Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
The Ignorant Fishermen Blog
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- America's Fall... The Day of the Lord!My dear friend's, once America's restraint is totally and fully removed in this present world, what is to stop the global lawless march to Doomsday (2 Thess. 2:2-8, Rev. 6-19). My friends, a very so...
Where is America in Biblical Prophecy?A resounding question asked by many today is, “Where is America in Biblical prophecy?” The simple answer is that our nation will still exist during the Great Tribulation period, but our military power...
Almighty God's Standard For Marriage - A Bible StudyChristian marriage was designed in heaven for the blessing and good of man, and to portray the proper picture, as we studied in the last chapter. Sinful men have despised God’s ideal for a man and a w...
Almighty God in You - A Slayer of GiantsWho can ever forget the account of David the shepherd boy and his passion and zeal for Almighty God in spirit and truth when he took on the greatest warrior of the Philistine nation in the Name of the...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Islam, 1400 years spread by murder-by Dr Bill Warner.
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Saturday, October 26, 2013
Obama Tells Republicans They Need To Take A Remedial "Real World Math" Course [CLICK for MORE]
Obama Tells Republicans They Need To Take A Remedial "Real World Math" Course [CLICK for MORE]
Obama Tells Republicans They Need To Take A Remedial “Real World Math” Course
Forget the fact that President Obama has presided over the largest increase in the debt in our nation's history, a $17 trillion debt, trillion dollar deficits and and that he thinks we still have enough resources to build his cliched, "roads and bridges", he had the utter audacity the other day when speaking at a Democratic fundraising event to say that Congress (meaning Republicans) need a class in remedial math.
Read the transcript below:
Obama: "Now, some of these ideas I’ve laid out before. Some of them I’m just going ahead and doing on my own. Some of them do require Congress to do something. And one way we can start is by Congress passing a budget that reflects our need to invest in our young people. I know the budgets aren’t the most interesting topic for a Friday afternoon, even in a school where young people like math. And, by the way, I just sat in on a lesson called Real World Math, which got me thinking whether it’s too late to send Congress here, for a remedial course."
"So we need a budget that is responsible, that is fiscally prudent, but a budget that closes what we don’t need, closes wasteful tax loopholes that don’t create jobs, freeing up resources to invest in the things that actually do help us grow, Things like education and scientific research and infrastructure, roads, bridges and airports. This should not be an ideological exercise. We should use some common sense. What’s going to help us grow?”
And here is a video, just to prove Obama is seriously mathematically challenged, where Barack claims he has cut the deficit in half. Apparently he doesn't realize that was after he increased it by nearly 4 times. Fool.
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Friday, October 25, 2013
The Ignorant Fishermen Blog: Obama the Lawless and the Day of the Lord!
The Ignorant Fishermen Blog: Obama the Lawless and the Day of the Lord!
Just in the last four years we have seen the Obama “regime” rejected and lawlessly over ride constitutional and moral laws on the verdicts on, balancing the budget, czars, Obama Care, drilling for oil, the protection of marriage, gays in the military, immigration, state law, the banking industry, the 2nd amendment, separation of powers issues etc.President Obama sees himself “above” the law and outside of its healthy restrictions. This addiction for power and control from this “pee-wee potentate” is plain to see for all. In the name of his subtle and deceiving concerns and personal causes, he is rapidly transforming our republic democracy into a tyrannical lawless state. Just as our founding fathers sternly warned us of what would be - when morality and sound biblical absolutes and principles were out right rejected by our leaders and the people - so has it become here in America today.
Now... with the win of a second term even more delusional promises, non-fulfilling aspirations, hollow false solutions and a never ending tirade of bankrupt platitudes, talking points, slogans, slander and lawless remedies for America's woes, which have been purposely nurtured and stoked by our first Marxist President Obama for the radical transformation of our post Judeo/Christian nation.
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As Chancellor Palpatine (from the fictional Star Wars Saga) slowly and aggressively manipulated the masses, created straw men, manufactured crisis upon crisis, demonized the good with the end to destroy all opposition to his lawless designs and eventually seized absolute power and instituted himself as savior and emperor; so also can we see these traits in America’s “street organizer” and chief and his lawless minions on the Left.
