We must understand our Enemy #5

What is Sharia Law?

With the attack in Nice, France and Newt Gingrich's comment about Sharia Law, the talking heads in the media are twisting themselves in knots to make excuses as to why Sharia Law should be allowed in the United States of America.  As the previous posts in this series have explained the truth of Islam, this installment will expel the arguments that Sharia Law is not dangerous, and any attack on it is unconstitutional.

We have a Constitution in this country that lays out the foundation for the rule of law we live by.  All countries have laws by which their citizens live by, and the Constitution written by our Founding Fathers is ours.  So, for another set of laws brought here to replace our Constitution is not only against our laws it is in fact, an act of war.

Here are some facts about Sharia and why it is against our Constitution.  Those following Sharia have no desire to become a part of this great country like so many other immigrants did before them.  Their goal is to replace our Constitution with Sharia Law, thus forcing all of us to live under Islamic Law.

Sharia Law is the law of Islam. This law is from the actions and words of Muhammad and the Quran.  Sharia law cannot be altered, but the interpretation of Sharia law by imams is given some latitude.

Sharia Law is a legal system.  Sharia law regulates public behavior, private behavior, and even private beliefs.  Of all legal systems in the world today, Sharia Law is the most intrusive and restrictive, especially when it comes to the rights of women.

This is what those practicing Sharia law believe:

·         Theft is punishable by amputation of the right hand.

·         Criticizing or denying any part of the Quran is punishable by death.

·         Criticizing Muhammad or denying he is a prophet is punishable by death.

·         Criticizing or denying Allah, the god of Islam is punishable by death.

·         A Muslim, who becomes non-Muslim, shall be liable to death.

·         A non-Muslim who leads a Muslim away from Islam is punishable by death.

·         A non-Muslim man who marries a Muslim woman is punishable by death.

·         A man can marry an infant girl and consummate the marriage when she is 9 years old.

·         A girls' clitoris must be cut.

·         A woman may have 1 husband. However, a husband may have up to 4 wives

·         A man may beat his wife for insubordination.

·         A man may divorce his wife; however, a woman needs her husband's consent to divorce.

·         A divorced wife loses custody of all children over 6 years of age or when they exceed it.

·         The testimony of four male witnesses is required to prove rape against a woman.

·         A woman who has been raped cannot testify in court against her rapist or rapists.

·         A woman's testimony in court, allowed in property cases, carries ½ the weight of a man's.

·         A female heir inherits half of what a male heir inherits.

·         A woman cannot drive a car.

·         A woman cannot speak alone to a man who is not her husband or relative.

·         All meat eaten must come from animals sacrificed to Allah - Halal.

·         Muslims are encouraged to engage in Taqiyya, which is to lie to non-Muslims to advance Islam.

As you can clearly see, Sharia Law is NOT merely a religious belief.  So, those claiming this is a manner of religious freedom are missing the mark.  Sharia Law is a legal system, which must replace our laws in the minds of those wishing to live under it in this country.  Do not be fooled by those claiming religious freedom and that wanting to prevent those wanting Sharia Law from coming to this country in the refugee program or those already here is unconstitutional.

Sharia Law itself is unconstitutional, and those wishing to implement it here desire to overthrow our Constitution and all of the laws of OUR land.

There is NO room for Sharia Law in the country, and we need to do everything we can to stop its steady spread across the world.

Those who follow Sharia have one and only one goal, and that's for Sharia to be the law of the entire world.

We must understand our Enemy #4

This week we will dispel the myth of the contributaions to society by Islam and the Muslims

We have all heard President Obama claim that Muslims built the very foundation of the United States of America.  Well, this is a practice that has been done by Muslims throughout time.  I’m so saying he’s a Muslim because that is for a different discussion.  What I am saying is Muslims often claim that Islam has fostered a rich heritage of scientific discovery, which paved the way for modern advances in technology and medicine.  This post will dispel that myth.

Muslims will usually cite the period between the 7th and 13th centuries when Europe was in its Dark Ages.  During this period the Muslim world was acquiring new populations and culture through violent conquest.

Although one cannot argue the Muslim world was relatively more advanced during that period than the Christian world, it had nothing to do with the Islamic religion itself.  In fact, the religion tends to discourage knowledge outside of itself (Quran 5:101-102), which is why the most prolific Muslim scholars are usually students of religion rather than science.

