Re: The Rise of theTheocratic States of America
bucke...@nospm.net
>:|This article is the documented story of how a political religious
>:|movement called Dominionism gained control of the Republican Party,
>:|then took over Congress, then took over the White House, and now is
>:|sealing the conversion of America to a theocracy by taking over the
>:|American Judiciary.
>:|
>:|
>:|http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheDespoilingOfAmerica.htm
PART II
http://www.rfcnet.org/news/default.asp?action=print&article=197
Constitution Restoration Act of 2004
Congress of the United States
February 11, 2004 1:07PM EST
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3799
To limit the jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote
federalism.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 11, 2004
Mr. ADERHOLT (for himself and Mr. PENCE) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To limit the jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote
federalism.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Constitution Restoration Act of 2004'.
TITLE I--JURISDICTION
SEC. 101. APPELLATE JURISDICTION.
(a) IN GENERAL-
(1) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28- Chapter 81 of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
`Sec. 1260. Matters not reviewable
`Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Supreme
Court shall not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of certiorari,
or otherwise, any matter to the extent that relief is sought against an
element of Federal, State, or local government, or against an officer of
Federal, State, or local government (whether or not acting in official
personal capacity), by reason of that element's or officer's
acknowledgement of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or
government.'.
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS- The table of sections at the beginning
of chapter 81 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
`1260. Matters not reviewable.'.
(b) APPLICABILITY- Section 1260 of title 28, United States Code, as
added by subsection (a), shall not apply to an action pending on the date
of enactment of this Act, except to the extent that a party or claim is
sought to be included in that action after the date of enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS ON JURISDICTION.
(a) IN GENERAL-
(1) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28- Chapter 85 of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end of the following:
`Sec. 1370. Matters that the Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction to review
`Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district court shall
not have jurisdiction of a matter if the Supreme Court does not have
jurisdiction to review that matter by reason of section 1260 of this
title.'.
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS- The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
`1370. Matters that the Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction to
review.'.
(b) APPLICABILITY- Section 1370 of title 28, United States Code, as
added by subsection (a), shall not apply to an action pending on the date
of enactment of this Act, except to the extent that a party or claim is
sought to be included in that action after the date of enactment of this
Act.
TITLE II--INTERPRETATION
SEC. 201. INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
In interpreting and applying the Constitution of the United States, a
court of the United States may not rely upon any constitution, law,
administrative rule, Executive order, directive, policy, judicial decision,
or any other action of any foreign state or international organization or
agency, other than the constitutional law and English common law.
TITLE III--ENFORCEMENT
SEC. 301. EXTRAJURISDICTIONAL CASES NOT BINDING ON STATES.
Any decision of a Federal court which has been made prior to or after
the effective date of this Act, to the extent that the decision relates to
an issue removed from Federal jurisdiction under section 1260 or 1370 of
title 28, United States Code, as added by this Act, is not binding
precedent on any State court.
SEC. 302. IMPEACHMENT, CONVICTION, AND REMOVAL OF JUDGES FOR CERTAIN
EXTRAJURISDICTIONAL ACTIVITIES.
To the extent that a justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States or any judge of any Federal court engages in any activity that
exceeds the jurisdiction of the court of that justice or judge, as the case
may be, by reason of section 1260 or 1370 of title 28, United States Code,
as added by this Act, engaging in that activity shall be deemed to
constitute the commission of--
(1) an offense for which the judge may be removed upon
impeachment and conviction; and
(2) a breach of the standard of good behavior required by
article III, section 1 of the Constitution.
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Judge Roy Moore Introduces Constitution Restoration Act 2004
http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=1644862
[EXCERPT]
Q. What is the purpose of this bill?
A. The purpose of the CRA is to restrict the appellate jurisdiction of the
United States Supreme Court and all lower federal courts to that
jurisdiction permitted them by the Constitution of the United States. The
acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, and
government is contained within the Declaration of Independence which is
cited as the "organic law" of our Country by United States Code Annotated.
The constitution of every state of the Union acknowledges God and His
sovereignty, as do three branches of the federal government. The
acknowledgment of God is not a legitimate subject of review by federal
courts. The CRA also protects and preserves the Constitution of the United
States by restricting federal courts from recognizing the laws of foreign
jurisdictions and international law as the supreme law of our land.
