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Big Government : National Day of Prayer is about American Beginnings … So, What are the Courts Saying about America

Sat, 8 May 2010 04:58:13 +0000

@CgntivDssdnt.. @mattseanbachman ...@Bob...@flinderflynn...@UNC... You all show how ignorant you are... It figures someone from Chapel Hill would think or say that there has not been a National Day of Prayer for 150 years... Check actual History.. not that liberal humanist crap taught at UNC. News Flash: "Establishment" in the First Amendment is a NOUN.... not a verb. So to "make no law respecting an establishment of religion", refers to a religious entity or religious group. Meaning Congress shall make no law regarding any church or entity of religion. Now... go back and read my last 3 posts on the first page of quotes and my first post on this page... What those posts contain is the actual 6 pages of what the US Supreme Court said in 1892, in the case "Trinity vs. United States". The Justices presented 6 pages of information and concluded by saying "This IS a Christian Nation." Now how about that Obama.... We are a Christian Nation.... and not a Muslim Nation like you have said.. Fool! .

Big Government : National Day of Prayer is about American Beginnings … So, What are the Courts Saying about America

Sat, 8 May 2010 00:22:23 +0000

(continuing from the US Supreme Court in Trinity vs United Sates, 1892) Page 143 U. S. 471 subject, is granted and secured; but to revile, with malicious and blasphemous contempt, the religion professed by almost the whole community is an abuse of that right. Nor are we bound by any expressions in the Constitution, as some have strangely supposed, either not to punish at all, or to punish indiscriminately the like attacks upon the religion of Mahomet or of the Grand Lama, and for this plain reason, that the case assumes that we are a Christian people, and the morality of the country is deeply engrafted upon Christianity, and not upon the doctrines or worship of those impostors." And in the famous case of @ 43 U. S. 198, this Court, while sustaining the will of Mr. Girard, with its provision for the creation of a college into which no minister should be permitted to enter, observed: "It is also said, and truly, that the Christian religion is a part of the common law of Pennsylvania." If we pass beyond these matters to a view of American life, as expressed by its laws, its business, its customs, and its society, we find every where a clear recognition of the same truth. Among other matters, note the following: the form of oath universally prevailing, concluding with an appeal to the Almighty; the custom of opening sessions of all deliberative bodies and most conventions with prayer; the prefatory words of all wills, "In the name of God, amen;" the laws respecting the observance of the Sabbath, with the general cessation of all secular business, and the closing of courts, legislatures, and other similar public assemblies on that day; the churches and church organizations which abound in every city, town, and hamlet; the multitude of charitable organizations existing every where under Christian auspices; the gigantic missionary associations, with general support, and aiming to establish Christian missions in every quarter of the globe. These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation. .

Big Government : National Day of Prayer is about American Beginnings … So, What are the Courts Saying about America

Sat, 8 May 2010 00:21:21 +0000

(continuing from the US Supreme Court in Trinity vs United Sates, 1892) Page 143 U. S. 469 believes in the existence of God, and that, under his dispensation, such person will be held morally accountable for his acts, and be rewarded or punished therefor, either in this world or the world to come. That no religious test ought ever to be required as a qualification for any office of profit or trust in this state, other than a declaration of belief in the existence of God; nor shall the legislature prescribe any other oath of office than the oath prescribed by this constitution." Or like that in Articles 2 and 3 of part 1st of the Constitution of Massachusetts, 1780: "It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme Being, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. . . . As the happiness of a people and the good order and preservation of civil government essentially depend upon piety, religion, and morality, and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community but by the institution of the public worship of God and of public instructions in piety, religion, and morality, therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic or religious societies to make suitable provision at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily." Or, as in sections 5 and 14 of Article 7 of the Constitution of Mississippi, 1832: "No person who denies the being of a God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this state. . . . Religion morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government, the preservation of liberty, and the happiness of mankind, schools, and the means of education, shall forever be encouraged in this state." Or by Article 22 of the Constitution of Delaware, (1776), which required all officers, besides an oath of allegiance, to make and subscribe the following declaration: "I, A. B., do profess Page 143 U. S. 470 faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ His only Son, and in the Holy Ghost, one God, blessed for evermore, and I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration." Even the Constitution of the United States, which is supposed to have little touch upon the private life of the individual, contains in the First Amendment a declaration common to the constitutions of all the states, as follows: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," etc., and also provides in Article I, Section 7, a provision common to many constitutions, that the executive shall have ten days (Sundays excepted) within which to determine whether he will approve or veto a bill. There is no dissonance in these declarations. There is a universal language pervading them all, having one meaning. They affirm and reaffirm that this is a religious nation. These are not individual sayings, declarations of private persons. They are organic utterances. They speak the voice of the entire people. While, because of a general recognition of this truth, the question has seldom been presented to the courts, yet we find that in Updegraph v. Commonwealth, 11 S. & R. 394, 400, it was decided that "Christianity, general Christianity, is, and always has been, a part of the common law of Pennsylvania; . . . not Christianity with an established church and tithes and spiritual courts, but Christianity with liberty of conscience to all men." And in People v. Ruggles, 8 Johns. 290, 294-295, Chancellor Kent, the great commentator on American law, speaking as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, said: "The people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity as the rule of their faith and practice, and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order. . . . The free, equal, and undisturbed enjoyment of religious opinion, whatever it may be, and free and decent discussions on any religious