There are four basic reasons why Islam has little true claim to scientific achievement:

First, the Muslim world benefited greatly from the Greek sciences, which were translated for them by dhimmi Christians and Jews.

Secondly, many of the scientific advances credited to Islam were actually stolen from other cultures they conquered.  The algebraic concept of “zero” is erroneously attributed to Islam when in fact it was a Hindu discovery and was merely introduced to the West by Muslims.

Truth be told, conquered populations added greatly to the history of supposed Muslim science until gradually being decimated by conversion to Islam under the pressures of dhimmitude.  Muslims were never more than a minority in the Muslim world, and they were in fact merely claiming the accomplishments of others as their own.  It is no accident the Muslim world has had little to show for itself in the last 800 years, since running out of new civilizations to cannibalize.

Third, Muslim scientists and cultural icons were often considered heretics in their day.  Persian scientist and philosopher, al-Razi often has his impressive works held up as proof of Muslim accomplishment.  However, al-Razi was denounced as a blasphemer, because he followed his own religious beliefs which were in contradiction to teachings of traditional Islam.

Fourth, even the contributions credited to Islam and often inaccurately, are not terribly dramatic.  There is the invention of certain words, such as alchemy and elixir, even assassin, but not much else that survives in modern technology which is of practical significance.

In fact, the majority of Muslim achievements owe their true origins to the many conquered civilizations.  It’s quite amazing how the truth of these discoveries is often omitted.

So in conclusion, the significant achievements touted to have come out of the Islamic world were done by non-Muslims who lived under Islamic rule, or by heretics who had little interest in Islam.

Happy Birthday, America!

A Marine stuns the crowd at a Tea Party event by singing a little known verse of the Star Spangled Banner. So much for us being a Secular Nation.

We all need a reminder from time to time that our rights come from God and not any man or group of men. Watching this will make your heart swell with pride and is sure to bring tears to your eyes.

Happy Birthday, America!

We must understand our Enemy #3

This week we are going to go into what the word Islam truly means.

How many times have we heard, “Islam is a Religion of Peace?”  They then go on to say, in fact, the word Islam actually means peace.  However, that is not true.

Muslim apologists will claim the root word of Islam is “al-Salaam,” which means “peace” in Arabic.  However, a word in Arabic only has ONE root.  The root word for Islam is “al-Silm,” which actually means “submission” or “surrender.” 

There is no disagreement about this among Arabic or Islamic scholars.  al-Silm (submission) does not mean the same thing as al-Salaam (peace). Otherwise, they would be the same word.

In our culture, submission has a much different meaning than peace.  We do not believe that peace is gained by submission to others.   As the modern-day Islamic scholar, Ibrahim Sulaiman, says, "Jihad is not inhumane, despite its necessary violence and bloodshed.  Its ultimate desire is peace which is protected and enhanced by the rule of law."

In truth, the Quran not only commands Muslims to submit to Allah, but it also orders them to subdue those of other religions until they submit to Islamic rule.  This has led to the aggressive history of followers of Islam to conquer other cultures and bring them under the rule of Islamic law.

The Quran says all will be judged by Allah.  However, this does not mean all have equal rights or are judged by the same standards.

There is no doubt in the teachings of the Quran, the life of Muhammad, or Islamic law as to the inferiority of women to men.  No matter how hard apologists today try to say there are verses that teach otherwise, there is NO such progressive interpretation found in the Quran.

Muhammad would often hand out captured women as war prizes to his men after military conquests.  In at least one case, he ordered the women be raped in front of their husbands.  Then those captured women were made into sex slaves by the same men who had killed their husbands and brothers.  There are four verses in which Allah makes clear that a Muslim Master has full sexual access to his female slaves, yet there is not one that prohibits rape.

The Quran also gives Muslim men permission to beat their wives for disobedience.  However, not one verse commands love in marriage (although it does say love exists).  The verses plainly say Husbands are a degree above their wives.  The Hadith says women are intellectually inferior to men, and the majority of Hell’s occupants are women.

Under Islamic law, a man may divorce his wife at his choosing.  If he does this twice, then wishes to remarry her, she must first have sex with another man.  Men are exempt from such degradations.

Muslim women are not free to marry whomever they please as Muslim men are.  Their husband may also bring other wives and/or slaves into the marriage bed.  A wife must also be sexually available to her husband at any time.

