Watchman Nee was probably the major vessel used by the Lord to plant Christianity in China.
In his early years he was of great consternation to Margaret (M.E.) Barber, who was concerned he was seeking after far too much head knowledge than experience of the Lord.
According to Nee, Barber was probably the one Christian who gave him the most help.
After some time, and as he matured, Nee's experience caught up with his head knowledge, as he began to be persecuted by institutional Christianity because of his stand on the church.
Most importantly, Nee started to experience more and more the shared sufferings of Christ, and in the area of brokenness he had a lot to say, as these couple of videos confirm.
He spent the last 20 years of his life in prison for his faith in Jesus Christ.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Senator Rand Paul lent a hand to Kentucky Senate President and Republican Gubernatorial Candidate David Williams Friday, who is behind sitting Governor and Obama supporter Steve Beshear.Paul said, "There isn't a chance in this election to vote for or against the president, but there is a chance to vote against his cheerleaders. So, I'm here today to wholeheartedly endorse the candidacy of David Williams and Richie Farmer."
Farmer is running for Lt. Governor.
Concerning their jobs plan, Williams said, "If this plan is enacted in Kentucky, Kentucky will be the best place in the United States of America to create and retain jobs. That's coming from Art Laffer who has created more jobs by his economic policies in cooperation with Ronald Reagan than anybody before or since."
"We're pro-life, we're pro-second amendment, we're pro-coal, we're pro-jobs, and we're anti-Barack Obama," added Farmer.
They would be an excellent choice for Kentucky, which needs to clean out the Democrat, liberal, socialist apparatus from government.
While applauding the size of the haircut Greek bondholders are undergoing, billionaire investor Jim Rogers says it's not nearly enough when taking into account all of Europe, which face the same problem.
Rogers said to Investment Week, "Never in a million years did I expect them to impose a haircut of 50 percent, this shows at least somebody is starting to accept reality."
Even so, Rogers rightly concludes politicians have just kicked the can down the road again, saying "Politicians have delayed addressing the problem yet again."
"It will come back in a few weeks or a few months and the world will still have the same problem, but this time only worse because the European Central Bank and other countries will be in deeper in debt."
Rogers calls for haircuts of a similar nature if Europe is to be saved, something that would ultimately result in unrest across the region.
The problem is the socialist promises made by governments that are simply unsustainable, as Europe and the United States are finding out.
What politicians are attempting to do is pass or duck the blame in order to hide the fact that socialism and the attempt at a one-world government doesn't work.
Whether by design or default, the world is quickly going to find out that politicians have been lying for years concerning the promises they made, and that, hopefully, will be a big hit to the socialist and fascist agenda that has permeated the world for decades.
Rogers concluded, "There has been a major overhang, so we will see the easing of some pressure, but the problem will come back because the Western world still has not dealt with its debt."
"Most European countries are increasing their debt rather than decreasing their debt. Until that changes, the problems are going to continue, just as they will in the U.S."
It makes one wonder if there's a connection between that and the NATO-led overthrow of some of the countries in the Middle East recently, meaning an attempt to point the attention of the public in a different direction, while buying time.
Either way, time is running out for the West in regard to its enormous debt load. And unless there are major spending cuts, the weight of the debt will result in economies and the careers of many politicians to come crashing down, and inevitable unrest following.
Rogers said to Investment Week, "Never in a million years did I expect them to impose a haircut of 50 percent, this shows at least somebody is starting to accept reality."
Even so, Rogers rightly concludes politicians have just kicked the can down the road again, saying "Politicians have delayed addressing the problem yet again."
"It will come back in a few weeks or a few months and the world will still have the same problem, but this time only worse because the European Central Bank and other countries will be in deeper in debt."
Rogers calls for haircuts of a similar nature if Europe is to be saved, something that would ultimately result in unrest across the region.
The problem is the socialist promises made by governments that are simply unsustainable, as Europe and the United States are finding out.
What politicians are attempting to do is pass or duck the blame in order to hide the fact that socialism and the attempt at a one-world government doesn't work.
Whether by design or default, the world is quickly going to find out that politicians have been lying for years concerning the promises they made, and that, hopefully, will be a big hit to the socialist and fascist agenda that has permeated the world for decades.
Rogers concluded, "There has been a major overhang, so we will see the easing of some pressure, but the problem will come back because the Western world still has not dealt with its debt."
"Most European countries are increasing their debt rather than decreasing their debt. Until that changes, the problems are going to continue, just as they will in the U.S."
It makes one wonder if there's a connection between that and the NATO-led overthrow of some of the countries in the Middle East recently, meaning an attempt to point the attention of the public in a different direction, while buying time.
Either way, time is running out for the West in regard to its enormous debt load. And unless there are major spending cuts, the weight of the debt will result in economies and the careers of many politicians to come crashing down, and inevitable unrest following.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Here some quotes from a variety of works by Gene Edwards. Below each quote is the source from which it came.
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Paul's letters, when placed together (in proper order) tell The Story, a story which stretches from the year 50 through 67. Blend in Acts with those letters, and now The Story stretches uninterrupted in three dimensions from 30 through 70 ... from Pentecost until the destruction of Jerusalem. This is a revolutionary story, and it hasn't been told in 1800 years.
Unleashing the Word of God
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Knowing Christ deeply is not part of the Christian mindset.
An Open Letter to House Church Leaders
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Our love for God is tested by whether we seek Him ... or His gifts.
The Secret to the Christian Life
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It has been said that it is impossible to forgive a man who deliberately hurts you for the sole purpose of destroying you or lowering you. If this be true, you have but one hope: to see this unfair hurt as coming by permission from God for the purpose of lifting your stature above that place where you formerly stood.
The Prisoner in the Third Cell
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God did not have, but wanted very much to have, men who would live in pain. God wanted a broken vessel.
A Tale of Three Kings
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The planting of the ecclesia, by church planters, is waiting in the wings, waiting to be - in our day - center stage once more!!
How to Meet
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There is nothing to prevent a Universal American church or the Americanization of Christianity except the re-discovery of the uniquely local and organic expression of the church.
The Americanization of Christianity
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To know Him was all important. I would know Him better; whether or not I ministered again was His business.
Climb the Highest Mountain
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Perhaps one of the greatest shocks a Christian will ever know is to discover that fellow Christians can be cruel.
Crucified by Christians
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Most of the things we Protestants practice had their beginnings long after the first century. None of them began with any thought of being scriptural. No one was thinking of the Word of God when they started these practices.
Beyond Radical
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Man ... shall now have one beside him. One of his very substance, his being ... extended. I shall now build flesh from his flesh. Bone from his bone. Thus shall he gain a counterpart. A counterpart who is oneness. A counterpart on whom he may pour out ... his love.
The Divine Romance
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Paul's letters, when placed together (in proper order) tell The Story, a story which stretches from the year 50 through 67. Blend in Acts with those letters, and now The Story stretches uninterrupted in three dimensions from 30 through 70 ... from Pentecost until the destruction of Jerusalem. This is a revolutionary story, and it hasn't been told in 1800 years.
Unleashing the Word of God
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Knowing Christ deeply is not part of the Christian mindset.
An Open Letter to House Church Leaders
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Our love for God is tested by whether we seek Him ... or His gifts.
The Secret to the Christian Life
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It has been said that it is impossible to forgive a man who deliberately hurts you for the sole purpose of destroying you or lowering you. If this be true, you have but one hope: to see this unfair hurt as coming by permission from God for the purpose of lifting your stature above that place where you formerly stood.
The Prisoner in the Third Cell
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God did not have, but wanted very much to have, men who would live in pain. God wanted a broken vessel.
A Tale of Three Kings
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The planting of the ecclesia, by church planters, is waiting in the wings, waiting to be - in our day - center stage once more!!
How to Meet
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There is nothing to prevent a Universal American church or the Americanization of Christianity except the re-discovery of the uniquely local and organic expression of the church.
The Americanization of Christianity
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To know Him was all important. I would know Him better; whether or not I ministered again was His business.
