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On this date in 1787, the U.S. Constitution was adopted. 39 delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies (Rhode Island did not send a representative) affixed their signatures to the greatest civil document ever conceived by men. Famous patriots such as George Washington, Roger Sherman, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, George Clymer, and Abraham Baldwin were among this gallant group.

Under divine Providence, it has been allegiance to the Constitution that has preserved our liberties and protected our very way of life. Most of the problems, failings, and frustrations that plague our nation today are due to the propensity of our civil magistrates to ignore or blatantly abuse constitutional government. Accordingly, fidelity to the Constitution would likely repair most of the damage done by this neglect.

It is the responsibility of a free people to jealously guard the principles upon which their liberties are predicated. For citizens of these United States, the principles that duly protect our liberties are contained in the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence. Therefore, it is incumbent upon every American to studiously familiarize himself with these documents.

Furthermore, it is the duty of every American to stubbornly hold their elected representative, at every level of government, accountable to his or her oath to the Constitution. The U.S. Constitution is the contract that every civil magistrate makes with “We the People.” Failure of an elected representative to fulfill that oath to the Constitution should be met with swift and certain rejection by the people at the polls. Nothing else should matter. Republican or Democrat, man or woman, black or white, believer or unbeliever: it is the responsibility of every civil magistrate to submit to the restrictions and instructions of the Constitution.

Our Constitution (along with the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence) was formed, framed, and founded upon the eternal principles contained in Natural Law, which proceeds forth from man’s Creator and Redeemer. No people in human history have ever been so blessed as the people of the United States to inherit such a legacy. Such a heritage serves only to heighten our own responsibility, as “unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.”

On this Constitution Day of 2008, may this generation of Americans live up to its responsibility to valiantly bequeath to our posterity the same legacy of freedom that was so bravely and miraculously bequeathed to us. For the sake of freedom, for the love of our children, and for the safety and security of our republic, may each of us determine for ourselves–and commit to Almighty God–to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
(c) Chuck Baldwin

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Chuck chimes in on Palin, which we all know what she really is. She does
not seem terribly bright. Wow, from one dufus to another! We have
nothing but imbeciles running the country. Well, actually not really
them. They are mindless puppets just like those who vote for these
idiots. Savage was good yesterday. He talked about Bush’s financial
9/11, concerning using our taxes to bail out corporate crooks and
doubling our national debt. One disaster after another. As far as those
storms, they were not as bad as predicted but last I heard 39 were dead
from it and people still can’t go back to their homes. It is a mess. But
Savage is a bit delusional because he thinks his only enemies are the
left, which I know for a fact is a lie because most of the right hate
him too, no matter if he sucks up to them or not. I know from my own
neocon family that they hate his guts as well as anyone who speaks the
truth, like Chuck. These lying neocons pretend to love mavericks by
pretending that McCain is one. No, mavericks is what they hate the most
because they cannot control them. They are all about control. Savage can
be off on a lot of things but he is right about Bush doing as much
damage before he gets out of office as possible. And all the blind
idiots who dare call themselves christians still support this evil man!
I started reading on Hagee’s book, In Defense of Israel, and is quite
good actually. He basically says how evil and antisemitic the church has
been these past 2,000 years, especially towards jews. He says that
Hitler got his inspiration from Martin Luther. Wow! This who all the
protestant schmucks look up to. That explains how the church became so
evil. So catholic or protestant, doesn’t matter because both are false
religions. Protestant idiots don’t know how close they are to the
catholic faith, to which they take from the very same customs, like the
false sabbath of Sunday. I will let you know when I finish this book and
let you know more about it. But this shows you how deceptive heresies
can be, when they mix truth with lies. It seems that the church has done
more harm than good through the ages which supports my theory that more
are in hell now from these false churches/religions than all the heathen
combined. So you know someone is lying to you when they act like church
equals salvation, when for the most part it equals damnation. The fact
that those who preach churchanity never seem to raise the importance of
the dangers of heresies proves that all the combination of heresies is
the chaos that they believe. They are the Great Whore of Revelation. So
we know the souls of the crusaders are burning in hell right now along
with all the popes. Hitler and the nazis were inspired by church, so let
no liar tell you that you are going to hell if you do not attend these
abominations of apostasy. THEY ARE THE VERY ONES THAT WILL BURN IN HELL
FOREVER AND SUFFER MORE THAN HEATHENS FOR BLASPHEMING GOD’S SPIRIT! All
these godless warmongering neocons hate truth with every ounce of their
being and constantly resist it, which is resisting the Holy Spirit,
which is blasphemy against him. Those who are concerned if they have
committed this unpardonable sin need not worry because it proves you
still have a conscience. The Holy spirit cannot work with those without
a conscience and is why all false teachers are damned because they are
guilty of this. In fact many are not even real christians to begin with.
This proves that most neocons are damned because they have no heart,
soul, or conscience. They can support a traitor like Bush who is
bringing this country to ruination and betrays Israel. They hate truth.
All who hate truth will be damned!

