Citizen Soldier: Defending America's Founding Principles

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" I've learned, that it's those small daily happenings that make life so

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"the Laws of

Nature and of Nature's God"

U.S.

Code - Federal Law - names the Declaration of Independence as part of

the "organic law" of the United States. The Declaration stakes our

claim to freedom on the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God, a

verbatim quote from Blackstone that means the Bible. Here's

the proof.

Citizen

Soldier

Teaching

America's Ideas to America's

Military

Woe

to those who go down to Egypt for help,

And rely on horses, And trust in chariots

because they are many, And in horsemen

because they are very strong, But they do

not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor

seek the Lord!

Isaiah 31:1

What

is freedom?

Freedom

can be defined both by how you can

interact with others and what you can do

with your own body and property. We call

conduct the law will protect - or allow -

"rights." Rights ultimately come from the

prohibitions of moral rules. Because moral

choices are binary - right or wrong -

there is only one unique set of rules that

can maximize freedom, prosperity,

happiness, and peace. This is the

Judeo-Christian set of rules on which

America is founded. Freedom is the

condition that exists when man's laws

conform to God's laws. Show me a nation

based on God's laws and I will show you

the most free and prosperous nation in the

world.

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you don't know what it

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Our

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strengthen the morale,

discipline, and fighting

spirit of America's

armed forces by

explaining the

Constitution and

principles of freedom

they have sworn to

defend, and to help all

Americans understand and

participate in their

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The

short course on how what

the Declaration of

Independence calls "the

Laws of Nature and of

Nature's God" create

America's freedom and

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What

Does This Say to

You?

For

all have sinned and come

short of the glory of

God.

For

the wages of sin is

death; but the free gift

of God is eternal life

in Christ Jesus our

Lord.

Jesus

answered and said to

him, "Truly, truly, I

say to you, unless one

is born again, he cannot

see the kingdom of

God."

Jesus

said to him, "I am the

way, and the truth, and

the life; no one comes

to the Father but

through me.

If

you confess with your

mouth Jesus as Lord, and

believe in your heart

that God raised Him from

the dead, you shall be

saved. For with the

heart man believes,

resulting in

righteousness, and with

the mouth he confesses,

resulting in salvation.

For the Scripture says,

"Whoever believes in Him

will not be

disappointed."

And

He died for all, that

they who live should no

longer live for

themselves but for Him

who died and rose again

on their behalf.

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Peaceful Religion?

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Our

Four Part Briefing on Koran

Prepared

for Dr. Walter E.

at Mason University

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One

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Part Three

Part Four

Why Muslims Hate

Us

Actual

verses in Koran show

why Muslims see the West

as evil

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CS Special Feature:

Questions and Answers on

Separation of Church & State

Conflict over

saying grace before dinner at VMI could finally threaten

prayer at military events and the Chaplain Corps itself. Our

special

feature traces the true history and meaning of the

Constitution's

separation of church and state.

Ninth Circuit Declares Pledge of Allegiance

Unconstitutional

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the opinion

- read it for yourself. America is now in the time of the

Book of Judges.

France Outlaws Evangelism

France

has passed an Anti-Cult law that makes it a crime to share

your religious beliefs with somebody else, calling this

"mental-manipulation." Details of the new law are

here

and a more thorough discussion of the implications of this

law for the U.S. are here.

The new

law also criminalizes many traditional Christian practices

such as prayer services, fasting and Sunday School. French

secret police are now attending and monitoring Protestant

Christian worship services and many pastors believe it is

only a matter of time before they are jailed.

Europe is

becoming increasingly anti-Christian. One house of the

Swedish legislature has passed a law making it illegal to

say anything negative about "alternative lifestyles" -

meaning preachers who simply quote the Bible's prohibitions

on bestiality, pedophilia, or homosexuality will be subject

to presecution.

Why is

this happening? Because law always reflects what a majority

of citizens believe is right or wrong. As fewer Europeans

have a relationship with God through Jesus and the Bible

they are less likely to agree with the Bible's moral rules.

Why is

this important to us as military folks? Because the U.S. is

explicitly founded on the moral rules of the Bible - this is

what we swear to protect when we take our oaths of office.

The prohibitions of God's moral rules - like don't kill and

don't steal - create our rights - like the right to life and

to property. If citizens don't want to follow these rules,

we could wind up defending the "right" to kill some peopel -

as Nazi soldiers did - or the right to steal - as soldiers

of communist countries do.

Supreme Court Abandons Constitution: Decides by Public

Opinion

In Atkins

v. Virginia the Supreme Court decided that executing

mentally retarded defendants - even if they are competent to

understand the nature and consequences of their actions - is

unconstitutional as a "cruel and unusual

punishment."

The

Supreme Court reached this decision not on an historical or

legal analysis of the meaning of the Constitution's Eighth

Amendment - which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment -

but on the grounds that several states had passed laws

prohibiting execution of retarded defendants.

Why should

this worry us? The criminal law serves many functions. It

punishes criminals forcing them to be accountable for their

actions. This forces criminals to bear at least some of the

costs their actions impose on others.

In turn,

this "internalizing" of what economists call "negative

external costs" means the criminal law serves a deterrent

function. It forces would-be criminals to consider the costs

they may have to bear if they are caught and

punished.

The

criminal law thus also protects society, either by taking

criminals off the streets or preventing their crimes. Last,

criminal law provides a sense of justice. Victims who have

suffered a loss at least have the comfort of knowing that

the wrong-doer was punished.

