The Message of the Tea Party Movement

By:  Dr. Jeffrey "Jake" Baker

Both The Republicans and The Democrats Have Missed The Message of The Tea Party Movement ... And Both May Pay A Price!

Let me begin by saying that the era of big government is over. It is done! The question is: How does it end? Will it end with cheers and congratulations on our narrow escape through the exercise of, and return to, fiscal and constitutional sanity … or in a financial collapse the size and magnitude of which has never been witnessed before, and one which creates a world-wide financial tsunami unprecedented in world history?

And that leads us to our premise that the pols have missed the message and significance of the Tea Party movement.

To begin with, only 23% of the people in this country believe that the federal government has the consent of the governed, according to Scott Rasmussen of Rasmussen Reports. That is truly astonishing. Only 23% ! Three quarters of us don't believe that the ladies and gentlemen in Washington D.C. are governing with our consent or our best interests in mind.

That impression is bolstered by recent incidents such as footage of the condescending ... no, insulting ... remarks of Rep. Pete Stark (Dem 13th Congressional District of California) to a constituent. The constituent, a member of the Minute Men ( a group concerned about border security), asked Congressman Stark about the lack of security at the border and was attacked by the Congressman, who asked derisively, "Who are you going to kill today?" It should be noted that the Minute Men have never been involved in a weapons incident on the border.

Within a few days Stark spoke at a town hall meeting and made this comment when asked about limitations on the Federal Government: "I think that there are very few constitutional limits that would prevent the federal government from rules that could affect your private life."

Meanwhile, Congressman Bob Etheridge (Dem NC, 2nd District), after leaving a "fund raiser" headlined by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was approached by a student reporter. After the niceties, the young man asked, "Do you fully support the Obama agenda?" and the assault was on. In an obvious pique, the Congressman demanded in a slurred and repeated intonation, "Whoareyou? ... whoareyou? ... whoareyou?" Not satisfied with the answer, of the obviously shocked student, he began to push the young man, then resorted to manhandling him, and finished in a flourish by placing the young reporter in a headlock. A headlock? Are you kidding me?!

I have to believe that even most of the 23% of Americans that believe the federal government is governing by the consent of the governed, must be thinking of it in a theoretical, not actual way. It is hard to imagine even the 23% believe that a body scandalized by tickle parties, ethics investigations, assault and battery, bribery, fraud, racketeering, money laundering, sex scandals, and coupled with absolute arrogance, condescension, and elitism is somehow representative of any us.

But I digress … The point of all this is simple. The political and media elites in this country make up about 10% of the population. They strongly support the big government rule of the politicians and political class.

Then there is a third of Americans who really don't know what's happening, and furthermore, really don't care or don't understand.

About 84% of the rest us ordinary folks believe the country is heading in the wrong direction. So, when reading the tea leaves this fall, the professional political class better read them carefully. The Democrats may find themselves on the outside looking in, while the Republicans may find victory their worst nightmare.


For the Dems, it merely means a temporary loss of power. They are progressives: they will retool, repackage, and reappear with the same progressive crap, but it will look like brand new crap; and, unfortunately, some will be stupid enough to try the repackaged crap all over again. But for the Republicans, this could be the death knell of the party. They are being given a chance to meet the expectations of average Americans given voice by the Tea Party movement.

Unfortunately, the Republicans have a very difficult task in front of them. The party is stacked with progressives like Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Olympia Snowe, Kit Bond, Susan Collins, and the list could go on. On the other hand, there are pragmatic conservatives who because of their desire to stay in office, all too often “go along to get along”. They are mostly conservative. That is to say, they want a fiscally conservative government to enslave us and steal our money — not one of those darn liberal ones.

But, if they fail to read the mood and message of the Tea Party movement, they may find themselves going the way of the Whig Party. If the Republicans assume the mantle of a return to constitutional government and fail to deliver, I believe the party will be irrelevant and replaced. Political irrelevance creates a vacuum, and like nature, politics abhors a vacuum and seeks to fill it. There is one overriding sentiment carried by the Tea Party folks; the Republicans ignore it at their own peril.

Suffice it to say, being conservative or liberal is quickly becoming immaterial to those of us in the hustings. We don't want to be governed from the left or the right. We want a return to freedom. We want to be left alone to govern ourselves. That's the message! Under a constitutional government, liberal or conservative makes very little difference; inasmuch as, the federal government, owned by the states, was only granted 17 limited powers. Only 17 powers … and none of them dealt with health care, welfare, education, or much else that really affects our private lives. That's what the Tea Party people and most Americans want: less government — more freedom.

Thomas Jefferson, in his first inaugural address said: "A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicity.”

In other words, we have always been a people seeking freedom, the right to live our own lives, and be self-governed. The problem with the professional political class today — from either the left or the right — is that they believe that none of us are capable of governing ourselves.

Again, I would remind them of the words of Jefferson: “Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?”

Judging by the way our leaders have lead this country, I think we need to go back and retrace our steps to find out where we got off the path and fell — or perhaps were pushed — down the rabbit hole. The insanity of a $13 trillion deficit is obvious, but less known and understood, is the true Mad Hatter news. As a nation we are $120 trillion in debt. That is an amount equal to 100% of our total GDP for ten years. And if current trends continue, the interest alone will bankrupt us within a decade.

The era of big government is over. What we as Americans have to decide is whether we are going to end it in an intelligent design, or whether we are going to let it implode like a star creating a black hole, from which even light cannot escape. But one way or another … it's over.