It is this writer’s sound opinion that Obama and his leftist cohorts WILL succeed in their efforts. These "tools" of the Devil (John 8:44) will succeed in putting the final nails into the coffin of this once great Judeo/Christian society and nation which was established and founded on the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God. America is already far past the POINT OF NO RETURN; fiscally, socially, morally and spiritually and no Tea Party will save her from sinking to the bottom of the sea. The Day of the Lord is at the very door! Be NOT deceived!! See Chart
Lucifer is “at present” setting the final global stage for the world’s reception and worship of “the” Lawless One (Eph. 6:12, 2 Thess. 2:3-12, Rev. 13) This man will be the lawless pinnacle of human depravity and will be exalted far above all the lawless ones that have ever existed before him - in the history of man - by Satan (2 Thess. 2:3-12, Rev. 13). Only one event, the Rapture of the Church of Christ prevents his unmasking and manifestation to a godless Christ rejecting world (2 Thess. 2:5-8, Rev. 6:1-2).
This seven year period will be the junction station of the last 4300 years of the godless and lawless rebellion of Noah’s descendants (Gen. 9:1-19, 10, 11). The horrific devastation and global tribulation at this time will bring to the forefront man’s godless rebellion and rejection of Almighty God’s saving grace (2 Thess. 2:10-12). There is nothing like intense tribulation, oppression, and anarchy to bring out that which is in the heart of fallen man (Gen. 6:3, 5, Jer.17:9, Matt. 15:17-20, Gal. 5:19-21). These conditions will either open the eyes of sinful man to the realities and saving grace and love of Almighty God(Rom. 7:24-25, Eph. 2:1-10), or it will harden the lawless heart of fallen man solid as a diamond (2 Thess. 2:10-12, Heb. 3:15, Rev. 9:20-21, 14:9-11, 16:9). It will be at this time that one’s personal choice will be made abundantly clear. There will be absolutely no confusion or misunderstanding about the choice that one will make at this time. One will either choose to follow Almighty God and His RIGHTEOUSNESS(Rom. 5:1, 10:2-4) or one will follow the godless insanity of the fallen angel Lucifer and his delusional make believe that will lead all that follow him to ETERNAL damnation and desolation (Matt. 24:15, 25:41, 2 Thess. 2:10-12, Rev. 14:9-11, 20:10-15).
In this lawless one’s 3 ½ year autocratic despotic totalitarian fascist global reign, he will be absolutely invincible (Dan. 11:36-39, Rev. 13). He will seek the global worship not just of himself, but for his tyrannical angelic master Lucifer, the father and progenitor of all that is lawless (Isa. 14: 12-16, Ezek 28:13-18, Dan. 11:36-39, John 8:44, 1 John 3:8, Rev. 13). Those that will worship him – at this time – will worship him in a vile state of lawlessness.
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The Righteous One
There is ONLY One who is RIGHTEOUS and gave himself for the sins and transgressions of the whole world. That One is the Son of Almighty God Jesus Christ. The Bible states;
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved" (John 3:16-17).
"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit" (1 Peter 3:18).
As we see lawlessness abounding in these present days with no end in sight, may your heart be looking to the Savior of mankind.
Do you have a personal relationship to the Lord Jesus Christ in spirit and truth as the Bible clearly teaches (John 4:24)? If not, be sure to place your trust in Him today. It is absolutely crucial for your ETERNITY. He will deliver you from ALL of your transgressions against the ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS absolutes of Almighty God and the lawlessness of your heart (Jer 17:9). May you place your trust in Him today! You will NEVER be the same!
The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
DJP I.F.
