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A Better Plan For Jobs

A Better Plan For Jobs

Posted on 11 December 2009. Tags: Andrew, ATLAH, business, CBO, create, deficit, economy, Healthcare, Lck, obama, paychecks, Repulicans, small, stimulate, taxes, Times

By Andrew Luck

Republicans offer Obama plans to create and stimulate the economy, letting workers keep more of their paychecks, lower small business taxes, and how to improve our health care costing 10% less and lowering the deficit. They have offered the only health care bill which the CBO said it will lower costs and our deficits, and reduce unemployment. You and read the full story at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/10/AR2009121003436.html

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FAIL: Michelle Obama's Urban Health Care Initiative in Chicago (PLEASE TAKE ACTION THANKS)

FAIL: Michelle Obama's Urban Health Care Initiative in Chicago (PLEASE TAKE ACTION THANKS)

Posted on 11 December 2009. Tags: Andrew, ATLAH, Barack, Care, Chicago, David, Dumping, Health, Hussein, Initiative, James, Luck, Manning, Medicaid, Michelle, obama, Pastor, Patient, Times, Urban

By Andrew Luck

Michelle Obama’s Urban Health Care Initiative in Chicago – If you have Govt Health Care you are dumped on the street.  If they had no compassion or empathy in 2006 for those on Medicaid or uninsured why are the overnight have this great compassion. Persona and special groups self interest? Please share with your friend.

  The true fact is the Obama administrative truly does not care what we think. 65% of Americans do not want health care change and they continue to shove it down our throats. Why? Personal gains for they and their special interests. We have to be our own media and get our news outside of ATLAH, if we don’t know one would know the difference. I am posting the Obama’s and how they truly feel about the uninsured and those on Medicaid, which shows all of the great empathy and rhetoric means nothing. Actions speaks louder than words. We need to get this out all members Congress today. They are quickly pulling them off You Tube. Tomorrow may be too late. Please excuse any typos as I am still heavily sedated from some surgery yesterday.

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What Happened To Michelle Obama's Law License?

What Happened To Michelle Obama's Law License?

Posted on 10 December 2009. Tags: Andrew, ATLAH, Barack, Court, Daley, David, Hussein, James, Jarrie, Law, License, Luck, Manning, Michelle, obama, Ordered, Pastor, Times, Valerie

By Andrew Luck

First lady’s legal career on ‘court ordered inactive status’
I just found this interesting that Michelle and Oback are no longer licensed to practice law. There is no accusation of wrong doing on either part but Valerie Jarrie was right there to get her a job in the Daley administration. Click on the link below for the full story.
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=105998

 
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Obama, GOP Spar Over Employment Plan — White House Meeting Turns Unusually Testy, as Accusations From Both Sides Highlight Partisan Divide

Obama, GOP Spar Over Employment Plan — White House Meeting Turns Unusually Testy, as Accusations From Both Sides Highlight Partisan Divide

Posted on 10 December 2009. Tags: Andrew, ATLAH, Barack, David, Employment, GOP, Hussein, James, Luck, Manning, obama, Pastor, Spar, Times

By Andrew Luck

You have to ask the question how can a person who has all of this academic experience and degrees not understand the fundamentals of balancing a checkbook? My kids knew how to do that by 16 years of age. 1) Either he does not have this stellar academic background, which would explain why he has had his past “frozen” and put into a time capsule so no one can see, or 2) his goal is to bankrupt our Country, keep unemployment high, and mortgages be foreclosed on, of course this makes more and more Americans depended on BIG GOVERNMENT. I would hate item 2 to be the answer. MR. OBAMA we can not spend what we DO NOT HAVE. Those unemployed want real full time jobs and not your extending workers compensation before they end. AMERICANS would like to do some planning for the future and not looking for BIG GOVERNMENT hand outs. If this is too hard to comprehend I will be happy to have my kids explain it to you. Andrew

Here is the URL to the full story in the Wall Street Journal.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126041325795584867.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond

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Lieberman Riles Many With Role In Health Debate

Lieberman Riles Many With Role In Health Debate

Posted on 08 December 2009. Tags: Andrew, ATLAH, Barack, Health, Hussein, Insurance, Lieberman, Luck, obama, Pastor, Senator, Times

By Andrew Luck

Senator Lieberman has always stated GE would not support a Government run INSURANCE COMPANY. To read the full story click here http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/07/AR2009120703715.html?wpisrc=nl_pmpolitics
 

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Oath And Obligation

Oath And Obligation

Posted on 08 December 2009. Tags: ATLAH, Barack, David, Hussein, James, Manning, Marvin, Oath, obama, Obligation, Pastor, Stewart, Times

 

SEPTEMBER 2005

OATH AND OBLIGATION

By Marvin L. Stewart

 Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Defines:

OATH, n.

A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed. The appeal to God in an oath implies that the person imprecates his vengeance and renounces his favor if the declaration is false, or if the declaration is a promise, the person invokes the vengeance of God if he should fail to fulfill it. A false oath is called perjury.