Climb the Highest Mountain
-----------
Perhaps one of the greatest shocks a Christian will ever know is to discover that fellow Christians can be cruel.
Crucified by Christians
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Most of the things we Protestants practice had their beginnings long after the first century. None of them began with any thought of being scriptural. No one was thinking of the Word of God when they started these practices.
Beyond Radical
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Man ... shall now have one beside him. One of his very substance, his being ... extended. I shall now build flesh from his flesh. Bone from his bone. Thus shall he gain a counterpart. A counterpart who is oneness. A counterpart on whom he may pour out ... his love.
The Divine Romance
Friday, October 21, 2011
The quotes of T. Austin-Sparks below are from a variety of articles he wrote throughout his life. The line below each quote is the name of the article it came from.
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All that the Lord Jesus taught and did is vindicated by the Holy Spirit inworking into the life of the believer the victory of that resurrection life of the Lord Jesus.
The Abiding Meaning of Pentecost
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The New Testament brings the Lamb of God into view and calls for beholding. That word means more than 'take a look', 'glance your eyes toward Him'. It means, 'fasten your gaze upon Him.'
Beholding
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For us there is but one definite and conclusive explanation of the universe, and that explanation is a Person - the Lord Jesus Christ, with all that is eternally related to Him.
Christ - All, And In All
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Sin is the dethroning of God from His true place: righteousness is the bringing of God back into His place. That is what the cross has done.
The Coming of the Crowning Day
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Nine-tenths of the trouble with both the individual child of God and the fellowship (or arrested fellowship) of the Lord's people is traceable to the workings of the unrenewed mind in which there is carnality still or the mind unguarded becoming the playground of "The prince of the power of the air."
The Cross and the Deliverance of the Mind
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It does not require a great deal of intelligence in order to recognise that, throughout the history of God's work, the master-stroke of the great perverter has been confusion.
The Danger of Coming Short
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The very heart of suffering, the very heart of co-heirship with Christ, is this wonderful sense of inward relationship to the object in view, inward relationship to the inheritance, inward relationship to the result, the reward. And that is the explanation of suffering, of labour, of conflict.
The Eternal Reward of Labour and Suffering
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There are sufferings which are peculiarly and most deeply the lot of those who have paid a great price in their abandonment to a Divinely given vision and purpose. The pain of this kind of trial was, and is, suffered most in secret.
"The Fellowship of His Sufferings"
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The Lord's glory and honour are expressed in perennial youth, but the new generation cannot succeed just because of youth, any more than it can be officially appointed; it must take up the succession in an inward way, and that means by spirituality.
God Needs Gideons
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"...the greatest need of the times is a movement of God to bring His people to know the fullness of Christ!"
The Greatest Need of the Times
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GOD had broken into this world in the Person of His Son, the Lord Jesus. He had intervened in the course of the history of this world with one main intention—to assert the fact of His rights, to bring in His prerogatives in this world; these had been disputed, challenged and refused.
The Heavens Do Rule
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In the New Testament, not only in statements but in many ways, experience has a very high place indeed in the work of God and is of very great importance and value in God's sight. Experience really is the quality or essence of stature, of maturity.
The Importance and Value of Experience
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And when the Lord brought again out of captivity a people, be they but a small people, a despised and weakened people, nevertheless, a people whose heart was set upon His satisfaction, the Lord had something that gave Him joy, and turned His sorrow away.
The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength
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The Lord may know of a day not far away when that will spread and all those things which are the externals of Christianity, upon which Christians depend, will be swept away and no longer available. We’ve had a little touch of it in our lifetime, many Christians have in this very country, and it could be very much more so and very quickly, that crisis may be looming upon the near horizon.
Let Us Go On
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One thing is particularly and jealously guarded by God in the case of the earthly life of the Lord Jesus. It is this, that whatever Christ was it was spiritual; there was nothing from cradle to grave which made Him anything naturally or temporally.
The Meaning of Christ
--------------
The Jews of Paul's day were totally incapable of believing that a man could separate himself from their tradition and, at the same time, be devoted to their wellbeing.
The Need For Positive Ground
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It is a perfectly obvious fact that wherever the Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ has been most faithfully preached and presented - while bringing hope and new life to many - it has almost invariably been the cause of trouble.
The Offence of the Cross
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When principles are contravened He cannot stand by the people concerned. Sooner or later it will be manifested that, while the Lord loves the people, He cannot support the wrong principles which are governing their lives.
The Peril of Divided Loyalties
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The heavens do rule now by grace. It is grace that governs the Throne. The power of God in this age is grace. I hope the day never comes when I stand before that Throne and know any other power than grace. The covenant in grace is the covenant in His blood, and we need never know the awfulness of divine power but may know the beauty of divine power - the love of God.
The Rainbow
--------------
What is the mystery of Christ? The mystery of Christ is God veiled in this Representative. Here is God in representation, but how many saw Him? ''He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father.'' But I think that word ''seen'' means something very much more than just looking upon Him as a man. Peter said, ''Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." And He said, ''Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father Who is in heaven'' (Matt 16:13-17). That is what it means to see; it is by revelation. It is that which is the mystery. The fact is there, the true representation or representative of God in person, yet unrecognized, unseen.
Seeing Christ by Revelation
---------------
So remember that, and if sometimes it seems too big for you, just say: That is a very good thing; I would not have it as small as I am; there needs to be something very big to get me anywhere! For the bigger it is, the mightier is the dynamic and the motive for the Christian life.
A Talk to Young Christians on the Nature of the Christian Life
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In the Body of Christ the Holy Spirit is the great nervous system, and only as there is an immediate response to every intimation of the will of the Head, and the life unbrokenly in correspondence with His mind, can there be an expression of the unity of which the New Testament speaks.
The Unity of the Spirit
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"... my disturbing fear is that there will be a movement, or some movements, toward the formation of another undenominational or interdenominational denomination, this coming about also by policy, expediency, or seeming necessity. Such a movement would only be another tragedy and incipient sectarian calamity, which history would show to have been not of God but of man, although with the best of motives. May the Lord save from this so serious mistake!
"A Very Deep Concern..."
-----------------
We must remember that the Holy Spirit can never have free course in us and through us if we harbour unloving thoughts concerning other of God's children, let alone put those thoughts into actions. He is the Spirit of fellowship, so that if we fail in that realm then we fail in the matter of love.
The Well Within
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When Jesus said: "Ye are my friends", He was going beyond 'Ye are My disciples' and 'Ye are My followers'. He could have called them by many other names, but when He said: "Ye are my friends" He went beyond anything else. And I think that the Lord Jesus found the most complete satisfaction of His heart in this word. To say "Ye are my friends" was as far as anybody could possibly go. Really, there is nothing beyond it. You reach the end of all relationships when you really come to friendship. How rich and how precious, then, is this title!
"Ye Are My Friends"
==============
All that the Lord Jesus taught and did is vindicated by the Holy Spirit inworking into the life of the believer the victory of that resurrection life of the Lord Jesus.
The Abiding Meaning of Pentecost
--------------
The New Testament brings the Lamb of God into view and calls for beholding. That word means more than 'take a look', 'glance your eyes toward Him'. It means, 'fasten your gaze upon Him.'
Beholding
--------------
For us there is but one definite and conclusive explanation of the universe, and that explanation is a Person - the Lord Jesus Christ, with all that is eternally related to Him.
Christ - All, And In All
--------------
Sin is the dethroning of God from His true place: righteousness is the bringing of God back into His place. That is what the cross has done.
The Coming of the Crowning Day
--------------
Nine-tenths of the trouble with both the individual child of God and the fellowship (or arrested fellowship) of the Lord's people is traceable to the workings of the unrenewed mind in which there is carnality still or the mind unguarded becoming the playground of "The prince of the power of the air."
The Cross and the Deliverance of the Mind
--------------
It does not require a great deal of intelligence in order to recognise that, throughout the history of God's work, the master-stroke of the great perverter has been confusion.