Lucifer's Architect’s of Anarchy
The Gospel of John Challenge
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A "Note" to our readers:
It is our sincere desire that President Obama and the greedy oppressing elites and ruling class of this world would see the big picture and see their desperate need for Almighty God's saving grace which is found in the Savior of the world (the Lord Jesus Christ), Who is KING of kings and LORD of lords (John 3:16-17, Rom. 10:2-4). Indeed a great Day is coming in which great and small will stand before the Son and give a full account for their deeds in the flesh and their rejection and rebellion against the Savior of the world (Rev. 20:11-15). While there is yet time and breath left in their nostrils, may these cry out to the Savior in repentance and with a contrite heart! The Day of Slaughter is at hand, just as James warned of and great it will be (James 5:5, Rev. 19:15-21. 20:11-15)!
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2013
Obama the Lawless and the Day of the Lord!
Just in the last four years we have seen the Obama “regime” rejected and lawlessly over ride constitutional and moral laws on the verdicts on, balancing the budget, czars, Obama Care, drilling for oil, the protection of marriage, gays in the military, immigration, state law, the banking industry, the 2nd amendment, separation of powers issues etc.President Obama sees himself “above” the law and outside of its healthy restrictions. This addiction for power and control from this “pee-wee potentate” is plain to see for all. In the name of his subtle and deceiving concerns and personal causes, he is rapidly transforming our republic democracy into a tyrannical lawless state. Just as our founding fathers sternly warned us of what would be - when morality and sound biblical absolutes and principles were out right rejected by our leaders and the people - so has it become here in America today.
Now... with the win of a second term even more delusional promises, non-fulfilling aspirations, hollow false solutions and a never ending tirade of bankrupt platitudes, talking points, slogans, slander and lawless remedies for America's woes, which have been purposely nurtured and stoked by our first Marxist President Obama for the radical transformation of our post Judeo/Christian nation.
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President Obama see’s himself “above” the law and outside of its healthy restrictions.
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As Chancellor Palpatine (from the fictional Star Wars Saga) slowly and aggressively manipulated the masses, created straw men, manufactured crisis upon crisis, demonized the good with the end to destroy all opposition to his lawless designs and eventually seized absolute power and instituted himself as savior and emperor; so also can we see these traits in America’s “street organizer” and chief and his lawless minions on the Left.It is this writer’s sound opinion that Obama and his leftist cohorts WILL succeed in their efforts. These "tools" of the Devil (John 8:44) will succeed in putting the final nails into the coffin of this once great Judeo/Christian society and nation which was established and founded on the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God. America is already far past the POINT OF NO RETURN; fiscally, socially, morally and spiritually and no Tea Party will save her from sinking to the bottom of the sea. The Day of the Lord is at the very door! Be NOT deceived!! See Chart
America is already far past the point of no return; fiscally, socially, morally and spiritually and no Tea Party will save her from sinking to the bottom of the sea.
Obama, like the countless others (Pharaoh, Cesar, Hitler, Stalin Mao, Mussolini, Castro etc.) of world's history who choose to out work a godless and lawless ideology (Rom. 1:18-32) have all been Lucifer's pawns and tools for setting the stage for his lawless masterpiece, the "Anti Christ" (Eph. 6:12, 2 Thess. 2:3-12, Rev.13). Once America isremoved and rendered useless on the world scene by our ever growing lawless nation and leadership, what will ever contain and stop mankind’s ever growing spirit of lawlessness from permeating through out the entire world and enslaving the inhabitants of planet earth to the despotic fascist reign of godless and lawless men? Nothing at all, for that is exactly where we are heading as a world today; straight into the"Day of the Lord" and "His Day of Wrath" upon the lawless designs and institutions of the world’s leaders and their inhabitants (Isa. 24:4-6, Mal. 4:1). – SEE Chart
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All Roads Today Lead to “The” Lawless One
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All Roads Today Lead to “The” Lawless One
Lucifer is “at present” setting the final global stage for the world’s reception and worship of “the” Lawless One (Eph. 6:12, 2 Thess. 2:3-12, Rev. 13) This man will be the lawless pinnacle of human depravity and will be exalted far above all the lawless ones that have ever existed before him - in the history of man - by Satan (2 Thess. 2:3-12, Rev. 13). Only one event, the Rapture of the Church of Christ prevents his unmasking and manifestation to a godless Christ rejecting world (2 Thess. 2:5-8, Rev. 6:1-2).This masterpiece of Satan will absolutely despise ALL that is Almighty God; His ETERNAL Person, His ETERNAL sovereignty, His established ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS, His OMNIPOTENT creative design, and His ordained and established laws and absolutes for time and ETERNITY (Dan. 7:25, Rev. 13: 5-6). Most of all, it will be this man’s burning passion to tyrannically oppose - lock stock and barrel during this seven year period - Almighty God’s Divine and angelic revelation, His signs and wonders, His godly messengers of the glorious gospel of Jesus Messiah and chiefly - Almighty God’s Christ “the Lamb of Almighty God” (Dan. 7: 25, 9:27, 11:36-39, Rev.17:12-14; Rev. 6-19).
