“If tyranny and
oppression come to
this land it will be
in the guise of
fighting a foreign
enemy….. The loss of
liberty at home is
to be charged to the
provisions against
danger real or
IMAGINED, from
abroad.”
---James
Madison---
Beginning on
that fateful day in
September of 2001,
or not really the
beginning but a
major acceleration
of governmental
intrusion into the
lives of its
citizens occurred.
We as
citizens of this
great nation were
asked to give up our
freedom for
security.
As President
Bush finished his
speech to thunderous
applause it reminded
me of the scene from
star wars where
Palpatine (a senator
in the galactic
republic who would
later become the
dark emperor for
those of you
unfamiliar with the
movies) made a
speech before their
version of congress.
The gist of
the speech was that
terror from within
its borders made it
necessary to suspend
their Republic in
favor of a
dictatorial style
government with
emergency powers to
ensure safety and
prosperity.
One senator
opposed to the
change said,” So
this is how liberty
dies, with
thunderous
applause.”
Legislation
put in place to
secure our borders
often infringe upon
our liberty.
Bills such as
The USAPATRIOT Act
and the equally
chilling NDAA which
was recently passed
are but two of many
which take away
liberty.
The NDAA
allows for the
indefinite detention
of U.S. citizens
without due process
of law.
Lindsay
Graham a legislator
who is for the bill
stated,” The
homeland is part of
the battlefield and
people can be held
without trial
whether they are an
American citizen or
not.”
The majority
of Americans, me
included are opposed
to this type of
legislation.
However, it
appears that our
elected officials
are unsympathetic to
the will and the
voice of the people
who have elected
them.
We will get
back to the NDAA,
but first I’d like
to take a moment to
enlighten the reader
to the myriad of
bills and executive
orders that have
been put in place
over the decades
without the approval
of “we the people”.
In 1962 an
executive order was
signed that
designated
dictatorial powers
be given to the
President of the
United States in the
event of a national
emergency.
The president
would be able to
declare a state of
emergency during a
time of
international
crisis, economical
or financial crises
at his discretion.
(Please note the
constitution does
not give any such
authority for a
president to declare
a state of
emergency.)
Executive order
#10995 seizure of
all communication in
the U.S.
#10997 seizure of
all electric power,
fuels, minerals both
public and private
#10999 seizure of
all means of
transportation
including personal
cars and trucks,
total control of
highways, seaports,
and waterways
#11000 seizure of
all American people
for work forces
under federal
supervision to
include splitting up
of families if the
government sees the
need
#11001 seizure of
all health,
education, and
welfare facilities
both public and
private
#11002 empowers the
postmaster general
to register all men,
women, and children
in the U.S.
#11003 seizure of
all airports and
aircraft both public
and private
#11004 seizure of
all housing and
forced relocation
#11005 seizure of
all railroads and
all storage
facilities both
public and private
#12919 President
Clinton signed on
June 3, 1994 placing
all of the above
executive orders
into one.
All of the
above executive
orders as well as
the many bills that
have been passed
into law are
designed to
undermine the
constitution of the
U.S.
All members
of congress, the
military, and the
president take an
oath to defend the
constitution against
all enemies foreign
and domestic.
Compare
quotes from Abe
Lincoln to our
current president.
“Don’t interfere
with the
constitution.
It must be
maintained, for it
is the only
safeguard of our
liberties.”
-Abraham
Lincoln-
“The constitution is
an imperfect
document which has
definite flaws…..”
- Barack
Obama-
Our founding
fathers knew that
the constitution and
bill of rights were
documents designed
to safeguard the
freedom of the
citizens of our
great country.
Meanwhile
both republican and
democratic
presidents such as
Bush and Obama have
taken it upon
themselves to
undermine the series
of checks and
balance inherent in
the constitutions
framework.
There are
some proponents of
the constitution
around the halls of
Capitol Hill.
Men such as
Ron Paul (TX) and
Dennis Kucinich (Oh)
oppose any
legislation that
imposes upon the
freedom of the
people.
My older
brother worked on
Capitol Hill as
Senator Byrd’s
deputy press
secretary for a few
years prior to and
immediately
following 9/11.
He told me
how the late Senator
from almost heaven
West Virginia
carried a copy of
the constitution in
his pocket at all
times.
Senator Byrd
had conviction that
we Americans need to
stand upon the
precepts that the
constitution set
forth.
Stand upon
its framework not
walk all over it as
many liberal
politicians do these
days.