Is The Tea Party A Movement or A Bowl of Granola?

 By:  Katie Baker, August 24, 2010

 

There are some individuals in the Tea Party Movement who are becoming frustrated and feel that they need to act independently and on their own in order to get what they feel is of vital importance accomplished RIGHT NOW.

I applaud these individuals for their wanting to take the “bull by the horn” and trying to get something done. I have had very little response from most tea parties, even response from offering them a FREE educational program on our nation’s true Christian heritage at: www.securingthedream.com. (By the way, every quote was authenticated from original documented sources.)

However, that being said, what I think is happening is this: The organizers in charge of the Tea Parties, who are receiving emails and letters and phone calls, must have full time jobs and are inundated with so many requests from across the country that they can't possibly contact them all immediately. What they are going to need to do, so that people do not become discouraged, thinking no one cares about the “little guys,” is to "task" more people to respond to these inquiries immediately. This will mean that more patriot individuals, people just like you, are going to need to volunteer their time and talents for these purposes.

As a business owner I learned early on the importance of delegating responsibility. It is also important, however, that those working as managers learn a chain of command. Running a business can be compared to the military. There has to be a chain of command.

The business must have a business plan. It is the responsibility of the President/CEO to design the plan (or at least approve it) and then to delegate responsibility to managers to get the goals of those plans accomplished.
Those to whom these responsibilities have been given must then delegate responsibilities to the workers. Now, if the manager tries to assume all of these responsibilities (in most cases, trying to make himself look all-important and indispensible to his superior), chances are the task assigned is not going to get accomplished in an most expeditious manner, and probably not as excellent as if it were assigned to a group of workers who collectively could put their minds together and devise a working strategy that would best meet the overall goals of the assignment.

Whenever an employee came to me concerning a task that was assigned by his superior, I would always ask if they had consulted with their supervisor. If not, they were sent back to the supervisor, or the supervisor was called into my office, where we could discuss this privately.

If I had allowed every employee in my company to come into my office and tell me every little detail of everything they wanted to do on a project, I would NEVER have gotten anything accomplished that I needed to manage my business. How do I know this? Simple. I learned the hard way. And then I learned the value of delegating. My life became much more pleasant and bearable and the burden it lifted from my shoulders was amazing … good bye stress! We now had an organized team and even the employees were so much happier!

This is part of the problem or “happy troubles” that I see currently in the Tea Party movement. There are so many people jumping up and down and saying, "Me too! Me too!," but there is no real direction, no real chain of command for incorporating everyone into a well-designed plan of action, so that those wanting to become involved don’t soon begin to feel “left out of the loop.” They soon become discouraged and fall by the wayside if not immediately tasked with some responsibility. We all have different talents and all of our collective talents need to be put to work as soon as possible. It will be the responsibility of the Tea Party organizations, however, to best determine where these talents should be utilized.

Can you imagine what it was like trying to organize the patriots who fought in the American Revolution? Just think of it a moment. Not everyone thought we should be independent from England. So who did you trust with your plans? If caught, you would be considered a traitor and … you could be hung.

It's interesting to see the number of our Founding Fathers who were branded traitors during that time in our nation’s history. I came across a list when we were researching "America Again!" What these men and women sacrificed so that we could be free today is amazing. How many of us are willing to give up what they did for our posterity?

Please don't go around saying that the Tea Parties are doing nothing. They are doing something, but there definitely needs to be more organization. Before making nonproductive remarks that could damage people who are honestly trying to do the best they can, make an appointment to personally sit down with them and have conversations to discover what the overall game plan is and how your talents can best be used to participate in an organized fashion that will accomplish the overall goals of this movement.

REMEMBER: You are a vital part of everything we do!

We must work together, be organized and please don’t react out of frustration!

Whenever we do this, the general public, many of whom we need to bring into the Tea Party Movement, and most importantly, our nation’s leaders, whose hearts and consciences we are trying to reach, will not only think … but believe … that we are nothing but a handful of granola . . a bunch of fruits, nuts and flakes.

Democrats Admit Senate is "Rigged" As They Vote: Sedition or Treason - You Decide!

Dr. Jeffrey "Jake" Baker
Wednesday, December 01, 2010

As the elections ended, I wrote that what had just happened in the 2010 elections was not a victory ... it simply got us to the starting line because the establishment politicians still do not get it. Unfortunately, they have proven again they're not getting it with the passage of the Senate Bill S.510, known as the Food Safety Modernization Act.

This sweeping law gives big government and big business all the power in the world over our food supply. Technically, roadside vegetable stands and non-hybrid seed storage are illegal under this bill. In fact, just about anything to do with food now comes under the control of the FDA and DHS. The bureaucracy in D.C., to meet their obligations under this bill, will be obliged to hire thousands more workers and will have the right to invade any farm or ranch in America without suspicion of wrong doing, a warrant, or even advanced notice.

Under this bill your tax dollars can now be spent to harass truck farms, small market farms, even restaurant farms that produce their own vegetables. According to Dr. Shiv Chopra, a Canadian Health whistleblower, “If accepted [S 510] would preclude the public’s right to grow, own, trade, transport, share, feed and eat each and every food that nature makes. It will become the most offensive authority against the cultivation, trade and consumption of food and agricultural products of one’s choice. It will be unconstitutional and contrary to natural law or, if you like, the will of God." This is a bill that: · Puts all U.S. food and all U.S. farms under Homeland Security and the Department of Defense, in the event of contamination or an ill-defined emergency. ·

This bill ends "perfect protection" of U.S. law and puts all food law under the overawing authority of international law (World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations), which endangers our food supply; inasmuch as, the world can demand that we give them our food, and it surrenders our sovereignty to foreign entities. It also allows the Codex laws (a global system of food controls including supplements, natural supplements and vitamins which we have repeatedly defeated) to take effect here and now.

