Lincoln read the Bible, honored it, quoted it freely, and it became so much a part of him as visibly and permanently to give shape to his literary style and to his habits of thought. . . . LibertyLawsite
- Civil War Victory Sprang From Christian Heritage . . . WND - Read More
1.) Lincoln’s 700 Words of Biblical Meditation
"A hundred and fifty years ago today, as the sun broke through the clouds shortly after noon on a wet Washington day, Abraham Lincoln, with one hand raised and the other on an open Bible, took the presidential oath of office for the second time. The speech he just gave had been received by an enthusiastic crowd on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol. It took about six minutes. Then the oath. Then he said, “So help me God,” bent forward, and kissed the Bible to conclude the solemn ceremony.
Delivered in the waning days of a devastating national conflict that claimed the lives of an estimated 750,000 men, the Second Inaugural Address is widely considered among the most eloquent of all presidential utterances. Lincoln himself considered it one of his finest speeches, telling Thurlow Weed it was 'perhaps better than . . . anything I have produced.' It is also among the shortest inaugural addresses, a little over 700 words in length. It is a model of profound simplicity.
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural, like the dedication he gave at Gettysburg’s battlefield a year and a half earlier, resounds with Biblical rhythms, phrases, and themes. Its author was well acquainted with the English Bible—specifically the King James Bible. Those who knew him best reported that he had an intimate and thorough knowledge of the Scriptures and was known to commit lengthy passages to memory. His biographer and friend of a quarter century, Isaac N. Arnold, recalled that Lincoln 'knew the Bible by heart. There was not a clergyman to be found so familiar with it as he.' . . . LibertyLawsite - Read More
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2.) Obama, The Antithesis Of Lincoln: Meet Frank Marshall Davis, Communist Party No. 47544, Obama's Early Mentor Who Would Train Him on How To Fundamentally Change A Society
Frank Marshall Davis (1905-87) was a hardcore communist, an actual card-carrying member of Communist Party USA (CPUSA), who spent time with a young Barack Obama throughout the 1970s, right up until the moment Obama left Hawaii for Occidental College in 1979.
Davis joined the Communist Party in Chicago in the early 1940s. CPUSA members swore an oath to 'ensure the triumph of Soviet power in the United States.' They were dedicated to what CPUSA leader William Z. Foster had openly called 'Soviet America.' Notably, Davis joined CPUSA after the Hitler-Stalin Pact, a time when many American communists (especially Jewish communists) had bolted the Party in disgust that their Soviet Union had allied with Hitler.
As we know from Davis’ declassified 600-page FBI file (and other sources), his Party card number was 47544. He was very active. In 1946, he became the founding editor-in-chief of the Chicago Star, the Party-line newspaper for Chicago. There, Davis shared the op-ed page with the likes of Howard Fast, a 'Stalin Prize' winner, and Senator Claude “Red” Pepper, who, at the time, sponsored the bill to nationalize healthcare in the United States.
Davis left the Star in 1948 for Hawaii, where he would write for the Party-line organ there, the Honolulu Record. His politics remained so radical that the FBI had him under continued surveillance. The federal government actually placed Davis on the Security Index, meaning that in the event of a war between the United States and USSR, Barack Obama’s mentor could be placed under immediate arrest." . . . Zionica - Read More
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3.) Obama's Top Enablers Come Out Into The Sunshine To Be Counted; 58 Congressional Democrats Skipped Netanyahu's Speech
"The expected substance of the speech, coupled with the fact that the White House was not alerted to the invite ahead of time, had drawn sharp criticism from the administration, and Democrats crying foul. National Security Adviser Susan Rice last week said Netanyahu's decision to speak was "destructive to the fabric of the relationship" between Israel and the U.S.
At least 50 Democratic House members and eight senators who caucus with the Democrats said in recent weeks they wouldn't attend the speech, many in protest to a move that they say is an affront to the president." . . . CNN
Democrat U.S. Senators who refused to hear Netanyahu speak: Al Franken (Minn.), Martin Heinrich (N.M.), Tim Kaine (Va.), Patrick Leahy (Vt.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Brian Schatz (Hawaii), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.)