The Danger of Coming Short
--------------
The very heart of suffering, the very heart of co-heirship with Christ, is this wonderful sense of inward relationship to the object in view, inward relationship to the inheritance, inward relationship to the result, the reward. And that is the explanation of suffering, of labour, of conflict.
The Eternal Reward of Labour and Suffering
--------------
There are sufferings which are peculiarly and most deeply the lot of those who have paid a great price in their abandonment to a Divinely given vision and purpose. The pain of this kind of trial was, and is, suffered most in secret.
"The Fellowship of His Sufferings"
--------------
The Lord's glory and honour are expressed in perennial youth, but the new generation cannot succeed just because of youth, any more than it can be officially appointed; it must take up the succession in an inward way, and that means by spirituality.
God Needs Gideons
--------------
"...the greatest need of the times is a movement of God to bring His people to know the fullness of Christ!"
The Greatest Need of the Times
--------------
GOD had broken into this world in the Person of His Son, the Lord Jesus. He had intervened in the course of the history of this world with one main intention—to assert the fact of His rights, to bring in His prerogatives in this world; these had been disputed, challenged and refused.
The Heavens Do Rule
--------------
In the New Testament, not only in statements but in many ways, experience has a very high place indeed in the work of God and is of very great importance and value in God's sight. Experience really is the quality or essence of stature, of maturity.
The Importance and Value of Experience
--------------
And when the Lord brought again out of captivity a people, be they but a small people, a despised and weakened people, nevertheless, a people whose heart was set upon His satisfaction, the Lord had something that gave Him joy, and turned His sorrow away.
The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength
--------------
The Lord may know of a day not far away when that will spread and all those things which are the externals of Christianity, upon which Christians depend, will be swept away and no longer available. We’ve had a little touch of it in our lifetime, many Christians have in this very country, and it could be very much more so and very quickly, that crisis may be looming upon the near horizon.
Let Us Go On
--------------
One thing is particularly and jealously guarded by God in the case of the earthly life of the Lord Jesus. It is this, that whatever Christ was it was spiritual; there was nothing from cradle to grave which made Him anything naturally or temporally.
The Meaning of Christ
--------------
The Jews of Paul's day were totally incapable of believing that a man could separate himself from their tradition and, at the same time, be devoted to their wellbeing.
The Need For Positive Ground
--------------
It is a perfectly obvious fact that wherever the Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ has been most faithfully preached and presented - while bringing hope and new life to many - it has almost invariably been the cause of trouble.
The Offence of the Cross
--------------
When principles are contravened He cannot stand by the people concerned. Sooner or later it will be manifested that, while the Lord loves the people, He cannot support the wrong principles which are governing their lives.
The Peril of Divided Loyalties
--------------
The heavens do rule now by grace. It is grace that governs the Throne. The power of God in this age is grace. I hope the day never comes when I stand before that Throne and know any other power than grace. The covenant in grace is the covenant in His blood, and we need never know the awfulness of divine power but may know the beauty of divine power - the love of God.
The Rainbow
--------------
What is the mystery of Christ? The mystery of Christ is God veiled in this Representative. Here is God in representation, but how many saw Him? ''He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father.'' But I think that word ''seen'' means something very much more than just looking upon Him as a man. Peter said, ''Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." And He said, ''Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father Who is in heaven'' (Matt 16:13-17). That is what it means to see; it is by revelation. It is that which is the mystery. The fact is there, the true representation or representative of God in person, yet unrecognized, unseen.
Seeing Christ by Revelation
---------------
So remember that, and if sometimes it seems too big for you, just say: That is a very good thing; I would not have it as small as I am; there needs to be something very big to get me anywhere! For the bigger it is, the mightier is the dynamic and the motive for the Christian life.
A Talk to Young Christians on the Nature of the Christian Life
---------------
In the Body of Christ the Holy Spirit is the great nervous system, and only as there is an immediate response to every intimation of the will of the Head, and the life unbrokenly in correspondence with His mind, can there be an expression of the unity of which the New Testament speaks.
The Unity of the Spirit
----------------
"... my disturbing fear is that there will be a movement, or some movements, toward the formation of another undenominational or interdenominational denomination, this coming about also by policy, expediency, or seeming necessity. Such a movement would only be another tragedy and incipient sectarian calamity, which history would show to have been not of God but of man, although with the best of motives. May the Lord save from this so serious mistake!
"A Very Deep Concern..."
-----------------
We must remember that the Holy Spirit can never have free course in us and through us if we harbour unloving thoughts concerning other of God's children, let alone put those thoughts into actions. He is the Spirit of fellowship, so that if we fail in that realm then we fail in the matter of love.
The Well Within
-----------------
When Jesus said: "Ye are my friends", He was going beyond 'Ye are My disciples' and 'Ye are My followers'. He could have called them by many other names, but when He said: "Ye are my friends" He went beyond anything else. And I think that the Lord Jesus found the most complete satisfaction of His heart in this word. To say "Ye are my friends" was as far as anybody could possibly go. Really, there is nothing beyond it. You reach the end of all relationships when you really come to friendship. How rich and how precious, then, is this title!
"Ye Are My Friends"
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Supporters of Ron Paul challenged actor Alec Baldwin on several issues Paul believes in.
One of the questions was in connection to the Federal Reserve and whether it should be abolished as Paul has suggested.
Baldwin responded:
When asked if he would commit to supporting Ron Paul, Baldwin refused to. With all of Baldwin's blather, you would think Paul would be someone he would be glad to support.
It appears limited government and getting rid of the banksters is too much for Baldwin to grasp or get behind.
Baldwin does call for major changes in the Securities and Exchange Commission, especially in relationship to conflicts of interests in regard to bankers and regulations.
One of the questions was in connection to the Federal Reserve and whether it should be abolished as Paul has suggested.
Baldwin responded:
Capitalism is worthwhile. I don't want the capital markets to be dismantled. I think capitalism is worthwhile, and capitalism demands the flow of money.
When asked if he would commit to supporting Ron Paul, Baldwin refused to. With all of Baldwin's blather, you would think Paul would be someone he would be glad to support.
It appears limited government and getting rid of the banksters is too much for Baldwin to grasp or get behind.
Baldwin does call for major changes in the Securities and Exchange Commission, especially in relationship to conflicts of interests in regard to bankers and regulations.
Science has for too long hidden behind the idea of "peer review," where it is supposed to be a check and balance to conclusions asserted from research.
The problem of course is research money, corporate profits, narcissism and private agendas, whereby results can be cooked by scientists, and in fact are much more frequently than the average person knows.
Take the case of the recent revelation by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) at the U.S. Department of Health, whereby it was revealed he had "engaged in research misconduct by fabricating data that were included in two published papers" related to cancer research.
Fabrications include:
The Wall Street Journal reported on peer reviews:
So-called peer reviewed scientific conclusions can no longer be considered legitimate, as the fraud and consequences inherent in the system, including the obvious conflict of interests, make it completely unreliable across about every "scientific" discipline their is out there.
For the falsified cancer results above it's particularly damning, as other publications have cited the material and doctors have made decisions for their patients based upon it.
This lying snake needs to be prosecute and sued into oblivion, as well as Boston University which allowed the fraud to go forward, suggesting incompetence or collusion.
The money involved in research is enormous, giving incentive for peer reviews to be based upon outright lies.
The problem of course is research money, corporate profits, narcissism and private agendas, whereby results can be cooked by scientists, and in fact are much more frequently than the average person knows.
Take the case of the recent revelation by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) at the U.S. Department of Health, whereby it was revealed he had "engaged in research misconduct by fabricating data that were included in two published papers" related to cancer research.
Fabrications include:
Oncogene February 2009, which found that HIC1, a protein thought to suppress tumor growth, is a 'central molecule in a novel mechanism controlling cell growth and that the disruption of this HIC1-mediated pathway may lead to abnormal cell proliferation and, ultimately, cancer.'
