The World Burns, Yet The Real Issue Is Ignored

25,989: It's been far too long since I last wrote a post about the savages who follow the pedophile prophet. If you have any doubt what the socio-political ideology that masquerades as a religion wants, you should be aware that it's nothing less than dominion over the entire world. Since 08 JUL 14, islam (lowercase to denote my utter contempt, disrespect, and loathing) there have been 2,665 terror attacks - with fatalities - by mohammed's minions.

Just in the last four days, twenty-eight people were murdered by islamist savages, including a teacher, as well as seven people doing nothing more than attending a wedding.

Between 16 MAY and 22 MAY there were:

53 jihad attacks
13 "allahu akbars"
1,095 dead bodies (that's 156 people per day, in case you were wondering)
423 critically injured

It's sadly hilarious that Christians are labeled as "intolerant" for merely speaking about their faith, but muslims actually kill, maim, rape, pillage, and destroy in the name of theirs. I'm not talking about "radical" islam. That's a politically correct term that disgusts me, and it should you, for if you've ever read the qu'ran, you'd know that newer verses supercede the older ones.

In other words, when islam is the minority, as it was in the early days of the qu'ran, they're peaceful, much like they are in the present day in countries they don't control. When they do gain the majority, however, they get more and more violent, as the later verses in their unholy book can attest. When it calls for "slaying the unbelievers," it basically overwrites those verses calling for peace with the infidels. Honestly, it's not really a hard concept to grasp.

The so-called "radicals" are actually the fundamentalists. They're following the words of their "prophet"  to the letter.

In APR 2015 alone:

260 jihad attacks
26 countries
3822 "allahu akbars"
2,650 dead bodies (averaging just over 88 people murdered in the name of allah per day)
1,784 critically injured

While our president, good ole King DingleBarry himself, called attention to the Crusades at the National Prayer breakfast a few months ago, he remained suspiciously silent over the attack on the free speech event that Pamela Gellar held in Garland, Texas. The Constant Campaigner, the Petulant Pretender has, at best, only timidly denounces islamists for their present-day attacks while having to dredge up centuries old issues committed by people who were acting against the teachings of Christ.

If you have to dig that far into the past to find something comparable to present day events, it's not really much of a comparison, is it? ~ Hunter

Dear Israel and the American People

Dear Israel,

We the People of the United States of America do solemnly apologize for the actions of our so-called "leaders" with regard to this "framework" that might lead to a possibility of exploring the potential for maybe thinking about daydreaming about getting a nuclear deal done with Iran (after they have a weapon, naturally).

We're sorry you were sold out by King DingleBarry, but to be fair, he's been selling out the American people for 6 years now, so we're glad to finally have the company.

We the People still overwhelmingly support our only true ally in the Middle East, even if our media (read: demoKKKrat propaganda department) tries to make it seem otherwise. We are still proud still stand with you.

Signed with much regret,

We the People

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To the American people (the ones who voted for the Petulant Pretender),

Way to go, low-information morons...

You elected a guy who is, in accordance with his only core belief, dedicated to the destruction of the United States as a world power. And you did it TWICE. The presidency isn't one of those things where you say, "I'll try anything twice, just to make sure I really didn't like it the 1st time."

Congratulations are in order for electing the one guy who could simultaneously spend more than all forty-three of his predecessors combined while making America the laughingstock of our enemies (and an embarrassment to our allies).

I've wondered what "leading from behind" really, truly meant since the day His Royal Lowness first uttered those words.

Now I know, and I tremble for my children's future - and the future of the United States of America...

No really, thanks a lot...

We are so screwed. ~ Hunter

 

Betrayal Anyone?

King DingleBarry is mulling tax increases by Imperial Decree (read: Executive Order).

The entirety of this administration shows its bountiful jackassery by skipping Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before a joint session of Congress, calling that speech "dangerous" and "destructive." I guess Iran getting nuclear weapons is not "dangerous" or "destructive."

