Donald Trump

I will review the republican candidates for President in groups. I will consolidate my groups around a dominant candidate who I will cover in greater detail. Just the opinions of a common man.

One should be suspicious of Donald Trump but there is no reason not to regard him as a serious and absolutely valid candidate for President of the United States. I admired George W. Bush for his morals, still apparent in his refusal to criticize our current President. Our former President is a man a principles yet even under his administration runaway government kept running.

My admiration for Donald Trump comes mostly from what I have seen of him in the past on the television productions of his show, “The Apprentice’'. What struck me most deeply was Donald Trump’s adoration of his father. This is central in any personal system of values. The Bible directs us to honor our father and mother. I see no qualifiers in that commandment, though I am not suggesting that Donald Trump’s father was not worthy of his honor.

This is not to say that Donald Trump is a pillar of virtue all should aspire to.

My next point of admiration for Donald Trump was the transformation of his television show into “Celebrity Apprentice.” He saw his original concept had run it’s course and rather than run it into the ground he revised it and made it better. Okay, I haven’t watched in a long while, it may be good that it is not running as he runs for President, but the charity concept with its draw on pop culture is overall a benefit to the larger society.

Donald Trump has a bit of a reputation on getting things done. On community projects he has been known to get it done in the most economical way possible for the public. He speaks with authority when he pontificates on getting things done.

Donald Trump has said he will secure the border and we all know if he is President he will secure the border. That is an absolute despite his short comings as a conservative.

Donald Trump’s changing stances on issues are a concern. Is he more liberal than even moderate? I worry over a Trump Presidency if the conservative base is not expanded in Congress over upcoming elections. I believe the conservative base will grow.

I do not believe Donald Trump will ever support or even consider a total ban on abortion but he will support restrictions States have been putting on abortion and the abortion industry. Why do I believe that? Because Donald Trump can see as well as anyone that there is a groundswell of support for such restrictions.

Reality check: When a mother’s life is in danger doctors do not do abortions. They do an emergency c-section. the abortion process would further threaten the mother’s life.

Donald Trump’s debate appearance gave the impression that he has a tendency to shoot from the hip. It does not mean he’s wrong. He is voicing the people’s frustrations not just for government, but possibly even more so for the media.

FOX is going mainstream is another conclusion I came to from the debate.

There is one other candidate in Donald Trump’s league and it is not Ben Carson. That would be Carly Fiorina. I do not know much about her. I have not observed her on screen or in print over an extended period of time to hold an opinion I would have confidence in. I have no doubt, from the little I have heard, that she is far superior to most of the candidates in the race. Of course the associated minority is still quite a crowd.

We need more elected representatives from the private sector. Our Senator Johnson from here in Wisconsin is such a man. He has embraced all the issues before him with honest competence.

The professional politician is the greatest danger to this nation that exists. One man came out first, with knowledge and confidence, to condemn Hillary as most likely not running because of her criminal activity. That was Donald Trump. All your politicians in the first republican debate spoke as if Hillary Clinton would, and by implication, should be running. Shame.

The United States would be far from hurt by leaders such as these from the private sector. Our Constitution was written with such people in mind. That said, Donald Trump is not on my short list. I would find it much more comfortable to vote for Carly Fiorina than for Donald Trump.

Lost in Political Translation

The Beltway Culture, known for existing in an alternative universe in relation to the rest of the citizens of this nation, is the product of a political class. It has developed into a literally self-propagating, though hardly self-sustaining , political culture. It has divided this nation into the ruling class, upheld by a statist ideology, and those to be ruled.

We are all susceptible to the dangers of being influenced by our surroundings, ones particular profession and circle of acquaintances, in an adverse way. People’s reactions to the controversy around Donald Trump’s recent and ongoing statements is a telling example, particularly in regards to John McCain.

The local commentators here in Milwaukee ripped Donald Trump to no end for his McCain comments. These local commentators failed to recognize, unlike some national commentators who demonstrated why they are where they are, the chord Donald Trump was hitting with a frustrated public. I do not want to say some of what John McCain endured was not heroic. However, the truth is John McCain broke where many others did not; many we will never know about because they died doing so. Further it had always been the media that, suspiciously, always played up the hero factor of John McCain in his run for President. This made many, including myself, question why. It built distrust.