Big Government : National Day of Prayer is about American Beginnings … So, What are the Courts Saying about America

Sat, 8 May 2010 00:19:17 +0000

(continuing from the US Supreme Court in Trinity vs United Sates, 1892) Page 143 U. S. 467 so to Order and dispose of things that we the Inhabitants and Residents of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield are now cohabiting and dwelling in and vppon the River of Conectecotte and the Lands thereunto adioyneing; And well knowing where a people are gathered togather the word of God requires that to mayntayne the peace and vnion of such a people there should be an orderly and decent Gouerment established according to God, to order and dispose of the affayres of the people at all seasons as occation shall require; doe therefore assotiate and conioyne our selues to be as one Publike state or Comonwelth, and doe, for our selues and our Successors and such as shall be adioyned to vs att any tyme hereafter, enter into Combination and Confederation togather, to mayntayne and presearue the liberty and purity of the gospell of our Lord Jesus weh we now prfesse, as also the disciplyne of the Churches, weh according to the truth of the said gospell is now practiced amongst vs." In the charter of privileges granted by William Penn to the province of Pennsylvania, in 1701, it is recited: "Because no People can be truly happy, though under the greatest Enjoyment of Civil Liberties, if abridged of the Freedom of their Consciences, as to their Religious Profession and Worship; And Almighty God being the only Lord of Conscience, Father of Lights and Spirits, and the Author as well as Object of all divine Knowledge, Faith, and Worship, who only doth enlighten the Minds, and persuade and convince the Understandings of People, I do hereby grant and declare," etc. Coming nearer to the present time, the declaration of independence recognizes the presence of the Divine in human affairs in these words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that thet are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. . . . We therefore the Representatives of the united states of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name and by Authority of the good these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare," etc.; "And for the Page 143 U. S. 468 support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." If we examine the constitutions of the various states, we find in them a constant recognition of religious obligations. Every Constitution of every one of the forty-four states contains language which, either directly or by clear implication, recognizes a profound reverence for religion, and an assumption that its influence in all human affairs is essential to the wellbeing of the community. This recognition may be in the preamble, such as is found in the Constitution of Illinois, 1870: "We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political, and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and transmit the same unimpaired to succeeding generations," etc. It may be only in the familiar requisition that all officers shall take an oath closing with the declaration, "so help me God." It may be in clauses like that of the Constitution of Indiana, 1816, Art. XI, section 4: "The manner of administering an oath or affirmation shall be such as is most consistent with the conscience of the deponent, and shall be esteemed the most solemn appeal to God." Or in provisions such as are found in Articles 36 and 37 of the declaration of rights of the Constitution of Maryland, 1867: "That, as it is the duty of every man to worship God in such manner as he thinks most acceptable to Him, all persons are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty, wherefore no person ought, by any law, to be molested in his person or estate on account of his religious persuasion or profession, or for his religious practice, unless, under the color of religion, he shall disturb the good order, peace, or safety of the state, or shall infringe the laws of morality, or injure others in their natural, civil, or religious rights; nor ought any person to be compelled to frequent or maintain or contribute, unless on contract, to maintain any place of worship or any ministry; nor shall any person, otherwise competent, be deemed incompetent as a witness or juror on account of his religious belief, provided he

Big Government : National Day of Prayer is about American Beginnings … So, What are the Courts Saying about America

