We can understand Obama PERFECTLY ... after reading Karl Marx

Obama wants profitable international businesses to come back to the U.S.

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how

do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

Ronald Reagan

Every time I believe Barack Obama has reached the final level of unbridled hypocrisy, he amazes me by putting forward an idea or utterance that brings the words "unmitigated gall" to an entirely new level.

On Wednesday, January 11, Obama will make a plea to profitable multinational companies which have relocated their manufacturing and production facilities overseas to return to the United States.

This is being done ostensibly as part of his "middle class" doctrine that is championed (no surprise) by organized labor unions.  The White House forum on "Insourcing American Jobs" will attempt to convince the nation that Obama's over-regulation, class warfare and Marxist Doctrine regarding the redistribution of wealth will benefit the hated capitalists in question.

Executives from more than a dozen companies will attend, including padlock maker Master Lock, furniture company Lincolnton Furniture, software application developer GalaxE Solutions, and chemicals company DuPont.

The emphasis on keeping U.S. jobs at home is in line with a populist economic message championed by Obama that could play well with union workers, whose support the Democratic president will need to win re-election in November.

This "Power to the Proletariat" doctrine is not exactly new; it is the brainchild of Karl Heinrich Marx (1818 – 1883), a German philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement.

He published various books during his lifetime, with the most notable being The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Capital (1867); some of his works were co-written with his friend, the fellow German revolutionary socialist Friedrich Engels.

Marxist ideology was the primary influence for Lenin's Russian Revolution, and has served as the centerpiece for Communist and Socialist movements across the globe.  Marx also apparently serves as the pervasive influence for our "Campaigner and Chief."

As a student of Soviet & Eastern European Studies in my undergraduate days, I was required to read all the collected works of Marx, Engels and Lenin.  While distasteful, it gave me a glimpse into the mindset of the Socialist.

In 1989-1991, when the USSR dissolved, I never thought I would have a practical use for that knowledge again.  Then we elected Barack Obama, and the memories came flooding back into my consciousness.

Just for comparison -- for those who have never been subjected to the socialist/communist ideology of Marx, Engels and Lenin -- I thought it would be enlightening to lay "notable quotes" side by side and search for any common threads.

As you will see, one doesn't need to search very far to recognize the influence Marxist ideology has on the President of the greatest free-market capitalist economy in the world.

I ask you to read the quotes from Marx, Engels and Lenin first.  Then read the quotes from our esteemed leader for some current perspective.

A.  Karl Marx (Wealth)
"A house may be large or small; as long as the neighboring houses are likewise small, it satisfies all social requirement for a residence. But let there arise next to the little house a palace, and the little house shrinks to a hut. The little house now makes it clear that its inmate has no social position at all to maintain."

A.  Barack Obama (Wealth)
"I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody."

“This isn’t about class warfare. This is about the nation’s welfare. It’s about making choices that benefit not just the people who’ve done fantastically well over the last few decades, but that benefits the middle class, and those fighting to get into the middle class, and the economy as a whole.”

"Over the last few decades, the rungs on the ladder of opportunity have grown farther and farther apart, and the middle class has shrunk. A few years after World War II, a child who was born into poverty had a slightly better than 50-50 chance of becoming middle class as an adult. By 1980, that chance had fallen to around 40 percent. And if the trend of rising inequality over the last few decades continues, it’s estimated that a child born today will only have a one-in-three chance of making it to the middle class -- 33 percent."


B.  Karl Marx (Class Struggle)
"The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains."

B.  Barack Obama (Class Struggle)
"Inequality also distorts our democracy.  It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions, and runs the risk of selling out our democracy to the highest bidder."

“For most Americans, the basic bargain that made this country great has eroded.  Long before the recession hit, hard work stopped paying off for too many people. Fewer and fewer of the folks who contributed to the success of our economy actually benefited from that success. Those at the very top grew wealthier from their incomes and their investments -- wealthier than ever before. But everybody else struggled with costs that were growing and paychecks that weren’t -- and too many families found themselves racking up more and more debt just to keep up."


C.  Karl Marx (Religion)
"Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand."

C.  Barack Obama (Religion)
"Whatever we once were, we're no longer a Christian nation."


D.  Karl Marx (Opportunity/Contribution)
"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."

D.  Barack Obama (Opportunity/Contribution)
"I believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does their fair share, and when everyone plays by the same rules.”


