Caprock Patriot October 2020 Edition

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Rep. Jodey Arrington

Sen. Charles Perry

Rep. Dustin Burrows

Rep. John Frullo

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BY DONALD R. MAY

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n a few weeks, the most critical election in our nation’s entire history will take place. T he 2020 General Election will be one of the most pivotal events in human history and equivalent in importance to the American Revolution.

Had the American Revolution failed, our Founding Fathers would have been executed, their families impoverished, and their property confiscated. As the United States would not have existed to exert its power in the two World Wars, we would probably be speaking German.

If Joe Biden were to become President, our nation would quickly become

like Venezuela or even worse. Millions would die. China would seize the opportunity to dominate the world.

The American people elected Donald Trump to repair the extensive damage done to our country by the Obama Administration and other previous Administrations and to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. President Trump and his Administration have worked tirelessly to restore our nation to its proper constitutional role of protecting the American people and the individual states from external and internal forces of TYRANNY and EVIL. Other than the Far Left Democrats, the American people realize that Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the

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LUBBOCK STANDS UNITED AGAINST PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, intends to return to Lubbock. Our community has stood against them in the past, and by God’s grace, thousands of people in Lubbock are again willing to take on this fight again.

Planned Parenthood does not share the values of West Texans. They kill innocent unborn children for a profit. In 2019, over 55,000 unborn children were aborted in Texas, which is near the capacity of Jones AT&T Stadium. If we allow them to win here, they can win anywhere. This is why we respectfully ask the Lubbock City Council to make Lubbock a Sanctuary City for the Unborn.

Over 2,200 residents in the Lubbock area signed a petition to keep Planned Parenthood out of Lubbock.

500 of those names are listed below.

Landon Abuzeide Juan Acosta Josh Adamek Ann Adams Erin Agee Kay Agnew Jessica Aguilar Pam Alexander-Schneider Tanya Allen Marisol Alonzo Gabrielle Anderson Sherry Anderson Alexis Anderson Brenda Angerer Joe Arellano Kayleigh Ariaz Vertie Arney Wilma Arnold Amanda Arnold Cynthia Aviles Kala Ayers Katie Baccus Sandy Bagley Kyle Bagwell Sandy Bagwell Juanita Bailes Josh Bailey Carrie Baker Cyndra Bankston Eric Barbee Tammy Barber Mary Barfield Barrett Bass John Batrice Chaleen Battaglia Jeremy Bauer Jim Baxa Traci Baxa Andrew Baxter Debra Bearden Jack Bearden Ashley Beatty Bryan Beatty Debbie Beckham Rebbekah Benevedes Holly Betenbough Rick Betenbough Sharon Betzold Rhonda Bloodworth Brenda Bolin

Vicki Bolton William Booe Gary Boren Amelia Bosquez Suzanne Bowen Teresa Box Teresa Boyce Dorothy Boyett Steven Braselton Earl Bratcher Brent Brieger Nancye Briggs Nay Dell Britt Tom Britt Carrie Britton Debra Brock Joseph Brown Melody Brumfield Jason Bullard Dustin Burrows Garon Cagle Jeanifer Caldwell Karen Campos Miguel Cano Jane Cansino David Cantu Nelouise Canup Sherry Carpenter Mary Carpenter Maricela Carrasco Winnie Carroll June Carruth Ken Carter Latrell Castanon Olga Castillo Mikayla Castillo Michael Cea Kristi Chaffin Rita Chapman Stu Childre Randal Christopher Sandy Cisneros Jackie Clark Deanne Clark Wendi Coats Delores Cochran Katherine Cochran Mitchell Cochran W. R. Collier Lauran Collins

George Collins Jessica Colunga Joshua Comley Nat Cooper Mary Corbin Webb Corbin Katelynn Coronado Timothy Coronado Ivana Costa Anthony Cox Katelyn Cox Barbara Cox Wesley Cox April Crist Pam Crosno Matt Crow James Crownover Bobby Cunningham Connie Curry Mary Daley Jane Daley Herbert Daniel Erica Davenport Dana Davis Beverly Day Jerry Day Jerry Dea Bill Dean Brandi Deatherage Brandy DeLeon Acacia Delgado Troy Dennis Tena DeSpain Bill deTournillon Spencer Diem Denise Dietz Linda Dilworth Melinda Dixon Jennifer Dominguez Stephanie Donley Joshua Doria Perry Draughon Lori Drounette Lawrence D’Souza Jim Dulin Jacquelyn Dunkel Jerry Dunn Bobby Duran Kayli Durham Judy Dutcher

Gina Elder Pam Elkins Don Enger Ruth Enger Kristyn Enger Jaime Engler Johnny Evans Mark Evans Trish Falkner Bruce Fellers Esther Felton John Flores Marivel Flores Lindsay Foerster Vicki Fort Sherrlyn Foster Noelle Fowler Rachel Fowler Susan Franklin Kay Fraziser Laura Freedman Zach Frost John Frullo Nathan Frutz Peggy Frye Tiffany Fullingim Kelly Futrell Janna Gage Karoline Gajdica Tony Gaona, Sr. Esther Garcia Rebecca Garcia Jennifer Garcis Michelle Gardner Dorothy Garrison Carolann Garrity Paul Gaschen Pam Gaschen Nick Gerard Carmen Geyman Bert Gibson Eddy Gibson Marilyn Gilbert Nancy Gilbreath Jackie Gililland Suzanne Gilliam Laura Godsey Jake Goertzen Ephraim Goff Cheryl Goforth

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Chris Hillman, RN Missy Himango Amanda Hinton Daniel Hinton Lynette Hollis Laura Hon Phillip Houchin Ramona Howard Jerry Howe Irene Howell Leslie Huddleston Lee Ann Huddleston Cari Huerta Linda Huffman-Gregory Glen Humphrey Lynda Hurley Jana Jennings Sheryl Jester Emma Johnson Kara Johnson Cole Jones Nina Jones Kassy Jones Virginia Jones Linda Jones Lanna Jones Jerry Joplin Timothy Jorgensen Douglas Karr Edward Kasprzycki Peter Keller Norma Kilgore Betty Kilpatrick Arvin Kilpatrick Curtis Kiser Kim Kissinger Lisa Kizer Tonya Kline Amanda Kohtz Judith Kreller Tim Lambert Frieda Lamprecht Carla Landrum David Lange Libby Langley Susan Lares Melvin Laski, MD Elizabeth Lawler Tina Lawler Vicki Lawler

Marion Lee Jeanna Lee Debra Lefors Shirley Lester Liz Lewark Mary Lewis Samantha Leyendecker Robert Lindley Susan Lindsey R.C. Littlefield Roxanne Lloyd Aaron Long Natalie Madrigal Alvarina Manuel Sarai Marin Krishelle Marquez Heather Marrs Cynthia Martin Kasey Martinez James Martinez Steven Martinez Sara Mashburn Nita Mason Julie Mason Kendra Massey Tim Mayhall Andrea McArthur Susan McCartney, MD Sheila McCay Sarah Mcclanahan Dianna McClendon Ronnie McClendon Ed McClure Jenny McClure Linda McCraw Jeff McCreight Kelly McCulley Charlotte McCulloch Deborah McDonough Mike McDougal John McGinnis Sarah McIlroy Taylor McIntire Kristy McNeil Velma Medina Linda Merriott Kathleen Mesker Isabella Mesker Doris Miller Douglas Mires

Denice Mitchell Steve Moffett Kristin Montgomery Mechelle Moon Harriett Moore Chad Morse Mike Motheral Cara Mumma Elma Neudorf Verena Norby Stacey Norman Mike Oden Sabra Ortiz William Overstreet Maria Pacheco Tisha Pack Liz Padgett Bob Park Cindy Park Patricia Parker Kimber Parsley Tiffany Parsley Judy Percival Johnny Perez Chanel Perry Charles Perry Jacklyn Perry Carol Peterson Kacy Phares Betsy Picon TyAnne Pierce Lynette Pitts Kimberly Pollard Jennifer Posadas Matt Powell Susie Preston Jeremy Probasco Nylece Putnam Russell Putnam Robert Qucuedo Stephanie Rabon Lasey Rainey Pauline Rangel Bailey Ratcliffe Jake Reimer David Rhoades Terry Richardson Lauren Ridley Leslie Roach Kelly Rodgers

Ole Rodriguez Nancy Rose Taylor Rudd Lisa Salamanca-Guerra Luzvelia Salazar Linda Sanders David Savage Sam Scheef Shayne Scott Karyn Scrivener Chad Seay Jasmine Sepeda Jill Shanklin Cleta Sharp Sheryl Sherman Jamie Sherrill Cole Shooter Lynda Smith Jennifer Smith Jonathan Smith Sharon Smith Martha Smith Uetta Smith Brenda Smith Carol Sorensen Perla Sosa Aubrey Spear Chris Spray Steve Spurlin Christian Spurlin Michael St. Clair Raymond Stapleton Silvia Stewart-Mason Mikaela Stiles Denise Stout Don Strong Vicki Struve Gary Swann Heather Swift Misty Tadlock Robyn Tepper Carl Tepper Jordan Terrell Bernie Thiel John Thomas Keri Thomas Russell Thomasson Dusty Thompson Donise Thornton Elizabeth Tijerina

Carl Toti Alicia Trevey Darla Trocchio Geanna Tubbs Tricia Turnbow Sheila Valigura Consuelo Valles Kayla Van Den Heuvel Kayla Van Den Heuvel Adelle VanOstrand Jessica Vaughan Lisa Vela Aries Vi Do Kathy Volanty Matt Wade Andrew Walker Michael Walton Trina Walton Mikel Ward Weldon Warren Jim Watts Ryan Weathers Terry Weaver Myrna Weaver Kelly Welch Connor Wells Martha Westin Sue White Courtney Wicks Jordan Wilker Sharon Wilkes Crystal Willett Lesley Williams Dan Wilsford David Wilson Laura Wilson Nadell Wilson Evelyn Winn Louisa Wise Ralph Wolf Carolyn Wood Don Workman Skeet Workman L. J. Wright Mindy Yarbrough Garrett Young Jordan Young Mary Youngblood Shaun Zhai Jennifer Zimmerman

2019 ABORTIONS SUPPORTING HEALTHY TEXAS WOMEN The Legislature has doubled the amount it spends on the Alternatives 5,166 to Abortion program to almost $80 million and has increased funding to over $346 million for women’s health programs to provide essential 7,595 medical services for women. There are dozens of Healthy Texas Women 957 providers located in Lubbock too. This does not include the generously 14,326 donated services non-profits, churches, and healthcare professionals provide or even funding from Medicaid and the federal government that 4,661 provides healthcare for women every day across our state.

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The Christian’s Obligation Hasn’t Changed

BY SENATOR CHARLES PERRY

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lichés get old and don’t have much more to say that hasn’t already been said. It is time for action. Specifically, the people of the Christian faith, now more than ever, must engage the political process.

Its absence in the political process, creating unmet Christian obligations of a self-governed society, is finally coming home to roost. In concept, the Christian mission is simple. Love God above all others and treat each other as you want to be treated. God is a jealous and righteous God. Accordingly, there is an expectation of obedience and repentance in order to receive the promised salvation of an eternity beyond human comprehension where the broken are fixed and never hurt again. Repentance – the turning away from sin. Obedience – an adherence and loyalty to our sovereign creator, and his inspired word. The requirements of repentance and obedience to fulfill God’s will, are contrary to basic human nature conceived in sin, therefore by nature sinful. “Original Sin”, took the focus off God, and put it on us as individuals. He allowed free will to choose this path, He is not a God of imposition. In the name of political correctness, repentance and obedience have all but been eliminated from the teachings of mainstream churches.

Today, we are seeing the fruits of a “ME” society. Republican, Democrat, black, white, brown, or any other Balkanized group of the day are all guilty of self-gratification first and others second. Good has only one source. Evil is the absence of God, subject to all the perversions of mankind. In a secular world where “ME” is the objective, we end up with the moral code only limited by the number of people living.

If there are people yet to hear the gospel, and there are God-fearing

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people to spread God’s truth, the Christian’s job is not done. The Great Commission calls us out into a secular world to spread the Gospel.

The success of God’s gift of self-governing established by a Constitutional Republic is contingent upon moral, educated, and engaged people.

The writings clearly acknowledged the understanding of a single moral lawgiver. All the blessings from a self-governing people were inseparable from the moral lawgiver.

In other words, self-governance requires anchoring in a never-changing incorruptible source of truth. If it is not logical to a Christian mind, it must be spiritual.

Politics, unchecked, and unhinged from the truth, provides a platform for evil to hide, perpetuate, and destroy. Our silence, coupled with the hypocrisy of the Christian walk looking more like the secular world, has created a void that evil has filled.

We have an obligation to engage the secular world thru the civil process to provide a moral conscience to a nation that has lost its way. The erosion of the moral underpinning by lack of participation is something we will be accountable for on judgment day.

Our obligation is the same as it was

the day God created us. Fellowship with Him and loving others so that they may know Him. I share this with a reminder, this

is not my rules but God’s rules. We should love each other enough to hold each other accountable to His will as outlined in His word, not for our soul but for theirs.

As society self-implodes, we need to be bold in the Word, the hope it brings, convicted in truth, and committed to act fulfilling the obligation of our Christian faith.

As you cast your vote in the 2020 election this month and next, I humbly ask you to pray before you vote. Much is at stake. Early voting is October 13th – 30th. Election day is November 3rd.

G od bless you a nd G od Bless America.

Submitted by Senator Charles Perry.

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The Fight is Against Evil

BY SOARING EAGLE

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he Democrats/Communists have used every smear tactic they can against President Trump. They attempted to remove an elected President from office using a corrupted FBI, CIA, and Deep State in a coup attempt.

T he mainstream media (MSM) was complicit in this. Their effort to extricate themselves from this treason has caused them to expose themselves completely. Adam Schiff is probably a GOP gift as his hate and lies have proven time and again empty. People who did not want to believe the “conspiracy theories” about the Democrats being socialists who still can use reason and logic, are moving to the right. A couple of years ago, the Democrats said that anyone thinking they were socialists or communists were conspiracy theorists. They have now been outed, and even Democrats are claiming they are socialists. But the truth is, they are communists, bought, and paid for by a dangerous Global Cabal of billionaires.

If you ever wondered why the MSM uses the same talking points (CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS…), it is

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because they are owned by the Davos billionaires taking over the world.

These are arrogant, narcissistic, sociopath, elitists who believe they should rule the world and think 85% of us are irrelevant. If you can imagine Hitler multiplied by 10K, this is the Davos crowd (Bilderberg or Illuminati) that wants to run the world and exterminate 85% of the population to “save the planet.”

To accomplish this Herculean feat, they must put Biden in office, disarm America and chip us. The mercenary “brown shirt army” behind all this, such as Black Lives Matter and Antifa, are being used to create chaos and undermine Law and Order. They will be exterminated as soon as they have served their purpose. They are too ignorant to realize they are pawns.

Democrats are experts at manipulating hate and fear. They have kept the majority of the black population afraid to leave their “plantation” for decades. They are still the KKK, George Wallace, and Jim Crow party, but their uneducated base never realized they were being lured into the same slavery for decades. Unfortunately, some of their own sold them out, victimized them, and made fortunes… and still do.

President Trump is the first Conservative President to effectively fight this hateful and despicable Democrat narrative in decades. It is one reason they hate him with a passion. Telling the truth on them is dangerous and potentially deadly, but it has split the Democrat Party.

President Obama could have been the most positive experience America ever had for race relations and mutual respect. He was the opposite of that. Race relations before Obama were making consistent progress toward higher virtues. Blacks were not, for the most part, claiming victimhood except for those whose livelihood depended on a continued

racial divide. It was a hard sell. In fact, racism was so beaten down, it had to be reinvented (hoaxes). When actors like Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, Samuel Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman, and Queen Latifa earned millions from mixed audiences, and we elected a black president, it is tough to claim racism. They should be embarrassed by their hypocrisy, but the Hollywood machine is bought and paid for by the Davos crowd. They, too, will be dumped and mocked for their ignorance once they have served the Davos’ purpose of destroying America.

If you think Soros has changed his advocacy for a master race, you do not understand what a “One World Government” is all about. They get to pick and choose winners and losers… who lives and who dies. You see, the human dimension never changes.

Evil men/women will always rise up to rule over the “sheep” and enslave them. It is consistent throughout world history. Heroes have sometimes come to the rescue of humanity. Churchill, Eisenhower, Marshall, Nimitz, Patton, Bomber Harris, Doolittle, and Bradley come to mind as saving the planet from the Fascists of WWII. Lincoln, Grant, Chamberlain, Sherman, and Meade saved the

Republic from the challenge of their time. The costs were incalculable in both situations. Who will rise up to defeat the domestic terrorists and the traitors at war with us today?

President Trump is trying while the Democrats are burning their own cities to incite violence. They have goaded him to declare martial law so they could paint him as a dictator… but he didn’t take the bait. The Democrats are reaping what they have sown according to the latest poll numbers.

Now, with the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, violence will increase, the Democrats will attempt to take power, in the words of Nancy Pelosi, “one way or another.” Thanks to Harry Reid, Trump’s nominee can be confirmed with a simple majority… but he expected the Democrats to benefit from his biased leadership.

Unfortunately, the evil behind the Democrats is far worse than most of us can even begin to fathom. This is a Satanic evil with plans that make the Nazis look like preschool. Prepare for the civil war that is upon us.

We must win. Pray for God’s deliverance.

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Democrat Party would destroy the United States. Our Liberty would be taken from us and virtually impossible to recover. A Biden and Harris Administration would severely limit our electricity and fuel, destroy our food supply, destroy jobs, further corrupt our education system, severely ration health care, raise taxes, destroy businesses, sanction the killing of babies and the elderly, and significantly weaken the police and military who protect us.

Democrats hate Liberty! Democrats admire tyrants who disarm, oppress, and control the people. Obama and Biden sided with the Fascists of Iran, ISIS, Syria, and Libya, and they sided with the Communists of Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, North Korea, and China. Democrats are having fits as President Trump continues his efforts to rid the world of such tyrants and to drain the Washington Political Swamp.

When Democrats complain that President Trump is out of control, they mean that President Trump is out of their control. President Trump is not listening to their demands and threats. Democrats are having Trump Derangement Syndrome tantrums, especially with the recent nomination of a Supreme Court Justice.

Democrats have been prosecuting President Donald Trump in the same way the Socialist State opponents were prosecuted in the Soviet Union. The Democrat Impeachment of President Trump was no different than the scripted show trials of Joseph Stalin. We can only imagine the atrocities Democrats would do to the American people if they were to gain simultaneous control of the White House, Senate, and House.

Democrats, like Castro, Mao, and other great destroyers, dismantle what has been created and demolish the infrastructure and prosperity that has been achieved and built. We have seen this in the riots, arson, and anarchy in SEE VOTE FOR AMERICA! | PAGE 9

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Million Muslim Vote for Biden

BY BECCA KEATING

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f you are older than 25 years, I’m hoping you remember September 11, 2001, when the Twin Towers in New York burned and collapsed to the ground, the Pentagon was destructively damaged, and a hijacked plane crashed on a field in Pennsylvania. These were four coordinated and well-planned attacks by 19 Islamic terrorists from a group known as Al-Qaeda. The attacks resulted in 2,977 fatalities, over 25,000 injuries, and substantial long-term health consequences, in addition to at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. It was the single deadliest terrorist attack on American soil.

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Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Minneapolis, and other Democrat-controlled cities.

Democrats would bring productivity to the lowest possible levels. They would establish indoctrination over education, a hatred for morality, a hatred for Jews and Christians, and a hatred for all who are willing to work hard and honestly achieve. Democrats would increasingly promote killing inconvenient babies, inconvenient disabled persons, and the inconvenient elderly.

