At Air Force Academy, Fight and Flight

Slowly but constantly the chip away to remove God from our land.... There will be a day when we beg for him to return .....

Family Research Council

At the U.S. Air Force Academy, jets aren't the only thing taking off. So is a campus-wide rebellion against the forces of political correctness. Frustrated by the school's decision to scrub a Bible verse from one of the dorm whiteboards, cadets decided to take matters into their own hands. In a show of defiance, Bible verses started popping up on dry erase boards throughout the dorms -- outraging the anti-Christian "tolerance" police at the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

This latest controversy boiled over earlier this week, when MRFF insisted that a verse from Galatians, posted on a cadet's personal hallway whiteboard, somehow created a "hostile environment." He pressed for the cadet -- and any officer(s) who ignored the display -- to be punished for "misconduct."

FRC's Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin (USA-Ret.) couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Once the academy allowed cadets to use these whiteboards for their personal use, censorship of religious commentary is unacceptable. Either the Air Force is very confused about the Constitution of the United States or they don't really believe in the liberties that are provided by that document." In an almost comical overstatement, MRFF said, "[The message] massively poured fundamentalist Christian gasoline on an already raging out-of-control conflagration of fundamentalist Christian tyranny, exceptionalism, and supremacy at USAFA." Lt. Col. Denise Cooper agreed, calling the display "wrong" and suggesting that the Academy use the complaint as "a teachable moment."

Not so fast, said cadets, who offered a teachable moment of their own. Overnight, Scriptures from Philippians 4 to Psalm 28 started appearing up and down dorm hallways on whiteboards -- a stealth operation to counter the growing culture of religious oppression. "This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands," read one. "This very day I will give the carcasses to the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel." A few cadets even quoted from the Quran, just to give the display a little multi-faith color.

Not surprisingly, the Foundation kicked into panic mode, firing off emails to Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson with pictures of the "offensive" messages scrawled on hallway boards. "Congratulations, Michelle!!" Mikey Weinstein fumed, "now you have a revolt on your hands... What are you going to do about this? Will you enforce the [Air Force Code] and the United States Constitution ...or will you merely give your usual spineless lip service to it and conveniently look the other way? ...Hmmm... let me guess... see you in court."

And they accuse Christians of creating a hostile environment? Since when is the standard of what's constitutional based on what offends someone else? If Scripture frightens these cadets, what will they do in the face of a determined jihadist? It's decisions like these that are creating cowards in place of the proud warriors of the U.S. military. All these cadets have done is freely exercised the constitutional rights they'll be defending upon graduation. Even the Pentagon, after prodding from groups like FRC, agreed through a new directive that the religious expression of service members like these should be protected.

Fortunately, the Air Force's cadets aren't taking these attacks sitting down. They're an example to everyone who feels helpless in the face of persecution. No matter where you are, when you're deprived of your rights, stand up to the bullies and refuse to take it! Like Governor Rick Perry (R) told conservatives last week, "It's time for a little rebellion." I would agree -- it is time for a little "righteous" rebellion like this. And the cadets are leading the way.

You Would Think They Would Want Real Change

                  Part I :

                  A. Back off and let those men who want to marry men, marry men.

                  B. Allow those women who want to marry women, marry women.

                  C. Allow those folks who want to abort their babies, abort their babies.

                  D. In three generations, there will be no Democrats.

                                      I love it when a plan comes together!


                  Part II:

                  10 Poorest Cities in America and how did it happen?

                  City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level
                  1. Detroit , MI 32.5%
                  2. Buffalo , NY 29.9%
                  3. Cincinnati , OH 27.8%
                  4. Cleveland , OH 27.0%
                  5. Miami , FL 26.9%
                  5. St. Louis , MO 26.8%
                  7. El Paso , TX 26.4%
                  8. Milwaukee , WI 26.2%
                  9. Philadelphia , PA 25.1%
                  10. Newark , NJ 24.2%

                  What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the
                  highest poverty rate
                  all have in common?

