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CHRISTMAS ALIEN: A First Peter Mind and Spirit

BY LEO JALOSZYNSKI

“Take your Bible and take your newspaper and read both, interpret newspapers from your Bible.”

This is a quote from a Christian theologian written around the 1960s. I suggest that, as we stand as a nation in a “Come on, man” moment with Presidential candidate Biden (I write this on Veteran’s Day), this is how we need to process “this season” in this Republic called America.

You will be reading this commentary in the shadow of Christmas. An old bumper sticker encouraged us to keep “Christ” in our national holiday “season of shopping till we drop.” In the Bible is a letter called SEE CHRISTMAS ALIEN | PAGE 45

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Be like the Wise Men, Not Herod!

BY DON BEBEE

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erry Christmas. And while I am at it, Happy New Year.

Perhaps you are thinking, merry and happy are two lead word phrases that could hardly describe our American family experience in the year 2020. Two lead word phrases that have had the dominating demoralizing effect on our American family and the world are Fraudulent Election and Fearmongering Covid-19 Pandemic. And at the top of the political party platform list is the contentious chaos conflict between the unborn’s right to life and the right of choice/abortion to put to death the unborn.

Reflecting upon these things, my December 2019 article for the Caprock Patriot came to mind. When I wrote it, I mentioned the “traditional” nativity scene (Luke 2), which includes the “3” Wise Men. And I thought for a moment about making a footnote to remind readers that it was two years after the birth of the Christ Child that the Wise Men arrived (Matthew 2). I decided not to make the footnote. After the December 2019 Caprock Patriot Newspaper was published, there were several affirming comments. One online comment kindly reminded me that the Wise Men arrived two years after the Christ Child’s birth. Truly.

Do you remember what happened after the Wise Men left and returned to their homeland? We typically remember that the Wise Men brought the Christ Child, gold, frankincense, and myrrh. As astrologers, the Wise Men had seen a new star in the eastern sky on the night Jesus; the Christ Child was born. From their country, their journey following the star took two years for them to arrive in Jerusalem, where the star led them to the house where they found the twoyear-old Jesus, the Christ Child.

Lubbock City Council Meeting for Sanctuary City for the Unborn, 11/17/10 However, when the Wise Men In his position of authority as King, first arrived in Jerusalem, they first in a lethal attack to eliminate any stopped to express their respects to challenge to his governing authority King Herod. And to inquire of him as as King, King Herod ordered all the to whether King Herod might know babies two years of age and younger where they could find the Christ in the territory to be put to death. This Child. King Herod did not know of begs the question of authority. What the Christ Child or His whereabouts. am I saying? Think about it. From his King Herod deceptively, with ul- position of authority as King, were terior motives, asked the Wise Men these baby deaths justified killing or after they found the Christ Child to unjustified murder? let him know of the Christ Child’s C. S. Lewis, in his book Mere location. After seeing the Christ Christianity, speaks extensively Child and worshiping Him, the Wise about the objective moral law. ParaMen had a meeting of the minds re- phrasing, Lewis says that there are garding what they each divinely dis- two things about the objective moral cerned were King Herod’s true evil law that everyone knows. First, in intentions toward the Christ Child. their conscience, everyone knows Therefore, the Wise Men agreed to that the objective moral law exists. return to their country without tell- And second, everyone knows that we ing King Herod of the Christ Child’s have all broken it. Lewis goes on to location. (And remember, early in say that the objective moral law is that same two-year period, also the only one that can be disobeyed. with divine discernment, Mary and We cannot disobey other laws of Joseph with the Christ Child baby nature, such as math and gravity.

Jesus wisely left King Herod’s terri- We must live within their boundtory and moved to safety in Egypt.) aries, their jurisdictions.

When King Herod realized what the In other words, the position of Wise Men had done, it infuriated him. authority is not the problem. The

problem is the person(s) in the position of authority exercising their authority unjustly. In the objective moral law, the right to life is given by our Creator from His sovereign position of authority. We are endowed by Him, our Creator, with the right to life. When mankind, through their subjective position of authority, overrule, disobey the objective moral law position of authority of its originator, Creator, God, then the government’s laws are unjust. The objective moral law makes it conscientiously authoritatively clear that the right to life does not originate from the government.

Therefore, the government has no just authority to overrule the right to life. Bringing death to the right to life of the unborn is murder.

In the Ten Commandments, what is often translated by mankind and quoted as “Thou Shall Not Kill” is in the original language “Though Shall Not Murder.”

Be like the Wise Men. Not like the unwise King Herod. The consequences are temporal and eternal.

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PITCHFORKS! We rule us. You don’t.

BY FRITZ BERGGREN, PHD

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lection Day +2: State officials think Biden is going to lose. So, they stop counting — and announce three more days of counting.

Additional ballots don’t need to be signed or postmarked. Could be photocopied by the thousands — doesn’t matter — just keep counting until they get enough ballots to make Biden win.

That’s like playing gin rummy, and one player can draw cards until they get what they need. That’s like playing basketball, and one team can call the game as they are one point ahead. Why work so hard when they can just cheat?

There is one good outcome to this: Americans, more than ever, simply do not trust the government that rules over them, the press that lectures them, or the Academics that brainwash their children. Can any American ever believe the polls again? Ever? The Left’s long march through the institutions is complete — and we just realized it.

Now that the trust is broken, and our eyes are opened, and realize we’ve been lied to, cheated, and abused, will our hearts finally ignite and seethe with rage? Will we find our will to fight?

We better; we owe this to our unborn descendants.

They never played by the rules — they

used rules to keep us in place while they drew as many cards as they needed or called a “do-over” until they won.

Their “freedom of speech” perverted our children; now that they have no need for it, they impose laws against “hate speech” and use the Global oligarchies to silence dissent.

Anger is not enough.

We’ve been told our opinions don’t matter or, worse, are wrong. The box we are allowed to play in gets smaller every day as they forbid ideas — everything against the Left is “racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, queerphobic, xenophobic, intolerant, divisive or anti-Semitic.” By following their rules, we have nothing significant to talk about — our opinions are forbidden.

Those hateful words should be like a red flag to a bull — it is time to charge.

Or are we kittens?

They control us only because we let them. We believed them when they scolded us like an abused child. We bent over backward so as to “not offend.” We clanked shut the shackles on our own necks.

Today we wake up. Today we realize that those who decry “hate speech” are the real haters — anyone who calls you racist, Nazi, or fascist ARE the haters.

Calling someone a Nazi IS hate speech.

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matter how many dirty names they call you.

Know, from now on, that when the big city mayors allow Antifa and BLM to burn, loot, and murder, that turnabout is fair play. It is OUR cities they are burning — OUR statues, OUR businesses, and OUR country.

“They have no right to this,” you say, “they must be held accountable.”

The city government won’t hold them accountable.

The state governments won’t hold them accountable.

The district attorneys won’t hold them accountable.

And that makes all of them just as guilty as the guy throwing a Molotov cocktail.

The government is on board with Antifa and BLM and turns a blind eye to the cartels and the Epstein’s who traffic in drugs and children.

Let alone the treason in the highest offices.

“It’s time we held our government accountable,” you reply.

And we tried, didn’t we? In record numbers, we turned out to re-elect the one man who actually doesn’t treat politics as a career path, who actually believes in America and her people. But they didn’t like that. So, they think it is their right to steal it from us.

If due process does not work, and if voting doesn’t work, and if free speech is suppressed, what do we have left?

Pitchforks.

It is time to form alternate governments, beginning on your street. It begins with self-protection. “The Authorities” have become hirelings — if they cared, they would have shut down BLM/Antifa. But they didn’t.

If the FBI were there to protect you, they would have done something.

But there have been no arrests and no indictments. Investigations are just another way to mock us, taunt us, and belittle us as we wait patiently for our ‘betters” to do something. The cities burn, and the FBI is more concerned about Snowden, Wiki-Leaks, Flynn, and the elusive Russians. More manhours have been expended by our government to destroy a minor child who DARED defend himself with an AR-15 than all the arsonists in Antifa.

Build tribes — work together. Because the government thinks their job is to rule over you — not to protect you.

The Democrats sided with Antifa. The Republican Party values the Democrat party more than what is right -- so they urge us to play by the rules and protest mildly when the Democrats run roughshod over the social compact.

The press does not expose tyranny — they are part of the tyranny.

Republicans and Democrats and the institutions have formed the perfect totalitarian system.

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water, food, power, and transportation. We need to decide to rule over ourselves, once again, and not be scolded into a corner by the pompous know-it-alls who truly think they are better than us.

The Caprock Patriot is one of those parallel institutions.

“Militia,” should become a respectable word, not something to be embarrassed about — a privilege to be a member, not something to hide, something to feared, not mocked. When the Cartels come to your house — or Antifa— it must be you and your tribe that shuts them down and brings justice. Our “justice system” has betrayed us — they have sided with the enemy on both counts. More is coming.

We need to re-learn what our ancestors knew. At the end of the day, violence is politics by other means.

Antifa and BLM know this and act on with the consent of the Government and the Media. But they don’t want us to — one rule for them, another for us.

The trust is broken. So, too, the illusion of tranquility. New times are old times — men with strong shoulders, stout backs and heart — men who won’t shut up, keep silent, or be put down.

Here is our message: We rule us. You don’t.

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United States, based on data from 2019”).

My contention then and now is simply this. If indeed 200,000 deaths are attributed to Covid-19 at this writing, then the numbers would be hugely higher than the actual death rate from ALL Causes. Such a drastic increase is simply not supported by the data that has been recorded for many decades.

Do your own research and look at the numbers going back to the mid-20th Century or earlier, covering all the Pandemics over three-quarters of a century.

Now the numbers are released: Year Death Rate Growth Rate 2020 8.880 1.120% 2019 8.782 1.120% 2018 8.685 1.220%

There are no conspiracy theories needed here. Just the facts, mam, and sirs. You take it from there. Believe the democrats and the media or your lying eyes, ears, and common sense.

We all have choices and opinions, but you can’t have your own facts.

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 count r y, includin g www.autolove.com, Contributing editor www.theweekenddrive.com, Content writer for www.conventionofstates.com, and columnist of Caprock Patriot.

Much Ado About Nothing

BY JOE MAVILIA

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n January 2020, the Covid-19 matter was ramping up or being ramped up, whichever side of the aisle you support.

At that time, I avoided the much ado about nothing more than life’s little hiccups over time. I decided to retire and avoid the fray that was sure to ensue. I wrote a lot to friends and others via Facebook and emails to voice my doubts that this disease was as bad as it was being communicated to us. I sent out data showing the relative effects of Pandemics of the past 100 years. Covid-19 was almost indistinguishable alongside other Pandemics. There had to be some motive to make such a fuss about something little less than the usual annual flu.

I know some people bought the

narrative being sold by the Left in America, but I did not, do not, and I predict we will one day know it was all a political ploy to unseat President Trump while at the same time to test the waters of how much control of the worlds people could be achieved by the powers that be.

As an example of what I suspected back then, is now presenting the data to prove my assertions.

To restate that position: The US daily death rate at the end of 2019 was 8,000. As the months passed, numbers approaching an average of 800-1,000 per day were said to be dying from Covid-19, according to the ‘authorities’ and the cooperative press.

(Research of official death records: “On an average day, nearly 8,000 people die from all causes in the

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Do We Still Have a Reliable Justice System?

BY SOARING EAGLE

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he only surprising thing about the Democrat-run election voter fraud is how brazen and obvious it was.

We knew they would try to steal the election because they could not win any other way, but the Democrats were flaunting their disdain for anyone voting for Trump and our Constitution.

The Democrats are amoral and have embraced an agenda to destroy our Nation for a Globalist agenda. There are already calls from liberals to arrest people that exercise their 1st Amendment right to voice an opinion that does not agree with theirs. The violence on display was intended to intimidate Trump voters and show resolve to the Democrat base. Unfortunately for the Democrats, this backfired on them so badly that their voter fraud had to be so outrageous that it could not be overlooked. Even Democrat Congressmen/women realized that the strategy cost them seats in the House. Nancy Pelosi is so detached from the American people’s heart and soul that she assured everyone that the Democrats would gain seats. Now she is begging to lead for two more years.

The similarities of the Democrat tactics to the fascist tactics of the 1930s and 40s is alarming. The BLM and ANTIFA are the modern brown shirts and thuggish arm of the Party. The window breakage and looting in cities is reminiscent of Crystal Night in Germany. The intimidation and censoring of speech are no less than Communist behavior. This is not your grandparent’s patriotic Democrat Party, and any resemblance to that institution is gone.

