Mark Brady (♣Brady∞) respice, adspice, prospice's Interests
General
I support the Pennsylvania's Campaign For Liberty!
Delegate Candidates for Ron Paul - Pennsylvania's Congressional District 5 and General Assembly Candidate for State District 77
Delegates:
William B. Henry*
John H. Huckans
Donald D. Golobek
Michael Policelli
Alt. Delegate:
Mark R. Brady**
Ron Paul Republican on the ballot for election as State Representative for House District 77:
Thomas Martin***
* - Elected third position Delegate - 4/22/08
** - Elected first position Alternate Delegate - 4/22/08
*** - Elected for State House District 77 to challenge incumbent in November General Election - 4/22/08
ALL PHOTOS PLUS PITTSBURGH RON PAUL RALLY/PARTY - 8/3/07, PHILADELPHIA RON PAUL LIBERTY RALLY - 11/10/07, & PSU RON PAUL FREEDOM RALLY/RECEPTION DINNER - 4/11/08
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY RON PAUL FREEDOM RALLY/DINNER RECEPTION - 4/11/08
Dr. Paul meeting with supporters at the reception dinner
Ron Paul Delegates & Leaders gather for a group picture
Ron Paul giving us a great message at the Dinner Reception
"WE ARE PENN STATE!"
“WE ARE… RON PAUL!”
The State College Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group!
THANK YOU DR. PAUL FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE! – 6/12/08
The REVOLUTION continues...
REVOLUTION MARCH - WASHINGTON, DC - 7/12/08
Revolutionary buddy Johnny and I - PA Campaingn for Liberty for Centre County Meetup #315
WASHINGTON... OBEY THE CONSTITUTION!
Here we are carrying our banner!
Glimpse of the Capitol Building during the March, I began to hear the sucking sound of the Vortex...
Good picture of the Dr. and the Capitol!
With G. Edward Griffin, author of The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve
Speaking, Naomi Wolf, author of The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
Speaking, Michael Scheuer, author of Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
Speaking, Chuck Baldwin, Constitutional Party
Speaking, US Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), founder of Campaign for Liberty… United we Stand!
RALLY FOR THE REPUBLIC & REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, MINNEAPOLIS/SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA - 8/31/08 TO 9/4/08 Some RP Alts & Delegates from PA – Pennsylvania Delegation Hotel, Marriott Minneapolis Southwest, Minnetonka, MN (8/31)
Dr. Paul and I at the Ron Paul Delegate/Alternate Reception, Earle Brown Heritage Center, Minneapolis, MN (8/31)
At the Rally for the Republic, Target Center, Minneapolis, MN (9/2)
Aimee Allen singing “Universal Soldier” for Ron… Beautiful! Rally for the Republic, Target Center, Minneapolis, MN (9/2)
The Man! Rally for the Republic, Target Center, Minneapolis MN (9/2)
Ready to party at the Lone Star/Annex club! Minneapolis, MN (9/2 – 9/3)
Stopping by to be a consumer at “The Mall of America”, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (9/3) **Should be called “The Mall of American Consumerism”!**
The Republican National Convention – Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN (9/3)
Me and PA Alt Delegate, Marland… the McCain Delegates loved her shirt! RNC, Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN (9/3)
On the Floor with the PA Delegation – RNC, Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN (9/3)
Looking down on the Convention at the end of Roll Call – RNC, Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN (9/3)
I love the outdoors - primarly WINTER ALPINE SKIING! Skiing gives me the ability to challenge myself mentally & physically. A time to reflect!
Spring GARDENING, Summer events (PICNICS with FRIENDS, mountain HIKES & BIKING, shooting various Military Rifles, evenings relaxing with a good MICRO BREW), the summer BEACH LIFE when I get a chance, and Fall working at all home PSU NITTANY LIONS FOOTBALL GAMES!
Also, Sundays watching THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS!
When I'm inside I like working on home INDOOR PROJECTS and INTERNET/COMPUTER NETWORKING. Studying HISTORY and READING.
HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, and CONSTITUTIONAL ACTIVIST in between.
