A Government For the People, By the People?
So we probably all know by now that prop 8 has passed. In spite of the MASSIVE campaign put out there by those who would corrupt marriage and take away the right of a man and a woman to have a special and sacred relationship, the truth has prevailed. However when we look at the margin, we see that it is quite close, ~4%. Clearly, much of our population has bought into the lie that somehow, by keeping the definition of marriage the same as it was this time last year is taking away the rights of a certain radical segment of the population. I do not understand the reasoning, as if you tried to argue it in a structured debate, you would really have no grounds to stand on.
As of yesterday, I have heard that there is now 3 lawsuits that have been started to attempt to overturn or repeal prop 8. While I am not sure how that could happen, since this is a amendment to the state constitution, I fear that we may be in for another case of the judges somehow ruling the land.
Twice now, have the PEOPLE of the state of California voted to support the definition of marriage as between one Man and one Woman. The first time, in spite of the will of the people, 4 liberal activist judges overturned what had been voted into law by a fair election, by a vast majority. This time, we have once again voted in an amendment which should not be able to be altered.
What ever happened to E pluribus unum?
What ever happened to a government BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE?
Is this now a dictatorship? Do judges rule the land? Does the will of the people bear no weight any more?
It appears that it is so.
How was the country founded?
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
How have the people allowed their authority to be taken away? Where is the Justice? Has “Fairness” been substituted? Do we even understand that Liberty and the blessings that come from it?
What happened to the constitution? Does it mean anything any more? Let’s find out.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Let’s see. Right now, we are free to practice religion, unless we are, teaching it to others (in the school system), unless it steps on someone else’s toes, or as long as it doesn’t support a political agenda or party.
Don’t see any government involvement preventing the “free exercise” if religion here do you? /sarcasm
A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.
Interesting that it doesn’t say the “right of the Militia”, or that the “right to bear arms may not be eliminated”. It says that the right of the PEOPLE (general populace), to bear arms (knives, swords, guns, etc) may not be INFRINGED. That means that the government, abiding by the constitution it not authorized to restrict, touch, get involved with in any way a US Citizen’s right to be armed.
Today, we have to get background checks to even by a .22. Many guns are totally illegal. You say, but most of the gun bans are the State’s choices. Remember, if something is expressly prohibited in the nation’s constitution, then it can not be enforced by the states.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,
Two words for an example of a violation, “Patriot Act”. There are many other violations of this, but it is common knowledge that certain government agencies no longer need any cause, or warrant to listen in to citizen’s private communications. This is done in the name of “National Security”. It is still a violation of the constitution.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
This is a good one. Basically it says that any authority that is not given to the National Government by the constitution, is not a national issue. It is for the States to take care of. Want to know if it is being violated? Just take a look around at the various regulations imposed by the National government and try to find any base for them in the Constitution. Most of them you won’t find any allowance for. Why is the National government then delving in them? Where did they get that authority?
This has already become long enough so I will leave it at this:
Are we really ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, A NATION BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE?
You decided. I think that the answer is quite clear.
Elections results wrap up.
Here are the election results wrap up for the evening as of now before I go to bed.
President (electoral) votes: Obama:338 McCain: 155
Prop 8 hovering right around 53% for 47% against.
Thoughts.
I did not vote for McCain. This was a long a difficult struggle. In the end, I chose to vote for a candidate who has no real chance of winning, not so much to make a point, as because I can not in good conscience vote for either of the two major candidates. I voted for Alan Keyes, because he truly is pro-life in the true sense.
Let me explain this a little.
Obama is not really an option once you look into what he truly stands for, who he associates with and who he looks up to. He stands on a proposition to take the hard-earned money that I have worked to earn and “spread it around” to all those who do not care enough to go out and get a job and struggle through hard times to make it. America was built upon the idea that you get the results of your actions. If you are diligent, then you are rewarded for that. If you slack off, then you are rewarded for that. To spread it around is to discourage those that work hard from working, and to give even less reason to work to those who are lazy. Furthermore on the life issue, Obama has clearly demonstrated that he has no concern for the life of a human being and that he thinks that one should be able to kill another if the other person is “in the way”.