If you think you can ignore this departure from Constitutional norms and maintain your freedom, you are gravely mistaken. Once the Democrats control both houses of Congress, they intend to stay in power forever by any means necessary. Even using a pandemic that killed our elderly in

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numbers still in question because of misreporting in New York and other Democrat-run States. Never forget that Nancy Pelosi said President Trump would not have a second term “one way or another.” They are driven by hate from a state of depravity unmatched in American history.

The fact we have been wearing masks for months and not allowed to meet in groups without social distancing under penalty of “law” should give you an idea of the tyrannical state that can result from ignoring the Constitution.

Do you think history cannot repeat itself in terms of genocide because we are more educated and intellectually superior to our predecessors? Remember, the human dimension does not change. There are people of amoral character that can rise to power and determine to exterminate their opposition. It is repeated frequently in world history, and today is no different. Pay attention to the push toward chipping all of us by mandatory vaccinations that have been prophesied for two millennia. This is a Biblical assault on mankind. It is about control and extermination.

T he Trump legal team has its hands full of evidence and unless the

Supreme Court is as compromised as Chief Justice Roberts, justice will prevail. When it does, the Democrats will elect to pack the court as soon as they have the power to do it. Nothing is off the table for the Democrat’s desire to rule over all of us… NOTHING. Submitted by Soaring Eagle. Soaring Eagle is the nom de plume for a retired US Army Colonel with national security credentials and international advisory experience.

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Vice President Biden, Please Hold Back for the Sake of Ballot Integrity

BY HAROLD PEASE, PH.D.

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ear Vice President Biden, as I watched your campaign move increasingly leftward, away from freedom and the Constitution, I became concerned for your safety and place in history. You want the presidency so badly that you are willing to compromise yourself and soul to get it. Your new friends, Senator Bernie Sanders and the Squad, do not love America or anything about it, nor you. They want to bring it down. You are but a vehicle to them in advancing a socialist agenda. Your new friends will replace you as soon as they can. Nancy Pelosi’s latest 25th Amendment challenge is not to get rid of Donald Trump but you. The woman campaigning with you is anxious to replace you—and will— if you obtain this office.

You could have stopped the burning and looting of American cities by your supporters as they threw Molotov cocktails at police and looted stores.

You called them peaceful demonstrators. This empowered them to do more of the same. As President, you will not be able to control them. They

want a Marxist America, and for the time being, you are their “useful idiot” until replaced.

You have exceeded the average lifespan for males in this country of 76.1, and you know you are cognitively failing. If made President, you are not likely to finish your term. Whether your “friends” take you out, or you go naturally, you will meet God soon.

You are corrupt. Tara Reade, your former staffer, says you raped her in 1993. You gave a quid pro quo to Ukraine, “If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money (one billion).” You never had to answer these charges because your corrupt media friends never made you. Your son Hunter’s laptop contains thousands of documents disclosing that you and your family made millions SEE VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN | PAGE 9

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by influence-peddling in multiple nations. You are “the big guy” in some of those documents personally profiting from the Chinese Communist government. They have lots more on you. Your friends and party helped you cover this up, but you will stand before God soon, where you cannot hide. You are in so deep you can be blackmailed, and they and you know it.

Another trove of documents from Democrat Tony Bobulinski confirms the information found in Hunter’s laptop. Facebook and Twitter joined the Democrat press in censoring this too. Most of your voters never got to hear this. Did they, Joe? But it is still out there. Truth can never be entirely suppressed. Twitter cannot save you from God. Republicans will not forget either, and if they get their way, you will face impeachment in your first year in office. At any time, these stories could be front-page news, and you will go down in history as having sold out your country, a traitor, a Benedict Arnold. These things cannot be censored forever, Joe. You know your election was/is corrupt. It is not mathematically possible to have a batch of 128,000 votes in Michigan and 112,000 in Wisconsin coming the next day in the early hours—not one of whom was for Donald Trump. Likewise, Pennsylvania had a batch of ballots 23,277 in Philadelphia, all for Biden. There are too many videos out there, Joe, showing voter fraud for you. You cannot cite an instance of Trump voter fraud.

Trump had thousands attending every rally, more than any president in U.S. History, and you never had more than a few. You used Covid to hide your low public appeal in comparison.

That was part of the deception, wasn’t it Joe? You are supposed to have beaten the most popular President in U.S. History given crowd sizes. This is not possible without corruption now known.

Eventually, you will be exposed and

go down in history as the most corrupt President in U.S History, “His fraudulency,” many times worse than Richard Nixon. Is this what you want?

So here is an honorable way out, Joe. Suppose you reject the title President-elect, at least until it can be made legitimate, and join Trump in insisting that only LEGAL votes be counted. You can tell America that you do not want the vote of dead people, or from those illegally in this country, or from those filing multiple ballots, and you reject Trump votes that were switched to you because of the computer program Dominion—6,000 in one county. Forty-seven other Minnesota counties and at least 28 other states used the same corrupt computer program. If so, millions of Trump votes were switched to you.

If fairly elected, America will support you as the next President. Tell us that if you cannot win honestly, you do not wish to win at all. Tell us that you are trying to save the ballot system’s integrity, even if it costs you the presidency. That is what an honest man would do.

The respect that would come from this sincere move on your part is likely to put your name in the history books as having saved America.

The chances are likely that your influence peddling and selling out to China would be displaced by the greater part of you, and you would escape prosecution for having done so. When you pass, chances are also

that God would remember the man that you became over the man you were. It is the right thing to do. You might even save America from a nasty civil war. The integrity of our elections is far more important than your place in the history books as the most corrupt President in U.S. History. What do you say, Joe? You must hurry; Newsmax just called North Carolina for Trump, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Georgia look to follow.

Submitted by Dr. Harold Pease.

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Endurance…

BY MICHAEL BONSALL

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ndurance. This term best describes the feeling experienced as we now move beyond the November 3rd election of 2020. So why the word endurance, you might ask? Because for seventy million people endure. People who followed the rules, did things correctly, and performed their civic duty according to the well-established, clear cut policies and procedures that have served us for many, many election cycles. We endure.

Why must we now be asked to endure the fiasco currently playing out in front of our eyes? Why must we endure a painstakingly slow fraudulent vote-counting process? The simple answer is that the more time that it takes, the more opportunity that the

Left will have to reach the conclusion they desire by any means necessary.

You might say how cynical such sentiment is, but the evidence is quite overwhelming to the contrary.

Although countless men and women in America share deeply held convictions and beliefs concerning what America is and what America represents, our feelings are entirely dismissed out of hand by those with a differing worldview and political beliefs. Intolerance has soared to unimagined heights, and the division between Americans has never been higher. The question is, how much must we accept before there is pushback? How much ridicule, vilification, and all-out assault must we endure at the hands of the Left?

Consider conservatives have been forced to endure during the eight

years of the Obama and Biden regime.

Like so many others who remained silent, we were forced to have our beliefs and ideals stretched beyond belief. Without going into a lengthy list of disastrous policies and failures during Obama/Biden years, suffice it to say that the list of successes is nonexistent. Of the many that come to mind, I will simply reference the

debacle of “Obamacare” as one example. Obamacare was not to provide good, cost-effective healthcare to the masses but rather a raw and naked power grab of arguably one-sixth of the US Economy.

The Left, like any good tyrant, is in love with “CONTROL” and power.

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BY CHARLES JOHNS

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onald Reagan said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”

Could it be this generation?

They are college-educated by liberal professors who indoctrinated them in socialism and the perceived problems of capitalism. The big socialist LIE is it makes everyone equally wealthy when history proves everyone becomes equally poor.

While being told this lie, students feel they are being educated about capitalism with professors twisting the truth.

Socialism makes sure all citizens have a living wage, low rent housing, fixed food, and clothing prices. That is the goal. They are not told how that system causes workers to slow down or even stop working because there is no gain for doing good work.

Once enough worker output drops, the government moves in, forcing them to work… sometimes at the point of a gun.

Venezuela and the U.S.S.R. are prime examples of socialism. I know communism in the U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet SOCIALIST Republics) slightly different form of socialism, but it was socialism just without religion.

That system made the government the only religion.

Now, look at what today’s American socialist democrats have done.

Any government check sent to a citizen is called socialism, including Social Security and Medicare, which citizens paid into. When introduced, Social Security was to never go above 1% and never to be taxed. BOTH were lies, and LBJ took the so-called lockbox Social Security was in, robbed it for his War on Poverty, ran up debts with the Vietnam War, and democrats have never paid it back.

Add to that stupidity, they want to

buy votes with social programs paid to illegals who never paid into the system, allow them in-state tuition or even free education, and with zero $$ input. My wife and I were forced to pay into Social Security/Medicare before we even got paid. I did the math, and my check would be about twice what I receive had I been allowed to invest MY $$ the way I wanted. Several years ago, a major university found the 11 million illegals democrats say are in America; it’s actually twice that at 22 million. Liberals argue it is not a problem because those illegals pay taxes just like citizens. When asked, whose Social Security number do those taxes pay into? They never answer. Maybe it is a way to put money into the general fund, or even democrat pockets. Who knows?

Trump stopped travel from China and Europe early on, and Democrats called him a racist and anti-immigrant. Now we know he probably saved many thousands of lives.

He started a program to bring a vaccine on the market ASAP, with our military ready to distribute it quickly. He got major companies to switch to making ventilators, masks, and PPE’s to eliminate any shortage, and there never was.

Those jobs Obama-Biden shipped to China and off-shore, Trump brought back, creating millions of jobs. Our GDP jumped 33% in the third quarter, COVID deaths dropped or stabilized, even though more positive tests were found.

Hispanic and Black jobs were at an all-time high, women were employed at higher numbers, and we are energy independent for the first time in 70 years.

President Trump got us out of stupid deals with Iran, The Paris Accord, told NATO to pay-up and told the world the USA simply wanted the world to be fair with us. If our products go to a country that charges us a

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The summer burning and riots were in Democrat-controlled cities with serious debt; they cut police budgets, told police to stand-down during the riots, and charged honest citizens who defended their home against BLM criminals but did NOT charge BLM rioters. They blamed Trump when he stopped DC rioters from burning a church, and democrats blamed him for the China COVID deaths and the loss of jobs and income. Though he asked Pelosi to extend the money to citizens who lost jobs, SHE refused.

The democrats, mass-media, and tech giants lied about most of this to help Biden.

So, if I find it difficult to believe Trump truly lost to Biden, the above facts should explain my doubts.

Su b mitt e d b y Ch a rl e s Joh n s, Abilene, TX. Charles is a Navy Veteran that served on three 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 972-965-5173

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The idea of controlling another sixth of the US Economy made the Leftist absolutely giddy with glee. And consider how fair and equitable the process of bringing this behemoth, nightmarish horror into reality was when Republicans were simply locked out of the process altogether and were not even allowed into meetings discussing it. And then, Pelosi informed America that it must be passed before we found out what was in it. Are you kidding me with this insanity?

Oh, but no, they were deadly serious and failing to garner even a single Republican vote of support.

The Leftists manipulated, twisted, and rewrote rules resulting in them simply “deeming” the bill passed.

Every cliche possible about “smokefilled” back rooms was accurate and real, as was the usurping of America’s healthcare system at the hands of Leftist politicians who were drunk on power. Of course, every lie told about Obamacare has come to pass, and it is anything but affordable or good as we were told it would be.

All of us who did not or do not subscribe to the policies of the Left were forced to endure and watch as weak and feckless policies were rammed down our throats over and over again even though so many of us already knew that their ideology was flawed and their policies were doomed to fail repeatedly. We were forced to endure unbearable taxation, foreign policy failures, Embassies overrun by enemies, and our personnel slaughtered.

We were forced to endure corrupt and criminal political influence-peddling. Simultaneously, many in the Obama regime were more focused on their personal wealth accumulation than fulfilling the duties that they were sworn to protect and uphold.

We were forced to endure two terms of this.

Then, in 2015, Donald J. Trump announced his intention to run for the United States of America’s

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Presidency. The announcement was met with howls of laughter, ridicule, outrageous jokes and, mocking by everyone on the Left. Of course, we know the outcome and have been, once again, forced to endure the out of control, fanatic, lunatic actions of the Left. We have had to endure the reality of “Trump Derangement Syndrome” at the hands of Leftist politicians, entertainers, sports figures, and the entire mainstream media who immediately launched into endless, nonstop, twenty-four hour a day cycles of anything and everything that they could manufacture to harm or delegitimize the Trump administration and those who support it. We have had to endure outright hatred, looting, burning, and chaos at the hands of Leftists from coast to coast.