This article is being written as a result of a plethora of events that has occurred in this Nation since I was called into the ministry in 1996. The ministry that I was called into is unlike the traditional ministry which consist of a Pastor; Minister; Reverend; or Priest as under shepherd and the congregation in attendance. I was called to educate the Body of Christ of their civic responsibilities in this Constitutional Republic regarding the various covenants that are in place in this Nation. Christians have an obligation in seeing that these covenants are fulfilled, I was called to speak unto those in the legislative; judicial; and executive branch of government in this Nation and remind them of their ministerial duties in guaranteeing a Republican Form of Government that is mandated by Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution which states “The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a Republican form of government and shall protect each of them from invasion”.

Webster’s 1828 dictionary defines a REPUB’LICAN, n.

One who favors or prefers a republican form of government. It is that form of government that I’m teaching about and encouraging Christians to support. It is the form of government that recognizes that God is sovereign authority over this Nation which is representative in all fifty States Constitutions. This is explicitly expressed in the Declaration of Independence, which is the foundation of our U.S. Constitution, which states the following:

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,–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. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

As I sit here this 4th of July 2005, preparing this article, in addition to celebrating this Nations 229th birthday, reflecting on all that has made this Nation great which are the principles of Christianity. There are various elements in this Nation which are seeking to undermine the foundation of this Nation by divesting this Nation of all vestiges of God, by dividing that insoluble bond of the principles of civil government and the principles of Christianity. Jefferson’s words engraved on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., say it well,

“God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed their only sure basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that those liberties are the gift of God?”

As I reflect on all of the immoral legislation that has been forced upon the citizenry of this Nation or attempted to be forced upon them against their will such as Assembly Bill 19 which sought to gender neutralize the California Family Codes 300 et seq. 302, when the People of the State of California voted for Proposition 22 that marriage is the union of a man an woman by 62%. When Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco openly violated the law and the will of the people by issuing bogus marriage licenses, where the Los Angeles City Council openly and against the will of the citizens voted on a resolution supporting the actions of Mayor Newsome and voted against the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment or why various laws are not enforced such as Title 8 § 1373 which reads:

Sec. 1373. Communication between government agencies and the Immigration and Naturalization Service

-STATUTE-

(a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or local law, a Federal, State, or local government entity or official may not prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual.

 (b) Additional authority of government entities Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or local law, no person or agency may prohibit, or in any way restrict, a Federal, State, or local government entity from doing any of the following with respect to information regarding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual:

(1) Sending such information to, or requesting or receiving such information from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (2) Maintaining such information. (3) Exchanging such information with any other Federal, State, or local government entity.

(c) Obligation to respond to inquiries The Immigration and Naturalization Service shall respond to an inquiry by a Federal, State, or local government agency, seeking to verify or ascertain the citizenship or immigration status of any individual within the jurisdiction of the agency for any purpose authorized by law, by providing the requested verification or status information.

 In summation this statue prohibits local and state officials from prohibiting those agencies charged with enforcing local and state laws in conjunction with federal laws from allowing the State of California from becoming a sanctuary state whereby subsidizing illegal aliens at taxpayers expense. It is the aforementioned issues of which I have spoken of that have given rise to me writing this article entitled “Oath.”

 On April 23, 2005, as a member of the Minuteman Project[www.minutemanproject.com] I volunteered to stand an eight hour watch from 2pm until 10pm, near the Mexican border at Ft. Huachuca southwest of Sierra Vista, Arizona, a conduit for illegal aliens and drug runners. It was during this tour of duty that certain facts were revealed unto me that is indicative of past events and present events.

Although I supported President G.W. Bush for re-election and the Republican Party, it was evident that there was a lack of resolve to enforce the current immigration laws for fear of being persecuted as racist. And the Democratic Party who continually promotes a socialist agenda; in addition the Democratic Party wants to relinquish the sovereignty of this Nation and usher in the One World Government, which is evident in the Democratic controlled State of California which is known world wide as a sanctuary state. It is also evident in the State of California how elected, appointed officials, teachers and other positions of trust take an oath of office to uphold the U.S. Constitution and the State Constitution of California and violate the very oath that they swore to uphold which states the following:

 “The provisions of this Constitution are mandatory and prohibitory, unless by express words they are declared to be otherwise.” Article 1, Section 26, California Constitution. Review of the “Oath of Office,” as promised by law enforcement personnel, legislators, and other elected officials, shows clear direction and guidance to those persons as a condition to accepting their office.

 Article 20, Section 3 of the California Constitution reads: “Members of the Legislature, and all public officers and employees, executive, legislative, and judicial, except such inferior officers and employees as may be by law exempted, shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation:

I, ______, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.”

 “And I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any party or organization, political or otherwise, that now advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of the State of California by force or violence or other unlawful means; that within the five years immediately preceding the taking of this oath (or affirmation) I have not been a member of any party or organization, political or otherwise, that advocated the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of the State of California by force or violence or other unlawful means except as follows: (If no affiliations, write in the words “No Exceptions”) and that during such time as I hold the office of (name of office) I will not advocate nor become a member of any party or organization, political or otherwise, that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of the State of California by force or violence or other unlawful means.”

 This Oath seems foreign to our current body of government. Judging from their actions, one could accurately conclude our elected government officials either do not know about the obligation that is attached to taking the oath, or that they choose to ignore it.

So what remedy do the people have against public officials who violate their Oath of Office? Violation of an Oath or promise is certainly perjury, and perjury is punishable by imprisonment.

