Archives: August 2009
Sat Aug 29, 2009
Answer for a Missile-Free World
Answer for a Missile-Free World
It is a fact that any nuclear detonation would result in many non-combatant deaths. It could be used as a deterrent threat against civilian populations rather than a known military target. All destruction and lingering radiation violates any representation of a “just war”. The answer is so simple that few have realized it gives it gives everything one should want. Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien [OSV | Our Sunday Visitor August 23, 2009 | No nukes] likely knows.
O’Brien realizes if all nuclear missiles are eliminated, mutual destruction becomes a non-issue. Residual radiation, prolonged death, possibility of a second or third response, terrorist or rogue states using stolen technology--everything becomes a thing of the past.
The US currently has the technology to shoot down a missile fired anywhere on the earth, and has the ability to hit a spot on the proverbial bullet with a bullet. The Navy has been trying to keep pace with missile defense by having 73 Aegis ships around the world armed with missile defense capabilities [North Korea, China, U.S., Japan: Missiles, Missile Defense, Naval ...]. They’re mobile, they’re more numerous than ground-based missiles, but have a particular weakness that ground-based missiles don’t have.
The US also has an airborne laser system (ABL). Even though the ABL is considered highly advanced, it is far from science fiction. In actuality the ABL has a proven history of continuous testing achievement. Later this year it will to complete a lethal shoot down of a missile during the boost phase (immediate after launch).
The ABL is also cost effective. As few as seven ABL’s could provide a highly mobile and stunningly high tech defense against missile attack. Even with the cutting edge technology that it employs, the annual cost of the ABL is comparable with other large military jets (i.e., AWACS and B-1).
Incredibly no one is killed or injured with the shoot-down of a missile by either method. Any weapon of mass destruction—nuclear, gas, or toxin--can be destroyed before it reaches its destination. We will have the delivering address from the exact trajectory, however. It is known that ~30 countries have missile systems that can be used for any desired purpose.
Other nation states, rogue states, and potential terrorist attackers would know that America can shoot down any missile threat at will. No people dead. No one held hostage.
No one will want to spend millions, or billions, on any kind of system that can be blotted from the sky long before it reaches its target destination.
Countries have already asked for assistance from the US for some sort of missile shield. Those countries include Poland, the Czech Republic, Israel, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Japan, and a number of others.
After a successful destruction of a launched missile, countries will likely pay for US technology without having to pay billions for a self-devised system that may not work at all.
According to the Global Security Newswire, the US allegedly has a backlog of 4200 nuclear warheads slated for dismantlement. Include any warheads scheduled for dismantling by the Obama administration, and that job will take a minimum of 15 years. Without a clear price tag, this project could take billions to complete once started.
Already in Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ proposed 2010 budget, there are plans for the 44 interceptors in Alaska and California to be reduced to 30 [North Korea’s Nuclear Program]. That includes $1.2 billion worth of cuts in missile defense in just 2010. The ABL system is not even on the expenditure radar screen for the current administration.
If the current administration realizes that the present systems will work better than expected, then sharing this technology could eliminate the possibility of missile attack by anyone, anytime.
Trying to determine why a country would not want a “missile shield” against any marauding nation, that no person would be injured or killed, that defense expenditures would likely decrease, that any missiles would likely be sent to the dustbin of history, that more humans could eat more food with the money disappearing for “nukes”, that man would take the next step towards a missile-free world, that the clock ticking towards nuclear annihilation would be destroyed—must be too much to fathom for the present administration.
As Pope Benedict XVI said about governments that count on nuclear weapons for national security, “One can state that this point of view is not only baneful but completely fallacious. In a nuclear war, there would be no victors, only victims.”
Fr. O’Brien’s dreams could become a reality. Unfortunately a slight majority actually voted for rule by Obama. This sounds exactly like the answer to nuclear Armageddon, but it can’t wait another twenty years.
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Kevin Roeten can be reached at roetenks@charter.net or roetenks@gmail.com
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Fri Aug 21, 2009
Non-Christians in a Christian Nation
Non-Christians in a Christian Nation
Lately, it seems many Americans despise any Christianity in America. But the proof is overwhelming about our Christian heritage. There seems to be no other country rooted in Christianity. But our president, at a recent press conference in Turkey, flatly stated Americans “do not consider ourselves a Christian nation…” The pertinent question is when did America stop being a Christian nation?
Recently on the floor of the House, Republican Randy Forbes (Va) on the Jennifer Kennedy video blog (Coral Ridge Ministries: Dr. D. James Kennedy) listed the American presidents who made it crystal clear and thought that Bible and Judeo-Christian principles were so important in this nation. He included George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan. H e didn’t even include George Bush, who simply said his hero was Jesus Christ. Documentation from each one proves they knew America was Christian.
