Freedom Of Speech Is A Two-Way Street

Mississippi Attorney Danny Lampley was jailed for five hours this week because he refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the order of a judge. Lampley had shown up to court to represent his client in a divorce case when Judge Talmadge Littlejohn entered the courtroom and asked everyone to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Clinging to his First Amendment rights, Lampley refused to participate and was held in contempt.

The ironic thing is that Lampley successfully sued the Pontotoc school district in northern Mississippi in the 1990s to stop students from exercising their First Amendment rights by preventing them from praying over the intercom.

It has long been misunderstood that freedom of speech is a right given only to those who oppose organized religion or the patriotism of Americans in singing the National Anthem or reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Its about time they begin to learn that the First Amendment is a two way street.

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Irresponsibility Of Congress Showcased In Budget Failure

Two things are clearly evident about our government’s current leadership in our democratic congress. 1) They have no accountability and they know it. 2) They are completely irresponsible when it comes to spending money.

We need to look back no further than last week to find the most telling examples of this. Anxious to break camp and get back home to campaign for next month’s elections. Congress decided adjourn with two major items left on the table. With millions of Americans hurting from the current economic recession and democrats fighting to hang on in key elections around the nation they left what was quite possibly the best campaign tool in unresolved in Washington D.C. Instead they’re choosing to run in the elections without being able tell Americans what their tax rates will be next year.

Even more pressing, Congress dismissed without approving a budget for the government year that began last Friday. Instead they chose to pass a "continuing resolution," a stopgap measure to keep the government in operating funds for the next two months and avoid a pre-election federal shutdown. Basically the U.S. government is going to spend over the next two months with absolutely no budget. And we wonder why the nation’s debt is out of control.

Thirty-nine democrats joined the Republicans in a push to get a vote on extending the Bush tax cuts which nearly deadlocked the motion to adjourn but Nancy Pelosi cast the tie breaking vote allowing congress to leave the matter unresolved and head home. Instead we were given a promise from Pelosi that the tax cuts would be addressed after the elections. Basically they’re giving us the vote us back in and we’ll take care of ya line. Count me in as a guy who isn’t buying into it!

How about next month we bring some accountability to congress with our votes by showing that irresponsibility will no longer be tolerated!

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Archeology Once Again Validates The Bible

It never ceases to amaze me how much people will go out of their way to attempt to discredit the Bible but each time their philosophies, hypothesis or theories fail it gets little or no publicity compared to their initial accusations. Better yet, when archeological discoveries validate the Bible it’s often treated as some sort of newly attained knowledge and the fact that the same information has been recorded in the Scriptures for thousands of years is just coincidence.

Here’s an example. Archeologists in Israel have uncovered the ruins of a Philistine temple in the ancient city of Gath. The temple dates back to the 10th century B.C. and has brought validation to many of the stories recorded in the Old Testament.

The Bible records the Philistines as the enemies of Israel and even mentions the City of Gath as the home of Goliath (the giant whom David struck down). This dig shows that the philistine temple had two main support pillars. We didn’t need archeology to reveal this to us though if we were to simply read the Bible. Judges 16:29 gives us a layout of a Philistine temple and records the two central pillars.

Judges 16:29 29 Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other,

That’s not all this dig has shown us though. The team has also uncovered evidence of a major earthquake that struck the area in the 8th century B.C. Again this event was recorded in the Bible in Amos chapter 1.

Amos 1 1 The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa—the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.

These are both discoveries that have been unearthed just this summer but they aren’t the end of the Biblical evidence to be found in Gath. On other thing that was unearthed this summer was the evidence of the destruction left behind when King Hazael attacked the city in 830 B.C. Again we have this event recorded for us in the Old Testament in the book of II Kings.

2 Kings 12 17 About this time Hazael king of Aram went up and attacked Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.

We currently live in a culture of people who are desperately seeking truth. We want something to believe in! We’ve learned the hard way that we can’t believe in our government, some of us have discovered that we can’t believe in our friends or family and we’re seeking something that withstands the scrutiny and testing of life. The answer is the Bible. It is so much more than the book of fairy tales your atheist friend would have you believe it to be. It records God’s design and desire for His creation. It records the path to contentment in life and the consequences for not following that path. It provides hope, peace and joy to those who study and believe in it. Finally, it provides truth. We are consistently being told that God is not real and the Bible is a lie. However, these same people wouldn’t want you to see articles like this one because they don’t want to have to explain how archeological discoveries support a, “book of lies.”

Yet Another Video Of A Democratic Congressman Lashing Out Against Accountability

You know, I have four kids. At various stages of their lives I've seen them throw temper tantrums. Almost every one of them has been based on one principle. They wanted something that they couldn't have and I, as the father/authority figure held them accountable to their actions in trying to obtain something they couldn't have. Turns out, in their moment of meltdown they looked a lot like Mr. Ciro Rodriguez here.

Rodriguez was apart of the Democratic Party that ramrodded the health care bill through congress despite the majority of the American voting public being opposed to it. Now as they are facing the public, falling in the polls and losing re-election bids the meltdown is in full bloom.

We really shouldn't be surprised with the attitude and approach the Democrats are taking towards constituents who questioned them. They didn't listen to us before passing the health care bill, they're not going to listen now. The difference is that now they've become bitter against the American public that is rejecting them and holding them accountable to the web of lies they've spun.

Which Side Of The Fence Are You On?

This was sent to me as an email and I thought it was good enough to post. Enjoy!

If you ever wondered what side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!

 If a Conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.

 If a Liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.

 If a Conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat..

 If a Liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.

If a Conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.

If a Liberal is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.

If a Conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.

A Liberal wonders who is going to take care of him

If a Conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels. Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down.

 If a Conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.

A Liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.

If a Conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it. A Liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.

 If a Conservative reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.

A Liberal will delete it because he/she is "offended".

Amen!