The Constitution for the United States, article VI, clause 3, reads (emphasis added):

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

United States Code Annotated, Const. (1999), art. VI, cl. 3. 28 U.S.C.A. (1999), § 453 reads:

Each justice or judge of the United States shall take the following oath or affirmation before performing the duties of his office: “I,__________ ___________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as _____________ under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.”

 The Taking of the Oath is a Religious Act

If I may expound upon the composition of an oath in conjunction with what does the Holy Bible have to say about one taking or giving an Oath. The Bible upholds the sacredness of an oath: “Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?…He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not” (Ps. 15: 1, 4). Upon examination of the Holy Bible from the Book of Genesis 14:22 to Hebrew 7:28, oath is spoken of in 123 verses, which lead me to conclude that taking an Oath is a Religious Act. In examining what an Oath is the following is revealed:

 OATH – A declaration made according to law, before a competent tribunal or officer, to tell the truth; or it is the act of one who, when lawfully required to tell the truth, takes God to witness that what he says is true. It is a religious act by which the party invokes God not only to witness the truth and sincerity of his promise but also to avenge his imposture or violated faith, or in other words to punish his perjury if he shall be guilty of it. It is proper to distinguish two things in oaths;

1. The invocation by which the God of truth, who knows all things, is taken to witness.

2. The imprecation by which he is asked as a just and all-powerful being, to punish perjury. In the Holy Bible there are 123 verses that reference oath below are some of those verses for review:

 Genesis 14:22

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, and have taken an oath.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

[Obey the King] Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God.

Isaiah 65:16

Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth; he who takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.

Ezekiel 16:59

‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant.

Matthew 5:33

[Oaths] “Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.’

Hebrews 7:22

Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

 The man who is known to all Americans as “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen,” gave us much sound advice on how to keep our independence and freedom. George Washington’s advice is part of our American heritage that should be known to all our citizens.

When George Washington took the oath as first President of the United States on April 30, 1789, he added this four-word prayer of his own: “So help me God.” These words are still used in official oaths by Americans talking public office, in courts of justice, and in other legal proceedings. Washington’s words show that he was a man who believed in asking God’s help in every part of our private and public lives. During the terrible times of the Revolutionary War, Washington repeatedly counseled his troops to put their faith and trust in God. Here is one of his messages:

 “The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be, freeman or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own …. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army…. Let us therefore rely on the goodness of the cause and the aid of the Supreme Being, in whose hands victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble actions.”

 In his first Inaugural Address as President of the United States, Washington reverently acknowledged our country’s dependence on Almighty God:

“It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe – who presides in the council of nations – and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that his benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States, a government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes.”

 After serving as our President during probably the most important two terms in our history, Washington advised us again that religion and morality are necessary for good government.

 “Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in the courts of justice?” –George Washington [Taken from Washington’s Farewell Address of 1796].

 “The greater part of evidence will always consist of the testimony of witnesses – this testimony is given under those solemn obligations which an appeal to the God of truth impose; and if oaths should cease to be held sacred, our dearest and most valuable rights would become insecure” – -John Jay [Taken from John Jay’s charge to the grand jury of the circuit court for the district of Vermont on June 25, 1772, at 284].

 We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams, Address to the Military, October 11, 1798

In examining the various forms of oath we find the following:

 Oaths are taken in various forms; the most usual is upon the Gospel by taking the book in the hand; the words commonly used are, “You do swear that,” etc. “so help you God,” and then kissing the book. The origin of this oath may be traced to the Roman law, and the kissing the book is said to be an imitation of the priest’s kissing the ritual as a sign of reverence, before he reads it to the people. Rees, Cycl.

Another form is by the witness or party promising holding up his right hand while the officer repeats to him,” You do swear by Almighty God, the searcher of hearts, that,” etc., “And this as you shall answer to God at the great day.”

 In another form of attestation commonly called an affirmation, the officer repeats, “You do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm, that,” etc.

The oath, however, may be varied in any other form, in order to conform to the religious opinions of the person who takes it. Oaths may conveniently be divided into promissory, assertory, judicial and extra judicial.

 Among promissory oaths may be classed all those taken by public officers on entering into office, to support the constitution of the United States, and to perform the duties of the office. Custom-house oaths and others required by law, not in judicial proceedings, nor from officers entering into office, may be classed among the assertory oaths, when the party merely asserts the fact to be true.

 Judicial oaths, or those administered in judicial proceedings. Extra-judicial oaths are those taken without authority of law, which, though binding in foro conscientiae, do not render the persons who take them liable to the punishment of perjury, when false.

Oaths are also divided into various kinds with reference to the purpose for which they are applied; as oath of allegiance, oath of calumny, oath ad litem, decisory oath, oath of supremacy, and the like The Act of Congress of 1789, regulates the time and manner of administering certain oaths as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the oath or affirmation required by the sixth article of the constitution of the United States, shall be administered in the form following, to wit, “I, A B, do solemnly swear or affirm, (as the case may be,) that I will support the constitution of the United States.” The said oath or affirmation shall be administered within three days after the passing of this act, by any one member of the senate, to the president of the senate, and by him to all the members, and to the secretary; and by the speaker of the house of representatives, to all the members who have not taken a similar oath, by virtue of a particular resolution of the said house, and to the clerk: and in case of the absence of any member from the service of either house, at the time prescribed for taking the said oath or affirmation, the same shall be administered to such member when he shall appear to take his seat.