Muslim women do not inherit property in equal portion to males.  This is somewhat ironic since Islam owes its existence to the wealth of Muhammad's first wife.

A woman's testimony in court is considered to be worth only half that of a man’s, according to the Quran.  Unlike a man, she must also cover her head, and often her face.

If a woman claims to have been raped, there must be four male witnesses to corroborate her account.  This is mandated by strict Sharia Law.  Otherwise, she can be jailed or stoned to death for confessing to adultery.  You see, it’s not rape without the four male witnesses.

All this clearly shows there is NO equality under Islam.  This claim is merely a ploy designed for those unwilling to accept the truth and reality of Islamic law and history.

Jihad is mentioned over 200 times in the words of Muhammad.  In Arabic, jihad means struggle.  However, in Islam, it means HOLY WAR.

This constant argument of who the true Muslims are is foolish because the Quran clearly distinguishes the true Muslim from the pretender in Sura 9 and elsewhere.  In this, one of the last chapters of the Quran, the true believer strives and fights with their wealth and persons while the hypocrites are those who sit at home, refusing to join the jihad against unbelievers in foreign lands.

Muhammad organized 65 military campaigns in the last ten years of his life and personally led 27 of them.  The more power he attained, the smaller the excuse needed to go to battle, until finally, he began attacking tribes merely because they were not yet part of his growing empire.

Muhammad left his men with instructions to take the battle against Christians, Persians, Jews, and polytheists, which came to include millions of unfortunate Hindus.  For the next four centuries, Muslim armies, attacked unsuspecting neighbors, plundering them of loot and slaves, and forcing the survivors to either convert or pay tribute at the point of a sword.

As we’ve already covered in this series, by the time of the Crusades when the Europeans began to fight back, the so-called Religion of Peace had conquered two-thirds of the Christian world by the sword, from Syria to Spain, and across North Africa.  Millions of Christians were enslaved by Muslims, and tens of millions of Africans.  The Arab slave-trading routes would stay open for 1300 years until pressure from Christian-based countries forced Islamic nations to declare the practice illegal.  To this day, the Muslim world has never apologized for the victims of Jihad and slavery.

There is not another religion in the world that consistently produces terrorism in the name of their God as does Islam.  The most dangerous are those who interpret the Quran most transparently.  They are the fundamentalists or purists of the faith and believe in Muhammad’s mandate to spread Islamic rule by the sword, putting to death those who will not submit.  In the absence of true infidels, they will even turn on each other.

The holy texts of Islam are full of verses commanding violence and hatred toward those outside the faith, as well as the hypocrites, who are Muslims, who don't act like Muslims by following the commands of Muhammad.  In earlier verses of the Quran, violence was forbidden, then as it progressed violence was permitted, and then finally it was mandatory.  The handful of previous verses that spoke of tolerance is overwhelmed by the later ones that carry a much different message.  While Old Testament verses of blood and guts are generally bound by historical context within the text itself, Quranic imperatives to violence usually appear open-ended and subject to personal interpretation. 

From the history of the faith to its most sacred of writings, one who wants to believe in a peaceful Islam has a lot more to ignore than do those who want to perform acts of terrorism.  To be completely honest, the Religion of Peace has been the harshest and bloodiest religion the world has ever known.  In Islam, believers say there will be no peace unless Muslims are in power.

What Muslims call tolerance, others would consider institutionalized discrimination and enslavement.  The consignment of Jews and Christians to dhimmis under Islamic rule means they are not allowed the same religious rights and freedoms as Muslims.  They cannot share their faith, or build houses of worship without permission.

Historically, dhimmis are forced to wear distinctive clothing or cut their hair in a particular manner.  This is to mark their position of inferiority and humiliation, such as how the Nazis labeled the Jews.  They do not share the same legal rights as Muslims, and must even pay a poll tax called the jizya.  Then they are killed or have their children taken from them if they cannot meet the tax collector’s requirements.

For hundreds of years, the Christian population in occupied Europe had their sons taken away and forcibly converted into Muslim warriors known as Jannisaries by the Ottoman Turks.

For those who are not the People of the Book, such as Hindus and atheists, there is very little tolerance to be found once Islam establishes political superiority.  The Quran commands Muslims to fight in the way of Allah until religion is only for Allah.  Then those who find themselves conquered face death if they do not establish regular prayer and charity in the Islamic tradition according to the pillars of Islam, which is what is being taught in many of our schools across this country today.