E.  Friedrich Engels (Imperialism/Oppression)
"A nation cannot become free and at the same time continue to oppress other nations. The liberation of Germany cannot therefore take place without the liberation of Poland from German oppression."

E.  Barack Obama (Imperialism/Oppression)
"So let me be clear: no system of government can or should be imposed upon one nation by any other."


F.  Friedrich Engels (Admiration for Islam)
"The Afghans are a brave, hardy, and independent race; they follow pastoral or agricultural occupations only ... With them, war is an excitement and relief from the monotonous occupation of industrial pursuits."

F.  Barack Obama (Admiration for Islam)
"Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism - it is an important part of promoting peace."

"These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings."

"That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn't. And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear."


In closing, this propaganda-fest on January 11 should be an interesting exercise in unmitigated gall.  I hope you will be able to watch it, and view it through the lens of the great Communist writers listed above.  I hope you then report it throughout social media circles for what it really is.

Furious Muslims riot in China over mosque demolition.

Government says Islam is not an officially recognized religious institution in China.

Muslims aren't happy, but China isn't experiencing Islamic Terrorism.

(Reuters)

Hundreds of Muslims in a northwestern China village trying to prevent the demolition of their mosque clashed with police, causing several deaths, Hong Kong media and residents said on Tuesday.

Fighting between police and members of the largely Muslim Hui ethnic group broke out on Friday in Ningxia region, adjacent to Inner Mongolia province, after authorities declared their newly built mosque illegal, the South China Morning Post said.

Hundreds of residents in Taoshan village confronted police armed with teargas, truncheons and knives, the newspaper said.

A Taoshan resident told Reuters he was away at the time of the clash, but that his relatives in the town believed five people, including one of their relatives, had been killed.

The resident, Jin Haitao, said villagers believed the dead included another two elderly woman, a young man and two people from nearby areas.

Residents of nearby areas complained that telephone links with Taoshan had been cut, making it impossible to verify what had happened.

"They were just trying to hold a religious activity but the authorities would not allow it. They demolished the mosque and now they've covered over the ground, because there was so much blood on the ground," Jin said.

A small business owner in Tongxin, three km (two miles) from the mosque site, told Reuters that the village had been sealed off.

"It's ridiculous, I am a Muslim, and Muslims need a mosque. They are just ordinary people, coming together for religious purposes, not to overthrow Communist Party rule," the man said.

China has experienced sporadic unrest among its Muslim minorities, most notably involving the Uighurs, a Turkic language-speaking people native to the country's western Xinjiang region.

There are about 10 million Hui in China, making them the country's largest Muslim group. In many parts of China, the Hui have blended in with the predominant Han Chinese culture, all but abandoning Islam except for some traditions, such as circumcising male children and avoiding pork.

But ethnic tension has led to some unrest. At least seven people were killed in the central province of Henan in 2004 after a car accident involving an ethnic Han Chinese and a Hui sparked rioting.

In 1993, a cartoon ridiculing Muslims led to police storming a mosque taken over by Hui in northwestern China.

Uighurs in Xinjiang rioted against Han Chinese residents in 2009 and at least 197 people were killed, according to official estimates.

China's ruling Communist Party says it protects freedom of religion, but it maintains a tight grip on religious activities and allows only officially recognized religious institutions to operate.

Recent cyber-attacks in Israel bring Unit 8200 into the public eye.

Saudi Arabian hackers launch attacks against Israeli e-commerce sites.

IDF brings its resources to bear to defeat this latest terrorist threat.

Israeli officials said on Friday they were concerned the country may be under cyber attack after a wave of credit card code thefts in the past week by a hacker who claims to be operating out of Saudi Arabia.

Credit card company officials said 14,000 numbers had been posted on line on Tuesday and another 11,000 on Thursday. However, they said some of the codes had expired and that the active cards were all being cancelled.

The hacker has identified himself as OxOmar and says he is part of a Saudi Arabian hacker team. In a post on Thursday he said he had leaked information about more than 400,000 Israelis and said the "Jewish lobby" was hiding the scale of the attack.