Some of our local commentators had to be reminded that McCain actually broke and denounced the United States. He was an officer.

Here is a question: If John McCain was not from the family he was, would he have received a discharge, possibly dishonorable, rather than a major command after his release from a tortuous Vietnamese POW Camp? Today he MUST be called a hero or else. Can you understand how that might rub the wrong way against an intelligent and capable citizenry?

The public is not stupid. This is what the statists believe. It is also apparently what people who enter the political world begin to believe whether liberal or conservative.

Let me offer another illustration. This Summer I heard one local conservative commentator make a statement along these lines; ‘My God, could you imagine what would have happened if Herman Cain had become President.’

My jaw dropped not only with disbelief but disgust. Compared to what? Obama! This is the disease of being more connected to the political world than to the people. This conservative’s statement regarding Herman Cain is akin to the liberals who claim it is impossible for the common man to understand the United States Constitution; it requires a bevy of lawyers and so called professors. In reality the Constitution of this great nation was written for all to understand.

Yes, we should be concerned with what kind of leadership team a common man from the private sector could assemble. But any educated common man is qualified to be, if he can win over the people, the President. I strongly believe we need more candidates in every office drawn from the private sector.

Too much is lost to political translations. It is why we have people such as Mitch McConell and John Bohner ruling Congress.

A great successful competent man running for President is being lost in the political translation. That man is Ben Carson. Here is a man of great virtue, compassion and wisdom that will be pushed aside in the political shuffle. His abilities are beyond compare to most. The mere fact that these outstanding attributes hold no weight in the political world is the problem.

The public wants real, good and honest people of accomplishment in office.

Even as a Vice Presidential candidate political wisdom would exclude Ben Carson. After the first black President the world of political consultants would never tolerating a black man running for anything less. It would be considered a reflection of the Republican Party’s supposed inherent racist make up, to put a black man in the second position after the democrats put forth a black President; again lost in translation. Lost to political correctness and the politics of race.

Scott Walker and Ben Carson are my top two choices for republican candidate for President. Governors and those from the private sector are the only candidates I will consider. That list does not include Donald Trump (he’s a moderate and without conservative leadership in Congress would be a disaster; my opinion), Mike Huckabee (though I applaud him for his stance on the Iran nuclear deal no matter how great a political consideration), Chris Christie is a complete no go, and though my church is partial to Jeb Bush he is far from the top of my list. I suspect, no, I hope and pray that a conservative governor or business person will win the candidacy.

I need not provide the political translation as to who the republican Vice Presidential candidate will be. That is easily understood by all. Outside of Jeb Bush winning the Presidential nomination, Marco Rubio will be a shoe in for the nomination for Vice Presidential. He is extremely knowledgeable and appears to be a good man, but neither of those reasons are relevant in the world of political speak. It is the politics of race and belief in the necessity to win Florida that has already secured the position of republican Vice Presidential  candidate for Marco Rubio.

If we fight hard, we the people may succeed in putting a true and upright conservative into the office of the President. If our candidate wins, it will still be the political same old same old that will have cemented who the candidate will be when next the office will be contended.

“Eternal Vigilance is the price of liberty.” No one knows who said it; obviously not a politician.

The Iranian Bracket

There is a bracket that Barack Hussein Obama will be remembered for. Unlike the fireside chat of old, the original, of a past President, Barack Hussein Obama will not be remembered for his televised NCAA Brackets; those, I’m just a normal guy like you (so everyone should worship everything I do) moments. He will be remembered for a different type of bracket, or rather brackets. The legacy of Barack Hussein Obama will be bracketed by his Iranian Legacy. It is how his presidency began and it will be how it ends.

Whether the Barack Hussein Obama Presidency ends soon in well deserved disgrace, or later under threat of worldwide nuclear holocaust depends more on Congress than on Barack Hussein Obama himself.