Tens of millions of Hindus and Buddhists were displaced or forcibly converted over the last thousand years.  Islamists in Somalia today behead Christians, and in Iran, they are jailed.

There are about 500 verses in the Quran that speak of Allah’s hatred for non-Muslims and the punishment he has prepared for them.

As for Sura 109, any true Quran scholar will point out that the purpose of the verse was to distinguish Islam from the Gods of the Quraysh, one of which was named Allah, rather than to advocate religious tolerance for non-Muslims.

At the time he narrated this very early verse, Muhammad did not have any power, and thus no choice but to be tolerant of others.  However, no real tolerance was shown once he returned to Mecca many years later and demanded the eviction or death of anyone who would not convert to Islam.  In fact, he physically destroyed the cherished idols of the very people he addressed in Sura 109.

We are told to believe that Islam teaches to be tolerant and peaceful, but as you can see by its history and actions of those professing their belief in its teachings, then Islam is fundamentally the most intolerant religion we are facing today.

Don’t allow those pushing the false narrative about Islam.  Don’t let them guilt you into silence.  We are fighting not only for our lives but our futures.  Do we want to live as a free people to worship and live as we choose, or do we want to submit to Islam and live a life of fear?

Next week we will cover the myth told by Muslims of how Islam has fostered a rich heritage of scientific discovery, which paved the way for modern advances in technology and medicine.

Source material – The Religion of Peace-What makesIslam so different?

Happy Independence Day

On this special day, as our families come together for barbecues, cookouts, and shooting off fireworks, let us remember the true meaning of 'The Fourth of July.

The true meaning is stated in the title, "Independence Day" for that is what we fought for in that great battle against Britain, the new America's freedom; Freedom from Tyranny, and the freedom to live our lives as individuals.

July 4, 1776, commemorates the publication of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain when the thirteen American Colonies declared themselves a free nation. This new nation would now be called The United States of America and no longer a part of the British Empire.

During the American Revolution, the legal separation from Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, but it got its final approval and signatures on July 4, 1776.

On July 2, the Continental Congress voted for a resolution of independence which had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee from Virgina. After the Congress voted for independence, they then began to focus on the declaration document to give an explanation for separation. Led by Thomas Jefferson, the principal author, a committee of five prepared the Declaration of Independence. Debate and rewording of the document occurred until they finally agreed upon the statement of the document on the Fourth of July, 1776.

On July 3, 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, stating that he believed July 2, would be a most memorable event and celebrated through the generations as a great festival.
Adams, of course, was off by two days as the Declaration was not officially signed and recognized until the Fourth day of July.

Historians have long argued against the Fourth of July as the official day of the signing, but Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin all wrote that they had indeed signed the document on the Fourth.

The following year, on July 4, 1777, they celebrated their Independence Day in Bristol, Rhode Island, by firing thirteen gunshots in the salute, once in the morning, and once that evening.

We have the copy of the Declaration of Independence attached to this blog so you can read it at your leisure. I, myself, recite the Declaration of Independence on every Independence Day holiday, to remember why our forefathers worked so hard to bring about this document. To many, it's just words on a page, but to me, it's more. It is the very fiber of our existence as Americans for which we live, love, and enjoy our freedoms.

We, Americans, are Americans today because of the blood, sweat, and tears of our Forefathers endured in those long, tiring, sleepless times as the burden of the future of their children rested in their hands. What an awesome, yet terrible feeling they must have had knowing the decisions they made would affect the generations to come after them.
So, on this Independence Day, we wish you a Happy Fourth of July as you spend your day of activities with your family and friends. I only ask that you, please pause for a moment to remember the bravery of our forefathers and those brave men who fought, suffered, and died so that we, their future, could live in a free country.

God Bless The United States of America, and may our FREEDOMS reign.
  

We must understand our Enemy #2

This week we will be covering the truth about the Christian Crusades.  It’s time that people understand the truth of how they came to be and why the Christians invaded the Arab countries.

Muslims enjoy talking about the invading forces of the Crusades and Christians seem to feel the need to apologize for them.  To hear both parties tell the story, one is led to believe the Muslims just peacefully minded their own business in lands that were legitimately Muslim when the invading Christian armies decided to wage righteous, Holy War and kill millions of innocent Muslims.