No less than fifty-five demoKKKrats skip the speech, with those that attended calling it "political theater" and other ridiculous things, never once touching upon the actual substance of the speech.

The Constant Campaigner has recently declared himself above anything Congress does, saying, in effect, that it doesn't matter if Congress - which, need I remind you, is a co-equal branch of government - votes to deny his Royal Edict (and massive overreach) on illegal immigration and its essential amnesty for people whose very first action in our nation is to break the law; he's going to do it anyway - displaying a complete disregard and utter contempt for this country and our history/traditions/culture.

Hillary Clinton, the presumptive demoKKKrat presidential nominee for 2016, is currently under fire as it's now known that the Clinton Foundation took donations from foreign governments - while she was Secretary of State, no less - with, shall we say, less than stellar human rights' records, particularly regarding WOMEN'S rights (which she proclaims to champion). Oh yeah, did I mention that we also learned today that she never used a government email account - which is REQUIRED BY LAW - while conducting official State Department business?

Aaannnddd to top today off, we find out that the Republicans bowed down, ONCE AGAIN, and passed a clean bill funding the Department of Homeland Security - which includes funding King DingleBarry's de facto amnesty executive order. Never mind that the Republicans control both houses of Congress and nothing should get through that isn't approved by said Republicans.

Anyone else feeling a tad..............BETRAYED? ~ Hunter

A Note For The King: Radical Islamists Aren't "Radical" - They're The TRUE BELIEVERS

"All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing..." Other than the Bible, were any truer words ever spoken?

I'm not saying King DingleBarry is a good man. His wanton and deliberate destruction of the nation I hold dear certainly bears that out, but the United States is still a good nation, and we are being prevented from ridding the world of this cancer called islam. Make no mistake about it - it is a cancer.
 
These so-called "radical" islamists are not - I repeat, not - radical. They are the devout muslims - it's the ones who don't commit violence against others, or have no interest in subjugating the world who are the radicals, despite what His Royal Lowness and others say.

 
ISIS, hamas, the taliban, book haram, and a whole host of others (all in lowercase to denote my profound disrespect) - they are following the fundamental teachings of their "prophet" mohammed. They are true believers, and the sooner people start to realize this, the sooner we can get about the demolishing of all they are, do, and stand for.

You needn't take my word for it, however - just listen to one who knows firsthand. ~ Hunter

 

The Death Of The Old Republic

Thursday night, in a not unexpected, but still unprecedented and unbelievable move, the Petulant Pretender, the Boy Who Would Be King essentially granted amnesty to approximately 5,000,000 criminal trespassers. Yes, you read that correctly - FIVE MILLION. In effect, and a fit of pique over losing what is shaping up to be the most important election of our lifetimes (perhaps ever), he's unilaterally rewarding people whose very 1st act in this country was committing a felony (that's a crime, libbies).

Thursday night, we witnessed what could very well be the death knell, the final nail in the coffin, of the United States as a nation, and as a Republic. What King DingleBarry has done with this one decree is say that the most recent elections held no meaning for him, that his policies, which he pointed out were on the ballot, were not soundly repudiated.

Thursday night, we ceased having a president. A self-styled king now rules in his stead. This king, which we were never meant to have, has decided that because he couldn't get some type of immigration reform through Congress (not even when he had control of the entirety of Congress), he has the absolute authority to change whole swaths of immigration law, onn his own. If you really stop to think about it, given the multitude of changes he's made to 0bamadontcare - again, on his own - this latest and most blatant foray into lawlessness isn't all that surprising.

Thursday night, a banana republic was created where a representative republic once existed. No longer citizens governed by the rule of law, we are now subjects of the Clown Prince, ruled by his whims and fancies. King DingleBarry has decreed that he will do as he damn well pleases, regardless of the will of the people. And make no mistake about it - November 4th was all about the people making their will known.