Israeli officials say the hacker has also released email addresses and passwords, but have yet to confirm where he is based.  "This incident should be treated as a cyber attack," Justice Ministry official Yoram Hacohen told the Ma'ariv daily.

Call me silly, but hacking Israel -- then posting about it to taunt the IDF -- is akin to walking into a bear's cave with a spatula with the intent of giving a spanking.  Sounds cool, but really dumb.

The data theft was one of the worst that Israel has said it has faced, and while the financial damage was reportedly minimal, the breaches have heightened concerns about the potential use of stolen information by Israel's enemies.

"These matters are worrisome," Science and Technology Minister Daniel Hershkowitz told Israel Radio, calling the incident "a sample of the great danger out in cyberspace."

He added that Israel had "impressive capabilities" and was setting up an agency to deal with the issue, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged last year.

Impressive capabilities?  In typical Israeli fashion, that is what we would call a gross understatement.  Let me take this opportunity to introduce you to Israel's Unit 8200.

Unit 8200 is an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit responsible for collecting signal intelligence and code decryption. It also appears in military publications as the Central Collection Unit of the Intelligence Corps.

It was established in 1952 using primitive surplus American military equipment. Originally, it was called the 2nd Intelligence Service Unit and then the 515th Intelligence Service Unit. In 1954, the unit moved from Jaffa to its current base at the Glilot junction.

But like all things Israeli, it has evolved and morphed into something incredible.  And at its heart is now one of the world's greatest cyber-warfare capabilities.

It has already engaged in some skirmishes, such as an unprecedented Arab attack on its Internet infrastructure during the winter war in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in December 2008-January 2009.

Hamas sympathizers across the Arab world, as well as Iran, Turkey and the rest of the Muslim world, launched hundreds of cyberattacks on Israeli Web sites.

Israelis retaliated with a counteroffensive that culminated in the military breaching Hamas' al-Aqsa television network. That included an audio message in Arabic addressed to Gazans that said, "Hamas leaders are hiding and they left you on the front line."

The following day, Israelis hijacked the network's system again with a more elaborate message, an animated clip of Hamas leaders being gunned down with a warning that said "time is running out."

At its most effective, cyberwarfare is capable of shutting down a country's economy and its war-fighting capabilities by crippling its computer systems.

Much of the Israeli military's work in developing its cyberwarfare capabilities is shrouded in secrecy as it spars with foes who are also gearing up for this new and potentially crippling form of conflict.

But while Israel's work may be shrouded in secrecy, its work product is very well-known throughout the world.

That was evidenced when Israeli airborne jammers blacked out Syria's air defenses to clear the way for seven F-15s that destroyed a mysterious complex near the Turkish border in a pre-dawn raid Sept. 6, 2007. The complex is generally believed to have been a nuclear plant being built with the help of North Korea.

With that information comfortably locked away in the back of your mind, let's revisit the Saudi hacker's desire to walk into a bear's cave with a spatula.

The hacker wrote in his Web post: "So, I've started thinking of sending all Israeli credit cards I own which reaches 1M data."

"Enjoy it world! Purchase stuff for yourself online, buy anything you want," he added.

Dov Kotler, CEO of Isracard, a unit of Bank Hapoalim , said 5,200 credit card numbers listed by the hacker on Thursday, belonged to his customers.

The thefts have dampened Internet sales in Israel, media reports said, though no figures were immediately available. Israeli reports have indicated that most of the information stolen had been gleaned from online commercial sites.

If you happen to be a customer of Israeli e-commerce, watch your credit card statements and change your computer passwords -- as a precaution against credit card fraud.

If you happen to be a Saudi Arabian hacker attacking Israeli e-commerce, watch your back and change your address of record -- as a hedge against a shortened life expectancy.

To fix America's problems, start with these 7 Credible Threats.

7 "Credible Threats" that are Destroying America.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and

lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

Abraham Lincoln

Every organization that exists must fill a void, answer a question or solve a problem to be successful.  While there are many legitimate and far-reaching issues impacting our society today, we believe at the root of these issues are the 7 Credible Threats that are destroying America right before our eyes.

These are not incomprehensible problems occurring only on an international level.  These are right-now problems we see in our own neighborhoods you and I can solve ... together.