"....National, International and Independent Artists"
ALL Generations and ALL Styles (Rock, Pop, Folk, Blues, Country/Western, Classic, Latin, Reggae, Christian, etc.) of music A thru Z. Primarly enjoy two areas: Rock Music (American, British, German, etc. - Heavy, Lite, Moderate, Alternative, Funk) and Latin (mambo & jazz) Music (This is my Miami upbringing and diversity)
I love the Canadian Band - BARENAKED LADIES. Their folk-rock-based style encompasses everything from alternative rock to harmony-laced pop to jazzy swing. The band is built on solid musicianship and smart lyrics; a blend of humorous, melancholony, and insightful tunes. Their music maybe simple, but written in perfect rhythem and pacing. A very talented group of musicians.
Movies
Most everything except overdone Hollywood movie plots with sensational action involved. Wait... that is most everything;-) Drama primarily - "Cold Mountain", "American Beauty", and "October Sky" are to name a few. The classics "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and "The Bishops Wife" are my favorites. Foreign movie would be "Cinema Paradiso" and "The Wind That Shakes the Barley".
Television
Question: Why is American Television considered a T.V. "medium"?
Answer: It's neither "rare" or "well-done".
Have not had T.V. for over seven years now ...
I don't believe in T.V. American T.V. is a CONTROLLED corporate medium that shapes and molds thought (indoctrination) in all aspects (news, policy, entertainment, sport, etc.) to numb the mind or dumbify the American populous. Very very dangerous!
Books
I love to read! "Reading promotes thinking." There are too many to list, so here are a few:
"The New Testament" -The Bible, "Common Sense Christianity", "Purpose Driven Life" -Dr. Rick Warren "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It" -Rev Jim Wallis", "The Gnostic Gospels" -Elaine Pagels, "The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot" -Naomi Wolf, "Unequal Protection-The Rise of Corporate Dominance and Theft of Human Rights" -Thom Hartmann, "We The People: A Call To Take Back America" -Thom Hartmann, "Screwed-The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class" -Thom Hartmann, "What Would Jefferson Do? A Return to Democracy" -Thom Hartmann, "Introducing Critical Theory" -Stuart Sim & Borin Van Loon "The Global Class War" -Jeff Faux", "Interventions" -Noam Chomsky, "Failed States" -Noam Chomsky, "Hegemony or Survival" -Noam Chomsky, "Blowback" -Chalmers Johnson, "Perpetual War For Perpetual Peace" -Gore Vidal, "American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21stCentury " -Kevin Phillips, "American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush" -Kevin Phillips, "The Man Who Warned America" -Murray Weiss, , "The Fantasy Bond" -Robert W. Firestone, Ph.D, "Creating Love-The Next Great Stage Of Growth" -John Bradshaw.
Books on History, Economics, Politics, and Psychology.
All of the classics I have read... especially "Common Sense" -Thomas Paine, "Escape From Freedom" -Erich Fromm, "Second Treatise of Government" -John Locke, "Leviathan" -Thomas Hobbes, "The Revolt Of The Masses" -Jose Ortega y Gaset, "The Wordly Philosopher" -Robert L. Heilbroner, "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" -William L. Shirer, "Brave New World" -Aldous Huxley,"1984" -George Orwell, "Brothers Karamazov" -Fyodor Dostoevsky, and "Moby Dick" -Herman Melville.
Anything that opens up our closed minds? "Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" -Robert M. Persig. This is a neat novel based on an inquiry into values (not what you think by the title!). "Sophie's World - A Novel About the History of Philosophy" -Jostein Gaarder. A marvelous journey through the eyes of philosophy; he makes you think.
Magazines & Newspapers include:"Sojourners Magazine", "Ski", "The Sun Magazine", and "The Christian Science Monitor".
Heroes
GOD ...He gave me the ability to Love & use Reason ...and never to abandon it in His name.
My Dad and anyone I meet in life who stands-up to what is wrong...
Heroes for me are ordinary people with a healthy balance of Heart & Reason.
Honor & Integrity
James Madison
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by
gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by
violent and sudden usurpations"
Thomas Jefferson
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
“A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.”
Abraham Lincoln
"I freely acknowledge myself the servant of the people, according to the bond of service - the United States Constitution; and that, as such, I am responsible to them." -- August 26, 1863
"Stand with anybody that stands RIGHT. Stand with him while he is right and PART with him when he goes wrong."