Now that it's been announced, the question now becomes - what can be done to stop it? It can't really be defunded, as the true effect isn't an action so much as an enforced inaction. Some states have already launched lawsuits, and some members of Congress have intimated they will do the same. I pray the courts take it up and rule against the Prince of Pique,and not just in the Republicans or conservatives favor, but in favor of the Constitution, and the Separation of Powers enumerated therein.

Thursday night, we witnessed something unparalleled in the history of America - the complete abrogation, even abandonment, of the presidential Oath of Office. The oath to "support and defend" the Constitution and "faithfully execute the laws" is one that should never be taken lightly, whether a lowly civil servant, a member of the military, a member of Congress, or the President of the United States. I know some will say that it's nothing new, that Congress and presidents past have broken their oaths before - to which I say never to this degree.

This cannot and WILL not stand. I, for one, will never bow before this, or any other king. There will be a reckoning for this Pretender to the throne, this Petulant Powermonger. I sincerely hope and pray that it's during my lifetime, as I don't want my children and grandchildren to have to clean up any more of our mess than is absolutely necessary. ~ Hunter

Congressional Obstructionism: It's Not Who The Main Stream Media Says It Is

While listening to the morning show on my local talk radio station (thank God for Chris Stigall), I heard a caller state that if King DingleBarry is going to be called an "obstructionist" for vetoing bills coming out of the next Congress it's a tacit admission of the obstructionist nature of the present Congress. Seriously, someone actually said that...

Let's review, shall we?

At last count, there are presently somewhere in the neighborhood of 270-plus bills, the overwhelming majority of which have bipartisan support (that means members of both parties support them, libbies) languishing in the black hole known as the desk of Harry Reid-diculous. That's in a Senate controlled by the democrats - which means, libbies, that the Republicans can do.........wait for it.........absolutely nothing to stop their passage and then hitting the Petulant Pretender's desk for his signature into law.

For the first two years of what will forever be known as "The Dark Times" (King DingleBarry's reign), the demoKKKrats controlled the whole of Congress, and the only major piece of legislation they could get thru was a law nobody wanted (that would be 0bamadontcare - follow along, libbies).

Sounds to me like he's been obstructed by his own party throughout his reign. Huh - Whoulda thunk?

The caller also went on to say that he's interested to see what the Republicans are going to do to help all Americans, not just the "top 2%."

Here's a hint - Republican policies, on the whole, help all Americans, with an eye towards helping all of us become the "top 2%."

I loathe liberals, everything they do, and all they represent (Just to clarify for the Lurking LiberTrolls, who I know will deliberately take that statement out of context - I loathe their big government approach to each and every problem). ~ Hunter

The House That Obama Built

"If you like your plan, you can keep your plan." - King DingleBarry (multiple occasions)

"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor." - King DingleBarry (multiple occassions)

"We have to pass the bill to see what's in it." - Former Speaker Nancy Piglosi

"I don't know who this Gruber character is." - Nancy Piglosi (apparently forgetting the existence of such small technological achievements like video recording, microphones, and the internet)

These are but a scant few of the lies surrounding the passage of the Petulant Pretender's legacy legislation. We, the informed people of the nation, were roundly excoriated for raising the alarm about it (even though everything we predicted has come to pass), being called racist, idiots, and a whole host of other vile epithets. We knew it was a lie, created with a lien based on lies, passed with the biggest lie of all, and cemented with a lie in SCOTUS.

Conventional wisdom would dictate that even those on the left would be angry by now, especially with their delicate sensibilities tweaked and supposed intellectual superiority having been downplayed as "stupid" by Gruber, one of the architects of the law.

Sadly, that's not the case, because - to the left - the ends justify the means, even if those ends are an abysmal failure (like all of liberalism).

But really, does it surprise - I mean truly surprise - anyone?

After all, liberalism is the biggest lie of all. ~ Hunter

The Republican Mandate - And The Repudiation Of Liberalism

I keep hearing political pundits on TV, reading them online, from both sides of the aisle (although certainly many more from the left than right), who keep saying that even though the Republicans ran away with the midterms in historic fashion, they don't have a "mandate."