1.  Secularism / We Have Turned Our Backs On God

The "separation of Church and State" was never meant to be an exclusionary clause designed to remove faith from our lives.  Yet, the Progressive Secular Left has managed over the years to do just that.  Our faith has never been under assault to the extent we see in modern times, and it is this very assault that has led to the erosion of the value system that made our nation great.  With your help, our combined efforts can, and must, change that.



2.  Apathy & Defeatism Have Drained Us

It has been rightly said that "apathy is the last virtue of a dying society." We believe that to be true.  We now find ourselves in a culture that tolerates with no restraints from fear of being labeled "intolerant." We unwittingly empower those who strive to steal our values from us.  Nevertheless, from our faith springs hope. From hope comes action.  The United States has a current and real deficit ... of hope.  With your help, our combined efforts can, and must, change that.



3.  We Lost Our Collective Voice

Our liberally-biased media, rampant political correctness and culture of censorship has reached Orwellian proportions.  Those who oppose us did not steal our freedom of speech; we allowed it to be taken from us. George Washington warned us 236 years ago "If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."  With your help, our combined efforts can, and must, change that.



4.  Our Family Structure Is Under Attack

The traditional family is the most important core unit of our society.The destruction of that core unit will surely lead to the destruction of our society which has been built upon that core.  Pre-teen pregnancy, same-sex parents, sexually transmitted viruses, gender reorientation, and a variety of other problems have been forced upon us, by the few, in the name of "tolerance."  An anti-faith lobby has convinced America that losing our traditional family won't weaken America.  With your help, our combined efforts can, and must, change that.



5.  Our Education System Has Failed Us

We took God out of the classroom to "protect" our children. The results are a disaster.  More than 50% of our public schools are failing.  Inner-city schools are war zones.  Our graduates are no longer competitive in the market.  Drop-out rates in some schools exceed 80%.  Instead of "aiming high," we have adjusted downward.  If this dire situation continues -- we lose our future.  With your help, our combined efforts can, and must, change that.



6.  Our Safety & Security Is Threatened

As citizens of the United States, we trade some of our freedoms to have those who govern us protect our society.  That's not happening.  With the assault on our moral center has come rampant crime, increased violence and the breakdown of our American society. We are now prisoners in our own homes, fearing the savagery a faithless society has produced without remorse.  With your help, our combined efforts can, and must, change that.



7.  A Truly Satanic Threat Seeks To Destroy Us

There exists today a threat that seeks to destroy our God, our country and our way of life.  It represents the personification of "Pure Evil," and it has a name:  Islam.  Islam has repeated shown itself to be capable of unspeakable atrocities.  Islam has no regard for any human life.  In the name of "Allah" Christians (and others) are slaughtered by the thousands.  Tragically, Islam has been welcomed openly in America with no restraints.  With your help, our combined efforts can, and must, change that.


But Now We Can Have Hope!


These 7 Credible Threats are the poisoned well from which all other currently unholy endeavors spring forth and flow. These threats stand poised to strip our country of its faith, its values and its ability to reclaim the American greatness and exceptionalism our Founding Fathers intended for us and our children.

"Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!” (Revelation 12:12)

You and I, our families, and our friends, already see these threats around us every day.  They are now very close, not vague and off in the distance.  They are real, not imagined.  We, as real patriotic Americans, have a Godly duty and spiritual obligation to use both the strength provided to us by God, and the rights provided by our Constitution to turn our country around and reclaim it as our own.

In the important words of Theodore Roosevelt, "This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in."  We couldn't agree more. We are absolutely  willing to do our part to make this God-driven mission a success.  We ask you, and all those who share our commitment to God and Country, to join us on this mission to save America from total destruction.

He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.  And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.  (Revelation 22:11-12)

With your help, our combined efforts can, and will, be successful for our Lord.  Thank you, and God Bless you!

China makes everything - except progress on religious liberty.

Happy New Year?  48 Christians Arrested On New Year's Day.

Landlords are forbidden to rent meeting space to Churches.

Beijing authorities detained 48 members of a large persecuted house church on New Year's Day, marking a total of more than 1,000 church members who have been taken into police custody during the church's 38 weeks of attempting to hold outdoor worship services.
 