• This bill could presumably (under Maritime Law in a convoluted, legal mumbo, jumbo way) control the growing of all food in the U.S. and apply smuggling laws to any unauthorized growing of food. \
• This bill allows the government to force us into using genetically altered plants and animals for our food supply, which means they control what we put into our bodies for food, and becomes a huge profit center for companies like Monsanto. 
• It controls, and will virtually eliminate over a period of time, small producers of both livestock and produce. · It introduced "Food Crimes" into the U.S., removing any last vestige, or even the illusion of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

So why am I telling you all of this? I think it is important to understand what the United States Senate has just voted to do to us. This is sedition and possibly treason. It gives aid and comfort to our enemies in the United Nations. It would give them power over the most crucial element of our ability to live and be free ... our food supply. It is an act of war against the sovereignty of the nation and the people of the United States, and this bill will, if it makes it back through the House of Representatives, be the seeds (no pun intended) of our destruction in the very near future. I believe when the now unavoidable economic collapse hits, this is the bill that will be used to subjugate the population. "Do what we say or you don't eat." Does any of this sound familiar? It should. You might want to reread Revelation 13:16-17 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

I have heard a number of people postulate that what the George Soros funded, WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange did in releasing our private, diplomatic, military and other communiqués to potential enemies is both espionage and sedition. If simply releasing documents is sedition, does not the surrendering our entire food supply to our foreign enemies and a few large corporations at least rise to the same level? Being a member of the "government" does not give one the right to betray their nation. Benedict Arnold was a member of the army, but it gave him no license to betray his country. Remember, it has been reported that one large company, Monsanto, will benefit enormously from the passage of this bill.

Again reportedly, who was one of the largest shareholders in Monsanto ... Mr. Soros. Nothing new there. Mr. Soros is attempting, in every way, to carry out his stated goal of bringing down the United States in favor of his version of a New World Order. The sad part is ... he is winning. One might logically expect national betrayal from the likes of progressives Pelosi and Reid, both of whom have made sedition their stock and trade, but when the Republicans, on whom we have just conferred considerably more power, embrace the same seditions acts, it is time for the nation and the Tea Parties to take action.

Seems the Republicans and the Democrats have reached consensus, which is, of course, code for a truck load of expediency and not a smidgen of moral character or principle. Just for the record, there was not one Democrat who voted "nay" on S.510.

Following are the names of the traitors in the Republican Party who voted to surrender our food supply and production to our enemies: Alexander (R-TN), Brown (R-MA), Burr (R-NC), Collins (R-ME), Enzi (R-WY), Grassley (R-IA), Gregg (R-NH), Johanns (R-NE), Kirk (R-IL), LeMieux (R-FL), Lugar (R-IN), Murkowski (R-AK), Snowe (R-ME), Vitter (R-LA), and Voinovich (R-OH).

Meanwhile, neither Senator Brownback of Kansas nor Senator Kit Bond of Missouri were available for the vote. Senator Brownback's office told us he opposed the bill and that would have been there if he thought he could have made a difference. I spoke with the "lady" who answered the phone in Senator Kit Bond's office (Missouri) and asked if there was a reason why the Senator had not been in D.C. for the vote, she became very defensive and nearly shouted, "Yes, it was for personal reasons and a damn good one." I reminded her that there was no reason to swear. "Me thinks the lady doeth protest too much."

I am dumbfounded that these elected officials think they could not have made a difference. We are talking about our national sovereignty and they did not care enough to be there and vote. Had these senators stuck together, lobbied their fellow senators to stand united as a block, they could have filibustered the vote and stopped it in its tracks. What this tells me is there was no united front and no sense of urgency even about our sovereignty and food supply from Mitch McConnell or the Republican leadership. Their failure to stop this act - or any act of sedition against the people of the United States - is beyond appalling ... it is unconscionable!

Democratic Senator Michael Bennett (D-CO), who was unaware that a microphone was still on, said the senate vote in the lame duck session was "rigged." You can listen to this discussion by clicking here.

Betrayal after betrayal. They have now done to food in this country what the traitors that set up the Federal Reserve have done to our money supply ... only worse. We are not subject just to the whim of pretty smart bankers, we are now subject to the whim of the idiots, communists, fascists, and totalitarian thugs of the U.N. This is another win for the Soros/Obama New World Order and brings us just one step closer to absolute government (read world government) control of our food chain, our economy, our manufacturing, finances, and government.

If there were any justice in this world, these senators would be recalled and tried for their crimes against their constituents in a state court where the feds could not throw the charges out. Mr. Obama would be impeached for either gross incompetence - for those naive enough to believe he is just a bad president - or sedition - for those who understand what he is really up to.

That leaves us with Mr. Soros. Mr. Soros is openly engaged in acts of war against this country. Mr. Soros is both a seditionist and a traitor. He should be arrested and tried for his crimes against the people of this country. Certainly, he has committed crimes against several nations, collapsing their economies, etc. But their ineffectual whining does little to stop this one man crime wave.

The people of this nation should stand up and demand his immediate arrest. But sadly that won't happen. Where would one find a constitutional federal prosecutor in our modern court system? And still more difficult, where would one find a constitutional federal judge? So where does the answer lie?

