Fascinating Videos

Tuesday was the Fortieth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that the privacy of the womb belongs only to the woman, and not to its occupant, not to the unborn baby.

Yesterday I found some fascinating videos that were produced regarding this issue.  They are quite effective in evoking deeper thought concerning the issues of the reality that babies are people with hearts and souls and minds and are part of our society, part of the human race.







I don’t particularly like the notion of “potential” as the view towards a baby or any other human being.  But these videos do demonstrate that something very important is being ignored by our society in the matter of abortion and the value human life in general.

In Roe v. Wade and Roe v. Wade - 410 U.S. 113 (1973) it is reported that the woman’s constitutional right to privacy as guaranteed in several amendments and particularly the Fourteenth and Ninth amendments was the basis for the Supreme Court’s decision against the unborn baby in favor of the woman’s right for no one to know.  It seems ironic that the strongest arguments were based upon the right for privacy regarding Due Process.  And so a woman and abortionist are protected under due process while the baby is not.

It is even more powerfully ironic that in his recent inaugural address Obama spoke of reasons to ignore people’s rights to privacy in various matters.  The right to self-defense amendment is particularly under attack by a former Senator and now President who openly supports abortion as a right of women and especially of the abortion industrialists.  Is it not ironic that a woman’s so-called right to privacy has now become a right to have the rest of society pay for the termination of her baby?  Is it not ironic that the people who object to abortions on the basis of their belief that killing babies is ungodly no longer have any First Amendment rights whatsoever, even in many cases being denied the right of free speech?

The extent of the irony reaches into another area as well, as is reported at Ex-SEAL Zinke: 'Nearly Certain' Women in Combat Will Cost Lives.

It does not seem to be accidental that with the Roe v. Wade decision that the views of many women began to change significantly.  In the past it was extremely uncommon for women to think of military service as a “right” of women.  With the dehumanizing of babies and the devaluing of life in general, our society is more and more inclined to glorify warriors as role models.  Killing and fighting are predominant themes in movies.  Survival games are promoted as entertainment on TV.  Sending troops overseas to invade other countries under the guise of National Security and the War against Terrorism has become accepted. Assassinations via drones has become accepted.  Even the so-called collateral damage is hardly even counted anymore.

Are these issues divorced of one another?  Is there no common link between them?

Should we not consider seriously how far we have wandered in our thinking and values as a society?  Should we not also consider the things that have promoted this erosion and degradation and devolution of human decency?

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Military Training for Zombie Attacks

At Zombie Attack JBS CEO Art Thompson discusses: Zombie attack - U.S. Military and police engage in a mock zombie attack as part of training to control American civilians; and voter fraud, enough of it exists for Obama to welcome UN poll watchers to the U.S.



I have heard former military people say that they do not believe that the American military personnel as individuals will obey orders to take action against American civilians.  Yet this is exactly what they are being trained to do.  Both the military personnel as well as the citizenry are being prepared to accept this as what is soon to come.

Many people accept and even defend the unconstitutional actions and even existence of DHS, and TSA, the Patriot Act, and NDAA.  Some people even imagine that it is a good thing to have UN poll watchers monitoring the American elections.

Once upon a time the American people believed the bold statements of the Declaration of Independence, especially those dealing with the declaration that all men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Once upon a time the American people believed that the Declaration’s stated purpose of government is absolutely correct, saying, “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, ...”

Is this not what the American people believed once upon a time?

Did the people not believe that the purpose of government was to SECURE these rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness, and not to restrict or control or even take away these rights?

Did the people not believe that governments and those who govern are the servants of this God who endows mankind with these unalienable rights?  Is this not what caused America to be a land that flourished in spite of the fact that the elite abused this time and time again?

Surely as we examine America’s history, these unalienable rights have not been secured for all who lived under the protection of the American government.  Surely we must admit that certain groups especially have suffered injustice and have endured the trampling of these unalienable rights.

