Episode 877 Rights retained by the People
One of the reasons the US Constitution was created was to secure the rights of the people. Not that our rights come from government, but rather the recognition that our rights proceed government!!! In today’s America, we seem to forget this most important point. Too many folks are trying to make everything a right, therefore nullifying actual rights!!!
The US Constitution was created because the Articles of Confederation failed. The AoC couldn’t protect our rights from our own government let a lone a foreign belligerent government!!! Under the AoC, the states didn’t have the means to even band together to put down a rebellion if one were to start!!!
I’m not saying that the US Constitution is perfect, but most of the folly of the federal government is do to the lack of attention by We the People. We have allowed the federal government to define it’s power for itself. The States created the federal government and it is the States and the People who should be the ones who define the powers set forth in the Constitution.
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Episode 886 It has been 230 since the signing of the US Constitution, and our Republic still stands. Our Republic is battered and bruised by political relativism, by trying to tell the people that it can’t possibly address the societal ills of the modern age.
The biggest problem is, we as a society have stopped teaching the Constitutional values that the framers had laid on in the US constitution. The principals of limited government, freedom and liberty have but been forgotten by today’s generation. Today’s generation has not been taught that we are a Republic not a Democracy. They hear talking point driven narratives by the anti-freedom crowd that we are a Democracy, and the people should vote by mob rule and allow a select few to govern the masses.
As Americans we have forgotten our heritage of freedom and liberty and bought into the notion that a few intellectual elites know best how we ought to live our live. I heard Ronald Reagan voice this very same opinion years ago. The framers of our Constitution knew better, and knew that Americans are the rightful captains of their own ships, and could decide right or wrong how to live their own lives in freedom, liberty and peace!!!
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Episode 885 This question depends on your point of view. If you believe that the US Constitution is out dated and irrelevant for today, you would prefer bureaucracies. On the other hand if your a strict constructionist, and believe in original intent, then you prefer Constitutional government. But which one is right? Which view did the framers intend to create and bring into existence?
Looking at the Constitution through the eyes of the framers and the intent they sought to convey is the correct and only way to view the Constitution and the Republic it created. To look at the Constitution any other way would be relativistic in nature, and give folks the wrong idea about the Constitution.
It’s simple, the Constitution was created to keep the Federal government in check. In keeping with the context of the Constitution, it’s a limiting document therefore any statement made in the Constitution is limiting also. Americans have done great damage to our Republic over the years because they have ignored the limiting principals of our Constitution!!!
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Episode 884 Ethical and Moral Relativism
Ethical and Moral Relativism is the idea that our ethical and moral choices depend on the situation we find ourselves in when we need to make these choices. Some folks believe that a persons circumstances can dictate their morality and ethics. Is this right? Can we pick and choose what morals or ethics we use in any given situation?
Sometimes we know it’s not ethical to do something, but that doesn’t necessarily stop us from doing something that’s morally wrong. Maybe we need something someone else has, but our situation is such that we think we need it more than the other person, so we steal it. Folks justify their actions by using relativism, and rationalize away the harm done.
If there isn’t a standard of conduct that folks live by, it would just be the law of the jungle, dog eat dog world. If my morals are not absolute, and I can violate them any time I want, what is the use of having morals in the first place?
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Episode 883 Beware the Ethical Humanist!!! Ethical Humanist are the proverbial “wolf in sheep’s clothing” who subvert folks who don’t know any better. An ethical person reasons with themselves if something is right or wrong. They don’t instinctively know what is right or wrong because everything to them is situational. A moral person has already reasoned out if something is right or wrong, and does what is right.
Ethical humanist believe that morals evolve over time, because societies evolve over time. To the ethical humanist, there are no set in stone morals in which you can govern your life by. Each situation in life is unique therefore, morals need to adapt to each new situation. A moral person has learned that there are objective truths in life, and therefore there can be objective morals that do not change. What was moral 1000 years ago is still moral today. If we hold to certain truths about human relationships, then we are sure to hold to a certain moral code also based on those truths.
The bottom line is, ethical humanist believe in living their lives in a very subjective way. They have no moral standard that they live by. On the other hand, someone who lives their lives in a objective manner doesn’t face a moral dilemma when new situations in their lives come along. A moral person does what is right, without regard to how they feel, because it’s the right thing to do every time it needs to be done!!!