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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin gave her first exclusive interview as John
McCain’s Vice Presidential running mate to ABC’s Charles Gibson last week.
Her answers were very troubling, especially to those of us who believe in
constitutional government. On foreign policy, especially, Palin reveals
herself to be just another neocon; one who would enthusiastically promote
Bush’s preemptive war doctrine.

Speaking of the Bush doctrine, it was extremely enlightening that Sarah
Palin demonstrated surprising ignorance as to what the Bush Doctrine is.
Gibson asked: “Do you agree with the Bush doctrine?” Palin’s response: “In
what respect, Charlie?” Continued questions revealed that Sarah Palin was
totally ignorant of the Bush doctrine.

When Gibson properly defined the Bush doctrine as being the determination of
President Bush to unilaterally, preemptively launch anticipatory military
attacks and invasions against foreign countries (without a Declaration of
War from Congress, I might add), Palin said the President “has the
obligation, the duty” to launch such attacks. No wonder John McCain likes
her so much.

Palin went on to make further statements that must have made John McCain
proud. When asked if she would be willing to take America to war with Russia
in order to defend Georgia, she responded by saying, “Perhaps so.”

Egad! Do John McCain and Sarah Palin envision–even desire–war with Russia?
John McCain is already on record as supporting sending troops to Georgia;
now Sarah Palin suggests that even war with Russia is a possibility. Over
what? Has Russia deployed troops along our borders? Has Russia threatened to
invade the United States? Are McCain and Palin truly willing to launch a war
with a nation that has thousands of ICBMs in its nuclear arsenal, when our
own security has not been threatened? And just how many other countries are
McCain and Palin willing to defend with American toil and blood? All of
Europe?

Instead of promoting European states such as Georgia joining NATO, America
should promote dismantling NATO. The reason for NATO’s existence ended when
the cold war with the former Soviet Union ended. It is past time for
European states to take responsibility for their own defense. To promote
American hegemony in Russia’s backyard (which is exactly what we are doing
by promoting the expansion of NATO) not only serves to reignite the cold
war, it could inflame an all-out, very hot war. Is this what McCain and
Palin want?

With Palin’s willingness to launch a possible war with Russia, I suppose it
is a small thing that she has no problem with the United States invading
smaller countries such as Pakistan. To quote Sarah Palin, “We have got to
have all options out there on the table.”

Many people familiar with John McCain have tried to warn the American people
about the warmongering, hot-tempered senator. To quote one of McCain’s
fellow POWs, Phillip Butler (who was a POW for 8 years, 2 1/2 years longer
than McCain), “I can verify that John [McCain] has an infamous reputation
for being a hot head. He has a quick and explosive temper that many have
experienced first hand. Folks, quite honestly, that is not the finger I want
next to that red button.”

Only one time during Sarah Palin’s interview with Charles Gibson did she
refer to the U.S. Constitution, constitutional government, or her
responsibility as Vice President to preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution of the United States. This is very troubling. Can it be that
Sarah Palin is simply another politician who is ignorant and unconcerned
regarding constitutional government? If so, the fact that she is a social
conservative would make this dereliction no less egregious.

Speaking of social conservatism, Sarah Palin’s response to Charles Gibson’s
question regarding abortion is also troubling. Everyone knows that John
McCain is extremely weak on the life issue. He openly and repeatedly
supported embryonic stem cell research. Ms. Palin says she opposes it. So,
how would this conflict affect her position as McCain’s Vice President? It
wouldn’t.