                  Detroit , MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961
                  Buffalo , NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954
                  Cincinnati , OH - (3rd) since 1984
                  Cleveland , OH - (4th) since 1989
                  Miami , FL - (5th) has never had a Republican mayor
                  St. Louis , MO - (6th) since 1949
                  El Paso , TX - (7th) has never had a Republican mayor
                  Milwaukee , WI - (8th) since 1908
                  Philadelphia , PA - (9th) since 1952
                  Newark , NJ - (10th) since 1907

                  Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
                  different results.'    It is the poor who habitually vote Democratic .. yet they are still POOR.

                  Part III:

                  You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
                  You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
                  You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
                  You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
                  You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
                  You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
                  You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves........Abraham Lincoln



                  “Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him had better take a
                  closer look at the American Indian.” - Henry Ford

WAKE UP BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

 

                     *GUESS THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO THE BRAINWASHED
"VETERANS" THAT HAVE GONE TO THE OTHER SIDE!! *

               *All who are in or have been in the armed forces of the
U.S., or who have family friends who have served, been wounded, died or
returned home safely , please read and then forward on to all those you
know who fall into this category.*

                            *URGENT! *
  *A movement has been started   by our armed forces to get out the vote
in 2014. They are organizing themselves, but this can be done by all of us.
The President, the Commander in Chief, has made the Rules of Engagement
(ROE) so difficult, that our troops are often killed before they can even
get permission to fight. Nothing has been done to stop our troops from
being murdered by the Afghans they are training, either.*

  *Now, the President wants the US to sign on to the UNs International
Criminal Court (ICC), which would allow the UN's ICC to arrest and try US
troops for War Crimes, without the legal protections guaranteed under US
Law, and from which there is no appeal. The President, with his Democratic
control of the Senate, has nearly all the power. If the Non-Establishment
Republicans, and Conservatives, can take back the Senate in 2014, our
troops can once again be protected from unnecessary danger. Please consider
this, and send it on to your mailing lists.     Thank   You*

  *  Interestingly enough, when GWB was president you heard about the
military deaths in Iraq  and Afghanistan almost daily.  With Obama in the
White House, the mainstream media has been strangely quiet.          ---*

  *More than 1,000  American soldiers have lost their lives in
Afghanistan  in  the last 27  months. This is more than the combined total
of the nine years before.  Thirty have  died in August.   During the last
month, over 50 additional NATO and US  servicemen have been murdered,
inside jobs by those who are hired to be a force for good in Afghanistan.*

  *The commander  in chief is AWOL. Not a peep, although he ordered the
White House flag flown at half-staff for the Sikhs that were killed. There
is a deep disgust,  a fury, growing in the  ranks of the military against
the indifferent  incompetence of this president.*

  *It has taken on  a dangerous tone. No one knows what to do about him,
but the anger runs deep  as the deaths continue with no strategic end in
sight to the idiocy of this  war.  Obama has had 4 years to end this futile
insanity, during which time he has vacationed,  golfed, campaigned, and
generally ignored the plight   of our men and women in uniform.  But, there
is  now a  movement afoot in the armed services to launch a  massive get
out the  vote drive against this president.*

  *Not just  current active duty types, but the National Guard,
Reserves,  the retired,  and all other prior service members. This is no
small special interest  group, but many millions of veterans who can have
an enormous impact on the  outcome of the November election if they all
respond.*

  *The one million military retirees in Florida alone could mean an
overwhelming victory in that state if they all show up at the polls. It
might not keep another one  hundred U.S. troops from dying between now and
November, but a turn out to vote by the military against this heart
breaking lack of leadership can make  a powerful statement  that hastens a
change to the indifference of this shallow little man who just lets our
soldiers die. *

  *And another issue is the 131 General officers that have been fired or
"early         retired" by this hate-the-military administration!!! He and
his vindictive mate are trying to kill our military while establishing
their own "loyal" organization of "enforcers"... who may soon come knocking
on our doors. *

TWO AMERICAS

In early January 2014, Bob Lonsberry, a Rochester talk radio personality on WHAM 1180 AM, said this in response to Obama's "income inequality speech":

       

        Two Americas

       

        The Democrats are right, there are two Americas.