Molecular Endocrinology December 2009, which found 'reintroducing HIC1 into resistant breast cancer cells restored their sensitivity to the estrogen antagonists, indicating the existence of a novel regulatory mechanism for growth control of breast cancer cells.'
The Wall Street Journal reported on peer reviews:
"Just 22 retraction notices appeared in 2001, but 139 in 2006 and 339 last year. Through seven months of this year, there have been 210, according to Thomson Reuters Web of Science, an index of 11,600 peer-reviewed journals world-wide …
At the Mayo Clinic, a decade of cancer research, partly taxpayer-funded, went down the drain when the prestigious Minnesota institution concluded that intriguing data about harnessing the immune system to fight cancer had been fabricated. Seventeen scholarly papers published in nine research journals had to be retracted. A researcher, who protests his innocence, was fired. In another major flameout, 18 research journals have said they are planning to retract a total of 89 published studies by a German anesthesiologist …"
So-called peer reviewed scientific conclusions can no longer be considered legitimate, as the fraud and consequences inherent in the system, including the obvious conflict of interests, make it completely unreliable across about every "scientific" discipline their is out there.
For the falsified cancer results above it's particularly damning, as other publications have cited the material and doctors have made decisions for their patients based upon it.
This lying snake needs to be prosecute and sued into oblivion, as well as Boston University which allowed the fraud to go forward, suggesting incompetence or collusion.
The money involved in research is enormous, giving incentive for peer reviews to be based upon outright lies.
Another of the thousands of scientists refuting the junk "science" behind climate change or global warming has added his contribution to the debate.
David Deming, who is a geophysicist, associate professor of arts and sciences at the University of Oklahoma, said "Anyone who is an honest and competent scientist must be a denier" of global warming.
Reject any of the stream of lies associated with global warming from "court" scientists of the governments around the world.
There is absolutely no proof whatsoever that man has contributed to one iota of global warming, or that there is even such a thing as global warming. So you can sleep easy my friends while rejecting and opposing this lie.
David Deming, who is a geophysicist, associate professor of arts and sciences at the University of Oklahoma, said "Anyone who is an honest and competent scientist must be a denier" of global warming.
I'm a denier for several reasons. There is no substantive evidence that the planet has warmed significantly or that any significant warming will occur in the future. If any warming does occur, it likely will be concentrated at higher latitudes and therefore be beneficial. Climate research has largely degenerated into pathological science, and the coverage of global warming in the media is tendentious to the point of being fraudulent. Anyone who is an honest and competent scientist must be a denier.
Reject any of the stream of lies associated with global warming from "court" scientists of the governments around the world.
There is absolutely no proof whatsoever that man has contributed to one iota of global warming, or that there is even such a thing as global warming. So you can sleep easy my friends while rejecting and opposing this lie.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
If Ron Paul is elected President, a probability if he manages to win the Republican nomination, he has vowed to cut $1 trillion in Federal spending, as well as get rid of five governmental departments, according to The Brody File.
Among the departments Paul would cut are the Departments of Education, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Commerce and Interior.
According to a senior official with Paul's campaign, some of the existing functions of these departments would be rolled over into other departments, for example, pell grant programs currently overseen by the Department of Education.
Ron Paul has been consistent with all of the values he represents throughout the years, and is currently reminding social conservatives of his pro-life position concerning abortion.
The positions of Ron Paul have been the main conversational driver of the Republican debates, even though mainstream media has feverishly attempted to pretend he doesn't exist.
Paul would demolish Obama in a direct confrontation.
Among the departments Paul would cut are the Departments of Education, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Commerce and Interior.
According to a senior official with Paul's campaign, some of the existing functions of these departments would be rolled over into other departments, for example, pell grant programs currently overseen by the Department of Education.
Ron Paul has been consistent with all of the values he represents throughout the years, and is currently reminding social conservatives of his pro-life position concerning abortion.
The positions of Ron Paul have been the main conversational driver of the Republican debates, even though mainstream media has feverishly attempted to pretend he doesn't exist.
Paul would demolish Obama in a direct confrontation.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Presidential hopeful Ron Paul has released a commercial reminding conservative votes of his long-term stance as an opponent of abortion, and other life-related issues.
Paul again cites the fact that he has delivered over 4,000 babies, and continues to be "committed to protecting life."
The commercial started to air on October 14 in Iowa, and will continue on for weeks, according to the campaign, expanding to New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada, the other three states where primaries will initially be held.
Paul again cites the fact that he has delivered over 4,000 babies, and continues to be "committed to protecting life."
The commercial started to air on October 14 in Iowa, and will continue on for weeks, according to the campaign, expanding to New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada, the other three states where primaries will initially be held.
It's unfortunate that Joni Eareckson-Tada decided to enter into the fray on the upcoming election as it relates to pro-life and government spending.
I say unfortunate because she needs to be exposed for her clueless ignorance on economics and how the United States is being impacted by unsustainable socialist programs, specifically Medicaid.
First of all, Tada says that abortion or embryonic stem cell research aren't what determines whether a person is pro-life or not.
She says this:
"Although these are important issues, I want to encourage voters to look at the bigger picture. If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society." You mean babies in the womb aren't the weakest and most vulnerable of society, Joni? Abortion has already proven they are. Period!
I don't want to rehash all that though. It's the assumptions and conclusions drawn from her assumptions I want to challenge.
Incredibly, Tada says, "Unless society holds accountable those who are defining 'waste-reduction measures,' the disabled and elderly will lose services and in-home support that are critical to their basic needs."
Who could disagree with Tada's statement? Not me. But that's not where she ends it, which is the huge problem. She defines society as not people, but the government. This is the horrendous and hideous error she makes.
In other words, if you're not a big-spending government politician, you have to be held accountable from Tada's point of view, as she's not able, or willing to distinguish between the two, as her writing explicitly says.
Tada gets close to being evil with her conclusions, calling out those who are pro-life as being tarnished if they don't agree with her assertions.
Worse to me, is she's using her capacity as an alleged defender of the disabled and elderly to manipulate people into voting for her party and candidate, which is obvious. Hey, forget about those being aborted, as the progressives and Democrats have, it's more important that we continue to spend beyond our means as a government than to deal with the economic destruction coming. See how that helps the needy at that time.
Along with attempting to use the "guilt" card, Tada has shown herself to be absolutely clueless concerning economics. Secondly, her inability to separate providing for the needy and elderly outside of government channels shows she's part of the problem and not part of the solution.
It's an outrage that she asserts those who don't back up continual government spending for her special interest group means they're pro-life credentials are at risk.
In case you attempt to use the "guilt" card on me, don't bother. My son has been a special needs person since he was born about 34 years ago, and I know exactly what the issues are surrounding his care.
To imply this has anything to do with government promises it will never been able to keep over the long term prolongs the problem, and makes the landing even harder for those counting on it and socialized into depending upon it.
Joni would do much better to study up on economics of the Austrian kind, and to work more on raising private capital and awareness for those who will need it in the future.
The government spending programs, no matter how well intentioned, aren't sustainable. That's simply the fact, whether you like it or not. This reality will hit over the next decade as economic growth continues to be slow and cuts be forced to come in line with reality.
For Joni, she needs to publicly repent for her callous coloring of those who don't agree with her as being suspect as to their pro-life credentials. We await your response.
I say unfortunate because she needs to be exposed for her clueless ignorance on economics and how the United States is being impacted by unsustainable socialist programs, specifically Medicaid.
First of all, Tada says that abortion or embryonic stem cell research aren't what determines whether a person is pro-life or not.
She says this:
"Although these are important issues, I want to encourage voters to look at the bigger picture. If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society." You mean babies in the womb aren't the weakest and most vulnerable of society, Joni? Abortion has already proven they are. Period!
I don't want to rehash all that though. It's the assumptions and conclusions drawn from her assumptions I want to challenge.
Incredibly, Tada says, "Unless society holds accountable those who are defining 'waste-reduction measures,' the disabled and elderly will lose services and in-home support that are critical to their basic needs."