This man will be the lawless pinnacle of human depravity and will be exalted far above all the lawless ones that have ever existed before him - in the history of man - by Satan.
There will be absolutely no confusion or misunderstanding about the choice that one is to make at this time.
All that side with Lucifer (i.e., Satan) and his Anti Christ’s lawless rebellion at this time will indeed be doing so against the ETERNAL ESTABLISHED RIGHTEOUSNESS of Almighty God (2 Thess. 2:3-12, Rev. 14:9-11). These “hater’s of reality” will FOREVER share and align themselves with Lucifer’s godless lawless rebellion. These lovers of lawlessness will seal their fate in perdition and ETERNAL Fire (Matt. 25:41, Rev. 14:9-11, 20:10-15), for the anti Christ (the man of lawlessness) IS the abomination that will make all who follow him ETERNALLY desolate (Matt. 24:15, 25:41, 2 Thess. 2:10-12, Rev. 14:9-11, 20:10-15).
In this lawless one’s 3 ½ year autocratic despotic totalitarian fascist global reign, he will be absolutely invincible (Dan. 11:36-39, Rev. 13). He will seek the global worship not just of himself, but for his tyrannical angelic master Lucifer, the father and progenitor of all that is lawless (Isa. 14: 12-16, Ezek 28:13-18, Dan. 11:36-39, John 8:44, 1 John 3:8, Rev. 13). Those that will worship him – at this time – will worship him in a vile state of lawlessness.
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The Righteous One
There is ONLY One who is RIGHTEOUS and gave himself for the sins and transgressions of the whole world. That One is the Son of Almighty God Jesus Christ. The Bible states;"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved" (John 3:16-17).
"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit" (1 Peter 3:18).
As we see lawlessness abounding in these present days with no end in sight, may your heart be looking to the Savior of mankind.
Do you have a personal relationship to the Lord Jesus Christ in spirit and truth as the Bible clearly teaches (John 4:24)? If not, be sure to place your trust in Him today. It is absolutely crucial for your ETERNITY. He will deliver you from ALL of your transgressions against the ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS absolutes of Almighty God and the lawlessness of your heart (Jer 17:9). May you place your trust in Him today! You will NEVER be the same!
The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
DJP I.F.
Lucifer's Architect’s of Anarchy
The Gospel of John Challenge
What is Sin?
A "Note" to our readers:
It is our sincere desire that President Obama and the greedy oppressing elites and ruling class of this world would see the big picture and see their desperate need for Almighty God's saving grace which is found in the Savior of the world (the Lord Jesus Christ), Who is KING of kings and LORD of lords (John 3:16-17, Rom. 10:2-4). Indeed a great Day is coming in which great and small will stand before the Son and give a full account for their deeds in the flesh and their rejection and rebellion against the Savior of the world (Rev. 20:11-15). While there is yet time and breath left in their nostrils, may these cry out to the Savior in repentance and with a contrite heart! The Day of Slaughter is at hand, just as James warned of and great it will be (James 5:5, Rev. 19:15-21. 20:11-15)!
The Ignorant Fishermen Blog: Take That Hill! In God's Will!
The Ignorant Fishermen Blog: Take That Hill! In God's Will!
"Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ" (2 Tim.2:3)!
"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God"(Col 3:1)!
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"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings (godly laud and praises) in heavenly places in Christ" (Eph 1:3)!
"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" (1 John 5:4)!
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"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel" (Eph 6:10-19)!
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"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses" (1Tim 6:12)!
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Plil. 4:13)!
"Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place" (2 Cor. 2:14)!
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 15:57)!
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerorsthrough him that loved us (Romans 8:37)!
"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them:because greater is he (Christ) that is in you, than he(Satan) that is in the world (1 John 4:4)!
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"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Cor.10:31)!
Now Soldier of the Lord; Take that Hill! In God's Will! For Almighty God's glory!
To God Be the Glory!
The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
DJP I.F.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013
Take That Hill! In God's Will!
"Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ" (2 Tim.2:3)!
"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God"(Col 3:1)!
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"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings (godly laud and praises) in heavenly places in Christ" (Eph 1:3)!
"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" (1 John 5:4)!
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"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel" (Eph 6:10-19)!
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"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses" (1Tim 6:12)!
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Plil. 4:13)!
"Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place" (2 Cor. 2:14)!
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 15:57)!
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerorsthrough him that loved us (Romans 8:37)!
"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them:because greater is he (Christ) that is in you, than he(Satan) that is in the world (1 John 4:4)!
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"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Cor.10:31)!
Now Soldier of the Lord; Take that Hill! In God's Will! For Almighty God's glory!
To God Be the Glory!
The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
DJP I.F.
Follow the Law | RedState
Follow the Law | RedState
Follow the Law
Vladimir Lenin is said to have observed, “the worse, the better,” meaning the worse things got for Russians the better it was for the communists.
Lately, the left has taken to calling conservatives “Leninists” for our refusal to fix Obamacare.
The implicit acknowledgement here is that Obamacare is going to make things worse, despite their claims to the contrary.
No conservative wants things to get worse. We just know things will get worse. Obamacare will be deeply destructive. People are already seeing it. The only way Obamacare would ever work is if people behaved irrationally. It is a system that requires the young to go out and by their own insurance, but allows them to stay on their parents’ insurance until they are well into their twenties. The law operates only if people do not behave like people.
Republicans should be opposed to any and all fixes of Obamacare. The GOP should not lift even half a finger to accommodate Democrat demands for changes. The Democrats planned and implemented Obamacare without a single Republican vote. They made clear they did not need the votes. They used a budgetary procedure in the Senate to get around a filibuster after the people of Massachusetts sent a Republican in Ted Kennedy’s steed to try to stop it.
So the Democrats can own it. They can own every deleted application, every delayed entry into the website, every denial of insurance, every decline in full time work, and every denial of care that comes from this horrible law.
The Democrats can own it all.
Republicans who have said forever that the law will crumble on its own (looking at you, Paul Ryan), need to step back and let it collapse. I hope the lawsuit seeking an end to subsidies in states without state run exchanges is a smashing success.
Americans should not suffer. Barack Obama promised that Obamacare would relieve Americans’ suffering. So now it is time to see if he is right with the law as the Democrats wrote it. Let’s follow the law and see where it leads.
If it leads to worse, it is not that conservatives wanted it to be, just that we knew it would be so and the Democrats refused to listen.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Israeli-Saudi agreement: US foreign policy can’t be trusted « Hot Air
Israeli-Saudi agreement: US foreign policy can’t be trusted « Hot Air
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Israeli-Saudi agreement: US foreign policy can’t be trusted
POSTED AT 2:41 PM ON OCTOBER 24, 2013 BY ED MORRISSEY
It’s not often that one finds agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. In fact, there isn’t anything on which they agree — except for the danger posed by a nuclear-armed Iran. That has them also agreeing on the dangerous direction in American foreign policy under Barack Obama and John Kerry, with both warning of the big mistake in allowing Iran to continue its uranium-enrichment activities:
The Obama administration on Wednesday acknowledged a widening gulf with key Middle Eastern allies over nuclear talks with Iran, as Israeli and Persian Gulf Arab leaders pressed for drastic cuts to Iran’s atomic infrastructure that Tehran has insisted it will never accept.The differences came into stark relief as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to lecture Secretary of State John F. Kerry at a joint news conference, warning against a “bad deal” that would allow Iran to retain any capability to make enriched uranium. …“Iran must not have a nuclear weapons capability, which means that they shouldn’t have centrifuges for enrichment,” Netanyahu told reporters after a private meeting with Kerry in Rome. “ . . . I think a partial deal that leaves Iran with these capabilities is a bad deal.”
