Replacing Weasels with Patriots

There's been talk the past few days that some of the diplomatic staff at the State Department are almost in open rebellion about being assigned to Iraq. Apparently these pansies think it's too dangerous to be posted over there (what about the troops who are not only posted there, but walk the streets and hills of Iraq?).

But Rep. Duncan Hunter has a great idea. From WorldNetDaily:

"I said, 'Let's go over to Bethesda and Walter Reed (hospitals) and as we get these new – these soldiers and Marines who are embarking on new careers," Hunter said, "let's recruit them for the State Department; and let's fire these guys that refuse to go, and we'll give the State Department careers to these military guys."

The State Department are about about the biggest bunch of pansies and anti-Americans in our government. The department was full of communists back in the days of FDR (remember the traitor Alger Hiss?) and I'm sure for a long time afterward. There's also a story of how Secretary of State George Schultz under Reagan had to explain to our foreign ambassadors that their allegiance was to the United States, not the country in which they were posted. The State Department has acted like a shadow government for decades, working to undermine any strong foreign policy that stood firm against the Soviet Union or other despots around the world.

Hunter's idea is great! It would not only fill any voids in the diplomatic corps, it would allow former military members--who are otherwise plenty able to function--to continue service to their country, and it would also help clean out a bunch of the weasels in the State Dept and replace them with patriotic Americans.

In the radio interview today, Beck responded enthusiastically to Hunter's idea.

"That is fantastic," Beck said. " … These guys are some of the most remarkable humans I have ever met and none of them, as you know, none of them want to leave service."

Hunter replied, "Exactly. And this would be great service for them. In Baghdad, in the State Department, the embassy, they know the lay of the land. They know the people, and they are professionals, and they are patriotic."

Hunter said Bush indicated he might be open to the idea.

Fighting Global Warming on Cold Morning

From today's Rapid City Journal:

MOUNT RUSHMORE -- While audience members shivered and pulled on their free Stop Global Warming T-shirts to add another layer, local Greenpeace organizer Ferale Hubbard admitted that it was hard to think about global warming.

“Thank you for coming and waiting in the cold … it’s difficult to think (about) right now, but we all know the disastrous affects of global warming,” she said to about 35 people who showed up Saturday afternoon at Mount Rushmore Ampitheater for a global warming rally.

Boy, and they say Christians go on blind faith...

Twin Baby Refuses to be Aborted

From the UK Daily Mail:

But at her 20-week scan, doctors had some devastating news. One of the boys was half the size of his brother.

They didn't know what was causing it, but somehow he wasn't getting enough nutrients.

Then doctors said his heart was three times normal size and it was likely he would have a heart attack or a stroke in the womb.

Mrs Jones said: "They told us that if he died, it could be life threatening for his brother.

"We had to decide whether to end his life and let his brother live, or risk them both."

They said it would be impossible to keep him alive afterwards as he was so poorly.

It would be kinder to let him die in the womb with his brother by his side than to die alone after being born.

"That made my mind up for me. I wanted the best thing for him."

At Birmingham Women's Hospital, when Mrs Jones was 25 weeks pregnant, doctors tried to sever Gabriel's umbilical cord to cut off his blood supply and allow him to die.

But the cord was too thick, and they could not cut through it.


As a last resort they divided Mrs Jones's placenta so that when Gabriel died, it would allow Ieuan to survive. Mrs Jones said: "I put my hands on my stomach thinking of Gabriel. It was devastating. I had said my goodbyes."

But the next morning Mrs Jones felt Gabriel kicking. A scan showed his heart was still beating. She said: "No one could quite believe it."

Gabriel hung on, and his enlarged heart started to reduce in size. He also gained weight.

Mrs Jones said: "The boys are so healthy, they have huge appetites too. Ieuan is the noisy one, while Gabriel is always laughing, it's like he's just so happy to be here.

"There is such a strong bond between them.

"They are always holding hands and if one cries, the other reaches out to comfort him."

"Doctors tried to break their bond in the womb, but they just proved it couldn't be broken."

When it comes to ending innocent human life, that's a decision best left to God.

Go read the entire article, and see the pictures of these two little human beings who miraculously both got a chance to live, despite the best efforts of some to kill one of them.