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Episode 822: Voter fraud is widespread in America!!!
Election Integrity is key to a healthy Republic!!! If we can’t make sure that our voting system is secure and accurate, how can we trust the folks who hold political office that benefited from a flawed system?
Let America Vote, A George Soros funded group, want to keep the voting system the way it is now. They need to rampant fraud and abuse, and will tell any lie to defeat common sense legislation to protect the integrity of the vote. Let America Vote wants to use this fraud to advance their anti-freedom agenda, that will lead to the destruction of our great Republic!!! One of the most egregious state laws of late is auto voter registration, where you are automatically registered to vote, and have to opt out of voting if you don’t want to be registered. Opt out!!! We need folks who want to opt in by choice not because you got a drivers license!!!
Scrubbing voter roles of invalid voters is the job of each state. Making sure that only those who want to vote, vote, no auto voter registration. Voter ID laws are needed to make sure we know who is voting and are allowed by law to do so!!! Insuring the integrity of the American vote is necessary to guard a fundamental right of Americans in this great Republic, this is why the anti-freedom groups in America need to be defeated!!!
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Episode 881 The Bill of Rights and the states
There are a lot of folks who are confused about where are rights come from, and they are causing great harm to our great Republic! Not knowing what rights are and where they come from has created a political philosophy that is anti-freedom and has given rise to socialism in America.
Making government sovereign over man has brought more misery, death and destruction to the world, than any other ideology man has come up with to date. The idea that man is sovereign unto him or herself is a relatively new idea and one on which America was founded on.
Our rights are given to us by God, and only God or our actions can rightfully take them away. The idea that we are beholden to government for the exercise of our rights, goes against everything that America stands for. We as Americans need to stand up for our rights against the governments overreach and abuse of our rights. We also need to guard our rights against abuse from fellow Americans who don’t know or don’t care about our rights and how we exercise them!!!
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Episode 880 The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch Free-4-All-Friday!!!
There are a lot of folks going around today calling themselves Christians, and the way they act and talk doesn’t jive with the way they think and act. The term “Christian” has been so misused it’s no wonder people have a misconception and bad opinion of Christians.
What is a Christian? How do we know who is a Christian? Who set the standard for being a Christian? Is everyone who claims to be a Christian, a Christian? These are all good questions that need to be answered.
The Apostle Paul tells us about unity and oneness in Ephesians 4:1-6I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. If we are to be unified with God and each other, shouldn’t we do everything we can to make sure we are following what God wants us to do?
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Episode 879: Real and political hurricanes
It seems like every time a hurricane comes along, everyone goes crazy, it’s almost like this is the first one ever. Real hurricanes have been happening since the begging of recorded history. Yet folks who live in the hurricane prone areas of the country are never prepared for them. We some times get powerful remnants of hurricanes in the Central Susquehanna Valley here in PA. And even here folks freak out and make a run on the stores for all sorts of supplies they should already have.
Political hurricanes are no different. Folks go crazy over their favorite pet peeve or governmnet program when they are threatened with change or abolishment. If Americans just studied their Constitutions a little harder, they would know that most of what government today does is unconstitutional. However because of the willful ignorance of the American people all sorts of nonsense gets voted in as law that violates folks freedoms and liberties, that when right thinking folks speak out about the constitutionality of a law or policy, people go crazy for no good reason.
Nature does a good enough job of creating hurricanes without us adding to them. If we would just follow the Constitution and contain the federal government, the only hurricanes we would have to deal with are natural ones!!!
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Episode 878 Indivisible Guide groups uses class warfare to lie to America!!!
Indivisible Guide groups are supposedly grass roots organizations that came into existence because Donald Trump became president, and they wanted to resist his agenda. Most of what they want to resist is based on lies and false narratives they make up.
One of the tactics they use is class warfare. They want to pit the rich against the poor with error filled narratives. They use cherry picked facts to educate (more like indoctrinate) their followers, who don’t take the time to fact check them, how sad.
One thing for sure, Americans need to wake up to the threat of these groups who say they have America’s best interest at heart, but are just motivated by covetousness and envy. What a shallow life they live, hiding from facts and truth that could set them free!!!
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