"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.” -- April 1953
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together.” -- Farwell Address, January 1961
Martin Luther King Jr
"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." -- 'Strength to Love', 1963
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." -- April 16, 1963
"Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love." -- December 11, 1964
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“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.” -- Wendell Phillips, 1852
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Miscellaneous
SOJOURNERS - Christians for Justice & Peace
Founded in 1971, our mission is to articulate the biblical call to social justice, inspiring hope and building a movement to transform individuals, communities, the church, and the world.
"In our lives and in our work, we seek to be guided by the biblical principles of justice, mercy, and humility."
RED LETTERCHRISTIANS
"The Red Letter Christians are a network of effective, progressive, Christian communicators urging an open, honest and public dialogue on issues of faith and politics.
We believe and seek to put in to action the red letter words in the Holy Bible spoken by Jesus. The goal of the group is to advance the message that our faith cannot be reduced to only two hot button social issues - abortion and homosexuality.
"Fighting poverty, caring for the environment, advancing peace, promoting strong families, and supporting a consistent ethic of life are all critical moral and biblical values."
END THE WAR
"Nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more." -- Isaiah 2:4
"A call for peaceful resolution rather than another disastrous war."
On each of these websites, you can click a button to support the cause -- each click creates funding, and costs you nothing! Bookmark these sites, and click once a day!
Martin Luther King Jr. famously warned that a "a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."
“In the early Christian communities, the character of the Jesus movement found expression in the abolition of social distinctions of class, religion, race, and gender.” -- Mary John Mananzan
“There is no dearth of Christian service today. But because much of it is service without prophetic compassion, it is powerless to bring about a radical change in individuals and society.” -- Vishal Mangalwadi
Quoted in Cry Freedom by Charles Ringma - Prof, Missions & Evangelism
FREINDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION
The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is the largest peace lobby (Quakers-Lobby) in Washington, DC.
Founded in 1943, FCNL staff and volunteers work with a nationwide network of tens of thousands of people from many different races, religions, and cultures to advocate social and economic justice, peace, and good government.
WAR OR PEACE? PEACE! - Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict
"If war is not the answer, then what is?
The practical instruments of negotiation, aid, and development assistance, the psychological instrument of respect for human dignity and equality, and the political instruments of human, juridical, and civil rights provide a more effective, just, and moral answer."
THE 2008 FEDERAL BUDGET: PRIORITIES OUT OF BALANCE
"The decisions that Congress makes about how to spend nearly $3 trillion in federal government funds determines whether the federal government continues to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into the military or shifts resources to proven efforts to stop wars before they start and successful programs to help the neediest in our society."
HONOR THE FALLEN - Support our Troops and...
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"The gap between the world's rich and poor has never been wider.
Malnutrition, AIDS, conflict and illiteracy are a daily reality for millions. But it isn't chance or bad luck that keeps people trapped in bitter, unrelenting poverty.
It's man-made factors like a glaringly unjust global trade system, a debt burden so great that it suffocates any chance of recovery and insufficient and ineffective aid."
FREE PRESS NETWORK ORGANIZATION
'They Who Control The News, Control The Views'
http://freepress.net
Free Press is a national nonpartisan organization working to increase informed public participation in crucial media policy debates.
"Our current media system is the result of explicit government policies that are drafted by special interests behind closed doors in Washington, and serving private investors first and foremost, not public citizens. Vibrant, diverse and independent media is the cornerstone of a functional democracy. As corporate-crafted media policies increasingly weaken the foundations of our democracy, people increasingly understand that corporate control of the media is perhaps the most critical issue of our day."
As they say 'they who control the news, control the views.'
"Free Press doesn't just educate, they motivate, taking awareness of problems with the corporate-dominated media system to the next level — a movement for change."
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RESTORE AND PRESERVE OUR RIGHTS - 'Bill of Rights Defense Committee'
"Are you concerned that the government's warrantless domestic spying, detainee policy permitting torture and removing habeas corpus, and post-9/11 laws and policies such as parts of the USA PATRIOT Act undermine our basic civil rights and liberties and make our country less safe?"