However, this version of history is a lie.  According to the rules Muslims claim for themselves, the Crusades were justified, and the excesses pale in comparison with the historical treatment of conquered populations at the hands of conquering Muslims.

Here are some quick facts...

Europe was harassed by Muslims the first few years following Muhammad’s death.  As early as 652, Muhammad’s followers launched raids on the Island of Sicily, then finally waging a full-scale occupation 200 years later, lasting nearly a century.  This constant invading of Christian lands was punctuated by massacres, such as the one at the town of Castrogiovanni, in which 8,000 Christians were put to death.  In 1084, ten years before the first Crusade, Muslims staged another devastating Sicilian raid, burning churches in Reggio, enslaving monks and raping an abbey of nuns before carrying them off into captivity.

In 1095, the Byzantine Emperor, Alexius I Comnenus had begged the Pope in Rome for help in turning back the Muslim armies, overrunning what is now Turkey.  They had grabbed property and turned churches into mosques.  Several hundred thousand Christians were killed in Anatolia in the decades following 1050 by Seljuk invaders interested in the forced conversion of the survivors to Islam.

Not only were Christians losing their lives in their own lands, but pilgrims to the Holy Land from other parts of Europe were often kidnapped, molested, forcibly converted to Islam, and occasionally murdered.

Even though there are those who often compare the Crusades to Muslim jihad, it was actually just a delayed and limited response to the Muslim jihad perpetrated on the Christians.  Forgiveness of sins was granted to those jihadists who fought in defense of the Holy Church of God and the Christian religion, and eternal life was promised for those fighting the infidel.  This clearly reflects the Muslim notion of jihad.

Unlike the jihad, the Crusade was concerned with the defense or reconquest of threatened or lost Christian territories.  The Muslim jihad, in contrast, is perceived a religious obligation that will continue until all the world had either adopted the Muslim faith or submitted to Muslim rule.  The object of jihad is to bring the whole world under Islamic law: Sharia Law.

The Crusaders only invaded Christian lands.  They didn’t attack Saudi Arabia or pillage Mecca, as the Muslims did and continued doing to Italy and Constantinople.  The Crusaders goal was to recapture Jerusalem, and their security goal was the safe passage for pilgrims.  The toppling of the Muslim empire was in no way on their agenda.

The period of Crusader occupation of its own former lands lasted only about 170 years, which is far less than the Muslim occupation of Sicily and southern Italy alone.  To say nothing of Spain and other lands that had never been Islamic before falling victim to Jihad.  In fact, the Arab occupation of North Africa and Middle Eastern lands outside of Arabia is nearly 1400 years old.

Despite popular portrayal, the Crusades were never a battle between Christianity and Islam.  Although initially dispatched by Papal decree, the occupiers quickly became part of the political and economic fabric of the Middle East without much regard for religious differences.

Another misconception is the Crusader era was a time of constant war.  In fact, very little of this overall period included any significant hostilities.  In response to the Muslim expansion, there were only about 20 years of actual military campaigning.  By comparison, the Muslim Jihad against the Island of Sicily lasted 75 years.

Ironically, the Crusades can actually be justified from the teachings of the Quran itself, which encourages Holy War to drive invaders out of the places from whence they drove you out.  (2:191).  The objective wasn't to expel Muslims from the Middle East but to stop the attacks on Christian pilgrims in the region.  Holy War is not justified by the teachings of the New Testament; however, was a response to centuries of relentless Jihad against Christianity that began long before and continued well after the Crusades.

The greatest offense of the Crusaders was their attack on the city of Jerusalem, in which it is said at least 3,000 people were massacred.  However, this number pales in comparison to the number of Jihad victims, from India to Constantinople, Africa, and Narbonne.  While Christians have apologized for their actions, Muslims have never apologized for theirs and never will.

What is called sin and excess by the other religions of the world are what Islam considers a duty willed by Allah.

So, the next time someone tells you the reason Muslims are attacking Christians today is because of the Crusades, you can now set the record straight.

Next Saturday, we’ll be covering what the word Islam truly means.

Source material – The Religion of Peace-What makes Islam so different 

Does Gun Control work?

It seems as though after each mass shooting, those in the Democrat Party jump on their high-horse and try to force their idea of protecting the American people from themselves by pushing through massive Gun Control Laws.  The laughable events in the House of Representatives beginning yesterday is another example in a long tradition of grandstanding for political gain.