The “rage-filled” Democrat Marxists are increasing the volume of their lies that the United States and President Trump are racists. It is these same Democrats who have a racist history of slavery, segregation, discrimination, lynching, and the KKK. Donald Trump was not guilty of colluding with the Russians. However, Democrats insist that Donald Trump is guilty of obstructing their efforts to punish him for winning the 2016 Election. Donald Trump was guilty of the “crime” of obstructing the

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As a result, our resolve to take aggressive action against a presumed enemy seemed to bring us together as Americans. More people attended church after this event than in a long, long time. We prayed for those not yet recovered from the destruction of the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. We prayed for the families who lost loved ones on that horrific day. As Americans, we had a determination to protect our homeland from future harm from those whose Islamic ideology was antithetical to our Constitution and our American way of life.

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treasonous efforts of the Democrats to frame him and remove him from the Presidency. Democrats have never forgiven Donald Trump for winning in 2016.

We are in a time of war in which our nation is under attack by Marxist Democrats, Fascist Iran, and Marxist China. Thank God that President Trump is in charge and that we are not being governed by Hillary Clinton or a Politically Correct Republican coward. President Trump is standing up to the Iranians, the Chinese, and the Democrats in a much more serious and determined manner than any of our past presidents. Nothing frightens Trump.

Listen to the hate and Evil that are spoken by AOC, Barack Obama, Jerry Nadler, Adam Schiff, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and other Democrats. Could you ever again feel that you, your family, and your property would be safe with these Democrats in control of our federal government’s Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches?

The American people want a leader in the White House to move our nation

away from the Evil into which it is sinking and toward a spiritual reawakening. The American people support Donald Trump because he is Politically Incorrect and not afraid to confront the Evil that has been brought upon our nation.

God put Donald Trump in office as our President because there is no other human being who can both save and restore the United States of America. We can tell that Donald Trump is God’s agent because so many evil people have risen up to attack and try to destroy him.

Like George Washington, Ronald Reagan, and other great leaders, Donald Trump inspires people to do their best, achieve more than they thought possible, and have eternal hope for the future. Donald Trump is enthusiastic, uplifting, and filled with high energy. Donald Trump brings out the best in people and promotes human goodness to elevate humanity and change his opposition and enemies positively.

Trump supporters are responsible Americans who work hard and treat others with respect. Trump supporters

do not riot in the streets, they do not block highways, do not throw rocks and Molotov Cocktails at police, do not burn cars and buildings, and do not physically attack those with whom they disagree.

President Donald Trump is the only person who stands between us, our Liberty, and the Democrat Marxists. It is us whom the Democrats want to control, and President Trump is in the way of the Democrats bypassing our Constitution and turning our nation into a hellhole like Venezuela.

“Trump is the one true leader in world affairs, and he is forcing policy changes that put America first! “, Henry Kissinger.

The American people have an essential choice – Stand for Donald Trump and our American Culture of Life and Exceptionalism versus the Democrats and their Culture of Death and Destruction.

Vote for America!

Submitted by Donald R May, Lubbock, TX, retina surgeon, farmer, medical economist, decorated Air Force Veteran, and former medical school professor, department chair, and dean

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Elections Have Consequences: Freedom is on the ballot in 2020

BY REPRESENTATIVE JODEY C. ARRINGTON

Since 2015, working to:

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lections have consequences for better or for worse. When you c a st you r ba l lot, you aren’t just voting for a person; you are voting for a set of ideals. Our President, along with support from a Republican Congress, has made historic gains in restoring the freedom, security, and prosperity that has always accompanied America’s exceptionalism.

However, this past year has been especially difficult, as so many of our values have been challenged and liberties compromised. Some of these are obvious, like supporting and funding our law enforcement and the fundamental right to protect ourselves and defend our property; while others are more subtle, like the freedom to peaceably assemble or work and provide for our families.

Now more than ever, we must make our voices heard. That’s how we fight for the future of our beloved republic.

Be clear: more important than any single candidate, it’s the Constitution, our God-given freedoms, and America’s traditional values that are on the ballot this election.

Like most Americans, Texans do not want to turn our nation into Speaker Pelosi’s San Francisco or Kamala Harris’ California — we don’t want socialist policies like open borders, high taxes and regulations, and defunding the police.

Showing up to vote, and encouraging other like-minded, liberty-loving West Texans to do the same, is a responsibility we must take seriously.

In 2016: Americans’ choice was between a failed political machine that

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Rep. Jodey Arrington, Anne Arrington, and Children had concentrated more and more represents to the world. power in the political establishment In stark contrast, under this Presiversus a change agent who promised dent’s leadership, we’ve enjoyed three to transfer power out of Washington years of historic gains in liberty and back into the hands of “We the People”, limited government, respect for the where it belongs.

Constitution and the rule of law, However, I would submit, in 2020, and draining Washington’s swampy our opponent is something even more culture. sinister: socialism.

We’ve restored our self-reliance, The 2020 election represents a renewed our strength, and held fast choice between two futures for our to our founding principles as a nation. country: one that empowers our citIt’s been three years of promises izens by restoring their freedom, or made and promises kept. And we’re one that gives the government control just getting started. over every aspect of our lives.

Once again, thank you for your Although we might have hoped the support. specter of socialism would have been Let’s build on the progress this relegated to ‘the ash heap of history’— President and Republicans in ConDemocrats in Washington today em- gress have made by taking back the brace those same failed policies. Like House, protecting the Senate, and Venezuela, Cuba, and other socialist securing four more years of America countries who have gone down this greatness! road of ruin, this tired ideology would Submitted by Jodey C. Arrington, crush our economy, undermine our who represents Texas’ 19th Congresfreedoms, and sap the American spir- sional District and serves on the House it of innovation, entrepreneurship, Ways and Means Committee. For more and hard work. Simply put, social- information, visit JodeyArrington. ism would destroy our way of life com and follow Representative Arringand all that an exceptional America ton on Facebook at @JodeyArrington

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Don’t Be Ridin’ with Biden

This ol’ bus can go.

BY JEFF CARSON

If you’re ridin’ with Biden, You must have gone crazy.

You’re judgment’s impaired, And you’re thinkin’ is hazy.

Paying no heed, To the rules of the road.

And no concern at all, For their precious load.

He’s like a drunk man, Driving an automobile.

With his foot on the gas, And one hand on the wheel.

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Dustin Burrows, Texas State Representative, District 83

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t has been an honor to represent you in the Texas Legislature the past six years; and, I am asking for your vote for another term this November.

This November, it is critical that we re-elect President Donald Trump, who I enthusiastically endorse. It is also essential that voters continue down the ballot and vote for all Republicans on the ballot. Here are just a few of the crucial issues that I am currently working on, on your behalf: SUPPORT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT: Democrats across this State want to close police departments, which would lead to more crime and threaten Texans’ safety. I am not going to sit idly and watch this happen. That is why I signed the “Texas Backs the Blue Pledge” to oppose any such effort and support the strongest response available for those that try to loot and burn our cities.

Further, like you, I am sickened by the images on television of police being assaulted, their cars and precincts burned. Our law enforcement officers have our backs every single day, and we need to show them that Texans have their backs.

DEFEND THE UNBORN: Many of you have heard that abortion provider Planned Parenthood is trying to return to the South Plains. They were run out of town seven years ago, which has undoubtedly saved lives. It is now clear that we will have to fight that battle again.

As you all know, I am proud to be prolife and I will defend it from conception to natural death. I joined my local legislative colleagues, Senator Charles Perry and John Frullo, demanding that the Lubbock City Council adopt ordinances to prohibit Planned Parenthood from re-opening. By the time you read this, they may or may not have passed that ordinance; however, rest assured,

Rep. Dustin Burrows, Elisabeth Hause Burrows, and Sons I intend to fight to see that they do. confident that we will bounce back here COVID-19 RESPONSE: It is not news because the South Plains’ work ethic is that our economy was hit hard by for- second to none. cing businesses to close. It didn’t have PROPERTY TAX REFORM: Many to be that way. In their lust for over- households and small businesses have reach, liberal mayors across this state been forced to sacrifice because of goveven tried to use this as an opportunity ernment shutdowns and a rebounding to close our churches and gun stores. economy. In turn, we expect the govThis overreach was a violation of our ernment to reciprocate and sacrifice 1st and 2nd Amendment Rights, which too, which means not raising their is why I asked the Texas Attorney Gen- property taxes! eral for an opinion on the legality and As you may know, the State of Texas constitutionality of that edict. And does not impose a property tax, nor guess what? The AG agreed with me does it set the tax rate. Local taxing that closing the gun stores was, in fact, units (cities, counties, and other taxing illegal and forced them back open! jurisdictions) decide how much revIn the coming legislative session, I enues they want to raise, and then they will work with other members to en- set a corresponding tax rate. You elect sure that a future response to a virus local officials to be your representative is much more limited. That said, I am on these issues of taxation. I worked

hard the last session to make this process more transparent and create tools to have your voice heard. I will continue to work on legislation to make sure the taxpayer’s voices are even stronger, and we have more control over whether property taxes increase or not.

BANNING TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING: Finally, I am confident that during the next session, the legislature will once again attempt to ban the use of taxpayer-funded lobbying. Taxpayer-funded lobbying is the practice wherein your tax dollars are used to wine and dine legislators to get them to vote for things like higher taxes, broad powers for cities to annex your property, and against injured first responders. I find this practice insulting to the taxpayer and will once again help author legislation to end it.

Texans, let’s stay strong, healthy, safe, and Christian. Let’s keep Texas a Republican-majority state, where people can realize their dreams, unhindered from liberal, Godless and misguided influences.

Thank you for your vote and your continued support. Early voting is 10/13 – 10/30. Election day is 11/3.

VOTE. Make your voice heard!

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VOTE! Much is at Stake!

BY JOHN FRULLO, TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 84

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y name is John Frullo. I am the owner of a small business, Midtown Printing and Graphics, Inc., a commercial printing, design, and ad specialty company. Before purchasing Midtown, I worked as a CPA auditing businesses and governmental entities.

I am a Republican representing a majority of Lubbock County in the Texas House since 2010. I serve on the Higher Education Committee, Calendars Committee, and am the Vice-Chair of the International Relations and Economic Development Committee. I have also been a committee member of several committees, including the State Affairs

Committee, and has chaired the Committee on Insurance and the Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.

COVID-19 We would be hard-pressed to find any person or any organization, be it a governmental, for-profit, or non-profit enterprise that has not been adversely affected by the terrible effects of COVID-19. There are many long-lasting issues in getting our businesses up and running, and the economy and citizens on to a brighter time. In doing so, we as a state need to be mindful of the use of state mandates, rules, and resources to help those affected while making sure we monitor and act to best help our citizens and organizations.

Thousands of Texans have been devastated and lost their business while thousands more have seen their hours reduced or have lost their jobs. I think we have learned that complete shutdowns carry a heavy cost. Picking winners and losers and labeling businesses as essential and non-essential did not work and does not work, and I am against such actions.

We must use common sense, including best practices in social distancing, proper hygiene, and practical protocols to reduce the virus’s spread. As Texans, we know what is best for Texas, that is why we have prospered. We need to make sure we continue to thrive and must trust our fellow citizens. We must stop damaging our freedoms

and return to providing the pathway for a prosperous future.

LAW ENFORCEMENT PLEDGES I signed on to Governor Abbott’s Texas Back the Blue Pledge and the national Heritage Action Pledge supporting Law Enforcement. We must support law enforcement and resist ALL efforts to defund the police. Law enforcement officers dedicate their lives to the service of our community and deserve our respect and support. I am enormously proud of the many endorsements I have received during my time in office from law enforcement groups.

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one that allows unlicensed possession of a firearm by certain persons following a disaster declaration. I voted for several others that closed some loopholes and cracked down on the patchwork of local firearms ordinances.

I also authored a bill that simplified laws for other protective devices, including the knife bills I authored and passed in previous sessions. Not every Texan wants to carry a firearm but still wants to protect themselves with another weapon.

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successes for the Lubbock community and the State of Texas. Senate Bill 2 (SB 2) was passed into law, and it will empower taxpayers with new tools to help limit the rate of growth on future property tax bills. Cities and counties will now be subject to property tax elections if they intend to raise their property tax elections by more than 3.5%.

The Legislature also passed House Bill 3 (HB 3), which provides $5 billion in school property tax relief to taxpayers across Texas. The bill lowered school property taxes by an average of 8 cents in 2020 and 13 cents in 2021 with an additional 2.5% tax compression starting in 2021.

EDUCATION The Texas Tech System has had historic successes in the past two legislative sessions. For nearly 50 years, the Texas Tech System has been advocating for a Veterinary School in west Texas to address the shortage of large animal care in Texas. In the past two sessions, Texas Tech has received the funding necessary to create a School of Veterinary Medicine and anticipates enrolling its first class in the fall of 2021!

With the Veterinary School and a School of Dental Medicine, the Texas Tech University System has become one of only nine university systems in the country with programs for undergraduate, medical, law, nursing, pharmacy, dental and veterinary medicine.

Many of these students start their education studies at the main campus in Lubbock.

In the last session, the Legislature passed a bill that allowed Dunbar College Preparatory Academy to stay open. I helped many of my colleagues in the Texas Legislature understand how important Dunbar is to the entire Lubbock community and the hard work that Lubbock

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So please vote the entire ballot.

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ISD, Dunbar’s staff, and its students have put in to continue its improvement.

PRO-LIFE We must take a stand and declare that Lubbock values the life of the unborn. If the City Council supports this effort, Lubbock will be one of the largest, if not the largest, city to protect life in this manner.

I have always been pro-life and proud to live in a pro-life community. I have received numerous endorsements from the various pro-life groups in Texas during my time in the Texas Legislature.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING Human trafficking continues to plague our state. I authored, and we

passed, a bill that makes it more difficult to operate “stash houses”. This allows that the assets used to operate such places be used to help these horrific crimes victims. This is similar to what has been done on confiscated drug assets for years. Each session, I have authored and passed laws to help make it harder for the bad actors to get away with these crimes, including “Alicia’s Law”. The Texas Legislature continues to take a hard stand against human trafficking, and I will continue to do my part to lead the way.

SECOND AMENDMENT T he Legislatu re continued to protect the Second Amendment. I co-authored two bills that prohibit “no-firearms” clauses in leases and

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Let’s KEEP Building a Better Lubbock

BY MAYOR DAN POPE

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hen I took the oath of office in 2016, I promised that by working together, we could make Lubbock even better through commonsense and conservative leadership. For more than four years, that’s what we have been working on at City Hall — finding ways to make Lubbock a safer and more accountable place for our citizens and our future.

FISCAL DISCIPLINE Even after six months of COVID-19, in Lubbock, we remain committed in our efforts to exercise fiscal discipline and adopt more of a “pay as you go” approach. We have found ways to be creative and flexible when it comes to city finances. Sometimes it is as simple as saying, “No, that is not the best use of our financial resources at the time.” Our 2020-2021 budget will grow less than one percent; still, we will pay cash for 92% of the vehicles purchased, dedicate $10 million in cash for street maintenance, fund more than $20 million worth of public works projects in cash, and pay down $108 million in debt.

PUBLIC SAFETY We have f u l ly supported a nd funded Public Safety. Our police and fire first responders are on the front line offering protection for our homes, businesses, and neighborhoods. Construction of the three police substations are well underway. These projects are the first in our Public Safety Initiative which supports community policing. The safety of our citizens remains our top priority.

ACCOUNTABLE, RESPONSIVE, AND TRANSPARENT CITY HALL We promised to hire the right

(L-R) Byron Martin, Mayor Dan Pope, Randy Christian, and Latrelle Joy; Lubbock Tornado Memorial Gateway Project groundbreaking Sept 2019.

people to lead the city forward. Jarrett Atkinson, our City Manager, has proven to be a steady, capable, and visionary leader. He has built a team that is responsive and focused on serving the needs of our citizens.

We have seen examples of this in our response to the pandemic.

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION We strive every day to better communicate with our citizens.

The city website and social media presence continue to improve. I have embraced open channels of communication through my weekly video updates, monthly Coffee with the Mayor, and many other forums where I am asked to participate.

STRONG, RESILIENT ECONOMY Job creation is a Lubbock success story. From 2016-2019, our economy produced 10,000 net new jobs.

2020 has provided a new set of challenges; however, our response has been strong. We must work with our existing businesses to foster an environment where they will continue to invest in our community. Lubbock will be a winner

post-COVID. Our safe neighborhoods, affordable cost of living, and quality of life investments will make us more attractive to families and businesses. The significant investments we have made in the arts, our parks, and downtown make Lubbock more attractive to employers and workers.

We have a strong record of results, but there is still much to accomplish. We are focused on the important things facing the city of Lubbock. Lubbock’s grow th brings big challenges in addressing needs — those created by our success — while continuing to be a good steward of the city assets we already have. I want to finish the job we started.

Will you continue to support com monsense, conser vative leadership? Together, we can continue to build a better Lubbock… for all of our families.

I sincerely ask for your vote on November 3rd.

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Lubbock Mayoral Race: What’s at Stake

BY STEPHEN SANDERS

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ubbock is faced with a major fight to keep Planned Parenthood out of our city. We stand in a place where we must decide whether we are ready to move forward or take steps back. As a Christian Conservative, I’m asking for your vote because I want to stand in the gap for you in this difficult time.

As a Lubbock native, I love this city very much. I am running for Mayor because the current leadership in city hall runs amok with your tax dollars on questionable projects, while enabling taxpayer money - your money - to be funneled to family member’s business interests. That is wrong, if not even criminal. Having met with many of you, I’ve heard your primary concerns: the cities’ spending habits, the lack of transparency, and Planned Parenthood. Now is your opportunity to have a leader who stands beside you in the battle. I stand with President Trump in wanting to drain the swamp.

I want to give you that peace of mind knowing that every single day you are going to have someone fighting for you at City Hall. Our city reminds me of the story of David and Goliath, champion of the Philistines and a giant. Goliath challenged the Israelites to send out their champion to decide their ongoing war through single combat. David and Goliath are often referenced as a moral lesson of how underdogs can overcome the odds and be successful, and I believe that is where we are right now. I am your champion, and the current Mayor is Goliath. Send me out to represent us because you are sending someone who is driven by God. I’m not afraid to stand against what is not right, and I will not be manipulated by money or the good ole boy system.

If you wonder why becoming your Mayor means so much to me, it is

Stephen Sanders, 2020 Candidate for Mayor because this city has been good to my family and me. Serving as Mayor is an opportunity to repay the love that has been shown to me over the years.

I’m determined to set the bar very high for Mayors who will come after me.

Loving the citizens, representing the citizens, and keeping their best interests at heart will be my priority.

Also, to make sure the city council knows that the tax money belongs to the citizens, not the City Council. It is also time to simplify how we make information available about the city. My administration will show the citizens where the money comes in and where it goes in a simple manner. With lower taxes, builders can build, restaurants and other small businesses can thrive, and yes, this can happen ALL over Lubbock.

We will also stop spending money on things we don’t need nor really want. I do not want to be remembered as a mayor who built the city’s most significant buildings. I want to be remembered for my heart and hard work in the community. I want to be remembered as the Mayor who never left anyone behind and propelled us into financial and social stability. I

want to be recognized as a leader who inspired and empowered other people to reach, and even exceed, their goals.

I have plans to always be out in our community, walking our neighborhoods, supporting our citizens, not sitting in the top floor of Citizens Tower like some Roman potentate.

As you read this, I hope that your heart will feel my desire to serve. In early voting (10/13-10/30) or on election day (11/3), I humbly ask you to check the box for Stephen Sanders for Lubbock Mayor.

I am excited about our city’s future, and I promise to work tirelessly to make decisions based on your desires as citizens. Keeping you informed and not letting the council mislead you will help end the runaway spend habits. Voting Stephen Sanders means we will all

have a very bright future in Lubbock.

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MANDATES, MASKS & MAYHEM the deceptive reasoning of their mind.

Having lost their own true real intelligence, the deceived “useful idiot” circus elephants now only exercise their strength, power, and life to do the circus handlers’ will.

The circus handlers are master manipulators. They know if you can predict how some animal (someone) will respond to a stimulus, training, indoctrination, you can control them, the outcome, the direction in which you want them to think, and then act.

Therefore, through their intentional deception, the circus handlers now have the unreasoning depraved mind circus elephants under their full power and control, holding them in bondage, captive to do the will of the circus handlers.

