Posted on 10/27/2014 3:50:55 PM PDT by betty boop
Hes the Staller in Chief President Obama has punted almost every hot-button issue past the key midterm elections on Nov. 4.
Obama has postponed decisions on a raft of contentious issues related to ObamaCare, Gitmo, immigration and his Cabinet.
This is partly to protect Democratic candidates and hold onto the Senate. But its more than that. Obama plans a number of radical moves later this year when the administration believes the media, and the public, are paying less attention.
This includes a forced transformation of our neighborhoods, a huge influx of immigrants and billions of dollars in additional taxes.
Will midterm voters really be fooled? Probably not. Republicans are expected to hold both the Senate and the House starting in the next term. But whether anyone can stop the executive actions Obama quietly plans is another matter.
In fact, the president is hoping you dont even notice.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Thanks, as I saw him on Beck’s show awhile back and got the distinct impression he was not pro-2A.
From what I have heard and read, he has concerns about minorities (read “blacks”) having so many guns in “urban” areas. As a neurosurgeon, he knows all too well the predictable outcome of same. I understand his concerns. But he is hardly a “gun-grabber” as some make him out to be.
I stand corrected. Thank you.
Of course, I haven’t been paying too much attention to him these days.
Hmmm.... No conspiracy's...?.. What a concept..
I'd like someone to tell me How the election of Barak Obama is/was not a conspiracy..
Barry's entire life is a conspiracy...
There so many conspiracy's surrounding it.. I've lost count..
Heck Alamo Girl made a website to highlight the conspracy's around Bill Clintoon..
Heck, the Obama Conspiritory makes the Clintoon's look like Roger and Jessica Rabbit... in comparison..
** did I mention there may BE no election in 2016..
Okay. Are you suggesting, dear brother in Christ, that the next election is all about some kind of Christian scourging of the GOP?
Hi, Betty. No, I was more focused on the title of this article and its basic theme.
Obama has a secret radical agenda, but conservatives should not necessarily expect the republican party to oppose the major portions of it. In fact, the lame duck session is probably the most dangerous period in recent memory. That congress, with both outgoing democrats and republicans still able to make law for the nation, might just let Obama move ahead unimpeded or unquestioned on their areas of agreement: immigration, obamacare, and environment.
So, while I do think that God's judgment is on this land, I wasn't addressing that in my response to you.
There is a bright side to that:
Hebrews 12: For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.[a] 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
It seems that Dr. Benjamin Carson is worried about that eventuality, too. What Obama does during the lame-duck session may provide clues about how he intends to successfully bring about that eventuality into actual reality. (Carson is evidently worried about the prospects of total social anarchy by then.)
It's hard to tell who Obama's co-cospirators were/are other than Allah and his deranged, barbaric minions, or maybe even Satan himself (if you were to ask me).
Indeed, no teleprompter or prepared notes, I understand: He speaks entirely extemporaneously.
You wrote, "Here on Free Republic he [Carson] has already been declared to be lacking the Christ Like conservative purity many demand. That is supreme foolishness."
Oh, I so agree. But then there are people who frequent this site who feel that no one can possibly rise to their level of discriminating judgment when it comes to judging souls with whom they do not entirely agree on every point which is the very thing the Lord warns us against doing: "Judge not, lest ye be judged." I gather such folks are their own exacting standard or model of what is deemed "righteousness" in their own minds.
I spent the day reading Carson's wonderfully thought-provoking book, America the Beautiful (2012). I'd like to share the culminating passages, under the concluding section head, "Building on our solid foundation":
I feel blessed to have lived here in America for sixty years, with hopefully many more to come. In all those years, I have never met a perfect person and since nations are simply collections of imperfect people, I have never seen a perfect nation. In looking back through the history of the world, however, I feel very comfortable in saying that there has never been another nation like the United States of America. Yes, we have made mistakes, but we continue to learn from them, and as long as we remain capable of embracing life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as our goal, and we are willing to guarantee those things to our citizens, I believe we will continue to grow in greatness.To Carson, America is beautiful because America is godly.
When our forefathers knelt and prayed for wisdom at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, then stood up and together assembled a seventeen-page document known as the Constitution of the United States of America, they were clearly guided by the hand of God. Today the forces of political correctness would expel God from every public sphere in American life, and the hearts and minds of every man, woman, and child in America are up for grabs in this cataclysmic battle between the lovers of men and the lovers of God. Some would rather never choose between the two, but life is full of choices, and our individual and collective choices determine the quality of our existence.