Perhaps the answer lies in the 10th Amendment. Perhaps in secession. Perhaps we attempt all of the above. But at his current rate of assimilation, this "absolutely inept" president, who has taken over the insurance industry, agriculture, manufacturing, banking, and the health care industry (about 85% of the U.S. economy), will be in a position to declare himself "benevolent dictator for life" long before the next election.

That, of course, assumes that there will be a next election; if one assumes that the economy doesn't collapse leading to chaos, panic, and unprecedented violence leading us to beg for martial law ... which Mr. Obama would be only too happy to provide. The real question is not: Should we act in response to this outrageous attack on our sovereignty? The question is: Will we?

Sadly, the answer is probably not. And when the trap is sprung and the hyper inflation starts, and violence is widespread, these same traitors will go right along with the suspension of the constitution, and we will have no one to blame but ourselves ... because we didn't have the political and judicial will to stop them.

It has been said that, “All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” I am sure my critics will lodge between steps one and two, some will ridicule me, others will violently oppose me and call me a hate monger etc., etc., etc., but to all of them I'll close with an old Russian Proverb: You’ll know it is true when it happens to you.

5+1 Steps To Saving America

By: Katie Baker
October 28, 2010 

I remember when I attended Sunday School as a child that we were taught the 5 Steps to Salvation. I was just thinking on that and it occurred to me that there are 5+1 Steps to Saving America.

1. Hear the Gospel First, we had to hear the message that we were in trouble and needed saved. We've been preaching this message now for over twenty years and most recently Glenn Beck and others have taken to the pulpits to proclaim the gospel that "America, we're in trouble and in need of salvation."

2. Believe in One God We have proven with documented quotes from the Founding Fathers in "Securing the Dream: America Again!" that they firmly believed we were to be a Christian nation. www.zootter.com/cryfreedom.htm

3. Repent of All Sin I am convinced that if this is just a polical movement, we are doomed to failure. It must be a spiritual movement that results in political action. We have preached this for over twenty years, and this message has not changed and is still true today. So many of us have been caught up in the everyday routine of living ... or just surviving ... that we have not paid attention to what those buzzards in Washington were doing. Well, ladies and gentlemen, REPENT!

4. Confess Jesus as Lord Well, I certainly don't want to equate our Lord Jesus to the Constitution, BUT, Jesus was the Law Giver and He showed us how we should live, "Love one another." Our Constitution is the law of the land and it guides us in the ways we are to govern and to be governed. Just as a Christian we must publically announce that "Jesus is Lord," we as Americans must take a solemn vow to: "Protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

5. Be Immersed in Water Wow, that's a good one ... had to think on this one just for a minute. As Christians, most of us have been immersed in the holy waters of baptism. But, with the current war that is being waged in our nation, I think it is something much more "stinky" that we've been immersed in. STOP letting them dump all over you! Clean up your act and get bathed in the realization that we can still act before it's too late to take back our country.

HERE'S THE + 6. Live a life that is pleasing and under God's laws, loving one another, as Christ loved the church. You know, folks, it does absolutely NO good to follow steps 1 - 5 if we don't apply Step 6. Even though we do not agree with those of liberal persuasions, we must still respond in love, as Christ loved the church. How else will we ever be able to "reason" with them and show them the right path? (I know the word reason - when used with liberals - is an oxymoron, but I had to put it in anyways!)

I know some of you are thinking, "Yeah, and Christ threw the thieves out of the temple!" Well, you are right. It's time to throw those in Washington who think they have become gods - OUT! There should be a righteous indignation against those that have been stealing from us, our children, and our grandchildren.

That is why now, more than ever, we must no longer sit by and be idle and do nothing. Each and every one of us has talents and abilities that are god-given and we can do something. From our children to us little old grannies; to those who feel they can't speak out to those with wonderful oratorical skills; from those of us who in the past may have only occasionally voted to those who will run for office, all of us have something to offer to restore our once great nation!

Vote November 2nd for those who will defend and protect our constitution and who are of good character who will vow to lead by example for our nation's youth.

When Government Becomes Destructive of These Ends!

By Dr. Jeffrey “Jake” Baker
November 2, 2010

Today's vote will tell us a lot about the willingness of our countrymen to radically change their course in history. But the important work of preserving freedom still remains.

Our Founding Fathers broke their political ties with England because they believed the following: "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 Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men." (Declaration of Independence)

In other words, governments are instituted for one purpose … to secure rights. They are merely the vessel that contains and protects these God-given rights. Government is not the purpose unto itself. It is merely the carrying case for liberty, and when that carrying case becomes the object of our intent, rather than precious cargo of God-given rights being the object of our focus, we are in mired vexation. When our founders erected a new government to shelter their Creator endowed rights to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” the object was not the institution, it was freedom.

They did not create an idol for us to worship and call it government. Government was the shell that contained the egg. The shell has little value but to protect the contents. Jefferson could not have made it any clearer. America's founders desired a land in which men might live in liberty. By declaring independence from the government of England and instituting a new government on this continent, they did not erect that government for the purpose of having a government, but rather, it was built as a bulwark to house those principles that secured our freedoms.

They created a mechanism designed to carry and shelter our precious freedom and liberty ... government was an armored car to protect that, which they considered to be, irreplaceably precious …liberty. Even the independence they sought was not the object ... the object was liberty. Even the formation of the constitution in 1787, while a brilliant work, was not the object ... the object was freedom. Now, look further at these words: "That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to affect their Safety and Happiness."