"By arbitrarily detaining peaceful religious believers in the capital city on the first day of 2012, Beijing authorities show that they are determined to continue their crackdown on independent religious groups in the coming year," Bob Fu, president of China Aid, said.

"In defiance of universal values and in violation of its own laws and constitution, which guarantees religious freedom, China's communist leaders are walking further down the road of the wrong side of history," said Fu, a former Beijing house pastor who was imprisoned for his beliefs.

Among those taken into custody Jan. 1, 30 were believed to have been released by 10 p.m. and the remainder were held overnight at various police stations across the city, China Aid said. Many other church members had been kept under house arrest beginning Friday, the watchdog group said.

Shouwang Church began meeting outdoors in April after being evicted from its rented meeting space and after authorities prevented the church from gathering in a portion of an office building it had purchased.
The church tried three times to rent three different venues, but Beijing authorities have ordered landlords not to rent to them, China Aid said. 

Police arrest the Christians before the services even start and typically free them within 24 hours. China's Domestic Security Protection Squad has maintained constant surveillance outside the homes of senior church leaders, while police have camped outside the doors of other church members from Saturday night until noon Sunday, when service times technically are over, according to China Aid.

Compass Direct News Service reported that early on Christmas morning church members arrived at a public square only to find it heavily guarded with industrial-strength rails blocking access. Police arrested 41 believers who attempted to worship at the site that day, Compass said.

On the church's Facebook page, one church member said Christians who were detained indoors usually felt sorry for those waiting outside in the cold as they were able to "read books and have fellowship in a warm room," Compass reported.

The Facebook post explained that the believer was interrogated on Christmas Day with an officer taunting him for being afraid to give his home address and threatening to hold him long enough for the man to lose his job, Compass said.

Despite the ongoing persecution and winter weather, Shouwang Church leaders say they plan to continue meeting outdoors until a solution is reached.

When Principles Are As Important As Political Gain

Rick Santorum represents everything that's right with faith-based leadership.

Sadly, the political process shows us what's wrong with America.

With just five days until the New Hampshire primaries, Rick Santorum has his work cut out for him.  

And if the stress of running for a presidential nomination weren't grueling enough, Santorum's refusal to compromise on his values has unleashed a firestorm of criticism from the mainstream media that is sure to cast doubt within the ranks of an uninformed electorate.

There will be no shortage of political commentary in the days leading up to the NH primary.  My interest in Santorum -- and what I hope will be your interest as well -- is Santorum's ability to be competitive on a national stage after losing his last race for his Senate seat in 2007.

In the Senate, Santorum became known for his social conservatism. He led efforts to ban late-term abortions and led the unsuccessful GOP fight in 2005 to keep Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman who was diagnosed as being in a vegetative state, attached to life-preserving medical equipment.

He derided a 2003 Supreme Court decision that declared a Texas sodomy law unconstitutional, saying, "If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery."

Santorum's stances earned him a solid following among religious conservatives and a spot on Time magazine's 25 most influential evangelists list in 2005.

It also earned him the enmity of many Democrats, women's groups, abortion rights advocates and gay rights supporters, who disliked Santorum's faith-based stance.

Knowing this, most candidates would have moderated their message, and tailored their political stance to the polls.  Santorum's campaign staff urged him on many occasions to do just that, or risk the election.  He refused to compromise his values and ended up losing the Senatorial election for that very reason.

Does that make him politically naive, and unworthy to guide the United States as President?  Or does that make him the perfect candidate for a nation that is becoming increasingly morally bankrupt, and unable to maintain a conviction separate from the most recent public opinion poll?

He is the champion of the average guy -- the forgotten American -- who pays his taxes, fights for freedom and doesn't expect a handout.

He realizes that it isn't only the threat of Jihadism from abroad that threatens our nation, but an internal loss of confidence, an unwillingness to recognize and defend the exceptional nature of this country.

Though he lost at the ballot box in his last electoral attempt, he did not stop beating the drum for fiscal reform and a strong defense for the nation. He is a stalwart advocate of traditional American principles and has not wavered on these matters the balance of the current GOP contenders have done -- many times -- over the years.

Win or lose, private or public sector, Santorum's principles and values have remained steadfast and unshakable.  When did that become a character liability for an individual running for President?

