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Dying civilizations have a few things in common. One of the most significant is the progressive devaluation of human life and elevation of pleasure over the social responsibility to reproduce.Without a “go forth and multiply” mindset, societies once proud and dominant will whither and decay. Ruling the world is a constant battle to rule the future. The nations that value life, but more importantly, the nations that understand the connection between respect for human life and numerical strength, will rule the future.Rome was destroyed not only by Goth invaders, but by its refusal to reproduce in sufficient numbers to repel...

The Associated Press in a story posted on Yahoo News today headlined “Bernanke urges GOP to support raising debt ceiling” Look this is not that complicated for those who have and are willing to use just a little of the common sense that GOD has given them. Raising the debt ceiling will do nothing without cutting and I mean real cutting. If all we do is raise the limits all we are doing is kicking the can down the road and putting our children’s future at more risk. If I was irresponsible and continually over spent and kept going to...

Good morning my fellow Americans! Hope you all are ready for an action packed event. Are you guys fired up? Are you ready to take back OUR country? Let me have a round of applause if you are SICK of illegal immigration like I am. Is your heart racing? You ready to get this show on the road and help get Carl Pittman elected Sheriff of Harris County and restore OUR American values and law? Let’s give Sheriff Arpaio a warm welcome to Texas, the friendly state! First things first, if you are a veteran, an active member or a...

“From the Halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli, we fight our country’s battles, in the air, on land, and sea.”- Official Hymn of the U.S. Marine Corps. Have you ever wondered what is Tripoli doing in our Marines’ official hymn? On this memorial day, let us remember those who gave their lives that we might be free from muslim terror! Ambassador Thomas Jefferson had a wake up call the day he met with muslim leaders. Thomas Jefferson asked why are muslims attacking American ships when we are doing nothing to incite any form of violence. To his shock,...

Houston-based New York Times correspondent Clifford Krauss writes of the shale oil boom in West Texas, where the fields have attracted an influx of oil field workers. Production has ramped up so rapidly that the roughnecks have taken up quarters in RV parks due to a housing and hotels in the area: CATARINA, Tex. — Until last year, the 17-mile stretch of road between this forsaken South Texas village and the county seat of Carrizo Springs was a patchwork of derelict gasoline stations and rusting warehouses. Now the region is in the hottest new oil play in the country, with...

Will Memorial Day 2011 be the last one that we have? Will Memorial Day 2011 be the last one where “we the people” have the freedom to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice? Will “we the people” still hold the freedom that so many shed blood for in 2012 and earlier? I am not so sure. Our nation was founded on a few simple truths, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of...

As a nation we have a government that reflects the people of this nation. Our founding Fathers set up our nation based on simple Biblical truths and Biblical morality. Our laws are based on the nd 10 commandments. Don’t believe me? Well look at the top of the Supreme Court building and you will see Moses holding the Ten Commandments with the last 5 visible and in Hebrew. Today many on the left and some on the far right “Libertarian Right” are fighting to change our nation from within and put out the light on our Shining City Upon a...

Man Oh Man! I just am so tired of America’s “clowns.” Seems as if the clowns have taken over America-really! I can hear ol’ Mr. Carlson’s words from the 1970′s and 1980′s television sit-com; WKRP In Cincinnati echoing in my mind even as I write this article. One of his famous questions to his subordinates was “Did I say send in the clowns!?!? “ I can so relate to Mr. Carlson’s sense of frustration from that particular episode. Here he was, a man trying to run a radio station while his own mother wanted to supersede and overrule just about...

Obama continues to tout his policies as “great successes” for the Middle East, even while Christian Pastors and prayer warriors are being tortured and executed by faithful muslims. Now hussein obama has proposed bowing down to terrorist Hamas led regime in order to grant them a better military position against Israel. Lt. Col. Allen West response to obama was direct and powerful. Obama’s liberal policies results are appalling. As Hillary clinton and hussein obama brought the awful terrorist leaders of islamic brotherhood to the table in Egypt, the faithful muslims were so emboldened, that they started a revolution where obama...

While Bungler-in-Chief Obama was in El Paso “getting in their faces” (i.e., of Republicans) at a stage-managed campaign event, the incompetents of his administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF) were doing their best imitation if Jim Carrey’s “Fire Marshall Bill” character in North Texas. As the Plainview Herald reported, a BATF training exercise went awry, and the resulting wildfire scorched another 150 acres of the drought-devastated Texas panhandle. The blazes have been extinguished, but the Herald’s editor writes that the federal fiasco is far from over: Motley County Attorney Tom Edwards said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco...