This is that time which is now upon us. It is time to abolish what has sprung up in the place of our government and institute new government, and laying again the foundation and purpose of our government ... namely, the protection of liberty and freedom. That is the hard work that lies ahead ... instituting a new government from within the hydra which has grown up in Washington D.C., state capitals around the country, the counties and cities from the hustings, to the monolithic metropolises coast to coast.

We must build again, not a government that does for us what we don't want to dirty our hands doing, but a government which meets its singular goal as described by the Founders ... housing for liberty. Government is not the goal ... the goal is liberty. And it will be only, when we rebuild the bulwark of freedom, a government placed solidly on the foundation of constitutional precept, limited in size, scope and reach, to the 17 powers granted it to protect our freedom and liberty, that we will once again breathe free as a people.

I do not know if the mettle of the American people is sufficient to this undertaking. If we can strengthen their mettle with encouragement, or raise their spiritual sights to see beyond this skirmish to a brighter tomorrow, we will have accomplished a valuable service.

I am convinced that the battle will be pitched and the fervor of those who see government as the end all and be all, or the object of their intent, will not easily succumb to those of us who see liberty, not government as the object. I am convinced that this must be a spiritual battle that results in political action … not a political movement with a religious tone.

Further, if we do not relearn and impart to America the values that made this country great, we may clean up the disaster that is this government, only to find ourselves unwittingly electing the same vile wretches back to office in but a very few years.

When I was young, I thought it was about winning. Now, I understand it is about fulfilling our destiny. It doesn't matter whether the perception is that we won or lost. What matters is that we are fought the fight because it was right. Then winning, losing, life or death become irrelevant; it's about the destiny of a nation, which was, by my understanding, antecedent even to the framing of the world. The question is this: Will we fulfill that great destiny - or - will we fall short?

By the grace of God you and I – we - have embraced the side of the light and truth, and perhaps this election will give us the proper lair from which we might surprise the enemies of freedom, begin to silence their lies, and roar the truth louder and longer than the world can imagine from city streets to strange lands of forests or sands around the world ... telling even foreign meddlers to beware. We will seek them out that we might render their malicious intent ineffectual and deliver them to the magistrate, seeking justice for their subversive stratagem.

The calling, dear friends, for all of us at this late and evil hour is to stand ... and having done all … to stand. What a privilege to be counted in that glorious company to have enjoined the fray in a late version of St. Crispin's. “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.”

To this end, I commit this great cause, this august endeavor to recapture our land, our institutions, and to reawaken our people, to the saving of our Republic, the protection of our nation, and the restoration of that vision which will lead us through the fog of progressive pother, that we might sight again the shores of truth, and in setting anchorage, there become ... America Again!

Tis the season to be hustled, falalalalalalalala ... or ... the Greatest Christmas Ever!

By: Dr. Jeffrey "Jake" Baker

Beckah was silent as they pulled away from the family's Christmas party. She had smiled and joked with family and friends, but her friend Linda, being the observant and wise sage she was, called Beckah aside and asked her why she wasn't eating. Beckah, responding like a brave soldier, said she was just a little under the weather. She knew that if she said anything that all, the frustration, fear, anger, and panic might came rolling out in one great weeping gush of tears, rage, sobbing, and convulsing panic.

She and her husband Jack had both been out of work for four months. The money was gone, the electric bill due, and the car payment was behind. They had sold everything they could, hocked jewelry, and dropped every unnecessary services they could. Jack had worked every odd job he can find, but it wasn't enough. It barely kept food on the table. By this time next month, the house would be in foreclosure, and in three months they would be out on the street. They had no family to move in with, no prospects, no jobs on the horizon, and the economy was still looking very grim. Meanwhile, government was still spending on everything but the economy. It was hopeless absolutely hopeless.

Finally home, Beckah just wanted to collapse. She went to her room drew a warm bath, sunk down in the tub, and cried. For the first time in years Beckah found herself praying ... really praying; the kind of praying she did when she first became a Christian. And while no jobs magically appeared on the horizon, after a good cry and a lot of prayer, there was a tiny speck of peace just knowing that she could still talk to God.

Ho, Ho, Ho! Tis the season to be hustled falalalalalalalala. Normally, this is the time of the year when everybody is standing around with their hands outstretched, from the department stores to the charities. Everybody is reminding you of all you deserve, all you should be thankful for, and "give."

Well, they are half right, that is, if your electricity isn't in danger of being turned off, your house payment has been made, and you have a job to go to every morning. If this is the current situation in which you find yourself, then you are indeed blessed because presently there are about 30 million of our fellow Americans who don't have anywhere to go when they wake up in the morning.

No! I am not going to hustle you for even one dime. I am not going to tell you to give to me, or this worthy charity, or that worthy charity. There are some great charities out there, but you should decide where your money goes. As for me ... I'm going to do something different this year. I'm going directly to the source of the need and cutting out the middle man.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still going to give to the Salvation Army and Wounded Warriors, but this year I am going to do something different. According to the National Retail Federation Americans spent $504 billion in 2009 during the Christmas holidays. Chances are that number will be about the same this year.

So this year I'm not going to go to Macy's, or Dillard's, or Radio Shack, or Penny's, or Sears, or any of the other stores for my Christmas shopping. This year I am going to wrap presents and give them to my family and friends. And inside those presents will be the story of a family that we helped in their name. The present might read like this:

Bob and Cathy, instead of a bottle of wine this year, please accept our gift of a Christmas meal for a mom and her three kids whose husband is serving in Afghanistan. She is "living" on about $18,000 per year. My gift to you is a gift to them. Knowing you as I do, I know you will be thrilled with this present.