It’s this new direction that is driving the Saudis to find a more reliable partner for regional security, writes David Ignatius. The US had better start worrying about the allies it has left in that region, which have been continuously dismayed with the response to the Arab Spring and now see the US as abandoning their alliance against Iran:
What should worry the Obama administration is that Saudi concern about U.S. policy in the Middle East is shared by the four other traditional U.S. allies in the region: Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Israel. They argue (mostly privately) that Obama has shredded U.S. influence by dumping President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, backing the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, opposing the coup that toppled Morsi, vacillating in its Syria policy, and now embarking on negotiations with Iran — all without consulting close Arab allies.Saudi King Abdullah privately voiced his frustration with U.S. policy in a lunch in Riyadh Monday with King Abdullah of Jordan and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed of the U.A.E., according to a knowledgeable Arab official. The Saudi monarch “is convinced the U.S. is unreliable,” this official said. “I don’t see a genuine desire to fix it” on either side, he added.The Saudis’ pique, in turn, has reinforced the White House’s frustration that Riyadh is an ungrateful and sometimes petulant ally. When Secretary of State John Kerry was in the region a few weeks ago, he asked to visit Bandar. The Saudi prince is said to have responded that he was on his way out of the kingdom, but that Kerry could meet him at the airport. This response struck U.S. officials as high-handed.Saudi Arabia obviously wants attention, but what’s surprising is the White House’s inability to convey the desired reassurances over the past two years. The problem was clear in the fall of 2011, when I was told by Saudi officials in Riyadh that they increasingly regarded the U.S. as unreliable and would look elsewhere for their security. Obama’s reaction to these reports was to be peeved that the Saudis didn’t recognize all that the U.S. was doing to help their security, behind the scenes. The president was right on the facts but wrong on the atmospherics.
Actually, Obama should have been listening to Saudi Arabia and Israel on Egypt, too. The fall of Mubarak and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood didn’t play to their benefit. More importantly, the speed in which Obama abandoned a decades-long ally — and a critical ally for regional security — had to be a wake-up call to the Saudi royal family, whose rule has hardly been more enlightened than that of Mubarak. Abandoning one’s allies so casually in that region teaches critical lessons about the nature of our friendship, and it’s not surprising to see Saudi Arabia recalculating its interests with that in mind.
Michael Totten sees the same problem:
The White House is so desperate to cut a deal with America’s enemies that the president will go along on even a farcical ride. As a result, the Saudi government is threatening to drastically “scale back” the relationship.“I’ve worked in this field for a long time,” says Brooking Institution expert Mike Doran in London’s Telegraph, “and I’ve studied the history. I know of no analogous period. I’ve never seen so many disagreements on so many key fronts all at once. And I’ve never seen such a willingness on the part of the Saudis to publicly express their frustration. Iran is the number one issue — the only issue for Saudi policy makers. When you add up the whole Middle Eastern map — Syria, Iraq, Iran — it looks to the Saudis as if the US is throwing Sunni allies under the bus by trying to cut a deal with Iran and its allies.”Foreign Policy 101 dictates that you reward your friends and punish your enemies. Attempts to get cute and reverse the traditional formula always lead to disaster. Yet Barack Obama thinks if he stiffs his friends, his enemies will become a little less hostile. That’s not how it works, but the Saudis have figured out what Obama is doing and are acting accordingly.“They [the Americans] are going to be upset—and we can live with that,” said Mustafa Alani, a Saudi foreign policy analyst. “We are learning from our enemies now how to treat the United States.”