Allowing

retarded defendants to escape the consequences of their

actions ignores the purposes of criminal law and abandons

all the benefits the criminal law provides society. States

may not even have the Constitutional power to make laws like

this because these laws violate the Equal Protection clause.

Can you imagine a state making it okay for people with brown

eyes to commit murder? Retarded defendants who understand

the consequences of their actions are no different than any

other defendant. They are not eligible for the insanity

defense because they do understand their actions.

But losing

the benefits of the criminal law is NOT the most worrisome

aspect of the Supreme Court's decision. The Court reached

this decision by looking to see what public opinion is

today, and reversed a decision the Court had reached just a

few years ago in a case on similar facts. The court

determined that several states had passed laws to bar

execution of retarded defendants.

This is

exactly the opposite of what the Court is supposed to do.

Federal judges have life tenure so that they will be

insulated from the passions of public opinion that can

change from day to day. They are supposed to decide

Constitutional questions on the basis of what the men who

wrote that document said, not what some state legislatures

may have recently made law.

Of course,

the decision just shows what CS readers know - that law

always follows what a majority of citizens believe is right

or wrong. Placing the ultimate power to decide in the hands

of a small group - Federal judges with life tenure - extends

the time it takes for popular opinion to become law, but it

cannot guarantee that society's law will stay true to an

absolute set of principles like those in the

Constitution.

You can

read Atkins v. Virginia for yourself here.

Islam is a Criminal Conspiracy under U.S. law

The

Koran, which Muslims believe is "the very words of Allah,"

commands Muslims to make war on non-Muslims and allows

Muslims to kill, enslave, or extort protection money called

"Jizya" from non-Muslims. If you do not believe this, please

take a look at the following four-part briefing on what

Koran actually teaches:

Part

One

Part

Two

Part

Three

Part

Four

As you

might expect, U.S. law outlaws any scheme to kill, enslave,

or extort money from U.S. citizens. Title 18 of the U.S.

Code, section 241 states in relevant part:

If

two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress,

threaten, or intimidate any person in any State,

Territory,Commonwealth, Possession, or District in

the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or

privilege secured to him by the Constitution or

laws of the United States, or because of his having

so exercised the same....

They

shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not

more than ten years, or both; and if death results

from the acts committed in violation of this

section or if such acts include kidnapping or an

attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an

attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an

attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this

title or imprisoned for any term of years or for

life, or both, or may be sentenced to

death.

The rights

to life, liberty, and property are all guaranteed by the

Constitution and U.S. law. Thus, the teachings of Koran

serve to make Islam an illegal criminal conspiracy under

U.S. law. Now, are we going to do something about

that?

Under U.S.

Supreme Court precedent, e.g. Employment

Div., Ore. Dept. of Human Res. v. , 494 U.S. 872

(1990),

the First Amendment's free exercise of religion clause does

not shield religious practices that violate the

law.

Lest we forget

While

most nations and ethnic groups were shocked and

saddened by the September 11 Attack on America,

Palestinian Muslims cheered, and gave credit for

the attacks to Osama bin Laden

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Hume: Fox News Know-Nothing

- Brit Hume was duped by a Muslim guest because neither he

nor his staff has actually read Koran - almost a year after

9/11

Lou

Dobbs: It's Not a War on

Terror

- Lou Dobbs has not read Koran either, but at least he knows

we are fighting people who hold an ideology connected with

Islam

It's

Legal - Military Detention for U.S.

Citizens

- links to the law and a brief explanation of why it is

legal to hold U.S. citizens who aid our enemies in military

detention

God

is In Control!

- The new series of U.S. paper currency from the 5 to the

100 dollar bill contains hidden pictures of the tragedy on

September 11.

Will

We Lose the War on Terror?

- We may, because we have not recognized that the true

threat are the ideas of Islam

Court Kills Discrimination in Military

Promotions

- The D.C. District Court struck down as unconstitutional

orders to military promotion boards to guess about past

discrimination and meet quotas in military promotions

The

Madrassa on Main Street

- an exclusive photo essay on the Islamic Saudi Academy

outside Washington, DC. The school, owned by Saudis and

funded by their government teaches militant Islam, on of

hundreds of Islamic Madrassas in the U.S.

Steel

Tariffs

- the steel industry claims they need to raise the price of

imported steel by 40% to protect national security. Are they

right?

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Bailment

in the Bible

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God. We answer a reader's questions.

Alabama

Sup Ct on Gays

- excerpts from and a link to the full text of the case In

re H.H. in which Alabama refused to transfer custody to a

lesbian mother. The case was decided on procedural grounds,

but Judge Roy wrote a concurrence drawing on

Blackstone to explain why homosexuality is prima facie

evidence that a parent is unfit.

Does

Using the Military for Homeland Security Violate the Posse

Comitatus Act?

- The true purpose of the act says no

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- We answer your questions about miliary tribunals with

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Afghan

Nazis

- Prof. cullather explains the rocky history of the

formation of Afghanistan, showing whyformer king Zahir Shah

found Nazi-style racial purity programs so

attractive

Why

Muslims Hate Us

- using verses from the Koran, we explain why the West, and

especially the U.S., looks evil to

Muslims

Bush, Muslim Cleric

- Will Muslims buy Bush's claims about their

religion?

U.S.

Military Bows to Mecca

- the senior female pilot in the Air Force reveals that U.S.

service women are forced to masquerade as Muslims while

stationed in Saudi

Arabia.

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Citizen Soldier: Defending America's Founding Principles

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