We have had to endure assaults on law enforcement, tearing down historical monuments, and destruction of private and government property for month after month. And now, we are told that we must endure the blatant attempt to steal the current election.

The corrupt process is by design and was crafted by evil, corrupt people intent on regaining power and control through any means necessary, even if that requires lying, cheating, and stealing. Currently, their strategy is to “Count until they win” by keeping Republicans out of counting rooms, “curing ballots”, having dead voters cast votes, and all of the corrupt and criminal processes necessary to achieve their ends.

The question is, at this point, how much more are we to endure? Are we to sit idly by as our way of life and country as we know it are transformed into something utterly unrecognizable at the hands of radicals intend on completely destroying it?

Wake up, 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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fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you.” And… “We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” We can trust Him. So why worry when we can pray.

Ultimately the path I am advocating can be summed up in the chorus to an old song, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus.

Look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace.”

Keep the faith. Keep the peace. We shall overcome.

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

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or those of us who support the notion of maintaining the integrity of the great American experiment in personal liberty and economic freedom within the framework of a representative republic operating on democratic principles, the events unfolding before us are the stuff of Orwellian nightmares. Like watching a slow-motion train wreck, we have tuned in day after day to the spectacle of the once-celebrated fairness of the American election system descending to a level that would make third-world banana republics, the old Soviet satellites, and Mideast pretend democracies blush.

Election laws ignored, truckloads of ballots brought in under cover of darkness, and voting machines with pre-programmed winners and losers all covered over and excused by the Corporations Once Known as the Mainstream Media. And if you think the self-anointing establishment has convinced everyone that their straw man candidate and his Vice Powerbehind-the-throne running mate have won anything, ask the people who still have plywood up over their windows in the blue state people’s republics.

Many on the Left have likened their battle to a Revolution, and one I think might resemble more what occurred in Russia in November 1917 than anything that has ever happened in our history. Many on the Right call this the preliminary battles of a new Civil War based not on sectional differences but on what Pat Buchanan warned us about more than thirty years ago; a cultural war for the soul of America. This bewildering landscape with votes, both legal and illegal, scattered all over the place, is a great battlefield.

Those who seek fairness must stand with Lincoln, who hoped after the

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And we can echo the sentiments of Reagan, who during his magnificent fight to restore America, said, “You and I have a rendezvous with destiny.

We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness.

If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.”

This thing is still very much up in the air. And if we don’t want the Prince of the Power of the Air to win on all fronts, it is absolutely critical that those who believe in the power

of prayer in Jesus’ name do not lose heart. We can spend our days glued to the TV or searching the Internet for news, or we can instead recall that God is in control. It was a miracle that gave us President Trump in the first place, and we can still believe in a miracle today. Don’t give up. Don’t despair. Remember, “A thousand may

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Can It Begin with Us?

BY GARY W MOORE

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always find it fascinating what “triggers” us. As an author and a columnist, I’ve learned to thicken my skin and brace myself for criticism. Anytime any of us put ourselves out there, whether we run for office, create something, or perform publicly, you must expect and accept criticism. It’s not always easy. The biggest surprise for me is that things I write and say that I’m convinced will trigger a reaction, do not. Other times, I’ll say something innocent and entirely passive, and a few will bury me in angry emails.

I recently wrote a column about my love of iceberg lettuce. It was true, but largely tongue-in-cheek. I thought we

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Wow... a few people were terribly upset that I prefer iceberg lettuce over other types of greens. It didn’t upset me. I found it hilarious at the range and volume of the response. I was mildly called as being ill-informed and nutritionally ignorant all the way up to being a liar and spreading damaging untruths! I may be ignorant, but my feelings about my personal tastes are not untrue... it’s how I feel!

Last year, I spoke of the joy I get from chopping wood. Once again, I was attacked for being environmentally irresponsible, even though the only wood we chopped was from already fallen trees. I once wrote a column about losing one sock from every pair in my drawer... again, a few labeled me as stupid and incompetent at keeping a pair of socks together.

I’m not complaining. I love hearing from readers and always use it to make me a better writer, but some of it would be laughable if it weren’t so mean-spirited.

Now, most of the correspondence is positive and encouraging. I appreciate both, so keep it coming. So, why am I sharing this?

I worry about the intensity of the dialogue and actions of so many in our country today. For those triggered

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over my choice of salad, I want you to step back and ask yourself what has really caused you to be so angry. Think long and hard about it. These types of anger triggers are often a result of an unresolved personal issue. Blaming others is useless. No one can make you act angrily at others without your permission. But some allow it to happen anyway. It’s not uncommon to read about a minor dispute over a parking space that turns into someone pulling a gun and killing another human being. I worry about the anxiety level that allows a person to be triggered so easily over something that really doesn’t matter. This weekend alone, five people were murdered, and thirtytwo others wounded in Chicago. Look at this headline from the weekend, “Dog, Eight People Shot in Nashville Over Canine Dispute.” Really?

Then... there’s the election. I’m saddened about the vitriol from both sides and the level of anger it has caused.

Millions... maybe a billion dollars in damage nationwide in burning and looting, while in the process, lives have been needlessly taken. We have a national epidemic of anger that is not worth the consequences of the actions triggered. And please. Spare me. Do not blame bad behavior on other bad behavior. Do not blame any politician.

I have a friend. She’s a single parent who is an outstanding mom and community member. I respect her and love her teenage children. I was shocked this week to read her angry, gloating diatribe about the recent Presidential election. I was deeply saddened to read the words she posted on social media.

I read others who say they can never

forgive those who voted differently.

Really? Are we honestly unable to forgive those who think differently? Have we come to the breaking point where we now refuse to love our neighbors if they disagree?

We cannot control the actions or feelings of others. We can control ours.

We cannot stop anyone from hurting others, but we can make sure we never raise a fist or a weapon in anger.

Violence usually begins with angry rhetoric. Can we start by examining and tempering the words coming out of our mouths?

Let it start with me... you... everyone who is reading this column. I believe anger within us triggers anger in others. Likewise, kindness and love calm the human soul. We have reached a dangerous boiling point across our nation, and it can only be reduced by cooler heads with love and kindness.

I still believe in the human spirit. I believe we are endowed by our Creator with the seeds of compassion and kindness. If nurtured, these seeds can grow within us and change the course of our nation regardless of who is President or whether your socks match.

Can we love thy neighbor regardless of what type of lettuce they eat or who they vote for?

I am optimistic. We are better than this.

Can it begin with us?

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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Wilson City Council Votes AGAINST Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance

BY MITCHELL D. COCHRAN

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he city council of Wilson, TX, voted against outlawing abortion at their November 9th meeting. The ordinance would have immediately outlawed abortion within the city limits. Councilwoman Pat Cates was the sole vote cast among the city council in favor of the ordinance. God bless Councilwoman Cates for voting in favor of righteousness.

The ordinance was scheduled for a vote at their October 12th meeting, but the item was tabled due to the absence of two council members.

A full council was desired for this important issue. On the same night that Wilson tabled the ordinance, the City of Morton unanimously passed its version of the ordinance, becoming the 16th city in the State of Texas to pass an ordinance outlawing abortion. However, the City of Omaha recanted and is no longer a sanctuary city.

The first to speak in favor of the ordinance at the November 9th meeting was City Councilman Mike Cummings from Joaquin, Texas.

Councilman Cummings encouraged the council, “Tonight is the most important vote you’ll ever cast as a city council member.” Cummings shared about how Joaquin, located on the Texas-Louisiana border, was the fourth city to pass the ordinance, which outlawed abortion within their city. He talked about the opposition his city faced when they were sued by the ACLU and the victory Joaquin saw only three months later. “The ACLU withdrew their lawsuit, and abortion is still outlawed in our city. Passing this ordinance did not cost the city or taxpayers anything.”

In a final call to pass the ordinance, Cummings pleaded with the council, “If you’ve ever used God’s name while campaigning for office,

tonight you better act like it. If you vote in opposition to this ordinance, leave God’s name out of it. If you’ve ever said, ‘After much prayer, I feel led by God to run for council,’ tonight you better vote like it. If not, leave God’s name out of it.”

Other leaders in the movement who spoke in favor of the ordinance included Pastor LJ Wright from New Home Baptist Church and Mark Lee Dickson, the founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative.

Councilman David Maldonado was quick to dismiss Senator Perry and Representative Burrows’ actions presenting the Lubbock City Council the Sanctuary City Ordinance as political. Maldonado relied heavily on the city of Wilson attorney’s legal counsel, W. Calloway Huffaker of Huffaker & Harris. Maldonado was successful in convincing the majority of the council to vote against the ordinance, against what some said was the will of the people.

Two years ago, during the 2018 Republican Party Primary, Lynn County voters had the opportunity to vote on proposition #7. This proposition gave

voters the chance to voice their opinion if they were ‘In Favor’ or ‘Against’ this following statement: ‘I believe abortion should be abolished in Texas.’ In Lynn County, out of 957 votes, 672 voted in favor of the idea of abolishing abortion in the state of Texas.

Councilman Maldonado has previously written on Facebook (November 2nd, 2020), “Abortion [is] a local, state, and national headline… One side’s solution [is to] push their religious views on to the general population, by forcing [a] vote on outlawing abortion, an ordinance that goes against Texas law.

This ordinance ‘creates’ a Sanctuary for the Unborn, but it leaves everything else high and dry. No sanctuary for orphans, for neglected children, for beaten children. No improvements to the fostering system or simplification of the adoption system…

“We look at groups out there, and as soon as we find out they are associated with abortion we blacklist them. Never mind the other services [and] capabilities that they bring to a city region, just blacklist them. The best way to end abortion

is to ensure easy access to women’s and sexual healthcare. Instead of tabooing sex, we need to be talking about it, teaching about, and ensuring access to women’s and sexual healthcare. After all, outlawing something, without addressing the source, simply will move it behind the curtains.”

Maldonado is right to point out that many vulnerable groups need to be protected, and he is also right to say that more people need to foster and adopt. Additionally, he is right to say that unless we address the source of the evil, it will transform and move behind closed doors.

However, Councilman Maldonado, what are you doing to protect orphans and vulnerable children?

Surely, the first step to protect these children is guaranteeing their Right to Life regardless of age, development, and socioeconomic background. Laws and Ordinances are a significant part of our culture.

Don’t say that we must address the source and then do nothing at all.

We will never alleviate all pain and injustice. We will never have the source healed until Christ returns. That is why we hope in Him. Nonetheless, we must do what we can when we can. That involves both top-down and grassroots approaches.

What kind of message does this move send to the vulnerable of Wilson? Is this not the encouragement and endorsement of abortion? If a city does not actively stand for righteousness, how will it stand at all?

If our cities are not Cities on Hills, they will inevitably be cities with foundations of sand (Matthew 5:14; 7:26).

Submitted by Mitchell D. Cochran.

Mitchell is a graduate student at Calvary University and is actively involved in the Sanctuary City for the Unborn movement in Lubbock, TX. Reach him at mitchelldc98@gmail. com.

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ACCESSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY & TRANSPARENCY: The Old Classic Voting System in Texas!

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he Watershed Election of 2020 (one of the weirdest years in history), now to be known as the election of chaos, has demonstrated what happens when traditions give way to madness and corruption. It was quite apparent that President Donald J. Trump won the election on Election Day, the third of November, as the Constitution specifies. However, we knew in advance that the scurrilous “mailin ballot” phenomenon that came about due to the Wuhan Chinese Virus would skew the results to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden.

As the counts gradually came in, it became apparent that unverified

mail-in ballots were going to whittle away Trump’s lead in the various Battleground States until Biden pulled ahead.

Serious questions of voter fraud and manipulation have now surfaced.

The rush to anoint Biden as the President-Elect is very premature. This didn’t happen in 2000 when the victor was not confirmed until 37 days after the election.

The summer events, including the Wuhan Chinese Virus, mobs, the destruction of American cities, rioting, looting, arson, assaults, murders… all led to the use of random “mail-in” ballots; meaning ballots mailed en masse to all those on registered voter rolls. This allowed the possibility, if not probability, of rampant fraud.

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and could spot illegal voters on sight.

ACCESSIBILITY. Locally, the first assault on this system was the ill-advised “Vote Centers,” which gutted the neighborhood concept and replaced the neighborhood familiarity with anonymous Election Judges and workers who don’t come from the neighborhoods but are hired by outside personnel agencies. So, a switch to NO ACCOUNTABILITY. Then, the elected County Clerk was stripped of his/her responsibilities to manage and conduct elections, and an Elections Office was created. Dorothy Kennedy was named head of the Office, an unelected position. NO ACCOUNTABILITY. Although appointed by the Lubbock County Commissioners, a hands-off policy has been developed which prohibits any criticism or examination of the Office’s policies, replaced by a BLIND TRUST in Election Officials. As Thomas Jefferson once said, “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

No accountability leads to a lack of transparency.

