What do you call it when the Government runs businesses, banks, the media, the schools, medicine, and decides what you can and cannot say in public? The answer today in this country is now called the progressive movement.

Yet in the past, the Progressive Party was just a more palatable name for the Communist Party.

Communal living was tried before in this nation’s history, these Christians called themselves Pilgrims.

This system of government also failed horribly; as the sluggards figured out that others would take care of them.

Only the native people of this land saved the Europeans from certain death, by teaching them the art of trade or Capitalism.

Whether a Christian or a Heathen, conservative or a liberal, history has proved that man’s sin nature has never changed

Yet his actions are called by different names. National Socialism has also been tried before, and it oppressed people from their individual liberties and even their lives.

Our founding Fathers understood this principle of oppressive governments, in pray fully writing our Constitution.

They realized that God and his principles; must always be put above a people, or their government to insure freedom.

They knew the principle of individual freedoms, and responsibility were endowed by our Creator, and were always to be put ahead of government controls, not government controls being put before God and a people.

Whenever God or peoples are ignored by a government; the results have always been the same.

Does anyone remember the problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center?

Well, I was caught in that web of communication and service problems at the time and believe me for a full time Army Reserve Technician, injured in the line of duty it was no picnic.

I have always supported my country and my president as a soldier, and this time was no different. I do not blame the President for the failings at “WRAMC” those problems would have been their despite who the President was. It is my opinion in being one of the first Units in my area mobilized after 911 that no real national upgrades have been made to our military on a national level since WWII.

This was obvious to me, the Army and others when we were housed in the barracks of our fathers and grandfathers. Don’t get me wrong, it was kind of a neat experience, but still anyone could see these barracks were never intended to last sixty years.

It is much the same for a military facility, they just had not expected the volume of soldiers that were activated after 911, and WRAMC was no different.

After returning home and transferring from my activated unit back into the unit I worked full time for, I was undergoing our annual battle group training at FT. Meade, MD.

That day was my day of twenty years of military service, and I pushed myself as hard as ever! We were doing water survival training, and immediately after my heart decided to stop... I even had my own Near Death Experience; you can read about on {LightshipMinister.blogspot.com} if you would like, but I am here to tell about what Sen. John McCain did for me over two years after this incident occurred.

Our bills and documentations were piling up in our home, medical, military and my wife’s employment situation for the State of Maryland. It was a great time of anxiety, anger and fear in our relationship. The Army kept telling us to be patient in our situation, but it had been a year and a half, and we had no word about my medical evaluations.

Fortunately for me the U.S. Navy had come to my rescue, and I had the same doc that many on Capitol Hill used for care. Anyway, I finally e-mailed Sen. John McCain about my concerns, as even my own congressional representative had not receive phone calls from the Army Hospital in over a year.

Sen. John McCain did not know me from Adam, yet he championed my case as if it was his own! Within a couple days the 99^th Army Reserve Command (who I worked under) contacted me and they were not happy, yet this burocrtic train was starting to move now, with great speed I must add.

It’s too bad that the most powerful leader of the world is not elected under the Merit Promotion criteria, but instead is elected to office like a Television Promotion.

 That’s rite like a T.V. commercial, think about it the MTV generation goes after anyone who would dare and compare merit to popular culture.

How dare anyone say that the most powerful position in the world be merited!

However, history has proved that the most popular leaders have not always been the best leaders. Winston Churchill was never popular before England really needed him, but because of his experience he had merited, he rose to the level of being one of the greatest men in history!

If one really thinks about it most great people were prepared for leadership long before they were expected to perform in whatever task they were given.

I don’t care how much establishment, educators, or media personalities like a person it all boils down to that individual’s preparedness and character traits.

Most any other executive position a person is hired for (unless they are someone’s cronies)  has always been based on that persons merit and leadership credentials so why should the President of the United States be any different, yet it often is.

I often think about that old verse, “My people perish, for lack of knowledge” and this verse is not just talking about some sheepskin, when taken in contexts.

All throughout history, if people had chosen their leaders wisely instead of just for selfish reasons many civilizations would not have crumbled as quickly as they did.

Anyway, I wish the President of the United States was chosen based on Merit rather than Popularity, because in the long run that would be better for US all.

I was watching Hannity and Colmes last evening and the owner of Pink Magazine was offended by “Men Working” signs in Atlanta, Georgia; because they were not “all inclusive” when it came to the gender neutral vocabulary.

She then drew a comparison to “Men Working signs” with hypothetical signs about “Jews Working” or other racially charged signs that would be unacceptable in American society.

This is a historical fact in the world, and “most men” showed no mallets when it came to providing for women, or their families either in the workplace or battlefield. Have we become so politically obsorbed that we must constantly revise the past?

Revisionist Feminist need to understand this history in its proper perspective, and stop using emotionalism, false comparisons, and the manipulation of guilt on men that had nothing or nothing to do with any type of discrimination in the past.

Fore most, they must stop comparing racial discrimination and even slavery too themselves as the majority of women suffrage by most men in the west deeply pales in comparison.

Get a Grip, we all should be thankful we live in a country that recognizes the accomplishments of others, and strives to be better.

I am a true Conservative and a Christian. I don't believe that by supporting John McCain for President that I am a sell out to my principals.

We do not, nor have we ever lived in a perfectly principled world.

 I also believe in the two party systems, if historically pre Nazi Germany had not had multiple political parties that divided up the vote, than Adolph Hitler could have never been elected to power. I am not trying to compare anyone too Hitler, I am simply attempting to show what can happen in having a divided electorate.

Why do I make this comparison; it is because ideal logy has never politically held a place in reality, and the closest ideal logs ever elected to power have always been extremists.

Even Ronald Reagan with his steadfast beliefs always was able to compromise for the greater good of the country, and I believe that all Republicans conservative or otherwise need to support the lesser of two evils.

I greatly respect the rite of others to descent as a matter of conscience, but please do not forget that we are at war, and we must slow the tied of decline of our country as much as possible. This will not happen if liberal Democrats’ are continually elected to power.

I agree with Ann Coulter on the political issues stated; however wars are often won as the enemy of my enemy often becomes my ally.

I realize it is Ann’s Job to be a sword of truth for the “Godly” Conservative cause as it is many others including myself, but please let’s not forget the alternative of our complacency if we cannot at least vote for the greater good of our country, putting our more personal beliefs in perspective.

In the interest of full disclosure; I am a Disabled American Veteran and certified Chaplain that Sen. John McCain personally helped when my other representatives could not, at Walter Reed. I must tell you for me personally, I felt led to give back to Senator McCain for all that the Lord used him in my life.

Again this is a matter of individual conscience, but at least consider the alternatives if this Party fails to elect even a moderate as a President.

In a general election, we must move beyond Party lines and in my opinion vote for the greater good of the country.

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