However, it has already been proven that nothing they are wanting to do would have prevented the Orlando shooter from obtaining his weapons.  I'm not going to get into the details of the investigation of that case because we all know the truth without all the Democrat spin.  Now, we all are hearing about a shooter attacking those in a theater in Germany today.  I have a question....how is that even possible?  We, here in the United States are told on a daily basis that if we would follow the example of the European countries and toughen our gun laws, we would no longer have a gun problem.

Well, we all know that France has some strict gun laws and Germany has some of the strictest ones in all of the European countries.  So, how do you explain these latest attacks on those innocent people?  We learned the Paris attack was done by RADICAL ISLAMIST TERRORISTS.  The same sort of people who attacked Americans in San Bernadino and Orlando.

At the time of this post, they have not released the identity of the person who wounded 25 people in Germany today, but it would not come as a surprise to learn he had Radical Islamic leanings.  So, as the Democrats sitting on the floor, wanting to take away our gun rights for our own good, we need to stand strong and educate our fellow Americans of the folly of a people losing their right of gun ownership.

Our Founders understood this right -

"A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined..."
- George Washington, First Annual Address, to both House of Congress, January 8, 1790

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
- Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Draft 1, 1776


"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, January 30, 1787

"What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, December 20, 1787

"The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
- Thomas Jefferson, Commonplace Book (quoting 18th-century criminologist Cesare Beccaria), 1774-1776

"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun, therefore be your constant companion of your walks." - Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August 19, 1785

"The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Cartwright, 5 June 1824

"On every occasion [of Constitutional interpretation] let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying [to force] what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, [instead let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, 12 June 1823

"I enclose you a list of the killed, wounded, and captives of the enemy from the commencement of hostilities at Lexington in April 1775, until November 1777, since which there has been no event of any consequence ... I think that upon the whole it has been about one-half the number lost by them, in some instances more, but in others less. This difference is ascribed to our superiority in taking aim when we fire; every soldier in our army having been intimate with his gun from his infancy."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to Giovanni Fabbroni, June 8, 1778

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759

"To disarm the people...[i]s the most effectual way to enslave them."
- George Mason, referencing advice given to the British Parliament by Pennsylvania governor Sir William Keith, The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, June 14, 1788

"I ask who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers."
- George Mason, Address to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 4, 1788

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops."
- Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, October 10, 1787

"Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of."
- James Madison, Federalist No. 46, January 29, 1788

"The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country."
- James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434, June 8, 1789

"...the ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone..."
- James Madison, Federalist No. 46, January 29, 1788

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
- William Pitt (the Younger), Speech in the House of Commons, November 18, 1783

“A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves…and include, according to the past and general usage of the states, all men capable of bearing arms… "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
- Richard Henry Lee, Federal Farmer No. 18, January 25, 1788

"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined.... The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun."
- Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1778

"This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty.... The right of self-defense is the first law of nature: in most governments, it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction."
- St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1803

"The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms, like law, discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside. And while a single nation refuses to lay them down, it is proper that all should keep them up. Horrid mischief would ensue were one-half the world deprived of the use of them; for while avarice and ambition have a place in the heart of man, the weak will become a prey to the strong. The history of every age and nation establishes these truths, and facts need but little arguments when they prove themselves."
- Thomas Paine, "Thoughts on Defensive War" in Pennsylvania Magazine, July 1775

"The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
- Samuel Adams, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788

"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them."
- Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833

"What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty .... Whenever Governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins."
- Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, I Annals of Congress 750, August 17, 1789

"For it is a truth, which the experience of ages has attested, that the people are always most in danger when the means of injuring their rights are in the possession of those of whom they entertain the least suspicion."
- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 25, December 21, 1787

"If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no resource left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government, and which against the usurpations of the national rulers, may be exerted with infinitely better prospect of success than against those of the rulers of an individual state. In a single state, if the persons intrusted with supreme power become usurpers, the different parcels, subdivisions, or districts of which it consists, having no distinct government in each, can take no regular measures for defense. The citizens must rush tumultuously to arms, without concert, without system, without resource; except in their courage and despair."
- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 28

"If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it if it should exist."
- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 28, January 10, 1788

"As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow-citizens, the people are confirmed by the article in their right to keep and bear their private arms."
- Tench Coxe, Philadelphia Federal Gazette, June 18, 1789

We must NOT allow those who would destroy the 2nd Amendment to be successful!