When liberty
infringing
legislation would be
proposed, the
esteemed senator
would stand up for
our rights and take
out his well-worn
copy of the
constitution and
remind his
colleagues on the
senate floor what
the document stated
and of the oath they
took to defend it.
Byrd was not
just a patriot he
was a GOD fearing,
devout Christian.
This was
never more evident
than when in 1962
shortly after prayer
in school was deemed
unconstitutional by
the supreme court of
the United States of
America, the
unwavering Christian
Senator gave a
speech.
Below is part
of that speech which
is even more
pertinent today than
it was 50 years ago
when Robert Byrd
first gave it.
“Inasmuch as our
greatest leaders
have shown no doubt
about God’s proper
place in the
American birthright,
can we, in our day,
dare do less?
In no other
place in the United
States are there so
many, and such
varied official
evidences of deep
and abiding faith in
God on the part of
Government as there
are in Washington….
Every session
of the House and
Senate begins with
prayer. Each House
has its own
Chaplain.
The
Eighty-third
Congress set aside a
small room in the
Capitol, just off
the rotunda, for
private prayer and
meditation of
members of Congress.
The room is always
open when Congress
is in session, but
it is not open to
the public. The
room’s focal point
is a stained glass
window showing
George Washington
kneeling in prayer.
Behind him is etched
the words from Psalm
16:1: ‘Preserve me,
O God, for in Thee
do I put my trust.’
Inside the
rotunda is a picture
of the Pilgrims
about to embark from
Holland on the
sister ship of the
Mayflower, the
Speedwell. The
ships’ revered
Chaplain Brewster,
who later joined the
Mayflower, has
opened on his lap
the Bible. Very
clear are the words,
‘the New testament
according to our
Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ.’ On
the sail is the
motto of the
Pilgrims, ‘In God We
Trust, God With Us.’
The phrase,
‘In God We Trust,’
appears opposite of
the President of the
Senate, who is the
Vice President of
the United States,
The same phrase, in
large words
inscribed in the
marble, backdrops
the Speaker of the
House of
Representatives.
Above the
head of the Chief
Justice of the
Supreme Court are
the Ten
Commandments, with
the great American
eagle protecting
them? Moses is
included among the
great lawgivers in
Herman A. MacNeil’s
marble sculpture
group on the east
front. The crier who
opens each session
closes with the
words, ‘God save the
United States and
this Honorable
Court.’
Engraved on
the metal on the top
of the Washington
Monument are the
words: ‘Praise be to
God.’ Lining the
walls of the
stairwell are such
biblical phrases as
‘Search the
Scriptures,’
‘Holiness to the
Lord,’ ‘Train up a
child in the way he
should go, and when
he is old he will
not depart from it.’
Numerous
quotations from
Scripture can be
found within it’s
[the Library of
Congress] walls. One
reminds each
American of his
responsibility to
his Maker: ‘What
doth the Lord
require of thee, but
to do justly and
love mercy and walk
humbly with thy God’
(Micah 6:8).
Another in
the lawmaker’s
library preserves
the Psalmist’s
acknowledgement that
all nature reflects
the order and beauty
of the Creator, ‘The
heavens declare the
glory of God, and
the firmament
showeth his
handiwork’ (Psalm
19:1). And still
another reference:
‘The light shineth
in darkness, and the
darkness
comprehendeth it
not’ (John 1:5).
Millions
have stood in the
Lincoln Memorial and
gazed up at the
statue of the great
Abraham Lincoln. The
sculptor who
chiseled the
features of Lincoln
in granite all but
seems to make
Lincoln speak his
own words inscribed
into the walls.
‘…That this
nation Under God,
shall have a new
birth of freedom,
and that government
of the people, by
the people, for the
people, shall not
perish from the
earth.’
At the
opposite end, on the
North wall, his
Second Inaugural
Address alludes to
‘God,’ the ‘Bible,’
‘providence,’ ‘the
Almighty,’ and
‘divine attributes.
As was said
3000 years ago, so
it still must be
said, ‘The judgments
of the Lord are true
and righteous
altogether.’
On the south
banks of
Washington’s Tidal
Basin, Thomas
Jefferson still
speaks:
‘God who gave
us life gave us
liberty. Can the
liberties of a
nation be secure
when we have removed
a conviction that
these liberties are
the gift of God?
Indeed I tremble for
my country when I
reflect that God is
just, that his
justice cannot sleep
forever.’