The majority of Americans have turned a blind eye to these things so long as they were not personally affected by them.  Sometime ignorance of the abuses or at least partial ignorance was the reason for people’s indifference and tolerance of these things.  Sometimes it was motivated by prejudice.  Sometimes it was fear.  Sometimes is was simple apathy.  Sometimes it was greed of various manifestations.  The government schools certainly have played a role through indoctrination of the children and university students.  The media also has added to this indoctrination.

Perhaps we are getting what we deserve or have asked for.  Perhaps we are responsible for continually compromising and voting for “the lesser of two evils,” without accounting for the truth that this is still voting for evil.

The turning from true fear, love, and trust in God is undeniably the most significant factor.

Even those who do not truly fear, love, and trust in God, who nevertheless valued the doctrine of the Bible which teaches the commandments of love for neighbor, even such “unbelievers” held to a different standard and a different understanding of life in this world than is now being observed generally among us.

Those who signed the Declaration of Independence had this as the concluding paragraph of their Declaration:

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

While these men were not united in their understanding and confession of who God is, and while they were not all of the same confession of the faith given by this God, they all signed their names and gave their pledges to the just ways declared in the Bible.  It was their confidence and “firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence,” that moved them to further say, “we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

Because of their “firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence” they were unwilling to turn a blind eye to the tyranny that was being forced upon them and their fellow countrymen, a tyranny that they knew would grow even worse for their progeny.

They stood against the king’s troops who were trained and sent to act against the citizens.  They established a constitution that was designed to prevent the necessity of such action in the future.

But tyrants are crafty.  They know how to twist words and used them for the opposite purpose of what they are intended.  And in time the people forget their duty to love neighbor as self and to vote out the tyrants, even at the cost of losing some person fortune, honor, or even life or livelihood.

People forget that compromise is the same as surrender.

Consider the follow illustration using simple plus signs:

Original status:

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Third Compromise:

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Fourth Compromise:

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Fifth Compromise:

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Surely this is enough to demonstrate the pattern and the reality of compromise.

Compromise of principles is always one sided.  Those who want to reduce or eliminate the principle never compromise anything.  The goal is to lessen or change or destroy the principle.

The side that holds to the principle or believe is the only side surrendering anything.  They lose with the very first compromise.  Once the principle has been compromised it is no longer the same principle.  It has been lost and the power that it held has been broken.

The next compromise is easier to accomplish because the original purpose of the principle has already been lost.  The power to protect or provide the original purpose is diminished.

Such is the way with the principle of limited government.  Such is the way with the unalienable rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

When people forget who the author and giver of these unalienable rights is, they have already lost them or surrendered them.  Then they begin looking to government and other sources to provide these.  With the one who gives these purely by grace divorced from their trust and belief and confidence, they begin looking to those who must take from them to give back less than is taken.

The best example of this is given in1 Samuel 8 with the account of how the people of Israel turned from the freedom of having theLord as their king to demanding that Samuel give them a king like the rest of the nations had.

The Lord warned them concerning what they were bringing upon themselves, but they would not listen.

As is always the way, this began with compromising what the Lord had established.  This began when Samuel’s sons began to compromise and to take bribes and to pervert justice.

The same thing happened with Eli’s sons a generation before.  However, in this case the people cried out to the Lord, trusting Him to set things right again, which He did.  He used the wicked Philistines to remove these unjust rulers.  Then He appointed Samuel, who ruled justly, in accord with the decrees of the Lord.

But now, with Samuel’s sons, who apparently were not even as abusive as Eli’s sons were, the people turned from trusting the Lord to bring the needed reform, and looked instead to the ways of the other nations and demanded a king like they had.  The result was that the protections that the Lord had given were lost through their own faithless choice.

Are we not seeing the same today as people turn more and more to earthly rulers and government, saying, “That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.”

    Prior to this, they had only the Word of the Lord to rule and judge them.  Now they would have an extensive legal system designed by their government.  Now they would taxes and MORE taxes.  Now they would have a standing army to support with both their money and theirs sons.  Now they would have a police state.  On and on the changes came until finally they rebelled against the king whom they had demanded to have rule over them, just like the other nations.