To Family: As you open this present, I wanted you to know that Katie and I talked about it and decided this year that we were going to do things a little different. We knew some friends that were unemployed. They had no money, no hope, and nowhere to turn.

Because of their dire circumstances, this year we've decided to spend our entire Christmas budget on two families. So, let me tell you what our family got you for Christmas. We got you payments for family one. There was a shiny new house payment for Jack. And for Beckah, we lavished her with two car payments, and for the kids we got the very latest in utility payments so they could watch their television, and a full blown Christmas dinner. And here's the best part ... no assembly required.
And for our kids, we got Don and Cindy caught up on their house payment, paid the cell phone bill, in case an employer called someone could answer, and as a stocking stuffer we made them a wonderful Christmas dinner. Hope that all of this fits under the tree. I'll tell you, Katie and I have gotten pretty good at shopping because every one of these presents fits perfectly. There was not one exchange of any gift we got this year. They were all just the right size.

Now that's Christmas. Can you imagine if everyone, all three hundred plus million of us, would just take 25% of our Christmas spending and help an unemployed family what that would mean to them and to the economy? It would mean a $125 billion stimulus to the economy without spending one cent of tax money.
And churches, you can help too. With all the special offerings taken this time of year, and all the extra money you bring in, why not adopt a few families this year? You can't help everybody, so why not really help a few. But be careful, pick out only families that are worthy of such a blessing. Make sure the parents are good role models for their kids, that they are just down with the economy, and not "professionally" unemployed.

Come on businesses ... you can help. How about you tradesmen? This Christmas why not give the gift of a patched roof, or fixed plumbing, or a replaced window for a worthy family in your area?

And you department stores ... how about a free appliance for a needy family? And car dealers ... we haven't forgotten about you! Do you know what the gift of a good running car would mean for a young family struggling to get to the new job they finally found after 18-24 months of endless job interviews? It would mean the world to them.
Listen, you don't have to do the job alone. There are 340 million of us out here. This won't solve all of our problems. Long term we need to fix the economy with a constitutional budget, free enterprise, and honest dollars, but in the meanwhile, this will help.

It will help the people you share with; it will help the economy; it will help ease the family's burden; and, more than anything, it will help you. Those of us who still have somewhere to go when we wake up in the morning, it will help us remember how blessed we really are. It will help us remember who we are as a people. It will help us remember what America and Americans are really all about.
My countrymen, my friends, my fellow patriots, you are needed now more than ever to help us pull this country together. I know it is Christmas and nobody wants Mr. Scrooge lurking about casting humbug over their holiday cheer. However, I believe that we are under attack in so many ways that there is little hope of coming through this situation whole.

George Soros and his fellow traitors, both in and out of government, are attacking our monetary system and have involved the Chinese in their seditious plot. The dollar collapse may be inescapable. The dark heart of militant Islam has set its sights on America. The world is spinning madly out of control and there is little we can do about it. The system is about to reset. When it does, one of two systems will arise from the ashes of that ruin. It will either be the cold, hard, New World Order of an international oligarchy of thugs and tyrants, or ...

You and I will have laid the ground for rebuilding the American community again on those first principles, which include all of us caring and sharing with the rest of our family, friends and neighbors; not as a commune, but as individuals who care about each other and giving others a helping hand. This is not about government programs, this is about human kindness.

This year I hope you will consider the gift of Americans helping Americans. Nobody needs to know the family's name you help. For that matter, nobody even needs to know what you did unless you want to tell them. But by your kindness you may be the only lifeline to the desperate household of a neighbor or family member in our scared nation, and the only lifeline back to the America we once knew. We don't need government to take care of us. All we need is We ... us to take care of the U.S.
Remember ... there was no welfare office when Mary and Joseph showed up in Bethlehem. She did not seek free medical care from the government. Nor did she kill her baby because it was inconvenient. She brought into a world, darkened with sin and sadness, the light of all mankind.

This was prophesied 700 years before the birth of the Messiah back in the book of Isaiah.

Isaiah 9:6: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
7: Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

And Luke says in his classic Christmas description in Luke 2:

^1. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
^2. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
^3. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
^4. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
^5. To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
^6. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were
accomplished that she should be delivered.
^7. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
^8. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
^9. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
^10. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. ^11. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
^12. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
^13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
^14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
^15. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
^16. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
^17. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
¹⁸And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
¹⁹But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
²⁰And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

This may not be, and, in fact, probably is not, the time of the real birth of the Savior, but this is when we celebrate His birth as a nation, so let's make the best of it. Let us truly celebrate Christmas with those around us this year with the gift of blessing others at Christmas. Really, how much stuff do you need? It's just stuff. Will it be remembered in July? Probably not. But if you make a car payment, or pay a utility bill for a struggling family, do you think that will be remembered in July? I would venture to say, that gift will be remembered twenty years from now and will be listed forever in eternity.

Let this be the year when we all say, "Bah humbug!" to advertisers, bankers, and the typical Christmas hustlers and give the gift that will be remembered in eternity, the gift of kindness ... perhaps the gift of economic survival for a military family, unemployed family, relative or friend in your life.

And while you're out running around and you stop to grab a bite to eat, look around for one of our brothers or sisters in arms, and quietly buy their meal. You don't have to tell them or say a word, just pay quietly and I guarantee you will feel more Christmas in that moment than in ten hours of shopping.