According to Palin, she would not let a “personal opinion” interfere with a
McCain administration’s policy that differed from hers. In other words, she
would support McCain’s pro-embryonic stem cell research decisions. I am sure
this would also be true as John McCain increases federal funding for
abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, which is something that
McCain has also repeatedly done. Pray tell, how many other “personal
opinions” is Sarah Palin willing to sacrifice in order to be John McCain’s
running mate? Already my previous column’s cogitations are being borne out.
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Since my last column, I have discovered that Sarah Palin did nothing to
prevent the state of Alaska from being a sanctuary state for illegal aliens.
The La Frontera web site
( http://lafrontera.mojo4m.com/2167/ ) credits Lou Dobbs as noting that,
according to an August 14, 2006 report by the Congressional Research
Service, at least two Alaskan cities have don’t ask, don’t tell sanctuary
policies in place for illegal aliens: Anchorage and Fairbanks. Beyond that,
Alaska has a statewide policy that forbids state agencies from using
resources to enforce federal immigration law.

It makes perfect sense that Sarah Palin would embrace (or do nothing to
oppose) John McCain’s pro-illegal immigration policy, as this is one of the
issues he is most passionate about. It is absolutely inconceivable that John
McCain would ever select a running mate that did not share (or that would
oppose) his pro-illegal immigration convictions.

Of course, Charles Gibson never bothered to inquire concerning Sarah Palin’s
attitudes toward the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR),
free trade deals (such as NAFTA, FTAA, etc.), the burgeoning North American
Community, the NAFTA superhighway, etc. It really doesn’t matter. I think we
all know where Governor Palin comes down on all of the above. She will
continue to support America’s participation in and financial support for the
U.N.; she will, as former Presidents and Vice Presidents have done,
ingratiate herself with the CFR. Good grief! Her boss, John McCain, is a
longstanding member of the CFR. She will enthusiastically support free trade
deals, which destroy American jobs and encroach upon American independence
and sovereignty; she will not oppose the North American Community, or any
other form of globalism. And if called on, she will promote the NAFTA
superhighway.

In other words, Sarah Palin will offer no resistance to the escalating New
World Order (America’s greatest threat), her conservative leanings on social
issues notwithstanding.

Sarah Palin’s answers did reveal one positive: she seems to be solid on the
right of the people to keep and bear arms. That is encouraging, because with
the way that both Republicans and Democrats are leading America, it may not
be long before we will need to actually exercise that right.

(c) Chuck Baldwin

This may be a necessary step to Bush’s canceling the elections?

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According to the Army Times (dated Tuesday, September 30, 2008), “Beginning
Oct. 1 for 12 months, the 1st BCT [Brigade Combat Team] will be under the
day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of
Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or
manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.”

The article continued by saying, “But this new mission marks the first time
an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to NorthCom, a joint
command established in 2002 to provide command and control for federal
homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense support of civil
authorities.

“After 1st BCT finishes its dwell-time mission, expectations are that
another, as yet unnamed, active-duty brigade will take over and that the
mission will be a permanent one.”

The Times column also reported that the Army brigade “may be called upon to
help with civil unrest and crowd control . . .” It seems that the Army’s new
domestic duties also include “traffic control” as well as subduing “unruly
or dangerous individuals.”

The brigade will be known for the next year as a Consequence Management
Response Force, or CCMRF (pronounced “sea-smurf”).

I am assuming that the planners and promoters of this newfound function for
the Army brigade envision the Army assisting local first responders in
dealing with natural emergencies such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and the
like. Good intentions notwithstanding, to assign domestic police duties to
the U.S. military is extremely disturbing.

To understand my concern for this new “homeland Army brigade,” it is
important that we rehearse the principles of liberty as they relate to
standing armies.

One of America’s most sacred principles has always been that the U.S.
military was never to be used for domestic law enforcement. The fear of
standing armies ran very deep in the hearts and minds of America’s founders.
The tyranny and misery inflicted upon the colonies by British troops weighed
heavily upon those who drafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights. In their
minds, the American people would never again be subjected to the heavy
weight of army boots. Furthermore, they insisted that America would have a
civilian–not military–government.