I'm sorry, but were they watching the same election results as the rest of the country? The rejection, repudiation, and outright dismissal of liberal policies could not have been made any more and absolutely crystal clear.

Republicans, for the first time in about twenty years, have firm ground under them. Their job now is to pull America up out of the ditch liberalism has driven her, and it can't be focused solely on stopping the Empty Suit's agenda, although that's undoubtedly a top priority.

They need to craft legislation that puts Americans back to work. Make America palatable to businesses again by ending unnecessary and burdensome regulations, purge the government from the marketplace as much as possible, as quickly as possible. Yesterday would be nice.

Corporate tax reform is another big issue. Billions upon billions of dollars are kept offshore by businesses to avoid double taxation - once from the host nation, then again by the U.S. Yeah... It's that crazy...

Build a damn fence along the southern border. Deport all illegals - period. Entering the U.S. illegally should forever disqualify you from working here, emigrating legally, or even visiting.

Reinstitute the Welfare to Work requirement and push for mandatory drug testing (that means it must be done, liberals) for welfare recipients. Tighten the restrictions on where and for what welfare money and food stamps can purchase and/or be used. Nobody should be able to buy a video game, or alcohol, or cigarettes, or marijuana.

Strengthen our military - again. There's more than enough wasteful spending in the defense budget that can be slashed, thus avoiding cutting personnel that want to be there. Above all else, TAKE CARE OF OUR VETERANS.

Reduce the size of the bureaucracies and their redundant programs. Root out the waste and fraud inherent in these bureaucracies. Make it easier to demote or fire public sector workers.

REPEAL OBAMADONTCARE.

I don't often disagree with Rush Limbaugh, but I don't believe we won this election so handily solely to stop King DingleBarry in his tracks. The American people don't want a "do nothing Congress." We want a Congress that does what's right for America. ~ Hunter

A Glorious Day For The Republic

Last night, in a massive repudiation of King DingleBarry's policies - and cronies - the Republican Party took control of the Senate by gaining seven seats (maybe eight - Alaska hasn't been called yet, but the Republican is leading), gained about ten more seats in the House, and won a boatload of gubernatorial races.

The question now is this - even tho this was a victory for Republicans, is it going to be a victory for We the People?

I believe it can be, but we must stay aware of what they're doing and hold them accountable. This is just the first step - albeit a big one - in retaking the U.S. and we canNOT be complacent. Complacency is what got us in this mess.

Keep the pressure on all our senators and representatives, but especially the Republicans. If the last six years have proven anything at all - it's that we can no longer sit back and watch. We must remain actively involved.

Like I said, this is merely the 1st step. There's more that needs doing, and this is a great start. Let's keep the pressure on. ~ Hunter

What's Wrong With America: Voter Apathy

I've been seeing a great many Facebook posts today about making sure people get out to vote. They've been inundated by comments about how voting doesn't matter - things are decided already by some shadowy secret cabal or some other such nonsense.


The only position I take on "the fix is already in" is that I don't believe it - not for a second. It's nearly impossible to comprehend that, in a nation where almost every secret is leaked by someone, somewhere, sometime, it's somehow possible to keep this cabal hidden. Sorry - just not buying it.

As for those who aren't voting - you are the problem. Or at least a very big part of it. As a citizen of the greatest nation ever set on this planet, you not only have the right to vote - it's your responsibility to exercise that right. Every last one of the rights enumerated in the Constitution and Bill of Rights comes with the responsibility to USE THEM. Yes, it really is that simple.


If you can't bring yourself to drag your sorry a$$ off your couch to go to your local polling place and press a few buttons, you - yes, YOU - are an even bigger danger to this Republic than the liberals/socialists/communists.


Voting for the lesser of two evils is, by far, not the best of solutions, and certainly not what the Founders would have wanted. At the moment, however, we don't have a better option. By not voting, you're helping the greater evil win.