Democrat U.S. House Members who refused to hear Netanyahu speak: Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Earl Blumenauer (Ore.), Corrine Brown (Fla.), G.K. Butterfield (N.C.), Lois Capps (D-Calif.), Andre Carson (Ind.), Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), James Clyburn (S.C.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), John Conyers (Mich.), Peter DeFazio (Ore.), Diana DeGette (Colo.), Lloyd Doggett (Texas), Donna Edwards (Md.), Keith Ellison (Minn.), Marcia Fudge (Ohio), Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.), Luis Gutiérrez (Ill.), Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Barbara Lee (Calif.), John Lewis (Ga.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Betty McCollum (Minn.), Jim McDermott (Wash.), Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.), Gregory Meeks (N.Y.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.), Beto O’Rourke (Texas), Chellie Pingree (Maine), David Price (D-N.C.), Cedric Richmond (La.), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Bennie Thompson (Miss.), John Yarmuth (Ky.)
- Liberal Radio Host Bill Press: Boehner Guilty Of 'Treason' For Inviting Netanyahu To Speak To Congress . . . Newsbusters - Read More
- ABC, CBS, NBC Protect Obama; Refuse To Carry Israeli Prime Minister's Address To Congress About Global Danger From Iran . . . HollywoodReporter - Read More
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4.) Florida City Government Sending “Spies” Into Local Churches
"Then on February 8th a city code enforcement officer showed up for Sunday service wearing a hoodie and hiding a video camera. The next week another city official showed up at the church and told the congregation that they had one week to vacate the premises because they were operating a church without a proper business license. A story from the Lake Worth Tribune makes it clear that the Common Ground Church isn’t the only one suffering under the iron fist and unconstitutional rule of the city commissioners.
'It’s brand new,' Pastor Joan Abell of the First Presbyterian Church told the Tribune this week. 'We’ve been there 99 years and we’ve never had to have a license.'
The church’s administrative assistant, Barbara Stanton, says she called the city and spoke with a woman who said there would be no fee for a business license if the church produced paperwork showing that it was approved as a tax-exempt organization by the IRS. Stanton says she called the Presbytery and asked for this. When they’d located it, and sent to it Lake Worth, she had a church member take it down to the city offices at Second Avenue North, where they issue business licenses. 'She wouldn’t even accept it,' says Stanton. 'She said no.'
As of now, Common Ground Church has ceased meeting in their coffee house, and the church has been forced 'underground,' which is as disheartening of a sentence as I’ve ever had to write." . . . EagleRising - Read More
- Conservative Campus Organization Accused Of Being 'Hate Group.' . . . TheCollegeFix - Read More
- University Of California Kills Free Speech To Protect Inclusiveness: Bans American Flag Flying In Its Lobby! . . . EagleRising - Read More
- Philosophy Professor Argues Belief In Christian God Means Abandoning Morality . . . TheCollegeFix - Read More
5.) Pot Calling The Kettle Black: Planned Parenthood Calls Supporters Of 20-Week Abortion Ban 'Cruel, Bullies'
"The South Atlantic West Virginia chapter of Planned Parenthood called supporters of a bill that would ban abortions at 20 weeks 'cruel' and labeled them 'bullies' for 'interfering with a woman's medical decisions.' The bill, vetoed Tuesday by West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D), would have banned abortions after 20 weeks including in cases of rape and incest, reports Huffington Post.
After the veto, Gov. Tomblin said, 'I believe there is no greater gift of love than the gift of life." But said, "As governor, I must take into consideration a number of factors when reviewing legislation, including its constitutionality.'
Tomblin vetoed the same bill in 2014 saying it was unconstitutional because it went against the decision of the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973." . . . TruthRevolt - Read More
6.) New Profit Stream For Obama's Margaret Sanger Planned Parenthood? Scientists Transplant Organs For Aborted Babies Into Rats For Future Harvest
“'Researchers say they have developed a new technique that will get more kidneys to people who need transplants, but the method is sure to be controversial: The research shows that it is feasible to remove a kidney from an aborted human fetus, and implant the organ into a rat, where the kidney can grow to a larger size,' the Jan. 21 article stated.
In the article, Eugene Gu, a medical student at Duke University and the founder and CEO of the company, said 'Our long-term goal is to grow human organs in animals, to end the human donor shortage.' Although ending the human donor shortage seems like a noble cause, using aborted babies to solve the problem is not acceptable, according to pro-life activist and former labor and delivery nurse Jill Stanek.