Finally, this year give yourself the greatest gift of all. Gather your family together round a crackling fire, bring out the hot chocolate sing a few Christmas songs, and as a family on your knees thank God that you are together, safe, warm, blessed beyond anything most of the world could ever comprehend. Build memories, faith and love amongst yourselves. None of us knows how many more of these Christmas' we will have.

So ... what will it be this year ... the usual Christmas Hustle or ...

The Greatest Christmas Ever?

Don't Ask Don't Tell - A Behind The Scenes Look

Dr. Jake Baker
Sunday, December 19, 2010

Until now I have been silent on the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” (DADT)debate.  I guess I figured that sanity would prevail.  Now we know that is not the case.  As a continued act of betrayal, eight Senate Republicans stood with 53 democrats and 2 independents to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, a policy which has been in place since 1993.
The eight Republicans were: Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts (newly elected with the help of the Tea Party), Lisa Murkowski of Alaska (re-elected as a write-in candidate), newly elected Mark Kirk of Illinois, liberal retiring lame duck George Voinovich of Ohio took one last opportunity to betray his party, newly reelected Richard Burr of North Carolina, John Ensign of Nevada (who is up for election in 2012), Susan Collins of Maine (who is up for reelection in 2014) and Olympia Snowe of Maine (who is up for election in 2012).
I will go into the moral side of this discussion later, but let us address first the consequences and real agenda of the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell. 
If you are foolish enough to believe that the anti-American, anti-military factions that are pushing this agenda are doing so because of their love and admiration for the homosexual community, you are dangerously naive, far too gullible to be in a position of leadership, or your family tree stopped forking a few generations back. This will do to the military what a computer virus does to a hard drive.  More on this later, but let me start with where I stand on the issue.
I am not a "seek and destroy Christian zealot" who believes the government should reside in the bedroom of American homes.  I don't believe that what goes on between a man and a woman is any of government's business.  Nor is it the business of the community unless it affects the community.  If you turn your home into a brothel, you are making my neighborhood unsafe for my family by bringing in a criminal element and potential sexual predators.  You will have my full attention at that point in time.
Likewise, I am not interested at all in the private consensual behavior of the homosexual community.  If you live in my neighborhood and I hear whispers about these "guys" who live in that house on the corner, I am forced dismiss such rumors because under the law that I honor, Biblical law, unless there are two eye witnesses, no charge cannot be brought against anyone for anything.  However, the minute you start having raucous parties where public indecency is displayed, you have made your lifestyle my business.  Further, when one begins parading up and down the city streets of major cities in America (see: San Francisco Gay Pride Parade) naked, flaunting one's sexuality, and demanding special rights, you and I will find ourselves on opposite sides of the sexual divide … no ifs ands or butts about it. 
Likewise, when you join the military and demand special rights to accommodate your sexual lifestyle, you have crossed the line.  If we, as a nation, have to make special provisions to accommodate your sexual proclivities, where does it end?  Should we not then have special provisions for polygamists?  How about people that love their animals in that "special way" … shouldn't they have special protection?  If homosexuality is "natural human behavior," isn't bestiality as well?  After all, didn't God make us all the way we are?

And, of course, everyone knows we need special protections for those who love little boys, like NAMBLA.  They are so misunderstood and hated, but didn't God make them that way?  Why should they be punished for "natural human behavior"?

And how about other groups like necrophilias?  Do you have any idea how difficult a public relations task selling this life style is?  It’s just so hard to find understanding for these poor folks.  Their outlook is so grave that I believe Harry Reid should sponsor a bill yet today just for them.  Who knows … in this lame duck congress (that for the bestiality folks), even a bill for necrophilias may not be dead on arrival, which would probably leave necrophilias with mixed emotions.

Back to Don't Ask Don't Tell.  There are some good sides to having openly gay men in the barracks with straights.  First, it might stimulate the economy.  I mean, if we have a couple million soldiers all buying soap on a rope, it is bound to boost the economy of soap on a rope makers.  And I think serving in a forward position with an openly gay man would have a tendency to keep one awake in the foxhole … or anywhere else for that matter.  Awkward isn't it?   Being in forward position while fighting a rear guard action?  But I digress.  There are, in reality, serious health issues at stake.   

A study of homosexual men shows that more than 75% of homosexual men admitted to having sex with more than 100 different males in their lifetime; approximately 15% claimed to have had 100-249 sex partners; 17% claimed 250-499 partners; 15% claimed 500-999 partners, and 28% claimed more than 1,000 lifetime sexual partners according to Wiki.answers.com.

Homosexuality seems to be a highly lustful lifestyle with the average homosexual having hundreds of sex partners during their lifetime.  How is that going to play out in the barracks?  Are the barracks going to become a hedonistic brothel filled with Caligulan scenes of sexual romp and lust?  And if not, how about "tender moments" of hand holding and "cuddling" … is that going to be allowed in the barracks?  And if such behavior is banned, how long will it be before the ACLU is suing the Army and the federal government on the grounds that the gay community is being singled out and discriminated against for only exercising "natural human behavior" already condoned by both the military and the federal government, when they revoked the DADT policy.

Then there is the privacy question.  We do not allow men to live with women in the barracks.  Experience has taught us that a separation of the sexes prevents a lot of potential problems, like inter-barracks relationship problems, interpersonal conflicts created by jealousy, breakups, pregnancy (which probably won't be an issue in this case), and other "natural human behavior".


