Reprint: America in the Balance

By request, from a friend:

While much attention has been paid to the administration's announcement of further restrictions and infringements on that which shall not be infringed, we mustn't forget that there are other forces at play.

Radical Islam not only threatens our nation, our security, and our lives, but there's another side which we've now seen playing out all across Europe and elsewhere. Apparently peaceful Muslim adherents to the radical view move into communities, begin multiplying their numbers through both procreation and recruitment, and then ... when they reach numbers that they consider sufficient, they suddenly turn into militants, using protests, disruption of service, and legal challenges to force Sharia law onto unsuspecting populations.

Case in point: an Anglican bishop stated, in 2009, ""Many bishops prefer to turn their heads, to carry on as if nothing has changed, rather than face the reality that England is no longer a Christian nation."

The use of Sharia, or Islamic religious law, is growing in Britain, with thousands of Muslims using it to settle disputes each year, but women's groups and some others are objecting.

Meanwhile, in America, "40 Percent of US Muslim Voters Want Islamic Law, 12 Percent Want Death for Blasphemers".

There's the apparent, on-going loss of morality as many in the population congratulate themselves on how "post-Christian" they are. The media's war on Christianity is obvious to most of us, with adherents being demonized for believing in a code of moral behavior centered around obedience to the Creator of us all.

That doesn't fly with many. Admission that a Supreme Being exists would require acknowledgement that He is in charge and makes the rules. Of course, we can't have that.

Of course, many of the things mentioned above flow out of, and through, the Progressive movement, firmly in place in this nation since the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, wants to "progress" past the Constitution - and it is they who insist the Constitution itself is a "living document, subject to modern interpretations which would be unrecognizable by those who wrote it. Their heartfelt desire is to subvert, twist, and suspend that document - the supreme law of the land - as often as they can. They insist that it really doesn't mean what it says in black & white.

The Progressives are those who wish to "appease" the radical Islamists.

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
-Sir Winston Churchill

But first and foremost, the very soul of this nation is under attack. By passing unConstitutional laws restricting our natural (pre-existent) rights, attacking Christianity as being divisive and somehow "incorrect", society in general is farther than ever before from the foundational principles which the framers of the Constitution believed necessary for continued existence.

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” (John Adams, 2nd President)

The Apostle Paul wrote, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Ephesians 6:12, KJV

In modern English, that reads, "This is no afternoon athletic contest that we’ll walk away from and forget about in a couple of hours. This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels." (Eph. 6:12, The Message)

If you of the praying, Bible-believing sort, please believe that we are at a very critical juncture in our history, as we fight for our continued existence. The outcome of this very battle may well determine whether America remains that shining city upon on a hill, or declines into just another banana republic with rule by oligarchy.

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)

Threat Assessment: America in the Balance

While much attention has been paid to the administration's announcement of further restrictions and infringements on that which shall not be infringed, we mustn't forget that there are other forces at play.

Radical Islam not only threatens our nation, our security, and our lives, but there's another side which we've now seen playing out all across Europe and elsewhere. Apparently peaceful Muslim adherents to the radical view move into communities, begin multiplying their numbers through both procreation and recruitment, and then ... when they reach numbers that they consider sufficient, they suddenly turn into militants, using protests, disruption of service, and legal challenges to force Sharia law onto unsuspecting populations.

Case in point: an Anglican bishop stated, in 2009, ""Many bishops prefer to turn their heads, to carry on as if nothing has changed, rather than face the reality that England is no longer a Christian nation."

The use of Sharia, or Islamic religious law, is growing in Britain, with thousands of Muslims using it to settle disputes each year, but women's groups and some others are objecting.

Meanwhile, in America, "40 Percent of US Muslim Voters Want Islamic Law, 12 Percent Want Death for Blasphemers".

There's the apparent, on-going loss of morality as many in the population congratulate themselves on how "post-Christian" they are. The media's war on Christianity is obvious to most of us, with adherents being demonized for believing in a code of moral behavior centered around obedience to the Creator of us all.

That doesn't fly with many. Admission that a Supreme Being exists would require acknowledgement that He is in charge and makes the rules. Of course, we can't have that.

Of course, many of the things mentioned above flow out of, and through, the Progressive movement, firmly in place in this nation since the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, wants to "progress" past the Constitution - and it is they who insist the Constitution itself is a "living document, subject to modern interpretations which would be unrecognizable by those who wrote it. Their heartfelt desire is to subvert, twist, and suspend that document - the supreme law of the land - as often as they can. They insist that it really doesn't mean what it says in black & white.

The Progressives are those who wish to "appease" the radical Islamists.

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
-Sir Winston Churchill

But first and foremost, the very soul of this nation is under attack. By passing unConstitutional laws restricting our natural (pre-existent) rights, attacking Christianity as being divisive and somehow "incorrect", society in general is farther than ever before from the foundational principles which the framers of the Constitution believed necessary for continued existence.

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” (John Adams, 2nd President)

The Apostle Paul wrote, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Ephesians 6:12, KJV

In modern English, that reads, "This is no afternoon athletic contest that we’ll walk away from and forget about in a couple of hours. This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels." (Eph. 6:12, The Message)

If you of the praying, Bible-believing sort, please believe that we are at a very critical juncture in our history, as we fight for our continued existence. The outcome of this very battle may well determine whether America remains that shining city upon on a hill, or declines into just another banana republic with rule by oligarchy.

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)

Going Galt?

If you're like most of the readers of this and other conservative blogs, you're painfully aware of the ongoing fight for the soul of this country.

The stirrings of the latest conservative revolution began in 2008 - too late to have any impact on the national elections - and exploded onto the national awareness in 2009. The Tea Parties and town hall meetings, where average citizens finally got fed up and decided they'd had enough, made it very clear that the political winds were changing ... not that the elitist politicians paid any attention, but that's another story.

Earlier this year, it seemed that this new conservative movement - which was really a fierce longing to return to our roots, to the original intent, to the ideals espoused in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution - was a juggernaut which would crush all opposition.

The primary elections have borne that out, but only to an extent. There are several states where Tea Party-backed candidates are struggling. (You know which ones they are, don't you?) Where is the fervor of even a few months ago?

I know, I know. The progressives at both local and national levels have bombarded us with so many far-reaching plans, proposals, laws, regulations, taxes and fees that many of us are reeling and overwhelmed.

But this is not the time to back off or give up.  It's still necessary to slug it out in the trenches. It's too soon to step back and wash your hands of the fight; too soon to "rise above the fray". You want to see the bigger picture?  That's fine; we must take the long view, just as the progressives have been doing since Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson* and FDR. You know that to which you want to see us return, don't you?  Do you know what life would be like under a truly free, Constitutionally-limited government?

No, you don't. Frankly, none of us do. We have an idea, but that's all. The bureaucracy has been growing beyond need, beyond reason, for well over 100 years. No one alive remembers what it was like to be truly free, in the way our Founders intended.

But while you imagine and desire life under such a system, we must also understand that one election is NOT going to turn this thing around. It took a long time for us to wander so far off track; it will take a long time to return. Many a Himalayan mountain of red tape would have to be untangled, and there are hundreds of thousands of employees who would lose their jobs. Such a dismantling would be ugly, and unpleasant, for a time.

Will we actually be able to do it? I don't know. But it's certain if we try to distance ourselves from the fight, we will lose.

I know you're tired. But the battle is already joined, and this one's quite probably for keeps.


* Glenn Beck hates that guy.