And after the fiasco of the abuse of federal troops in the South following
the War Between the States, the doctrine of Posse Comitatus was enacted into
law. The Wikipedia online encyclopedia says this about Posse Comitatus:

“The Act prohibits most members of the federal uniformed services … from
exercising nominally state law enforcement police or peace officer powers
that maintain ‘law and order’ on non-federal property. . . .

“The statute generally prohibits federal military personnel and units of the
United States National Guard under federal authority from acting in a law
enforcement capacity within the United States, except where expressly
authorized by the Constitution or Congress. . . .

“The Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act substantially limit the
powers of the federal government to use the military for law enforcement.”

The Posse Comitatus Act was passed in 1878 and was universally accepted as
being a very just–and extremely important–law of the land.

But in 2006, President George W. Bush pushed a Republican-controlled
Congress to pass the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2007, which included a section titled “Use of the Armed Forces
in major public emergencies.” This section provided that “The President may
employ the armed forces to restore public order in any State of the United
States the President determines….” In effect, this bill obliterated Posse
Comitatus.

When the Democrat-controlled Congress passed the 2008 National Defense
Authorization Act, however, the restrictions of Posse Comitatus were
restored. But when President Bush signed the Act into law, he attached a
signing statement (Executive Order) indicating that the Executive Branch did
not feel bound by the changes enacted by the repeal. Translated: President
Bush wiped out Posse Comitatus by Executive Order.

Now, just a few months after expunging Posse Comitatus, President Bush has
authorized an Army brigade to be assigned the new role of dealing
exclusively with domestic law enforcement and related duties. This evokes
serious questions.

Who will give the order to send U.S. troops against American civilians, and
under what circumstances? What will the rules of engagement be? How will
“unruly” and “dangerous” be defined? How will soldiers be asked to deal with
“crowd” or “traffic” control? And perhaps the biggest question is, Once we
begin to go down this road, where will it lead?

For several years, the federal government has been accumulating to itself
more and more authority that was historically understood to reside within
the states and local communities. More and more, our police departments have
taken on the image and tactics of the armed forces. And to a greater and
greater degree, the rights and liberties of the American people are being
sacrificed on the altar of “national security.” It seems to me that to now
ascribe law enforcement duties to the U.S. Army only serves to augment the
argument that America is fast approaching police state status.

If Hurricane Katrina is the template that our federal government is using as
a model for future events, Heaven help us! Do readers remember how National
Guard troops were used to confiscate the personal firearms of isolated and
vulnerable civilians shortly after that hurricane devastated the New Orleans
area? Do you remember how representatives of the federal government were
calling upon pastors and ministers to act as spokesmen for gun confiscation?
Is this what the new Army brigade is preparing for? And do President Bush
and his military planners envision an even broader role for military troops
on American soil?

Add to the above rumors of thousands of plastic caskets–along with
thousands of portable prison cells–being shipped and stored across the
country, and one is left to ask, Exactly what is it that our federal
government is planning?

I think there is an even bigger question, What exactly will members of our
armed forces do if and when they are commanded to seize Americans’ firearms,
arrest them at gun point, or even fire upon them? How many soldiers and
Marines love liberty and constitutional government enough to resist such
orders, should they be given? And how many officers would resist issuing
such orders?

Remember, it is the job of the armed forces to kill people and blow up
things, not to do police work. Then again, Presidential administrations from
both major parties have been using the U.S. military as U.N. “peacekeepers”
for decades now. So, was all of this preparation for what is yet to take
place in the United States?

God forbid that any of the above should actually take place in our beloved
land, but I believe it would be naïve to not see that the actions and
attitudes of the federal government over the past several years do nothing
to assuage such fears.