Don't believe me? Look at the 2012 presidential election. Upwards of 5 *MILLION* conservatives failed to vote. I agree that Romney was far from the ideal candidate (I would've preferred Cain or Gingrich), but he was certainly a better choice than allowing King DingleBarry a second term.


If you don't vote, if you don't at least make the attempt to help turn back the tide, how can you possibly have the temerity to complain about the direction we're going? By not exercising one of your moat basic rights as a citizen of the United States, you're acting just as selfishly as those who vote for the liberals ruining this great nation.


And that, my friends, makes ME sick - and makes YOU pretty damn contemptible. ~ Hunter

Are You Ready For The Department Of Parental Suitability?

In addition to the pages I help run, I belong to a few private Facebook groups for conservatives. They're groups for conservatives to get together, share ideas, gather facts, and just generally have fun making fun of the socialist morons we call "liberals."


(As an aside, I absolutely LOATHE using that word for them. Allowing them to claim they're standing for freedom puts true liberals - you know, the conservatives that stand with the Founders and Framers - at an immense disadvantage. We need to reclaim that word.)


The reason I bring up the groups is because late into the night a couple of days ago, I was engaged in a debate with a fellow conservative in the comment thread of this story, which is the Chicks On The Right commentary about this story.


The subject of our debate was this conservative's insistence upon setting standards for becoming - and remaining - a parent as a way to keep people off, or remove them from, government assistance programs. He didn't just insist upon standards, though; he wants to set up a government bureaucracy - a "Department of Parental Suitability," if you will - in order to administer his "objective test" for prospective and current parents.


Yes... You did read that correctly.


I have often said that conservatives need to bring the fight to liberals using the same tactics liberals use. That means flooding liberal pages with conservatives, but instead of using "what ifs" or feelings, we need to use the facts that most conservatives usually have on hand. Overwhelm them. Get down and dirty, call the names like they do to us, It's long past time to adjust our fighting style to match theirs. I did NOT mean to use the same WEAPONS.


According to this conservative's grand plan, the idea is to establish some sort of "objective test" to determine whether one is suitable to become a parent. The criteria includes your financial situation (salary, savings, home ownership, etc.), drinking and smoking habits, marital situation. Practically every aspect of your life will be laid bare before some faceless, "objective" government worker. Sounds a little Nazi-esque to me.


Basically, his proposal means that you have to earn a certain amount, lose the right to do as you please within the law, and accede to the demands of others in how you live your life. When he made this proposal, I literally had to check to make sure right and left hadn't changed places when I wasn't looking. Fortunately, King DingleBarry was making some patently ridiculous statement at the time and Ronaldus Magnus was still credited with ushering in the single longest peacetime economic expansion in the history of the world, so I figured it out pretty quickly.


My immediate response, along with several other people in the group, was to tell him that to invite more government intrusion into our lives runs counter to everything conservatives believe, and that using his "remove people from the government dole" excuse wasn't sufficient reason to expand the government into areas it was never designed to go. Good intentions aren't enough to ensure the system won't be abused.


How long before a Lois Lerner wannabe decides to start asking, "How conservative are you" to determine suitability for parenting? Think that can't happen? I'm fairly certain that the conservative groups that filed for their tax exempt status didn't think it could happen to them, either. Can you say "unintended consequences?"


The bottom line is that doing "good" at the point of a gun - which is what government is - isn't really doing good at all. It's just doing less bad. Our position as conservatives should always be on the side of less government, as the Founders intended. When modern liberal ideas start creeping into conservatism, we might as well switch sides. It is ridiculous to invite the government deeper into our lives, especially under the guise of "doing good." It's never worked before. All one need do is review the welfare system. The poverty rate has remained virtually unchanged in the fifty-plus years since LBJ declared his "War on Poverty."