Sat, 8 May 2010 00:17:27 +0000

@Romeo13 Oh Romeo, Oh Romeo, where art thou? or where has thou been? A National Day of prayer is NOT against the Constitution... Have you even studied the history of this country, or the Constitution or Bill of Rights from the perspective of those days? What you say is nonsense. Have you read all the National Day's of Prayer, and National Day's of Thanksgivings that were called for by the President and Congress since the days of the Continental Congress? Are you aware that during the 1800's the Christian Association including members of Congress used to hold their meetings in the House of Representative's?? Have you ever read the US Supreme Court's decision of 1892 when the Court declared that this IS a Christian Nation? Read the Courts words in "Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States", 143 U.S. 457 (1892) from the last paragraph of page 465 to the end of page 471.... at:http://supreme.justia.com/us/143/457/case.html Here are the words of the United States Supreme Court in 1892, in "Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States": But, beyond all these matters, no purpose of action against religion can be imputed to any legislation, state or national, because this is a religious people. This is historically true. From the discovery of this continent to the present hour, there is a single voice making this affirmation. The commission to Christopher Columbus, prior to his sail westward, is from "Ferdinand and Isabella, by the grace of God, King and Queen of Castile," etc., and recites that "it is hoped that by God's assistance some of the continents and islands in the Page 143 U. S. 466 ocean will be discovered," etc. The first colonial grant, that made to Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584, was from "Elizabeth, by the grace of God, of England, Fraunce and Ireland, Queene, defender of the faith," etc., and the grant authorizing him to enact statutes of the government of the proposed colony provided that "they be not against the true Christian faith nowe professed in the Church of England." The first charter of Virginia, granted by King James I in 1606, after reciting the application of certain parties for a charter, commenced the grant in these words: "We, greatly commending, and graciously accepting of, their Desires for the Furtherance of so noble a Work, which may, by the Providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to the Glory of his Divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance of the true Knowledge and Worship of God, and may in time bring the Infidels and Savages, living in those parts, to human Civility, and to a settled and quiet government; DO, by these our Letters-Patents, graciously accept of, and agree to, their humble and well intended Desires." Language of similar import may be found in the subsequent charters of that colony, from the same king, in 1609 and 1611, and the same is true of the various charters granted to the other colonies. In language more or less emphatic is the establishment of the Christian religion declared to be one of the purposes of the grant. The celebrated compact made by the pilgrims in the Mayflower, 1620, recites: "Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid." The fundamental orders of Connecticut, under which a provisional government was instituted in 1638-39, commence with this declaration: "Forasmuch as it hath pleased the Allmighty God by the wise disposition of his diuyne pruidence

Big Government : ACORN's Tax Problems

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 18:58:43 +0000

So, ACORN owes a million dollars or so in back taxes Never to fear.... the Obama administration to the rescue.. Now they owe $548,000 more... IRS filed a NEW $548,00 tax lien against ACORN on Sept 3rd. ( http://www.pelicaninstitute.org/files/pdf/ACORN%2... ) The very next day, Department of Homeland Security awarded ACORN a grant of $997, 402 for Fire Prevention on Sept 4th. ( http://www.firegrantsupport.com/fps/award/08/ ) Does that sound "fishy" to anyone? Got any complaints about this? Email: firegrants@dhs.gov

Big Government : ACORN's Working Family of Democratic Socialists

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 00:32:50 +0000

The Brooklyn ACORN office has a sign above above the door that reads, "Acorn, Acorn Housing, and Working Families Party" 1.) Google Street views of Brooklyn New York Acorn showing the sign: Acorn/Acorn Housing/ Working Families Party, with Bertha Lewis standing outside using her cell phone. Take a look at these google links: 2 Nevins St, Brooklyn, NY http://bit.ly/oVUNa and 2nd view http://bit.ly/p5Uhj 4 Nevins St., Brooklyn, NY http://bit.ly/1FzfqG On the left hand side of the google page notice all the organizations listed at the address of 2 Nevins St. and 4 Nevins St. This sign can also be seen in James & Hanna's Brooklyn Acorn Video here at http://bit.ly/13lm4z The sign can be seen at :27-:32 ; 1:51- 1:53; and 1:55-1:59 of the video.

Big Government : Louisiana ACORN Subpoenas

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:46:36 +0000

Publius.... Where is the rest of the this document, the subpoena and other court documents.. This is only one page. There is more than one page to this document but you have only one page on docstac. How about putting the rest of the pages online. I wanted to send them to the Doug Gansler, the Attorney General here in Maryland, and ask him to do the same here. But, when I realized this is only one page of how many more pages, I didn't sent to Gansler.

Big Government : Exclusive: ACORN Illegally Operating in Maryland

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:18:35 +0000

The two documents above are dated September 15, 2009. Apparently James or Mike Roman paid the online $40 fee to obtain each Certificate of Status. Which were dated the date they were processed and printed out online.