(c) Chuck Baldwin

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Michael Savage, in his folly of thinking that we actually liberated
Iraq, has said that they are the most ungrateful people that they are
not willing to repay our help with their oil. So you see, even those who
are ignorant as to what all is really going on recognize what a crock
this war is. Only a complete moron and fool would say everything is
going alright. Only a bloodthirsty lunatic wants 100 years of war. The
reason why I do not respect our military is that a lot of them go along
with this corruption with no conscience at all. Even after the horrors
they faced and the benefits they are being cheated of still support this
scam. So I will not even pretend that our military is virtuous or
righteous. They are willing accomplices to Bush’s evil. This will be
more than evident when martial law comes into effect. If they are
willing to do evil there then they are willing to do evil here and turn
their weapons against us. I thought it was interesting as I am reading
through Peretti’s book “MONSTER” mentions corporate corruption and even
the CARLISLE group (page 199), which you have probably heard has close
ties with Bush. They are involved in that Bear Sterns bail-out scandal.
There is no denying Bush’s affiliation with that corrupt Enron company.
Bush is tied in with the very people neocons condemn, like Al Gore. This
proves that the neocons are the biggest bunch of lying hypocrites to
walk the face of the earth. In my opinion they would outdo the pharisees
of Jesus time by comparison by the level of their hypocrisy. These lying
fools condemn Obama by his affiliation with his pastor but yet will not
condemn Bush for all his affiliations (SKULL & BONES, the terrorist
saudi family, funding palestinians against Israel, Al Gore, John Kerry,
Bill Clinton, and the list goes on). The neocons are the fools with
planks in their eyes trying to pull the spect out of Obama’s eyes. The
biggest joke yet is that there is not a world of difference between
these candidates, but pretend like there is. Again, I think it boils
down to race. That and this godless obsession (idolatry) of the failed
republican party that is ever bit as corrupt, if not more so, than the
democrat party. It is the republicans that has usurped our constitution
faster than any liberal. At least democrats have opposition, republicans
don’t. Also if the democrats were any better wouldn’t they do something
about the republican corruption? This proves that both are the same.
Hillary has even talked about continuing this war. What do liberals have
to say about that? Still think they are any different?

This is a great one too. The devotion to Bush above Christ is proof of
an apostate church. The churches have effectively brainwashed most
everyone to be bushians than christians. This is so evident. It is not
just that of mere silence about Bush’s evil but they go into a demonic
frenzy whenever anyone dare speak the truth about Bush’s evil. This
overeaction and overprotectiveness over such a corrupt figure is obvious
wicked fruit in that they condone and are at one with this evil. These
hypocrites only defense is to “just pray.” Would these hypocrites say
“just pray” during Hitler’s holocaust? Well I am convinced if Hitler was
a republican I would say YES. These hypocrites would pass the buck and
blame the democrats for it. I had a little hope for Michael Savage but
probably knew it would be too good to be true about him coming around to
the truth. Lately he has been having guests on his show praising Bush
and McCain and he is calling McCain a war hero, which is an absolute
lie. Savage is such a hypocrite. He talks against dopers while he even
admits his own drunkeness. What is the difference? They are both
substance abuse. I am going to have to forget talk radio altogether
because it is all crap. While even that COAST TO COAST is interesting at
times it gets too much. I really get sick of it when they get someone on
there that claims to be a christian but yet discredits most of the
bible’s teachings. I can understand why there is coming a day of wrath
from God. My spirit is full of holy fury when I hear all this blasphemy.

www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin407.htm

I can’t believe that even Charlie Daniels is speaking out about apostasy
in America. Usually these entertainers are sold out to the neocon
system.

www.charliedaniels.com/soapbox-2003-091903.htm

WOW! This article pulls no punches. You may want this for your blog. But
I warn you that you will no doubt get hateful neocon responses over
this. This is on the level of Jeremiah Wright without the hypocrisy. You
may even get death threats from these murderous neocons. I am finally
glad to come across some really hard hitting stuff like this. This even
goes a bit further than me, saying to not even pray for America.