 That at the first session of congress after every general election of representatives, the oath or affirmation aforesaid shall be administered by any one member of the House of Representatives to the speaker; and by him to all the members present, and to the clerk, previous to entering on any other business; and to the members who shall afterwards appear, previous to taking their seats. The president of the senate for the time being, shall also administer the said oath or affirmation to each senator who shall hereafter be elected, previous to his taking his seat; and in any future case of a president of the senate, who shall not have taken the said oath or affirmation, the same shall be administered to him by any one of the members of the Senate.

 That the members of the several state legislatures, at the next session of the said legislatures respectively, and all executive and judicial officers of the several states, who have been heretofore chosen or appointed, or, who shall be chosen or appointed before the first day of August next, and who shall then be in office, shall, within one month thereafter, take the same oath or affirmation, except where they shall have taken it before which may be administered by any person authorized by the law of the state, in which such office shall be holden, to administer oaths. And the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers of the several states, who shall be chosen or appointed after the said first day of August, shall, before they proceed to execute the duties of their respective offices, take the foregoing oath or affirmation, which shall be administered by the person or persons, who, by the law of the state, shall be authorized to administer the oath of office; and the person or persons so administering the oath hereby required to be taken, shall cause a record or certificate thereof to be made, in the same manner as by the law of the state he or they shall be directed to record or certify the oath of office.

 That all officers appointed or hereafter to be appointed, under the authority of the United States, shall, before they act in their respective offices, take the same oath or affirmation, which shall be administered by the person or persons who shall be authorized by law to administer to such officers their respective oaths of office; and such officers shall incur the same penalties in case of failure, as shall be imposed by law in case of failure in taking their respective oaths of office.

That the secretary of the Senate, and the clerk of the House of Representatives, for the time being, shall, at the time of taking the oath or affirmation aforesaid, each take an oath or affirmation in the words following, to wit; “I, A B, secretary of the Senate, or clerk of the House of Representatives (as the case may be) of the United States of America, do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will truly and faithfully discharge the duties of my said office to the best of my knowledge and abilities.”

 There are several kinds of oaths, some of which are enumerated by law.

 Oath of calumny. This term is used in the civil law. It is an oath which a plaintiff was obliged to take that he was not actuated by a spirit of chicanery in commencing his action, but that he had bona fide a good cause of action. This oath is somewhat similar to our affidavit of a cause of action. No instance is known in which the oath of calumny has been adopted in practice in the admiralty courts of the United States.

 Decisory oath. By this term in the civil law is understood an oath which one of the parties defers or refers back to the other for the decision of the cause. It may be deferred in any kind of civil contest whatever, in questions of possession or of claim; in personal actions and in real. The plaintiff may defer the oath to the defendant, whenever he conceives he has not sufficient proof of the fact which is the foundation of his claim; and in like manner, the defendant may defer it to the plaintiff when he has not sufficient proof of his defence. The person to whom the oath is deferred ought either to take it or refer it back, and if he will not do either the cause should be decided against him. The Decisory oath has been practically adopted in the district court of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts, and admiralty causes have been determined in that court by the oath Decisory; but the cases in which this oath has been adopted, have been where the tender has been accepted; and no case is known to have occurred there in which the oath has been refused and tendered back to the adversary.

 A judicial oath is a solemn declaration made in some form warranted by law, before a court of justice or some officer authorized to administer it, by which the person who takes it promises to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, in relation to his knowledge of the matter then under examination, and appeals to God for his sincerity. In the civil law, a judicial oath is that which is given in judgment by one party to another.

Oath in litem, in the civil law, is an oath which was deferred to the complainant as to the value of the thing in dispute on failure of other proof, particularly when there was a fraud on the part of the defendant, and be suppressed proof in his possession. In general the oath of the party cannot, by the common law, be received to establish his claim, but to this there are exceptions. The oath in litem is admitted in two classes of cases: 1. Where it has been already proved, that the party against whom it is offered has been guilty of some fraud or other tortious or unwarrantable act of intermeddling with the complainant’s goods, and no other evidence can be had of the amount of damages. As, for example, where a trunk of goods was delivered to a shipmaster at one port to be carried to another, and, on the passage, he broke the trunk open and rifled it of its contents; in an action by the owners of the goods against the shipmaster, the facts above mentioned having been proved aliunde, the plaintiff was held a competent witness to testify as to the contents of the trunk. The oath in litem is also admitted on the ground of public policy, where it is deemed essential to the purposes of justice but this oath is admitted only on the ground of necessity. An example may be mentioned of a case where a statute can receive no execution unless the party interested is admitted as a witness.

 A promissory oath is an oath taken by authority of law by which the party declares that he will fulfill certain duties therein mentioned, as the oath which an alien takes on becoming naturalized, that he will support the Constitution of the United States: the oath which a judge takes that he will perform the duties of his office. The breach of this does not involve the party in the legal crime or punishment of perjury. A suppletory oath in the civil and ecclesiastical law, is an oath required by the judge from either party in a cause, upon half proof already made, which being joined to half proof, supplies the evidence required to enable the judge to pass upon the subject.

 A purgatory oath is one by which one destroys the presumptions which were against him, for he is then said to purge himself when he removes the suspicions which were against him; as when a man is in contempt for not attending court as a witness, he may purge himself of the contempt by swearing to a fact which is an ample excuse.