"The Bill of Rights Defense Committee's national network of people who are taking meaningful action to restore protections guaranteed under the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution."
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
-- Big Brother (from the novel "1984" by George Orwell)
"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace."
-- George W. Bush
ACTUALLY HOWARD ZINN QUOTE (2002) ON THE WAR
Jefferson would not have agreed that dissent is the “highest” form of patriotism. He says that it should be avoided “if possible" in social dialog. But he does not mean to be quiet while your government becomes despotic.
“What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?” -- Thomas Jefferson
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USA PATRIOT ACT
SIGNING OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT OF 2001
"Passed with minimal debate only 43 days after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Act dramatically expanded the authority of U.S. law enforcement agencies for the stated purpose of fighting terrorism in the United States and abroad. Among its provisions, the act increased the ability of law enforcement agencies to search telephone and e-mail communications and medical, financial, and other records; eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States; expanded the Secretary of the Treasury’s authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and enhanced the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts. The act also expanded the definition of terrorism to include "domestic terrorism", thus enlarging the number of activities to which the Patriot Act’s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied."
"...criticized from its inception for weakening protections of civil liberties. In particular, opponents of the law have criticized its authorization of indefinite detentions of immigrants; "sneak and peek" searches through which law enforcement officers search a home or business without the owner’s or the occupant’s permission or knowledge; the expanded use of "National Security Letters", which allow the FBI to search telephone, email, and financial records without a court order; and the expanded access of law enforcement agencies to government records, including library and financial records. Since its passage, several legal challenges have been brought against the act, and Federal courts have ruled at least one provision unconstitutional."The USA Patriot Act must be Repealed!
**This Act broadly expands law enforcement's surveillance and investigative powers and represents one of the most significant threats to civil liberties, privacy and the democratic-republic traditions in U.S. history.**
"If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator."
-- George W. Bush - Washington, D.C., 12/19/2000
"I don't give a goddamn. I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way. ... Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"
-- President George W. Bush, November 2005 (Source: In a White House cabinet meeting to discuss the renewal of the Patriot Act, in response to GOP leaders presenting a valid case that the Patriot Act undermined the Constitution.
The Executive Office threatens our Constitution and our Freedom!
DETRACTORS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
SIGNING OF THE U.S. MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT (MCA) OF 2006
"The Act's stated purpose is to "facilitate bringing to justice terrorists and other unlawful enemy combatants through full and fair trials by military commissions, and for other purposes." The bill eliminates Habeus Corpus and bipartisan critics contend that it is unconstitutional. This law has been used to detain "enemy combatants", including US citizens, indefinitely in a military prison without access to a lawyer."
**Just like the Patriot Act the MCA of 2006 is another blatant attack on our Constitutional Rights & Liberties.**
It has some serious flaws that include:
Grants unprecedented and unchecked authority to the Executive Branch.
Denies any independent judicial review of detentions, both "unlawful enemy combatants" and US CITIZENS.
Permits evidence through coercion.
Seeks to eliminate accountability for past violations of the law.
Gives authority to the Secretary of Defense to deviate from time-tested military justice standards for fair trials.
PLEASE READ THE MCA. Educate and Learn! The mainstream corporate controlled media does not fully cover this issue. It is the duty of the American citizen to become knowledgeable on the events that are happening. "Knowledge is the systematic elimination of information." You have to see through the junk to gain true wisdom and understanding!
"Habeas Corpus (Latin: [We command that] you have the body) is the name of a legal action, or writ, through which a person can seek relief from unlawful detention of themselves or another person. The writ of habeas corpus has historically been an important instrument for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action."
"The safeguard against illegal imprisonment has endured as a cornerstone of legal justice since the Magna Carta (1215). Public pressure on the English Parliament in 1679 caused them to adopt this act, which established a critical right that was later written into the Constitution for the United States."
I'm not questioning that the executive office doesn't have the power to protect us from spying. I'm questioning that they don't have the power to protect us by violating - The United States Constitution.
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OTHER INVALUABLE ORGANIZATION SITES
A list of helpful organizations in restoring and perserving our Constitutional Liberties, Rights, and Freedoms.