www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/pray_not.htm

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Chuck really nails it about the hypocritical church leadership. Those
quotes from Daniel Webster are very insightful. You know those quotes of
his are almost identical to what Osama Bin Laden said to hs own
followers that they don’t have to do much terrorizing because we will be
done in by our own leaders. Either he is very perceptive of our
situation or he has cut a deal with our leaders. I remember hearing some
that have said they had seen Bin Laden over here before 9/11, like in
Vegas. I think he is aligned with Bush and that is why nothing is ever
done about him. They are probably the best of buddies. Anyone has to be
a total fool and complete moron to still believe in this war when it has
been nothing but nonsense and gets worse all the time. Anyone that wants
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America’s most celebrated jurist, Daniel Webster (himself a dedicated Christian man), said, “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.” Obviously, Christian men down through our history have personally and collectively shown themselves more than willing to “guard and defend” our liberties. From Bunker Hill to the Alamo, Christian men stood tall in the defense of America’s freedom. So, it is more than a little disconcerting to realize that there is a sizeable percentage of today’s Christians who seem completely unwilling to “guard and defend” liberty in these United States of America.

Oh, I know that almost all of our pastors and church leaders will laud and honor a young Christian man’s decision to join our armed forces and go overseas to fight enemies abroad. But when it comes to opposing those within our own country who seek to dismantle constitutional government or the principles of liberty, their support for resistance turns to apathy and indifference. (The reason for this couldn’t be because they simply don’t want to do the hard work, could it? Please tell me it ain’t so!)

I have even had Christians tell me that we should not oppose any attempts to resist draconian developments within our country, because doing so would actually be resisting God. The reasoning goes something like this: “The Bible says things will get worse and worse. Therefore, all this ‘bad’ stuff happening is God’s will, and if we try to prevent it, we are fighting against God’s will.” I know it sounds incredible, but we might be shocked as to the number of professing Christians that actually subscribe to such nonsense.

Isn’t it interesting, however, that these same Christians did not believe we were fighting against God’s will when we sent hundreds of thousands of U.S. military forces (many of them Christians) to fight and destroy the evil regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq? If things are supposed to get worse and worse and we would be opposing God’s will by resisting, why should we interfere in Iraq? Why should we send troops to Afghanistan, if we are not to resist evil?

And, of course, the bigger question is, If it is right to resist evil in a foreign country half way around the world, why is it not right to resist evil in our own country?

Furthermore, the same Christians that tell us we should not oppose any evil being perpetrated by those within our own government will scream about the importance of going to the polls in November and defeating the “evil” Democrats. But why? If Christians are not to resist evil, because the Bible says things will get worse and worse, why should we worry about who wins an election? In fact, it would seem that the best thing we could do would be to identify the absolute worst, most evil candidate we could find and vote for him (or her). After all, if God intends for things to get worse and worse, why don’t we help Him out by assisting the efforts of evil people?

I wonder if Christians actually think about what they are saying?

When Jesus said, “resist not evil,” (Matt. 5:39) did He mean that we should not oppose a would-be rapist or murderer? Did He mean we should not oppose those who would destroy our homes or country? I know a few honest pacifists. However, this is not the belief system of most Christians. Most Christians believe in lawful self-defense (including this writer).

The fact is, if it is right to oppose evil in Iraq (and I am among those who question the constitutional right and authority of the war in Iraq), it is right to oppose evil in America. If we Christians are willing to send our fellow believers to fight and die in opposition to tyranny half way around the world, it is right that we should be willing to fight and even die in opposition to tyranny right here at home. It is absolute lunacy for Christians to flippantly dismiss their moral, spiritual, and civil obligation to resist the tyrannical tendencies of corrupt political powers in these United States.

Christians are plainly commanded to resist the Evil One (James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:9). When Abraham’s nephew, Lot, was taken captive by an alien army, did Abraham say, “Things are going to get worse and worse and there is nothing we can do about it”? Or did he gather his own army and attack the invaders and deliver his nephew (see Genesis chapter 14)?

During the dark days of Israel’s captivities, did not God raise up deliverers to stand against the evildoers? When David saw Goliath, did he say, “Things are supposed to get worse and worse”? Or did he gather his sling and stones and march out to face the pagan?

The history of the early church in New Testament times is one continuous example of resistance to tyrannical authority. The apostles repeatedly refused to submit to the dictates and demands of both Jewish and Roman authorities. Every apostle, save John, was killed for resisting carnal authority.

Throughout church history, martyrdom was common. Some such as Huss and Tyndale died passively at the hands of various religious and political elements, while others such as Zwingli died on the battlefield resisting corrupt and tyrannical governments.