This is the way of the sinful human race.

But the Lord remains a God of grace, mercy, and peace.  His continual desire is to call people back to His merciful love and forgiveness.  He desires that people acknowledge Him as their Father, who rules with divine fatherly goodness and mercy so that they may enjoy the freedom of living in His kingdom, which is from above.

Thus He came to the world as one of us, born of the Seed that He built into the human genome with the creation of Woman, whom her husband renamed Eve, or Life, because of the promise of this future birth and victory of this Seed.  God showed Himself as Immanuel, with us God.  He took the special name of Jesus, the Lord saves.  He reestablished His kingdom by coming in the flesh to His people so as to redeem all of mankind from the power of sin, which is death.  He died with the sin of world in His own body.  He was buried and then rose again free from this horrible burden for the sake of the everlasting freedom of all of mankind, to be received freely by grace through His appointed means.  For all who do receive His grace through these divinely ordained means, life is restored in it fullness and they are regenerated into His kingdom of righteousness.  For such people as receive His grace through these means, they are governed once again in spirit through His Word.  Rules and regulations and laws are not necessary for they live by grace through faith.  They live in this world, enduring the many things that unbelieving mankind imposes upon everyone, yet they live free of these things in the knowledge of their place in God’s everlasting kingdom in which all things are made right again, which will be fully revealed when He comes again in the fullness of His glory to separate the unbelieving wicked from those who are justified through faith.

Sadly, the AP report about the government labeling citizens as zombies actually is an accurate label.  And so the zombie citizenry marches mindlessly to the tune of the devil, the flesh, and the world, not even realizing that they are voting for their own demise.  Even though there are at least two candidates running for the office of president who openly oppose this way of tyranny, most will not even consider voting for either of them.  The Constitution Party has a candidate and the Libertarian Party has a candidate.  They both are far an above either of the Two Party Drones of the imperial globalists.

Amazingly, if everyone who said that these two so-called third party candidates cannot win actually voted for them, either of them could win by a landslide.

The question is whether people will vote according to what they believe to be right or whether they will yet again compromise and surrender to the evil empire.

It is amazing how powerful the result is when even a few people actually stand for what they believe is right.  While I do not agree with everything that was said and done by those who stood against the tyrannical rule of the British empire, I certainly am left in awe of their commitment to what they believed.  It is truly awesome to recount the horrific things that stood against them and to see that they nevertheless prevailed and birthed a new nation, a nation through which many, many people have been richly blessed.  Even in the face of the atrocities that also have occurred, still, many, many people have been richly blessed.

If you would care to hear what some of the third-party candidates are saying, Free & Equal provided a forum for them to debate, which you can view at Third Party Presidential Candidates Debate - C-SPAN Video Library or view below.  It is a 90 minute video with candidates from the Green Party, the Justice Party, the Constitution Party, and the Libertarian Party.

After this debate the viewers were permitted to vote for two candidates to be included in a second debate which is scheduled for November 5, 2012.  The debate will feature Libertarian Party candidate  Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, whom the viewing voters chose.

Here is the first debate video for anyone who would like to view it:



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How Is a Blind Man’s Cane Mistaken for a Samurai Sword?

Who in his right mind would think that this white cane was a samurai sword and the man carrying it a dangerous threat?



Apparently police worldwide think so.

The following reports tell the story:

Terror of blind man tasered by police: 'I thought they'd kill me', says stroke victim aged 61 whose white stick was mistaken for a samurai sword

Blind man tasered in police blunder

Police use Taser on blind man after stick mistaken for sword


More and more this sort of “mistake” is occurring worldwide.  How can such things be happening?  How is it that this is becoming more and more common?

It is happening according to the plan.

People are being trained to see terrorists everywhere.  Police are being trained to suspect everyone.  Police and military personnel are trained to look for this.