 Boy Scout Oath, Law, Motto, and Slogan

Scout Oath (or Promise)

On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

 Scout Law

TRUSTWORTHY

A Scout tells the truth. He keeps his promises. Honesty is part of his code of conduct. People can depend on him.

 LOYAL

A Scout is true to his family, Scout leaders, friends, school, and nation.

 HELPFUL

A Scout is concerned about other people. He does things willingly for others without pay or reward.

 FRIENDLY

A Scout is a friend to all. He is a brother to other Scouts. He seeks to understand others. He respects those with ideas and customs other than his own.

 COURTEOUS

A Scout is polite to everyone regardless of age or position. He knows good manners make it easier for people to get along together.

 KIND

A Scout understands there is strength in being gentle. He treats others as he wants to be treated. He does not hurt or kill harmless things without reason.

 OBEDIENT

A Scout follows the rules of his family, school, and troop. He obeys the laws of his community and country. If he thinks these rules and laws are unfair, he tries to have them changed in an orderly manner rather than disobey them.

 CHEERFUL

A Scout looks for the bright side of things. He cheerfully does tasks that come his way. He tries to make others happy.

 THRIFTY

A Scout works to pay his way and to help others. He saves for unforeseen needs. He protects and conserves natural resources. He carefully uses time and property.

 BRAVE

A Scout can face danger even if he is afraid. He has the courage to stand for what he thinks is right even if others laugh at or threaten him.

 CLEAN

A Scout keeps his body and mind fit and clean. He goes around with those who believe in living by these same ideals. He helps keep his home and community clean.

 REVERENT

A Scout is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties. He respects the beliefs of others.

 Scout Motto

Be Prepared

 Scout Slogan

Do a Good Turn daily.

 Outside of the Christian Church in America the Boy Scouts of America is the only organization that has been persecuted for its’ religious and moral stance. The

Boys Scout has refuse to capitulate to the demands of the Homosexual community and other ungodly persons or organizations that wish to have them violate the Scouts Oath and Scout Laws, whether by economic pressure or judicial rulings by activists judges. Unlike the Church where some mainline denominations have capitulated to those demands which are in violation of the laws of nature and Natures God. For no weapon form against the Boy Scouts of America shall prosper.

 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Matthew 18:6

 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

ATTORNEY OATH OF OFFICE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS

CODE

6067. Every person on his admission shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, and faithfully to discharge the duties of any attorney at law to the best of his knowledge and ability. A certificate of the oath shall be indorsed upon his license.

6068. It is the duty of an attorney to do all of the following:

(a) To support the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this state.

(b) To maintain the respect due to the courts of justice and judicial officers.

(c) To counsel or maintain those actions, proceedings, or defenses only as appear to him or her legal or just, except the defense of a person charged with a public offense.

(d) To employ, for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to him or her, those means only as are consistent with truth, and never to seek to mislead the judge or any judicial officer by an artifice or false statement of fact or law.

(e) (1) To maintain inviolate the confidence, and at every peril to himself or herself to preserve the secrets, of his or her client.

 In referencing the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) other wise known as the Anti Christian Liberation Union founded by Rodger Baldwin, Crystal Eastman, Albert DeSilver and others in 1920, as a socialist communist organization in which Rodger Baldwin in his 1938 Manifesto stated that in order to defeat the United States of America, first remove all reference of God and redefine the family which has been the accomplished objective since that period of time. To validate this charge the

ACLU in their Mission Statement states the following:

 Your First Amendment rights freedom of speech, association and assembly. Freedom of the press, and freedom of religion supported by the strict separation of church and state.

 No where in the Constitution is there mention of Separation of Church and State? Unless you are reading the constitution of the now defunct Soviet Union which reads:

 Article 52 [Religion] [Emphasis added] (1) Citizens of the USSR are guaranteed freedom of conscience, that is, the right to profess or not to profess any religion, and to conduct religious worship or atheistic propaganda. Incitement of hostility or hatred on religious grounds is prohibited. (2) In the USSR, the church is separated from the state, and the school from the church.

 This is a classic example of a false statement of fact and law. As is evident of their continuing purporting in the advancement of the Gay and Lesbian agenda which is contrary to the Laws of Nature and Natures’ God. Their criminal and dangerous agenda to undermine this Nations stability all to the advancement of a socialist government, which has been the ACLUs’ agenda since the 1920’s. This is an Organization that has aided and abetted the enemy in the war on terrorism, illegal immigration and by advocating the continual violation of the Laws of Nature and Natures God. But yet the attorneys of the ACLU who have taken the Attorney Oath of Office in California have all violated their oath and are now subject to the law for penalty of perjury.

 The Hippocratic Oath

(Modern Version)

I swear in the presence of the Almighty and before my family, my teachers and my peers that according to my ability and judgment I will keep this Oath and Stipulation.

 To reckon all who have taught me this art equally dear to me as my parents and in the same spirit and dedication to impart knowledge of the art of medicine to others.

I will continue with diligence to keep abreast of advances in medicine. I will treat without exception all who seek my ministrations, so long as the treatment of others is not compromised thereby, and I will seek the counsel of particularly skilled physicians where indicated for the benefit of my patient.