God bless the United States of America and protect her from enemies both foreign and domestic.

Does Gun Control work?

It seems as though after each mass shooting, those in the Democrat Party jump on their high-horse and try to force their idea of protecting the American people from themselves by pushing through massive Gun Control Laws.  The laughable events in the House of Representatives beginning yesterday is another example in a long tradition of grandstanding for political gain.

However, it has already been proven that nothing they are wanting to do would have prevented the Orlando shooter from obtaining his weapons.  I'm not going to get into the details of the investigation of that case because we all know the truth without all the Democrat spin.  Now, we all are hearing about a shooter attacking those in a theater in Germany today.  I have a question....how is that even possible?  We, here in the United States are told on a daily basis that if we would follow the example of the European countries and toughen our gun laws, we would no longer have a gun problem.

Well, we all know that France has some strict gun laws and Germany has some of the strictest ones in all of the European countries.  So, how do you explain these latest attacks on those innocent people?  We learned the Paris attack was done by RADICAL ISLAMIST TERRORISTS.  The same sort of people who attacked Americans in San Bernadino and Orlando.

At the time of this post, they have not released the identity of the person who wounded 25 people in Germany today, but it would not come as a surprise to learn he had Radical Islamic leanings.  So, as the Democrats sitting on the floor, wanting to take away our gun rights for our own good, we need to stand strong and educate our fellow Americans of the folly of a people losing their right of gun ownership.

Our Founders understood this right -

"A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined..."
- George Washington, First Annual Address, to both House of Congress, January 8, 1790

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
- Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Draft 1, 1776

"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, January 30, 1787

"What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, December 20, 1787

"The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
- Thomas Jefferson, Commonplace Book (quoting 18th-century criminologist Cesare Beccaria), 1774-1776

"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun, therefore be your constant companion of your walks." - Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August 19, 1785

"The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Cartwright, 5 June 1824

"On every occasion [of Constitutional interpretation] let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying [to force] what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, [instead let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, 12 June 1823

"I enclose you a list of the killed, wounded, and captives of the enemy from the commencement of hostilities at Lexington in April 1775, until November 1777, since which there has been no event of any consequence ... I think that upon the whole it has been about one-half the number lost by them, in some instances more, but in others less. This difference is ascribed to our superiority in taking aim when we fire; every soldier in our army having been intimate with his gun from his infancy."
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to Giovanni Fabbroni, June 8, 1778

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759

"To disarm the people...[i]s the most effectual way to enslave them."
- George Mason, referencing advice given to the British Parliament by Pennsylvania governor Sir William Keith, The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, June 14, 1788

"I ask who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers."
- George Mason, Address to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 4, 1788

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops."
- Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, October 10, 1787

"Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of."
- James Madison, Federalist No. 46, January 29, 1788

"The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country."
- James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434, June 8, 1789

"...the ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone..."
- James Madison, Federalist No. 46, January 29, 1788

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
- William Pitt (the Younger), Speech in the House of Commons, November 18, 1783

“A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves…and include, according to the past and general usage of the states, all men capable of bearing arms…  "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
- Richard Henry Lee, Federal Farmer No. 18, January 25, 1788

"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined.... The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun."
- Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1778

"This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty.... The right of self-defense is the first law of nature: in most governments, it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction."
- St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1803

"The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms, like law, discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside. And while a single nation refuses to lay them down, it is proper that all should keep them up. Horrid mischief would ensue were one-half the world deprived of the use of them; for while avarice and ambition have a place in the heart of man, the weak will become a prey to the strong. The history of every age and nation establishes these truths, and facts need but little arguments when they prove themselves."
- Thomas Paine, "Thoughts on Defensive War" in Pennsylvania Magazine, July 1775

"The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
- Samuel Adams, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788

"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them."
- Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833

"What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty .... Whenever Governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins."
- Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, I Annals of Congress 750, August 17, 1789

"For it is a truth, which the experience of ages has attested, that the people are always most in danger when the means of injuring their rights are in the possession of those of whom they entertain the least suspicion."
- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 25, December 21, 1787 

