“Bush lied and people died,” and “at least when Clinton lied no one died,” are popular little ditties from the left.

 

But Bush did not lie.

 

Sensible people know that. All the world thought Iraq was actively searching for the material for nuclear weapons. The evidence still shows they were, indeed.

 

Bush did not lie, and we fight for the right reasons.

 

Radical Islam (read the Koran) wishes to control us. With nuclear weapons, they would have had the means.

 

The Radical Islamists already thought the United States was the great satan before they heard about Clinton. They already thought America to be a moral cesspool. How can we argue after that man, Mr. Clinton, did have sex in the oval office? With a cigar, no less. Do we rationalize that at least it was with a girl?

How much did that man, Mr. Clinton, and his immorality, have to do with 9/11?

How much did that man, Mr. Clinton, and his immorality, have to do with how much they hate us?

We would be a moral nation, if … well, if it just wasn’t for ignoring the immoral stuff.

Ecclesiastes 12

¹¹ The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one Shepherd.

 

Our constitution has nails:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident…”

 

While the media and some conservatives were advising George Bush to re-invent himself, the Iraqis were pounding their own nails. They voted again (!), and adopted their own constitution. That should have been the most important news item of the last week, and their freedom perhaps the most important news item since that fateful September day.

 

Try as they might, the pop media can’t stop the process from moving on.

 

Just when they forget yet again the character of our President, just when they think he will act to please polls and pundits, he pounds more nails.

 

--Mike Fulford

...For the more mature reader is found here. 

 

--TenForUS

According to John Gibson, not as much as you should.  His latest book is The War on Christmas: How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday Is Worse Than You Thought. An interview is here.

 

--TenForUS

.. Or just one or two, not all ten, and are starting to feel pressure?  That pressure is sin.  Yes, sin.  The word still exists.  But you can ditch it.  See how here.

 

--TenForUS

This is a frequently asked question.  This post by Carl Gobelman answers the question in a simple way.

 

--TenForUS

or something more substantial?  Is that all there is to the Christian faith?  Danielle Carey at Whatsoever Magazine has an interesting post on this here.

 

--TenForUS

..comes a great resource page.  Newt Gingrich taught college history before running for Congress.  He has a site that has several links about the role of God in the laws and founding of our nation.  The page is here.  Lots to learn.

 

--TenForUS

I've been reading a really good book lately.  Chuck Colson Speaks is a series of speeches by the former Watergate figure.  Check it out.

 

--TenForUS

for not posting lately.  I was out of town and did not have access to a computer.  Amazing how fast things change in a week.  Equally amazing is how little the truly important things change.  There is comfort in the mundane:

 

--TenForUS

Should you obey the Ten Commendments?  The Restored Church of God has a good answer here.

 

--TenForUS

The nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court has a lot of people doubting her.  They doubt her ability, her intellect, her education, her position on matters of great importance.  Even James Dobson of Focus on the Family has expressed doubts.  Why all the doubting?  From a spiritual perspective, the doubts arise when we think we are in control of the situation and the action we want is not the course followed.  When we pause and align ourselves with God via prayer, we quickly recognize that we are not in control, God is.  An in God there is certainty.

 

--TenForUS

I posted earlier why a real honest to God evangelical would be an "orginalist."  Marvin Olasky at WorldMagBlog gets it.  The writers of the Constitution were Christian men who accepted the Bible as literal truth. Remember the saying "It's the Gospel Truth!"  In the late 1700's God fearing men knew the Bible was trustworthy and true.  To them only laws aligned with God's word would be acceptable, since God is the final judge and arbiter.  As a real honest to God evangelical, you can only be an "orginalist."  Any other position would be in opposition to God Himself, which is not a good place to be (see the example of Achan in Joshua 7:10-26)

 

-- TenForUS

I know very little about Harriet Miers. But I like what I read about where she goes to church. Valley View Christian Church in Dallas.  WorldMag Blog quotes a friend that also attends VVCC that the church is a "conserative evangelical church...in the vernacular, fundamentalist, but the media have used that word to tar us."  The first statement of belief on the church's web site is:

If she really goes and participates, odds are she believes it.  If she believes that about the Bible, it is not much of a leap to believe that she thinks the Constitution also means what it says.  Many are missing the point.  Our nation's laws derive from God's laws.  If you don't respect and believe in God's law you can't reasonably be expected to hold man's laws as truth beyond a cultural interpretation popular for that day.  It is for this very reason TenForUS was launched: To educate people on the true foundation of the laws of country, i.e. God's law.

 

--TenForUS

Casablanca is one of the best movies of all time. It was incredibly well written. This is some of the dialogue:

 

Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
[a casino worker hands Renault a pile of money]
worker: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [quiet voice] Oh, thank you very much.
[loud]
Captain Renault: Everybody out at once!

 

This sums up the liberal media reaction to Katrina:

Media: “We’re shocked, shocked, to find that New Orleans has an underclass!”

Government, whispering: “Your federal money for programs to help the poor, sir. The most in history.”

“We are still shocked, shocked to find poor people! This is all Bush’s fault!”

 

President Bush’s government will give more money to help the poor than has ever been given in history, in our country or any other. Yet there are still poor.

This is what President Bush seems to live by:

Psalms 41:1 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

 

And the “government as god” crowd probably never read this:

 

Matthew 26:11 For ye have the poor always with you…

 

-Mike Fulford