to be killed in the womb - then allow those that are in the last trimester to be killed in partial birth abortion - then allow an abortion survival baby to just lay on the table to die instead of receiving life-saving medical attention - then say that it's merciful to let anyone choose to end their life, and you see how the heart and mindset gets totally de-sensitized to the protection of all life.

The Declaration of Independence declares that all men are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Well, it all starts with right to life. There can be no liberty or pursuit of happiness without having life. America, we must pursue the sanctity of life and we must be vigilant in exposing all lies and distortions of truth that claim otherwise. 
God Bless America!
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Its a Spending Problem, Not A Revenue Issue:

Our government is a big believer that if they tell you something enough, you will believe it. Take issue with the Social Security comments. They call it an "entitlement". I am here to tell you, when you contribute your money into a fund, that is your money, not the government's. Therefore, it is not an entitlement. Now if you tell the administration this, they will completely ignore you and go right back on national ads calling it an entitlement.

Sadly, there are many more people that live on true entitlements than those that don't. Thus they will believe what the government says. My point being, a truthful administration is non-existent. Spending is the issue yet they tell us how they need to create more revenue.

If you will take the time to research their spending habits you would be amazed. Like the $500,000 to watch a shrimp run around on a treadmill. The $250,000 spent in Arkansas to study a peanut. When these issues arise, our great leaders say, "well , that's a drop in the bucket!" Enough drops cause a waterfall folks.
So let's get bigger in our financial miscues by our government. Solyndra; 500 million dollars to a company that was proven destined for failure, yet the government gave them the money. Now they are Bankrupt. So what do we do? Court OKs $370,000 to pay the executives their due bonuses. Another drop in the bucket. Their answer as to why? That's what it takes to keep the good people. Again, Bankrupt!

Since the government took control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers (that would be us) have spent more than $160 million defending the mortgage companies AND their former executives. Guess the bonuses for being so good wouldn't cover their attorney fees. By the way, the charges against them....fraud. Obama's administration had this secret very well hidden until Congress demanded an accounting that was produced by the companies and their regulator. Documents reviewed by the New York Times revealed that we the taxpayers have spent $24.2 million in attorney fees for three former top executives - Franklin D. Raines, Timothy Howard......the Top Chief FINANCIAL officer, and the former CONTROLLER, Leanne Spencer. By the way, for those of you that don't know, a controller is the person that over sees all the monies coming in and going out.

We have got to make others aware of this type of fraud against us, the taxpayers, and show our country what our administration's policies really are. We need to expose this to the country to minimize all we can being distributed to this company. The Treasury department is expected to publish a report outlining the administration's recommendations regarding the future of these companies. I can only imagine what is being said in the oval office; "Well, looks like they caught us!"

All I can ask is for you to get involved. Let your friends and family know about this blog site. If nothing else but for the information they need that will enable them to make wise choices in their voting process. Come here...get facts...go to media and the current administration...get smoke.

God bless,
Ragman

Right to Choose

Right to choose. . . . .these are words that we hear quite often from groups that support a woman's right to choose to kill their unborn child.

I believe in the right to choose also, but not in the right to choose murder. How about the right to choose what kind of education your own children recieve? My family has chosen not to participate in government education as far as sending our children to those institutions. However, that does not allow us to choose not to participate in the out-of-control taxes that pay for the out-of-control spending for those institutions. We have used homeschooling, private Christian schools, and a homeschool academy as our methods of providing education to our children. Yet, we have been forced to pay for an education system that we no longer believe in along with our preferred forms of education.

So, why the resistance to vouchers for education? Oh, I'm sure you have heard all the phony baloney stories about how it would bankrupt the government education system. Well, first off, good! That's what a broken system needs to do just like a failing business. Count your losses, reorganize, and start over. But, let's not get into mass hysteria here. I'm not really suggesting that we close down "public education". I'm suggesting that competition makes anyone or anything better. You grow and adapt or die. Take the money that is spent on a per child basis and give parents vouchers to spend that money at the school that they think will most benefit their child. Those that believe the "public school" is a better choice for their child will still be able to make that choice. But those, like us and many others, that are tired of putting their children into a "big box store" kind of system with its one size fits all mentality, may choose another form of education. Government education will be forced to examine itself, live within its budget, and learn to give parents what they are paying for.

There's an old saying that goes like this, "If you say something long enough and loud enough, it becomes fact." Well that's what has happened to the education system in this country. We have just mindlessly sent our children into this school system for about eight hours a day with little thought as to what they are actually teaching our children. We justify our actions by saying long enough and loud enough, "My parents went to public schools and I went to public schools, blah, blah, blah." It doesn't matter that we may not believe in the forms of sex education, the re-writing of history, environmentalism, Godless secular humanistic philosphy, or evolutionary thinking (which includes way more than evolutionary science). We just send the kids there to be indoctrinated for eight hours a day, and then wonder what has happened to the youth of our country. We wonder how it ever happened that kids are shooting each other in school, posting idiotic videos of ganging up on helpless victims by bullies, and forms of debauchery that most of us never dreamed of in our whole lives, much less when we were in junior high. How many of you believe you can make up for the indoctrination by correcting them in the time you have with your children after school? Some of you do and you're to be commended for that. But you know as well as I do, most don't or we wouldn't be having the problems we are having.

Along with the voucher system, the Department of Education needs to be eliminated as the wasteful spending entity that it is. We got along just fine without it before its re-creation by Jimmy Carter in 1967, thank you. It existed earlier and in our history, but was soon downgraded to an office. Look at this organizational chart for this monster.