Big Government : Exclusive: ACORN Illegally Operating in Maryland

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:14:56 +0000

Acorn is Operating ILLEGALLY in Maryland. They have had their charters forfeited (revoked) for failure to file Property Returns. At the following links, also click on the "Amendments" and "Personal Property" links for more info. http://bit.ly/cHqSQ -- ACORN ASSOCIATES, INC. (have not filed for 2008, 2009) http://bit.ly/cZyQP -- ACORN COMMUNITY LABOR ORGANIZING CENTER, INC. (have not filed for 2008, 2009) http://bit.ly/8J8FQ -- ACORN FAIR HOUSING INC. (have not filed for 2007, 2008, 2009) http://bit.ly/1a4mIg -- ACORN HOUSING CORPORATION, INC. (have not filed for 2008, 2009) There are 2 Certificates of Status documents for two of those Acorn Entities included in the this article.

Big Government : BREAKING: ACORN Suspends Operations

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:14:00 +0000

Big Government : ACORN Prostitution Scandal: California Here We Come!

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:46:47 +0000

Tresa Kaelke short bio.. Birth Name: Tresa M. Parten Born: 1949 Married: July 4, 1964 to Duane A Berhow (born 1946) in Los Angeles Son Born: Nov. 28, 1964 name: Duane A Berhow, Jr. Divorced: April 1974 Son Died: Sept. 28, 1992 name: Duane A Berhow, Jr. Married: Nov. 5, 1983 to Ronald C Kaelke (born 1943) in Los Angeles Divorced 1987 from Ronald C Kaelke Cohabitated 2002-2005 with Ronald C. Kaelke Protection Order filed: April 30, 2008 By Ronald Kaelke against Tresa Kaelke Protection Order issued: July 14, 2008 Against Tresa Kaelke

Big Government : ACORN Prostitution Scandal: California Here We Come!

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:12:02 +0000

Tresa Kaelke had a protection order against her by her ex husband Ronald Kaelke. They were divorced on Feb 14, 2002. The Protection Order is dated July 14, 2008.... effective until July 14, 2011. From the minutes of the hearing: (located at: http://bit.ly/19x3SU ) OSC RE: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 07/14/2008 - 9:00 AM DEPT. B3 MIRIAM I. MORTON PRESIDING. CLERK: APRIL MARCUM COURT REPORTER CATHY ALBRITTON CATHY ALBRITTON BAILIFF: JANET HALTERMAN - APPEARANCES: PLAINTIFF RONALD C KAELKE PRESENT PARTIES NOT PRESENT: TRESA M KAELKE - PROCEEDINGS: ACTION CAME ON FOR OSC RE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. OSC/MOTION HELD. TRESA MARIE KAELKE IS ENJOINED AND RESTRAINED FROM HARASS, ATTACK, STRIKE, THREATEN, ASSAULT (SEXUALLY OR OTHERWISE), HIT, FOLLOW, STALK, MOLEST, DESTROY PERSONAL PROPERTY, DISTURB THE PEACE, KEEP UNDER SURVEILLANCE, OR BLOCK MOVEMENTS. HARASS, ATTACK, STRIKE, THREATEN, ASSAULT (SEXUALLY OR OTHERWISE), HIT, FOLLOW, STALK, MOLEST, DESTROY PERSONAL PROPERTY, DISTRUB THE PEACE, KEEP UNDER SURVEILLANCE, OR BLOCK MOVEMENTS. CONTACT (EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), OR TELEPHONE, OR SEND MESSAGES OR E-MAIL TAKE ANY ACTION, DIRECTLY OR THROUGH OTHERS, TO GET THE ADDRESSES OR LOCATION OF ANY PROTECTED PERSONS OR OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, CARETAKERS, OR GUARDIANS. TRESA M KAELKE IS ORDERED TO STAY AWAY AT LEAST 100 YARDS FROM RONALD KAELKE PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER'S RESIDENCE PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER'S VEHICLE. A.A. MEETINGS AND NEWBERRY SPRINGS SENIOR CENTER. THE PROTECTED PERSON MAY RECORD ANY PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS MADE TO HIM OR HER BY THE RESTRAINED PERSON. THIS ORDER SHALL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT ON 07/14/11 COMPLAINT STAGE AT DISPOSITION -- JUDGMENT BEFORE HEARING. (FL) DISPOSITION: JUDGMENT BEFORE HEARING. (FL) ACTION - COMPLETE

Big Government : ACORN Prostitution Scandal: California Here We Come!

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:27:58 +0000

James and Hanna, Miss Tresa Kaelke and Acorn have responded to the San Bernadino video. Tresa is basically claiming that she punked you guys and she was just playing with you and everything she said is a lie. Acorn, on their website says that you have been "caught in Manipulation and lies." The police say that she did not kill her husband. (of course, I wonder if they knew of the one she says she killed.) Here are the links: San Bernardino Sun article: http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_13345649 Acorn.org response: http://bit.ly/agCHR