Then there is the problem of inappropriate sexual behavior.  We avoid the potential problems which can be created when a few good men have been out partying for a few too many hours coming back to the barracks to join a vulnerable Private Jane Doe in the co-ed showers.  But even the innocent appearance of an obviously amorous male in the co-ed shower area might well be, or at least should be, an affront to the modesty of the female soldiers or now after the repeal of DADT, male soldiers.

How are straight men going to respond when they walk from the shower to their bunk and the scene turns to a "B" flick lewd prison backdrop complete with catcalls and whistles?  How will that affect training, discipline, and self confidence?  Will the barracks become “us” against “them” ... straights against gays?

Perhaps homosexuals should be separated from the rest of the troops to avoid the possibility of sexual harassment.  But that is akin to asking men and women to bunk together isn't it?  So what does one do with openly gay individuals in the military?

As stated earlier, the homosexual lifestyle for over 75% of gay men is all about sexual encounters, hundreds of them.  How does that affect hygiene in the military?

• Over 70% of all AIDS diagnoses in Canada in adults over the age of 15 up to June 2004 were in homosexual men (13,019 out of 19,238). 60% of all positive HIV tests are found in homosexual men. This contrasts with just over 15% of all positive HIV tests which are due to heterosexual contact. (Public Health Agency of Canada. HIV and AIDS in Canada. November 2004).
  
• Dramatic increases in syphilis in many large cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, but also in London and Manchester, UK are in the majority observed in homosexual men. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Trends in primary and secondary syphilis and HIV infections in men who have sex with men. MMWR 2004; 53: 575-8. and Nicoll A. Are trends in HIV, gonorrhea, and syphilis worsening in Western Europe? BMJ 2002; 324:1324-7.)
  
• According to "Gay author Gabriel Rotello the perspective of many gays that "Gay liberation was founded . . . on a 'sexual brotherhood of promiscuity,' and any abandonment of that promiscuity would amount to a 'communal betrayal of gargantuan proportions.'" This reinforces my point earlier concerning their demand for equal sexual rights and the glut of court cases that would result in any attempt to limit what to them is "Natural Human Behavior."

Finally, I know that its passé to remind anyone of moral standards, but morals are no small part of the argument.  What liberals in America have forgotten is that those of us who hold Judeo Christian values are the norm and that dissenting voices, pushing homosexuality, are the contrarians.

We, as traditional Christian America, have rights too.  The left does not have a right to inflict their religion of liberal one world humanistic theology on us. Their religion is humanism and their theology, which sees intellect as Divine Spark, is anathema to millions of Americans who hold a Judeo Christian understanding of life.  The left tells us that we have no right to force our religion and morality on them, but they have no problem erasing over four centuries of Judeo Christian heritage and morality on this continent and imposing their vulgar religion of humanistic licentiousness on us.
Every belief system is religious by its very nature.  It determines both the course and correction of a society.   History is replete with nations which have traded Christianity for the humanistic religion of the left and history is replete with the stories of failure, collapse and finally the replacement of freedom with the despotism of Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler.

So what will it be America the religion of Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank, who has really gotten behind the repeal of DADT, or the religion of our Creator who saw our forefathers through the impossible victory over the invincible British Empire?  Was their confidence in themselves or their military prowess?  Hardly! 

Their faith was this:  “With a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence." 
Nor did our founders believe that humanism could lead a nation.  "Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."  John Adams   
     
Will the law of the Creator, whose Triune God-head our fathers celebrated in the creation of a tripartite government, be our guide or will we desert that safe harbor for the humanistic worship of intellect and power preached Marx, Lenin, and the American Left?

Unfortunately, what most Americans don't realize is that the religion of George Soros and his ilk, and their minions like Barrack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid, is the religion of power.  Their goal is not to raise up America to a new enlightenment.  Their agenda is to collapse America and level the playing field with the rest of the world. They believe that our power and influence is what stands in the way of their NWO.

Their constant piling on of debt to the nation isn't about doing good for the poor, it is about caving in the economy causing panic and confusion, from which only they will be able to lead us to safety.  The goal is always destruction that they might rebuild the world in their image of what it should be and under their wise leadership. 

Finally, if they are to be successful in their quest to build this New World Order, the strategy has to include the control of every aspects of society.  Among these are the economy, the media, education, government, the courts, and the military.  One of the remaining two obstacles is the media the other is control of the military.

General degradation of the military can be accomplished through the appointment of socialist generals by a lackey of the NWO, which Mr. Obama (despite the constitutional restriction under Article 1 Section 8 which reserves to the states the appointment of general officers) has already done.  The other is to generally degrade the capability of the military.  That, my friends, is the real purpose of the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell.  This move alone will do more to disrupt the military than any other single move that could have been made.

Sure, we have fought endless wars to tax our military, extended them beyond human endurance, and created impossible rules of engagement for them to follow. But, our soldiers are the best in the world.  And despite these brutish tactics they have stood tall and exceeded even these draconian demands placed upon them.  They are nothing short of heroic.  But injecting the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell into the military is akin to inserting a computer virus into a hard drive.  It begins chipping away at programs and the registry and then begins causing such chaos as to make the device unusable.  For the military, that virus is Don't Ask Don't Tell.   Through disease, social disruption, breakdown of military order, legal chaos, and the destruction of morale, this may well do what no Fabian bureaucrat or no army in the world can do ... beat the American military.

So, now that our weak kneed politicians have gotten all mushy and politically correct on the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, think about the ramifications and the unintended consequences (or perhaps more properly, intended consequences) of what we are doing and the potentially catastrophic cause and effect this repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell will have on the defenses of America.