The fact is, for more than two thousand years of Church history–from John the Baptist to John Witherspoon–Christians have repeatedly and consistently resisted evil authorities. How dare pastors and Christians now say that we should not resist the evil, tyrannical tendencies of powerful politicos? How dare they suggest that it is “God’s will” that we allow evil to triumph in our land?

Worse still is the apathy and indifference that many Christians display toward the great freedoms and liberties into which they have been born as Americans. We enjoy these great liberties, because our forebears (many of them Christians) were willing to fight and die to bequeath them to us. We do not enjoy the rights and freedoms enumerated in the Constitution and Bill of Rights and announced in the Declaration of Independence by chance or luck. These freedoms were secured by the blood, sweat, and tears of brave Americans who chose to fight evil in our own country.

America has enjoyed the blessings of liberty, because, as Webster said, our fathers and grandfathers were willing to “guard and defend” it. Will this be the generation that refuses to “guard and defend” liberty? Will this be the generation that permits the evil machinations of powerful, but corrupt, authorities to steal liberty from our posterity?

There is another statement by Daniel Webster that today’s Christians need to take to heart: “There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our overthrow. Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence. I must confess that I do apprehend some danger. I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants, and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men, and become the instruments of their own undoing.”

Should Webster’s warning come true for America, it will be because our pastors and Christian leaders refused to “guard and defend” liberty in our own land. Should this happen, our tombstone will read, “Here lies the United States of America: killed by the apathy and indifference of its pastors and churches.”

(c) Chuck Baldwin

Wow! This is a powerful revealing article by Chuck. I am like him by the
fact I don’t keep up with network television myself because we don’t
have cable or satellite and so I can’t pick up the major networks like
CBS, NBC, and FOX. I can barely get ABC. But I guess this will change
when or if we decide to get the mandatory digital tv box, which I assume
can get equal reception on all channels. Maybe then I can watch this
show, Jericho. What was really startling was tha Chuck said that Iraq
veterans told him that they had to be ready to turn the guns on the
american people. All the others involved in this war are either are not
privy to this info or they are deliberate liars. I also wasn’t aware of
that statement from Benjamin Franklin “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience
to God.” All these hypocrites try to use all those scriptures of
submission to authority to submit to tyrants. Of course in their own
standards are hypocrites because they give high praise to our founding
fathers, who were rebels. We would not have this country now if our
forefathers didn’t rebel against authority. I know, I still get confused
over some of those scriptures, probably because they have been so taken
out of context that they seem to lose their true meaning. If the
scriptures about authority or anyone grumbling was how hypocrites
portray then the bible is the most divided book ever because according
to these dstortions all the prophets were grumblers and faultfinders.
They didn’t submit to authoriy. If they had they would not have been
persecuted and martyred. Jesus was the biggest rebel. He disrespected
Herod by calling him THAT FOX (Luke 13:33). So despite all the
distortions I just look at the characters of Jesus and his disciples
when I can’t understand all that is written that seems to contradict
their very own characters. Some scriptures encourage rebuke while others
seem to condemn it.

This column is archived at
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2008/cbarchive_20080328.html

A friend recently turned me on to the CBS television series, Jericho.
I watch so little network television that I confess to never having
seen the show before this week. Obviously, then, I am quite uninformed
as to the overall plot and previous episodes. What I saw Tuesday
evening, however, stunned me. Why? Because it very aptly depicted what
could become a very real-life scenario for these United States in the
not-so-distant future.

If I accurately picked up the basic plot of the show, average,
freedom-loving citizens in the Western U.S. are fighting against
tyrannical elements of their own government, including military
forces. The State of Texas has declared its independence from the
corrupt new government and another civil war is breaking out in
America. And all this was predicated upon a nuclear attack, which some
believed was an inside job. Am I close?

Contributing further to my amazement was the way Jericho used
real-life political events to depict America’s fall into tyranny. I
was flabbergasted to see the characters of Jericho refer to the
Continuity of Government act as the foundation for the government’s
declaration of martial law after the nuclear attack had occurred.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Continuity of Government (COG) act is not
television make-believe: it is the real deal.