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How the deceptive political circus handlers have brought us the greatest government flim-flam show on earth. he Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus began in late 1871. Its reputation grew with the people proclaiming it The Greatest Show on Earth. Traveling by railroad, the circus animals and equipment, and its people would roll into town with all their animals, rides, booths, displays, equipment, and such, packed into passenger, livestock, and boxcars.

The day the circus arrived by train was a huge celebratory event in every town. The citizens, especially the children, would gather to watch all the equipment and animals unloaded from the train. Specially to watch as the circus workers, handlers would work the giant circus elephants with all their impressive size and strength.

By hooking chains and ropes to the harnesses, the circus handlers controlled these powerful circus animals by raising the giant center poles for all the circus tents and construction through training and commands. And again, when the circus is over, the circus handlers used these mammoth “circus animal cranes” to tear down the circus tents and structures.

Interestingly, once the circus handlers were through with using these giant, mighty circus pachyderms to accomplish all the work, the circus handlers would drive a steel stake in the ground and chain and shackle one leg of the circus elephant to the stake.

Think about it. How is it that these large and powerful circus elephants, with all the strength used to raise these massive tent poles, did not merely jerk the stake out of the ground?

The answer? Deception. When the circus elephants were firstborn, the circus handlers would drive a steel

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stake into the ground. They would use a chain to shackle it to one of the baby circus elephant’s legs. In their mental and physical infancy, baby circus elephants did not have the natural instinctive liberating power and strength to pull out the stake and set themselves free.

The strength they would naturally have later as mature non-circus elephants who had not been subjected to this deceptive mental and physical manipulation. But now, through deception, the circus elephant, its will is held captive for life to do the will of the deceivers. And the next baby circus elephant generations born into the unnatural abnormal circus captivity became even easier to deceive.

Through deception, the deceiver gains the unjust power and control to rule over and hold the deceived in captivity to do the deceiver’s will.

Think about it. The circus handlers have control 24/7/365 to rationing out all the circus elephant’s needs: food, water, health, shelter, etc. All while

keeping the circus elephants within the confined restricted incarcerating boundaries limited by the length of the unseen mental and seen physical chain and shackle that held it captive.

By now, these circus enslaved beasts of burden have lost all awareness of their captivity. Captivity, to do the will of their circus handler deceivers, is now the circus elephant’s new deceptive norm, their reality.

T he resu lts? T he deceptively mind-controlled circus elephants lost the liberty and freedom of their natural instinctive and intelligent critical thinking, reasoning, awareness. They were lost to the deceptive, controlling captivity shackle and chain purposes of their circus handlers. Being held captive to be controlled to do the will of their circus handlers has become the circus elephant’s “herd instinct” alternate-reality.

Unwittingly, the mind-numbed programmed circus elephants are now allowing their circus handlers and their circus handler’s deception to control

By whatever a man is overruled to that he is enslaved.

In early 2020, our United States Constitution, Constitutional Republic Rule of Law, was unjustly overruled and set aside. The lightning strike timing of this unconscionable “invisible war” and tyrannical lawlessness was cooperatively, deliberately, and intentionally enabled through international deception.

Deceiving co-conspirator, corrupt political circus handlers, with their global technocracy accomplices, launched their cunning “chain and shackle” destructive and distracting weapons of mass deception onto this planet’s population.

Their purpose? To brazenly seize power and control over the deceived.

Those who would fall for the deception and become controlled by the unjust rule of will by the deceivers.

Thus, making the deceived useful (us!)

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hanks to this amazing country in which we live, all individuals have the opportunity to turn their ideas and hard work into large companies and wealth as witnessed by such businesses as Amazon and Walmart. It is the freedom, capitalist economy, and equal opportunity provided by this United States of America that allowed the existence, growth, and success of each company. Yet, so many of these big box companies and restaurants have snubbed their noses at the very freedoms, economy, and citizens who have provided their success. They have bowed in worship to the minions of the one world disorder, they have supported the ideologies of domestic terrorists, have enabled the psychosis and confusion of those ideologies, and have slandered those many who do not hold to the same chaos and lunacy.

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political circus idiots. What does the lawlessness and tyranny of these corrupt political circus handlers’ chains and shackles look like?

M a nd ate s. M a s k s. M ayh em .

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Marxism. Communism. Antifa.

Anarchy. Insurrection. Mob Rule.

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submit to medical procedures (masking, social distancing) that have proven to be more harmful than beneficial to the vast majority of the world’s population. In fact, Amazon has hidden the fact that since forcing these medical procedures upon their employees in their warehouses around the world, the number of coronavirus cases among their employees has sharply increased. These are the exact same results the Chinese Communist Party had in China with the same procedures they had forced upon their citizens decades ago.

As a result of the large corporations forgetting their roots and what it is that made their success possible, many people around the country have chosen to quit shopping at those large stores. Instead, customers are exercising their freedom to take their money elsewhere, which is very good news for local and small businesses!

Most local and small businesses still acknowledge and are grateful for the freedoms of this nation. And they respect the right each one of their customers has to choose where to shop and what medical procedures will All empowering and emboldening the corrupt political circus handlers to enforce the lawlessness rule of will of the tyrannical Deceivers.

All at the expense of national and individual sovereignty. All at the expense of liberty and freedom. To be controlled by the corrupt political circus handler’s totalitarian global elite oligarchy. We the People to be held captive in our homeland to do their will.

These corrupt political circus handlers Rule of Will deceptively exercise as “Law” under their sham government authority’s administrative agencies is enforced through their stake of Covid-19 driven into the heart of culture with its “pandemic” chain reaction

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best benefit them and their families.

Many of us in our small city have spent the last month shopping local and with small businesses. In doing so we have discovered several things.

We have discovered that there are usually more than one local store or small business in town that carries what we would normally purchase from one of the big box stores. There is only one time I have had to go online to find a small business that sells something I could not find in my town. And our local coffee shops are amazing!

We have enjoyed the privilege of getting to know our neighbors who run these small and local businesses and their employees. We have been able to build relationships with each one and they with us. Most local and small business owners do not view their customers as simply dollar signs or a means to profit. They know we are their neighbors, relatives, and friends. The owners of these stores are not sending their profits to large corporations out of town, state, or even the nation. Our money stays local and blesses our neighbors and our town itself. That’s a huge plus at this time in our economy!

Local and small businesses are more

likely to have products that are made locally, within the state, and within this nation. That translates to more jobs for people who are in our town, in our state, and our country, instead of jobs in other nations, especially nations that produce their products with slave labor. Right now, some of our neighbors are in desperate need of those jobs to keep a roof over their heads and food on their tables.

Over the past month, I have not missed the big box stores, nor their arrogance toward this country and the good people of this country.

Instead, I have been blessed with the joy of knowing I am helping my neighbors, friends, and relatives by supporting their businesses and purchasing their products. I deeply appreciate the relationships I am building with the locals in their stores. And I enjoy knowing that instead of using my money to support those who do not value this country and its freedoms and those who refuse to respect our rights, I am using my hard-earned money to support and love my neighbor. God bless this country, and God bless the small and local businesses!

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of fearmongering shackled on We the People. (And the people of the world.) Fear and fearmongering becoming the more significant “pandemic” than Covid-19.

And is continuing to do so.

He is rebuilding our economy, our civility, our country, our Constitutional Republic Rule of Law. However, he cannot complete it without the help of We the People.

President Trump needs and deserves four more years. And it is in the best interest of We the people to see to it that he gets it.

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t took just three years for President Donald Trump to lead America from the perpetually stagnant New Normal of the Clinton/Bush/ Obama Trifecta of Failure back to the Morning in America of the Reagan era. This was nothing short of an economic miracle that began the day after America’s blue-collar billionaire won the biggest upset in our political history when the stock market took off like a rocket.

In a steady assault on the Deep-State Swamp, President Trump hit the delete button on more regulations in three years than every other President in our history combined. He renegotiated the give-away trade boondoggles of the Trifecta and set off an avalanche of industrial growth and the return of prodigal corporations. He rebuilt our military after eight years of neglect.

He re-started our space program. He required our NATO allies to quit freeloading on the gravy train and start making meaningful contributions to their defense. He defeated ISIS, began negotiations to end the forever war in Afghanistan, pulled out of our incursion into Syria, and created a Trump

Doctrine. He alerted the world that, under his administration, America would only commit forces to defend our interests, no more nation-building, no more free mercenaries carrying the water for others.

Of course, the Deep-State Swamp creatures didn’t just sit on their hands.

The perpetually re-elected civil service protected corporately selected troika of politicians, bureaucrats, and media megaphones fought tooth and nail.

First, they used the FBI’s politically corrupted ranks and the national security forces to try to undermine the Trump campaign. When that didn’t work, the Obama Administration used the waning days of their regime to set in motion an attempt to thwart and, if possible, overthrow the incoming Trump Administration.

For three years, they beat America about the ears with their fake news of supposed evidence through illegal leaks, politically motivated highly coordinated whistleblowers, and secret hearings in the underground star chamber deep in the bowels of Congress. Recent revelations brought to light through Freedom of Information exposures revealed that Pelosi, Schiff, SEE THE BLUE STATE BLOCKADE | PAGE 23

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Mueller, and the rest of the gang that couldn’t shoot straight knew from day one that there was no Russian conspiracy and that even the supposed hack of Democrat computers was a red herring. Yet the luminaries of the left were on every available outlet of the ABCCBSNBCCNNMASNBCNPRPBS Cartel indoctrinating the low information voters with their propaganda day and night.

Then came the Impeachment Hoax.

Facts now show the Democrats were plotting to impeach Trump before he was elected. The Washington Post started calling for impeachment on the very day Trump was inaugurated.

And the disloyal opposition have also admitted they had to impeach Trump as part of their 2020 election strategy.

Talk about trying to interfere in an election! They impeached the President for things that were not criminal, things that were built on false testimony, inaccurate and made-up reporting, and purely out of spite.

Three years of attacks such as no other politician ever has survived, and President Trump not only survived, but he thrived. Then along came COVID-19 and sat down beside him.

Accepting Fauci, Birx, and other globalists’ flawed models, the President erred on the side of caution when it came to American lives. He gave us a textbook example of crisis management along the way. Taking over the decrepit testing system left moldering in warehouses, Mr. Trump quickly led us to the most dynamic testing regimen in history, directed manufacturers to make a surplus of the masks and respirators needed. He left the mechanics of the economic shutdowns in the hands of the States’ governors, as is proper in our federal system.

And America ground to a halt.

Unemployment skyrocketed, and stimulus money flowed to who knows where out of Washington as money

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As a natural contrarian, President Trump has always gone against the grain. He was the first world leader to shut down travel from China. And early on, he began to say, “We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”

Instinctively knowing there may be more deaths from the ramifications of stopping the greatest economy the world has ever seen than from the Social Security Flu. Now President Trump is the cheerleader for Making America Great Again Again.

Certainly, there are obstacles. The Democrats who identify as journalists are spewing their disinformation and hate wall-to-wall online, on the air, and in print every day. The Democrat machine in Congress is threatening to impeach the President again and holding more hearings on conjured evidence heading towards preprogrammed conclusions.

All this resistance aside, the country is starting to open. The pent-up demand that follows any artificial roadblock to supply and demand will make the economy blossom. No matter how the Progressives try to get Americans addicted to free money.

No matter how hard they try to turn the U.S. into a command economy sitting atop a submissive herd of regimented citizens, the spirit of America cries out, “Let’s get back to work!”

What is the political damn the Democrats seek to build across the flood of people returning to normalcy? I call it the Blue State Blockade. Thirty percent of America’s economy is in California and New York. Two States long controlled by entrenched Democrat machines.

Both these Progressive sinkholes have spent themselves into the failed state zone of economics. The Federal Government/taxpayers spent billions supporting these two Democrat fiefdoms during the COVID pandemic.

We built them hospitals they demanded and never needed. We sent them hospital ships and military personnel to meet needs that never materialized. And now they’re demanding we bail them out of the financial difficulties they created, and which existed long before anyone ever heard of the Social Security Flu Like all Progressives, they don’t just ask for help. They demand it.

They’re holding the economy hostage, saying they won’t open their States until they get the money. And it isn’t just the Big Two. Most of the other blue States are also demanding bailouts. These cynical power brokers believe that if they can keep the economy, or at least as much of it as they control, shut down long enough, they can cause a Greater Depression.

They long to cast President Trump as the 21st Century Hoover so they can wheel Old Joe out of the basement as the new FDR and usher in the Green New Deal.

Never in the History of the world has any society quarantined healthy people. Never in the History of the world has any society voluntarily shut down its economy. We are in uncharted territory. What will it be?

Will it be a return to Trump’s Morning in America or a retreat to the Trifecta’s Mourning in America?

We need to ask ourselves, “Why would any political party see the destruction of our economy and all the resulting problems that accompany poverty as a good thing?” Now we should ask, “How can anyone who has any respect for the dignity of people support such a cynical policy?” Perhaps we should ask ourselves these questions the next time we get to vote?

In this lost world, we see through a glass darkly. It’s hard to make predictions, especially about the future.

I know what I would like to see. Kick out the jams and let the good times roll! Let’s get back to work and get something done. However, I know that the fate of nations is in God’s

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hands. He has given us the formula for success if we’re wise enough to take it.

“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Corporately that’s it.

Individually I know I can swear, “And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Submitted by Dr. Robert Owens. Dr. Owens teaches History, Political Science, Global Studies, and Religion.

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ife is an incredible journey, full of twists and unexpected turns. We are herd animals and were not created to make this journey alone.

As most of you know, I was shocked in February to be diagnosed with Stage 4 Stomach Cancer. It was unexpected and certainly unwelcome, but it’s now part of my life’s journey.

I embrace the reality and fight for time. As I’ve said before, there is no cure, and so I’m told I can’t beat this, but I’m fighting to go the distance. I believe I’ll still be here, writing this column in five years.

My diagnosis isn’t all negative. I’ve never felt so loved and cared for. I have a team of medical professionals fighting on my behalf. I have friends

I haven’t seen in years reaching out, visiting, and offering their support.

But best of all is my family.

My wild and crazy sisters, Debra and Kim, and their wonderful husbands, Keith and Roger, traveled from North Carolina and Florida to spend a week with me. They came to catch up and have fun, but to also provide support and lend a hand. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, we are downsizing from our very large home of twentyfive years into a dramatically smaller condo, so they, along with Arlene’s best friend, Tracey, who’s just like family, spent most of each day helping us rummage through shelves, cabinets, and boxes to determine what we keep, sell or pitch. It was an emotional week preparing for the estate sale, but in many ways, it’s the history of our forty-five years of

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marriage, laid out on tables for others to buy. My sister’s sense of humor and free spirit not only made the experience tolerable but fun. I don’t see them often enough, but we make it count when we do see each other. I don’t know what I’d do without them.

Tracey didn’t really know them until this week. She was in complete dismay as my sisters chased down a local police officer to give him a Buster Bar (from Dairy Queen) and to tell the young officer he was appreciated.

That’s just how they roll.

For those of you who are long-time readers of my column, know that my daughter, Tara Beth, and her husband Jeff, accepted positions in Pasadena, CA, over four years ago and headed west, with our grandsons, Caleb and Noah. Like most of life’s twists and turns, it was a mixture of happiness for their new opportunities and sadness to see them go. Their move wasn’t ended with a period but only punctuated with a comma, as they announced this week they are moving back. We are thrilled. I’ll never miss one of my grandson’s baseball games or concerts again! My only regret is that their move is motivated by my health. My life journey should not dictate theirs, but I was told, “Don’t worry about it. I only have one Dad, and we want to be close.” Of course, I did the only thing I could do in that moment. I cried. As I said, I’ve never felt so loved.

On a lighter note, my handsome and smart nephew, Westin, called me on Sunday to tell me about his new dog.

He said, “My puppy is two years old, and I’m five.”

I responded, “So, you were three years old when he was born.”

Weston paused and said, “He wasn’t born. We bought him!” I laughed all day at the enthusiastic innocence of his words.

I’ve always loved my friends and

family, but never fully realized the importance of relationships and how their love can brighten the darkest times. I’m grateful. My heart is full.

For those who say, “I don’t have friends,” be a friend. Join a small group at your church. Take up a group hobby that places you in the same room with others of similar interests.

Volunteer for a local charity. Join a herd. Be part of a pack. They want and need you as much as you need them, and for most of us... the day will come when you need their love and support.

Yes, creating meaningful relationships takes effort, but it will be effort well spent.

I also hear others say, “I’m estranged from my family.” It’s not too late to forgive and forget. It doesn’t matter what happened. It was in the past. Unless the relationships are toxic, dangerous, or otherwise damaging, make an effort to reconnect. Reach out and rekindle family connections. I don’t think you’ll be sorry.

We were not created to travel alone.

Join the herd.

Submitted by Gary W. Moore, a freelance columnist, speaker, and author of three books, including the award-winning, critically acclaimed, “Playing with the Enemy.” Follow Gary on Twitter @GaryWMoore721 and at www.garywmoore.com

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The Passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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t is considered uncouth to speak ill of those recently passed, so I will do my best to abide by that thinking. Any look at her record shows she was one of the most liberal judges ever on the supreme court, and her oath to “Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution� often seemed by conservatives, to be ignored. When she found the “right to privacy� in the Constitution so a woman could have an abortion, conservatives felt their opinion of her was vindicated. Liberals said abortion would be legal, safe, and rare, now that it was ruled a right of women. Unfortunately, 60 million dead innocent babies later, we know that too was a lie of the left. So, when

liberals speak of the Hitler horror of 6-million dead Jews in the holocaust, America’s numbers of dead innocent

lives are ten times higher. While liberal democrats wear that number as a badge of honor, Christians see it as

a national disgrace and look at Roe v Wade for what it is, a court ruling, and NOT law.

But liberals love making law from the bench when they know congress will not pass a legally binding law they want. The supreme court was not set up to make law and our Constitution says so in Article I – Section 1, “ALL legislative action shall be vested in a congress‌â€? Exceptions are not mentioned or even suggested in any way. But liberal secular democrats constantly refer to supreme court rulings as the law of the land, showing their ignorance of the Constitution or basic lawmaking, or maybe it shows their willingness to lie to American citizens to bypass Constitutional requirements.

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In my 77 years, I suggest the latter is probably true, and history proves most politicians are Constitutional crooks.

All politicians love power more than almost anything, and when liberal democrats gained the power to legislate from the bench because congress lost its nerve to hold liberals feet to the fire on highly debated matters, as few as five liberal Supreme Court judges became America’s oligarchy.

Do not give so-called conservative politicians a pass on this matter.

Their actions prove they also like it, because they can point to the court when things get heated, saying congress did not pass a law but the court ruled in a manner most conservatives do not like, thereby “passing the buck” to the court. That gives the court power never granted and helps take the blame off congress.

www.CaprockPatriot.com A wonderful situation for Congress when election day arrives. Back when Democrats were actually in Congress to keep America safe, Harry Truman, a democrat, coined the phrase, THE BUCK STOPS HERE, and had a sign made saying so on his desk. To him, “passing the buck” was a coward’s choice he refused to do. To show how serious he was about making hard decisions, he dropped two atomic bombs on Japan… his decision.

In today’s Democrat party, several committees would be organized to spread any blame, just in case things went wrong, and speeches would be drafted to show how hard liberals tried to arrive at the best possible answer for the problem at hand. Taking responsibility has not been part of my Democrat party in decades, and that is just one reason I left after I voted for Carter… his first term.

The slow destruction of our Constitution by liberals has been happening

for decades, with Roe v Wade and Affirmative Action, while Ruth Bader Ginsburg was leading the way. I chose to think she did not hate America but was misguided into thinking her liberal twisting of what our Constitution means, was better than what those old white wigged founding MEN envisioned. She was a powerful woman who left her mark on American law. Unfortunately for her legacy, the liberal decisions she made, like Truman’s, cost innocent lives, and while Truman’s ended a war, her decisions started one.

I fear that war will be the end of the best system ever devised for maximum citizen freedom.