Who could disagree with Tada's statement? Not me. But that's not where she ends it, which is the huge problem. She defines society as not people, but the government. This is the horrendous and hideous error she makes.
In other words, if you're not a big-spending government politician, you have to be held accountable from Tada's point of view, as she's not able, or willing to distinguish between the two, as her writing explicitly says.
Tada gets close to being evil with her conclusions, calling out those who are pro-life as being tarnished if they don't agree with her assertions.
Like all good citizens, the elderly and people with disabilities want to eradicate waste and fraud from government, but helping people with special needs meet their basic needs doesn't fit this description. The hallmark of a healthy society has always been measured by how it cares for the disadvantaged.Don't get caught into Tada's tortured logic. She simply isn't able to think in terms of entities outside the government being those providing services for those with special needs or the elderly, even though millions in private funds are in fact doing that at this time.
As people investigate the candidates on all issues, they should remember that being pro-life also means protecting the elderly and medically fragile people - it's not a litmus test issue. If candidates believe that savings can be secured through undercutting basic services for the elderly and disabled, it can't help but tarnish their stand as pro-life candidates.
Worse to me, is she's using her capacity as an alleged defender of the disabled and elderly to manipulate people into voting for her party and candidate, which is obvious. Hey, forget about those being aborted, as the progressives and Democrats have, it's more important that we continue to spend beyond our means as a government than to deal with the economic destruction coming. See how that helps the needy at that time.
Along with attempting to use the "guilt" card, Tada has shown herself to be absolutely clueless concerning economics. Secondly, her inability to separate providing for the needy and elderly outside of government channels shows she's part of the problem and not part of the solution.
It's an outrage that she asserts those who don't back up continual government spending for her special interest group means they're pro-life credentials are at risk.
In case you attempt to use the "guilt" card on me, don't bother. My son has been a special needs person since he was born about 34 years ago, and I know exactly what the issues are surrounding his care.
To imply this has anything to do with government promises it will never been able to keep over the long term prolongs the problem, and makes the landing even harder for those counting on it and socialized into depending upon it.
Joni would do much better to study up on economics of the Austrian kind, and to work more on raising private capital and awareness for those who will need it in the future.
The government spending programs, no matter how well intentioned, aren't sustainable. That's simply the fact, whether you like it or not. This reality will hit over the next decade as economic growth continues to be slow and cuts be forced to come in line with reality.
For Joni, she needs to publicly repent for her callous coloring of those who don't agree with her as being suspect as to their pro-life credentials. We await your response.
It appears the majority of believers have come to think in terms of Christianity as having entered into a post-Christian era in the world, including so-called Christianity itself, which has abandoned much of the tenets of the faith.
When I say abandoned the tenets of the faith, I'm mostly referring to mixture, where a lot of the world is added to a little bit of the Bible and Christ.
Even so, there are denominations which claim to be Christian which allow practicing homosexuals to lead the flock, even though the Lord Himself condemns this aberrant lifestyle, which is counter to Christ, and not something anyone has been born with. It's a choice. Period!
There are many more examples which could be cited, as you know, but I want to focus on the implications of that in this article, and not the numerous consequences resulting from it.
Specific implications refer to whether or not Christianity is in fact in a post-Christian era or not. My argument is that we aren't in a post-Christ era in any way, but are rather still reside in a pre-Christian era.
While we could make a case for a post-Christian era from the atrocities being accepted by what are labeled as Churches, but that misses the point.
The reason it misses the point is because of church history, which shows that there really hasn't been an overall embrace of Biblical Christianity since not too long after the period of the early Church, even though there have been periods of recovery which have affected relatively small segments of those professing Christ.
If you read the Bible and have Christ truly residing in you, there can be no doubt there has been little in the way of maturing into the image of Christ, which is part of His eternal purpose for us. There have been some solid individuals over time, but not much in the way of a corporate testimony of Christ.
My conclusion is that requires us to conclude that we are still largely in a pre-Christian era, and have yet to sustainably, and over time, mature in Christ to a state where we, as an entity, can say we represent Christ on the earth; in who He is and what He demands of us.
Once we do, from there we'll truly begin to see what it means to take dominion on this earth, another aspect of His eternal purpose concerning His people.
So don't be discouraged or lose hope, as what we're seeing is really just the beginning of a shaking out in those who name Christ, but in fact aren't really His.
There is much talk about there being many people repeating a sinners prayer, but without real conversions. I believe that is the case, but not just in our day, but throughout much of Church history.
We still await the day when the Church becomes a people reflecting Christ in the earth, and what that will mean for creation before the Lord returns for His people. We must reject that which is of this world and not allow it to infiltrate the Church.
We also must become a people of the Spirit, living from His life and showing forth who Christ is to a world that have yet to fully see Him in His people in an unmixed, pure manner.
Again, there have been times throughout history where there has been a glimpse of this, but overall, there has been a resistance to maturing in Christ because it entails the work of the cross in His people, as well as a separation from the world and its underlying premises.
Christians, or those who name Christ, are afraid to go all the way because they know deep within it will cost them everything. We need to be of those that are willing to take this journey, not counting anything of importance in this world, as we pray for the will and kingdom to come down from Heaven.
We aren't living in a post-Christian world, as that would imply some type of magnificent, truly spiritual period and people we can point to as a point of reference to back the assertion.
Again, there have been small pockets of people such as this throughout history, but not to the point where it has been embraced by Christendom as a whole.
Until those who are redeemed apply themselves and respond to the call of the Lamb, we will continue to dwell in a pre-Christian era on the earth.
Christ continues to woo those who will respond to His call. Let's cast off our baggage and run the race He has run and placed before us.
When I say abandoned the tenets of the faith, I'm mostly referring to mixture, where a lot of the world is added to a little bit of the Bible and Christ.
Even so, there are denominations which claim to be Christian which allow practicing homosexuals to lead the flock, even though the Lord Himself condemns this aberrant lifestyle, which is counter to Christ, and not something anyone has been born with. It's a choice. Period!
There are many more examples which could be cited, as you know, but I want to focus on the implications of that in this article, and not the numerous consequences resulting from it.
Specific implications refer to whether or not Christianity is in fact in a post-Christian era or not. My argument is that we aren't in a post-Christ era in any way, but are rather still reside in a pre-Christian era.
While we could make a case for a post-Christian era from the atrocities being accepted by what are labeled as Churches, but that misses the point.
The reason it misses the point is because of church history, which shows that there really hasn't been an overall embrace of Biblical Christianity since not too long after the period of the early Church, even though there have been periods of recovery which have affected relatively small segments of those professing Christ.
If you read the Bible and have Christ truly residing in you, there can be no doubt there has been little in the way of maturing into the image of Christ, which is part of His eternal purpose for us. There have been some solid individuals over time, but not much in the way of a corporate testimony of Christ.
My conclusion is that requires us to conclude that we are still largely in a pre-Christian era, and have yet to sustainably, and over time, mature in Christ to a state where we, as an entity, can say we represent Christ on the earth; in who He is and what He demands of us.
Once we do, from there we'll truly begin to see what it means to take dominion on this earth, another aspect of His eternal purpose concerning His people.
So don't be discouraged or lose hope, as what we're seeing is really just the beginning of a shaking out in those who name Christ, but in fact aren't really His.
There is much talk about there being many people repeating a sinners prayer, but without real conversions. I believe that is the case, but not just in our day, but throughout much of Church history.
We still await the day when the Church becomes a people reflecting Christ in the earth, and what that will mean for creation before the Lord returns for His people. We must reject that which is of this world and not allow it to infiltrate the Church.
We also must become a people of the Spirit, living from His life and showing forth who Christ is to a world that have yet to fully see Him in His people in an unmixed, pure manner.
Again, there have been times throughout history where there has been a glimpse of this, but overall, there has been a resistance to maturing in Christ because it entails the work of the cross in His people, as well as a separation from the world and its underlying premises.
