Archive for June, 2010
No One Asks Kagan the Right Questions
By Dr. Harold Pease
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan does not have bench experience or even much courtroom experience. She hasn’t even logged over three years of private practice as a lawyer. She has been a life-long academic and a far left ideologue, thus not likely to support anything remotely conservative in any decision for the next 40 years that she could be on the bench. She is anti-military and probably supports the Gay and Lesbian agenda. She also has distain for the Second Amendment. Any of these should bring question to her legitimacy as a justice. If such were offered by a Republican president with the opposite philosophy in place, the Democrats would go berserk and, rightfully so, would accuse the other party of ineptitude.
But has she read the Constitution? Has she written anything on it? Is she committed to the view of its Founders? Is The Federalist Papers the least bit important to her? These are all non-partisan questions. After all, being only 50 years of age, she is one of two generations that has received very little on The Constitution in school outside the 8th grade. Law school emphasizes case study, not the view of the Founding Fathers. So where is the evidence that she is qualified to defend it?
The Founding Fathers Rejected Democracy
By Dr. Harold Pease
The Founding Fathers universally rejected democracy and hoped that posterity would never turn the United States into one. The word they used was “Republic,” which is not synonymous with “Democracy.” The word “Democracy” is not in the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights. Even the Pledge of Allegiance is “to the Republic for which it stands.”
Benjamin Franklin defined democracy as “two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.”
Anti-Communist “Re-Education Centers”, Courtesy of the Weather Underground
By Katie Pease
This is a clip from interview with Larry Grathwohl, a man who infiltrated the Weather Underground. This was an organization of far-left activists whose main goal was the overthrow of the United States government. Watch this video to hear what their chilling plans were for those who refused to denounce Capitalism and adapt to their new Communist way of life once their goals were accomplished.
Freedom and Federalism Thrive or Die Together
By Dr. Harold Pease
The Constitution divided power between two separate but co-equal governing bodies: the states and the national government. This division is called federalism and is so important that the flow of power away from the people cannot be preserved without it. It is the concept that in most things the states are not subordinate to the national government but in fact immune from it.
How Would the Founding Fathers Vote?
By Dr. Harold Pease
Media accounts of candidate activities and/or their public statements by themselves rarely give enough information to vote intelligently, and candidate debates, at least on the state, county, and city level, are poorly attended. One wonders if candidate charisma along with color, size, and number of signs displayed are not the most significant factors for most voters in making a selection.
However, many do wish to vote intelligently but may not know how to proceed. They first need to formulate a philosophical base that should go far deeper than the rhetoric of a political party. If I may be so bold to cite a personal example, my own base begins with my solid Christian background. Regardless of party or ideology, I want my public servants to emulate such solid values as honesty, integrity, morality, etc. I also would like to believe that when confronted with tough decisions they, like Washington and Lincoln, would not hesitate to ask God to illuminate their understanding.