Fifty-two of the 55 Founders of the Constitution were members of established orthodox churches, and 26 had seminary degrees. Despite how anti-Christian our oldest college (Harvard University) in the US is now, it’s easily forgotten it was named after the Reverend John Harvard to train ministers of the gospel. Nine more of the oldest universities were started by Christians to spread the word of Christ [The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail: Kennedy and Newcombe, p.127].
John Adams, our 6th president, stated “The highest glory of the American Revolution was…the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.” [Verna M. Hall/ The Christian History of the Constitution of the United States (p. 372)]. The US Supreme Court in 1892 declared “this is a Christian nation”.
Larry Witham (Washington Times) in 1931 stated the SC noted the US was a Christian nation. In 1947, writing to Pope Pius XII, President Truman said flatly, “This is a Christian nation.” [‘Christian Nation’ Now Fighting Words/ Larry Witham/ Washington Times/ 11/23/92].
The so-called Establishment Clause in the Constitution clearly prohibited the creation of a national church, but it did not prohibit a state church. At the time of the American Revolution, nine of thirteen colonies had state churches. By the Constitutional Convention (1787), there were only five states with a state church. The last state church (Massachusetts) ceased in 1833.
Obviously, the Constitution never prohibited a state church, even though it’s probably good we don’t have one today. But James Madison, original Constitution framer, served
on the committee that recommended the Congressional Chaplain System [Robert Cord/ Separation of Church and State: Historical Fact and Current Fiction, p. 23]. A wall in the Constitution between church and state would have made that unconstitutional.
Another illustration of the Founders attitude on church and state was that they repeatedly called for national days of fasting, prayer, and thanksgiving. There were no less than 16 days called during the Revolutionary War alone. It seems the national holiday of Thanksgiving was a direct result.
It’s obvious that the Founders, who wrote the Constitution, understood it far differently than the interpretation it has received over the last few years. Do we in the twentieth century know better what this law means than those who actually passed it?
A very important document in our history passed by that same first Congress was the Northwest Ordinance. One of the principle founding documents in our history, along with the Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution, it gave the laws for the establishment of the Northwest Territory [The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail: Kennedy and Newcombe , p.141].
Later on, Congress said something very significant. They specifically said that no state seeking admission to the United States should have anything in its constitution that would be opposed to the language of the Northwest Ordinance. They state, “Religion, morality, and knowledge being essential to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.”[The Battle for Religious Liberty, David C. Cook, 1982, p.81].
It should be emphasized that schools were stated to be established to teach Religion, which is the first word in that quote.
So many believe in Justice Hugo Black’s incorrect interpretation of church-state separation from one letter Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptist Association 50 years ago. The average person today probably thinks that the Constitution teaches the separation of church and state. This misinterpretation of the 1st Amendment effectively turned the 1st against religion, instead of protecting religion as it was designed.
If Christianity is that distasteful to some, it might be easier if one lived with non-Christian nations such as the Russians, Albanians, Iranians, Saudi Arabians, or the Chinese. Of course many are still wondering about the answer to “When did America stop being a Christian nation?”
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Kevin Roeten can be reached at roetenks@charter.net
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Manufactured healthcare “crisis”
Citizen asks about healthcare, gets threatened in the middle of the night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9dO2ML4L1s&feature=player_embedded
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Manufactured healthcare “crisis”
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/manufactured_healthcare_crisis.html
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White House Attacks Drudge for Exposing Obama’s Goal to Eliminate Private Health Insurance
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/08/04/white-house-attacks-drudge-exposing-obamas-goal-eliminate-private-hea
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Sun Aug 09, 2009
America's Healthcare Townhall meetings - interrupted by the White House...
Healthcare debates have been going on in America and being called Townhall Meetings. The protests at these meetings have been relatively peacful (non-violent) until the White House urged ACORN members, Union bosses/members, and some Black Panther activists/terrorists to confront anyone who dares to use their right of free speech. People have the right to confront their hired representatives, but thye White House is asking snitches for name of people who dare challenge the Obama Healthcare mandate. So much for freedom eh?
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WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
ACORN Cracked
www.acorncracked.com
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Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.
Ephesians 6:10-20
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Does the king of the world need a birth certificate?
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/13403
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Congressman says Democrats are censoring him
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/13398
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Controlling the population in more ways than one
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/13332
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As health care debate heats up, congressmen turn to meetings where they control the audience
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=52100
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Public Option means nationalization
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/democrats_grassley/2009/08/05/244451.html?s=al&promo_code=84DC-1
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Google posts warning notice on MassResistance blog after transgender rights reports are published! Claims it’s “objectionable”. (Wait till you see it!)
http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/09c/google_block/Mr_blog_block.html
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Twitter Suspends NewsBusters: Conservative social media accounts have been attacked the past few years by liberals who flag them as spam.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mitchell-blatt/2009/07/10/twitter-suspends-newsbusters
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Health care crisis? What healthcare crisis?