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Make Lubbock a Sanctuary City

BY MARK LEE DICKSON

Lubbock’s Review of Ordinance Outlawing Abortion Obtains Assistance from Law Firm with FamilyTies to Planned Parenthood n Thursday, September 17th, the City of Lubbock released a statement about their legal review of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn ordinance. Their statement reads, “The City of Lubbock continues its legal review of the proposed Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance. The Olson & Olson law firm is assisting in this effort and will provide its review to the City Council at the earliest opportunity.”

Within hours of this announcement, word started spreading online that Olson & Olson was a law firm with family-ties to one of Planned Parenthood’s former board chairs.

Interestingly enough, Kris Kaiser Olson is the former Board Chair of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas. The very same organization has announced its plans to open up an abortion facility in Lubbock, Texas.

Kris Kaiser Olson is the wife of Charles D. Olson, whose uncle is one of Olson & Olson’s founding partners - William A. Olson Jr. This is confirmed in the obituary of William A. Olson Sr. whose obituary speaks of his nephew “Charles D. Olson and his wife Kris, of Waco, Texas.“ Many have pointed out that Kris Kaiser Olson’s husband does not work at the law firm in Houston, Texas, which was retained by the City of Lubbock in the legal review of this ordinance. While this is true that Charles D. Olson does not work at Olson & Olson in Houston, Texas (he actually works at Haley & Olson in Waco, Texas). This does not change the fact that his uncle is still William A. Olson Jr - a founding partner of the Olson & Olson firm in Houston, Texas.

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For many residents across Lubbock, this was the final straw. Lubbock resident Decker Reno said, “As a Lubbockite and former Republican Party leader, I cannot encourage the Mayor and City Council enough to listen to what the citizens of Lubbock are saying. Consulting with a law firm with family ties with someone who has been a state leader of Planned Parenthood is not what the people of Lubbock want their city to do. It is time that the Council place the ordinance for a vote and outlaw abortion within the city limits.”

West Texas for Life President Jim Baxa said, “If Kris Kaiser Olson had just been a volunteer at Planned Parenthood, this wouldn’t have been that big of an issue, but the fact that she was involved in a leadership role with Planned Parenthood and can be found in pictures of Planned Parenthood ribbon-cutting ceremonies with abortion giants like Cecile Richards and Ken Lambrecht - that is an issue which cannot be ignored.”

Kris Kaiser Olson can be seen in a picture online from a ribbon-cutting ceremony of the South Dallas Surgical Health Services Center in Dallas, Texas. Pictured with her was Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile

Richards and President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Ken Lambrecht. In the picture, Kris Kaiser Olson was listed as Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Board Chair.

John Pisciotta, Director of ProLife Waco, said, “We’ve already determined that Olson & Olson has strong family ties to Kris Olson.

Kris is one of the Texas abortion industry leaders, serving as a board member of Planned Parenthood Waco and then Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas following a merger of three Planned Parenthood affiliates.” Pisciotta continued, “Kris served a full-term as chair of the board of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas following the merger of Austin / Waco

/ Dallas-Fort Worth affiliates.”

A c c ord i n g to t he web s ite of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, “The new Planned Parenthood health center in Lubbock will provide affordable healthcare services” with both “surgical and medication abortion services” available at a later date. The only thing which would stop abortions from being performed in Lubbock, Texas, is the passing of an ordinance outlawing abortions before they start being performed within the city limits.

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Mark is a Director with Right to Life of East Texas, a Pastor of SovereignLOVE Church in Longview, Texas, and the founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative

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“Proud to be the party that protects human life and offers real solutions for women” and “strongly opposes infanticide,” including specific support for: the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act; a human life constitutional amendment; a ban on abortion at 20 weeks, when unborn babies can feel pain; a ban on abortion based on sex or disability; a ban on dismemberment abortion “in which unborn babies are literally torn apart limb from limb”; abortion clinic safety regulations; a ban on human cloning, and creating or experimenting upon human embryos, including three-parent embryos; a ban on any sale of body parts; and a ban on the “use of public funds to perform or promote abortion or to fund organizations, like Planned Parenthood.”

Sanctity of Human Life

“The American family... is the foundation of civil society, and the cornerstone of the family is natural marriage, the union of one man and one woman.”

Redefining Marriage

DEMOCRAT • Supports “repealing the Hyde Amendment” to allow the government to fund abortion.

• Supports “codifying” the right to abortion.

• “Democrats believe every woman should be able to access... reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortions.”

• Oppose and will fight to overturn federal and state laws that create barriers to reproductive health and rights.

• Opposes current FDA safety restrictions on chemical abortion pills.

• Supports repealing President Trump’s changes to the Title X program that separate abortion from federal family planning grants.

• Silent on marriage and family being the foundation of society.

Condemns the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges and “urges its reversal.”

We “embrace the principle that all Americans should be treated with dignity and respect.”

“We support measures” barring “government discrimination because of one’s on marriage and family.”

Supports “the right of parents to determine the proper medical treatment and therapy for their minor children.”

LGBT Agenda, Transgender Bathrooms, and Women’s Sports in Schools

Opposes Title IX being used “to impose a social and cultural revolution upon the American people by wrongly redefining sex discrimination to include sexual orientation or other categories.”

• “We will fight to enact the Equality Act” – a bill that would alter our entire federal civil rights framework, gut religious liberty, and advance abortion.

• Supports insurance coverage of “gender transition,” including “surgery and hormone therapy.”

• “We will ensure that all transgender and non-binary people can procure official government identification documents that accurately reflect their gender identity.”

• Supports banning practices aimed at assisting patients with unwanted same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria.

Opposes “reshaping our schools — and our entire society — to fit the mold of an ideology alien to America’s history and traditions.”

• We will work to “guarantee transgender students’ access to facilities based on their gender identity.”

Opposes President Obama’s Title IX transgender bathroom edict. It is “ illegal, dangerous, and ignores privacy issues.”

• “We will protect the rights of transgender students.”

Opposes the federal government funding abortion overseas and supports restoring the Mexico City Policy, to prevent federal money from going to NGOs which “provide or promote abortion,” or are complicit in China’s one-child policy.

Condemns the Obama administration for “imposing on foreign recipients, especially the peoples of Africa, its own radical social agenda while excluding faith-based groups.”

“America’s healthcare professionals should not be forced to choose between following their faith and practicing their profession. We respect the rights of conscience of healthcare professionals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and organizations, especially the faith-based groups which provide a major portion of care for the nation and the needy.”

• “We will fight to enact the Equality Act” – a bill that would allow biological men to play in women’s sports if they identify as transgender women.

Abortion and the LGBT Agenda Internationally

• “We believe...access to reproductive care and abortion services, are vital to the empowerment of women and girls.”

• Supports for repealing President Trump’s expanded Mexico City Policy and the Helms Amendment which bar American funding for abortion abroad.

• “We will restore the United States’ position of leadership on LGBTQ+ issues” and appoint “senior leaders directly responsible for driving...LGBTQ+ issues within the federal government.”

Conscience Rights • Supports the coercive HHS contraception mandate against faith-based groups like Little Sisters of the Poor. in Healthcare • Condemns the Trump administration’s regulation clarifying the definition of sex discrimination in the Affordable Care Act. This regulation allows doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies to practice medicine and operate in accordance with their conscience.

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“We strongly support the freedom of Americans to act in accordance with their religious beliefs, not only in their houses of worship, but also in their everyday lives.”

Religious Liberty

• “We will fight to enact the Equality Act” – a bill that would remove religious liberty protections and even force churches to violate the tenets of their faith.

“We value the right of America’s religious leaders to preach, and Americans to speak freely, according to their faith.” The government “is constitutionally prohibited from policing or censoring speech based on religious convictions or beliefs.”

Promises “A Republican administration will return the advocacy of religious liberty to a central place in its diplomacy, will quickly designate the systematic killing of religious and ethnic minorities a genocide, and will work with the leaders of other nations to condemn and combat genocidal acts.”

“If God-given, natural, inalienable rights come in conflict with government, court, or human-granted rights, God-given, natural, inalienable rights always prevail.”

• Celebrates, “... the paramount importance of maintaining the separation between church and state ...”

• Rejects “broad religious exemptions” for “businesses, medical providers, social service agencies, and others...”

“Ongoing attempts to compel individuals, businesses, and institutions of faith to transgress their beliefs are part of a misguided effort to undermine religion and drive it from the public square.”

Affirms the importance of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

DEMOCRAT

• “Religious freedom is a core American value and a core value of the Democratic Party. Democrats will protect the rights of each American for the free exercise of his or her own religion.”

International Religious Liberty

God in Government

• “It will be the policy of the Democratic Administration to advocate for religious freedom throughout the world.”

• Implies religious freedom is a “cover for discrimination.”

• Asserts that there is “politicization” of religious freedom within U.S. foreign policy.

• Silent on the role of God in government.

• Silent on the source of human rights.

“We support the public display of the Ten Commandments as a reflection of our history and our country’s Judeo-Christian heritage.”

• Celebrates, “... the paramount importance of maintaining the separation between church and state enshrined in our Constitution.”

Entire platform mentions God 15 times.

• Entire platform mentions God one time.

“We support the appointment of judges who respect traditional family values and the sanctity of innocent human life.”

The Courts

• “Applauds” the decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, which redefined the word sex in Title VII to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

Seeks to “enable courts to begin to reverse the long line of activist decisions—including Roe, Obergefell, and the Obamacare cases.”

Supports “sexual risk avoidance education that sets abstinence until marriage as the responsible and respected standard of behavior.”

Will “fight for school choice” and “local control.”

• “We will appoint U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges who... will respect and enforce foundational precedents, including... Roe v. Wade.”

Sex Education Education Choice

Recognizes that “Parents,” not the government, “are a child’s first and foremost educators.”

• Supports “LGBTQ+ inclusive” sex education with a full range of “family planning services.”

• “Democrats oppose private school vouchers and other policies that divert taxpayer-funded resources away from the public-school system, including the program at issue in the recent Espinoza decision.”

• No mention of homeschooling.

Supports homeschooling, private schools, vouchers, and tuition tax credits.

Encourages teaching the Bible as an elective in public schools.

“We reject the use of the military as a platform for social experimentation and will not accept...attempts to undermine military priorities and mission readiness.”

Supports “the religious freedom of all military members, especially chaplains, and will not tolerate attempts to ban Bibles or religious symbols from military facilities.”

Opposes the “Selective Service registration of women for a possible future draft.”

Social Experimentation in the Military

• “We will reverse the Trump Administration’s...ban DOD policy on Gender Dysphoric individuals serving in the military.”

• Silent on service members’ religious liberty rights.

• Calls for VA medical benefits to include abortion and gender “transition” services.

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BUFFALO SPRINGS IS YOUR LAKE: Let’s Keep it That Way!

BY MICHAEL SHOBE, CANDIDATE FOR LCWCID DIRECTOR, PRECINCT 3, BUFFALO SPRINGS LAKE COUNTY WATER CONTROL & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT #1

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y name is Michael Shobe.

I’m a lifelong Lubbock citizen and a 25 year resident of Buffalo Springs Lake. I am a local business owner (Hearing Technologies Inc) and I am currently serving as the Municipal Judge of the Village of Buffalo Springs Lake.

I am also your candidate for Buffalo Springs Lake, LCWCID Director, Precinct 3, Buffalo Springs Lake County Water Control & Improvement District #1.

Buffalo Springs Lake is a priceless and limited natural resource that BELONGS to YOU! Unfortunately, it is being sold off to private investors for their personal profit at pennies on the dollar of its value. Without solid leadership with a long term vision, YOUR lake will be gone… forever.

We must act now to protect YOUR lake before it’s too late.

We must provide affordable access to Lubbock’s most active and fun local natural resource and recreation center.

We must provide a regular schedule MUSLIM VOTE FOR BIDEN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9

city council to local school boards. This is not Islamophobia. This is a fact. Have you not heard of “the Squad” (which includes Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar)? Have you not heard of Keith Ellison (allegedly a Muslim Brotherhood operative) now Minnesota’s Attorney General? Have you heard of Andre Carson, U.S. Representative for Indiana, known for his disdain for Jews? These individuals have all been

of fun, family events to keep local recreational dollars in Lubbock, to provide local outdoor recreation opportunities, and to attract more regional tourists to YOUR beautiful Lake.

We must adopt Lake policies that are structured to benefit the residents of Lubbock rather than to the benefit of a select few.

Finally, we must protect YOUR lake from overreach by aggressive investors who find fertile hunting grounds and prey on the weak resource management

that currently exists at Buffalo Springs Lake.

Buffalo Springs Lake has grown as a residential community. Over the last 65 years, we have changed. From the formation of the District on October 10, 1955, to today, the Lake has morphed from a part-time single-family recreation use county facility, into a vibrant residential and recreational community.

That growth has, in large part, been funded by your use of the Lake and

elected since 9/ll. Since the last election of 2018, more than 50 candidates have secured elected positions from local to national with the hope of adding many more in 2020.

There is now a campaign in full swing called “Million Muslim Votes” where an ad for Biden includes Arabic subtitles and middle eastern music. Within a speech Biden made for the Engage Conference, which kicked off this Million Muslim Vote campaign, he states he will end the “Muslim ban” on day

one! I didn’t know there was a ban on Muslims. It turns out he was referring to an executive order issued on January 27, 2017, that barred tourism and immigration from seven countries previously identified by the Obama-Biden administration as being particularly vulnerable to terrorism, partly because of their internal record-keeping was substandard. According to Breitbart News (8/18/2020), these seven nations (Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen) happened to

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your admission fees.

It’s YOUR Lake! Access to public camping, fishing, boating at reasonable rates are your right Buffalo Springs Lake has outgrown the “good old boy” and “who do you know” leadership structure that has only served to benefit the few. We owe it to ourselves and future generations to take control of Buffalo Springs Lake’s wellbeing.

If you want someone at Buffalo Springs Lake to represent your interests, I would ask for your support and your vote as for Buffalo springs Lake, LCWCID Director, Precinct 3, Buffalo Springs Lake County Water Control & Improvement District #1.

I will ensure that the residents in Precinct 3 have full representation to protect YOUR Lake, for YOUR FAMILY, for YOUR use, and for generations to come.

Early voting runs from October 13th through October 30th. Election Day is November 3rd.

Vote for Michal Shobe, LCWCID Director, Precinct 3, to ensure north and northeast Lubbock residents can keep THEIR lake!

Submitted by Michael Shobe, Candidate for LCWCID Director, Precinct 3, Buffalo Springs Lake County Water Control & Improvement District # be Muslim-majority countries. Still, there was no blanket ban on Muslims from other Middle Eastern countries or large Muslim countries like Indonesia.

Later, the executive order was updated or superseded by subsequent orders. A second version dropped Iraq from the list; a third version added North Korea and Venezuela, two countries without substantial Muslim populations.

None the less, this part of Biden’s short speech was the first words stated in an SEE MUSLIM VOTE FOR BIDEN | PAGE 31

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What Makes America Great?

BY REID MCCALEB, 7TH GRADE, HOMESCHOOLER

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here has been an excessive amount of talking over recent years about making America great again. While obstacles to freedom and unity present themselves frequently among our citizens, at our very foundation lie the ideals of American greatness. Harry S. Truman effectively expressed this sentiment of what not only made America great at its foundation but still makes America great today. “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.”

Greatness can be found in the courageous acts of many Americans who did not allow their fear to stand in the way of their passion for freedom.

Colonists braved the unknown and possible death to pursue a life free of an overreaching government. Rosa Parks boldly spit in the face of racial MUSLIM VOTE FOR BIDEN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 30

ad to encourage all Muslims to vote!

Why is that relevant to lift a ban from those countries “particularly vulnerable to terrorism?”

Included in Biden’s speech, he continues to promise the Muslims that they will “be a part of his administration.” Biden is definitely reading a teleprompter when stating a quote from the prophet Mohammad. He tells them that he will incorporate the ideas and concerns of Muslims into his policies… and that their vote matters. These statements have been plucked out of his speech to make a two-minute ad, encouraging all Muslims to get out the vote, resulting in the “largest Muslim voter mobilization in America.” So, what’s the big deal?

Biden is NOT going to win this election anyway, right? That all depends

segregation when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.

Members of the United States Armed Forces volunteer to courageously defend the freedoms of, not only American citizens, but that of the world.

Imagination, paired with courage, has resulted in many great advancements enjoyed by American citizens. George Washington Carver, an early American scientist and inventor, dedicated his life to education and creativity. Henry Ford revolutionized American industrialization with the assembly line. Martin Luther King Jr. imagined an America filled with racial equality and gave his life in the pursuit of this dream. Steve Jobs’ technological innovations have completely transformed the way we live, work, and communicate.

The greatness of unbeatable determination to do the job at hand can be found in many different segments of American life. Retired US Army Captain Chad Fleming embodies all that is unbeatable determination. After losing

his leg in a combat mission, heroic Capt. Fleming redeployed five times becoming one of the few amputees able to redeploy into combat.

American first responders provide constant assistance, through unbeatable determination, to serve and protect all citizens. The persistence and steadfastness that my Dad exhibits in his pursuit of giving his children opportunities and a better life inspires me to achieve greatness in all my endeavors.

I, along with other Americans, must constantly pursue courage, imagination, and unbeatable determination to maintain the greatness of this nation.

The responsibility of greatness rests on all Americans who enjoy its benefits.

Submitted by Ancile “AL” White VFW Post 2466. This essay was written by Reid McCaleb and submitted to the VFW Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest. Reid is a 7th grader homeschooler. Colby’s essay Finished 3rd place out of 208 in the Voice of Democracy.

on the rest of the population, who are registered to vote and do exercise that right/privilege.

One thing is certain… if a million Muslims show up to vote for Biden, many other democrats will also be voted on the same ballot, including those with Islamic ideology. What does that mean, and why should we be concerned? My concern stems from the core tenets of the Islamic ideology found in the Quran. As mentioned earlier, the Islamic ideology is antithetical to the Constitution. So when the Engage Conference highlighted a determination to “change the course of history…because they have the means, they have the power”, a red light started blinking in my head! The narrative of the conference speakers echoed the desire to improve human rights and create social justice. More emphatically, the desire to rid the White House

of a president who, they say, is a fascist who is fanning the flames of hatred, racism, and Islamophobia.

The last time I checked, fascism was a “form of authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society… with intolerant views or practices.” Hmmm, sounds more like living under Sharia law as found in the Quran of the Islamic ideology. Having lived as an Infidel in the Middle East, I felt the authoritarian, dictatorial pressures of Sharia law. My “human rights” were almost nonexistent. As a woman, I was not allowed to work nor drive a car and was subjected to other intimidations as an Infidel. I longed to return to the U.S., where rights are given by God and secured by our Constitution. I’m thankful we have a president who

upholds our Constitution and values every citizen regardless of color, sex, or race.

Wisdom calls out to our citizenry to discern the potential destruction of our liberty by those who purport to have a motive for those things that sound good but, in the end, are destructive.

In the words of Bonhoeffer, “Not to speak is to speak and not to act is to act. Silence in the face of evil is evil itself. God will not hold us guiltless!”

Our silent majority must NOT be silent anymore!!!!!

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Will the Real “Black Lives Matter” Please Stand Up even the virus.

My question begins with: “What is Black Lives Matter”? (BLM for short) It presents itself as a social movement and there is even a BLM webpage, but the diversity of activity among different groups leads me to suspect there are really different BLM “contestants” vying for social supremacy in our culture today.

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remember a game show on television that was called To Tell the Truth. In this show, three contestants would enter and announce that they were some noteworthy individual famous for some great exploit or a life of achievement. A panel of celebrity experts would then be allowed to question these contestants to determine which of the three was the real person being alleged.

Now, in this televised game show, two of the contestants would lie, mislead, or attempt to deceive the panel into voting for them as the significant person represented. These two, of course, were frauds, while one was the real deal. The viewing audience, although they couldn’t ask any questions, could

still play along by making their own choice. My memory does not serve like it once did, but I believe the fraudulent contestants received some financial

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benefit for their skill in deceiving the panel in voting for them.

The reality behind the format for this show occurs often enough in our lives. Some of you might immediately think of one or more used car salesmen attempting to sell you their car. Or perhaps, you might think of three politicians representing themselves as the best candidate for the job. You get to vote; but will you have been deceived?