As for the Republican candidate, I was not very pleased with the choice of McCain, but until the last few weeks, I have been planning on voting for him. The introduction of Palin to the campaign, has I think, helped it in some ways, but has also seriously hurt it. I do not agree with McCain in everything, but the life issue, and the importance of understanding that our national security is not something to be messed with and that you don’t hold meetings with extremists dictators without conditions.
But for me, I was voting for McCain because the alternative is simply put, so distasteful that a vote for McCain would be a vote against Obama. Over the last few weeks though, I have been seriously thinking this over and came to the conclusion that I must vote for what I believe in, what ever the consequences. Even at the expense of an Obama presidency, I could not vote for McCain.
A quote that I heard recently has been ringing in my head: “Do what’s right, Come what may”. I do not believe in situational ethics. Right and wrong does not change with the situation. Yet, I came to realize that me voting for McCain would be compromising in some very critical areas and that would be totally inconsistent with what I have said in the past and what I believe. There are many issues that I have with McCain, far too many to go over right now, but let’s address a bit one. The sanctity of a human life. We all know that the McCain campaign has been run on a pro-life basis. But if you look at the actual facts, you see a very different story.
McCain has said that he believes that life starts at conception. That is good
However, he has also supported taking that conceived human being and killing them to use on research for stem cells. He also support killing that human if it is unwanted in the case of rape, or incest.
Basically, he opposes abortion in some cases, but in the true question of the morality of the matter, he has no problem with killing un-wanted persons if there is significant reason to not want them.
Another issue is Palin. Voting for McCain would also be voting for Pailn to be next in line to the commander in chief of our nation. Understand this. I am not sexist. However, I do believe, and I think that there is plenty of scientific evidence and real-life experience to suggest and to support, that men and women are different, physically and emotionally. We are built differently. There are some things that Men are good at and there is some things that Women are good at. The feminist movement, while there is definitely some good that has come from it, has also brought a lot of flawed thinking to the table. The primary major flaw, is that somehow, politically, or socially we can make Men and Women equal in every way. Certainly as individuals they are equal. “All Men [Men=humanity, men, women, colored, etc) are created equal”. However, as we know that certain athletes are better at certain things, Men are created to be Leaders, and Women are created to be an help unto their leaders (husbands?). This is a very supportable position, but I am not going to get into a big discussion about this right now, if you are interested in talking about this more later, we can. The essence of what I am trying to say is that to vote for a woman to be in leadership of this country, is to seriously compromise and to either ignore or to butcher the correct literal understanding of the scripture.
A vote for McCain would be a vote to slow the evil, not to stop it. It would STILL be voting for evil!
Back to that quote again. Do what right, come what may.
At the end of the day, what matters is not necessarily who wins, because ultimately God is in control. Rather, what matters is what did YOU do with your vote. Did you compromise hoping that voting for the “lesser” of the two evils would somehow slow down the moral decay in this country? Or did you vote without reservation, confident that you are doing what is right, and trusting God to do the rest?
I also recommend that you read this article by Alan Keys, it does a much better job of explaining what I have been thinking about over the last few weeks. The 2008 Election: A Winnowing Season
I apologize if this post is somewhat disjointed. It is very late, and I have a lot of different thoughts that are flying around in my head. In the coming days, I will be doing a number of different posts of some different issues and try to put into words some of thoughts and discussions that I have had in the preceding days and the arguments that led me to the decision that I made.
More on Palin
The LA times did an interesting article on Sarah Palin.
Placerita Baptist Church talked about in that article is in our valley, I know a number of people that go there.
Also, from the Vision Forum blog, titled, “Sarah Palin: Pro-Feminist; Pro-Sodomy Toleration”
Both of those are some interesting reading…
California bans “Brides” and “Grooms”
California, how far will you go?
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. – “Brides” and “grooms” are no longer allowed to marry in the State of California.