Between Barack Hussein Obama’s failure to come to the aid of the Iranian people in the beginning of his Presidency and his bestowing of nuclear weapons upon that oppressive tyranny now at the end of it, his policies and crimes have been evident to all with eyes willing to see and ears willing to hear.

Barack Hussein Obama’s policies, including Obamacare have and are bringing economic oppression and catastrophe to millions. Innumerable scandals, beginning with his first campaign’s fundraising methods to the IRS and beyond, along with his complete disregard for the law and the Constitution of this once great nation, have cemented in place possibly irreversible standards of tyrannical rule.

Barack Hussein Obama’s foreign policies have instigated bloodshed throughout the world as he stood back and watched the Arab Spring burn across North Africa and the rise of organizations such as Boca Haram and ISIS.

Ten of thousands of deaths, if not more, can be attributed to Barack Hussein Obama’s policies. Many of those deaths included defenseless Christians murdered in mass for their faith. Millions of deaths could become his eventual legacy; numbers worthy of the most evil of dictators the world has ever known.

If Iran is allowed to create a nuclear arsenal they will use it. They have said so. They will destroy Israel. Israel will retaliate with their own nuclear weapons from platforms manned by warriors who no longer have a home to return to. The United States will be fortunate if Iran and the Islamist terrorists choose to strike Europe before the United States itself. Millions upon millions will die, just as the thousands upon thousands are dying now due to Barack Hussein Obama.

In hind site we ridicule the German people; How could they ever have let Hitler come to power? How was it that no one stopped him? How can today’s contemporary mainstream media the world over be so blind?

Congress has the power to remove Barack Hussein Obama. It is called impeachment. Congress could have stopped Barack Hussein Obama with less drastic measures in the past but refused. Congress is therefore complicit in what has come to pass and in multitudinous deaths. They will be complicate in all the future holds if they do not act now.

It is not only recent Supreme Court decisions that have lead me and many others to the verge of declaring this federal government illegitimate; contemplating turning to our respective states, demanding they enact a new government. I, like most of you, have been disappointed by Congress for far too long. I am personally holding out hope until our next election. I continue to follow this nation’s laws and respect it’s leaders. But can I keep my allegiance until the next election with this disastrous Iranian nuclear arms agreement? Are we not all complicit in what is coming? Is this not our government?

Millions will die if Iran gets the bomb. No intelligent argument can be made to the contrary.

Yet I highly doubt congress will act. Why? Because Barack Hussein Obama is black and people will call the Representatives bad names if they impeach Barack Hussein Obama and overthrow his tyrannical construct.

What is a people to do? How can one say, “I will not be a part of this?”

What’s Wrong with Christianity?

Assaults on Christianity are far from a threat to the faith. It is how Christianity advanced. There is a growing popularity in Christian and faith based movies and television. Mega Churches draw vast audiences for the word. So why is Christianity so impotent, not only in politics but in shaping society and our popular culture. Christianity shaped the world as we know it today. Christian moral standards have been recognized the world over. So why is Christianity now so quickly disregarded as a source of viable solutions to the world’s problems.

Christianity rose out of Judaism, a people set apart to worship the one God and await the Messiah who would bring God’s kingdom not twice but once. Christianity was taken up by the gentile, the Roman Empire. The Romans elevated their leaders to a god, among a host of gods. Though they expressed revulsion for human sacrifice the Romans were encompassed by barbarians among which the practice was common. Science was often attributed to the works of the gods. It was a time when life in this world was hard and fleeting for most.

To attempt to explain the Holy Trinity the Christians of the fourth century turned to the Greek philosophers for answers. Under the guidance of the philosophy of the Greeks the conflicting views of the Holy Trinity emerge; one group known as the Homoousions, the other the Homoiosions. (Catholic and Orthodox) No, that is not a typo, one letter makes the difference. That difference was not whether Jesus Christ existed from the beginning, but whether He was the exact same substance as God or not. This disagreement led to violent religious and political conflicts that included massacres.

Now there are thousands of Christian denominations, each claiming that the Bible is the clear and perfect word of God and that their interpretation of that word is the only valid interpretation. They often preach, especial at Easter, as if their prosperity and that of Christianity is a testament to the truth of their interpretation, as if God requires man to maintain a perfect understanding for His providence to advance.