We are often engaged in collecting facts, and ferreting out the truth, to make the best choices in life. We may suspect we are sometimes being deceived or played. In our TV game show, this was entertaining and all in fun.

In real life, however, it’s not always so much fun. Such deception could prove devastating.

OUR CURRENT CRISES As 2020 opened we were afflicted with a global pandemic and a resulting economic crisis due to quarantine efforts. If that were not bad enough, we were soon infected with urban unrest and pockets of violence throughout the nation which seems to have ignited a veritable civil war. This last phase of the crisis, involving racial concerns, may prove far more challenging than

IS IT #1, #2 OR #3?

Before society starts drawing lines in the sand with the intent to engage in any civil war, we need a closer look.

I see this in a manner reminiscent of that game show I mentioned earlier.

Let us consider three contestants for Black Lives Matters in an attempt to determine exactly who we’re talking about.

Contestant #1 might represent the Martin Luther King Black Lives Matter.

This group was defined during the 1960s as those who actively sought positive social change for the status of Black Americans. They aggressively, yet non-violently, sought change based on spiritual and moral values consistent with our common humanity and our US constitution.

Contestant #2 might be considered the Black Power Black Lives Matter.

Names like Stokley Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, Huey Newton, or Malcolm X come to mind. Several contributors from SNCC to the Black Panthers might be considered in describing this “contestant”, but due to a variety and differences between these, I’ll just summarize these in terms of Black Power. This contestant was more revolutionary in character in that it progressively moved in a direction open to violent means, if necessary, for self-defense in asserting their socio-economic and political distinctiveness in American society. There was less concern about our common humanity than for an improved status for black people.

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Their end was perhaps justified by any means. More could be said about the subgroups representing this contestant, but I’ll pass on that for now.

Finally, Contestant #3 should be labeled as the Marxian-Leninist Black Lives Matter. This group seems less concerned about black lives than it does about raw political power. I thought about calling this the Antonio Gramsci Black Lives Matter, but I think the people in this group have become tired of waiting on any long march through the cultural institutions. They want change‌ NOW! There is much to say about Contestant #3. This one has participated in other “game showsâ€? manifesting a destabilizing impact in our society and culture. The educational and environmental “showsâ€? in recent history, as well as our current political game show,

have seen this contestant before.

From political correctness to the current gender studies emphasis, the Marxian-Leninist fraud (MLF) has worked in education to redefine and control our language, thought, and behavior for the reshaping of our culture. Despite the overt irrationality of LGBTQ‌ABCXYZ as representing unique states of gender, this movement is parading throughout our schools as something worthy of significant consideration. It is an obvious fraud, but I’ll gladly defer to someone like Dr. Jordon Peterson for a more enlightened psychological profiling of this monstrosity.

Concerning environmentalism, Patrick Moore, co-founder of Green Peace had much to say about the MLF some time ago. After leaving Greenpeace, Dr. Moore indicated that the environmental movement had essentially been hijacked by leftists who were advancing their

MLF agenda far more than expressing any real concern for the environment.

Wikipedia reported Dr. Moore as saying the environmental movement has “abandoned science and logic in favor of emotion and sensationalism.� Elsewhere he indicated that since the fall of the Berlin wall, younger Marxists had nowhere to go. Therefore, they co-opted the environmental movement to advance their radical social agenda. The Marxian-Leninist Black Lives Matter appears to simply be another example of how the radical left has subverted some legitimate social concerns to advance its political agenda.

Contestant #3 is a very sinister dark horse in this race. In the case of Black Lives Matter, I hope this is not the one we are collectively deceived into supporting.

FINAL THOUGHTS In his book and video series, How

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Shall We Then Live, the late Dr. Francis Schaeffer made a profound comment which summarized international communist succinctly. He stated, in a concluding video session, that the only way to understand Marxian-Leninism is that it is a Christian heresy.

As a child, I remember older folks using the expression: Godless communism. At some point, the adjective was essentially dropped within our culture. Alexander Solzhenitsyn recalled, as a child, that older Russians explained the tragedy of Marxian-Leninist oppression by saying: Men have forgotten God. Pastor Richard Wurmbrand dared to write a book entitled Marx and Satan. (Gee, wonder what that’s about?) I suspect there is a deep spiritual connection in all this. Are we getting the message? I pray we wake up and choose wisely!

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Choose Wisely America!

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never dreamed that I would have to face the prospect of not living in the United States of America, at least not the one I have known all my life. I have never wished to live anywhere else. This is my home and I was privileged to be born here.

But today I woke up and as I had my morning coffee, I realized that everything is about to change. No matter how I vote, no matter what I say, something evil has invaded our nation, and our lives are never going to be the same.

I have been confused by the hostility of family and friends. I look at people I have known all my life, so hate-filled that they agree with opinions they would never express as their own. I think that I may well have entered the Twilight Zone.

You can’t justify this insanity. We

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have become a nation that has lost its collective mind!

• If a guy pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.

• Somehow, it’s un-American for the census to count how many Americans are in America.

• Russians influencing our elections are bad, but illegals voting in our elections are good.

• It was cool for Joe Biden to “blackmail” the President of Ukraine, but it’s an impeachable offense if Donald Trump inquired about it.

• Twenty is too young to drink a beer, but eighteen is old enough to vote.

• People who have never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves.

• P e o p l e w h o h a v e n e v e r been to col lege shou ld p a y t h e d e b t s o f c ol l e ge students who took out huge loans for their degrees.

• Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but you’d better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated.

• Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate to the US must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate gang-bangers who jump

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• $5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for “free” health care is not.

• If you cheat to get into college you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country you go to college for free.

• People who say there is no such thing as gender are demanding a female President.

• We see other countries going Socialist and collapsing, but it seems like a great plan to the liberal left Democrats.

• Some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, and other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now.

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Nothing makes sense anymore, no values, no morals, no civility, and people are dying of a Chinese virus, but it racist to refer to it as Chinese even though it began in China. We are living in an upside-down world where right is wrong and wrong is right, where moral is immoral and immoral is moral, where good is evil and evil is good, where killing murderers is wrong, but killing innocent babies is right.

Wake up America, the great unsinkable ship Titanic America has hit an iceberg, is taking on water, and is sinking fast. The choice is yours to make.

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Unrest in Pieces

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hings are going to get meaner and meaner from now until November 3 as we will see with “20-20 Di-vision.” Trump is seen by Democrats as an arrogant, egotistical, unscrupulous, lying, showman, who acts less presidential than perhaps anyone who has ever occupied the office. He is going to infuriate Democrats like never before by the things he says and does. They will not believe that anyone besides gun carrying, white racist, high school dropouts will vote for him when they can elect such a good, loving, Christian man like Joe Biden who will end the pandemic and finally put an end to the “institutional racism” that manifests itself so clearly each time a white police officer kills a black person.

Because so many Democrats deeply care about their fellow man and woman, it will be infuriating for them to hear Republicans talk about “equality” when the most cursory look at our nation reveals massive inequality regarding education, healthcare, housing, finances, and the legal system.

Trump and Republicans will characterize Biden and Democrats as poster children for failed economic policies,

horrific trade deals, abysmal leadership failures on the local, state, and national levels whose only concern is keeping the poor dependent on the Democratic Party so its leaders can gain power and personal wealth like the Clintons, Obamas, and Sanders. Democrats will be portrayed as people who are clueless regarding national security and public safety who will confront mass inner-city shootings by sending in an inclusive choir of all races, faiths, and sexual preferences, encouraging the murderers to put down their weapons and join them in singing Kum Bah Yah. Trump will point to the Dow Jones record highs, massive housing starts, severe drops in unemployment, and greater employment of minorities than ever before to show his economic leadership while pointing to the elimination of what was the constant threat and saber-rattling of North Korea during the Biden years. Making America even greater and less dependent on other countries, like China, for medicines, will further reflect the chasm between his embrace of independence, contrasted with the dependence on government and other nations that Democrats view positively.

The Democratic strategy will be to make this about the good guys who

Why Trump in 2020?

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believe God has given Trump to America at this pivotal time in our Republic’s history. I believe we have been given this gift to preserve this Godly nation. But we have the free will to accept or reject the gift of the Lord’s grace (unmerited favor). We don’t deserve it, but we have the opportunity of yet another chance to do the right thing.

November 3rd will reveal whether

we have accepted this gift of God. But if American’s reject this offer of help, we collectively are rejecting God. Every American has the opportunity and moreover the duty to stand for God and country. Of course, the choice is ours and it is the most important thing we will ever do or fail to do.

Give great consideration to standing with a Trump administration and be counted worthy or be counted out.

Your future and therefore the future of the country depends on your decision.

deeply care about ALL Americans, particularly those who do not feel “equal,” people who they will immediately help, VS Trump, the VERY bad guy who is destroying our country for personal gain.

Trump’s strategy will be to disparage Biden and the Democrats relentlessly and frame the election as strong leadership vs weak stupidity as exemplified by Democratic-run cities and the glaring hypocrisy of their espousal of free speech and condemnation of discrimination while punishing the free speech of others and condoning racism in its most virulent forms.

In the end, Trump will be re-elected by a greater margin than the first time when even moderate Democrats cross over and vote for him behind the curtain. We rarely elect our presidents for one term any longer because they enjoy such a huge public awareness

advantage. What happens then?

The Democratic Party will have massive internal conflict. It already does now, and it will erupt on November 4, even in the unlikely event of a Biden win. Bernie Sanders has already stated that publicly. But a loss will be held up as incontrovertible evidence that in choosing a “traditional” white male as its nominee, the Democratic Party pandered to the archaic base of its past and lost because it did not recognize the “revolution” that Sanders so clearly addressed when he said that a lot of his ideas were deemed “radical” four years ago but are now ”mainstream.”

The rise of a third political party, the “Democratic Socialist” could be right around the corner.

Submitted by James R. Sulliman, Ph.D. Individual, marriage, and family therapist in Abilene, TX. “Live life courageously

So, what is it that you must do today?

Be sure you are registered to vote and then vote your conscience. You know the consequences of your choice so choose wisely. It matters greatly to you, your children, your grandchildren and our beloved America.

Don’t allow the radical left to cause the destruction of our country. Don’t allow America to be tossed onto the ash heap of history.

Submitted by Joe Mavilia, author, journalist, syndicated columnist published in print media including the Los Angeles Times, The Golden Transcript

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CACTUS CHRONICLES: Confronting Slavery and Bursting A Few Bubbles

BY JOHNNY ROWLAND

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he qualifying and defining sentence of this column is that I am against slavery in all forms. And I hope that most of those reading these words feel this same way about the tragedy of human bondage, which may also be termed as an individual existing without liberty. So, in these times of turmoil and confusion, why don’t we examine the issue and concept of just what slavery amounts to. Unfortunately, freedom has been (and remains) the most often stolen commodity in human history; thereby, creating the condition known as slavery.

To have liberty, one must first have individual freedom of choice, or as some might say free will. But our idea of liberty is also accompanied by responsibility and accountability: our “free will” only goes so far as to meet the “free will” boundary of someone else. When we seek to impose our own desires and requirements on to someone else, regardless of how they feel about it, that amounts to coercion, and which, technically speaking, is a form of slavery. As human beings, we were given the gift of free will from the very beginning by our Creator; but we

have had to learn the hard way that the freedom of decision making also comes with consequences. And this is key to what is going on now in our country; we cannot enjoy liberty without the accompanying consequences, whether they be good or bad. The bride and or husband comes complete with in-laws (maybe out-laws!), and we should consider that when we begin to make those life choices!

Many among us have the mistaken idea that “if it feels good, just do it!”— as one comedian used to say, but then those same irresponsible folks don’t want to accept the aftermath of their actions. If one burns down one’s neighborhood, then one won’t have a place to live or work; if one intentionally hurts or injures an innocent someone else, then payback can be pretty unpleasant!

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the disease it is often promoted to be.

Abortion mills are not reproductive treatment centers as they represent themselves but are instead modern-day human extermination camps!

The word “slave” dates from around the 9th Century when Islamics enslaved people from Eastern Europe or the Slavic countries. And for those who might think that this is a past facet of Islam, none other than the Al Jazeera News Service has recently defended the practice of slavery and was promoting its “positive’ aspects! Of course, the act of enslaving others can be traced back to near the very beginnings of humanity, and can still be observed thriving today, in Africa, Asia, and many other parts of the world: can we spell human trafficking?! Regardless of whatever color or race we constitute; we all have ancestors who have been slaves at one point or time in history. Some of these folks so rabidly demanding “reparations” from people who never owned slaves, and even though they, themselves, have never been slaves, may not like where the money trail leads!

It turns out that most black slaves were actually purchased from other black people on the African continent, and who had been captured by their brethren in tribal wars or raids.

It made economic sense to the tribal leaders to sell as merchandise those unfortunates they had seized, and here is the fact that the reparations crowd does not want to face: those prisoners who were not sold were simply killed. There is no way that those tribal chiefs were going to let them go, only to have to fight them again another day. The most amazing thing about this situation is that the reparations mob refuses to appreciate the fact that they are alive at all and are free to enjoy all the benefits of every other US citizen. They also fail

to see that those originally enslaved persons were actually set free and provided for by the very societies that had previously kept them in bondage in this and other Western Civilization countries. Every person on earth could demand reparations from someone or some event past in history, and they can spend their lives blaming someone else for their misfortune, or drug habit, or circumstance.

They can also choose to take advantage of the precious rights and opportunities they have under the US Constitution to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. Note it says “pursue,” and offers no guarantee— life ends up being what we make it, and to quote Henry Ford, “If you think you can, or you think you can’t— you’re right either way!”

“Black Lives Matter” does not give a rip about black lives, or any other lives, for that matter. It is an international revolutionary and terrorist organization that attempts to capitalize on imagined guilt of ignorant or (even worse!) stupid white people and or corporations. Like the equally despicable Antifa outfit, it serves the global cabal of would-be slavers— the very nasty bunch it fakes hatred for— and has been proven to work in concert with the Democrat party!

The road to preserve liberty is always “under construction;” fasten your seatbelt as it looks like there is some rough pavement ahead! TRUMP 2020!!!!!!

Johnny Rowland is a media professional and lives with his family in the Northern Sonoran Desert near Tombstone, Arizona. He is a founder of www. hararifle.org and can be contacted at johnny460rowland@gmail.com. You can listen to Johnny live by streaming his radio program WNQM Nashville, Monday through Friday at 2:00 pm CT, www.1300wnqm.co

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Open Letter to Mayor Pope and the City Council

BY AN ANONYMOUS LUBBOCK CITIZEN

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ayor and City Councilmen, we are deeply disappointed by your actions. Some of you claim to be “unequivocally” pro-life, but you compare Planned Parenthood to a church or a grocery store. Last time I checked, Christian Churches don’t sacrifice babies, nor do supermarkets sell fetal tissue.

Stop with the lies and the disingenuousness. If you are pro-choice, own it. Tell us your position.

We who have advocated for the Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance have tried to be respectful. We are trying to give you the benefit of the doubt.

We know we don’t understand all the subtle workings of the city government. But we know this… “ALL men are created equal.”

We know that the primary responsibility of government (federal, state, and local) is to protect the God-given rights of all people: Jew or Gentile, Black or White, Born or Unborn. You are supposed to “promote good and punish evil” (Romans 13). We know that we are supposed to do GOOD regardless of the consequences. “We must obey God rather than men,” the Apostles said.

“Give me liberty or give me death,” said the American Revolutionaries. What have you done instead of this? You have ignored the pleas of your constituents.

You have shunned the vicarious voices of the Unborn.

Former Solicitor General Jonathan Mitchell has offered you free legal counsel. What have you done instead?

You have hired and consulted a law firm whose founder has had close family ties to Planned Parenthood. The nephew of the founders of Olson & Olson is married to the former Board Chair (President) of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas. The same group has announced plans to open an abortion facility in Lubbock, Texas. Are you in

cahoots with Planned Parenthood? We don’t know. We don’t want to make unjustified claims about your character, but this sure looks suspicious. Please tell us what’s going on.

At the most recent “Coffee with the Mayor,” you said that public safety is job one. We appreciate your attitude towards the police by pledging to keep supporting them. However, the unborn babies who will be killed in your city when Planned Parenthood starts offering abortions need protection too.

You can’t consistently claim that public safety is one of your top concerns if you refuse to advocate for ALL of the people in your city. You mention that you want to stick to “provid[ing] police and fire service and mak[ing] sure that our parks are maintained.”

These are not bad goals. But what’s the point of maintaining the parks if you won’t advocate for the rights of the children who will one day be able to play on them?

Your authority was given by God and can be taken away. Christ, your savior, said to Pilate, the governor of Judea, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.”

Most of you espouse Christian beliefs and/or claim to be involved with a church here in Lubbock. Will you let the

Truth of Jesus Christ impact how you govern? We aren’t asking for theocracy, but we are asking for decency.

Protecting the rights of ALL people is consistent with the Gospel and with

Americanism.

Do you believe that the unborn are human? If not, know that you have no firm science, philosophy, or religion to back that up. If you do believe the unborn are human, why do you not strive to protect them? What justifies the ending of innocent life?

From the early days of Christianity to the American Revolution to the Civil Rights movement, brave men and women were willing to give their lives for Life and Liberty. Some fought for the truth of the Gospel. Others fought for freedom from tyranny of Britain.

And still, others fought against the tyranny of Jim Crow.

Mayor Pope and the Lubbock City Council… For what will you fight?

Signed… the Concerned Citizens of Lubbock, Texas.

Su bmitted anony mously by a concerned Lubbock citizen.

Rodent Removal Date: November 3rd In this crazy political season, I decided a little religion might be appropriate so here is a short Bible study.

Remember what Jesus said: “Goats on the left, sheep on the right” (Matthew 25:33).

Jesus also told Peter that if he wanted to catch fish do it from the right side of the boat.

They did and filled the boat with fish.

John 21:6 (NIV) ... He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.”

Origin of left & right… I have often wondered why it is that Conservatives are called the “right” and

Liberals are called the “left”. By chance I stumbled upon this verse in the Bible: Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV) - “The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. ” It surely can’t get any simpler than that.

Spelling Lesson: The last four letters in American…

I Can T h e l a s t f o u r l e tte r s i n R e p u b l i c a n … I C a n The last four letters in Democrats…

Rats End of lesson! Test to follow in November 2020.

Remember, November 2020 is to be set aside as Rodent Removal Month.

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We Are in a Battle Between Good and Evil

BY CHARLES JOHNS

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nyone with even a modicum of Biblical understanding, knows good and evil cannot both stand once the war between them starts. To a Christian, our God is the definition of good, and He has no choice but to fight evil in all its forms.

Burning businesses, looting shops, beating people, and even killing them, is not a peaceful protest.

As Christians we are required to obey all laws passed by society that are not against God’s law, and citizens need to understand what our Constitution’s purpose is. While dictatorships, socialism, communism, and most other forms of government limit what citizens can do, ours limits government.

Our 10th amendment says, if the Constitution does not give power to the government in an area, it is left to the states or to the people.

Our Constitution also says, “IT” is the highest law in the land, so all laws passed by congress must be written so they are not contrary to it. This is where judicial law making has gone wild in recent decades, called “legislating from the bench.” When the court makes a ruling, it is NOT law.

Power is a drug to many politicians and judges, and they love it more than anything. Our Constitution says, “All legislative action shall be vested in a congress.” ALL is defined as complete and total, and SHALL, as defined in the time our Constitution was written, is a command, not a request. VESTED, as defined in that same time meant, “assigned to” meaning only congress can make laws.

When liberals say Roe v Wade is the law of the land, it is a lie. Roe v Wade is a ruling that requires congress to make a law to fit within the Constitution. I have said many times, RULINGS ARE NOT LAW, but liberal democrats have used the court to make laws they

cannot get passed Constitutionally, thereby stealing power from congress and given it to the court.

Do not let congress off the hook, because they have power over the court, but refuse to exercise it. Any change to the Constitution must be passed by “We the People,” so lies have been told by liberals to give power to the court, and congress has allowed it. See Article III section 2 of the Constitution. If congress does not have power to limit the court, then We the People are ruled by nine black robed judges, not the Constitution, making us an oligarchy of as few as five judges, rather than being a Constitutional Republic.