On many occasions, Kennedy has denied candidates (like Precinct Chair Charles L. Clair), poll watchers, and me the right to observe vote counting.

That is a lack of TRANSPARENCY. Threatening candidates, poll watchers, and observers with arrest and being escorted out of the counting room does NOT create faith in the vote-counting results, but quite the opposite.

The next assault on the system was the acquisition of Electronic Voting Machines. I shall never forget the Time Dorothy Kennedy told me that Lubbock County would buy these machines. When I asked why, Kennedy’s response was, “They are cool.”

Before the first machines were purchased, Kennedy had a seminar for interested parties to talk to potential “vendors” that manufactured the voting machines. I attended, as did

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www.CaprockPatriot.com Precinct Chair/Taxpayer Watchdog Mikel Ward. Five companies presented their wares. Four of them were quite impressive, and all had “paper trails,” a critical method of authenticating the validity of the election.

The participants liked all four. The fifth was Hart Graphics. Hart’s representative hardly engaged the participants and seemed indifferent and uninterested in interchange. Perhaps he knew something we didn’t, because naturally Hart Graphics was picked as the vendor, counter to the seminar participants’ input. LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. Naturally, the Hart machines were the only ones to NOT have a “paper trail” and no authentication. BLIND TRUST. Years later, when the machines were to be replaced, Mikel Ward, Margie Ceja, and I talked to County Commissioner Bill McCay about the question of electronic machines without a “paper trail.” When I explained to McCay the beauty of the OCVST, with all of its safeguards, he responded, “Roger, we are not going back to the DARK AGES.” “Dark Ages”?! Indeed... a neighborhood system with numerous safeguards and cross-checks, versus an unverifiable electronic system.

ACCOUNTABILITY. How were the paper ballots handled?

Each voter was given a paper ballot, with a detachable stub in the upper corner. The ballot and the stub had matching numbers, which could be checked later. When the voter finished his/her ballot and put the ballot in the ballot box, the voter put the stub in another locked box, which could only be opened by the Sheriff. That way, votes could be checked later in the canvass or recounts. All voting materials were color-coded; in fact, my father was the one who suggested this to Bob Bullock at a meeting, and he implemented the idea. The Precinct Chair retained copies of all election forms. TRANSPARENCY. The two most critical elements of the process were the ballot stubs and the signature rosters. The signature

rosters were unique; they were in quadruplicate, and once filled out, could not be altered. I noticed right away that the new electronic system had signature rosters with peel-off stickers. Why? I immediately thought that these stickers could be a ready element for fraud. No copies, just the original... no copy for the Election Judge. LACK OF TRANSPARENCY and ACCOUNTABILITY. No one has explained why such a flimsy system replaced the quadruplicate forms and accompanying safeguards.

The next assault on the OCVST was the canvass. In the old days, Mikel Ward, former County Chair Jane Cansino, and I attended the old canvasses. We were given access to the signature rosters, the yellow turnout sheets, and all other election materials. We would often spend hours checking out the forms against each other, with the signature rosters being the key.

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The final assault on the OCVST was early voting, something I have always maintained cheapens and vulgarizes the voting system. It is not dignified to vote in grocery stores, pizza parlors, mattress stores, or car dealerships. This year, Early Voting started a month before the election.

Speaking on Tucker Carlson’s show, Professor Victor Davis Hanson stated that once upon a time, Election Day had a certain majesty, the ultimate act a citizen can do in a Constitutional Republic [NOT a Democracy]. Old-time elections often reached their zenith in the final weeks of the campaigns, and candidates proved their mettle during that period.

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DECEMBER 2020

Silence Isn’t Always Golden

BY DEANNA WILLMAN

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here is an old saying that “Silence is golden.” This can be true in certain situations.

But there is one situation where the silence, especially of believers in YHWH (GOD), is not golden; it is shameful. Proverbs 24:11-12 says, “Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, ‘Behold, we did not know this.’ Does not He who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not He who keeps watch over your soul know it and will He not repay man according to his deeds?”

God expects us to speak up for and help those who cannot help themselves. He expects us to speak out against and do something to stop the abortion of millions of babies each year. He is looking for us to speak out and fight human and sex trafficking.

He wants us to speak out and do our part to stop the inhumane and unrighteous treatment of others. We are to help those in need, following the example of our Messiah. But there are too many out there who are silent.

They do not speak out, do not help stop the injustice, do not even think about those who are being affected by such injustice. Even worse, many Christians are supporting those who do these horrible things!

When we believers continue to support these companies, people, and regimes with our money, we step in line with their beliefs and behaviors.

It does not matter if we disagree with their beliefs; if we continue to support them financially, we are just as guilty of the injustice and unrighteousness as those actually doing harm. Something to ponder as we enter the holiday shopping season.

It is shameful that Christians are still shopping at Target, a store that is proud of being one of the largest financial partners with Planned Parenthood

and the slaughter of millions of helpless babies each year. Target also believes that its customers should use any dressing room no matter one’s biological gender. Numerous cases of men doing this to spy on women and girls while they are undressing have come forth from this decision, yet Christians continue to shop there.

Amazon has taken off its website books that speak against homosexuality and other sexually sinful lifestyles.

It has blatantly promoted those lifestyles by promoting books that glorify them and financially supporting those organizations. Earlier this year, it fired 17,000 of its employees and used the money that would have gone to salaries to send $500,000 to BLM, an organization that has stated openly that it is in alignment with all things sinful. It proudly boasts of supporting the abortion of babies, particularly black babies, it supports the fatherless home, advocates the destruction of

private property and businesses, all in order to bring about a godless society. There are over two hundred other companies that have also financially supported this evil with your money.

The former CEO of Starbucks publicly declared that he didn’t want any “morons” (his word for Christians) who don’t believe in same-sex marriage stepping foot in any of his stores.

The company financially supports many organizations that work to force perverted sexuality and fluid genders upon the rest of the country, including our innocent children.

Thanks to Christians who go by there every Sunday morning on their way to church, this company can continue to financially support those wicked organizations.

Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts used to be worthy of our trust with our boys and girls but have both embraced the sinful sexual lifestyle choices and financially support the organizations

that push that agenda in society. They are also actively recruiting leaders for their troops from the confused sexuality group. Christians have formed alternatives to these groups, but many of them continue to hand their money over to these unrighteous people by purchasing their cookies, popcorn, and other various fundraiser products.

Another organization that takes advantage of our money for evil purposes is the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

In eliminating breast cancer, they take our money and turn much of it over to Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood was created to eliminate the black population and was highly praised by Hitler and others like him.

It does not help young people become good parents to their unborn children.

It does not encourage the fathers of those children to provide for them.

Instead, PP encourages the women and girls who come to their offices to abort (murder) the precious life growing within that woman or girl. It also provides abortions for girls in the sex trade instead of helping them get out of that bondage. And medical studies over the past thirty years have proven that the more abortions a woman has, the greater her chances of having breast cancer.

Most social media platforms and streaming entertainment platforms have also embraced the perversion of what God created for a man and a woman to enjoy only in the safe boundaries of marriage. This perversion is not limited to adults. NO! They are also supporting and producing films, documentaries, videos, and other entertainment that exploits young girls and boys. This is feeding the wicked sin of porn and pedophilia.

Yet, Christians continue to use and even pay for these platforms! After all, we need our entertainment, right?!!!

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and women, but most turn a blind eye to this. Even though we have to sludge through the trash of hell, we will keep those platforms and services so we can be entertained and “in touch” with others.

The NFL and NBA have refused to honor the men and women who fought and died for the freedom of their players to play sports and live a comfortable life. These sports organizations have completely sided with and are financially supporting domestic terrorist groups and socialist organizations that desire to destroy this country, groups who harm the very people they profess to be helping, and the Communist China Party. In fact, these two sports organizations are owned by China (follow the money). China is the country that has oppressed its people for nearly 70 years, persecuted Christians and those of all other religions, sent people to internment camps to be tortured simply because they disagree with the CCP, forced abortions on women, killed perfectly healthy prisoners to harvest their organs for transplants, stolen technological and entertainment products and licenses from us, have taken over an entire city of free people through violence and “policies,” and did nothing to stop the spread of an aggressive flu upon the entire world.

Oh, but we must have our entertainment and our cheap products, so we continue to support those sports organizations and purchase “made in china.” We proudly wear the jerseys, purchase the merchandising flags and accessories, watch the games, and even buy the overpriced tickets to the games.

Obviously, our entertainment is more important than speaking up and acting on behalf of those harmed by these organizations and those with whom they are tied.

Numerous actors, actresses, singers, musicians, authors, and even men and women of the cloth have come out in support of evil. They have called evil good and good evil. They partake in

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And the money they make from the sales of their movies, concerts, albums, merchandising paraphernalia, books, studies, videos, and even from tithes go to support and further the cause of such sin. But Christians continue to hand their money over to such people, ignoring that they are helping financially support and promote those things that God has called an abomination. We fail to stand up for those who are ultimately injured by these people and their beliefs.

“Surely God won’t hold it against us,” some say. “We do not believe the same as those groups, companies, organizations, people, and even countries, but they provide us with our comfort creatures. We might be inconvenienced if we stopped financially supporting these workers of unrighteousness and evil. Why does He say in His word that He will hold each of us accountable for what we did or didn’t do to help those being oppressed, persecuted, or harmed in any way? Why would He hold us accountable for the evil things that others are doing when all we did was purchase something from them?”

One person thought he was being clever when he said, “politics/beliefs are like an anus. Everyone has one, and they all stink.” So, just because many people have bad beliefs or support things that aren’t right, he feels that he’s not responsible for changing his behavior to pursue righteousness and take a stand against sin and evil. It came down to his decision that those evil things others do are not affecting him, so he will not stop supporting those who do evil. A more truthful saying is, “the only thing needed for

evil to grow is for good people to do nothing.”

I believe it was Dietrich Bonhoeffer who said, “To say nothing is to say something.” We may think that our silence on important issues is simply that and nothing else. However, to not speak against something is to speak in support of it by implication.

To continue to support the workers of iniquity and fail to help those who are being harmed by others is to say that we support what they do and believe.

It is to align oneself with injustice and unrighteousness and actually help to promote those things. It is to wear the name of our God in vain. It is a failure to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. It is a failure to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength because we have bowed instead to the God of SELF. If you say, ‘Behold, we did not know this.’ Does not He who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not He who keeps

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watch over your soul know it and will He not repay each man according to his deeds?” One day each of us will be held accountable for what we did and did not do.

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Vaccine or Villain?

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n the past few months, President Trump has assured us that this Chinese virus is real but not as threatening as we first thought. Trump has assured us that a vaccine is on the way at “warp speed”! (I genuinely believe he wants to dispel the enormous fear that has gripped our nation via media.)

In a press release dated Nov. 16, 2020, Moderna stated, “We just announced that mRNA-1273, our COVID-19 vaccine candidate, has met its primary efficacy endpoint in the first interim analysis of the Phase 3 COVE study.”

Moderna says its coronavirus vaccine is 94.5% effective but will not be widely available until spring 2021. This may be good news to some, but according to Bill Gates, everyone in the world needs to have the vaccine for COVID-19 to

achieve “safety and security.” Since when is a computer geek in a position to tell the world what is needed to be healthy, safe, and secure?

Let’s see if we can get to the bottom of this vital subject. I, for one, have chosen not even to get a Flu shot. In fact, I haven’t gotten any shots that I recall since I was a child getting vaccinated for polio, mumps, and other childhood diseases. We actually tried to get the measles and chickenpox by going over to our friend’s house to catch the diseases. Why would we do that?

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developed by Gilead, who has backing from none other than the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. (This web of vaccine development could hold volumes of books.)

For those astute individuals who have already done investigative journalism, we begin to see the connection between immunizations and setting the stage for a larger purpose. An obvious conclusion regarding the push to have EVERYONE in the world vaccinated reveals Pharma’s monetary gain. What you may not know is that President Kennedy signed the Vaccination Assistance Act in 1962 to, in the words of a CDC report, «achieve as quickly as possible the protection of the population, especially of all preschool children…through intensive immunization activity.” Sounds good to me!! But then, in 1986, the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) was signed into law as part of a more massive health bill. NCVIA’s purpose was to eliminate vaccine manufacturers’ potential financial liability due to vaccine injury claims to ensure a stable market supply of vaccines and provide cost-effective arbitration for vaccine injury claims.