Michael has much more to say, so be sure to read it all. The bottom line is that the Obama administration has proven by its actions what its priorities are. Don’t blame the Saudis for acting rationally to that clarity, or the Israelis for publicly rebuking the US for its recent turn in diplomatic policy.
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The Return of the Welfare State | American Clarion
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The Return of the Welfare State
October 24, 2013 · By Bob Ellis · 0 Comments
Did you know that in 5 years of the Obama Administration, the federal government has spent 62% as much on welfare in those five years as the United States spent in the 30 years following President Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty?”
Yes, according to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget, we have spent $3.7 TRILLION on welfare in the last five years on 80 different welfare programs. For those of you who remember the landmark welfare reform brought about by Republicans following the 1994 “Republican revolution,” it was commonly acknowledged at that time that we had spent $6 trillion in the 30 year “War on Poverty”…only to see thepoverty rate increase slightly. Not decrease. Increase. Until Republicans knocked the wheels off the gravy train, you had generations of families on welfare.
In 2009, President Obama and a Democrat Senate and House eagerly set about dismantling the welfare reform Republicans instituted a little more than a decade earlier (the first time Democrats had been in power to have a chance to dismantle it). The Democrats brought back the “welfare queens,” put large numbers of Americans back on the government plantation, and began finding new and innovative ways to urinate away the hard-earned dollars of producing Americans.
We have federal funding for frat students, free lunches for all, Obamaphones, health care dependencyportals, pickup truck driving rocker surfer dudes buying lobster and fish on the taxpayer’s dime, welfare recipients buying and dumping bottled water for cash, millionaires on food stamps, and more Americans on “disability” than live in New York City.
Sadly, Republicans haven’t done much to reverse this trend since Tea Party patriots gave them control of the House back and increased numbers in the Senate in 2010; they’ve been too busy surrendering to what Democrats want.
One American is not entitled to the earnings and property of another American. Our constitution doesn’t allow this wealth redistribution, even though it has eclipsed the constitutional spending on defense. This isn’t how America was designed to operate and it was not how America operated until the last several decades. It’s bad for the country, bad for the American people, and people aren’t entitled to the earnings of another against their will.
A free nation can’t continue on when it’s busy consuming itself. Let’s restore sanity now.
HT: Free Republic
Yes, according to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget, we have spent $3.7 TRILLION on welfare in the last five years on 80 different welfare programs. For those of you who remember the landmark welfare reform brought about by Republicans following the 1994 “Republican revolution,” it was commonly acknowledged at that time that we had spent $6 trillion in the 30 year “War on Poverty”…only to see thepoverty rate increase slightly. Not decrease. Increase. Until Republicans knocked the wheels off the gravy train, you had generations of families on welfare.
In 2009, President Obama and a Democrat Senate and House eagerly set about dismantling the welfare reform Republicans instituted a little more than a decade earlier (the first time Democrats had been in power to have a chance to dismantle it). The Democrats brought back the “welfare queens,” put large numbers of Americans back on the government plantation, and began finding new and innovative ways to urinate away the hard-earned dollars of producing Americans.
We have federal funding for frat students, free lunches for all, Obamaphones, health care dependencyportals, pickup truck driving rocker surfer dudes buying lobster and fish on the taxpayer’s dime, welfare recipients buying and dumping bottled water for cash, millionaires on food stamps, and more Americans on “disability” than live in New York City.
Sadly, Republicans haven’t done much to reverse this trend since Tea Party patriots gave them control of the House back and increased numbers in the Senate in 2010; they’ve been too busy surrendering to what Democrats want.
One American is not entitled to the earnings and property of another American. Our constitution doesn’t allow this wealth redistribution, even though it has eclipsed the constitutional spending on defense. This isn’t how America was designed to operate and it was not how America operated until the last several decades. It’s bad for the country, bad for the American people, and people aren’t entitled to the earnings of another against their will.
A free nation can’t continue on when it’s busy consuming itself. Let’s restore sanity now.
HT: Free Republic
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
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