In the 1960’s liberals got the court to remove the Bible from schools, saying it was unconstitutional and promoted one religion. The court obviously did not read the quotes of our founders saying they recommended the Bible as a schoolbook. The writers of our Constitution never said religion should be eliminated from school, but that no law can make any religion the state religion. THAT is what the separation of Church and state means. It may seem like a small difference, but it is huge.

The Judeo-Christian Bible gave us the basics of our laws, so it was natural to use it as a schoolbook. Sometimes democrats remove “Under God” from their saying of the pledge, and since they got the Bible removed, student discipline is a problem, grades dropped, and school shootings have become life threatening.

Maybe our founders understood, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” has value in the learning process beyond math, science, history, and civics, in the making of good citizens. Liberal teachers teaching revisionist history, liberals pulling down monuments, decapitating religious statues, burning churches, and beating conservatives as they leave the RNC convention, shows democrats are the ones promoting anarchy.

As I write this some riots have been happening for over three months, and liberal mayors try to blame Trump.

They know that is a lie, because they must FIRST request help, which the President has offered. Pelosi and the democrats refuse to talk with republicans as they shut down business hoping

it hurts Trump. Anyone truly watching can see this, but evil hates the fact this is happening in democrat run cities, so they say it is happening all over America. I went to ANTIFA on-line and was sent to Joe Biden’s political page several times, yet he tries to distance himself from them. Someone is lying.

Nancy Pelosi refuses to pass financial help for people out of work due to the pandemic, unless she gets money for her liberal causes. She wants Joe and Jane Taxpayer to bailout liberal cities that are bankrupt due to their liberal policies. I believe those who create such problems should be required to pay to solve them, not conservatives.

Joe Biden is a crook who is on video demanding the Ukraine drop the investigation of the company his son works for, or Joe would deny a billion dollars to them. That is basic blackmail 101.

Pelosi gets her hair done while denying others the same choice. NYC mayor de Blasio openly says he wants to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor. That is socialism. Liberal mayors refuse to ask for help while their cities burn, democrats blame cops first without evidence, democrats have turned our legal system upside down, and now liberal-socialist-democrats want the power of the presidency.

Pray America, divine intervention is our only hope against Godless, socialist, anti-American, anti-police, liberal crooks.

Submitted by Charles Johns, Abilene, TX. Charles is a Navy Veteran that served on 3 carriers, spent 20 years as a TV tech, 50 years building cars, and 10+ years as a shop superintendent and Police Department armorer. He graduated from Elkins Institute in Dallas (the same school Rush Limbaugh attended).

He holds a Federal Firearms License as a gunsmith, with his own 100-yard gun-range for 21 years. Charles can be reached at chasj43@gmail.com or 325-704-4872

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A Message for Christians About Donald Trump

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here’s a famous joke about God and how he talks to us.

A deeply faithful Christian man is stuck on the roof of his home with massive flooding up to the second floor. The first rowboat comes. The man says, “No, I’m waiting for God. I prayed and I know he’s coming.” The second rowboat comes in. “No, I’m waiting for God.” The third rowboat comes in. “No, I’m waiting for God.” The water rises and the man drowns.

Now he’s meeting God in heaven. The religious man says, “Where were you, God? I prayed. I was faithful. I asked you to save me. Why would you abandon me?”

God says, “Hey, I sent you three rowboats.”

Did you ever consider Trump is our rowboat?

Maybe God is trying to tell us

something important, that now is the time to re-elect the natural born killer, the ruthless fighter, the warrior

that is Donald J Trump. Because right about now we need another miracle, or America is finished. The rules of

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gentlemen don’t apply here. Joe Biden would lead us to slaughter.

Do you want another Mitt Romney, Bob Dole, John McCain, Gerald Ford, or Paul Ryan? Did any of them win?

Did they lead the GOP to “the promised land?” Did they change the direction of America? No, because if you don’t win, you have no say.

Maybe God is knocking on your door loudly, but you’re not listening. Maybe God understands America needs that “war leader” at this moment in time.

Maybe God understands if we don’t win this election, America is dead. Literally, it’s over. The greatest nation in world history will be gone. Finished.

Kaput. Adios. Hello, socialism. Hello, abortion on demand. Hello, illegal immigration.

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What the Tactics of the Left Have in Store for Us

BY PETER ADAMS

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ecently, Pat Robertson of CBN (the Christian Broadcast Network), interviewed with Author and Historian William Federer.

Mr. Federer wrote a book called, “Socialism: The Real History from Plato to the Present.”

Past socialist leaders who wanted socialism for their country said, “If we can do away with the past and history, socialism, and communism will roll right on in unchallenged.”

Most communists, including Bernie Sanders, have presented socialism to the people as, “Heaven on Earth without God.” Socialism is communism, but the leaders present it to you under a name that doesn’t scare you and is easily entreated. It is the perfect time

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for America to have socialism offered to them right out in plain sight simply because the former President Obama gained publicity by offering the people “Free Stuff.” As you can see by the rioting, burning, violence, and looting, many youth and adults alike, unbeknownst to them, are now demanding socialism in the order of “Free Living.”

Some are making demands to do away with all order and authority, proving this by their looting, burning, rioting, and violence “in plain sight” and daring Police to even try to stop them, arrest them, or shoot them. Some are demanding extremes like, “Give us the State of Texas so we came to make our own country with NO WHITE PEOPLE.” MR. FEDERER REFERENCED Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, a Philosopher at the University of Berlin, and one of his students was Carl Marx. Hagel said the “State” is God walking on earth.

Hagel’s theory was, you start with the status quo, you create a problem that is really bad, and then everybody is satisfied to settle with your answer that is half as bad as the problem you created.

Carl Marx asked, “How do you create a problem that is really bad?” You send in agitators, agent provocateurs, provoking agents, community organizers, labor organizers. Their jobs are to identify groups with grievances, racially, economically, ethnicity, and you stir them into crisis, riots, and when it gets

violent enough, everybody cries out, “We need someone to come in and restore order.” Then a Mayor or Governor steps in and says, “I’ll restore order, I just need to take away your rights in the process.” And the people say, “OK, whatever it takes to bring us peace and safety.”

On socialism, President Eisenhower said, “In some countries, the State claims to be the author of human rights. If the State gives rights, it can and inevitably will take away your rights.”

After World War II, Germany, France, and England gave independence to their colleagues. They voted in new leaders, it was a perfect world until the Soviet Union decided to send in KGB agents and identify groups with grievances, stir them into riots, then corrupt the Media with bribes and threats to blame the leaders of the country. When the public got panicky enough, they did a coup or rigged the election to replace the leader with a Soviet Puppet.

YOU DON’T NEED TO BE a rocket scientist to see that this is exactly what is happening in America “right now.”

1. The COVID response was, let criminals out of jail.

2. Then crime goes up in the city.

3. Then pro-family people who typically belong to a certain political party begin to move out of the city.

4. Who is left in the city… people who depend on governmental entitlements and they tend to belong to the “other” political party.

5. Then you shut down businesses as a COVID response, plus violence, riots, smashing, looting and burning businesses… so the pro-businesspeople move out of the city.

6. Then you shut down Churches where social conservatives gather.

7. Then you let students out of schools and a lot of these High

School and College students who have been indoctrinated with “Hate America” begin to participate in these riots.

8. The end result… One political party moves out and the other political party gets a monopoly on city politics and in Presidential election years, whoever wins the big city usually wins the state, whoever wins the state gets all the electoral votes for the state and the President is elected by electoral votes.

ALL OF THIS STARTS WITH indoctrinating the children. All good salesmen know this age-old pitch. To win the youth, go into the classroom, tell the kids negative things about the Founding Fathers that they were racists, killing and taking the land from the Indians, and then the students are repulsed by them. Now that they are neutral and open-minded, then you brainwash the students with socialism, LGBTQ, or Sharia Law and Islam. It’s like a gene replacement therapy but it starts with “destroying the history.”

If you destroy history, the problems, or greatness of the past, then you can create a new world of your choice.

George Orwell in his book in 1984 said, “Whoever controls the past, controls the future, but whoever controls the present, controls the past.”

Arthur Schlesinger Jr. said, “History is to the nation what memory is to the individual.”

The Left-Liberal State is changing History to promote an agenda, and that’s socialism and communism.

Be careful… be very careful how you vote in November.

Submitted by Peter Adams who worked for Brown & Root offshore oil & gas pipelines and Drafting at Chemical Plants, Representation in Arbitration Cases for the Fed. Gov., Church Elder many years, now a retired Rancher. He can be reached at MacRanch@windstream.net

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What Game is Being Played?

The Democrats, the Death of Notorious RBG, and the Clueless GOP

BY HERODOTUS PAINE

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t was a red pill moment—that instant when it hits you and you can’t go back to how things were.

I enjoy studying the Civil War. What especially intrigues me is why it unfolded the way it did. Why did the North get off to such a rocky start, and how and why did it change course to win? I had to explain it to a class. I needed something closer to a bumper sticker so it would sink in, rather than a dry hour-long discourse few would hear or heed.

And then it dawned on me. The war changed when the game changed.

In simple terms, President Lincoln and his early war generals set out to

fight a European-style war. Across the pond, the armies mostly maneuvered, fought a major battle, and settled on peace terms. When one side captured valuable land or seized a major city (or better still, the enemy’s capital), peace negotiations kicked into high gear.

Thus, in 1861 the war cry in the North wasn’t “Wipe out the enemy’s will to fight!” It was instead, “On to Richmond!”

Unfortunately for the Union, it rushed an army into the field only to see it routed at Bull Run just outside Washington, DC. The Confederacy had no interest in negotiating anything.

Stick with me here.

A more ambitious plan under Gen. George McClellan shoved his massive

Army of the Potomac up the Virginia Peninsula to the outskirts of the Confederate capital. “Little Mac’s” goal was not to crush the Southern will to fight, destroy their factories and their fields, or capture or bleed Gen. Lee’s Virginia army. Fighting like his European cousins, Mac intended to lay siege (think “trap”) to the enemy capital with an overwhelming force so the Rebels would come to their senses and the country could come together again along the lines of what had been in place in 1860—with slavery intact and the matter resolved.

Lincoln and McClellan thought the South was playing the same game.

It wasn’t. Several more “On to Richmond!” campaigns failed.

In 1864 Lincoln has his own epiphanistic moment when he realized the two sides were fighting on the same terrain but playing two very different games.

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years is the same rough and tumble New Yorker who is combative, aggressive, outrageous, on offense at all times, and maybe just a tad arrogant too.

Maybe, just maybe, being a gentlemanly Christian would not beat Biden and his best friends in the media who will unleash the dogs of hell upon our President.

I guess you think God is only nice and gentlemanly. Really? Then you’ve missed the whole point of the Bible.

When necessary, God is pretty tough.

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to negotiate. If the North lost, the country that once existed would disintegrate.

It was time to change the game from one of maneuver to one of annihilation. Lincoln elevated U.S. Grant (who had captured two entire Confederate armies in the West) to command all the Union armies. He came East. William T. Sherman was put in charge of the West. The new plan was to win at all costs. Now the Confederate armies were the goal, as were factories, farms, livestock, etc. It was not quite “total” war, but it was beginning to at least smell like it.

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necessary, God inflicts vengeance.

Maybe you think God couldn’t possibly be associated with someone like Trump. Trump is too vicious, rude, and crude.

When we won WWII, was God “nice?” Were we gentlemanly when defeating Hitler? Were we gentlemanly when firebombing Germany? Were we gentlemanly when dropping atomic bombs on Japan? Is God ever “nice” on the battlefield? Or does he send us vicious SOB’s like General George S. Patton so the good guys can defeat evil?

It’s pretty clear to me God sends unique people to be “war leaders.”

That’s a different role than a pastor or church leader, God understands that.

Maybe it’s time to redefine “nice.”

The Democrats would rather elect Biden than allow a Trump victory that would make them look weak, feckless, and incompetent.

“Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall. But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles. They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” (Isiah 40:30-31) God is about miracles. We don’t need a “nice guy” or a “gentleman”. It’s the 4th quarter and we’re losing 14-0. We need another miracle. So let me repeat my message to Christians: “YOU’RE MISSING THE BOAT.” I believe Trump is STILL our miracle.

I believe Trump is STILL our rowboat.

Except he’s more like a battleship!

No one is saying Trump is perfect.

No one is saying Trump is a perfect conservative. But he is a patriot. He is a warrior. He is a capitalist. He gets things done. He’s the most pro-life President in history. He is the right man, at the right time. Yes, he’s a bit rude and crude and offensive. But that may make him the perfect warrior to save America, American exceptionalism, capitalism, the Constitution, and Judeo-Christian values.

The choice should be easy for Christians.

It’s Trump... or it’s the end of the American as we know it. Literally.

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Okay Herodotus, thanks for the Wiki version of history. Where does Justice Ginsburg and the GOP fit into all this? Before I answer, let’s summarize the history lesson.

Think of it like this: for the first half or more of the war the North was playing Chess—maneuvering here, taking a pawn or bishop there, losing a few pieces over there—in the hope of trapping the King (Richmond) to end the game. By 1864— still playing on the same terrain, i.e., chessboard—Lincoln realized his mistake and switched the game to Checkers—a game of annihilation.

Grant, Sherman, Philip Sheridan, and others took the war deep into the South, inflicting massive casualties

while cities burned, crops were destroyed, and industries ruined. They made it as difficult as possible for the Southerners to keep fighting.

The same paradox is playing out today in American politics. Both sides are playing on the same board while playing two different games.

The Democrats turned what was once differences over basic policy and spending (Chess—maneuvering for position) into a total war blood sport for all the pieces (Checkers).

They abandoned talk, debate, reason, ethics, and logic with a “win at all costs” mentality. Doxing, the cancel culture, and calling you a racist shuts you up. Antifa and BLM riots and screaming intimidates most people. They demand that you raise your fist in compliance, too afraid to speak up, or risk your livelihood.

Their goal is not gentle maneuver and the shifting of a plastic game piece here or there to put you in check for negotiations and middle ground. The Left’s aim is to eliminate America as we know it. The Left is playing Checkers. It is playing for keeps.

The GOP and much of the country has yet to realize this. Republicans try to appeal to logic and reason and

parliamentary niceties—rules which their opponents no longer recognize and openly mock. “Don’t Antifa and Black Lives Matter know they are destroying minority businesses?” is the wrong question. Of course, they do. Their objective is different than ours.

When people tell you who they are—believe them. When Bernie or AOC tell you they are going to eliminate capitalism—believe them.

When BLM leaders tell you they are a Marxist, anti-white, and anti-Semitic group bent on destroying America—believe them. When Obama announced his goal was to “fundamentally transform America,” he was speaking aloud the quiet part.

President Trump needs to nominate a replacement for RBG. The weak sisters in the GOP—Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski—need to read the new rule book.

Theirs is outdated.

This is the game being played. And it is for all the pieces.

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BY DOUGLAS MCARTHUR

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ou’re going to think this little nautical tale below is mundane given the last chance election we are facing. Here is where wisdom is demonstrated by old people like me. Wisdom rarely, if ever, comes from smart as a whip youth who can code or make a computer whistle Dixie.

First… to quote Joe Biden when confronted about job losses if he wins, he blurted out “For God’s sake learn to code” as if he knew how; that’s not wisdom Hiden’ Biden.

Most coders (programmers) today only code in little “code stacks” after being told by their elders what to put in these little instruction stacks. These supervising elders, or groups of senior people, have years of collective knowledge. Even in that scenario way above the heads of these elders are probably the real brains; the visionaries of wisdom, like an Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, or Bill Gates.

Second… today it would be politically incorrect to make a computer whistle the beautiful song, Dixie.

P.S. you can easily program your computer to whistle Dixie! Just go to YouTube and type in “Whistle Dixie”. See! You are computer savvy

too. (See the Side Note at the end for real career opportunity) True wisdom comes from thousands of little experiences over many years. Don’t be fooled, the left must destroy our wisdom, economy, social norms, history, our common sense, and every tradition to achieve full power and destroy individual freedom. What is on full display on our West Coast and major Democrat-controlled cities is a concerted campaign to erase or cancel thousands of years of wisdom such as documented for us in the Bible and myriad other historical accounts.

The left will wipe out 245 years of fine-tuning the greatest earthly society for individual freedom and

development ever devised for mankind. The left will eradicate the very founding principals embodied in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Why? To seize Godgiven inalienable rights and replace them with Government as god (the little ‘g’ is on purpose!).

A NAUTICAL TALE OF 1’S AND 0’S Here is the little Navy tale I promised. If you have followed my articles you know about my 4 years as an Aviation Guided Missile Petty Officer on the USS Forrestal. I worked and studied hard intending to move to the Civilian Aerospace Industry only to run head-on into a recession upon discharge. In short, I could

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Cutting to the chase, after four years out, I reenlisted in the Navy to get experience in the new electronics. I was taken back as an E-3 Aviation Electronics Technician assigned to a Squadron on the USS Saratoga. In the intervening 4-years, Aviation Guided Missile technicians were no longer required as air to air missiles were now too reliable. Since I would be maintaining the simple terrain mapping and collision avoidance radar on A4 Skyhawks, I was sent to a quickie 1-week training course.

NOW, THIS WAS LIFE-CHANGING! I knew electronics and was quickly adapting to transistors. In my old navy, there were no digital electronics and I didn’t even know what digital meant. In training, as we reviewed all the various circuit functions, I was stumped by something I SEE OLD SALT | PAGE 45

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had never seen. It was a circuit that made the collision avoidance function work. I asked for help from the CPO instructor and he explained the details and said “Get used to it!

Soon it will be all ones and zeros”.

Eventually, I recognized the little circuit as a couple of flip-flops and “and” circuits, sort of the heart of digital computers. Taking the old Chief seriously I made it my business to learn all about digital logic over the remainder of the enlistment. As a result, I had no problem landing a good job with IBM followed by years of rewarding work repairing, engineering, and selling digital computers.

That statement, “It’s all 1’s and 0’s” was reinforced again in 1967 when an engineer at NASA helped me understand a digital to analog converter used in the Apollo simulator. His line was “The world will all go digital my friend”. Paying attention to these little words of wisdom was solid gold.

SO WHERE IS THE WISDOM? It pays to keep your ears and options open to little things conveyed by people and sources with much more experience than yours. One little wise gem, idea, or positive action can redirect your life in great ways. Who knew that a little thing

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Speaking of digital technology, the hottest new stock to come out in initial public offering (IPO) is Snowflake Inc... The stock symbol is SNOW. It may be the biggest thing since Google. A part of my career was deeply involved in digital storage technology and SNOW is the ultimate state of the art for that field.

As I write this article on September 15, by the time you read it the IPO will be long past and you will know if I was full of it! I have arranged to buy a few shares.

Knowledge and experience gained by others a decade ago or two thousand years ago is not to be squandered, erased, or canceled. What if the art and science of Leonardo DaVinci had been canceled because it was only 99% perfect or if Albert Einstein had been erased because he could not prove all his theories with existing technologies? At our peril, we can cancel mankind’s wisdom proven over thousands of years.

Childish wisdom is the act of putting a hand to the hot stove a couple of times to realize its destructive and painful. Adult wisdom is to stand on the shoulders of giants of history for a better outcome.

ARE YOU A ONE OR A ZERO? Everything taken to its simplest form is, pretty much, Ones and

Zeros. Tuesday, November 3rd we all have a choice; do you support socialism or individual freedom. If you vote Democrat, you are volunteering for slavery and the end of America.

If you vote Republican you are for self-sufficiency, freedom, and the American way.

Politics in America is no longer about two or three parties, each having a slightly different take on our Constitution. It’s no longer our Grandfather’s America when they said, “There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the Democrats and Republicans”. Oh! How I wish that were the case today! If we had two, or even three, contenders madly in love with one ideology, the outcome would always be palatable for all. That love for our founding principles is why our representative government has survived 244 years No! Dea r friends, there is a n evil afoot having no interest in

fine-tuning our representative democracy. Pure democracy is mob rule. You are seeing mob rule in living color if you have paid attention. People have died, property destroyed, lives ruined, law and order thwarted, police murdered, all in Democrat-controlled cities and states. All this mayhem has been orchestrated by Democrat operatives just to disrupt and seize power.