However, despite all its human shortcomings Christianity advanced powerfully throughout history. Christianity is the basis for the law, morals and ethics of the world today. It shaped politics and society at large, for the better. The truth of Jesus Christ spread indomitable. The United States, the fruit of Christian culture, I believe to be the greatest testament to Jesus and his salvation that exists today. People of the persecuted faith, the founding fathers of this nation, embraced the leading thought of the day, religious and philosophical, and created as close to a perfect political system as possible. It exists, and can only continue to exist, in conjunction with the Christian faith.

Yes, Christianity believes in a kingdom not of this world, and generally believes this world will cease to exist with the Second Coming. That never stopped the Christians of the past from believing that a Christian ideal should be sought on this earth. Perhaps Christianity’s ability to bring hope to the hopeless, to change the hearts of men, followed by ever improving living conditions fostered this belief in an earthly Christian ideal. The monastery stood as an example of the strive for that ideal, an example that honored the spiritual and valued education.

The United States was founded by those seeking religious freedom; Christians who found themselves with a land of opportunity spread out before them. A world that valued education in a time that has been called the last era when a single mind could comprehend every study known to man at one time, and such a man was held in the highest esteem. The founders esteemed natural law and freedom endowed by God in their pursuit to create an ideal nation here on this earth.

Christianity, like any religion though out history, was the center of people’s lives; every part of their lives and society. There was no concept of separating Church and State. They correctly understood that there is only one truth and the closer you adhere to that truth in all things the better one’s life and society, the world, will be.

Through the history of Christianity there was The council of Arles, Milan and Nicaea, among others that brought together the entire Christian world to resolve differences in belief. The Council of Constance was held to reform a corrupt Church. These efforts were all in recognition that there is only one truth. It was important to get it right. Words mean things and there are great ramifications associated with them.

When the Church broke apart the bloodiest of religious wars, The Thirty Years War, followed. It was resolved by The Treaty of Westphalia, where the parties ‘agreed to disagree’, each side thinking the other evil. Afterwards Science and philosophy advanced at an extreme rate. Eventually the seeds of communism were sown among the masses. Communism came with the promise of salvation in this world and Christianity has been on the defensive ever since. The faith in one truth began to erode.

Could you ever imagine worldwide Christianity coming together in a modern day conference to work out their differences, to bring the truth of Jesus Christ to this world? Where scholarly studies may exist that address the great advances in science and philosophy in relation to Christian doctrine, does anyone believe the doctrine will advance accordingly?

It appears more likely that in this modern age Christianity is more than willing to embrace homosexual marriage, an abomination to God, than to alter doctrines of faith that have existed for hundreds if not thousands of years. Christianity would rather further divide, than to revise their doctrines in order that they may align as one with the truths of science and the advancement of philosophy; the search to understanding humanity’s ability to comprehend God, the unseen (including scientific principles) and the diverse things of God’s great creation. Hello Galileo.

Have you ever read or watched any science fiction in which Christianity exits? Hard to explain “every eye will see” Christ coming in the flesh on the clouds, and the earth coming to end in the final judgment of all mankind, if man has expanded throughout the galaxy, if not simply the solar system. I saw an article on an engine concept that will take man to Mars in 39 days. NASA has advanced one more step to comprehending the reality of a warp drive. We are documenting hundreds of  Earth like worlds, at least in size/gravity and relation to their sun, in the galaxy. Does anyone not believe man will reach the stars? As scientists comprehend “the God particle”, a key to creation, Christians contemplate the end of days; the destruction of this world and the casting into hell of all who disagree with them. Christians would rather hide behind objects of faith then seek out a more perfect truth.

Intelligent design, a near perfect proof of the reality of a creator, is confounded by those insisting God created in six twenty-four hour days. (Okay, God is all powerful. He can do anything He wants. So why…    I don’t even have to fill in the blanks)

Amidst this challenge by science, communism has claimed the intellectual high ground. To the communist spirituality is superstition and morals a method of suppression. The challenges of an easy and indolent lifestyle typical in this modern age has spawned unprecedented levels of immorality.