I believe it is time for us [Christians] to stand up and be counted. We can no longer be passive because the Judeo-Christian way of life in America is at stake. We need not be ashamed of our faith, and we certainly should not allow those who believe differently to change who we are in order to be politically correct. Yes, we should accept them with brotherly love as we have been taught, but we should never compromise our belief system. We do believe in God, and we do believe in the right of everyone to have life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We do believe in orderly government that facilitates these goals rather than impedes them. It is time to set aside political correctness and replace it with the bold values and principles that founded our nation and caused it to race to the pinnacle of the world faster than any other nation in history. It is time to stop apologizing and to start leading, because the world is desperately in need of fair and ethical leadership. If that leader is not America, then who will it be, and where will they lead?
If we apply logic to solving our problems and add the godly principles of loving our fellow man, caring about our neighbors, and developing our God-given talents to the utmost so we become valuable to those around us allowing these values and principles to govern our lives then not only will we remain a pinnacle nation, we will truly be "one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
It is my prayer, America, that God will continue to shed his grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea. I pray that with his blessings our past will be but a stepping stone to a bight future and that our best days will truly lie ahead of us a beautiful new beginning!
Carson is unaffiliated with any political party. Nor am I, since 2010, when I left the Republican Party in total disgust. In the course of this work, Carson points out that, all too often nowadays, our supposed "representatives" in all branches of government have become "representatives," not of their actual constituents back home, but of their party organizations. The Republican party, being no longer "conservative" in any real sense, has already destroyed itself at its very base. Outside of partisan politics, of winning elections, of gaining and consolidating power (to what purpose???), it thinks of nothing at all.
Anyhoot, it seems we are in a state of flux. Christians need to step up their game. On this point, as on most, I totally agree with Dr. Carson.
Thank you so very much, bert, for your excellent observations!
This should be obvious to anyone who is aware of how the GOP thinks of/deals with the Tea Party.
They seem to be unaware that they are already dinosaurs.... The world has moved on.
...”in all branches of government have become “representatives,” not of their actual constituents back home, but of their party organizations”....
Yes. But the question is why has this happened?
I believe perks and the ability to gain great wealth (leads) within our government has changed those who once served with honor and dignity. They want to retain their seats regardless for with it comes power and wealth.
I could agree with Carson’s idea’s of this great country ...but not now...it’s become something else entirely BB...and certainly not under God or there would be a stronger push back then we’re seeing.
I’ve definately seen a huge change in even peoples willingness to hear the Gospel Message from how it once was....it’s as though God is removing His Spirit slowly from this country.....and the people are willing to let it be so.
It is a shame. My whole life I have seen the GOP as a worthy extension of my Christian and constitutionalist views.
I no longer see them in that light. They are just one more problem to be surmounted and overcome.
As for Carson's conservative "purity" I'll just say this. There is no perfect candidate and never will be (I have again decided not to run for president). We always choose between imperfect humans. If you find one who is decent, with the courage of his convictions who actually has convictions, support that man.
Carson would not be my first choice and I'm sure I can find things to disagree with. But he is decent and principled and worthy of support. We could do (and have done) far worse. He is a good man and I would be proud to pull the lever for him.
Elect a Community Agitator . . . Get an Agitated Community.
When will the American People say, Hold! Enough?
I dont know. There was a time when I thought I knew.
Any more . . . I dont know.
Agreed . . . Too few. Please allow me to illuminate.
Buraq 0bama thinks like Hitler; like Lenin; like Stalin; like Pharaoh; like more than one of our past Presidents (only they dared not act out their wet dreams nearly as much as does our present Chosen One).
Thanks for your many posts. Much appreciated.
Have we the sense to seize it? Time will tell.
Keep up the good work and posts. You are showing a lot of wisdom in your posts. For myself, I have learned to follow script by president Reagan, which is to support the most conservative in the field who CAN WIN. Which automatically means I may have to make compromises on some issues. That is OK and a better choice than abstaining and thus giving defacto support to possibly a democrat, with whom I may have almost nothing in common agenda.
Presidential election of 2016 takes on a very critical importance after “the change we can believe in” orchestrated by Barack Hussein Obama. Although I hope I will not be forced to vote for a nominee Jeb Bush or Mitt Romney. Paul Ryan and Christy are border line for me. I can support all other prominent candidates talked about today, without hesitation.