Unfortunately, mainstream media, for the most part, refuses to show this perpetrated chaos because first, they are complicit, and second, they know real Americans would totally freak out.

If these forces win you cannot hide and there is no place to run. There is only one America. It’s up to you to preserve it!

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An Old Veteran Explains Why the Flag Should Be Planted

BY DANNY RAY BERG

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am 64 years old. I am a veteran.

I have been working from home these last five months...reading, watching and listening to everything I can...but when I see all the bias, the flat-out lies, and the endless deception in the mainstream media and so many other sources... I feel like I have to do something... that “we” have to do something.

I was reminded on this past anniversary of 9/11 of how we as a nation came together after that horrific day.

Specifically, how we as a nation were all on the same page... the values and truths our country and flag stood for were unquestioned and understood by all. I remember all the American flags that went up...everywhere. In windows, on houses, in yards, on almost every passing vehicle. How neighbor talked to neighbor, stranger talked to stranger... the unity and the love for our country I have never felt stronger.

Years ago, I worked for a company with over 200 people... a call center.

I had always displayed an American flag on the top of my cubicle wall, and one day I was approached by a boss and told I had to take it down. Someone had complained. The cancel culture we see now came earlier than supposed.

I was told I could still display it, but I had to put it on my desk, behind the

wall... hidden from all who might see.

I refused, and that night I took home all my personal photos and things I had displayed on my desk, and the next day I brought back two boxes full of items to replace them with.

In those boxes, I had my ribbons and insignia from my time in the U.S. Army. I had pictures of the gravesites in France with all the crosses on all the graves. There was a picture of the

Statue of Liberty with a chain and lock wrapped around her face and mouth and a warning about how freedom is never free. I had a photo of my great grandfather from World War I with his rifle, his grandson, and a huge American flag. My boss approached me and asked if I was trying to start trouble. I smiled, said no, and proceeded to put up 20 items or more...and that flag never moved.

I tell you this so that I can tell you “the rest of the story” as Paul Harvey liked to say.

They never did push the issue and that flag stayed up every single day that I worked for that company. But the best part of the story is what happened next.

As word got around the floor about what had happened, a wonderful thing took place. An American flag went up on another wall...and then another... and then another. After a few days, there were flags everywhere. It was not a planned event...it was just heartfelt love for our country and our shared values...displayed proudly for all to see, by all who cared.

Which brings me to what I would suggest everyone do...

For lack of a better name I call it simply, “Plant a flag, watch it grow.” This is not a flag day thing, this is not a Veterans Day thing...this is a “from this day forward, everyday type of thing.

Put one up in the window of your home. Display one on the side of your house or a pole in your yard. Display it on your vehicles. Display it proudly at work for all to see. Our country was founded on a loving God and His holy word and all of that demands we do our part, or we risk losing it all. A flag is symbolic, yes, but it may set the stage for changing this negative culture I described above. Before election day... and after...my hope and prayer are that you will stand with me...plant a flag, plant five.

Wouldn’t it be a wondrous thing to walk outside and see hundreds of flags...on every corner, in every home, in every town and city... supporting this nation that God has so graciously blessed?

Wr i t t e n b y D a n n y Ra y B e rg.

Denny is a patriot, a Christian, and a hopeless romantic. “I believe we can make a difference, but we must stand united and we must be heard!”

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Special Forces: Training to Free the Oppressed, Part III

BY HAROLD WAYNE HAMLIN

The third story of an 11-part series sharing the very personal story of one Long Range Recon Green Beret and his time in Special Forces training. ue to Sims’s ego, I knew he wa nted Room Rep bad ly.

I d id n’t wa nt it. I knew I didn’t want to have to make all the meetings and other crap stuff officer’s egos dream up to do for self-importance.

Ralph and I were sitting on my bed

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Semper Fi A large group of Taliban soldiers are moving down a road when they heard a voice call from behind a sand-dune say, “One Marine is better than ten Taliban.”

The Taliban commander quickly sent 10 of his best soldiers over the dune whereupon a gun-battle broke out and continued for a few minutes, then only silence.

The voice then called out, “One Marine is better than a hundred Taliban soldiers.”

Furious, the Taliban commander sent his next best 100 troops over the dune and instantly a huge gun fight commenced. After 10 minutes

talking about the testing tomorrow when there was a knock on our door.

“Sims said, “It’s open.”

A man stuck his head in and said, “Room Rep meeting in 5 minutes in the Building Rep’s room number 52, second floor.”

Sims immediately took his notepad and rushed out the door to go to the super important meeting. Ralph and I smiled at each other. Two birds with one stone. We got rid of the little jerk and we were free to go and do anything we wanted to do.

Walter had no clue what Ralph and I were grinning about.

I ask Ralph how to study for the Special Forces test. I had been thinking of everything I could on how to make sure I passed that test. I didn’t want to come all this way and not pass Ralph said, “Wayne there is no way

of battle, again silence.

The Marine voice called out again, “One Marine is better than one thousand of the Taliban.” So, the enraged Taliban commander then mustered a thousand fighters and sent them over the dune. Cannon, rocket, and machine gun fire rang out as a huge battle is fought. Then only silence.

Finally, one wounded Taliban fighter crawled back over the dune and with his dying words told his commander, “Don’t send any more men, it’s a trap. There are two of them.”

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two of the choices immediately.”

Ralph smiled, “Liz told me that the book said to put a checkmark by the answer sheet of any the questions you did not know, then to move on. You then come back and review those questions you were not sure of.”

I said, “Do you think I can get Liz to get in uniform and take the test for me?”

Ralph laughed, “I have already asked her. She said she would need to use three uniforms to cover her!”

There was not one test but five tests of one hundred questions each for the Special Forces Entrance examine.

Someone had asked about lunch during the test. He was told, “If you have to have lunch, you can leave and go pack your bags.”

On a break, Ralph told me, “Calm down Wayne. Do not let them stress you into becoming a bad test taker.”

I admired Ralph, “I said you are smart Ralph.” He replied, “Hey, it is not me.

Liz read the books on test-taking.” I said, “You got to love that girl.” Ralph got a big grin, spread his arms wide, gave two thumbs up, and said, “I do.

With all my heart.”

We took the tests until almost 9:00 pm. The tests covered OCS (Officers Candidate School), and various aptitude tests for career tracts within Special Forces.

It surprised me when I saw the posted test scores. I made a 455 out of 500,

Ralph was 487, Walter had 500 out of 500, Sims had a 392. The average out of 60 men was 392. For an old boy who was happy with Ds and Cs in school, I was very happy.

Everyone was in awe of Walter.

Within two weeks Walter left us. The rumor was he went to OCS and then straight to the Pentagon to work as an aid to General Omar Bradley.

I must give credit to Liz through Ralph. I know at least 10, maybe 15, questions I got right were a result of Liz coaching us on how to take tests.

I was so proud to be issued my Green Beret. The patch on it was white, the training patch showing that I was just a ‘Green Beret in the Making’ but I was so proud.

Special Forces was a game-changer.

The Training Staff doubled teamed us

like we were wrestlers. Half a day of classroom, then more than half a day of physical training.

Each of us had an individualized training schedule. Some days Ralph and I would be together other days we were not. Ralph and I, by chance, were teamed together on a Map - Land Navigation exercise. We were given a map and a sheet of paper with compass headings on it between 10 points.

From the starting point, you were given a compass heading and were told how far you needed to travel on that heading to find a stake with a number on it. Once you found the stake you wrote the number down, checked off that point on the sheet of compass headings, then you did the same for the next point until you found nine stakes. Each of the nine stakes was

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out in the woods by itself. When you found one, there were no other stakes around. They wouldn’t make it that easy on us!

Ralph and I were a good team. We had no problem finding our stakes.

I was borderline too prideful in how skillful we were.

The last compass heading was the longest of the course, a quarter of a mile. Ralph, the Puppy Dog, would stop and look at plants in the woods and tell me the medicinal value of each plant. I would have to yell at him to come on. I wanted to make a perfect score on, not only on this test but all my tests. I was only competitive with myself. My only interest was achieving 100%.

Ralph kept his compass heading also and we compared notes. We agreed that we were dead on.

When we reached stake number 10, the final stake in the course, I was in shock. The bastards who set up the test had cheated. We were sunk.

To be continued in the November edition of the Caprock Patriot.

Submitted by Harold Wayne Hamlin, Lubbock, TX. Harold was a Sergeant in the US Army during Vietnam, serving 16 missions with as Long Range Recon Green Beret while serving with the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) and Command and Control North (CNN); where he was awarded a Purple Heart. Harold is also a retired Lubbock Fire Fighter

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Side Note Incidentally, about those people who learn to write those code stacks, most people could learn to do that.

If you successfully took a short course you could be looking to earn a six-figure income. With everything moving to the web, the cloud, 5G, cell phones, etc, every public or private organization needs thousands of coders. Check with your Community College or web search for courses available. In a sense, this somewhat easy way to make a living has caused the youth of this country to think they are smarter than a fifth-grader. This easy life leads them to believe they do not need the wisdom of their parents or anyone of advanced age. Trust me on this prophecy, this too shall pass.

If we don’t self-destruct, as quickly as these new opportunities appeared, they will disappear. Why? Entities with the real brains are busy developing A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) that will eventually eliminate the need for coders. The reason China will not turn over full control of Tik-Toc is that software has that A.I. capability.

Once A.I. comes of age maybe Hide’n Biden would then say “For God’s sake get a Doctors Degree on A.I.”. (Watch Oracle stock to follow

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the Tik-Toc situation) Last word: There are many government types, generally meant to lord over the people for the benefit of a ruling class.

There is and has only ever been one AMERICA. What are your thoughts? I would love to hear from you. If you wish to comment, please email me at oldsaltCVA59@gmail.com God Bless You All. Submitted by Old Salt, Douglas McArthur, USS Forrestal; Ships Company, USS Saratoga; VA 34 Blue Blaster Squadron, and U.S. Army Reserves (Florida National Guard)

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He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard.

The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Labrador retriever sitting there. “You talk?” he asks.

“Yep,” the Lab replies.

After the guy recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says “So, what’s your story?”

T he Lab looks up a nd says, “Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young.

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“I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years running. But the jetting around really tired me out and I knew I wasn’t getting any younger.

“So, I decided to settle down.

I retired from the Corps (8 dog yea rs is 56 Cor ps yea rs) a nd signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in.

“I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals. I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I’m just retired.”

The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog.

“Ten dollars,” the guy says.

“Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?”

“Because he’s a liar! He never did any of that crap. He was in the Navy!”

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ello everybody. I hope that i n th is past month si nce we conversed last that you are well. I also hope you have been thinking about last month’s topic and the points I brought to your attention. If you remember, we are in a discussion about the normalization of the Second Amendment

as well as discussing the roles and responsibilities that it bestows upon American citizens. We talked last month more specifically about the ability to be ready and to respond, the ability to be aware, and engage danger when it presents itself. We talked about the importance of gear and skills necessary to become and SEE THE NORMALIZATION 2A | PAGE 51

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stay efficient and effective protectors and defenders of people and the ideologies that we hold true. I also challenged the commonly heard notion that being pro-gun isn’t being pro-Second Amendment and that the amendment is not included in the Bill of Rights to give you the right to own as many guns as you want, but it gives us the responsibility to protect our communities, our freedoms, and our Constitution from enemies that encroach upon it.

So, this month, let us look at some equipment that can be used to our advantage as we uphold the previous values. The specific equipment that I want to discuss are chest rigs and plate carriers.

Chest rigs and plate carriers are pretty self-explanatory. In case you don’t know what a chest rig is, it’s a piece of equipment that allows

you to hold more supplies on your person. The only difference is one has the ability to carrier ballistic plates. I bring these two pieces of equipment into the conversation for a couple of reasons. First, I encourage you to buy one or the other.

And before any of you says, “no one really needs one of those things,” remember, be pro-Second Amendment, not just pro-gun. Reach the level in your philosophy of life that convicts you to want to be a more effective protector. When you do that, these pieces of equipment become very valuable tools in the arsenal of defense. The second reason is, at the end of the day, they’re harmless. Think about it. These are inanimate objects that in no way carry a threat to life. And in my experiences, they actually allow you a broader ability to help save lives. My point in this statement is that if this is the case, that they are

little more than “tactical clothing” that allows you to carry stuff. Why have chest rigs, specifically plate carriers, been a topic of controversy in the political sphere? Why would it be remotely perceivable that we want to ban any of these items in the name of public health? And while we are talking about it, who is the one wanting to ban them?

Which politician has made calls to ban these items? I leave this question to you, the reader, because I want you to think about it. After all, isn’t that one of the only things the presidential candidate seems to be able to say, “think about it?”

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Bow Hunting Deer: Make That One Shot Count straining, making your shooting relaxed and accurate.

BY BRUCE BEAL

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ow hunting for deer can be a real challenge! But it’s fun and rewarding. Hunting with a bow requires discipline in the skill of archery, but you need to learn specific skills and tricks that other hunters wouldn’t even think about.

The first point to consider is how important your selection of equipment is. When I was a beginner bow hunter, I had many wrong ideas about how to choose a bow. Many beginners believe that they will be a better hunter if they use a heavier, more powerful bow. However, in bow hunting, particularly bow hunting deer, that’s no way to select a bow.

All a bow hunter needs are a wellplaced shot; a 40-pound bow can provide that. Compound bows are

a great tool for bow hunting, because they are accurate and highly efficient. What is essential when choosing a compound bow is that it feels comfortable when you hold it.

Simply put, it should feel well-balanced, and the pull of the bow needs to be right for your frame and size.

Most importantly, you need to be able to pull the string without

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THE BEST PLACE TO SHOOT A DEER WITH A BOW: The next thing bow hunters fail to consider is the angle of the shot they have to take. Aiming at targets is fairly easy… they don’t move!

Plus, a deer is not a flat target. A bow hunter will want to place the shot in the heart and lung area to make sure they take down the deer, and this means a shot behind the front leg when the deer is quartering away or broadside.

Some hunters also advise shooting a little lower to compensate for the deer dropping slightly at the sound of the release. Additionally, the majority of the shots a bow hunter will SEE BOW HUNTING DEER | PAGE 53

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take will be from 15-20 yards away.

This is accepted as the range where a deer won’t have the ability to see or smell you easily, while still permitting a shot that can take down a deer. Both these points mean that a bow hunter should practice shooting at a range of 15-20 yards, with a target about the size of the heart and lung area of a deer.

In the field, chances are that you will only get one shot! A bow hunter needs to be prepared for that one, very important, shot. You miss, the deer will be spooked and run away.

That one shot COUNTS. Bowhunting is a fun and challenging alternative to rifle hunting but requires a different set of skills. A bow hunter needs to get in close to his target to make a successful kill.

Here are some tips for improving your skills when bow hunting deer.

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PREPARE YOUR EQUIPMENT B e fo re h e a d i n g o u t o n y o u r hu nt, ma ke su re you ca n d raw your bow silently. Get your bow tuned professionally! Make sure you r broad he ad s a re sh a r p to allow easy penetration into the animals hide, and that are tuned before shooting. Look after your arrows when you are storing and tra nspor ti ng them a nd ensu re they are straight and intact before the hunt.

PAY ATTENTION TO DRAW TIMING Avoid pulling back on the bow more than you can handle. If you h ave d raw n you r bow a nd a re awaiting a deer you have spotted coming into range, your arms are likely to get tired and will begin to shake. At this point, the release will then be compromised. Make sure you carry out the pull back when the animal is looking away from you or has its head hidden behind a tree or other foliage.

IF A DEER SPOTS YOU, DON’T MOVE Often the animal will not pick you out unless it detects movement.

When it goes back to feeding or turns away, move closer with the aim of getting within shooting distance. If the deer turns its head towards you then freeze again and wait. Patience in using this method will produce good results in the long run.

BLEND WITH THE DEER’S HABITAT Use a deer call to help attract deer to your hunting area, but don’t call too often as it may sound unnatural. A gap of about 15 to 20 minutes between calls is a good guideline.

Use scent masking chemicals to mask your body odor from the animal you are hunting and always try to stay downwind of the prey whenever possible. The ability to

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smell is one of the animal’s most effective means of survival, and unusual smells will send it running in the opposite direction to you. Use camouflage clothing and natural camouf lage to disguise yourself as much as possible. Stay close to cover at all times and avoid hunting in the open when you can avoid it.

Finally, the most important tip of all is to get as much practice and experience as you can both on and off season, in the field and on our range –incidentally, we have the only indoor range in Lubbock that allows crossbows!

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Submitted by Bruce Beal, owner of the Archery Shack, Lubbock, TX. For more information, visit us online at ArcheryShackTexas. com and follow us on Facebook at @ ArcheryShackTexas

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Some Words to the Wise on Guns I f you ow n a g u n , you w i l l appreciate this. If not, you should get one and learn how to use it.

• Guns have only two enemies: rust and politicians.

• It’s always better to be judged by 12 than carried by six.

• Cops carry guns to protect themselves, not you.

• Never let someone or something that threatens you get inside arm’s length.

• Never say “I’ve got a gun.” If you need to use deadly force, the first sound they should hear is the safety clicking off.

• The average response time of

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a 911 call is 10 minutes, the response time of a .357 is 1450 feet per second.

The most important rule in a gunfight is… always win; cheat if necessary.

Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets… You may get killed with your own gun, but he’ll have to beat you with it because it’ll be empty.

If you carry a gun and people call you paranoid, it’s nonsense! If you have a g u n, what do you have to be paranoid about? I call it being prepared.

You can say ‘stop’ or ‘alto’ or any other word, but a large

bore muzzle pointed at someone’s is pretty much a universal language.

• You cannot save the planet, but you may be able to save yourself and your family.

If you’re in a gunfight: • If you’re not shooting, you should be loading.

• If you’re not loading, you should be moving.

• If you’re not moving, you’re probably dead.

• In a life and death situation, do somet h i ng. It m ay b e wrong, but do something!

“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading,”

— Thomas Jefferson Final thoughts… if you believe in the 2nd Amendment, re-elect Donald Trump.

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ABORTION: It’s NOT About Politics O DR. BILL MILLER

ne of the issues that divide the country these days is ABORTION. One group says pregnant mothers have the right to abort their baby/fetus for any reason while a contending group quotes Bible scriptures to establish that a fetus is a physical person from the moment of conception with an attendant right to life that can ONLY be surpassed by the mother’s right to survive.

The Bible is clear on this issue so there’s a confrontation between the Word of God and a group of people who don’t like what it says. The truth is, God is the One who said that physical life begins at conception and caused the Holy Spirit to have it written down by a few selected prophets. I’m not reporting my OPINION on this but clearly stated concepts from a Book that claims to have been written by God. Of course, we’ve all been created with the right to choose for ourselves and many people have chosen to disagree with this particular Book.

During the runup to the election in 2016, one of the candidates seeking to be our next President famously stated that it was time for Christians to “change their religious beliefs” on the subject of abortion. How does that happen? Are we supposed to pressure God into changing His views on acceptable conduct? Or should we Christians just ignore what God says as the other folks do? Or are we supposed to be like she is, a Christian in name only who rejects the authority of the Bible over the issues of life?

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principles that NEVER change. People can change all they want to but according to His Word, God NEVER changes and that’s why it’s impossible for TRUE Christians to “change their religious beliefs.” That’s a silly idea that shows a shallowness of understanding of a Christian ethic.

What’s the point of Christians changing their religious views anyway?

People who want abortions are getting them, the law of the land is presently on their side. What’s the point of demanding that Christians “change their religious views?”

The truth is, they want Christians to change because our continued stand for life brings pressure on them to return to the Word of God. It’s a pressure they feel uncomfortable with. They want us to change because they’re tired of having their unbiblical conduct publicly revealed and discussed and challenged. And, they want us to change so that finally Christians would agree with them that the Bible is wrong or out of date, so they won’t feel uncomfortable anymore.