At the airport and at city hall, ordinary citizens are treated as potential perpetrators of violence.  A fingernail clipper is treated as a weapon and a bottle of water is counted as a possible bomb making ingredient.

People are being trained and encouraged to report “peculiar” behavior of their neighbors.

Is it really surprising that this is causing hysteria of the kind that leads to overreaction and use of force against a blind man carrying a cane for assistance?

People need to wake up and realize that this is bad news.  We need to stop this before it is too late.

Certainly there exist proper causes for suspicion.  But these are obvious in their peculiarity.  A stranger lurking around the back window or back door of a neighbor’s house, is a good example.  Someone wearing a ski mask in August is a very suspicious action.

But unless you believe that Highlander is a true to life story, reporting a man walking down the street with a samurai sword is insanity.  For the police to react to such reports without extreme discretion is absolute insanity.  When the suspected man is an elderly man walking slowly and with care, not threatening anyone, there is no excuse for such behavior.

But this hysteria is growing.  It is being promoted by the government bureaucracies, by the media, and by the government schools. It is actually being taught and fostered.

Police and military personnel should not be such fools as this.  They are thinking people.  But they are taught to obey orders above all else.  They are actually taught to be abusive, as with this elderly blind man, to apply assertive and abusive force and to make the handcuffs tight enough to hurt.  They are taught not to hesitate.  They are taught that protecting themselves against a suspected aggressor is more important than being certain.

Family and friends need to confront their loved ones who serve as law enforcement and military, lovingly reminding them of their vows to protect and serve.  If they do not count right as more important than might, they should resign.  If the lives of those they are sworn to protect are not more important than risking their own, then they should resign.

The country is safer without them if they have the wrong mindset.  At least most criminals cannot call for hundreds for backup.

And what of the notion that collateral damage is acceptable in a faux war against terror?  What is the proportion of people killed in the war against terror to the number killed by so-called terrorist attacks?  How many thousands and tens of thousands have been killed directly in the so-called war against terror?  And if the extensive collateral damage of poisoned water and effects are counted, how many more tens of thousands?

Which is more terrifying, really?  Which is the greater atrocity?

Then there are the massive changes that have been forced upon the citizens of the nations fighting this war on terror.  I can still remember when one could escort loved ones all the way to the embarking gate without even showing ID.  I can remember when people were not afraid of the police and security people at airports and elsewhere.  I can remember when police smiled and waved back when we waved to them.  I remember when we were not afraid to wave to the police as they passed by.

I also remember when we were not afraid of what our neighbors would report concerning our actions.  I remember when a spanking was not counted as abuse of one’s naughty child.  And yes, I am thankful that my parents were free to use such measures when they believed them to be necessary.

Today parents are arrested and their children are taken away if the parents dare to discipline them strongly.  Yet the TSA regularly frightens children and even gropes them publically, taking their toys and their drinks from them.  The police assist bankers in driving families from their homes.  The military confiscates guns from homeowners in the aftermath of horrific natural disasters.

These things became more prevalent during all of the presidents and their administrations and congresses of the past fifty years.  Isn’t it time that we wake up and stop putting these goons in office?  Isn’t time that we act responsibly?

Isn’t it time that we acknowledge the fact that voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil?  If everyone abandoned this insane notion and voted their conscience instead, the world would truly become a safer and more peaceful place to live.

If people truly acted responsibly and only voted according to their consciences, voting only for those whom they perceived as clearly and truly godly and faithful and honest, imagine how much smaller government would be and how much less money would be required to run it?

Well, it is a very nice dream.

How Do You Spell Defense?

This article Even Defense Contractors Support Ron Paul For President and the accompanying video amaze me. The more that I observe Ron Paul the more that I admire him. I continue to be amazed at his calm responses to the deliberate attempts by media establishment enforcers to misrepresent his statements and positions. I am amazed by his calm yet effective overturning of their blatant fraud.

As I watch or hear or read this man I almost dare to have hope for the country.