I read your post and am spurred to note that if I compare Ben to all the other ‘candidates’ the media seems to attribute to GOP planning, Doctor Carson comes out far ahead of the pack. His greatest test if elected would be finding representatives in Washington willing to get with him on saving the America he sees in peril. I cite the two ‘sin’ators of my state as examples of the putrifacted GOP enablers, republicants of the first order. Alexander and Corker will lie to your face trying to manipulate you into ignoring their dead souls. BTW, my choice for veep with Dr. Carson as President would be Sylvia Thompson.
RE: "God is removing His Spirit slowly from this country": I see the matter slightly differently, dear caww.
In the first place, I believe God does not abandon souls who love Him. I also believe that God acts through souls who love Him, at His pleasure. At the heart of Reality, there is a divine/human community, fostered and mediated by the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit is always immediately there to remind us of the crucial Christian virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love so long as our souls remain open to Him. It is obvious that, in our day and age, a new type of man has emerged, whose soul is hermetically sealed against Spirit as a matter of principle; e.g., atheists, agnostics, materialists, any manner of progressive thinker....
To me, such a person denies the foundation of his own humanity. But that may be subject matter for another day.
Anyhoot, I think the above is a fair account of the source of the cultural split in our nation today. Ben Carson draws the distinction likewise, as "lovers of God vs. lovers of men."
RE the upcoming election: What is a guaranteed loser position here is to lose all HOPE and think there's nothing you can do to help, so you might as well stay home.
Looking into my crystal ball, here is the big picture I see.
We the People have been masterly set-up by The Other Side ("TOS"), whose main spear-carrier nowadays appears to be the Nutcase-in-Chief who has been squatting at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, for the past six years.
0bama is not only on the verge of "doubling down" WRT each and every horrific policy he has championed in the upcoming Lame Duck Congress (whatever the outcome of next Tuesday is); he's going "all in," making a bid for absolute supremacy, and defying anyone to stop him.
He'll wreak all kinds of unconstitutional havoc before the next Congress is sworn in, early January.
At that point, the question becomes: Of what is the next Congress composed? Also, what party is in control of the respective houses and critically, the Senate?
If the GOP does not come way from this election in control of the Senate, that means Harry Reid can be expected to continue taking a wrecking ball to the Senate, to the Legislative Branch, to the constitutional separation and balance of powers, with total impunity.
To the point of close collaboration with the Nutcase Usurper, thus to utterly destroy our constitutional republic, so that the Nutcase-in-Chief can assume the sort of unlimited dictatorical powers of a Castro, or a Noriega....
Which entails that the American people are "forever" to be assigned the status of so much "cattle." (In 0bama's fevered brain.)
If, however, the GOP does carry the Senate, it's faced with a fait accompli: The fat is already in the fire. Yet my suspicion is, 0bama's various acts of unconstitutional executive usurpation will have inspired an amazing backlash from the people. So many of whom, after all, are Christians.
If the next Senate is GOP-controlled, there is at least a chance of holding 0bama accountable for his acts in violation of his constitutional Oath of Office.
If it's Dem-controlled, then you get a total whitewash; and Washington business goes on "as usual."
Which eventually entails the destruction of the American Middle Class as Job #1, and thus the implosion of American civil order.... Then we get to "reap the whirlwind."
Dear caww, although there have been times lately when I've felt a bit despondent, discouraged myself it is so difficult to breathe in a noxious, toxic culture of lies still, I find renewal in the Holy Spirit, who constantly bids me to keep alive the virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love, to follow Christ, to pray for help and guidance, and then to leave the rest up to God.
May God ever bless you and all your dear ones!
...there have been times lately when I've felt a bit despondent, discouraged myself it is so difficult to breathe in a noxious, toxic culture of lies still, I find renewal in the Holy Spirit, who constantly bids me to keep alive the virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love, to follow Christ, to pray for help and guidance, and then to leave the rest up to God.
Me too... Me too. I am way past politics. You describe like a bell-chime exactly where I am at. Thank you.
Am reposting your post ‘for ALL’ to read ...it’s certainly worth the read for any who “feel” even a tinge of despondency regarding our country and this election.