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"The secret of happiness is freedom. And the secret of freedom is courage." –- Thucydides
**Be Active... POLITICALLY!**
**"Most of our politicians are products of the past. They were part of repressive regimes that brought about alot of pain. Do we need them in the future, I think not. What made our present situation happen. What should we do to make our future better, recall the past, continue with the present or create the future. Respice, Adspice, Prospice: examine the past, examine the present, examine the future (look to the past, the present, the future)!"**
“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever." -- Thomas Jefferson
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first." -- Thomas Jefferson
“A Just government respects the rights of all people equally and grants special favor to none.” -- Thomas Martin
"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics." -- Thomas Sowell
“Financial dependence on the state is the foundation of modern serfdom.” -- G. Edward Griffin
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies." -- Ron Paul (Preface, The Revolution: A Manifesto)
“In the final analysis, the last line of defense in support of freedom and the Constitution consists of the people themselves." -- Ron Paul (Page 167, The Revolution: A Manifesto)
Raised in Miami, Florida and moved back to my heritage of Central Pennsylvania over twelve years ago. I’m right were I’m suppose to be – Happy Valley, Pennsylvania. I like the simple qualities of life and loving all the challenges that life has to offer. Helping people and being involved with human social causes is my passion. As a Christian I believe it is our human responsibility to “Call to Renewal." I strongly believe in Sojourners/Call to Renewal mission: "to articulate the biblical call to social justice, inspiring hope and building a movement to transform individuals, communities, the church, and the world." WWJD?
My other passion is helping maintain and restore constitutional liberties, rights & privileges through active participation in American civics.
I strongly support in safeguarding the separation of church and state and protecting religious liberty. We must not become a theocracy. The separation of church and state is a legal and political principle derived from the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”
Although never stated in the Constitution, the phrase “separation of church and state” was traced to a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists in Connecticut.
Thomas Jefferson’s Final Letter as sent to the Danbury Baptist Association, January 1, 1802:
To messers. Nehemiah Dodge, Ephraim Robbins, & Stephen S. Nelson, a committee of the Danbury Baptist association in the state of Connecticut.
Gentlemen
The affectionate sentiments of esteem and approbation which you are so good as to express towards me, on behalf of the Danbury Baptist association, give me the highest satisfaction. My duties dictate a faithful and zealous pursuit of the interests of my constituents, & in proportion as they are persuaded of my fidelity to those duties, the discharge of them becomes more and more pleasing.
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.
I reciprocate your kind prayers for the protection & blessing of the common father and creator of man, and tender you for yourselves & your religious association, assurances of my high respect & esteem.
Th Jefferson
Jan. 1. 1802.
With all said, you can view me as a "Christian-Libertarian/Fiscal-Conservative" ...if that makes any sense?
I am a small, fiscally conservative government advocate that truly believes “that government is best which governs least”. The role of the government should be to provide for the people only those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private organizations. The government should practice fiscal responsibility, allowing individuals to keep more of the money they earn. I believe the most effective, responsible and responsive government is the constitutional government closest to the people. I believe you should be allowed to seek out your own opportunities and that you know best how your own money should be spent, how your children should be educated, and what you need to make life better for you and your family. I believe Americans must retain the principles that made us strong while developing new and innovative ideas to meet the challenges of our changing times.
I am:
100% Pro-Life
100% Pro-Family
100% Pro-Gun
100% Pro-Religious Freedom
100% Anti-War
Pro-Congressional Reform
Pro-State's Rights
Anti-Income Tax
100% Follow the Constitution
I’m very friendly/social and have a funny sense of humor. I also believe that there is a time and a place for seriousness. I like to look at it as “zippy do-dah serious too.” So, if you would like to know more, feel free to get in contact with me. But, please no “spamming” or "junk solicitations.” All I ask for is to follow computer “Netiquette” -- Blessings:-)
LIBERTARIAN PHILOSOPHY
"Libertarians believe the answer to America's political problems is the same commitment to freedom that earned America its greatness: a free-market economy and the abundance and prosperity it brings; a dedication to civil liberties and personal freedom that marks this country above all others; and a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and free trade as prescribed by America's founders."
"If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone."