People such as myself have proven beyond any doubt what can be accomplished in education right in the home and in private institutions at a fraction of the cost per child. Through homeschooling and private education, three of my daughters had such high SAT scores that they qualified for grant money to go to college. One of them chose to leave college and devote her life to being a wife and mother. One daughter earned entrance into the Phi Theta Kappa honor society, and another made the dean's list at Regent University in Virginia. My son will be taking college credit courses next year in his junior year. The proof is in the pudding.

Aside from the fact that choosing a different form of education is quite costly, it is rapdily coming under fire. I witnessed a custody hearing today involving a husband and grandparents who were trying to remove three children from the mother's custody because she was homeschooling their three children. It would be one thing if she was an unfit mother, but witness after witness tesified that she was good mother. The only argument they had was that she was homeschooling and over protective. Amazing. Over protective. How have we come to the point where a parent is criticized for doing that which God commands us to do....."Train up a child in the way he/she should go."
You better wake up people. They don't steal rights from you in one gigantic move. It's hundreds of small moves that seem barely noticeable at the time. It's like putting a frog in boiling water. If you dropped a frog in boiling water he would immediately try to jump out. But if you put him in cold water, turn up the heat slowly, he will never see it coming and will boil to death. We are in the water, Americans, and the heat is slowly being turned up. Wake up!

God Bless America!
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A World Without God

NEW POST BY RAGMAN

ragmanFeb 24, 2012 01:48 PM

A World Without God....
Believe it or not, that is what many people desire our world to be like; without God. They feel that without the "hindrance" of God they can move forward and be free from what they feel are the shackles and shortcomings of "traditional" religion. For example, we find that humanism is making great inroads in our society as far as denying and working against religion as most people would view it. Humanism itself has been ruled a religion by the United States Supreme Court (Torcaso Case, 1961; Segar Case, 1964), yet it denies the need or existence of God, thus a no God religion. In the Humanist Manifesto; take notice to what is said of "traditional " religion...
As in 1933, humanists still believe that traditional theism, especially faith in the prayer-hearing God, assumed to love and care for persons, to hear and understand their prayers, and to be able to do something about them, is an unproven and outmoded faith..
Reasonable minds look to other means for survival.
No deity will save us; we must save ourselves.
As non theists, we begin with humans, not God, nature not deity.
Obviously such people feel that there is no place in man's needs nor should be in his desires for a God in heaven. In the same Manifesto the statement is made that, "The next century can be and should be the humanistic century."

Sound familiar? Seems to me that we are heading in that direction. Why would the United States Supreme Court even rule on such an issue? And why would this issue not be made public? And then rule in these types of groups favor! Is their desire coming true? OPEN YOUR EYES! Have you noticed the continual degradation of morals in the media? Adultery, cursing...every kind of immoral act is now glorified in the name of human pleasure. That is why we are here. To get the truisms out to you so that you can make an informative and wise decision in what needs to be done to take our country back.
God bless

Welcome to God-Country-Family Blog!

Welcome to the God-Country-Family Blog. This is the first blog and will be informational in nature and instructional as far as the rules go.

I started this blog because of my love for God, America, and my family. But, I’m not speaking of loving them individually only. I’m really speaking of how they are entwined together in an inseparable bond. I grew up in an America that looks very different than the one in which we live today. As great a country as she is, America has strayed from the path, from the foundation, from the three pillars that made her the great country that she is. It doesn’t take a very long look at history to see what happens to a society that forsakes its belief and trust in God, places self interest above their country, and places less emphasis on the family.

Our founding fathers knew these things were what it would take to make a struggling, new country into one that could stand the test of time. When they penned the words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness,” they were forming a foundation different from any other democracy in existence. Every other democracy that claimed to give people rights were rights that were given by the government or a monarchy. Our founders knew that these unalienable rights can only be given by God and no man can take them away.

This is the heart of what this blog is about. It’s about God, God-given rights, love of country, and the importance of family in a free society. I have witnessed in my time on this earth our country going from “Leave it to Beaver”, “The Andy Griffith Show”, and “I Love Lucy” to the worst kind of filth imaginable on TV.  I have seen us go from the worst crimes in school being, chewing gum in class to teenage suicides, rampant drug use, and murder. I have seen politics go from being a rough sport to a spectacle that would make the worst gladiator event at the Coliseum in Rome look like a game of tidily-winks. I have seen the foundation of marriage being viewed not as a gift from God, but as something that we slip in and out of like a pair of socks. I was reminded yesterday of a movie that was so shocking in 1959 that it was unheard of for any crime to be committed in that way. The movie was, “In Cold Blood.” This kind of crime was almost unheard of in that time. Now crimes like this are such an everyday event that we have become calloused to them.

I am a Christian, a free enterprise, free market, compassionate capitalist. I will strive to expose those things of darkness that are wreaking havoc on our kids, our families, and our country in general. This may range from those things that hurt this country from a faith perspective or from my political perspective. I am unashamedly capitalistic, pro-life, limited government, and will use this blog to fight any form of socialism from destroying our country.

Anyone who is willing to have civil discussions, based on fact, are welcome to comment. I will remove any comments that are obscene or that contain profanity. I will remove any comments that resort to personal attacks. We will go by the two strike rule. One violation of the rules of commentary will be removed. A second violation will result in banning from this blog.

I am joined in this effort by one of my best friends and Christian brothers on this earth. He will introduce himself in another blog. Along the way we will have other writers join us as well.
Make no mistake, we are united in the fact that our beloved nation is in trouble, that there are forces of darkness in operation seeking to destroy the freedom we enjoy, and it is our mission to expose them for what they are and open eyes of those who are truly willing to see.

God Bless America!
Storeytime