As I was reading a story on the New Hampshire primary this morning on CNN, the following statement jumped out at me.  "The general electorate is now seeing the stark divisions within the GOP up close and personal," says Brown University political scientist Wendy Schiller. "Libertarian, social conservative, and fiscal conservative. Will the real GOP stand up?"

That's telling in and of itself.  The Republican Party has lost its self-identity, and those who support the party are at a crossroads.  It's my opinion that the party will be defined by our choice in 2012 for many years to come, and the thought that "Faith, Family and Freedom" are values outside the mainstream is a chilling proposition.

Thankfully, faith-based conservatives are finally catching on to the Santorum message.  As reported on Fox News this morning, Santorum, who finished just eight votes behind Romney in Tuesday's caucuses, has already seen a surge of online donations, enough to cripple his campaign's website shortly after the Iowa results were announced.

I encourage everyone interested in the political process -- who believes values still have a place in our political process -- to research Rick Santorum and consider supporting the only candidate who has not waivered in his beliefs.

Win or lose, I don't believe we can ever do the "wrong thing" by voting for the "right person."

Rick Santorum for President

P.O. Box 37

Verona, PA 15147

Phone: (888) 321-6675

Email:  info@ricksantorum.com

https://www.ricksantorum.com/

I truly believe 2012 is going to be an awesome year for all God's children.  With your help, our combined efforts can, and will, be successful for our Lord.  Thank you, and God Bless you!

God's Justice May Not Be Swift, But It IS Perfect.

Court rules black Baptist Church is the rightful owner of a KKK store.

After a 15-year legal battle:  God = 1, Hate = 0

The Redneck Shop, Laurens, SC

I believe the true definition of irony has to be "God making things right, in His time, as only He knows how."

I also believe in a sense of Divine Justice that, while never quick or apparent enough for my limited tastes, always works out better than I could have ever planned it myself.

Case in point:  after a 15-year legal battle between a church and a white supremacist hate group, the church wins.  To add honey to the victory, the hate group must pay all expenses (and go broke), and then be evicted.

As reported in the Associated Press, A circuit judge ruled last month that New Beginnings Baptist Church is the rightful owner of the building that houses the Redneck Shop, which operates a so-called Klan museum and sells Klan robes and T-shirts emblazoned with racial slurs. The judge ordered the shop's proprietor to pay the church's legal bills of more than $3,300.

But the irony doesn't end there.  Consider the namesake of the South Carolina city in which this battle actually took place.

Since 1996, the Redneck Shop has operated in an old movie theater in Laurens, SC, a city about 70 miles northwest from Columbia that was named after 18th century slave trader Henry Laurens.  Laurens had earned part of his wealth by operating the largest slave-trading house in North America. In the 1750s alone, his Charleston firm oversaw the sale of more than 8,000 enslaved Africans.

Priceless.  As I stated above, God's justice may not be swift but it is perfect.

Ownership of the building was transferred in 1997 to the Rev. David Kennedy and his church, New Beginnings, by a Klansman fighting with others inside the hate group, according to court records. That man, according to Kennedy, was feuding with store proprietor John Howard over a woman and "developed a spiritual relationship" with Kennedy's church, the judge wrote.

But a clause in the deed entitles Howard, formerly KKK grand dragon for the Carolinas, to operate his business in the building until he dies.

Pastor Gerald A. Tucker
New Beginnings Baptist Church, SC

After years of trying to have the property inspected, Kennedy and New Beginnings sued Howard and others in 2008. On Dec. 9, a judge ruled in Kennedy's favor.

It wasn't immediately clear if the judge's ruling would mean Howard must close the shop. Howard hung up on a reporter when asked about the shop's status, but an outgoing message on the shop's answering machine said it's only open one morning a week.

Howard has defended his business in the past.

"If anything turns people off, they shouldn't come in here," Howard told The Associated Press in 2008. "It's not a thing in here that's against the law."

The Redneck Shop has been the target of protests and attacks from the start. A few days after it opened, a Columbia man crashed his van through the front windows and was charged with malicious damage to property. High profile black activists have staged several protests outside the store, and Kennedy has regularly picketed there as well.

Kennedy has a long history of fighting racial injustice. He protested when a South Carolina county refused to observe the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and he helped lobby to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse dome.