Christians, or those who name Christ, are afraid to go all the way because they know deep within it will cost them everything. We need to be of those that are willing to take this journey, not counting anything of importance in this world, as we pray for the will and kingdom to come down from Heaven.
We aren't living in a post-Christian world, as that would imply some type of magnificent, truly spiritual period and people we can point to as a point of reference to back the assertion.
Again, there have been small pockets of people such as this throughout history, but not to the point where it has been embraced by Christendom as a whole.
Until those who are redeemed apply themselves and respond to the call of the Lamb, we will continue to dwell in a pre-Christian era on the earth.
Christ continues to woo those who will respond to His call. Let's cast off our baggage and run the race He has run and placed before us.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
The long-term debt rating of Spain was downgraded by Standard & Poor's, as the European Union flounders on the brink of extinction. And not too soon, I may add.
As for the banking system of Spain, Standard and Poor's said they see it continuing to weaken as the amount of troubled assets increase.
Standard & Poor's cut the long-term rating from "AA" to "AA-." They also have a "negative" outlook on the country, suggesting there could be even further rating cuts in the future. The short-term rating of "A-1+" was maintained for now.
Much of the rating downgrade was predicated on little or no growth prospects for the country, which continues to be weighed down by high unemployment, large private debt and tight credit.
Also of concern is the weakness of its immediate trading partners, which reinforces little or no growth going forward, and possibly contraction.
As with most of the countries in economic trouble, including the United States, the recession is being blamed for Spain's slow growth, while the socialist practices of entitlement and out of control spending weren't mentioned.
Until the size of government is limited, spending cut, and entitlement programs drastically reduced, nothing will change for these countries, as the spending is simply no longer sustainable.
In the case of the United States, they need to also cut back on military expansionism, along with entitlement and spending cuts.
Spain is now expected to grow at an anemic 0.8 percent in 2011, and possibly up to 1 percent in 2012. That's down from former projections of 1.5 percent.
Who knows what will happen once Greece defaults, which is a surety.
As for the banking system of Spain, Standard and Poor's said they see it continuing to weaken as the amount of troubled assets increase.
Standard & Poor's cut the long-term rating from "AA" to "AA-." They also have a "negative" outlook on the country, suggesting there could be even further rating cuts in the future. The short-term rating of "A-1+" was maintained for now.
Much of the rating downgrade was predicated on little or no growth prospects for the country, which continues to be weighed down by high unemployment, large private debt and tight credit.
Also of concern is the weakness of its immediate trading partners, which reinforces little or no growth going forward, and possibly contraction.
As with most of the countries in economic trouble, including the United States, the recession is being blamed for Spain's slow growth, while the socialist practices of entitlement and out of control spending weren't mentioned.
Until the size of government is limited, spending cut, and entitlement programs drastically reduced, nothing will change for these countries, as the spending is simply no longer sustainable.
In the case of the United States, they need to also cut back on military expansionism, along with entitlement and spending cuts.
Spain is now expected to grow at an anemic 0.8 percent in 2011, and possibly up to 1 percent in 2012. That's down from former projections of 1.5 percent.
Who knows what will happen once Greece defaults, which is a surety.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
The roots of fascism have been mostly traced back to Mussolini, who once stated this: "Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state."
While it is true that Mussolini offered up the talk of fascism, in reality he was a Marxist, but his followers, according to Paul Johnson in Modern Times, wouldn't support his socialist leanings, and so instead he adopted fascism, at least in theory, as his preferred way of reaching his goals.
Mussolini also asserted, "We control the political forces, we control the moral forces, we control the economic forces. Thus we are in the midst of the corporative fascist state."
He concluded that fascism was "organized, concentrated, authoritarian democracy on a national basis."
The followers of Mussolini had no desire to see the nationalization of industry in the socialist sense, so he followed them into what was considered by socialists of that day as Marxist heresy.
Essentially what fascism in our day and age operates as is the government allowing corporate cartels to operate under its auspices, allowing them to use practices otherwise illegal.
Interestingly, private cartels aren't allowed to exist, meaning only government-sanctioned cartels are allowed, even it isn't exactly presented that way.
Cartels are basically created in order to hinder free market forces from being the deciding factor in business and other transactions. Cartels are a form of fascism, and the U.S. government and large corporations are up to their necks in this practice.
The largest and most notable cartel in the United States is the Federal Reserve and its relationship to the giant banks. Essentially it's a combination of a public institution embracing the private sector banks. Some could argue the Federal Reserve isn't a public entity, but a private one. While true, in practice it's as powerful as any government entity there is.
Cartels and/or fascism attempt to limit competition in order to shore up revenue, margins and profits. Another example is OPEC, which is a group of countries which primarily agree to quotas, although that doesn't usually work very well because of some of its members always breaking the agreement; a good thing for consumers.
The U.S. government has encouraged certain business leaders to work together for the betterment of the nation. This is fascism and cartelization of the market. The government has absolutely zero business telling business what to do or how. Even regulations can be a form of fascism, as evidenced by what direction the government wants the country to take. Energy is an obvious example here, among several.
Fascism can thrive when a popular demagogue like Obama enters the political arena. People get their eyes off of issues and focus on personality and charisma instead. That's what happened with Mussolini and Hitler, who were moving orators.
This is why the Tea Party has far more accuracy and potential than the clueless and purposeless protesters identifying themselves as "Occupy Wall Street."
When asked what they represent, they have no answer. A revolution without a purpose? Hardly. Many are even paid to attend, meaning they are a creation of unions and other socialist and fascist entities which live off of the money of the productive.
Tea Party people, which are a legitimate grass roots movement, at least understand the need to limit the size of government and the consequences if they don't. Those involved with the centrally planned "Occupy Wall Street" seem to be opposed to large bankers and corporations, but they're clueless as to why, other than the fact that they're big and businesses.
The intellectually challenged "Occupy Wall Street" people are so blinded to the role of government and its fascist practices, that they can't even connect the dots that are right in front of their faces. That's the danger of hero worship concerning politicians, in this case Obama, as he's as big a recipient and support of the fascist marriage of government and business as there ever has been, and knows he can get away with it because it's not as easy to discern as outright socialism.
An interesting insight from Paul Johnson concerning Mussolini was his obsession with national greatness and giant projects confirm that greatness. Fascism is largely a nation-state focus, and actions are taken in light of that. Germany of the early 20th century is another obvious example of this.
What the government is attempting to do through fascism is to become great in the eyes of the people via its actions. The problem is of course it must do this in "partnership" with businesses in order to pull it off. This is why socialism is such a failure in all ways, as it doesn't hide the fact it wants to directly control all aspects of the life of its people, especially business. This is much harder to measure, and operates under the radar of most people, who don't see the connection.
Business is the source of capital, and favoring and cartelizing them via government actions is the way fascism works.
This is why Marxists view fascists as heretics, they don't attempt to directly control business, rather they get into bed with chosen businesses in order to extract the favors they want in return.
Government is the pimp and businesses are the prostitutes, who are then allowed to work certain street corners offered by the government, which is now giving the orders behind the scenes, which in turns creates powerful banking and businesses which start to do the same in certain areas.
This is the great evil of fascism, as it gives the appearance of free markets, when in fact it's a large anti-trust scheme scamming the people of a nation, who aren't knowledgeable enough to know the difference.
While it is true that Mussolini offered up the talk of fascism, in reality he was a Marxist, but his followers, according to Paul Johnson in Modern Times, wouldn't support his socialist leanings, and so instead he adopted fascism, at least in theory, as his preferred way of reaching his goals.
Mussolini also asserted, "We control the political forces, we control the moral forces, we control the economic forces. Thus we are in the midst of the corporative fascist state."
He concluded that fascism was "organized, concentrated, authoritarian democracy on a national basis."
The followers of Mussolini had no desire to see the nationalization of industry in the socialist sense, so he followed them into what was considered by socialists of that day as Marxist heresy.
Essentially what fascism in our day and age operates as is the government allowing corporate cartels to operate under its auspices, allowing them to use practices otherwise illegal.