That privilege is only extended to individuals who allow themselves to be called “Party A” and “Party B” on marriage licenses.
Pastor Doug Bird of Abundant Life Fellowship in Roseville, Calif., was alarmed to find the state now rejects the traditional terms after he officiated his first marriage ceremony last week following the California Supreme Court decision to overturn Proposition 22.
The couple had written the words “bride” and “groom” next to “Party A” and “Party B” because they wanted to be legally recognized as husband and wife.
However, the Placer County marriage license was denied.
“I received back the license and a letter from the Placer County Clerk/Recorder stating that the license ‘does not comply with California State registration laws,’” Bird said in a statement from the Pacific Justice Institute.
It was an “unacceptable alteration,” the County Recorder’s Office claimed the State Office of Vital Records determined.
“What’s next?” Bird wrote in a Sept. 4 letter. “Will the State of California force [ministers] to use the terms “Party A” and “Party B” in the ceremony itself?”
In a 4-3 decision, California’s high court declared that legal definitions of marriage as a union between a man and a woman were unconstitutional. Since the ruling, the generic designations have been added to legal documents.
Pacific Justice Institute President Brad Dacus said voters must change the state constitution by voting on the marriage amendment in November if they wish to preserve the traditional meaning of marriage.
“Unless Proposition 8 is passed, heterosexual couples will be forced to wed out of the state if they wish to be officially identified as bride and groom or husband and wife.” He said in a statement. “This is a major slap in the face for traditional marriage.”
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That reminds me of an old movie by the Marx Brothers.
The party of of the first part…” is hereinafter called: “the party of the first part…” and
“The party of of the second part…” is hereinafter called: “the party of the second part…
~Groucho and Chico
Russian soldiers take prisoners in Georgia port and US Humvees
More Info Here
So basically, Russia has taken some Georgian prisoners, blown up a few of their stuff and stolen some US-owned Humvees.
Not sure exactly what Russia thinks to gain by stealing US Military Vehicles… We tend to be kinda particular about that kind of thing…
Aborted Baby Comes Back to Life
A premature baby who was pronounced dead “came back to life” Sunday after five hours in Nahariya Hospital.
The baby girl, who was in a cooler at the hospital, suddenly showed signs of life and was being treated in the premature baby unit.
Doctors estimated that the cooler brought the fetus “back to life.”
The mother, 26, from a Western Galilee village, was in the fifth month of her pregnancy when she underwent a series of tests, during which it was discovered that she was suffering from internal bleeding and that the fetus had ceased to show signs of life.
The woman underwent an abortion and the baby, weighing 610 grams, was extracted from her womb without a pulse, hospital officials said.
A senior doctor pronounced the baby dead and she was transferred to the cooler.
Five hours later, the woman’s husband came to the hospital to take what he thought was his dead baby girl for burial.
When the baby was taken out of the cooler, she began to breathe. The premature baby was then taken to the intensive care ward, where doctors were attempting to save her life.
Happenings
Well everyone, I have not updated in awhile as I have been quite busy and working on a few projects.
As I don’t have a whole lot of time, I will just list a few of the most recent and forefront events that have taken place.
First off, I think that the biggest news is that Home schoooling has now been ruled legal in California by the same three-judge panel that ruled in the first place that it wasn’t.
From HSLDA: “Today’s decision stands in stark contrast to the opinion this same three-judge panel issued in February, which would have made California the only state in the union to outlaw home education had it remained in effect.
“It is unusual for an appellate court to grant a petition for rehearing as this court did in March,” said HSLDA Chairman Mike Farris, “but it is truly remarkable for a court to completely reverse its own earlier opinion. We thank you for your prayers and give God the glory for this great victory.”
In other news, I just finished getting the LeMasterSystems photo gallery which has been long due back into working order. Actually, it is completely new gallery. There are still a few small things that need to be worked out but everything essential should be in running order. Because of privacy concerns, you will need to create an account (by clicking the Register link in the upper right hand corner of the gallery site, in order to view any of the current photo albums. Once you create an account, I will have to approve it before you can view the photos.