I believe God does not abandon souls who love Him. I also believe that God acts through souls who love Him, at His pleasure. At the heart of Reality, there is a divine/human community, fostered and mediated by the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit is always immediately there to remind us of the crucial Christian virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love so long as our souls remain open to Him. It is obvious that, in our day and age, a new type of man has emerged, whose soul is hermetically sealed against Spirit as a matter of principle; e.g., atheists, agnostics, materialists, any manner of progressive thinker....
To me, such a person denies the foundation of his own humanity. But that may be subject matter for another day.
Anyhoot, I think the above is a fair account of the source of the cultural split in our nation today. Ben Carson draws the distinction likewise, as “lovers of God vs. lovers of men.”
RE the upcoming election: What is a guaranteed loser position here is to lose all HOPE and think there’s nothing you can do to help, so you might as well stay home.
Looking into my crystal ball, here is the big picture I see.
We the People have been masterly set-up by The Other Side (”TOS”), whose main spear-carrier nowadays appears to be the Nutcase-in-Chief who has been squatting at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, for the past six years.
0bama is not only on the verge of “doubling down” WRT each and every horrific policy he has championed in the upcoming Lame Duck Congress (whatever the outcome of next Tuesday is); he’s going “all in,” making a bid for absolute supremacy, and defying anyone to stop him.
He’ll wreak all kinds of unconstitutional havoc before the next Congress is sworn in, early January.
At that point, the question becomes: Of what is the next Congress composed? Also, what party is in control of the respective houses and critically, the Senate?
If the GOP does not come way from this election in control of the Senate, that means Harry Reid can be expected to continue taking a wrecking ball to the Senate, to the Legislative Branch, to the constitutional separation and balance of powers, with total impunity.
To the point of close collaboration with the Nutcase Usurper, thus to utterly destroy our constitutional republic, so that the Nutcase-in-Chief can assume the sort of unlimited dictatorical powers of a Castro, or a Noriega....
Which entails that the American people are “forever” to be assigned the status of so much “cattle.” (In 0bama’s fevered brain.)
If, however, the GOP does carry the Senate, it’s faced with a fait accompli: The fat is already in the fire. Yet my suspicion is, 0bama’s various acts of unconstitutional executive usurpation will have inspired an amazing backlash from the people. So many of whom, after all, are Christians.
If the next Senate is GOP-controlled, there is at least a chance of holding 0bama accountable for his acts in violation of his constitutional Oath of Office.
If it’s Dem-controlled, then you get a total whitewash; and Washington business goes on “as usual.”
Which eventually entails the destruction of the American Middle Class as Job #1, and thus the implosion of American civil order.... Then we get to “reap the whirlwind.”
Dear caww, although there have been times lately when I’ve felt a bit despondent, discouraged myself it is so difficult to breathe in a noxious, toxic culture of lies still, I find renewal in the Holy Spirit, who constantly bids me to keep alive the virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love, to follow Christ, to pray for help and guidance, and then to leave the rest up to God.
Yep. I guess the lesson is: You gotta play the hand you're dealt. But you get up and walk away when you don't trust the dealer; or suspect widespread, systematic cheating around the table....
THEN you get to sue the dealer and the establishment that sponsors him.... That's what federal elections are all about.
Anyhoot, once again you disappoint me by announcing that you are not running as candidate for POTUS!!! In my personal acquaintance, there are few people I would trust with that job. But you would be one of them, dear brother in Christ! [I did catch the irony in your statement....]
On my view, Benjamin Carson is an authentic, down-to-the ground Conservative. But he is not "doctrinaire" in any respect. He works in a highly collaborative field, where one is best served by listening to others with direct knowledge of facts on the ground. Interestingly, he asks for Mozart to be played in his neurosurgical operating theater. He sets great store by logic and evidence. It seems clear to me that the greatest influence in his life is his (sainted!) mother and the Book of Proverbs.
But my suspicion is, Carson has no burning need to run for president. I doubt he aspires to the job. Indeed, why should he? He is a prolific, best-selling author; he has his charitable foundations to attend to; he is in demand as a public speaker; and he is a man of independent means, who has already established a brilliant career. Plus he knows how hard it is on families when a family member is running for president. Why put them through it?
In short, I don't think he wants to run. Then the question becomes: Can he be drafted?
I dunno. Am not worried about it.
I will conclude with this: For a person who has not served one single day in governmental service in his life, Dr. Benjamin Carson is one of the most eminent, accomplished Public Men now living.
I pray God's blessings upon him and his family and also upon you and yours, dear brother in Christ!
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