Interestingly, private cartels aren't allowed to exist, meaning only government-sanctioned cartels are allowed, even it isn't exactly presented that way.
Cartels are basically created in order to hinder free market forces from being the deciding factor in business and other transactions. Cartels are a form of fascism, and the U.S. government and large corporations are up to their necks in this practice.
The largest and most notable cartel in the United States is the Federal Reserve and its relationship to the giant banks. Essentially it's a combination of a public institution embracing the private sector banks. Some could argue the Federal Reserve isn't a public entity, but a private one. While true, in practice it's as powerful as any government entity there is.
Cartels and/or fascism attempt to limit competition in order to shore up revenue, margins and profits. Another example is OPEC, which is a group of countries which primarily agree to quotas, although that doesn't usually work very well because of some of its members always breaking the agreement; a good thing for consumers.
The U.S. government has encouraged certain business leaders to work together for the betterment of the nation. This is fascism and cartelization of the market. The government has absolutely zero business telling business what to do or how. Even regulations can be a form of fascism, as evidenced by what direction the government wants the country to take. Energy is an obvious example here, among several.
Fascism can thrive when a popular demagogue like Obama enters the political arena. People get their eyes off of issues and focus on personality and charisma instead. That's what happened with Mussolini and Hitler, who were moving orators.
This is why the Tea Party has far more accuracy and potential than the clueless and purposeless protesters identifying themselves as "Occupy Wall Street."
When asked what they represent, they have no answer. A revolution without a purpose? Hardly. Many are even paid to attend, meaning they are a creation of unions and other socialist and fascist entities which live off of the money of the productive.
Tea Party people, which are a legitimate grass roots movement, at least understand the need to limit the size of government and the consequences if they don't. Those involved with the centrally planned "Occupy Wall Street" seem to be opposed to large bankers and corporations, but they're clueless as to why, other than the fact that they're big and businesses.
The intellectually challenged "Occupy Wall Street" people are so blinded to the role of government and its fascist practices, that they can't even connect the dots that are right in front of their faces. That's the danger of hero worship concerning politicians, in this case Obama, as he's as big a recipient and support of the fascist marriage of government and business as there ever has been, and knows he can get away with it because it's not as easy to discern as outright socialism.
An interesting insight from Paul Johnson concerning Mussolini was his obsession with national greatness and giant projects confirm that greatness. Fascism is largely a nation-state focus, and actions are taken in light of that. Germany of the early 20th century is another obvious example of this.
What the government is attempting to do through fascism is to become great in the eyes of the people via its actions. The problem is of course it must do this in "partnership" with businesses in order to pull it off. This is why socialism is such a failure in all ways, as it doesn't hide the fact it wants to directly control all aspects of the life of its people, especially business. This is much harder to measure, and operates under the radar of most people, who don't see the connection.
Business is the source of capital, and favoring and cartelizing them via government actions is the way fascism works.
This is why Marxists view fascists as heretics, they don't attempt to directly control business, rather they get into bed with chosen businesses in order to extract the favors they want in return.
Government is the pimp and businesses are the prostitutes, who are then allowed to work certain street corners offered by the government, which is now giving the orders behind the scenes, which in turns creates powerful banking and businesses which start to do the same in certain areas.
This is the great evil of fascism, as it gives the appearance of free markets, when in fact it's a large anti-trust scheme scamming the people of a nation, who aren't knowledgeable enough to know the difference.
Ron Paul has been somewhat of an enigma to conservatives over the years, who don't fully understand why Paul's message, at times, appears to contradict their values.
But with the out-of-control spending and expansion of the U.S. government, along with Paul's pro-life position, they are starting to take a strong second look at the candidacy of Paul as he once again runs for president.
Paul and conservatives, in general, have largely agreed on the need for limited government, although they differ on how that would play out. Conservatives still haven't been able to discern between having a strong military for domestic defense and the overreaching of the U.S. government as it continues to be the world's policeman.
Another difficult barrier between the two is Paul's stance on having the states do the majority of governing, while conservatives continue to embrace the federal government as the chief instrumentality in that regard.
If Paul and conservatives could come together on that, his candidacy has a very real chance of being a success. Paul has the majority of libertarians backing him, as well as a number of liberals, who back his opposition to the wars we continue to engage in. Paul could literally blow away all competitors if a coalition of these groups emerged.
At a recent rally at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, Paul mentioned the Biblical roots behind the principles which drive his message. The conservative crowd roared its approval; something that hasn't been part of Paul's past experience, which could be a good sign going forward in his campaign.
It would be amazing and strongly beneficial to America if Christians embraced Paul and voted him into the Presidency. What he represents, believes, and lives, is just what the nation needs at this hour.
Hopefully petty differences with ancillary issues don't result in conservatives turning away from Paul. He has a lot more in common with them than possibly they know, and he would make a great President.
But with the out-of-control spending and expansion of the U.S. government, along with Paul's pro-life position, they are starting to take a strong second look at the candidacy of Paul as he once again runs for president.
Paul and conservatives, in general, have largely agreed on the need for limited government, although they differ on how that would play out. Conservatives still haven't been able to discern between having a strong military for domestic defense and the overreaching of the U.S. government as it continues to be the world's policeman.
Another difficult barrier between the two is Paul's stance on having the states do the majority of governing, while conservatives continue to embrace the federal government as the chief instrumentality in that regard.
If Paul and conservatives could come together on that, his candidacy has a very real chance of being a success. Paul has the majority of libertarians backing him, as well as a number of liberals, who back his opposition to the wars we continue to engage in. Paul could literally blow away all competitors if a coalition of these groups emerged.
At a recent rally at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, Paul mentioned the Biblical roots behind the principles which drive his message. The conservative crowd roared its approval; something that hasn't been part of Paul's past experience, which could be a good sign going forward in his campaign.
It would be amazing and strongly beneficial to America if Christians embraced Paul and voted him into the Presidency. What he represents, believes, and lives, is just what the nation needs at this hour.
Hopefully petty differences with ancillary issues don't result in conservatives turning away from Paul. He has a lot more in common with them than possibly they know, and he would make a great President.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Obama has been ratcheting up the rhetoric in support of the so-called "Occupy Wall Street" crowd, which has Senator Rand Paul concerned could result in violence.
This is no doubt a move by Obama to distract many Americans away from the disaster and horrible President he is, as his leadership, or lack of it, has resulted in enormous, negative consequences for the country and most people living in it.
Bizarrely and dishonestly, Obama, whose campaign received large contributions and backing from Citigroup (NYSE:C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), is now trying to position himself as the man to bring the bankers back in line. It's laughable at best.
Obama going to bed with Wall Street is a major part of the problems we now face.
Rand Paul said, “As far as this Occupy Wall Street movement goes, you know I see it sort of like a Paris mob. I see the president’s rhetoric of envy inflaming the public.”
“I see this enflaming this Paris mob that I hope ultimately doesn’t result in lawlessness where they say ‘gosh those nice iPads through the window should be mine and why don’t I throw a brick through the window to get them because rich people don’t deserve to have them when I can’t have one."
As to the people in these protests without a purpose, Paul said this in relationship to their hypocritical and alleged opposition to business:
“They’re on their iPhone made by Apple incorporated, they’re wearing designer jeans their parents bought for them, that’s the kind of stuff I’m annoyed with when they say corporations are evil – corporations are businesses.”
Paul adds that he does agree with the apparent only real grievance stated by the protesters, and that is that taxpayers shouldn't be made to pay for the bailout of the bankers, something the Tea Party has already addressed and opposed.
As for Obama, he sees these demonstrators as potential allies, and is now attempting to support them in what appears to be a strategy to keep himself out of the limelight as his unpopularity grows.
These protests aren't really coherent, and the call by the demonstrators to raise taxes is nothing more than a talking point of Obama and the Democrats.
What Obama and the rest of the politicians need to do is cut spending and begin to limit the size and promises of government, as it isn't sustainable, as we are finding out before the eyes of the American people.