Robert C.
Byrd went to join
our LORD and SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST on June
28th
2010.
On that day
we lost a great
statesman and
brother in CHRIST
who defended us, our
rights, our
constitution, and
our GOD against the
enemies in
governmental
positions.
There are not
many politicians
willing to do that.
Unfortunately
they are few and far
between and each
year we citizens
watch as our
liberties are
eroded.
The NDAA sets
a dangerous
precedence.
In
combination with the
homegrown terrorism
and violent
radicalization act
it would be a
disaster for civil
liberties.
The homegrown
terrorism and
violent
radicalization act
would permit the
government to label
venerated American
political activities
such as civil
disobedience as
terrorist acts.
“We the people are
the rightful masters
of both the congress
and the courts, not
to overthrow the
constitution but to
overthrow men who
pervert the
constitution.”
–Abraham
Lincoln-
On May 18th
of this year Barrack
Obama issued an
executive order
for national
defense resources
preparedness, which
in effect just
reiterated the
executive order of
Clinton with an
exception being that
the new order could
go into effect not
only during a time
of war, but during a
peace time national
emergency.
A second
adjustment is that
the new executive
order incorporated
the Department of
Homeland Security
into the overall
plan due to not
being around during
the Clinton
presidency.
A second and
more ominous piece
of news involving
the DHS occurred
when The Department
of Homeland Security
(DHS) and
Immigration and
Customs Enforcement
(ICE) has awarded
defense contractor
ATK with an
Indefinite
Delivery/Indefinite
Quantity (IDIQ)
agreement for .40
caliber hollow point
ammunition.
According to an
official ATK press
release, U.S. agents
will receive a
maximum of 450
million rounds over
a five-year period.
Hollow point
ammunition expands
inside the target
causing maximum
trauma while having
less inertia than a
full metal jacketed
cartridge to limit
the chances of
collateral damage.
According to
Natural News, DHS an
agency that says its
main purpose now is
to thwart "homegrown
terrorism” purchase
of the
aforementioned ammo
is of such a
quantity that it is
equivalent to the
amount of ammo that
would be used in
seven years in the
war in Iraq.
Major General
Buford C. Blount
III’s testimony in
2004 before the
Tactical Air and
Land Forces
Subcommittee of the
Committee on Armed
Services of the
House of
Representatives
stated that during
active battle in
Iraq ammunition is
expended at a rate
of 5.5 million
rounds per month.
Over a year’s
time that would be
66 million rounds of
ammunition.
In essence
DHS purchased more
than seven times the
amount of rounds
necessary to sustain
the war effort in
Iraq for a 12 month
period.
The crux of
the matter is that
according to the
Geneva Convention
the use of hollow
point ammunition is
illegal on the
battlefield.
So, those 450
million rounds of
hollow point
munitions are to be
kept for use
domestically.
In Part 2 of
Losing Liberty I
will show verifiable
plans that the U.S.
Army has set up a
battle hardened
combat unit INCONUS
military speak for
in the continental
United States under
NORTHCOM which could
be considered a
violation of the
Posse Comitatus Act.
It is as if
the government is
preparing for
something.
As we
approach the end of
the church age it is
as if you can feel
something coming on
the horizon.
For those of
us who are born
again believers in
JESUS on the horizon
is excitement and
anticipation of the
rapture.
For those who
have refused to put
their trust in the
only way to
salvation, on the
horizon is dread,
terror, and
judgment.
The sword of
Damocles hangs by
but a thread and is
ready to fall at any
moment on an
unrepentant world.
It’s time for
the American people
to take notice of
what happens in the
halls of congress.
We need to
hold our elected
representatives
accountable for the
bills they support
and the laws they
pass.
Most
importantly it is
time for us to get
out into the hedges
and onto the
highways and spread
the gospel of truth.
Many will be
raptured.
Many, many,
many more will be
left behind to
endure the most
horrific and deadly
time the world will
ever know.
It is our
commission, our
call, our duty to
reach as many people
as possible before
it is too late.
If you can
reach just one
person, that is one
person who will not
have to endure such
terror, pain, and
suffering on a scale
unimaginable.
As a parent
we love our children
more than ourselves
and would do
anything to keep
them from feeling
any pain.
Each person
you meet look at
them as you do your
children and do
whatever you can to
avoid them feeling
the pain of the
tribulation.
That is how
our Heavenly FATHER
sees them and us as
his children.