Nailed It !
Posted on 01/20/2016 1:20:31 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Edited on 01/20/2016 1:25:06 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
We are currently experiencing both and it is challenging.
I pray FR survives this election. Our forum has never been so divided. But even more so, I pray our divided nation survives. If traitor Hillary or communist Sanders is elected, it will be difficult to continue as a free nation without invoking certain clauses in the Declaration. Our constitution is certainly being put to the test.
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.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness
God is in charge. The original colonies were established mostly in the name of Judeo-Christianity and primarily for religious freedom. And our current government was founded on Judeo-Christian principles.
Republican, democrat, conservative, liberal, progressive are all political constructs and are useful, but are not the ultimate causes.
God, family, country, liberty are our causes.
We are all created in God's image. God gave us life and liberty. He taught us how to live, how to work, how to fend for ourselves and family, how to govern ourselves, how to defend ourselves our family our country, and how to worship and be faithful. Most of us on FR believe He had a mighty hand on the founding of our nation and that we should continue seeking Him as our guiding light.
Today we are caught up in what could very well be the climatic struggle for our nation's survival. We've been struggling in this nation against godless progressivism for at least 100 years. And, of course, against Satanic Islamic totalitarianism for 1400 years. Now we have the godless progressives, Marxist communists and Satanic Islamic fascist totalitarians all joining forces to try for the final destruction of our Judeo-Christian nation.
We are being invaded from within and without and we will fail as a nation if we do not recognize this and we fail to unite as a free people under God to fight for our survival.
At first I was very skeptical about Donald Trump entering the race. I'm a great believer in Ted Cruz and his godly conservatism. And I pray that if he's the candidate, that the nation bands together and grants him a landslide victory and a mandate to secure our nation and set it back on the righteous path.
But I have to admit that Trump surprised me and got my patriotic emotions stirring again. He is obviously not the evangelical constitutional conservative that Cruz is, but does appear to be a powerful leader with a love for America and freedom. And he's proving that he can pull in large crowds and great numbers in the polls.
As I said, I was skeptical at first, but after watching him campaign and learning some of the details about his Reagan-like tax plan and his determination to secure our borders and secure our nation I became a little more interested. And his non-PC approach to handling the media and the GOPe intrigued me.
His bold statements that we should build a wall, enforce the law, deport them ALL, end the sanctuary cities, end the anchor babies were shocking to most of the political class, but as his polling numbers attest, are exactly what the people want. Even more shocking were his bold statements of going after the families and the mosques of the terrorists and even slapping a moratorium on Muslim immigration. Shocking, but again, exactly what we need if we are to survive the war the Muslims are waging against us.
The political class to a man immediately rejected these bold statements as being unconstitutional and un-American, but as they see the people are for them, they are starting to come around.
Am I totally sold on Trump? Not yet. But if he continues as he is and doesn't blowup, he could very well be our nominee. And if so, I will support him to the hilt.
We have two great candidates in Cruz and Trump and I hope neither are knocked out too soon. We have RINO amnesty pimps Rubio, Kasich, Bush, et al, lurking just behind. And the GOPe is far from dead.
Go, Cruz, Go!
Go, Trump, Go!
Either way, we win, they lose.
And I pray one of these two gets it and that we can all join forces against the true enemy when he does.
God us all and bless America.
And FReepers, please quit attacking each other. We're all in this together.
I've been toying with this idea as well; but it rather defeats the purpose of rational discussion of the issues, since none of us knows who will be nominated. The problem is getting to the rational discussion. Some people simply do not know how to form a constructive sentence and seem only capable of snark, outrage, flaming and ad hominems.
Such people close their minds. They do not want to take the time to explain their point of view factually or objectively, nor to listen to anyone else's points of view. We don't all wear the same clothing styles, live in the same types of housing, drive the same cars or prefer the same menu. Yet people who would never attack a friend who orders fish when you like meat will dissolve in vitriol on this board at the mere sight of a different opinion. While that sort of undisciplined venting is broadly true of the entire genre of anonymous Internet posting, it should not be true here, where the owner had made his preferences and rules clear in many ways.
BTTT.. my fourth POTUS rodeo here and the harshest.
He was just answering a question. He wasn’t snarky or disrespectful, just answered it.
You are welcome and Happy New Year old Friend!
“...years of relative laxity in enforcing the Posting Rule banning personal attack.”
That rule is not being enforced at all. What we have now is a free for all massacre. Dare to post at your own risk. Plus you can post to someone and someone else comes in and calls you low life names. It is ridiculous and disgusting.
It's one thing to say, "How is Candidate Q's proposal much different from Obama's XYZ program?"-- and then let others point out their understanding (or lack thereof) of how it's different.
It's quite another to say, "Qturd's proposal is absolute proof that he is conspiring with Hillary and Obama and LYING! And is NOT A REAL CHRISTIAN!"
Not that you have been doing that -- I haven't checked your posting history and don't know you at all. It's just an example of the problematic difference in the way many posters behave.
Nailed It !
And together Hill/billy
Glad I am not the only one who noticed that.
Bump!
Whose with me?
#blackeyesmatter
“I love you, Marcella. Never leave.”
You say you love me but you have NEVER proposed marriage. I cry about that constantly. :o)
Something you muttered about 'not having enough Mountain House freeze dried food'.
All FR should view this PBS show:
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/jews.html
It documents how the multiple Christian and Jewish factions in Jerusalem spent all their efforts fighting each other in 78 AD.
The Romans killed them all and burned the city to the ground.
This is our future if we don’t stop fighting each other.
Rules/ laws are informed when people have no self control. If we ALL take responsibility for our own actions and treat others the way we would like to be treated instead of having the attitude that someone else does it so I can too. Let’s see what we can get by with or do to the opposite team.
It’s called being an adult
Recently the threads have taken on the appearance of “no legal authority” / anarchy It the same that would happen to society without police
Let us learn from our weakness and resolve to be supportive and respectful of our first amendment amendment
I get that the Cruz supporters are more-conservative-than-thou and never made a mistake in their lives, so don’t bother to forgive anyone.
Nor do they see the inadequacies and double speak of their messiah.
Well said Jim. God Bless.
That is a sarcastic attack on all Cruz supporters. This is what Jim just addressed. Are you going to continue to do this even though he asked that you not?
Rules/ laws are informed when people have no self control. If we ALL take responsibility for our own actions and treat others the way we would like to be treated instead of having the attitude that someone else does it so I can too. Let’s see what we can get by with or do to the opposite team.
It’s called being an adult
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I agree with you 150%.
I left another forum because of the nasty way people were being attacked. Have been concerned for a while as it was happening here.
We all have our own opinions. I like hearing what others have to say. Sometimes I can even be persuaded to change my mind by someone’s opinion. But the nasty attacks because I disagree, don’t like too much.
Did you read Jim’s post? We can be respectful of the forum and each other and still be passionate and persuasive. Your last post isn’t a reply to anyone; it’s seems insulting and provocative which I’m sure you didn’t intend.
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