This is no doubt a move by Obama to distract many Americans away from the disaster and horrible President he is, as his leadership, or lack of it, has resulted in enormous, negative consequences for the country and most people living in it.
Bizarrely and dishonestly, Obama, whose campaign received large contributions and backing from Citigroup (NYSE:C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), is now trying to position himself as the man to bring the bankers back in line. It's laughable at best.
Obama going to bed with Wall Street is a major part of the problems we now face.
Rand Paul said, “As far as this Occupy Wall Street movement goes, you know I see it sort of like a Paris mob. I see the president’s rhetoric of envy inflaming the public.”
“I see this enflaming this Paris mob that I hope ultimately doesn’t result in lawlessness where they say ‘gosh those nice iPads through the window should be mine and why don’t I throw a brick through the window to get them because rich people don’t deserve to have them when I can’t have one."
As to the people in these protests without a purpose, Paul said this in relationship to their hypocritical and alleged opposition to business:
“They’re on their iPhone made by Apple incorporated, they’re wearing designer jeans their parents bought for them, that’s the kind of stuff I’m annoyed with when they say corporations are evil – corporations are businesses.”
Paul adds that he does agree with the apparent only real grievance stated by the protesters, and that is that taxpayers shouldn't be made to pay for the bailout of the bankers, something the Tea Party has already addressed and opposed.
As for Obama, he sees these demonstrators as potential allies, and is now attempting to support them in what appears to be a strategy to keep himself out of the limelight as his unpopularity grows.
These protests aren't really coherent, and the call by the demonstrators to raise taxes is nothing more than a talking point of Obama and the Democrats.
What Obama and the rest of the politicians need to do is cut spending and begin to limit the size and promises of government, as it isn't sustainable, as we are finding out before the eyes of the American people.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The world we live in today is one obviously not conducive to building a solid relationship with Jesus Christ. Not only because of sin and opposition, but possibly even more importantly, the speed of change and distractions now inherent to our generation.
While all of these have existed in the past, the impact I see on our generation as far as it relates to knowing Christ, is in being over-stimulated because of the sheer bombardment of our senses via the ubiquitous media outlets and screens we now have available to us.
In other words, we're always connected, and we don't want to, or believe we can't, disconnect for the type of interaction with Jesus Christ which has meaning and fulfilment to us and for Him.
As news and reporting tends to gravitate largely to the negative or spectacular, it elicits a emotional reaction in us on a consistent basis, which is the reason for identifying it as being over-stimulated.
It's like having children eat sugar all day long with them never coming down from the high as they bounce off the walls. We adults are experiencing that through the media sugar we consume every day, resulting in Christians largely neglecting their relationship with Christ, which must include literal quietness to cultivate and be impacted and changed by that fellowship with Him.
Forget about those people who try to tell you how to know Christ while maintaining a lifestyle which doesn't allow for it, not matter how it is spun.
You can't know or fellowship with your spouse, children, or other believers, unless you take the targeted time to do so, and it's the same with Christ, even more so, because of the need to absolutely be quiet before Him.
Time must be made and committed to on a consistent basis in order to enjoy the gift of Himself that Christ has given us. There are no short cuts to this, and there are no substitutes. We must change our behaviors and possibly, other areas of our lives if we want to participate in eternal life, which Jesus revealed was knowing Him and the Father.
To do that, we must give our time and attention to that. And as for how to do it, it must be done in circumstances where there are no outside or internal stimulants which will choke out the value of being restful and quiet before Him.
The purpose of this article isn't to get into the numerous ways that can be done, but to encourage and admonish you to remember this is the purpose of Jesus Christ in creating us, so that we could enjoy an eternity together in extraordinary fellowship. That's to begin happening while we live on this earth.
Again, work on being restful, peaceful and quiet before the Lord. It will take time, and it will be frustrating at the beginning, as you must learn and develop the discipline of living outside of the stimulation of this world in order to participate now in the eternals with Christ, who lives in heaven and within all true believers.
While all of these have existed in the past, the impact I see on our generation as far as it relates to knowing Christ, is in being over-stimulated because of the sheer bombardment of our senses via the ubiquitous media outlets and screens we now have available to us.
In other words, we're always connected, and we don't want to, or believe we can't, disconnect for the type of interaction with Jesus Christ which has meaning and fulfilment to us and for Him.
As news and reporting tends to gravitate largely to the negative or spectacular, it elicits a emotional reaction in us on a consistent basis, which is the reason for identifying it as being over-stimulated.
It's like having children eat sugar all day long with them never coming down from the high as they bounce off the walls. We adults are experiencing that through the media sugar we consume every day, resulting in Christians largely neglecting their relationship with Christ, which must include literal quietness to cultivate and be impacted and changed by that fellowship with Him.
Forget about those people who try to tell you how to know Christ while maintaining a lifestyle which doesn't allow for it, not matter how it is spun.
You can't know or fellowship with your spouse, children, or other believers, unless you take the targeted time to do so, and it's the same with Christ, even more so, because of the need to absolutely be quiet before Him.
Time must be made and committed to on a consistent basis in order to enjoy the gift of Himself that Christ has given us. There are no short cuts to this, and there are no substitutes. We must change our behaviors and possibly, other areas of our lives if we want to participate in eternal life, which Jesus revealed was knowing Him and the Father.
To do that, we must give our time and attention to that. And as for how to do it, it must be done in circumstances where there are no outside or internal stimulants which will choke out the value of being restful and quiet before Him.
The purpose of this article isn't to get into the numerous ways that can be done, but to encourage and admonish you to remember this is the purpose of Jesus Christ in creating us, so that we could enjoy an eternity together in extraordinary fellowship. That's to begin happening while we live on this earth.
Again, work on being restful, peaceful and quiet before the Lord. It will take time, and it will be frustrating at the beginning, as you must learn and develop the discipline of living outside of the stimulation of this world in order to participate now in the eternals with Christ, who lives in heaven and within all true believers.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Greece continues to respond weakly to their self-induced sovereign debt crisis, as socialism continues to destroy the economy of the nation based upon making promises and implementing policies which aren't economically sustainable.
People used to being taken care of by the nanny state are now up in arms over the cutting of their benefits, causing continual strikes and uproar over the inability of the country to fulfill its false and baseless promises.
So now the media is attempting to paint the ongoing recession as the culprit in the matter, not wanting to speak against the the failed economic experiment that socialism is, and instead making it appear a failure of capitalism.
Greece is about as socialist as you get, and to even imply the recession is the problem, attempts to shift blame from forced redistribution of wealth, which have never worked over time, towards business, which has been proven to work.
The failure of socialism means governments must stop their attempts to social engineer in order to garner favor with people, and instead get out of the way so creative entrepreneurs can do what they do best: create jobs.
That means governments around the world need to start being limited in size and lower taxes and eliminate counterproductive regulations which choke off economic growth.
After all, who is going to continue to be productive only to have the government come in and extract that productivity and redistribute it to the lazy and unproductive who have been socialized into believing they deserve it?
People used to being taken care of by the nanny state are now up in arms over the cutting of their benefits, causing continual strikes and uproar over the inability of the country to fulfill its false and baseless promises.
So now the media is attempting to paint the ongoing recession as the culprit in the matter, not wanting to speak against the the failed economic experiment that socialism is, and instead making it appear a failure of capitalism.
Greece is about as socialist as you get, and to even imply the recession is the problem, attempts to shift blame from forced redistribution of wealth, which have never worked over time, towards business, which has been proven to work.
The failure of socialism means governments must stop their attempts to social engineer in order to garner favor with people, and instead get out of the way so creative entrepreneurs can do what they do best: create jobs.
That means governments around the world need to start being limited in size and lower taxes and eliminate counterproductive regulations which choke off economic growth.
After all, who is going to continue to be productive only to have the government come in and extract that productivity and redistribute it to the lazy and unproductive who have been socialized into believing they deserve it?
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