 I will follow that method of treatment which according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patient and abstain from whatever is harmful or mischievous. I will neither prescribe nor administer a lethal dose of medicine to any patient even if asked nor counsel any such thing nor perform the utmost respect for every human life from fertilization to natural death and reject abortion that deliberately takes a unique human life.

 With purity, holiness and beneficence I will pass my life and practice my art. Except for the prudent correction of an imminent danger, I will neither treat any patient nor carry out any research on any human being without the valid informed consent of the subject or the appropriate legal protector thereof, understanding that research must have as its purpose the furtherance of the health of that individual. Into whatever patient setting I enter, I will go for the benefit of the sick and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief or corruption and further from the seduction of any patient.

 Whatever in connection with my professional practice or not in connection with it I may see or hear in the lives of my patients which ought not be spoken abroad, I will not divulge, reckoning that all such should be kept secret.

While I continue to keep this Oath un-violated may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art and science of medicine with the blessing of the Almighty and respected by my peers and society, but should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse by my lot. It is quite apparent that since 1973 until the present day, that a large number of Medical Doctors have not honored their obligation as presented by the Hippocratic Oath, when Fifty million unborn children’s lives have been terminated through both abortion and partial birth abortion procedures.

“Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.” Isaiah 9:17

Finally every person who is elected, appointed, or hired in a position of public trust has an obligation of fulfilling their Oath of Office

 Webster’s 1828 Dictionary Defines:

OBLIGA’TION, n. [L. obligatio.]

1. The binding power of a vow, promise, oath or contract, or of law, civil, political or moral, independent of a promise; that which constitutes legal or moral duty, and which renders a person liable to coercion and punishment for neglecting it. The laws and commands of God impose on us an obligation to love him supremely, and our neighbor as ourselves. Every citizen is under an obligation to obey the laws of the state.

Moral obligation binds men without promise or contract.

 2. The binding force of civility, kindness or gratitude, when the performance of a duty cannot be enforced by law. Favors conferred impose on men an obligation to make suitable returns.

 3. Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for another, or to forbear something.

 4. In law, a bond with a condition annexed and a penalty for non-fulfillment. After briefly examining the components of a oath, the different kinds of oath and the obligation that is attached with those who take an oath, one can draw a conclusion particularly in the state of California that oath seems foreign to our current body of government. Judging from their actions, one could accurately conclude our elected government officials either do not know about the obligation that is attached to taking the oath, or that they choose to ignore it.

 So what remedy do the people have against public officials who violate their Oath of Office? Violation of an Oath or promise is certainly perjury, and perjury is punishable by imprisonment.

 It is quite apparent that they rejected the Declaration of Independence which discloses what the United States Constitution is about. James Madison the architect of the United States Constitution; Sir William Blackstone commentaries on the various categories of law; and Martin Luther King jr., in a letter from jail in Birmingham, makes the following statements.

 “The transcendent law of nature and of nature’s God, which declares that the safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such institutions must be sacrificed” –James Madison [Taken from The Federalist No. 43, at 295]

“This law of nature, being co-eval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times: no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this; … upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws; that is to say, no human laws should be suffered to contradict these”

William Blackstone [Taken from Volume I of The Commentaries of the Law of England, “Of the Rights of Persons,” at 41 (1765)]

 “A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law.” –Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from

Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963

 The words of former Chief Justice Robert Moore, of the Alabama Supreme Court continues to reverberate in my spirit about his obligation to fulfill his Oath of Office, every elected, appointed or hired person in a position of trust that are required to take an oath of office should demonstrate that same fervent spirit that has been exemplified by

Chief Justice Roy Moore of Alabama. It is quite simple if we do it Gods’ way.

 “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.” Pro. 14:32

When the righteous rule the nation rejoice when the wicked rule the nation groans.” Pro. 29:2

 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” Gal 5:1

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Please Help The World: COP15 Opening Film

Please Help The World: COP15 Opening Film

Posted on 08 December 2009. Tags: ATLAH, Barack, COP15, Copenhagen, David, Hussein, James, Jeannine, Manning, obama, Pastor, Putrelo, Times

By Jeannine Putrelo

This is the opening film they showed the first day at Copenhagen. This propaganda is nothing more than child abuse to all the children. To scare a child to get your agenda across is just horrible.

  

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Environment, Eugenics Quotes

Environment, Eugenics Quotes

Posted on 08 December 2009. Tags: ATLAH, Barack, David, Environment, Eugenics, Hussein, James, Jeannine, Manning, obama, Pastor, Putrelo, Times

By Jeannine Putrelo

Our future is in the hands of some corrupt; insane people. Enclosed in this article you will find quotes from Maurice Strong, Professor Paul Ehrlich, Micheal Oppenheimer, Professor Maurice King, David Foreman, Amory Lovins, Jeremy Riftin, Al Gore, Sir James Lovelock, David Foreman, Club of Rome, Ted Turner (Founder of CNN), Prince Philip, ETC, pertaining to the future of the United States and the entire world. This quotes can be researched and can be found. But when you review these collectively you can clearly see what their intentions are for the future pertaining to the United States and global society.

Read this article: http://www.infowars.com/enviroment-eugenics-quotes/

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A Christian's Civic Responsibility In This Constitutional Republic

A Christian's Civic Responsibility In This Constitutional Republic

Posted on 08 December 2009. Tags: ATLAH, Barack, Christian, Constitutional, David, Hussein, James, Manning, Marvin, obama, Pastor, Republic, Stewart, Times

March,  2004

A CHRISTIAN’S CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS  CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC .

By Marvin L. Stewart 

Many Americans today, including many Christians, have fallen into believing that Christians should not be involved in civil government – that there should be some sort of a compartmentalization – that faith should be kept in one arena, real life in another, and the two should never meet. The Bible does not teach that; and our Founding Fathers and early ministers did not believe that.

Yet many critics today try to invoke what Jesus said in Matthew 22 as proof that Christians should not be involved; but this is a complete mischaracterization of that passage. Matthew 22:21 says that we are to “render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.” But does this mean that God’s people are not to be involved with “Caesar”? Why did Jesus make this statement? He was asked whether it was right to pay taxes. In response, Jesus picked up a coin, asked whose inscription was on it, and when they said, “Caesar’s,” Jesus replied, “Then render to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” That is, render your due to the government, and render your due to God – you have responsibilities in both areas. He clearly was not saying to avoid the governmental arena. Beyond the passage in Matthew 22, there are many other Biblical passages where God endorses the involvement of His people in the civil arena – an institution that He Himself created and ordained.

For example, in Romans 13:4-6, on three separate occasions, the Scripture declares that those who are in civil government are “ministers of God.” (Perhaps this is why so many ministers were involved in the civil arena during the Founding Era – they believed and obeyed the Bible.)

Hebrews 11 is the “Faith Hall of Fame” where the great heroes of our faith are held up to us as examples; in fact, Hebrews 12 declares that it is these heroes who are cheering us on. Yet, notice that the heroes of our faith listed in Hebrews 11:22-34 were involved in civil government. Why would God hold them up to us as examples to emulate if He thought it was wrong for His people to be involved in the civil arena?

In I Timothy 2: 1-2, we are told to pray “first of all” for all people- for our leaders and those in, authority. Notice: God tells us to pray for our civil leaders “first of all” – before we pray for ourse1ves, our families, or our churches. There is nothing else in the Bible that God tells us to pray for “first of all.” This must mean that God considers civil government important.

Recall the parable of the minas in Luke 19. The Master calls His servants together and gives them all a mina – a trust – a stewardship. The Master departs and then later returns to take account of their stewardship. One had taken the mina and turned it into ten; another had turned his into five; and another had taken his trust and not used it at all. The one who refused to get involved with what the Master had entrusted him was the one who got in trouble; but notice the reward for the other two. To the first, the Master said, “Well done good and faithful servant; I will make you a ruler over ten cities”; to the second he said, “Well done, I will make you a ruler over five cities.” Notice the reward of the Master for their faithful stewardship: he places them into civil government! Today, most Christians don’t think of being in civil government as a reward from the Master; maybe it is time to rethink our beliefs about civil government based on what the Bible says.

Despite the rich heritage of Christian faith and expression in America and the strong foundation that it has provided for our country, things have begun to change dramatically. Hundreds of years of religious freedoms have been erased by courts in only a few short decades. While there have been scores of horrible rulings, perhaps none is any more egregious than the ruling in a case that went to the U. S. Supreme Court: Jane Doe v. Santa Fe Independent School District.

Santa Fe is a small rural town outside of Houston, Texas; it has a long tradition of prayer at graduations and prayer at athletic events such as football games. Yet a handful of students in that school were offended by the practice; they did not want anyone else praying. So they went to a federal judge and asked him to force everyone else to stop praying.

The judge ruled that he would allow prayer to continue at graduations and athletic events – but only if students prayed the right words when they prayed. He warned:

The Court will allow that prayer to be a typical non-denominational prayer, which can refer to God or the Almighty or that sort of thing. The prayer must not refer to . . . Jesus. . . or anyone else. And make no mistake, the Court is going to have a United States marshal in attendance at the graduation. If any student offends this Court, that student will be summarily arrested and will face up to six months incarceration in the Galveston County Jail for contempt of Court. . . . Anybody who violates these orders, no kidding, is going to wish that he or she had died as a child when this Court gets through with it.

Died as a child? If you pray the wrong words in a prayer, you are going to wish that you “had died as a child when this court gets through” with you?

This ‘ruling obviously angers most citizens, and the common response is, “What’s wrong with this judge? Can’t he read the Constitution? The Constitution says nothing about “separation of church and State”; that phrase appears nowhere in the Constitution; it was a policy enacted by the Supreme Court in 1947 in its efforts to compartmentalize faith and segregate it from public life. The Constitution specifically guarantees Americans the ‘free exercise of religion’! Can’t this judge read the Constitution?”

Sentiments like this reflect a basic misunderstanding. Most citizens believe that the Constitution governs America, but it does not. In fact, while the Founding Fathers were framing the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention, there was a discussion over what the impact of the Constitution would be in limiting the misconduct of public officials. The discussion was best summed up by delegate John Francis Mercer, who declared:

 It is a great mistake to suppose that the paper we are to propose will govern the United States.

In other words, it is a major error to believe that the Constitution governs America. He continued:

It is the men whom it will bring into the government and interest [they have] in maintaining it that are to, govern them. The paper will only mark out the mode and the form. Men are the substance and must do the business.