To read up on COG, go to Wikipedia’s entry at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuity_of_Operations_Plan

In addition, I have reported the potential problems associated with
COG in this column.

See http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2007/cbarchive_20070112.html

See also http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2007/cbarchive_20070525.html

Here is a quote from the Wikipedia entry: “The George W. Bush
administration put the Continuity of Operations plan into effect for
the first time directly following the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Their implementation involves a rotating staff of 75 to 150 senior
officials and other government workers from every Cabinet department
and other parts of the executive branch in two secure bunkers on the
East Coast . . . .

“The Bush Administration officially admitted the implementation of the
plan on March 1, 2002. Key congressional leaders say they didn’t know
this government-in-waiting had been established.

“On July 18, 2007 Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., a member of the U. S.
House Committee on Homeland Security, was denied access to the
classified version of the continuity of government plan. Though
members can access classified information, this is the first time
documents have been denied.”

As I wrote on January 12, 2007, “In a nutshell, proponents of COG
envision a terrorist attack that would precipitate the suspension of
the U.S. Constitution. Specifically, COG would authorize Congress to
appoint its own members, including those in state legislatures,
without a vote of the people. COG even envisions the enactment of such
authority for reasons of ‘incapacitation’ (whatever that is) even if
no emergency exists.”

Noted author, Dr. Jerome Corsi, wrote this of Bush’s enactment of COG,
“Translated into layman’s terms, when the president determines a
national emergency has occurred, the president can declare to the
office of the presidency powers usually assumed by dictators to direct
any and all government and business activities until the emergency is
declared over.”

Contrary to the ranting of politicians and media talking heads about
how great things are going in these United States, millions of
Americans are becoming increasingly aware of the total corruption,
crookedness, and chicanery of government officials. They have had it
with being lied to, cheated, and beaten down with thousands of rules,
regulations, and laws, which serve only to empower the political and
business elite. They do not trust any of their politicians to tell
them the truth. Their money and jobs are disappearing; their children
are being brainwashed in government schools; their homes and property
are being taxed out of existence; and even their country’s very
sovereignty is being forfeited to foreign interests. I believe the
level of frustration and anger is rising to the point that a Jericho
scenario could very easily occur.

I personally believe there are only three reasons why we are not
already living the Jericho experience. One, people have been quite
comfortable in their own personal lifestyles. They have enjoyed
comfortable homes, nice automobiles, fine clothes, and pleasure-filled
vacations. Who in their right mind wants to give up the tranquility of
hearth and home? Two, most of America still rests upon a Christian
foundation. As such, Americans believe in peace and harmony. They
believe in law and order. They believe in submitting to authority.
Three, there has not been an overt, large-scale attempt by government
to confiscate the firearms of the American people. Remember, it was
the Crown’s attempted gun confiscation at Concord that ignited the
American Revolution back in 1775.

However, the materialistic comfort of the average American is quickly
fading away. People are losing their jobs, their livelihoods, their
homes, and their savings. More than that, they are losing hope for a
better tomorrow, and they are losing confidence in their government to
honestly protect their freedoms–even their national identity.

Plus, most Christians know that there is such a thing as lawful
rebellion. Even Christ’s early disciples said no to various
governments during extreme situations. And for us Americans, freedom
and liberty runs deep in our veins. Many of us have not buried our
Don’t Tread On Me banners. We share the sentiment of Benjamin Franklin
who said, “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”

Furthermore, Hurricane Katrina put the American people on notice that
their government is more than willing to confiscate their firearms.
Plus, the forthcoming Supreme Court ruling regarding the right to keep
and bear arms is likely to authorize even tighter government
regulation on this fundamental right. Even more disconcerting are the
reports we are hearing from soldiers coming home from Iraq and
Afghanistan telling us that they are being told to prepare for orders
to turn their weapons on the American people, should the President
declare martial law. (I have had more than one Iraq War veteran tell
me this.)

I am afraid that the CBS television series Jericho is more than
fantasy: it could be a prediction of the future. As Thomas Jefferson
said, “I tremble for my country.”

(c) Chuck Baldwin chuck@chuckbaldwinlive.com www.chuckbaldwinlive.com