'This is horrific on so many levels,' Stanek told CNSNews.com, calling it 'abominable' to take organs from murdered pre-born babies to use in post-born humans." . . . Zionica - Read More
- Alinsky Is Alive And Well Under Obama's Watch:: We Will Never Bake Your Fake "Wedding" Cake! . . . EagleRising - Read More
- 'Weddings' Mandate Gets New Judgment Day . . . WND - Read More
- Last Year Three American Women Formed A Throuple, One Giving Birth To A Baby. Now Three Thai Men On Valentine's Day Tie Knot In Ceremony Held In Thailand . . . DailyMail - Read More
7.) Feds Raid Texas Political Meeting
"In a deliberate 'show of force,' federal and local police forces raided a political meeting in Texas, fingerprinting and photographing all attendees as well as confiscating all cell phones and personal recording devices.
Members of the Republic of Texas, a secession movement dedicated to restoring Texas as an independent constitutional republic, had gathered Feb. 14 in a Bryan, Texas, meeting hall along with public onlookers. They were debating issues of currency, international relations and celebrating the birthday of one of their oldest members. The group, which describes itself as 'congenial and unimposing,' maintains a small working government, including official currency, congress and courts.
According to MySanAntonio.com: 'Minutes into the meeting a man among the onlookers stood and moved to open the hall door, letting in an armed and armored force of the Bryan Police Department, the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office, the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office, agents of the Texas district attorney, the Texas Rangers and the FBI.
“In the end, at least 20 officers corralled, searched and fingerprinted all 60 meeting attendees, before seizing all cell phones and recording equipment in a Valentine’s Day 2015 raid on the Texas separatist group.” . . . WND - Read More
8.) Islamic Trojan Horse Gallops Into Texas
"The Islamic Center of Irving, Texas, is one of the locations that the Islamic tribunal operates. The fact that Sharia law is being practiced in the United States at all comes as a shock to many Americans. 'Immediately my mind went to 'how can that be, we have a constitution in our country?' one Texas resident said.
Dr. El-Badawi assures people that no decision will conflict with federal or state law. They will handle no criminal cases, only divorce or business disputes. Yet, many Muslims see it as the ultimate authority.
'If just the Muslim woman wants to go to civil court, and she got the final decree from the civil court, that's not enough for her to be divorced, so she has to go to an imam or to come to Islamic tribunal to get the final divorce for both parties for both sides, the Sharia law, or Islamic law or religious way and also the civil way,' El-Badawi said." . . . CBNNews - Read More
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- America's Betrayal: The Muslim Brotherhood Organizations And Agents In Obama White House . . . NowTheEndBegins - Read More
- The ‘Islamophobia’ Scam Returns . . . FrontpageMagazine - Read More
9.) Russia’s Anti-American Fever Goes Beyond The Soviet Era’s
"Thought the Soviet Union was anti-American? Try today’s Russia.
After a year in which furious rhetoric has been pumped across Russian airwaves, anger toward the United States is at its worst since opinion polls began tracking it. From ordinary street vendors all the way up to the Kremlin, a wave of anti-U.S. bile has swept the country, surpassing any time since the Stalin era, observers say.
The indignation peaked after the assassination of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, as conspiracy theories started to swirl — just a few hours after he was killed — that his death was a CIA plot to discredit Russia. (On Sunday, Russia charged two men from Chechnya, and detained three others, in connection with Nemtsov’s killing.)
There are drives to exchange Western-branded clothing for Russia’s red, blue and white. Efforts to replace Coke with Russian-made soft drinks. Fury over U.S. sanctions. And a passionate, conspiracy-laden fascination with the methods that Washington is supposedly using to foment unrest in Ukraine and Russia." . . . WashingtonPost - Read More
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10.) Marxists On The March At Obama' EPA: Imposes Ban On 80% Of Wood Stoves
"Last month, the EPA moved ahead with sweeping new regulations on wood stoves, wood-fired furnaces and outdoor boilers. It is a far-reaching one-size-fits-all solution to an issue requiring less intrusiveness. Some states say they won’t abide by the rule. The same EPA rule applies to someone living alone in the woods as someone living in a crowded housing development.
The EPA air quality models used a national-average-benefit-per-ton measurement and they even admit it does not account for local variability. Environment and other factors alter the fine particulate matter they hope to regulate.
There is a grandfather clause and the regulations will be put into place over the course of five years. The grandfather clause quells resistance but it does ban any reselling or trading of non-compliant wood stoves.
Wood stoves will become very expensive because these rules will ban 80% of the current wood stoves and fireplace inserts. Old ones will become more and more expensive to repair.
Indoor fireplaces are on the docket and comments are being taken by the EPA not that they care what any but the most boisterous classes think. Currently fireplace regulation is voluntary." . . . IndependentSentinel - Read More
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