The NCVIA was created to provide a federal no-fault system for compensating vaccine-related injuries or death by establishing a claim procedure involving the United States Court of Federal Claims. This means that

Pharma can make a vaccine quickly and economically without spending months/years doing double-blind placebo testing before injecting the population and with total profitability and NO liability.

Pharma’s monetary gain will be substantial, but does that also play into Bill Gates’ eugenics goal? He has estimated that up to 700,000 individuals could be negatively affected (meaning death) by the next vaccine. (He has been one of those globalists who would like to reduce the population.) The requirement of everyone getting immunized could help achieve his goal. One might ask why so many deaths from a vaccine?

Could we conclude this to be the reason why the NCVIA was passed in 1986! Not only were children/ people dying, but they were having severe health issues due to the immunizations.

If we were to bypass the vaccine and take responsibility to be a healthy nation, what would that look like?

Stanford University research recently revealed that staying inside our houses and distancing from one another has only weakened our immunity. We need to be exposed to the boogeyman COVID-19 enough to build up resistance to this seemingly vicious virus that has taken the lives of just .0007% of our population. While millions of Americans are dying to get back to work, the “experts” have so frightened us that we gladly submit to their masking/distancing requirements. I can see

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Hopefully, we will be given the option of choosing to get a vaccine. Our freedom to do so, or not, could provide us with the optimism to get on with our lives. Some would like to restrict us!

If not immunized, they might restrict us from going to the gym, concerts, church, games, etc. Sounds controlling to me! Pray that we stay a free Nation!

If you would like to bypass a vaccine, there is a “legal” way to decline. 1) Do not refuse but politely decline their service by doing the following. 2) Ask the doctor if the vaccine has MRC5 in it (they all do, those are aborted fetal cells and other DNA). If it does, you have the right to decline. 3) Ask if there is a possibility of an “iatrogenic reaction” from the vaccine (they all do).

When the doctor says, Yes, that’s your “get out of vaccine free card.” Thank the doctor and walk away!

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The Projects

BY JOSEPH MAVILIA

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grew up in the 20 t h Century, tha n k f u l ly, when opti m ism abounded in our great country. In the late 1950s, while in the Navy, I experienced the South’s prejudice toward blacks. I was deeply saddened, but it was the reality of the day and could only be observed thoughtfully. And of course, as we’ve learned, that behavior of man’s inhumanity to man would change because “all error “is self-destructing.

The ending of discrimination of that kind was evident to me in a personal way when my son was 11. He said, dad, I want to play “Pop Warner” football.

So, I agreed to support him and even agreed to be treasurer for the team. The team on which he played was integrated. Well, kind of! Of the whole squad, he was one of two white players, and there were a couple of Hispanics too. It turned out to be a great experience and a character builder as well for both my son Mike and me.

I also grew up in those bygone days of learning about projects like being a part of an almost all black young men’s football team. Projects were not new to me; Mom and Dad had lots of projects for us kids.

You had chores, of course, but you also had to clean out the garage But you also got to build forts and treehouses.

You had projects in school too And the lawn and garden needed care It was also a project to take down the tree we had only put up in late November. Now in early January, we neatly put the ornaments away for another Christmas to follow.

And in the fall, the leaves needed raking You get the picture.

Then there were those projects that

were mind-broadening experiences that included doing things with friends - Jews and Blacks and Mexicans and even with Italian’s like me. We’d also play cops and robbers and Cowboys and Indians in the park or wherever.

Sometimes you’d play the good guys and other times the bad guys. We were free and knew nothing of prejudice or much else for that matter. But ignorant or not, we were integrated, and if the word was ever spoken, it didn’t register because these were simply friends doing things in that age of innocence.

We were also a people of faith in lots of things, but mom made sure it began with God. We had respect and knew the commandments were NOT suggestions. I learned to respect my elders as a command from mom and dad, and that included Uncle Joe, a sailor, and Uncle Tony, a marine who served in WWII. Those come to mind, especially now, as I reflect on those early years of my life.

They were heroes, but to us, they were also just uncles and aunties who were a part of the fabric of family, which was

so important then.

In that world, there was the WPA (Work Progress Administration in 1935) and other projects in places like Chicago and other crowded cities around America where the poor congregate.

Those were referred to as “The Projects” (Public Housing) to house folks who wouldn’t or simply couldn’t find jobs to provide for themselves. These “Projects” were created by men, and to be gracious, perhaps even men with good intentions, or NOT. Only they could own up to why they developed soon to be slums.

Today in the 21st Century, we’ve lost the simpler life of yesteryear. Things have become complex, and high tech has become the new god that promises to solve all our perceived problems.

Easier, however, through technology has made things even harder for many.

In the modern world, wrong is right, and right is wrong. I suppose you could say we’re living in an “Upside Down Cake” world. A world in which honor and a man’s handshake has ceased to

have the same meaning as it did not all that far back. Young people today hear no more about great men and women of accomplishment and sacrifice. Mother Theresa has been replaced with a Nuevo Madonna in shameful attire. If this is to be the new world order, I cringe at the thought and want no part of it.

“The Times They Are A-Changin” as Bob Dylan sang.

But the winds of change don’t imply an act of repenting or seeking forgiveness.

On the contrary, change today means we have come out on the other side of faith, where we have discarded our moral compass of old. And just like that, morals and values have been replaced with a mobile app that gives us North, South, East, and West but goes nowhere of value because the “New World Order” is devoid of Godly values.

Instead, the Values adopted by this new generation have become RELATIVE to individual will. After all, God is said to be dead. And history is no longer important as today and tomorrow’s technology, created by man, promises to solve all problems, and we’ll live in someone’s imaginary Utopia. That’s a place where faith, God, Heaven, and Hell are considered nonsense and unnecessary in this new creation of man – a better version than what religion has failed to bring to this world. But brilliant minds of the new men and women of the modern world have created science and cast God out of our culture’s consciousness.

We have become lost souls adrift, but we’re moving at warp speed as we tear ourselves from our foundations and are hurtling our collective selves out into vast nothingness. Yep, we’re lost but making good time as we move more and more into a life of “Virtual Reality” of our own making. We have become SEE THE PROJECTS | PAGE 23

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self-made gods and worship man and other idols of fame and fortune and celebrity. Yes, we’re replacing the idea of a Creator with our own arrogant self-importance.

Thus, the cycle begins here in the 21st Century as we seem hell-bent on inevitably slipping into the gutter of a polluted mindset learned in “staterun� institutions of learning. The cycle begins here but predictably ends badly.

History tells us, “nothing is new under the sun� but those new world folks know nothing of history because it was unimportant to the teachers and professors of the “new world order�.

Unavoidably we must sink to the depts of despair created by a fallen world of our own making and choosing before the cycle ends right back where it started. We must be humbled by a reality where, in the end, are we forced to reach out in desperation to seek the

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The Peter, Paul, and Mary song “Where have all the Flowers Goneâ€? begs the question â€œâ€Śwhen will they ever learn‌â€? When indeed will we realize mankind is NOT the center of the Universe? All things do not revolve around us, no matter how hard some try to convince us that it does. Convince yourselves as you will, you can never be any more than a hologram of a real person in this expected Utopia, unable to experience the projects of simpler times.

Those times are where people actually touched each other, soulfully and with a purity of love only found in humility and obedience to a power greater than us and with values as old as time itself.

We are not perfect, and there is no perfect reality.

Today the projects we are given require us to re-imagine everything

– Imagine that!

We’re expected to re-imagine what a hero is, what a man or woman should look like, what a mom and dad should look like. Perhaps we should re-imagine all of that under the all-powerful “State�, that which provides everything for us all. It is that imaginary thing that loves us unconditionally, wipes away every tear, comforts us is difficult and in sad times. Yep, I guess we need to believe the all-powerful state will also tuck us in at night. But the tradeoff is that when we’re old, they will put us to sleep permanently when the “State� determines the age at which we are of no further productive value.

Our newly evolved social order has taken a turn for the worst. At the fork in the road, they have taken the wide road, the easy choice that faith tells us is the road to destruction. You can take that to the Bit-Coin Bank.

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Matthew 25:23 NIV A Little Thing?

Never steal anything small. You are more likely to be charged, arrested, prosecuted, fined, and jailed for littering or shooting a deer out of season than for siphoning millions in bribes through your family or for corrupting the U.S. Voting system.

Advent Season?

This is the Christmas season when we should have our mind on the traditional Advent. The English word “Advent “comes from Latin adventus, meaning arrival or coming. With our country at a crossroad, or maybe an endpoint, we have a different Advent to ponder. If you are honest with yourself, be you conservative or liberal, you must admit our founders thought of this in advance and provided remedies.

How I was raised, my Army and Navy experience, plus years on earth, has caused me to see the little things. It was the bold yet small ideals of our founders that caused this great America to flourish. As my Grandfather said many years ago, Americans can’t tolerate prosperity. You think about that! Think about the little things and omissions

that have torn us apart.

Little Things Mean a Lot: 1954 Kitty Kallen hit song: Blow me a kiss from across the room.

Say I look nice when I’m not. Touch my hair as you pass my chair. Little things mean a lot. Give me your arm as we cross the street. Call me at six on the dot. A line a day when you’re far away. Little things mean a lot.

As my dear wife would say, “Old Salt, why are you putting this in your article, and why is it relevant?” She should say, “Old #@!! You certainly do not fit that song.”

At just short of 83, I could respond that romance is now a myth, but the memory brings back a better time when men were men and ladies expected to be fussed over. There was a time when people communicated face to face, sometimes even poetically. A time when the majority valued the little things, kept the faith, valued truth, and lived the American ideal.

More appropriate for my current frame of mind, and as influenced by my love for real country music, I would say a John Prine authored song, as delivered by Mo Bandy and accompanied by the great Janie Fricke, fits this time in America. That song is “It’s a Cheatin’ Situation”: It’s a cheatin’ situation, a stealing invitation. To take what’s not really ours.

To make it through the midnight hours.

It’s a cheatin’ situation.

Paradise Lost?

As the most blessed country on earth, how did we get to this sorry state? Up until recent years, we were one people, rich and poor alike. People on the bottom of the totem pole were just as happy and content as any American.

Why? Because they were free, equal, and able to attain higher things if they wished. As you can guess, I do not buy into the racial and social injustice hogwash. We have thousands of examples of people of every stripe proving the fruits of individualism. Kamala Harris said we all need to be guaranteed the “same outcome”. That, my friend, is pure Marxism, a formula for disaster.

If this is our end as America, how did it happen? Little crimes became big crimes, as they always will if not quickly addressed. For example, Al Capone or, for that matter, Joe/Hunter Biden did not come out of the womb as bad people. We are all born with a potential sinful nature and into a sinful world, but that does not have to be our life story. It all starts with the little things like “Spare the rod and spoil the child”.

Previously, I have written about the Military U.S. Code of Conduct Suggestions and our Founding Documents Suggestions or even The Ten Commandment Suggestions. Of course, I say suggestions tongue in cheek. I am sure I am not alone in seeing these well thought out sets of laws and principles slowly crumble to suggestion level by many. For a free representative Democracy to exist and grow, it must have principles and laws all must respect and yield to.

Our moral decline was foretold in the Robert Bork book Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline. Liberals destroyed this man in a phony charade to keep him out of the Supreme Court. Had George Bush not caved, Roberts would have been one of our greatest Supreme Court Justices. Another small thing having historical consequence.

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its not ok to litter to its just peaceful to riot, destroy property, injury people, and disrespect any authority. We’ve gone from “Keep Florida Beautiful” and “Don’t Mess with Texas” to “Oh! They are just expressing free speech as they destroy like a swarm of locust.”

We tout our country as a nation of laws, yet lawlessness prevails from the Senate to the streets, through the FBI to City government, from the lowest courts to the Supreme Court. It is a cheatin’ situation in every way. It is a stealing invitation, as the song states.

The Biden Crime Family: If Joe Biden succeeds in grabbing the White House, we will have allowed a “crime family” regime to run our Government. It is well document how Joe Biden has used his government job to enrich himself by funneling millions of foreign dollars through family members such as Hunter and Joe’s Brothers.

If you doubt this, you need to do your research.

If big political crime is not prosecuted ordinary citizens, we’ll be persecuted.

You can count on it.

Rigged Voting Machines: Communist Dictator, Joseph Stalin, said, “It’s not the people who vote that counts, it’s the people who count the votes.”

Election fraud is an example of how little misdeeds over the years have now exploded. Not satisfied with slow and occasional cheating, the Liberals could not contain themselves; they decided to go all-in, thinking Americans are

too weak or lazy to resist. Creeping up on their onerous schemes is the standard. These sycophants get away with murder, so why not steal a complete election.

