Why are we in Syria?
Yesterday president Donald Trump sent 50 plus cruise missiles into Syria and took out one of the Syrian military air force bases. This was in response to an chemical weapons attack in Syria on Tuesday that killed men, women, and children.
I hate to see any innocent civilians killed in any conflict, and those responsible for those deaths need to be held accountable, especially if chemical weapons were used. The timing of this gas attack looks suspicious to me.
Assad is not a stupid man, he would’ve gotten a fair shack from president Trump. I think president Trump may have been duped by the deep state in Washington D.C. And the warmongers in both parties. The questions you need to ask is what did Assad have to gain by this? If Assad had nothing to gain then who did?
I hate that I can’t trust my government to tell us the truth, or even to follow the constitution in these matters. I believe there are going to be dark days ahead and president Trump and his team needs to make absolutely sure they are doing the right thing with every step they take!!!
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Antifa and the American left
With all that has happened in this last election cycle, and all the unbolstered accusations being flung about by each political party, the worst thing is the violence being perpetrated by leftist groups in America!!!
Groups like Antifa and Black Lives Matter, use violence and intimidation to get their way and shut down anything or anybody that they disagree with. These groups have a warped sense of what free speech is, and freedoms in general is. The bullying and the smear campaigns they endorse have a chilling affect on freedom as a whole.
The framers of the constitution were right to add protections of our God given rights in the form of the Bill of Rights, but I believe the protection is not only from a tyrannical government, but also from tyrannical groups who would deny fellow citizens their God given rights!!!
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Why the Susan Rice scandal matters
The 4th amendment and Rice’s unmasking of Americans!!!
Confirmations, Constitutions, and Conventions
Today we will see if judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination will come out of committee and go to the full Senate for confirmation. Democrats have threatened a filibusterer, and are calling out the Republicans for even thinking about taking the nuclear option. Lest we forget Harry Reid-D did just that in 2013, Senate goes for nuclear option-Politico. As usual, the Democrats want it both ways and are made when rules they invoked are used against them.
The Constitution Party is having it’s Spring 2017 National Committee Meeting in St. Louis May 5-6. The keynote speaker will be Constitution Party VP nominee Dr. Scott Bradley and he will be addressing the topic of “The Perils of a Con-Con”. We have spoken at length on my program about how I disagree with my party on this subject, but I look forward to hearing Dr. Bradley address this issue once again.
Finally, the Convention of States project is moving ever closer to their goal of calling a convention of states to address the short comings that the founding fathers knew would exist because they knew they were not all knowing. In order to drain the swamp, some fundamental changes need to be made on how our government operates, and return the stolen power of the states and the people back to where it rightfully belongs!!!
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A funny thing happened on the way to the show!!!
As I was preparing for today’s Free-4-All-Friday show this week, I couldn’t help but find some humor in a few articles that I normally wouldn’t comment on. But sometimes I just can’t help myself.
I know some of the articles I will be sharing today may be of a serious nature to some folks, but we sometimes need to take a moment and see the humor in life and enjoy it.
From liberals owning the “snowflake” label, I’m still laughing about that one, to the bathroom issue in North Carolina. I found some humor in Google and FaceBook’s attempts a curbing fake news.
If we are serious all the time then we become sourpusses, and all of the joy in life will be missed. Having a good laugh every now and then is good for the soul, even if that laugh isn’t always pointed back at you!!! Remember keep smiling, it make make folks wonder what you’ve been up too!!!
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Is immigration a basic human right?
As Americans we still struggle with what is right and wrong with our immigration system, we should look at the basic premise of the issue, is immigration a basic human right.
Libertarians and progressives look at the issue from a freedom of association stand point. We are free to associate with whom ever we like. I do agree with this up to a certain point. Like all of our basic human rights (and they are finite not infinite) we can exercise them, but we can’t force others to except our exercising of those rights. We have freedom of speech, however we can’t force people to listen to us. We have a right to bear arms and protect ourselves, however private property rights come into play here, in that if I don’t want weapons on my private property, that’s my right also.
Freedom of association also works this way. We as a society set up rules for coming here and associating with us. You are free to associate with whomever you want, but your not free to force that association on me our on society as a whole.
Rights are not absolute, we can’t violate others rights while trying to exercise our rights. There is a difference between public and private property. Rights in the public domain must be given the broadest latitude when exercising them, but they can not violate personal, or private property rights while being exercised.
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Cutting government programs and departments
Where do I sign up for this!!! How many more bureaucracies does the federal government need in order to carry out their enumerated powers? How many extra constitutional powers has the federal government given itself? How many more straws can the camel handle before it’s back breaks?
Leftist and progressives want to use Europe as an example of what we should be doing here in America. However they never use what Europe is doing wrong, or worse yet they rewrite what Europe is doing wrong to make it look good.
The fact is because of the EU’s bloated bureaucracies, and uncontrolled immigration, it is collapsing in on itself. The Europe we knew when I was a child will no longer exist, because it will have imploded in on itself!!!
Getting America back to it’s constitutional roots and putting the chains of the constitution on the federal government is the best way to make sure we don’t end up like Europe!!!
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Christian/Political commentary on the news and current events!!!
Many if not all Democrats and left wingers alike are very angry these days. Some polls suggest that they are angrier now than they were a year ago. They seem to be in a perpetual state of anger over the very of smallest of things. Their anger has even caused them to be less civil than they normally would be.
One of the major factors could be that leftist and liberals think with their hearts and not their heads. What and how they feel are the determining factor in their politics. Sound logic and facts seldom enter into the picture. And if you use logic and facts to support a position different from a liberals position, you will be accused of having no heart and you will be labeled a hate monger!!!
Emotions, empathy, feelings, and compassion are good qualities to have and abound in, however if they are not tempered with facts, logic, and sound reasoning, a lot of damage will be done in the name of social progress!!!
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Whose money is it anyways?
No matter what your thoughts are about tax dollars, you will get a wide range of opinion on how it should be spent. There are two major schools of thought and they break down along party lines, the tax dollars belong to the government, and the tax dollars are the people’s and the government is just the stewards of those tax dollars.
Liberals believe the tax dollars are the governments to spend as directed by liberals for liberal cause, which usually amounts to virtue signaling. Liberals believe the “general welfare” means that tax dollars can be spent on any program to help anyone for any reason without any means testing.
Conservatives on the other hand view tax dollars as a trust we extend to our stewards in government, and they should be careful on what those tax dollars should be spent on. We are talking about the federal government in this case but it could be extended to state and local governments as well.
Bottom line is this some serious questions need to be ask and answered; Can the federal government act charitable on someone else’s behalf? If you don’t think it is charitable for the government to spend money, should you be forced to pay tax dollars to support it?
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