       

        The America that works, and the America that doesn’t.

       

        The America that contributes, and the America that doesn’t.

       

        It’s not the haves and the have nots, it’s the dos and the don’ts.

       

        Some people do their duty as Americans, obey the law, support themselves, contribute to society, and others don’t. That’s the divide in America.

       

        It’s not about income inequality, it’s about civic irresponsibility.

       

        It’s about a political party that preaches hatred, greed and victimization in order to win elective office.

       

        It’s about a political party that loves power more than it loves its country. That’s not invective, that’s truth, and it’s about time someone said it.

       

        The politics of envy was on proud display a couple weeks ago when

President Obama pledged the rest of his term to fighting “income inequality.” He noted that some people make more than other people, that some people have higher incomes than others, and he says that’s not just.

       

        That is the rationale of thievery. The other guy has it, you want it, Obama will take it for you. Vote Democrat.

       

        That is the philosophy that produced Detroit. It is the electoral philosophy that is destroying America.

       

        It conceals a fundamental deviation from American values and common

sense because it ends up not benefiting the people who support it, but a betrayal.

       

        The Democrats have not empowered their followers, they have enslaved them in a culture of dependence and entitlement, of victim-hood and anger instead of ability and hope.

       

        The president’s premise – that you reduce income inequality by debasing the successful – seeks to deny the successful the consequences of their choices and spare the unsuccessful the consequences of their choices.

       

        Because, by and large, income variations in society are a result of different choices leading to different consequences. Those who choose wisely and responsibility have a far greater likelihood of success, while those who choose foolishly and irresponsibly have a far greater likelihood of failure. Success and failure usually manifest themselves in personal and family income.

       

        You choose to drop out of high school or to skip college - and you are apt to have a different outcome than someone who gets a diploma and pushes on with purposeful education.

       

        You have your children out of wedlock and life is apt to take one course; you have them within a marriage and life is apt to take another course.

       

        Most often in life our destination is determined by the course we take.

       

        My doctor, for example, makes far more than I do. There is significant

income inequality between us. Our lives have had an inequality of outcome, but, our lives also have had an in equality of effort. While my doctor went to college and then devoted his young adulthood to medical school and residency, I got a job in a restaurant.

       

        He made a choice, I made a choice, and our choices led us to different

outcomes. His outcome pays a lot better than mine.

       

        Does that mean he cheated and Barack Obama needs to take away his

wealth? No, it means we are both free men in a free society where free choices lead to different outcomes.

       

        It is not inequality Barack Obama intends to take away, it is freedom. The freedom to succeed, and the freedom to fail.

       

        There is no true option for success if there is no true option for failure.

       

        The pursuit of happiness means a whole lot less when you face the punitive hand of government if your pursuit brings you more happiness than the other guy.

       

        Even if the other guy sat on his arse and did nothing. Even if the other guy made a lifetime’s worth of asinine and shortsighted decisions.

       

        Barack Obama and the Democrats preach equality of outcome as a right, while completely ignoring inequality of effort.

       

        The simple Law of the Harvest – as ye sow, so shall ye reap – is sometimes applied as, “The harder you work, the more you get." Obama would turn that upside down. Those who achieve are to be punished as enemies of society and those who fail are to be rewarded as wards of society.

       

        Entitlement will replace effort as the key to upward mobility in American

society if Barack Obama gets his way. He seeks a lowest common denominator society in which the government besieges the successful and productive to foster equality through mediocrity.

       

        He and his party speak of two Americas, and their grip on power is based on using the votes of one to sap the productivity of the other. America is not divided by the differences in our outcomes, it is divided by the differences in our efforts. It is a false philosophy to say one man’s success comes about unavoidably as the result of another man’s victimization.

       

        What Obama has offered is not a solution, but a separatism. He fomented division and strife, pitted one set of Americans against another for his own political benefit. That’s what socialists offer. Marxist class warfare wrapped up with a bow.

       

     

       

        We are too smart to wallow in the mud with those who elected this man!