While I agree with the overall premise that the breakdown of the nuclear family is one of the central reasons for the "need" for welfare, but in true liberal fashion, welfare is a major cause of that family breakdown. I submit, however, that being single should not be a disqualifier to becoming, or remaining, a parent. I was a single father, with custody for seven years before meeting my now-wife. On top of that, I was dirt poor (another disqualifier under his proposal). I challenge anyone to find a more respectful, better adjusted child than my son. No, my situation wasn't ideal for raising a child, but it clearly worked. I've also known two parent households, in what would be ideal conditions according to the "objective test," that aren't worth a damn. The point is this: parenting situations are not static, nor is one situation identical to another.


As I said earlier, good intentions aren't enough of a safeguard against further government interference in our lives. There isn't a single government program that has stayed within its initial parameters. Ever. Why would this one be any different?


If we don't guard against this kind of thinking, we're essentially no different than those we profess to be fighting against, and this nation really will be lost. FOREVER. ~ Hunter

Political Food For Thought

The Washington Redskins have their trademarks revoked because their name is "disparaging to Native Americans." Leaving aside that there are no "native" Americans (human beings are not native to the Americas), and that the name "Redskins" is meant as an homage to the courage and dignity of the American Indian, not to mention that the overwhelming majority of American Indians don't have a problem with the name of the team, can someone explain to me how Redskins is magically offensive, yet the United NEGRO College Fund and the National Association for the Advancement of COLORED People somehow ISN'T?


Of course, there's also the Cleveland Indians, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Atlanta Braves, the Atlanta Hawks, the Kansas City Chiefs, and a veritable plethora of college, semi-pro, high school, and elementary school teams with American Indian names. Will the ridiculousness called Political Correctness attempt to force all those teams to change their names as well?


The United States is suffering an invasion, for all intents and purposes, of criminal aliens, all of whom will, at one point or another, qualify for government assistance of some form, up to and including health care paid for by us, the taxpayers.


Yet as we "speak," as it were, the United States also has thousands of military veterans on waiting lists, some for months at a time, who can't get needed care from the Veterans Administration, an organization that had a $450 million SURPLUS in its budget last year!!! I'm the liberals out there consider this a fair deal, giving health care to those here illegally, but forcing the people who have willingly put their lives and limbs on the line for this nation, but I do NOT.


King DingleBarry and his Court keep pushing the notion that anthropogenic global warming, climate change, climate chaos (or whatever name is in favor this week) is definitely "real" and the "science is settled" when none of the above is true. His Royal Lowness recently used a commencement speech he gave to rail against those of us who question it. Because that's the subject I'd want to hear about at my commencement.


Never mind that the "rising" temperatures actually stayed flat for the last 17 years, or rose almost imperceptibly, and that carbon dioxide, which is absolutely essential to nearly all forms of life on this planet, has a very tenuous connection, at best, to rising temperatures. Of course, we can't discount the role the sun may play in global temperatures, as most of the other planets in our solar system have experienced virtually identical rise in their temperatures as the Earth has before they leveled off, but why let facts interfere with the Left's agenda? Oh, lest I forget, the planet's polar ice caps recorded record growth this year. You know, the year after Mr. Super-scientist himself, Algore, predicted all of would be..........well, gone. Not that I want to put too fine a point on it or anything.


One department of the federal government runs the National Park system. It discourages the feeding of the wild animals residing in the parks, as it will lead to the animals growing lazy, complacent, and dependent on the handouts. Another department actively advertises the food stamp program, in other countries no less. Because as we all know, human beings would never grow lazy, complacent, and dependent on handouts, right? Say it isn't so...


Did you know the King DingleBarry has accrued more debt in a little over six years than all FORTY-THREE of his predecessors combined? It's entirely possible, if not probable, that he's actually spent more money than anyone in history, period. Chew on that for a while.


A Mexican official recently stated that illegal aliens crossing our border aren't committing a crime, they're just here illegally. I kid you not. Last I checked, committing a crime was the very definition of illegal. Maybe it means something different in Spanish?