More pictures from previous activities will be coming soon, as I can upload them, and future events will definitely find their way on to the gallery.
So create an account and see what is in store.
Ok, enough of the infomercial.
This week Matthew and I are working another CI in Hacienda Heights. So far things are going well. Pray that the Lord would use us and work a mighty work in these kids lives.
The rest of my time is spent busy with work, and a few other small projects as I find time for them.
I’ll leave you with one quote from the CI training.
When talking about what NOT to do and how we did NOT want the kids to take home from the week.
“Mommy, my teacher fluently says ’shut-up’” ~Will
Blessings on you all!
Obama Shows His Ignorance again.
Obama promised to increase AmeriCorps slots from 75,000 to 250,000 and pledged to double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011. …
Obama had first outlined many of the proposals he talked about Wednesday during appearances in Iowa last December.
“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set,” he said Wednesday. “We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded.”
Notice that he also says he plans to increase the size of the active military.
Is he even aware that the Department of Defense’s current base budget is close to $500 billion? Obama is going to create a civilian force with this level of funding and equipment? To do what?
(Source LGF)
This past week.
We, am sitting here are the airport and I thought that I might do a little write-up of the trip and the week that I spent in Kansas City for the 2008 SkillsUSA National Competition.
We left the house at 2:50AM Monday morning to drop off Matthew who was going on a car trip with Grampa and Baxter at 3:30, and then headed to LAX where I met my group at 4:00AM. Everything went well and around 6:00 we were headed out on our flight to Kansas. When I got to my baggage claim right after my flight I found my suitcase in a sorry state. It seems that the baggage handlers weren’t too careful and the entire side of my suitcase had come off. By some work of Providence, everything was still in the suitcase held in by a cardboard liner. I had a lot of fun (not) trying to carry my suitcase through the airport and to our rental car. We got to our hotel in good order and checked in. My room was ready so I headed up there and made my self comfortable.
We were staying in a Marriott hotel and I had one roommate. The rooms were pretty nice, I got a bed to myself so that was nice. We had a dinner Monday night. I studied most of my free time on Tuesday and then Tuesday afternoon we went to the opening ceremony at Kemper Arena. Wednesday I had my competition, a 2 hour 50 question math test. It was quite tough, and I did an ok job. I spent the rest of the afternoon looking over the competition area.
Thursday was when most of the competitions were held. The main building upper floor was a room the length of 2 city blocks by 1 block. From there there was many great halls underneath that and then branching out in other buildings. Rooms that were ~300×1000 feet filled with computers were common. Most of the hallways were blanketed with vendors on both sides. There were probably a couple miles of vendors. I believe that there was somewhere around 5,000 competitors, with another probably 15-20 thousand support individuals including parents, advisors, and vendors/sponsors. Something that is interesting about Kansas city downtown is that there are enclosed walkways that enable you to get to almost any hotel or convention center room that you need without going outside. We ended up needing them a few time because of the thunderstorms, and in the winter with the cold and snow. The doors were all double or rotating to keep the cold from coming in during the winter.
On Thursday I slept in, then mostly walked around looking at the different competition areas and taking some video and pictures. Thursday night, I went with Mr. Groman and his family to a baseball game. Friday, I went with Ron, and Mr. Groman and his family to a TWA airline museum, that was quite neat. They had a restored and flying TWA Constellation, a Martin 404 and they were working on getting a DC-3 up and flying. Friday afternoon we had the awards ceremony at Kemper Arena. I got a Bronze in Relate technical Math. I have a picture order form, so I will have a picture of that eventually.
Saturday I got up a little early and walked down to CVS Pharmacy to get some duct tape so that I could fix my suitcase for the return trip. I packed up everything and now I am here at the airport waiting…
So there you have it, I was up late a lot of nights, but I got to sleep in a couple of times, so overall I am not too tired.
God is good and has given me a lot. May I use what He has given me to His glory.
Thanks everyone for your prayers!
Sunday we are driving up to Sacramento for our annual Homeschooling Conference. That will be fun!
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