Yes, many Christian openly oppose abortion, gay marriage and other depravity in our society. Many have done great work in combatting the falsehood of the communist ideology. They are part vocal minority shutout by those in control of the media and isolated into their own small pockets of Christianity. There is no united Christian front. Christians have given up on an ideal to be found in this world and have buried their heads in the clouds. How can you explain the small fraction of Evangelicals that vote even in Presidential elections.

The majority of Christians, from the lay believer to the religious, have grown soft, lazy and cowardly. As I watch Christians being persecuted around the world I have to ask myself; ‘Where are the Christian missionaries?’ I know many sincere Christians go throughout the world doing good works at great personal sacrifice. They just must not be going anywhere too dangerous. Should not the arrest, prosecution and even execution of Christian missionaries be common place in Muslim nations if the Christian faith were truly vibrant? Martyrdom had been an integral part of the faith as it grew. As Boca Haran and other terrorist organizations execute indigenous Christians in mass why is not the entire Christian world united as a faith in opposition?

Today’s Christians hide behind their faith rather than re-evaluate what they believe and why, and the origins of those beliefs. They refuse to humble themselves to the truth of God’s creation around them. They give validity and power to the most atrocious lies through their silence, rather than take a courageous stand on God’s behalf. For many Christ has become a mere concept. They bury their heads in the clouds, neglecting their responsibility to their fellow man, to Jesus Christ, as the world burns around them.

Whether terrorist, revolutionary or member of a fringe religion, can the efforts or sacrifices of devout modern Christians match that of others in their causes. Many Christians devout more to their political parties and to saving the environment then to their Church. They think little of the philosophies behind the causes they support, and believe it out of place to exert their faith into their political or social lives.

Yes, there are mountains of exceptions to my astute observations. They are few and far between in relation to the enormity of Christianity. Christianity has failed to come together in recognition that there is one truth and that they are responsible to propagate this truth to all, in all aspects of life. The failure of Christianity to battle and defeat falsehood, a culture of godless socialism and immorality, is bringing great destruction to this world.

Take Barack Hussein Obama as an example. If Obama had never been elected President how many more people in this world would be alive today? How much more opportunity and prosperity would have been available to the citizens of this nation, and other nations, that they could have use to create a better life for themselves and their families? But he was elected President and he ruled by the word he believes in. Words have power spoken or written, true or false. They take root in the hearts of men and bear their fruit in season. no matter what the color of one’s skin.

A world in contradiction with itself will fall apart and our world certainly looks like it is falling apart. The world we live in was created by one truth, and can be guided productively in all things only by that one truth. There is no happy conglomeration of disparate truths.

How Does It Possibly Make Sense?

Like me, most of you were suddenly fed the news coverage of the negotiations with Iran over the last couple of months. What was the reason for the urgency? Why is that deadline so important? These are two of many questions that must have come to you as they came to me.

I felt disgust and betrayed that Obama appeared to be allowing Iran to create nuclear weapons. There was a brief moment of doubt in my disdain when a supposed deal was created that was said to require unprecedented inspections. But then again, there was no deal. There was a supposed agreement on pints that may or may not be part of a deal that wouldn’t be worked out for over two more months. Yet it was hailed as a great victory.

The conclusion I reached was; Iran is two months away from creating a bomb.

Now the news has broken; Iran is months away from creating a bomb and the Obama administration has known it for three years. So what was the goal of this sudden need for an agreement with its rigid all important deadlines?

This entire production, worthy of a Broadway opening with shouts and threats issued with great drama, was simply to keep Israel from bombing Iran. The Broadway opening will be a bomb. With the United States and Europe at the table with Iran, what will happen if Israel acting on its own bombs the Iranian nuclear facilities?

The more important question is; Will any western nation, namely the United States, back Israel with the threat of its nuclear arsenal if Iran nukes Israel?

I can hear it now, “We do not want to escalate this tragic event instigated by a few rouge radicals in the Iranian military into the threat of a nuclear Winter. This was not the work of Islam.” Of course, this will be if anyone has the courage to actually attribute the attack to Iran.

Who or rather what is Barrack Hussein Obama?

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