Recently, someone asked me if the reason we don’t see many miracles today is because people are less holy. Now that is actually not a bad premise, but to truly understand it, we need to understand what “holy” means. Kadesh, the word in Hebrew most often translated as “holy” literally means set apart. If you were to get hold of the Bible known as The Scriptures, (published in South Africa, 1989) you would not find holy mentioned, but the set apart spirit, etc. The question then arises, set apart from what and to what. Something that we get hints from...

Firesign Theater cultists will instantly recognize the headline of this post as a play on the title of their first comedy album, “Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him,” released in 1968. Those who aren’t Firesigners can catch up here. “Electrician” is my favorite Firesign offering because it lampooned the counter culture while that culture was at its zenith. Though cultural rebels of the sixties and seventies loved this comedy act, they were often the target of the troupe’s lampooning. But FT did it in a mostly good-natured fashion, unlike the acidic manner in which Frank Zappa ridiculed hippies...

ACTION STEP: Please contact your Texas Legislators and tell them that we do not want any expansion of gambling in our state. Ask them to vote against both Rep. Hamilton’s HJR 147 and Rep. Hilderbran’s HB 254. Hilderbran’s bill is making rapid progress and is on the General State Calendar for this Tuesday, on 5.10.11. Hilderbran’s bill makes Texas horse racing derbies possible; and, of course, the next small step would be a piece of legislation to open the way for racetrack casinos (“racinos”) at those horse racing derbies. We do not want any expansion whatsoever of gambling in Texas...

Lies, deception and growing conspiracy theories. Sounds like a good title for a mystery novel doesn’t it ? Well unfortunately, the matter of the title of my blog article this week is that I have been tackling the on-going issue of governments and politicians who choose to present their citizens with so called facts when in reality, these so called “facts” are nothing but flat-out lies and deception. For many years, especially in the USA, American’s have been duped and lied to over and over again from many a politician. It truly is sickening to me that some American’s continue...

Those in the energy field are no strangers to the boom and bust cycle and are exercising due caution by being more cost conscious and applying a heavy dose of realism to the salary setting process. But with the unemployment rate just under 9 percent and a robustly competitive job market, they have no shortage of quality potential new hires to choose from. Nearly 12,500 new vacancies were posted in March, a number which is 60 percent higher than at this time last year. More job seekers are letting their keyboards do their walking, as online applications have doubled. It’s...

You have probably heard of America’s titles for those Christian men who have seemed to motivate or bring much attention to Biblical principles within and outside the USA. Persons such as Billy Graham was(is) known as “America’s Evangelist. Other’s like Dr. Charles Stanley is referred to on his television program as “America’s Pastor” as well. Have you ever heard of “America’s Prophet “ ? You may have, It is not an official title, but you probably never heard of that title before. As many American’s are familiar with the Biblical office of “Evangelist” and “Pastor” it would seem many in...

It is unfortunate and deadly when a muslim commits his life to mohammad’s path of destruction and death. But osama bin laden had chosen his path long ago and even after his attacks on innocents in Kenya and Tanzania, and after his attacks on USS Cole and after his attack on 9/11, he was given many chances to turn from his wicked path of islam and humbly bow to the will of God in Christ Jesus. Unfortunately for him and for the sake of many others, he chose the wrong path of islam. On the same day it was announced...

The House Redistricting Committee map plan (a.k.a., Solomons’ map) is a monumental attack that is meant to silence conservative voices in Texas for the next ten years to come. The Solomons’ map eviscerates the conservatives, has nine pairings, and seven open seats. None of the House Redistricting Committee maps matches the message that conservative voters so clearly sent on Nov. 2010. Even though Texans voted into office a supermajority of Republicans (mostly conservatives), the House Redistricting Committee map actually shapes some districts so that Democrats could more readily win rather than conservative Republicans who are in the Legislature right now....

Voters everywhere are asking the same question: Is Governor Huckabee a conservative or a progressive? Progressivism is a modern marketing package to hide the fact that someone is a liberal. Since liberalism has lost popularity among the voters, this shrewd marketing plan was created to rebrand liberals as “progressives” so some voters might be fooled into voting for someone they would otherwise not support. To find out whether Governor Huckabee is a conservative is simple. Look at his platform and his principles. When he ran to become the nominee of The Republican party in the past, he was the only...

ur Democrat friends think they may have found a strong candidate to compete for the U.S.Senate seat to be vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is retiring at the end of her term next year. According to the Star-Telegram, He’s retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez of Rio Grande City. A graduate of what was then Texas A&I (now Texas A&M University, Kingsville), Sanchez has been earning his living as business consultant and speaker since his 33-year career in the U.S. Army ended in 2006. The man has impressive credentials, but he carries some heavy baggage. Maria Recio reports: Former Texas...