Kennedy said Tuesday his congregation was elated by the judge's decision, which he said he had already discussed with local police in hopes of being able to visit and inspect the property this week.

"It has been a long time coming," said Kennedy, who learned of the ruling this week. "We knew we had done everything right. ... The court knows that we have suffered."

Kennedy said his congregation's numbers have decreased in recent years as some of its 200 members became fearful of reprisals from Klan members. Nazi and Confederate symbols have been tacked to the door of the double-wide mobile home where New Beginnings now meets, Kennedy said, and dead animals have been left at the building.

"A lot of people became so afraid," Kennedy said. "I just told them that it is part of our faith to endure."

Amen, Pastor.  Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”  So we may boldly say: “ The LORD is my helper; I will not fear.  What can man do to me?”  (Hebrews 13:5-6)

Every time I encounter a story like this, I am reminded that God's justice is perfect.  I am reassured that God is always present in everything we do.  And I am humbly reminded that whatever "justice" I could have thought to visit on such a vile business as The Redneck Shop, nothing I could have done could have ever come close to this end result.

I truly believe 2012 is going to be an awesome year for all God's children.  With your help, our combined efforts can, and will, be successful for our Lord.  Thank you, and God Bless you!

Ron Paul Opposes Abortion ... Just Kidding.

In the twisted mind of Ron Paul, a State's rights trump "Right To Life."

Behold, children are a Blessing from the LORD, 

The fruit of the womb is a reward.  (Psalm 127:3)

I hope everyone will be watching the Iowa Caucuses tonight.  Closely.  In particular, pay careful attention to Ron Paul's performance.
 
Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum are in a virtual tie for first place.  Anything can happen with 41% of the Iowa voters undecided, of course, but this Ron Paul trend is scary.

Battling Rick Santorum for the "pro-life" credential, Paul has managed to twist the truth as only his twisted mind could.  In the process, voters are being misled.

What you will hear is Ron Paul telling his constituents that he is a "pro-life" medical professional that wants to de-fund Planned Parenthood and reverse the Supreme Court decision of Roe vs. Wade.  He also touts the fact that he signed the Personhood USA Pledge.

What you will not hear is Ron Paul's argument that the protections afforded to unborn children under the 14th Amendment -- by virtue of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which Ron Paul voted against -- are trumped by the 10th Amendment, which establishes a state's right to exert authority over the federal government.

The Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-212) is a United States law which recognizes a "child in utero" as a legal victim, if he or she is injured or killed during the commission of any of over 60 listed federal crimes of violence. The law defines "child in utero" as "a member of the species Homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb."

It was signed into law by President Bush on April 1, 2004.

In short, Ron Paul supports the concept of a ban on abortion, but thinks that states should be left to decide whether or not they want to enforce that federal ban.

"I support a ban on abortion except when I don't support a ban on abortion."  What a wonderful example of morals and ethics Ron Paul presents to the American people.

In signing the Personhood USA pledge, which calls for Fourteenth Amendment protections for the unborn, Paul included a statement saying the Fourteenth Amendment -- which says nobody should be deprived of life without due process -- should not "cancel out the Tenth Amendment," which pertains to states' rights.

Prior to enactment of the federal law, the "child in utero" was, as a general rule, not recognized as a victim of federal crimes of violence. Thus, in a federal crime that injured a pregnant woman and killed the "child in utero," no homicide was recognized, in most cases.

According to Fox News, Paul warned in that statement about a "federal police force" on the issue, or the possibility of a "Federal Department of Abortion."

Asked to clarify the position, Paul told the group he believes the federal government should "define life" as beginning at conception, and then leave it up to the states to determine enforcement.

Personhood USA later said it had "serious concerns" about Paul's "inconsistencies" on the issue.
Personhood USA President Keith Mason told Fox News on Tuesday that Paul's stance is "a little bizarre."

A little bizarre?  When I looked up the word "bizarre" in the dictionary it said:  see Ron Paul.

Pay careful attention this evening to the results of the Iowa Caucus.  If Ron Paul places in the top 3, which he mostly will, he'll carry his twisted momentum to New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida.  If you live in one of those fine states, don't be duped by his Libertarian message.

The Devil is in the details.

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