In short, the Constitution gives citizens the power to elect leaders; but if the wrong kinds of leaders are elected, the Constitution will be absolutely worthless in their hands – as it was in the hands of the judge in Santa Fe, Texas, and so many other judges and elected officials.

This same lesson had been taught in the Scriptures long before it Was applied in America: was there any nation in the history of the world that had better civi1laws than Israel? Certainly not, for God Almighty had given their laws. Yet, how good were their God- inspired, God-given laws when they had rulers such as Ahab and Jezebel, or Manasseh, or Jeroboam, or Rehoboam, or other wicked leaders? Despite the fact that their laws were from God Himself, those superb laws were completely disregarded under corrupt and deficient leaders.

The Founders understood this, and one of the most frequently quoted Bible principle invoked by the Founders is the one set forth in Proverbs 29:2:

When the righteous rule, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.

The key to good government is not how good our documents are or how good our laws are; rather it is how good our leaders are. In America, whether the righteous rule, or whether the wicked rule depends totally upon the will of the voters: we have our choice.

In recent years, Christian voters have not taken their voting stewardship seriously. In elections from 1992-2000, Christian voter turn- out fell by forty percent. There are sixty million evangelicals in America, but in the most recent presidential election, only fifteen million voted. In fact, twenty-four million of those sixty million evangelicals were not even registered to vote!

To have been given the power to determine the quality of our government and its leaders, and then not to use that power, is reminiscent of the servant who received a trust from the Master and decided not to do anything with it – not to get involved. None of the servants asked for the trust that they received from the Master; but the Master gave it to them anyway; and they became responsible to the Master for what they did with that trust – despite the fact they had not asked for it. Similarly, we did not ask to be born in America; we did not ask to be given a government of which we are the stewards; nevertheless, the Master has given it to us; and He will call us to account for our stewardship of this important trust.

If our culture is moving the wrong way in America, it is because of Christian non-involvement. James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, pointed this out a century ago.

President Garfield was a minister of the Gospel. In a handwritten letter, he recounts personally preaching the Gospel nineteen times in a revival, with thirty-four people coming to Christ and thirty-one being baptized. Of course, this type of activity and background is not usually associated with our Presidents in the minds of most Americans today, but several of our Presidents were involved in Christian ministry.

Notice what President Garfield reminded Americans a century ago:

Now, more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature. . . . [I]f the next centennial does not find us a great nation. . , it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces.

 It is safe to say that we who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation today have done little to control its political forces. Consequently, our national policies do not accurately reflect the values of the nation at large.

For example, 78 percent of the nation supports prayer in schools; 74 percent of the nation wants the Ten Commandments back in the classroom; 68 percent wants creation taught in public schools; 66 percent opposes partial-birth abortions; and there are similarly high numbers in numerous other areas involving faith and values. Yet despite the overwhelming support among the people on these issues, our public policies do not reflect these high numbers. In fact, the support on these issues is not nearly as high in Congress or in the courts as it is in the public. Why? Because Americans who embrace these values simply are not voting, and therefore are not electing to office leaders who embrace those same values. Members in the Body of Christ must come of the knowledge of the Biblical mandate of shaping our culture, by seasoning this tasteless society. 

Salt and Light

 To begin with, we Christians should be more courageous, more outspoken in condemning evil. Condemnation is negative, to be sure, but the action of salt is negative. Sometimes standards slip and slide in a community for want of a clear Christian protest. Denunciation and Proclamation go hand in hand when the gospel is truly preached…too often evangelical Christians have interpreted their social responsibility in terms only of help the casualties of a sick society, and have done nothing to change the structures, which cause casualties. Just as doctors are concerned not only with the treatment of patients but also with preventative medicine and public health, so we should concern ourselves with what might be called preventative social medicine and a higher standards of moral hygiene. To try to improve society is not worldliness but love. To wash your hands of society is not love but worldliness.

 Today’s society is decaying, and the darkness of secular life grows. In circumstances like these, the witness of Christians should be noticeable, and it is quite natural at times that it will be controversial. If it is not—if Christians are coasting along in perfect contentment with the state of things or blissfully ignorant of current events—then Christ’s powerful metaphors of salt and light mean nothing to them. They miss the full scope of what it means to be a Christian. This is particularly true in an era like our own, when the preserving chemistry of salt and the illumination of divine light are so desperately needed.

 Endnotes

“The Role of Pastors & Christians In Civil Government” (2003) p. 32. , by David Barton.

Jane Doe v. Santa Fe Independent School District, Civil Action No. G-95-176 (U.S.D.C., S.D. TX. 1995),

court transcription of verbal ruling by federal judge Samuel Kent, pp. 3-4.

Madison, Papers (1840), Vol. p. 1324, on August 14, 1787, by John Francis Mercer.

Madison, Papers (1840), Vol. p. 1324, on August 14, 1787, by John Francis Mercer.

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Pastor Manning Speaking At Protest Against Bill O'Reilly – Part 1

Pastor Manning Speaking At Protest Against Bill O'Reilly – Part 1

Posted on 08 December 2009. Tags: ATLAH, Barack, Bill, Cooper, David, Fox, Hussein, James, Manning, News, obama, OReilly, Orly, Pastor, Steve, Taitz, Times

By Steve Cooper

This is a complete copy of the first 10 minutes. I accidentally edited 10 seconds from the version that I posted on You Tube. This is the complete version of part one.

SORRY

  

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