Did you know that one of the requirements (for the crayon-eating liberals out there, that means a condition that must be met) for earning American citizenship is a working knowledge of the English language. That means you must be able to speak, read, and write American English well enough to get your point across. Why, then, are there citizenship oaths given in different languages?


These are but a few of the things that should cause you to think about the direction of this nation. Although I frequently poke fun at King DingleBarry - with good reason - I am well aware that the problems listed above, and so many more didn't start with him. They've been going on for years, if not decades. He has certainly exacerbated them, but most of these issues cross party lines. The establishment Republicans are no better than the democrats in most ways.


Most of the problems this nation faces stem from one thing - professional politicians. The Founders never intended for there to be a ruling class. In fact, such was anathema to them. All one need do is witness our first president giving up the presidency after two terms when there was no requirement to do so at the time. Until we impose term limits, and encourage people more interested in helping their fellow citizens than enriching themselves we're going to continue to face these, and worse. ~ Hunter

The Consequences Of Not Finishing What Was Started

By now, just about everyone in the world knows, or should know, that Iraq has been mostly overrun by islamic (lowercase for disrespect) radicals over the last several months. The islamic state of iraq and syria (again, disrespect) has gained control over vast swaths of territory. How did this happen?


Say what you want about the war in Iraq - we went in under false pretenses (we didn't), we didn't find any weapons of mass destruction (we did), Bush screwed up the war effort (he didn't - check the Rules of Engagement then versus now).


Whether or not you agreed with, or supported the war, the fact remains that we were there. We started something under President Bush, and while Bush definitely announced the end of major combat operations a tad.....prematurely, he certainly ran the war far better than King DingleBarry.


One conservative commentator recently said something to the effect that during the 2008 presidential campaign, all he remembers is Obama saying he would end the war in Iraq, but never once said anything about winning the war, and he was right. The Professional Prevaricator never said anything about winning. Well, he certainly accomplished that particular mission, as it were.


The problem with ending, but not winning a war, is that the ones who often pay the price for that failure are the ones who need help the most. The Iraqi "military" - although it hardly qualifies to bear that appellation, wasn't strong enough to turn back the tide they're now facing. Many units threw down their weapons, shed their uniforms, and ran away from the militants now taking control. They abandoned their own people to the mercies of those who have none.


Think about this for a minute or two - ISIS is so brutal and dangerous that even its "parent" organization of Al Qaeda - those terrorists responsible for the deaths of almost 3,000 of our fellow Americans - has disavowed them. That should tell you all you need to know about the "mercies" of ISIS.


The United States has nothing more than a token force left in Iraq, and a great many of those are private contractors, and last I heard, those contractors' positions were completely surrounded by the new enemy. I pray for them. They're going to need God to get out of the mess that the Constant Campaigner helped create.


We have a president who's so disconnected from reality that he doesn't even realize it. He actually thinks - no, believes - not only that pulling our troops out of Iraq, but announcing the timetable was a GOOD thing. It truly doesn't take a military genius the caliber of Alexander the Great to see announcing a troop withdrawal of an area that hasn't been properly pacified would only lead to disaster.


While certainly not identical in nature, what's happening in Iraq right now is eerily similar to the end of the United States' involvement in Vietnam, but it's worse. Much, much worse. After overrunning Vietnam, the communists were content with killing their own people. They stayed in Vietnam. After ISIS finishes taking Iraq, does anyone seriously believe - other than King DingleBarry, I mean - that they'll be content with staying in Iraq. I fear that a victory by ISIS spells trouble for the United States, right here on our own soil. I, for one, will point the finger of blame squarely at Obama, mainly because he did not finish what was started. ~ Hunter

A Brief History Of The Inquisitions

Another way people try to equate terrorism perpetrated in the name of allah with Christianity, is to bring up the Inquisitions, particularly to bash the Catholic Church. To me, it's like comparing apples to fighter jets. The only real similarity that I can find is that religion and government were one and the same.

