Posted on 06/01/2002 6:23:27 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:35 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON -- Occasional grumbling by some prominent conservatives about President Bush sometimes overshadows his extremely solid support among stalwart Republicans and conservatives around the country.
Many Republicans and Democrats seem to agree that support by itself does not tilt the 2002 elections toward the GOP. Some, however, say it could offset the gains the party out of the White House -- Democrats, in this case -- historically has made in midterm elections.
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Oh yes, and FWIW, prayer was NOT a part of ALL public schools, even as far back as 1900, in this country, dear.
"The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it." John Hay
This wannabe Rambo is about to find out that many of those "sheep" are bad assed rams with a pissed off attitude.
I would prefer to see zero federal involvement in education. Any "success" by the GOP in this area will be perverted by the NEA functionaries embedded in the DoE bureaucracy and the next Dems that hold the the White House.
You are going to be ONE SHOCKED puppy when you start the uprising.
From the Michigan Militia's recorded message on "Current Events," 4/23/95
The Church of England and the Government of England persecuted the Christian Pilgrims. They risked death and disease on a three-month sea voyage to flee from English law. They brought forth on this continent a new nation. A nation free from British nonsense.
There is no separation of church and state. The church, to preserve religious freedom established the state. The term "separation of church and state" was recently coined by the Supreme court in 1947 by misquoting Thomas Jefferson.
Nine of the thirteen original states had established religions, which were prerequisites to citizenship. The first amendment did not separate church and state. The first amendment was ratified to prevent your Federal government from establishing a religion. As proof that the first amendment didn't prohibit state religions, one need only confirm that the states continued their religions long after they ratified the Bill of Rights. Massachusetts in 1828 was the last state to disestablish its religion, Thirty seven years AFTER the First Amendment allegedly separated church from state.
November 11, 1620. Mayflower Compact: Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, in Plymouth Harbor, Covenant "For the Glory of God and the Advancement of the Christian Faith..."
May 19, 1643. Articles of Confederation of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Plymouth and New Haven: "Whereas we all came into these parts of America with one and the same end and aim, Namely, to advance the Kingdom of our Lord, Jesus Christ, and to insure the liberties of the Gospel in purities with peace
April 3, 1644. Charter of New Haven Colony: "... That the judicial laws of God, as they were delivered by Moses ... be a rule unto all the courts in this jurisdiction..."
April 26, 1685. The Great Law of Pennsylvania: "Whereas the Glory of Almighty God and the God of Mankind is the reason and the end of Government ... Therefore Government itself is a venerable ordinance of God..."
For nearly a hundred years only a confessed Christian could hold public office in America.
1701 Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges: "That all persons who profess to believe in Jesus Christ, the saviour of the world, shall be capable... To serve this government in any capacity, both legislatively and executively."
1772. Samual Adams: "The rights of the colonists as Christians... may be best understood by reading and carefully studying, the institution of the Great Lawgiver and head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament."
July 4, 1776. Declaration of Independence gives the reason for your government to exist: "... all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights... appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world... and for the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of divine providence..."
Here are some other statements from America's founders who understood that freedoms are based on Christian principals:
1756 John Adams, America's second President: "Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only Law Book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts here exhibited... What a paradise would this region be!"
1781, Thomas Jefferson: "God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever."
July 12, 1804, Alexander Hamilton's last dying words after Vice President Aaron Burr shot him: "I have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty; through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a sinner, I look to Him for mercy; pray for me."
1821, Daniel Webster: "If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity."
Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence: "The only foundation for ... a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments."
George Washington: "Do not let anyone claim to be a true American, do not let them claim the tribute of American Patriotism if they ever attempt to remove religion from politics. If they do that, they cannot be called true Americans."
Patrick Henry: "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here."
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay: "Providence has given to our people the choice of our rulers and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest, of a Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for its rulers."
John Quincy Adams: "The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: That it connected in one insoluble bond the principles of Christianity with the principles of civil government."
James Madison, 1788: "We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future ... upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to sustain ourselves, according to the Ten Commandments of God."
George Washington, October 3, 1789 proclaiming a National Day of Prayer: "Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits and humbly to implore His protection, aid and favors..."
George Mason, 1789: "All human laws which contradict His laws, we are bound in conscience to disobey"
The Supreme Court of Maryland in 1799: "By our form of Government, the Christian religion is the established religion" (A confession of a government established religion, eight years AFTER the first amendment supposedly separated church from state.)
John Quincy Adams, 1821: "The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond, the principles of Christianity, from the day of the Declaration... they were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of the Gospel, which they nearly all acknowledged as the rules of their conduct."
The US Supreme Court in 1892 in the case Church of the Holy Trinity vs. the US: "Our law and our institutions must be necessarily based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise, and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian... This is a religious people. This is historically true. From the discovery of this continent to the present hour, there is a single voice making this affirmation... We find everywhere a clear recognition of the same truth... This is a Christian Nation."
As the Declaration of Independence was being signed on July 4, 1776, Samuel Adams said: "We have this day restored the sovereign to whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven, and from the rising to the setting of the sun let his kingdom come."
If there wasn't a bloody uprising , during the secod term of Clinton's presidency, don't assume that there is going to be one in the future. Muskets and guerrila warfare worked against the British, in the 18th century. It is not going to work in the 21rst. century against this government.
Gun owning Dems don't like the gun grabbers either. Unfortunately, there aren't quite enough of them, to beat off the likes of rabid gun grabbing Dems, in various locals.
There will NOT be another tax cut for years. Between the fiscal black hole of "Homeland Security", picking up the tab for phantom "intelligence" which will cost the taxpayer trillions in further defense measures, and W's promise of billions in foreign aid, the sh*t will hit the fan minutes after his second Inaugural.
Look -- if your point is Dubya has tricked the Drunken Senator and NEA, and is incrementally moving the country ideologically to the right, it has not been proven as of yet, but I hope that's how it shakes out.
Assessing the President's performance thus far, I would rate it a 5. He lost big points with his handling of illegal immigration at the Mexican border, which is no small issue in of itself.
The deffinition , for a neo-con, IS indeed a former Dem/ Socialist/ Trotskite / Stalinist, who is now a Conservative. Anything else, is incorrect.
Apparently you and most of the RNC are. When the full impact of the exponentially growing contingent of 3rd world immigrants in this country begins to be felt it will be all over but the shouting. Hello One World Socialism, Goodbye America and all the rugged individualism that made this country what it is.
The deffinition , for a neo-con, IS indeed a former Dem/ Socialist/ Trotskyite / Stalinist, who is now a Conservative. Anything else, is incorrect.
And you are Where? LOL.
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