–- Romans 12:18
Jesus said, "You have learnt how it was said to our ancestors: 'You must not kill; and anyone does kill he must answer for it before the court.' But I say this to you: anyone who is angry with his brother will answer for it before the court." Matthew 5:21-22
Look at what America is doing?
Hypocricy: War, Murder, RAPE of other peoples land and LIFE, depriving human LIBERTY domestic and foreign...
America is not following the teachings of Jesus Christ!
Save The World - One Click At A Time!
On each of these websites, you can click a button to support the cause -- each click creates funding, and costs you nothing! Bookmark these sites, and click once a day!
"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."
–- 2 Corinthians 3:17
"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
–- John 8:32
LibertarianChristians.Org
"But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act they will be blessed in their doing."
"A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim."
Who I'd like to meet: Networking and Friends - Christians, Libertarians, Freedom Lovers & True Patriots, Constitutionalists, Truth & Justice Seekers, Critical Thinkers, Visionaries, Activists...
Friends who have a positive and proactive attitude on life; that are able to look at life and realize that life is 10% what happens to them, and 90% how they react to it. People who are able to edify themselves while at the same time others. Those who share the same values, interests, goals and ambitions.
"The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals. Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense."
"The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people."
-- Congressman Ron Paul, (R) Texas
CONSTITUTIONAL 1ST AMENDMENT-FREE PRESS ISSUES
"Where men cannot freely convey their thoughts to one another, no other liberty is secure."
-- William E. Hocking, 'Freedom of the Press', 1947
WHAT IS NETWORK NEUTRALITY?
Network Neutrality — or "Net Neutrality" for short — is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet.
Put simply, Net Neutrality means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination.
Net Neutrality is the reason why the Internet has driven economic innovation, democratic participation, and free speech online. It protects the consumer's right to use any equipment, content, application or service on a non-discriminatory basis without interference from the network provider. With Net Neutrality, the network's only job is to move data — not choose which data to privilege with higher quality service.
WHO WANTS TO GET RID OF NET NEUTRALITY?
The nation's largest telephone and cable companies — including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Time Warner — want to be Internet gatekeepers, deciding which Web sites go fast or slow and which won't load at all.
They want to tax content providers to guarantee speedy delivery of their data. They want to discriminate in favor of their own search engines, Internet phone services, and streaming video — while slowing down or blocking their competitors.
These companies have a new vision for the Internet. Instead of an even playing field, they want to reserve express lanes for their own content and services — or those from big corporations that can afford the steep tolls — and leave the rest of us on a winding dirt road.
The big phone and cable companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to gut Net Neutrality, putting the future of the Internet at risk.
"The owners and managers of the press determine which person, which facts, which version of the facts, and which ideas shall reach the public."
-- Report by the 'Commission on Freedom of the Press'.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY BIG MEDIA?
Mainstream media is the term often used to describe the collective group of big TV, radio and newspapers in the United States. Mainstream implies that the news being produced is for the benefit and enlightenment of the mainstream population-the majority of people living in the US. Mainstream media include a number of communication mediums that carry almost all the news and information on world affairs that most Americans receive. The word media is plural, implying a diversity of news sources.
However, mainstream media no longer produce news for the mainstream population-nor should we consider the media as plural. Instead it is more accurate to speak of big media in the US today as the corporate media and to use the term in the singular tense-as it refers to the singular monolithic top-down power structure of self-interested news giants.
"The StopBigMedia.com Coalition is an alliance of consumer, public interest, media reform, and other groups that have joined together to fight runaway media consolidation and urge the FCC to put public service before the self-interest of large media corporations."
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
-- Plato (427-347 B.C.)
"There comes a time when a moral man can't obey a law which his conscience tells him is unjust."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr
"Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth."
-- Mohandas Gandhi
"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception."
-- Mark Twain, in 'The Mysterious Stranger' 1916
"Behind the visible government there is an invisible government upon the throne that owes the people no loyalty and recognizes no responsibility. To destroy this invisible government, to undo the ungodly union between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the task of a statesman."
-- Teddy Roosevelt, 1912
"We have restricted credit, we have restricted opportunity, we have controlled development, and we have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized world--no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men."
-- Woodrow Wilson, in 'The New Freedom', 1913
“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . Corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed."
-- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864 (letter to Col. William F. Elkins)
"The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling power. Among us today a concentration of private power without equal in history is growing."
--President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ('One Thousand Americans', George Seldes 1947)
"Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not
blindly rally behind it ..."
-- General Douglas MacArthur, 1957
"Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind."
-- John Dryden, 'The Hind and the Panther', 1687
"Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate systematical job of reducing us to slaves."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The tyranny of a principal in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy." -- Montesquieu
"The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes." -- Thomas Paine
Therefore...
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke
Because...
"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything." -- Alexander Hamilton
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Anonymous analysis of Benito Mussolini's Fascist State
"The Fascist State lays claim to rule in the economic field no less than in others; it makes its action felt throughout the length and breadth of the country by means of its corporate, social, and educational institutions, and all the political, economic, and spiritual forces of the nation, organised in their respective associations, circulate within the State."
-- Benito Mussolini, 1935, The Doctrine of Fascism, Firenze: Vallecchi Editore (p. 41)
"...Unfortunately for Americans, we have come to equate fascism with its symptoms, not with its structure. The structure of fascism is corporatism, or the corporate state. The structure of fascism is the union, marriage, merger or fusion of corporate economic power with governmental power. Failing to understand fascism, as the consolidation of corporate economic and governmental power in the hands of a few, is to completely misunderstand what fascism is. It is the consolidation of this power that produces the demagogues and regimes we understand as fascist ones."
"While we Americans have been trained to keenly identify the opposite of fascism, i.e., government intrusion into and usurpation of private enterprise, we have not been trained to identify the usurpation of government by private enterprise..."
The Government:
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
-- George Bush Freudian slip, Washington, D.C., August 2004
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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. " Matthew 7:7-8, KJV
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. " James 1:5,
"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. " John 14:26
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? Luke 11:13
For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit 1 Corinthians 12:8
Regarding HISTORY...i've learned to look at the art of any period....it always presents a truer picture; I also believe that the Arts can be an instrument of change..so lets get busy and paint tha picture we want to see..Peace and Love, Boo
I praise God for the return of Jesus when finally God’s Kingdom on earth shall be establish and all who live there will live by the law of love, where none shall kill nor die forever more. May God bless you and keep you for that day. Peace and happy Memorial day!
And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Hi.. I met a new MySpace friend today.. Her name is Dianna Paul. She is a singer/songwriter and she blessed me with a video she did called "The Rose".. It's a Bitter/sweet song about young love, the war and how they sometimes produce conflicting plans. I want to share it with you. I promise you will like it!
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, KJV
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses."1 Timothy 6:12
"Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."2 Timothy 2:3-4
"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:"2 Timothy 4:7
"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."Ephesians 6:10-12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."Hebrews 4:12
Let’s not forget our Heavenly Dad this Father’s day. Lets find and make the time to talk to Him and give thanks for the many things that He does for us and our children as well, because He definitely wants to hear from us, His children.
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of
man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not
do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"
Numbers 23:19, KJV
"LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. "
Psalms 119:89, KJV
"I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever:
nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and
God doeth it, that men should fear before him. That which
hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been;
and God requireth that which is past. "
Ecclesiastes 3:14-15, KJV
"Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there
is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring
the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the
things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall
stand, and I will do all my pleasure:"
Isaiah 46:9-10, KJV
"God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as
it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy
sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. "
Romans 3:4, KJV
"In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie,
promised before the world began;"
Titus 1:2, KJV
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and
cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning. "
James 1:17, KJV
"We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do
well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a
dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in
your hearts:"
2 Peter 1:19, KJV
"Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law." Psalms 119:18, KJV
"Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it." Psalms 139:6, KJV
"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!" Romans 11:33, KJV
"...For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven." Psalms 119:89, KJV
"...Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." Psalms 119:105, KJV
"Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it." Psalms 119:140, KJV
"Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever." Psalms 119:160, KJV
"...thy word is truth." John 17:17b, KJV
"The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations." Psalms 33:11, KJV
"I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name." Psalms 138:2, KJV
"Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:" Isaiah 46:9-10, KJV
"God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?" Numbers 23:19, KJV
"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Hebrews 4:12, KJV
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