Canadian Health Care: No Same-Day Appt for You

Need to know why some of us are so adamantly opposed to socialized medicine? You need look no further than our friendly neighbors to the north: Canada.

From the Canadian Press:

Canada has the worst rating in a new study of health care in seven countries when it comes to wait times for seeing doctors and getting elective surgery.

And the Commonwealth Fund says Canadians are most likely to report going to an emergency room as an alternative to a visit to a doctor's office or clinic.

Only 22 per cent of Canadians survey say they could get a same-day appointment when they're sick. Thirty per cent - by far the highest among the countries - say they had to wait six days or more.

And 15 per cent reported waits of six months or more for non-emergency surgery.

So one in three people have to wait six days or more to get an appointment when they're sick. By that time, a lot of illnesses will have passed. Perhaps that's a good way to reduce medical costs, after all.

But there's a silver lining.

"On the plus side, when it comes to access to care without extra payment, Canada stands out very well among the top of the nations. That's certainly a value that Canadians treasure."

What? You say they already paid through the nose for this "free" health care through exorbitant taxes? Oh. I guess the silver lining is more of a lead lining.

I lived under socialized medicine, both in the military and when I was stationed in England for three years. Unless you're one of these kind of people that runs to the doctor every time you get the sniffles--and are very patient to boot--it's a system that blows chunks, to put it politely.

Want health care costs to skyrocket? Make our system even more socialized than it already is. Sure, you'll have the illusion that it's "free", if that makes you feel better. Just remember that when you see your taxes reduce you to something like a serf.

Homosexuality: Saying 'No' is the Loving Response

J. Matt Barber at OneNewsNow addresses an argument often heard these days, specifically that Christians spend an inordinate amount of time condemning homosexuality.

Barber does a good job of answering this charge, but I'd like to add my two cents to hopefully make it just a tad clearer as to why there is some truth to this charge, but that in substance it is unjustified.

1. Acceptance of homosexuality is vociferously demanded by all avenues of pop culture, including music, television, movies, schools, news, and politics. No matter where you go, you cannot long escape the expectation that you not only tolerate homosexuality, but that you give hearty approval of it.

2. There is almost certainly no other sin which is not only overlooked, not only excused, but is claimed by pop culture to be completely legitimate, normal, natural, healthy and moral.

There are many people who drink, have sex before marriage, commit adultery, do drugs, steal, rape, vandalize. Yet when is the last time someone said drunkenness/premarital sex/adultery/substance abuse/theft/rape/vandalism were morally wholesome and approved of by God? Can you think of a single instance, much less hearing such a message of approval from all corners of pop culture?

Even those who do such deeds will seldom claim they are morally wholesome and approved of by God. They'll try to excuse and justify the behavior, of course, but I doubt you'll ever hear these behaviors lauded as morally legitimate.

In such an environment where the topic is endlessly raised, and there are endless, repeated demands that the behavior be accepted as morally legitimate, those who know that it is not only unhealthy but immoral have two choices:

1. They can either capitulate and say nothing

2. They can answer "no" every time pop culture says "yes"--which is A LOT

Within this firm stand that God's people must take, we must not forget to love. Each of us was a sinner, and still sins. We need God's forgiveness and grace as much as anyone--including the homosexual.

But even as we love, we must not excuse. (This goes back to what I've been saying about Mike Huckabee's lack of balance on the grace/law issue--you have to have both). If excusing sin was the right thing to do, then there would have been no reason for Jesus to die on the cross. But Jesus sacrificed himself for a sinful human race (1) because we needed his grace, and we needed it because (2) God is a holy God and cannot simply excuse or tolerate sin. The price of sin had to be paid, and Jesus paid it for us.

God says "no" to sins such as homosexuality, adultery, lying, theft, violence and others because he loves us too much to leave us mired in such destructive behavior. As His people, we should love others too much to ignore their slavery to destructive sin, too.

So if you believe what God said, then you know that you have a duty to be the "salt and light" in a dark, fallen world. And you know that you not only have a duty to love, you have a duty not to fall prey to the propaganda of the enemy which calls you to abandon on an altar of fake love (cowardice?), your duty to speak the truth.