There were three major Catholic Inquisitions; the Medieval, the Spanish, and the Roman Inquisitions

Beginning around 1184, the Medieval Inquistion was the Church's response to the heretical movements sweeping through Europe, particularly Catharism and Waldensians in southern France and northern Italy. Bernard Gui, perhaps the most notorious inquisitor of the time, tried 930 people, of whom 42 were executed. Jacques Fornier, another famous inquisitor, tried 114 cases. Five were executed. Using known numbers, scholars have estimated that approximately 2,000 people died during the Medieval Inquisition between 1184 to 1400 AD. Jewish historian Steven Katz remarked on the Medieval Inquisition that "in its entirety, the thirteenth and fourteenth century Inquisition put very few people to death and sent few people to prison; 90 percent of its sentences were canonical penances."

The Spanish Inquisition, reluctantly authorized by Pope Sixtus IV in 1478 AD under pressure from King Ferdinand of Aragon. Lasting about 350 years, it saw approximately 125,00 people investigated, which led to the executions of perhaps 2,250 people (1.8%). Most of those deaths occurred during the first fifteen years of the Inquisition's 350 history. At first, investigations centered around charges against Jewish and muslim converts to Christianity of secretly practicing their old religions. Acting under the control of the kings, its early excesses were soundly condemned by Popes Sixtus IV, Leo X, Paul III, and Paul IV. Of the 13,000 tried in the Portugal of the 16^th and early 17^th centuries, roughly 5.7% were condemned to die. News reports published at the time, however, make no mention if those sentenced to die were actually meant to be in effigy (an image or dummy burned in place of the actual person). Nineteen Spanish tribunals, between 1540-1700 AD, tried 50,000, executing 775 people, and executing 700 more in effigy. At its peak from 1478-1530 AD, scholars have found that about 1,500-2,000 people were found guilty. Meticulous records kept after that point detail all “guilty” sentences which amounted to 775 executions. When the full 200 years of the Inquisition was all said and done, less than 1% of the population had any contact with it, and most people outside of the major cities even knew of its existence. The Inquisition wasn't even applied to Jews and Muslims, unless they were baptized into Christianity

The last of the major Catholic Inquisitions was the Roman Inquisition. Begun in 1542, when Pope Paul III established the Holy Office as the final court of appeal in trials of heresy and served as an important part of the so-called “Counter-Reformation.” Although tightly controlled by strict procedural rules, the Roman Inquisition was made infamous by the trial of Galileo.

The Church has apologized for the Inquisitions, in the words of Pope John Paul II: 

“The institution of the Inquisition has been abolished...the children of the Church cannot but return with a spirit of repentance to "the acquiescence given, especially in certain centuries, to intolerance and even the use of violence in the service of the truth".

This spirit of repentance, it is clear, entails a firm determination to seek in the future ways to bear witness to the truth that are in keeping with the Gospel."

The prayer I addressed to God on that occasion contains the reasons for a request for forgiveness that can also be applied to the tragedies associated with the Inquisition, as well as to the injuries to memory that result from it:

'Lord, God of all men and women, in certain periods of history, Christians have at times given in to [forms of] intolerance and have not been faithful to the great commandment of love, sullying in this way the face of the Church, your Spouse. Have mercy on your sinful children and accept our resolve to seek and promote truth in the gentleness of charity, in the firm knowledge that truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself. We ask this through Christ Our Lord.'”
(Prayer for Forgiveness, Day of Pardon, 12 March, II; ORE, 22 March 2000)

Add the numbers and we find that the entire Inquisition of 500 years caused about 6000 deaths. These atrocities are completely inexcusable, but compared to the 3,998 killed in jihadist attacks just in JANUARY 2015, they're also statistically negligible. Even the more commonly accepted estimate of approx. 30,000 killed in the Inquisitions, when spread over 5 centuries is still statistically very low, against 3,998 spread over 31 DAYS.

When viewed in the context (there's that word again) of history, they're not really the same, are they? ~ Hunter