"If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no resource left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government, and which against the usurpations of the national rulers, may be exerted with infinitely better prospect of success than against those of the rulers of an individual state. In a single state, if the persons intrusted with supreme power become usurpers, the different parcels, subdivisions, or districts of which it consists, having no distinct government in each, can take no regular measures for defense. The citizens must rush tumultuously to arms, without concert, without system, without resource; except in their courage and despair."
- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 28

"If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it if it should exist."
- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 28, January 10, 1788

"As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow-citizens, the people are confirmed by the article in their right to keep and bear their private arms."
- Tench Coxe, Philadelphia Federal Gazette, June 18, 1789

We must NOT allow those who would destroy the 2nd Amendment to be successful!

God bless the United States of America and protect her from enemies both foreign and domestic.

The Pledge of Allegiance

We must understand our Enemy #1

As a nation, we are facing an enemy unlike any in our history.  This enemy is not like the Nazis of WWII or the Japanese, who attacked Pearl Harbor.  This enemy is one that has mastered the fine art of using our fear of appearing judgmental and close-minded against us.  Every day we hear those in the media and elected to the highest offices of government speak of how Islam is a Religion of Peace.  They talk about how those attacking innocent people are only a small percentage of Muslims around the world so should not be lumped in with the jihadists.

Well, I felt it was time to clear the muddy waters on the truth of Islam and its teachings.  This is the first of several posts that will tackle the truth and dispel the falsehoods spread by those with a political agenda.  It’s time that we understand just who it is we are facing in The War on Terrorism.

Ten simple reasons why Islam is Not a Religion of Peace

#1 – there has been approximately 18,000 deadly terror attacks committed in the name of Islam in just the last ten years worldwide.

#2 - Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, had people killed for insulting him or for criticizing his religion.  It did not matter who they were; women and children were not excluded.  Muslims are commanded to emulate the example of Muhammad.

 #3 - Muhammad had said several times that he was ordered by Allah to fight men until they testified there is no god but Allah.  He also said Allah had chosen him as his messenger.  In the last nine years of his life, Muhammad ordered no less than 65 military campaigns to fulfill that command.  Muhammad inspired his men to war by using captured loot, sex and the promise of paradise as incentives.  He beheaded captives, enslaved children and raped women captured in battle.  This is something we need to understand fully; Muslims are commanded to emulate the example of Muhammad.

#4 - After Muhammad had died; the people who lived with him and knew his religion best immediately fell into war with each other.  10,000 Muslims were killed in a single battle waged less than 25 years after Muhammad's death.  Infighting and power struggles between Muhammad's family members, closest companions and their children intensified with time with several being murdered.  Within 50 short years of Muhammad's death, even the Kaaba, which had stood for centuries under pagan religion, lay in ruins from internal Muslim war, and that's just the fate of those within the house of Islam.

#5 - Muhammad directed Muslims to wage war on other religions and bring them under submission to Islam.  Within the first few decades following his death, his Arabian companions invaded and conquered Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist and Zoroastrian lands. A mere 25 years after Muhammad's death, Muslim armies had captured land and people within the borders of over 28 modern countries outside of Saudi Arabia.

#6 - Muslims continued their Jihad against other religions for 1400 years, checked only by the ability of non-Muslims to defend themselves.  To this day, Islamic fundamentalists continually attempt to kill Christians, Jews, Hindus and Buddhists in the name of Allah.

#7 - Islam is the only religion that retains its membership by threatening to kill anyone who leaves.  This was set forth by Muhammad and continues today.

#8 - Islam teaches that non-Muslims are less than fully human.  Muhammad stated that Muslims can be put to death for the murder of a believer, but a Muslim would never be put to death for killing a non-believer.

#9 - The Quran never speaks of Allah's love for non-Muslims, but it speaks of Allah's cruelty toward and hatred of non-Muslims more than 500 times.

#10 - "Allahu Akbar!  Allahu Akbar!  Allahu Akbar!"  were the last words heard from the cockpit of Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania on 9-11-2001.

As you can see, we are being lied to on a daily basis.  Islam does not teach to love those of other religions.  My friends, we must arm ourselves with the facts of Islam.  We must not allow the Political Correctness crowd to control the narrative.  I hope you have found this post informative and will share it with your friends and family.

In our next post, I will be covering the truth of the Crusades.

Source material – The Religions of Peace: What makes Islam different