www.obamacaretruth.com
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UK to install surveillance cameras in private homes
http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/August06/0671.html
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Big Brother is watching you with RFID chips
http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/July31/3171.html
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Britain’s war on Christianity
http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/July31/3183.html
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Thu Aug 06, 2009
Obama Health Care Equals Euthanasia
As health care debate heats up, congressmen turn to meetings where they control the audience
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=52100
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Congressman says Democrats are censoring him
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/13398
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Public Option means nationalization
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/democrats_grassley/2009/08/05/244451.html?s=al&promo_code=84DC-1
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GOP censored from saying “government run healthcare”
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32856
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Britain’s war on Christianity
http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/July31/3183.html
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UK to install surveillance cameras in private homes
http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/August06/0671.html
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Obama Health Care Equals Euthanasia
The shoe has dropped. The hammer fallen. The word given. The new health care system must be trimmed. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that Obama’s Health Care Plan will cost 1.5 trillion more than the White House estimated. Medicare is prioritized for budget cuts [The Heritage Foundation]. Half of all medical costs come in the last six month of life, so the Obama Administration will start rationing the elderly. Did someone say automatic euthanasia?
Anyone with a simplistic view of math understands the current heath care costs are spiraling out of control. But Obama wants to pay for some of his plan by removing $313 billion in Medicare reimbursements to health care providers over the next ten years. This will force more doctors to stop seeing Medicare patients.
As Medicare money dwindles, scarce resources are rationed one way or another. Seniors, a growing portion of the population, are targeted because of the “half of all medical costs” rule in the last six months of life. Some believe it would be reckless to misuse medical resources on patients that are bad bets for successful outcomes.
It is a fact heath care premiums have doubled in the last decade, and increased four times faster than wages. Per Medicare trustees, one of its major funds will bankrupt in eight years. It seems rationing is the only way to guarantee Medicaid and Medicare will continue to provide medical care to its subscribers.
Per the Heritage Foundation, 22% of all Medicare patients (10 million seniors) are currently enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans. Many seniors will lose this coverage. Obama has already proposed eliminating this plan entirely [ObamaCare for Seniors: Sorry, You’re Just Not Worth It - The Forum ...].
Many of the health policies were written with the advice of Tom Daschle, who was nominated by Obama to run the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), but he later withdrew his nomination because of not paying income taxes. If one looks at his book on health care, he states that “Seniors should sacrifice advancements in care so that resources can be spent on the young. He goes on to say those who have received hopeless diagnoses should just accept it. That health care reform will not be pain free.”
But the most telling reason why costs are to be cut with current health plans is the proposal ObamaCare will include the 47 million Americans who supposedly can’t get heath care. But, the 47 million is grossly inflated.
Limbaugh [Obama Can’t Afford To Tell Truth On Health Care—David Limbaugh ...] reiterates that the CBO generated report states some of the 47 million were uninsured for only part of the year, and only half of these are uninsured for only four months. Eighteen of those 47 million make more than $50-75 million/yr, and most are young and refuse to buy insurance. Even the poor (14 million) are fully eligible for SCHIP, Medicaid, and Medicare, but are just not enrolling. Per the Census Bureau, ten million of those uninsured are not even citizens.
Bottom line, many of those intentionally uninsured will be insured with ObamaCare, and will raise the number of people being afforded healthcare. As a result, socialized heath care will be forced to drastically reduce the quantity, scope, and quality of care.
Raymond Dennehy [OSV | Our Sunday Visitor August 9, 2009 | The right (and wrong ...], says the disabled person has never lost his human nature. His words ring true: It is just as much of an act of murder to kill a sickly man as a healthy one, to kill a black man as a white one, to kill a poor man as a rich one, and to kill a child in its mother’s womb as a human adult.
So many forget when actress Natasha Richardson died after falling while skiing in Canada. It took 8 hours to drive to a hospital, but if Canada had our heath care she might be alive today. In the US medical evacuation helicopters would have gotten her to a hospital in 30 minutes.
Whatever happened to the Commandment “Thou Shalt Not Kill”? We know euthanasia is one of the five “non-negotiables” in the Catholic religion—that is, inherently evil every time. But Obama fails miserably on all five.
A slight majority of Catholics actually voted to elect Obama president. Go figure…
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Kevin Roeten can be reached at roetenks@charter.net
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Tue Aug 04, 2009
Freedoms you will lose with Obamacare
Liberals save everything but the unborn
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32878
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Freedoms you will lose with Obamacare
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/13178
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Texas Governor Rick Perry may use states rights to reject Obamacare
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/perry_reject_obamacare/2009/07/27/240623.html
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Former AMA Head Warns of ‘Disaster in the Details’ of Obama Health Overhaul
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51439
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DDT: banned lifesaver
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1712575
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Health care crisis? What healthcare crisis?
www.obamacaretruth.com
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Healthcare reform sets off euthanasia alarm
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=616402
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