Congressional… I’ve Got Mine Business as Usual: Your vote doesn’t count! Maybe you thought we could live with Biden in the Whitehouse because you think you voted in a conservative Senate. Don’t get comfortable with that! The Senate is just a big rich elite club with few exceptions. Take Mitch McConnell’s statement upon learning he won his election; “All that matters is I will be the Coach. We will have to wait to see if I am the offensive or defensive coach”. In other words, he’s got his.

Senator Ted Cruz seems to be an exceptional and loyal conservative.

Our other Senator, John Cornyn, is a conservative in name only. We all had no choice but to hold our nose and vote for him. Filling his bank account is all he is good at! I strongly suggest a recall petition to replace him. Our Governor could then pick a name out of the phone book for a better replacement.

In Summary: If you hear the words “For the good of the Country”, you can be sure the SWAMP has screwed us.

No matter the Presidential election outcome, it’s time for a nationwide-grassroots armed citizens defense force; since our governments, from local to the highest level of the Federal Government, repeatedly shirk their duty, we must act. We need to protect

loyal Americans everywhere, on local streets, businesses, neighborhoods, all the way to the streets and halls of Washington. Enough of having blackclad thugs blindsiding good Americans.

Every American, of every stripe, should be included in this effort so long as they vow allegiance to the founding documents. Imagine being able to move about your hometown or anyplace in America. Confident other citizens will defend you as needed.

Americans for America!

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The fifth of an 11-part series sharing the very personal story of one Long Range Recon Green Beret and his time in Special Forces training.

My schedule said for me to be at the Motor Pool at 0400 the next morning.

Gee… I would have to get up at 0300.

I knew it was going to be a long, very long, day.

It had to be another 30 or 50-mile forced march. I dressed light for the march. I ate as much as I could hold because I knew there would be no food for how knows how long. They always gave us water at the midpoint of the march, so I took nothing with me.

They put me in the back of a deuce and half truck at the Motor Pool with 19 men I had never seen before. My gut told me we would not be marching.

We drove at least 30 minutes over

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been before and started paying closer attention to things I saw out of the back of the truck.

I saw the red light on the top of a tall radio tower, and five minutes later, we crossed a river that was about 30-yards wide. Another five minutes later, we crossed the river, and the truck stopped.

The tailgate of the truck went down. I was jerked out of the truck and thrown to the ground by a black silk pajama dressed ‘Vietnamese’ wearing a straw cone hat and yelling in a fast-paced language that had a sing-song sound to it.

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Later in class, they would teach us that the best time to escape is immediately after being captured. My first mistake was not escaping when I had the chance.

They were serious. 10 or 12 blackdressed men jumped in the back of the truck and were literally throwing men physically out of the back of the truck. Those who attempted to fight back were beat with nightsticks until they complied.

Special Forces did not play games.

When they got all the men out of the truck and under total control, a Vietnamese pointed his nightstick at me and started yelling in his language. I knew enough to get up. I smiled as I got to my feet. I had a plan; well, part of a plan. I was not prepared for the prison they would put us in.

It was called E & E: Escape and Evasion They had a working Viet Cong prison camp set up. Complete with barbed wire, lights, guard towers, and dogs.

They took us into the prison at first light, and we spent a rigorous day being treated very roughly, with no food or water. They had so many guards on us; there was no way anyone could escape during the day.

I had seen the red light of a high broadcast tower back to the East. When I escaped, I needed to head east. Cross the river and head for the red light.

About 20 of us were in the camp with 20 guards Most people seek others; they need others. But I knew the truth. Other people will get you caught, or worse, killed.

As a result of the other men’s ignorance of this strategy, they formed into groups of two or four as teams to plot their escape.

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I analyze and observe things. I keep my mouth shut too. I noticed one of the fence posts did not have the barbed wire stapled to the post and that the outer fence had a tree limb lying across the wire. An easy way out, but also an easy trap. Overthinking. But what can I do?

There was a guard for every man.

There was no way anyone could escape.

The guards rode us hard all day. Forced us to dig holes 6 x 6 x 6 then cover it back up. They had rock piles we had to bust up with hammers.

They worked us late into the night. At about 0200, they put us to bed. Everyone was tired and worn out, but we had to escape. At 0210, the machine guns in the guard towers started firing as people began trying to get out of the fenced area.

I took a rake that we had been forced to use and moved quickly to the post with no staples. I used the handle to raise the wire as I went under on my back. I was walking on my shoulders, headfirst. I got through easy. Rolled over and crawled to the tree limb that was over the outer wire.

I took a quick look around, jumped to my feet, and leaped over the outer wire. I zigged and zagged as I raced across the cleared area and into the brush and trees. I heard feet running behind me, and I thought I was caught, but it was a guy who had followed me under the wire.

He had been around me all day, but I made no connection that he was sticking to me. I said nothing to him nor he to me. I was focused on getting back to our friendly lines.

I assumed that friendly lines had to be near the 250-foot radio tower with flashing red light on top. It was going to be so easy getting back. Just head to the flashing red light. In my mind, I put them down for being so stupid, making it so easy.

There was a 300-foot wide river between the prison and what I assumed was a safe camp. Just swim across then

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Most of the guys tried just to follow the road across the river, and I heard the machine gun, set up on a jeep, as the men were being recaptured.

I lined up on the red light on the tower and headed into the river with my taga-long right on my tail. Mosquitoes by the trillions attacked us. No telling how many snakes and other critters we walked and swam over.

Mid-river, to my right, I saw the two ends of cigarettes glowing and heard the guards’ low voices in the jeep. We had just reached the other side of the river and started up the bank when the jeep turned on a spotlight and moved it slowly toward our position.

I dove into the mud on the bank, and my tag-a-long also did. The spotlight moved over us then on down the riverbank. We clawed our way up the bank and into the brush and trees.

It took me a little while to find the red light, but I smiled with pride at how easy they had made finding the friendlies.

It was two or so miles between the prison and our lines. We had been out about an hour or so, and I estimated a bit over an hour travel remained to the tower.

I lost the red light after a little travel time, and it took me about 10 minutes before I found it again, but I had gotten turned around and confused in my directions. I was so glad to have the red light to guide me.

I traveled toward the red light until I hit the river again. I was so confused and turned around. Something was not right. I had to figure this crap out.

Why were we back at the river? I sank to the ground, and tag-a-long sat down also. We still had not said a word to each other. I closed my eyes and slowly went over my route after I had escaped.

My gut was telling me I should be traveling back behind me.

I burst out with a laugh. My taga-long was startled and said softly, “What?” I said, “Those damn jerks.

Do you know what they did with the

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n old Navy Chief and an old Marine Gunny were sitting at the VFW arguing about who’d had the tougher career.

“I did 30 years in the Corps,” the Gunny declared proudly, “and fought in three of my country’s wars.

“Fresh out of boot camp I hit the beach at Okinawa, clawed my way up the blood-soaked sand, and eventually took out an entire enemy machine gun nest with a single grenade.

“As a sergeant, I fought in Korea alongside General MacArthur. We pushed back the enemy inch by bloody inch all the way up to the Chinese border, always under a barrage of artillery and small arms fire.

red light?”

He said, “No. What is wrong with the red light?”; as he pointed at it across the river.

I said, “We have crossed the river already; we do not cross it again. The b----ds turned off the light on one tower and turned on the red light on another tower back on that side of the river. “ He asked, “How do you know?”

I replied, “That is the only answer once you eliminate everything else.”

They were not so stupid, after all.

We were not the first to make it back to the safe area, but we were not the last ones either.

After sunrise, they were putting a search team together to look for those who were not accounted for. Only one other group was not recaptured. 12 people out of the 20 made it to the safe area.

A group of three were found back across the river at the second tower with the red light.

We finished out the day in class covering what to do if captured.

Escape as soon as you can because the longer you wait, the tighter their security and the harder it is to escape.

They told us that everyone breaks… everyone. What you do is hold out as

“Finally, as a gunny sergeant, I did three consecutive combat tours in Vietnam. We humped through the mud and razor grass for 14 hours a day, plagued by rain and mosquitoes, ducking under sniper fire all day and mortar fire all night. In a fire fight, we’d fire until our arms ached, and our guns were empty, then we’d charge the enemy with bayonets!”

The Navy Chief takes a long swig of his drink, then turns to the Gunny with a sly smile.

“Ah,” said the Chief with a dismissive wave of his hand, “all shore duty, huh?”

Submitted by RM, Lubbock, TX long as you can. You pay close attention to the questions they want or verified.

Never give them all they want after they break you.

Submitted by Harold Wayne Hamlin, Lubbock, TX. Harold was a Sergeant in the US Army during Vietnam, serving 16 missions as a Long Range Recon Green Beret while serving with the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACVSOG) 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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HOW “SAFE” ARE YOU?

The House of Cards That is Gun-Free Zones

BY MICHAEL WARE

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ver the last few months, as we’re all returning to school, I’ve noticed the word “Safe” being brandished about in nearly every facet of our culture. Here are a few that came in just this morning: “… child feeling safe at school” “In the meantime, take care of your families and stay safe.” “safe learning environment” And that is just the start. For the thinkers among us, I offer you a question.

Are you ever truly safe?

For the thinkers among us, I offer you the reasoning why we’re not, have never been, and will never be.

Sin stalks us and wishes to have us.

Period. Calamity is just around the corner. Now, that doesn’t mean we lose our minds and become paranoid obsessives. But it should mean that we prepare for possible problems.

If we didn’t, you’d neither need a spare tire nor a fire extinguisher. To prepare adequately is a physical and mental exercise equally.

I’m primarily interested in the truth. And the truth is, each time some well-intentioned person tells you that you’re safe, you aren’t.

They, of course, want you to be, and they wish for it. I’m glad about that.

But ultimately, they have little power over your safety. So, the outcome of ‘safety’ falls squarely on us all as individuals first, and in the communal sense second.

Once we abandon the idea that we’re safe, we can begin to understand the measures, thoughts, and preventative steps necessary to better prepare for problems. This naturally leads to the outcome others call “safety” in the traditional sense.

Their version of “safe” is almost always a house of cards. Their version

of “safe” revolves around incoherent ideas and applications. A prime example is the “Gun Free Zone” as it were. Does a sticker or the declaration in law magically make you safer? No. It does not. But do the masses too often believe that it does?

Yes. And by the practice of believing a thing like that to be true, which isn’t, what can you and I say about that assertion? First, it is incoherent.

Second, the net safety of a “Gun Free Zone” drops, not elevates. Why? Because they let their guard down where they’re “safe,” right? Thus, they’re less aware situationally and aren’t implementing proper levels of risk assessment.

My point is a simple one today. Each time you hear somebody blathering on about “safe” this or “safe” that,

you should seriously be questioning all of it.

I genuinely believe most folks do wish for other’s safety. However, the sophomoric idea that yapping about safety achieves the goal is the core problem… And the more they ya,p the more we accept the word “safe” as legitimate and real.

Don’t do that…

By Michael Ware, a Christian husband, and father to two children. He owns and operates Controlled Chaos Arms, a premier custom weapons shop in the Midwest. He serves as Chairman of the board of Directors at the Iowa Firearms Coalition. The pursuit of truth drives him in research and his writing. Reprinted, with permission, from Ammoland.com

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BY BRUCE BEAL

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he dream of November bow hunting has come and gone.

The craze of the rut and its pull on big mature bucks has passed. If you’re a bowhunter, the late season could be your chance at redemption.

The tactics and techniques you have used thus far for fall will not work, so you will have to reevaluate and adjust your hunting specifically for the late season. Here are some bow hunting tips and tactics to help you get within bow range of a late-season mature whitetail and salvage your season!

Before You Go Out Cold weather makes bows stiffer, which puts more pressure on string and limbs. In other words, the cold makes the bow harder to pull back.

Before heading into the woods, check

your bow’s condition to make sure it is prepared for winter weather!

Your strings and cables should be well waxed. Wax will protect strings from moisture that could damage them over time and extend overall longevity.

In addition, ensure that bow limbs are in good shape with no damage like cracked or delaminated areas. The cold can make damaged areas like these more brittle. Wooden bows must be well protected from the elements. Ensure there is no exposed bare wood.

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Sights may need to be adjusted or steps taken to compensate for the shot in cold weather. Every bow will be affected by the cold to a different extent, so it is

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string correctly. Practicing beforehand can help work out these issues or give you time to swap out some of your cold-weather gear for items that may be more streamlined. It is essential to find the balance between mobility and heat retention while firing bows in cold temperatures.

Particularly practice shooting wearing the gloves you will actually use in the field.