For Christians, this isn’t a political issue. It’s a Word of God issue and if

the Word says that some particular conduct is unrighteous, then the biblical Christian won’t/can’t endorse it. And in this case, the issue involves loss of life. By the Bible’s definition, more than 60 million little people have been killed in a willful departure from God’s instructions. Fortunately, Jesus has ALREADY paid for that wrong conduct, but the people who’ve been involved in it need to RECEIVE their forgiveness, not because I say so but because the Word of God says it.

God never changes and neither does real Truth. That’s the way it is whether folks believe it or not.

Submitted by Dr. Bill Miller, Granbury, Texas. Dr. Bill is the founder of Make A Way Ministries, a nationally recognized credit and financial counseling ministry. He has written hundreds of articles and more than 40 books over the past thirty-plus years, eleven of which are presently available on Amazon. In late 2018, Dr. Miller published an important book on the subject of national border integrity called The Truth about Open Borders explaining from Scripture God’s views on borders. He can be reached at bmiller@makeaway.net or 817-533-9499.

WE PRAY LIKE COWARDS! We have lost the ability to pray like warriors. Pray like God is weak, and you’ll constantly be afraid. Instead, pray like one who drinks from the well of victory. Pray like the kid on the playground who walks around believing his Dad can beat up anyone. Pray with ferocity. The enemy hunts you. Your only weapon is prayer, and it’s the ALPHA weapon. If you fear the Lord, the enemy will fear the presence of the Lord in you.

Your prayers will reflect it.

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Truth Divides & Rational Lies

BY LEO JALOSZYNSKI

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n 1776 a bold experiment began called America. With bullets and God-given courage, a group of patriots rallied around the battle cry, “Give me liberty or give me death”. In the late 1800s, America again used bullets to decide if “God’s truth was marching on” in a civil war over slavery. Now in the year 2020, America, on Nov.3rd will use ballots to decide whose “Truth” will continue to govern and secure our inalienable rights, given to us by our Creator. The Democrats say they will save the ‘Soul’ of America. The Republicans say it is God who will save the ‘Soul’ of America. Who will American voters believe and choose to submit to whose “Rule of Law and Order”?

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Naked and Afraid

BY JOSEPH MAVILIA

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e all come into the world naked and we go out the same way. To survive in a fallen world, the one we live in, there are many pitfalls of life to be dealt with. Here are but a few.

1. Ungodly parents, family, friends, and culture 2. Walking in the Dark 3. Human imperfection 4. Lions Tigers and Bears, Oh My! 5. And other Endless enemies A friend’s Grandpa imparted simple wisdom when he would repeat “Think, my boy, Think”.

And it was Henry Ford who is quoted as saying: “thinking is the hardest work that’s why so few people do it” So, I guess they were both alluding to the fact that we must participate in the thought process to move forward in understanding. We must dialogue with our fellow man to test the truth of our ideas. In that communication, there is hope yet that we will shed light on our world in turmoil, generation to generation. When we talk and commune together, we learn we all share the same hopes and dreams for a better life. It sheds light on our oneness in the human family. We learn that if we don’t live in the light, we are destined to wander around in the dark.

If we are brought up in a world to believe in the world view guided by ungodliness, we are conditioned to ignore our creator who gave us His word to remind us of the difference between Light and Darkness.

Christ said, “I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but by me”. He also used the phrase, “Light of the World” to describe himself and his disciples in the New Testament.

The phrase is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and John. It is closely related to the parables of “Salt and Light” and that “no man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covers it… but rather he puts it

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on a lampstand, that whoever enters may see the light…”

I believe that no man finds God, that is light, unless he applies thought to the word and in turn, will always do the right thing. Mark Twain said it this way: “Always do the right thing, it will gratify some and astonish the rest”.

Finding God happens when you decide to walk toward the light and enter the door which He leaves open for each of us. But beware there are many stumbling blocks along the way. Be strong and determined because success depends on never quitting. And be prepared for the battles of life that ensue. The bible tells us to “Gird up your loins for battle”. And every day we must remember “This is the day the Lord has made, rejoice and be glad in it”. Psalm 118:24.

You must also have the desire, the drive, and strength of good character to make the right decisions. And make no mistake, following the light leads to God’s plan, which is always better than the plans of mice and men. If we are not in the light the Lord provides, we will find ourselves in the shadows where death and deception dwells.

That connection leads to bad decisions so don’t go there. It is the domain of your enemy.

A favorite saying that my friends and I recite often is that it is costly wisdom that is bought by experience and experience is the name everyone gives their mistakes. And I think we all know there are no do-overs allowed for most mistakes we make in our lives.

However, if we are granted the wisdom of Solomon, through prayer answered, no do-overs would ever be needed.

If you pray without ceasing it may be possible to avoid so many pains of life. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 puts it this way: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances;

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you”.

And in the final analysis, it may be that prayer is the only hope for the current modern age in which we live.

The good news is that there is no need to be afraid because fear is a state of mind and when we lean on God’s understanding rather than our own, all things work together for good even if some things are meant for evil.

A final word, “feed your faith and your fears will starve to death” and when you do feed your faith you are truly leaning on the understanding of God and following his plan for your life. You may be Naked in the world, but you need not be Afraid.

Submitted by Joe Mavilia, author, journalist, syndicated columnist published in print media including the Los Angeles Times, The Golden Transcript – Colorado, La Feria News – Texas, The Pasadena Weekly – California, and others around the country, including

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THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH: Stand Tall When They Accuse You faith.”

And a firestorm of freedom and liberty cut loose in the European world. T he bondage of sin was lifted from the backs of men and they could stand tall. Men could pray directly to God, not through some intermediary that provided or withheld absolution from them.

Jesus Christ was the direct intermediary between man and God, not a committee, not an organization, not a church. And men could read the Scriptures for themselves.

T h is was a rad ica l depa rtu re from what had become the Roman Church which burdened men with guilt that could not be atoned for

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n 1517 Martin Luther nailed his beliefs to the door of the Cathedral in Germany — this was utter defiance against a church that had enslaved its own people with guilt and shame and moral condemnation.

Luther was a priest. He has done penance. He had gone to confession. He had given his money and gone on pilgrimage and crawled on his knees to atone for his everlasting shame and guilt.

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by themselves. It kept them bent over and shamed and cowed and controlled.

Jesus Christ did not call men to crawl on their knees. Christ excoriated the Jewish leaders for imposing upon men burdens that they could not bear, burdens that they would not bear themselves.

From Day One, Jesus Christ when head to head with the Pharisees and Sadducees because they rejected the faith of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and imposed their own “traditions of the elders,” and “precepts of men.” They rejected — wholesale — the God of their ancestors and become one with those who killed the prophets — their ultimate act of defiance was to murder the Son of God Himself.

T h i s ev i l spi r it cont i nues to stalk the Church and picks off unsuspecting Christians as they reject salvation by faith and seek to make their own righteousness — the righteousness of man. The Scriptures warn of this — those

who slide back into their manmade morality.

Today the man-made religion has erected an entire set of moralities that are used to beat and humiliate men into obedience. And Christians have become partakers in these — it is as if the salvation of the blood of Jesus Christ is not good enough, so they supplement it with their own good works and then parade those good works in front of anti-Christ men to gain their approval.

What are these moralities? Don’t be “sexist,” “racist,” “homophobic,” “queerphobic,” “transphobic,” “anti-Semitic,” “intolerant,” “divisive,” or a “hater.” Any of the above are condemned as “Nazis,” and “Fascists,” are targeted for physical violence.

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Prayer

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am completely unapologetic about my Christian beliefs and faith. As a Christian, I pray daily and often for my country and the world at large.

We can think of prayer as calling God and having a conversation with Him. Much like talking to our best friend or loved one, prayer is simply a heartfelt conversation with the Almighty. Prayer is not difficult, does not require a special process, or ritualistic practice, it is simply earnestly seeking an audience and conversation with our Lord.

Prayer is a humbling and yet incredibly rewarding event that can leave one feeling supercharged and ready to defeat any, and all, enemies. Prayer is richly rewarding as it empowers us with a sense of invincibility because we have God and the Heavenly Hosts at our side. Prayer can take place anywhere, anytime, and no matter what is happening around us. Prayer allows us to disconnect from the chaos and savagery of the secular world and allow us to enter into a place of peace and calm.

Prayer and being in His presence afford us a place of refuge from the most violent and raging storms of life. An invincible fortress is formed as we lean into Jesus for comfort and protection.

Now, there are many who for whatever reason, do not know about Christianity or reject it and that is their right to do so. Rather than condemn those who are not Christian, my job is to share the joy of Christianity and to encourage those whom I encounter to experience a life of peace and joy because of eternal salvation through

Jesus. I eagerly accept and obey my commission to share Jesus with anyone and everyone all the time. Our lives are short and can be gone completely in the blink of an eye, but we will spend an eternity afterward and there are only two choices for where we will spend that eternity. One eternal destination is in the presence of God with Jesus and the other is too horrible to even imagine. The choice is obvious and yet far too many have not made their decision or even experienced a personal relationship with God. The people who risked everything to flee from religious tyranny and come to establish a free country which over two hundred years later would be the America in which we currently live were deeply religious and more than willing to risk their very lives to be able to embrace freedom. They were well aware of the importance of God to them and the importance of God to the very survival of our country. Throughout history, examples of incredible men and women of faith can be seen rising above any conflict or crisis they faced based largely on their strength of faith which drove them forward regardless of the challenge.

Even death has failed to be a strong

enough deterrent to fighting for one’s religious freedom and belief in God. Prayer has sustained and comforted men and women through any conceivable crisis that they faced throughout recorded history up to our present life.

If Christianity and prayer were so important to men and women from the beginning of the world, don’t you think it might be just as important today?

We are faced with some of the worst conflicts since our country began.

Violence and hatred run rampant and escaping it is nearly impossible.

Fear-mongering is everywhere and dividing us more than we have ever experienced before and definitely will, if it hasn’t already done so already, impact each of us on a personal level.

And, it’s all likely to get MUCH worse as the November 3rd election is upon us in a few short weeks.

How will we contend with the challenges when they land on our doorstep and have a direct effect on us? The outcome will be a result of our personal worldview.

Personally, my reaction will be to immediately drop to my knees to pray fervently. The greatest power on earth is not of this earth but resides in Heaven. I will pray without end to my God until I go home to Him. That is my choice and

I gladly profess and claim it.

America was always intended to resist and push back against all forms of dissent and to remain an orderly, safe, haven for the law-abiding, hardworking, people seeking the American dream of pursuing life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Our Founders never intended for us to live in fear of mob rule, or tyranny at the hands of anyone. America was founded to escape the very things that the radical Left so desires to impose upon us, even by force or whatever means necessary.

Wake up America! The election before us is the most consequential of our lifetime. PRAY. Fervently pray! And, as important, VOTE! God bless America!

Submitted by Michael Bonsall. Mike is an Air Force Veteran and former Law Enforcement Officer with BS in Theology who loves Jesus, America, and Patriotism. You can read more of Mike’s thoughts at SardonicScribe.com.

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Light in the Shadows

BY JIM PHILLIPS

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uddenly the police are pounding on your door. You’re under arrest for worshipping Jesus Christ. What do you do? If Christianity became illegal in America, how would your faith and your church survive? The new e-book, “Light in the Shadows”, tells you how from real-life experiences of people jailed here and overseas for following Christ.

For one, our churches and even families will have to change. Just what ministry can continue without exposing us to arrest, fines, and torture? Or do we still have to run those risks? We’ll have to carefully scrutinize what we’ve been doing

so far... has it been fluff or biblically-based? Persecution will divide families. What do we do if parents throw out children who truly get saved and only want to shine for Jesus? Who takes them in? Or if the parents are later converted, their children don’t understand them anymore and are tempted to turn them in for a reward? This alone can keep you awake at night. So, we begin to explore the cost of obedience to families that Jesus explains in Matthew 10. Similarly, we’ll have to learn how to deal with betrayal.

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building that’s finally paid for where you assemble now. Next Sunday, you might be meeting in a grimy welding shop at night. Now you’ve got to protect your identity inside the church... so take down photos and names on your bulletin boards.

If you record sermons, never give full or real names of other believers.

And protect your identity outside the church; delete and cancel the church website/social media and remove Christian bumper stickers. And remember, visitors could still be brought to your assembly -- and you hope this will happen -- for salvation. But what if they are spies or informants? Learn how a pastor of a Romanian church under SEE LIGHT IN THE SHADOWS | PAGE 61

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communism helped protect the identities of his members. He found out they had to make and follow rules they never envisioned. They had to change. So, will we. Our world is changing.

W hat about how to dea l w ith courts, trials, jails, and prisoners?

“Light in the Shadows” explains a vital courtroom strategy... if the Constitution is still in force. You’ve never been to jail in your life. Now you might be there for months. From my experiences from 21 arrests and months in jail in different cities for blocking abortion clinic doors to

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www.CaprockPatriot.com keep moms from entering to kill their children, I’ve learned what the first question is other prisoners will always ask how you got there. That opens doors for serious witnessing.

In my experience, when other prisoners see you’re in jail for taking your faith seriously, you’ll seldom if ever be in danger. But I tell you how to handle those who won’t beat you up... but still want to give you trouble.

No seminary in America teaches you how to prepare for this. Our churches don’t really believe we’d have to go underground. Have you noticed how many fellow believers still don’t think this could happen here in the good ole’ USA? But

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An Enemy has come in while the church took a nap Unaware they came in while our leaders were asleep Disguised as good seed, but they were the creeps Before we knew it and as quiet as a mouse Yes, you guessed it… he snuck into the house New he won’t stop there, cause he’s in it to win it!

The courthouse, schoolhouse, White House and Senate In every construct, every business, and institution And he’s creeping up the ranks trying to kill our Constitution We’ve got to stay alert cause he works in the night And he’s lurking in the shadows to steal our Bill of Rights Ungodly men ordained to this condemnation lascivious Perverted and immoral abominations The church must stand and begin to teach, not just preach Before another generation falls in the breach Our men must wake up and take their rightful place Or women and children will sadly be displaced

you’ve seen something coming for a long time. Have you watched how churches in California in 2020 have been threatened with fines and forbidden to worship indoors? Did you hear about Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church in Chicago who was told in May 2020, by the state of Illinois, that their sanctuary could be torn down -- bulldozed -- for not complying with COVID regulations?

Forget our buildings for a moment.

What we need is to know what to do NOW before our loved ones may be taken away and never seen again.

You’ve seen God warning this country. You’ve also seen how we lose freedom after major crises. Be it nuclear war, a total worldwide

The family unit broken up, and our homes destroyed When all the while, this tragedy we can avoid By coming together and uniting our faith Discarding prejudice, bitterness and hate Petitioning our Heavenly Father to hear our cry Repenting and lamenting our sins we don’t deny There’s crime in our streets, and famine in the land Lying and cheating our fellow man… unemployment has gotten out of hand Everywhere you look, there’s violence and guns Gangbangers and drug dealers after our daughters and sons!

So, let’s build a bridge with our prayers of intercessions And admitting our guilt, failures, and flaws this is our true confession.

We are your people called by your name this we humbly say, We’re seeking Your face, turned from our sins and pray that you will forgive our sins, hear from Heaven heal our land AMEN!

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economic collapse, or worse. It’s time to know what to do. “Light in the Shadows” is an easily readable guide showing how we can still shine for our Savior in times we never thought would happen. Let’s prepare while we still can. Proverbs 27:12 says “A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, the naive proceed and pay the penalty.”

From Saturday, September 19th through Saturday, October 31st you can download the book for FREE? It’s normally $6. So, brethren, go to www.books2read.com/b/mv5068 and it will direct you to where you choose to get your copy. After you’ve read it, I only ask you to go back to the website where you got it (for free!), like Barnes and Noble, Scribd, Apple, Kobo, etc., and give me an honest review by of 0-5 stars.

Submitted by Jim Phillips, a street preacher in Amarillo, TX. Jim is an ordained minister, a former pastor, and street preacher that has preached in 37 cities in the US and Mexico. For more information, visit his website at www.renovationministries.org. You can email him at jim@renovationministtries.org.

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rational lies.

America remains one of the few nations in the world that has the freedom to choose what kind of government will control or enforce one’s “truth”. Will we choose to live under a government of “laws” that maintain order and safety or a government that will use chaos to usher in its use of force and violence to dictate how we will live together. Many nations in the world no longer have the power to use bullets or ballots to decide what “government” will rule their everyday lives. Why are so many people still risking their lives trying to get into America, legally and illegally? In just a few short days, American citizens will begin casting ballots, freely, for local, state, and federal leaders that they believe will exercise “truth”

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to secure our inalienable rights endowed by our Creator.

Our American Constitution still says that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any Form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government”, etc. These “truths” declared in 1776 remain “truths” today in the year 2020. We as “the governed” must decide, with God’s help, whose “truth” we believe will best secure our God-given rights.

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is not the government but “God” who will rescue us from the violence that tears apart our American cities.

Will there be an “October surprise” that sways the vote of the “undecided”? As people, our minds are not easily drawn to the truth. Truth is understood with our minds and with our hearts. The power of words are both subjective and objective. Facts and Fiction are difficult to discern in the fog of self-interest and pride.

I urge us all to pray that the “Truth”, Jesus, will in His mercy, keep us free as a nation with ballots not bullets.

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on it. They invent sins where there are no sins.

“Anti-Semitic,” is the sin of criticizing a Jew, or Judaism, or the current state of Israel. And that makes Jesus Christ and John the Baptist anti-Semites (never mind that the original meaning of the term “Semite” refers to all the sons of Shem, not just the Jews). When Jesus Christ taught about hell, the number one audience of those sermons was the leaders of the Jewish religion.

T he Jud a i zers a re t hose who would impose a burden of morality that men were never meant to carry and for which there is no justification in the Holy Scriptures.

Patriarchy is the biblical standard — avoiding the charge of “sexism” is not.

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When Jesus Christ called out the Jewish leaders about inventing their own traditions, it was specifically this commandment that Jesus defended just as the Jews were undermining it. One ought to be proud of one’s bloodline — the anti-Christs would turn us against our ancestors.

Marriage between a male and a female is glorious — homosexuality is an inversion of God’s perfect world before the Fall of man.

Getting along with anti-Christs is not virtuous — otherwise, Christ would have grovelled before the Jews — this he did not do. Nor Paul or Peter nor Stephen nor those who by faith were sawn two, eaten by

lions, endured the lash and shame and fire all in defiance of those who rejected Jesus Christ as Lord and Redeemer.

One must mock Christians who have rejected the simple Gospel to earn the praise of men. No European man can unburden himself from the si ns placed upon h is back by the anti-Christs. These are meant to be unforgivable sins, and the White man is supposed to eternally do penance for the sins of existing as White people. Penance is performed by crawling on one’s knees and kissing the feet of Blacks. Penance is done by ritual acts of self-abnegation, reparations, self-hatred, and the rejection of their own ancestors.

Never apolog ize for you r a ncestors — Honor your father and mother.

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to 200 plus homeless people that come to the church for a free meal. I strongly urged our church leadership to remember that in a “Jesus culture” Jesus reminds us to be “Wise as serpents and innocent as doves”. We will be ruled by “street rules” or “Constitutional” rules. On Nov.3, 2020, America will be divided by the “truths” we believe and the rational lies we have bought.

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system wholly alien to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Men seem to prefer to earn their own salvation by penance and self-abnegation rather than standing in the liberty for which Christ has set them free.

This is slavery and it is a rejection of the simple Gospel of Jesus Christ.

It is not God who has put the eternal guilt of “sexist, racist, homophobic, queerphobic, transphobic, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, intolerant, and divisive” upon you.

It is a thousand little religious men inventing their precepts and traditions against the Word of God. Stop bowing to them.

Stand up. Don’t apologize. The Just shall live by faith.

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Heavenly Father, the foundation of Your throne is justice and righteousness, therefore, let justice and righteousness prevail during this election. Let the will of Your people prevail as we turn out in record numbers to cast our votes. Let the leaders we choose prioritize our Constitution and founding principles to rule in a way that’s pleasing to You. Protect us from the schemes of the devil to disrupt peace and bring violence amongst our country.

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