Regarding politicians here is a question:

How can one know when a political candidate is being honest?

Answer: When his campaign rhetoric matches his voting record and actions.

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For how many in the last fifty years has this been the case?

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Veterans, Active Military march in D.C. for Ron Paul

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More regarding Veterans Day

The following video from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs honors our veterans and promotes an understanding that Veterans Day is really every day.



In my daily activities I meet many military veterans. We have many, many, veterans from generations past and present. They have many perspectives to share. They have many stories. They do not all enter military service with the same purpose. Yet they all serve the country and its people. US veterans also have served and continue to serve people from other countries as well.

One veteran shared with me the sacrifices made by our military pilots. He shared that he was disabled by his many flights that involved forces on his body of 5 Gs or more. I never thought of the destructive power of this upon the skeletal system of a pilot.

What amazed me even more was this man's attitude. He expressed no regrets. He harbors no feeling of being mistreated. I have heard many stories of mistreatment of veterans, but this man counts himself to be very well treated. He says that he would do it all again.

I recently spoke with another veteran, whose son is now serving in Afghanistan. The father served in Desert Storm. The son serves in whatever the current "storm" is. I asked whether he believed in the necessity of what is being done. He shared that he did when he was in active service, but now he does not. Like father like son, for his son believes in the cause of what is being done. He seeks and finds roadside bombs and ignites them. I wonder what he will think in twenty years.

One thing is beyond question, our veterans put themselves at risk and make tremendous sacrifices. We most certainly should honor this and them. Moreover, we should consider what form such honor should take. Are statues and memorials the way in which true honor is given? What sort of memorial truly honors the service and sacrifices made by our military veterans?

I believe that honoring the Constitution that they swear to uphold and defend is the best and truest memorial. How many Americans have even read the US Constitution? How many Americans take into account that which the Constitution promotes and guarantees when determining for whom they will cast their vote? What good is served by the sacrifices of our military veterans if we do not keep the Constitution safe here at home? If the power and authority of the Constitution is violated and usurped here at home, for what do our military veterans end up fighting and sacrificing?

Is this not worthy of consideration? Is this not worthy of memorializing?

Veterans Day

Veterans Day was rainy here in Wichita, and so I stayed home doing various kinds of other work rather than slipping and sliding on wet tree bark. I am always tied in with my climbing lines, but slipping can still hurt, especially if it includes slamming into a branch or tree trunk.

One of the things I did was some more updating of the Bride of Christ web site, including revising and posting the Veterans Day article posted under the Holiday and Special Occasion Page. It has been a long time since I updated this page. I hope to return to the regular practice of changing it with the change of holidays.

On this year's Veterans Day observance I also heard from a friend who is a veteran. He called to share with me some information that he had learned that he hoped would be valuable to me in my business activities. He knows how hard my stump grinding is and wanted to try to help me to work a little less hard.

In the conversation he shared a statement: "Everyone except the veteran gets off for Veterans Day. The veteran still has to work."

This is true from many perspectives. It especially applies in connection with the True Veteran whom I mention in the Veterans Day article.

Peace and true rest to all from the True Veteran!

U.S. Troops In Homeland “Crowd Control” Patrols From October 1st

Looking at this photograph, where would you guess these troops are patrolling?



Did you guess Afghanistan? Perhaps you guessed Iraq.

Nope. These troops are in the USA.

The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team is training for the patrolling scheduled to begin October 1, 2008.




You can read a very short version at
infowarsnews

The fuller explanation is at
U.S. Troops In Homeland “Crowd Control” Patrols From October 1st


And in case you think this is just someone’s farfetched and delusional conspiracy, here is the official report from Army Times.


Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1


Why is this not told in the mainstream media? Can you guess?



Amazing, the training is not for the purpose of protecting us against terrorists or against those invading our nation under the guise of illegal immigration, but to CONTROL US!


Is it time yet to call your congressman?

The number for the Congressional Switchboard is: 202-224-3121.

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