Once in The Field Be aware; it takes time for your bow to adjust to the cold. How your bow fires will change as the day progresses, and you and your bow get colder.

While out in the snow, it is vital to keep a close eye on your cams. If snow or ice builds up, it could cause damage to your bow. Always ensure your cams are clear of obstructions before firing.

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and whisker biscuits. Cold parts may respond sluggishly; parts jammed with snow or ice may not work at all.

This may affect the flight of your arrow, drastically changing your point of impact.

Not only will your bow get stiff, so will you! From time to time, it’s a good idea to stand up and move a little while hunting in cold weather. Sitting for long periods of time will lead to tired, cold muscles. Simply alternating from standing to sitting can keep the blood flowing, your muscles limber, and your mind focused. It’s also a good idea to draw your bow at least once or twice an hour – this will keep your muscles warm and keep your bow from freezing up and making a lot of noise while drawing back. It’s not a bad idea to pack some hand and toe warmers as well Once You Get Home Ensure that you clear off any snow or ice on your bow. A bow’s number one enemy is moisture, and cold weather

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Make sure your bow is clean and dry.

Your bow should be stored away from moisture in a temperature-controlled area.

If you’re prepared, winter bow hunting can be challenging and rewarding.

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The Normalization of Life

BY REV AT SHARP SHOOTERS SAFE & GUN

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adies and Gentlemen, here we are. December 2020. We have finally arrived at the end of a year that will not soon escape the memory of the generations that have experienced it, nor the generations to come after. Before the year reaches its conclusion, let’s review some of the things we have learned and some of the ways we have grown regarding the conversations that we have had.

Over the past few months, we have talked about the normalization of the 2nd Amendment. We have looked at gear, weapons systems and even lightly touched the surface of a new and fuller interpretation of the Second Amendment. If you were careful, you might have noticed that I skipped a very crucial aspect of the preparedness mentality, which is tactics and mindset; but a bit more on that later. Even before this most recent topic, we talked about life and potentially more impactful, contributing, and meaningful ways to live it. We spoke of intentionality, growth, and how we can move forward in our lives to be people of more profound conviction. For this final article for the year 2020, I want to combine both efforts to attempt to stir a new conviction in the hearts of the readers. As people of this country, citizens of the red, white, and blue, keepers of the Second Amendment, and lovers of freedom and justice, we ought to live lives that not only mirror these convictions but also lives that bridge these devotions to a lifestyle of preparedness and readiness to defend and stand up for what is right.

Each article that I have presented to you over the past several months has been intended to broaden your

gaze on the rights bestowed and the responsibilities endowed to you as American citizens. I hope that realization has come to its fruition.

I pray that you have taken action to be intensely intentional about how you live your lives as free men and women. I hope that your priorities have been straightened and strengthen to be people ready and equipped for whatever lies around each corner. Whether it be happiness or sorrow, I hope that you are more capable of responding to life more independently, more fiercely, more courageously, and more freely. Be people that are lovers and fighters; to feel passionate and to act according to that passion. Be people that are prepared for the worst and the best and with the skill to welcome whatever adversities and joys await you with every coming hour.

I pray that 2021 is a new year for you. I hope you welcome whatever comes your way with a strong declaration of courage and willingness to grow. As this year and this article comes to an end, may I leave you with the words from President John F. Kennedy, “Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”

Merry Christmas from the Sharp Shooter’s family, to yours.

Godspeed!

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WHICH WAY, AMERICA?

BY S. G. SMITH THE POLITICAL CLIMATE OF AMERICA

When I began writing this column, the news media and the Trump administration were deeply divided over the interpretation and meaning associated with the 2020 election results.

Sadly, the conflict might even remain unresolved after this article is published. In a way, this is fortunate since my concern here deals with a much deeper problem than any Trump/ Biden victory or which party will have greater representation in Congress.

No, our most significant domestic problem now rests in the deep cultural divisions which exist in our country.

Divisions that reflect an egregious spiritual deficiency so substantial that our society’s integrity might not be able to endure, and our nation will, therefore, perish.

No doubt that following the 2020 election furor, there will be appeals from many that we should get back to being a unified country once again. I would typically be inclined to agree in the past, but today it seems we are attempting to cross a bridge too far.

I’m starting to suspect that we have arrived at a spiritual impasse and that so-called progressive elements influencing our political establishment are advancing irrational and untenable proposals altering our society’s future character.

THE GREAT SPIRITUAL DIVIDE The spiritual division, which I see in our country, could be briefly classified under two distinct worldviews. One of these worldviews was distinctly present at the inception of America, and the other has progressively developed from the pagan past. The first is a worldview that is anchored in the existence and active preeminence of an infinite, personal Creator.

The second has been the slower development of what I choose to call

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evolutionary, humanistic, pantheism.

These views direct our perspectives regarding any notions about God, man, or nature.

One critical period, which always comes to mind from my childhood, concerned the Supreme Court decisions in 1962-3 regarding prayer in public school and the posting of the 10 Commandments for all to see.

Without taking time to debate the particulars pertinent to these cases, it was clear that a significant religious/ philosophic shift had begun to transpire within our culture.

As a child during the 1950s, I had the impression then that our country was far more unified than it seems today. Having endured WWII, our nation rebounded, and business was optimistically booming. Now I cannot pretend to have been a sophisticated observer of culture as a child; however, my spiritual sensitivity by the 6’60sknew that the times they were a-changin’ Change is always good, right?

A WORLD WITHOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Let’s take another look at those 10 Commandments that were withdrawn from our school rooms. The first few allude to the nature of a Creator God

(mentioned in the Declaration of Independence) with the exhortation to spend time actually meditating on such things. Additionally, we were exhorted to honor our fathers and mothers, perhaps including our forebears. Finally, we arrive at those commands sadly relevant to everyday human interaction involving murder, adultery, theft, and lying.

Finally, the last of these ten calls into question our character regarding how we might be hiding motives of envy, covetousness, lust, or other malicious attitudes, which poison our souls and are probably foundational in violating the other nine commandments listed.

Well, gee… how are we doing in 2020 without all those pesky Commandments hanging on the schoolhouse wall? Apart from essentially removing any open discussion of God in the public square, we sanctioned women to remove their unborn children from their wombs. Some people might think that is tantamount to murder. We certainly have become more preoccupied with sexual interaction (far afield of the normal male-female model that God originally intended). Additionally, we have moved well beyond simple adultery and have completely lost our SEE WHICH WAY, AMERICA? | PAGE 42

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A Word of Encouragement Bulgaria, when they pronounced “death” over her and sent her home to die, that’s when the LORD God showed up and did a miracle in their midst for all to see, and THEN they knew that He was the true and living LORD God. We have fasted, we have prayed, we have proclaimed God’s word and His faithfulness… now it’s time for us to be still, continue to pray, but to be still and watch the Mighty hand of God Almighty stand up before the nations and do the impossible. The wicked have proclaimed victory over righteousness, them over our so-called God, but it is now time for the world to see and say

BY PETER ADAMS

I woke up at 4:30 am this morning, and the Lord began to speak into my heart that this time, right now, is going to be one of those, “BUT ONLY GOD” moments.

It reminded me of the many times God would tell what He was about to do mightily before the people and then say, “Then they will know that I am the LORD their God (Exod.16),” or “That’ why I will teach them about My power, and they will know that I am the true God (Jer.16),” or “Then they will know that I am the LORD God (Ezek.13), and in Ezek.36, “I’m going to affirm my great reputation that has been defiled among the nations, that you have defiled in their midst, and those people will learn that I am the LORD,” declares the Lord GOD, ‘when I affirm my holiness in front of their very eyes.”

When everything is so bleak, and beyond man’s help or intervention, this is when God shows up.

I remember personally when my Bull attacked me and got me down. I thought “I” could get away from him and save my life, but the Bull wouldn’t quit. He broke two ribs, fractured a vertebra in the middle of my back, and pounded me from my head to my toes.

When I saw that I couldn’t do anything myself, I cried out to Jesus and to God to HELP me. That’s when God did a miracle right before my eyes.

When I was in Bulgaria, God showed me what was soon going to happen to a little preacher woman and what to tell her. She would get sick and go to the hospital, be diagnosed with Leukemia, lose her weight till she was skin and bones, then the doctors would give up on her and send her home to die. When death was pronounced on her, when man could do nothing more, that’s when God healed her miraculously, and then her village knew that He is the LORD God. It all happened just as God revealed it first.

This… is where America is right now.

We have prayed, we have repented for ourselves, and for our nation, we knew that if Trump were not re-elected, it would be the end of America as we

know it, and the wicked would triumph and wax stronger and stronger, mocking Christians and their God. The Liberal News has publicly proclaimed a malignant disease on America, and she will not recover.

They have told us to go back to our homes and stay there; it is their time and not ours anymore. They have publicly denied God and all that is Holy. They will usher in the new god “Socialism,” and make you accept and worship it. They have said with their actions, “Where is this mighty God of yours?” You and He are the real problems here in America. We will get rid of the both of you, and we’ll have no more problems.

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that He is truly the LORD God, for no man could do what He has done.

Even the foreign nations have denounced President Trump and praised Biden. They welcome the wickedness that they are so used to and comfortable with.

God is about to show Himself mighty and vindicate His Holy Name before the nations. As the little Bulgarian preacher lady learned that the doctors’ pronouncement of death over her was not the last word, or me when that Bull was showing me and proving that this was the end of my life, we should not listen to the News Media that righteousness has been defeated and evil will now reign in America.

We should rest, have confidence in the LORD God, be at peace, sit back and be still, and watch our God show Himself mighty before the world.

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CHRISTIAN CLERGY AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Part V: The Story of Pastor Peter Muhlenberg

to hear Patrick Henry’s famous “give me liberty or give me death” speech. From the moment of his friend’s passionate address, Pastor Muhlenberg began preparation for a significant change in his life.

On Ja nua ry 12, 1776, G enera l Washington made him a Colonel over the just-authorized 8th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army. On Sunday morning, January 21, Pastor Muhlenberg came

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his is the final article in a series remembering the role of the “Black Regiment” in the history of America. The Bible says that liberty comes from the presence of God (2 Corinthians 3:17), and it was liberty that the people of America wanted with all their hearts. If we are open to giving God the credit for the creation of this exceptional country, it follows that He would assign a seemingly impossible role to the people who were leading and nurturing His churches. By the end of the Revolutionary War, it was the British military and King George himself who blamed America’s black-robed Pastors for the loss of their colonies.

How could pastors have made such an impact? To start with, they provided Bible-based morality for opposing British authority, which reassured average American Christians that revolution was justified in the sight of God. Pastors were also the most effective at recruiting troops for the militias and General Washington’s regular army.

It was they, as well, who led their people into the battles by day and ministered to the wounded and

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Pastor Peter Muhlenberg (1746-1807) dying at night. It was indeed the “Black Regiment” that held the new country together until American military capability could grow enough to get the ultimate victory over the strongest military power in the world.

T his month we remember one of the most famous of the “Black Regiment,” Peter Muhlenberg, who became the Pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock, Virginia, in 1772 at the age of 25.

Christian historians say he not only taught his congregation what the Bible says about salvation but

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In 1774, Pastor Muhlenberg was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he became friends with Patrick Henry and George Washington. The patriot preachers of that day saw no contradiction in mixing politics and religion as the Lord led. Consequently, Pastor Muhlenberg was present in St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, on Thursday, March 23, 1775,

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Lord of the Messy Manger

BY DR. RALPH F. WILSON

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f you think your life is an utter disaster, that God could never use a life as messed up as yours, think again.

Let me point you to some familiar Bible stories.

• Joseph’s brothers hate him so much that they sell him as a slave and make their father believe animals have devoured him, but “but God meant it for good” to save thousands from starvation.

• Sampson lusts after a Philistine girl -- not the nice Jewish girl his parents wanted for him. But the Bible says, “his father and mother did not know that this was from the Lord.”

• King Solomon’s son makes a disastrous decision that loses him half the kingdom. What a mess!

But God says, “This thing is from me.”

• Jacob is a liar and a cheat and has to flee for his life. He sleeps out in the open with only a rock for a pillow. But when he wakes with a vision of angels, he says, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”

Your life may appear well-ordered on the surface, but underneath there may be disarray. Brokenness, pain, shame.

Things you seem utterly incapable of fixing.

The good news, my friend, is that God is bigger than your messy life. He is not impotent. He is not confined by your boundaries. He is God! And he is unafraid of working in messy situations.

In fact, he gets a kick out of surprising us with his amazing grace.

What are your points of pain? What is the mess that you are struggling with? Maybe, just maybe, God is able to take your mess, and out of it, bring blessings.

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according

to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) How bad can it get? A girl gets pregnant. Her parents are utterly shamed.

Her fiancé -- not the father -- is ready to dump her. And then he is told, “Do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.”

How bad can it get? The girl is in labor, far from home with only a cave-barn where she can lie down and have her baby. The only place to put her newborn is in a manger. A cattle trough. We imagine it with fresh, fragrant straw plucked from a bale of hay. But I doubt that the cave was stocked with neat bales stacked against the wall. The straw that night was neither fresh nor fragrant. Life was a mess -- but God was in it.

God sees Mary with her tiny infant and sends a host of angels to announce the birth.

Behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.

The messy manger is itself a sign from God. Is your life a mess? Then let this

be a sign to you.

Your very good news is that the God of the messy manger, the resurrected Christ of the cruel cross, and the Holy Spirit, in whom you live and move and have your being, can break through in your life, begin to clean up your mess, bless you too.

And that -- like the messy manger -- will be a wonder all its own.

Submitted by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson.

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“Four” givings

BY DR. JIM SULLIMAN

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here are four different types of “giving,” and all are important, but the effort required in each of them varies greatly.

In the United States, each fall, we turn our attention to “thanks” giving. Amid our Civil War, President Lincoln sought to unite our country by declaring his intention “to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.” Years before he made that proclamation, various states had set aside different dates to thank God for His incalculable blessings. And many, many years before that, it was spelled out in scripture, where we are told…

“In all circumstances give thanks.”

(1 Thes 4:18) A second “giving” is when we share our abundance with others. An illusion of generosity is sometimes created when we observe people giving great numbers of dollars to a particular cause when they, in fact, have far more money than they need. I have long been amused by people who go on and on about how kind and unselfish a person was by leaving large sums of money to individuals and organizations in their will. Not to diminish their acts of kindness, but what else were they to do with it after they DIED?! I think

God might be a little more interested in how we loved, served, and cared for one another while we were alive. What we leave behind should be a reflection of THAT. I’m not sure that living an entire life of selfishness with no concern for others’ welfare is countered by leaving all we have to the Church.

In a perfect world where everyone puts the love of God and caring for those in need through no fault of their own, materialism has no place. We see what that looks like in the early Church.

“They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.

All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one’s need.”

(Acts 2: 42-45) While this might sound a bit like socialism, it is actually “Christianism.” In fact, it is very similar to what mothers and fathers do each day with all their children, providing for each according to their needs while demonstrating love and encouraging responsibility and growth. If everyone recognized that we were all one family through Christ, the world would be a different place.

“Sacrificial” giving is one of the most important types of all. It is sometimes said that “it is not so much what a

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person gives that matters but what they have left.” There is no doubt that this kind of giving is important for God to see in us. Jesus makes that clear when “He sat down opposite the treasury and observed how the crowd put money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth very little. Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them, “Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury.

For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.” (Mark 12: 41-44) In so doing, the widow fulfills Jesus’ admonition that we find in Mathew (18:2-3) “He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, ‘Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.’” Just as a child puts complete trust in their parent to care for them, so too has the widow entered into her “second childhood.” She has lost her husband and perhaps her only means of support and chooses to hold on to her Father rather than her money.

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hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again, I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” (Mt 19:23-24). Why would He say this? That it is almost impossible for a wealthy person to go to heaven? Perhaps because it may reflect that one who is rich values wealth ahead of others’ needs. Perhaps because it is a reflection of selfishness. Perhaps because it is harder to engage in sacrificial giving.

No matter how “rich” someone is, they can always give their greatest gift... the gift of themselves.

Finally, we have what may be the most important and difficult of all the givings... forgiving. It is the one spelled out to us in the prayer that Jesus gave us, and whenever we say that prayer, we tell “Our Father” exactly what we would like for Him to do “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.”

(Matthew 6:12-14) Given those words, how can we not forgive everyone everything?

It might be good for us to include in our prayers of thanksgiving what we have received from God’s abundance, the sacrificial giving of Jesus, and the forgiveness of our sins.

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to his pulpit to deliver a farewell sermon. The church was filled with an overflow crowd because of great anticipation that something momentous was about to happen. At the end of h is i mpassioned message, he removed his black robe to reveal his new Colonel’s uniform and stepped down from the pulpit to greet the people. That day almost 300 men enlisted under his banner and followed this special Pastor into history.

He became one of the most influential officers in the Continental Army, rising to the rank of Major General and becoming a courageous member of General Washington’s inner circle. He led many men into many battles where they always fought bravely and tenaciously. One battle, in particular, is historical. The Continental Army had trapped British G enera l Cornwa l l is i n York tow n, Vi rg i n ia, w ith the French Navy’s help. Ultimately, it was General Muhlenberg’s troops that broke through the key British defensive position leading to thei r su rrender on October 19, 1781, and the effective end of the Revolutionary War. General Muhlenberg became a celebrated war hero, and though he never returned to the pulpit, his story

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way (particularly for some LGBTQ, who are still looking for their right bathroom). Again, beyond simply stealing food or other goods to survive, we have become masters of theft from all the various forms of interest rates to quantitative easing (or perhaps that should be quantitative sleazing).

Could this be aggravating any of the social discontents within our cities or our society at large?

As we move on to lying, I’m not sure just where to begin. It seems that when we effectively dismissed the Word of God from our classrooms, we weren’t really interested in truth anymore. In fact, it appears that TRUTH has been the most significant casualty in this progressive transition. When I was young, progressive was a really good word; but, can we really call any of this progress?

www.CaprockPatriot.com THAT ALL-ENCOMPASSING SUMMARY COMMANDMENT While I was considering the last commandment, I thought about how people governed themselves in the past, well before Moses showed up and provided those judicially unacceptable commands for American schoolhouses. Adam and Eve failed to obey God, and it cost all of us dearly.

However, I am always rather shocked, alarmed, and perplexed when reviewing Cain and Abel’s story.

W hy wou ld Ca i n mu rder h i s brother? Let’s see? Could the source of their conflict have anything to do with gender preference or sexual oppression? I don’t think so. Could there have been some racial prejudice that became manifest in their social interaction? I doubt this is likely since they had the same father and mother.

Perhaps Cain was unhappy and felt economically oppressed because his half of the earth was somehow not as

nice as Abel’s half of the earth. People argue over inheritances, but I don’t think that was at issue.

I’m not going to attempt any fancy theological analysis or flashy exegesis here because I’m reasonably confident that somehow, someway, Cain was jealous, envious, and became bitter toward Abel (and perhaps even God). Do you think that the first two human siblings’ problems might have something to do with our current social crises?

H u m i l i t y, R e p e n t a n c e , a n d Forgiveness As I conclude this essay, there is still no uniform agreement on who has won our Presidential election.

Furthermore, as I began, it is secondary to resolving the crises in our nation. A new administration, or a different set of executive orders, cannot resolve the deep spiritual divide which lies behind our current crises.

Jealousy, envy, and bitterness cannot

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be hidden behind a mask. If our society commits itself to spiritual idolatry, it will fail to reflect the truth of the universe. In our incessant demands for equality, we cannot expect to make sin equal to righteousness and get away with it. We must have truth to survive!

In the arena of human interaction and conflict, there is more than just law, which provides comprehensive fulfillment in the discovery and enjoyment of life. We must learn humility before God, seek to repent when we are wrong and learn to forgive as we ourselves seek forgiveness. It is written that the law came by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Those Ten Commandments are definitely in the Bible. Oh, oh, oh, that stuff about humility, repentance, and forgiveness which reflects grace… it’s in the Bible too!

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Why Are Christians So Vilified?

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e have heard of the Davos bi l l iona i re crowd that owns the media, pours propaganda into our lives, seeks a new world order, and desires to reduce the planet’s population to 500 million ostensibly because man’s pollution is destroying the earth.

This group pays for (scientific) research that supports its agenda. That means that science is for sale, and if you want a grant or funding for your research, you better find the result that the funding source desires, or you do not get more funding.

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic, and/ or military consequences of the lie.

It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” Joseph Goebbels Does this bring to mind the COVID pandemic, the Trump-Russia hoax, Mandatory Vaccination, Global Warming, and Climate Change? It is about control and power. Until President Trump came into office, the media bias was subtle,

mind-numbing, brainwashing that allowed the willfully ignorant to maintain their expectations without being troubled with facts. There was obvious bias, but that did not matter to the base they were targeting.

This changed dramatically with the election of President Trump. The “Agenda” was threatened by a leader that could not be bought or controlled. Panic set in as the corruption and Deep State were exposed. Mistakes, lies, exposures, and stupidity multiplied quickly, undermining the “Agenda” and unmasking the

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evil henchmen in the media, sort of reminiscent of the “Great Oz” hiding behind the curtain.

The Climate Change agenda is reported to be about saving the planet. Al Gore famously kicked it into high gear with the production of “An Inconvenient Truth.” It “earned” him a Nobel Peace Prize from a corrupted and once-respected body that has lost its way and an Oscar from a fawning Hollywood. The movie made predictions that inconveniently never came to fruition… but don’t let facts interfere with a lie

supporting your “Agenda.” The ice caps did not melt by 2014, islands did not disappear, and sea levels did not rise. If you do not believe me, visit Venice, New York City, or Amsterdam.

Al Gore prophesied in 2006 that unless the world dramatically reduced greenhouse gasses, we would hit a “point of no return.” In his book review of Gore’s effort, James Hansen unequivocally stated: “We have at most ten years—not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to SEE WHY ARE CHRISTIANS SO VILIFIED? | PAGE 44

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left. Both movements conveniently contribute to depopulation and are opposed to Christian values. The evil behind the “Agenda” is far worse than most can comprehend (especially since it wants to depopulate the earth by 90%). It was well on its way to “fundamentally changing” the most Christian nation blocking its advance, but Hillary lost. Now the gloves are off as the “Agenda” has lost momentum, and they double down following the Saul Alinsky rules.

The attacks on the church, American values, culture, and the wild-eyed, over the top, hateful apocalyptic accusations against President Trump should be a warning sign that sanity has left the henchmen of the “Agenda.”

They will become more violent as their plan flounders.

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First Peter. The Holy Spirit then, and now, urged the readers of this letter to prepare our minds and spirits to live like aliens while on our temporary journey here on earth.

“Battle for the soul of our nation” was the 2020 democratic election team’s drumbeat theme. I believe they had the theme accurate, but the person occupying the “White House” cannot and will not ‘save’ the soul of our nation.

What our nation needs to heal its soul is a Savior named Jesus. Candidate Biden in his “acceptance speech” used Bible quotes to motivate his hearers into believing that he can heal our nation.

Really? On eagle wings, God alone can heal, but we must admit our sins before any healing from God can occur. Biden said, “we must marshal the forces of fairness and decency.” Really? For four years, there has been no evidence of decency or fairness offered by the “Washington swamp dwellers.” “End the era of demonization” urged candidate Biden. Really? “Refusal of Democrats and Republicans to cooperate is now a choice.” Really?

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Patriots who love Jesus and love America must understand and claim, as their own, this alien mind and spirit gifted to us by Jesus in a manger long ago.

God began a spiritual work on American soil in 1776. British pilgrims displayed a God- produced change of heart, mind, and spirit. They no longer identified themselves as British citizens serving a human king, but as Americans. As Americans, we recognized, then and now, that our freedoms and rights come from God, not an earthly king or any Washington D. C. (elected and unelected) bureaucrat. God has raised up God-fearing leaders like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, and yes, I believe, Donald Trump to remind us that “We the people” must first humbly bow our knees at the feet of Jesus if we expect our red, white, and blue flag to represent freedom for all American citizens.

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Last Call

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But you harden your heart and ignored his call.

Closing your ears and building a wall. (Proverbs 28:14)

Wake up, wake up, wake up! This the last call.

Not for partying or dancing not even for alcohol.

His love couldn’t get in and you couldn’t get out.

So, you went on searching all about.

Wake up, wake up, wake up!

Can’t you smell the coffee and see the handwriting on the wall.

For all those things that can never satisfy.

And all the while Jesus Christ was passing by.

Wake up, wake up, wake up!

No not another minute and not for one more wink.

It’s time to wake up, it’s later than you think.

Still uttering his voice in your inner ear, Just waiting for you to ever draw near.

It’s time for you to get ready and don’t you hit that snooze.

Not another snort, or another smoke, not even a sip of booze.

Now you’ve squandered your living and your friends are all gone.

But Jesus is standing there waiting for you to come home.

This is your final warning, make sure that you take heed.

Repent of your sins and turn away from all your evil deeds.

This is your chance to turn your life around.

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Yet on you went without making a change.

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