Q. Does this bill reverse Supreme Court precedent?
A. To the extent that any decision of the United States Supreme Court or
that of any federal district court made prior to or after the effective
date of the Act prohibits the acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source
of law, liberty, or government, such precedent would not be binding on
state courts.
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[This would be the first major official step in trying to cancel
application of the religious clauses of the BORs against the states.
A U S District Court judge was the firs to try and accomplish this in
recent times in Wallace v Jaffree
Back in the 50s and 60s during the bulk of the civil rights movement I am
sure there were southern state and resident southern judges who probably
said the same things, that is the BORs do not apply to the states.
However it was Judge Hand in the 80s that stated the Establishment Clause
did not apply to the states, to Alabama, etc. The USSC when it decided
Wallace v Jaffree didn't even bother to give that element of the lower
court light of day by even referring to it.
I recently ran across something which I posted at the time, that gives
strong indication that Justice Thomas would not have a problem in
supporting the idea that the BORs, i.e. in particular the religious clauses
do not apply to the states. It appears from some of the stuff I have rad
yesterday and today, Rehnquist while a conservative, is not to be counted
among the dominion leaning types but the same cannot be said for sure about
Scalia.
Rehnquist has already complained about Congress trying to limit the high
Court. One of the things I posted yesterday covers that as I recall. ]
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Q. Does this bill intrude into the constitutional powers of the federal
judiciary?
A. No. Use by Congress of Article III regulation of the appellate
jurisdiction of the United States Supreme Court and other federal courts is
provided by the Constitution as a check on the Judicial Branch when it
exceeds its jurisdiction. When federal courts prohibit the acknowledgment
of God they deny the very source of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
which our founding fathers specifically recognized in the Declaration of
Independence as unalienable rights given by God. To prohibit a state
official from recognizing God is a violation of the Tenth Amendment as well
as the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. If Congress
cannot make a law restricting states from the acknowledgment of God under
the First Amendment, how can the Supreme Court enforce a law which Congress
cannot make? The CRA would restore the balance of power among the various
branches of government and restore the fundamental precepts upon which our
Constitution and government is based.
[END EXCERPT]
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Now one would think that this only being a law and not a constitutional
amendment that if ever passed it could be challenged and could be struck
down by the USSC.
However, to quote a famous ex coach on ESPN, not so fast my friend.
What if the dominions have enough voting jusitces on the USSC?
While overall, in the past the dominions have not been shy about stating
their plans, intents and purposes, and many haven't been shy about letting
it be known they are involvd with the movement, many of the new ones are
adopting the Christian Coalition, Ralph Reed stealth approach with regards
to being identified with that movement.
Just a few years ago these people, (Christian reconstructionists,
dominions, etc,) were viewed as crackpots, jokes, etc.
(But then so was the Moral Majority, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson,
Christian Coalition, etc in the beginning)
However, right now after after 20 or 30 or more years of quietly going
about their business they are in a position to get maybe the last laugh.
I am sure that they have planned for the fact of this law or sinilar ones
they will be propossing in the future can be checked by the USSC and I am
equally sure they have plans on how to counter that as well.
Will they take over the government, probably not, however, one should never
say never. This seems to be a tiem of the radicals worldwuide
accomplishign amazing things in many instances.
What they can do is alter this nation and its laws, sometimes in drastic
ways.
They can chage things and make a differecne and I don't think that
difference will be for the better.
In time things will swing back the other way, but between now and then it
could become messy.
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More Quotes
"There can be no separation of Church and State."
--Rouas J. Rushdooney
"Christians are called upon by God to exercise dominion".
--pamphlet of the Christian
Reconstruction movement
"We must remove all humanists from public office and replace them
with pro-moral political leaders. The Bible says, 'When the Righteous
are in authority, the people rejoice.' "
--Tim LaHaye
"It is time to reject the godless Communistic definition of separation
of Church and State that says there is no place for Biblical moral law
in public policy."
--"Moral Majority Report"
"We are talking about Christianizing America."
--Paul Weyrich
"I have a Divine Mandate to go into the halls of Congress and fight
for laws that will save America."
--Jerry Falwell
"The Constitution was designed to perpetuate a Christian order."
--Christian Roundtable
"Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions."
--Jerry Falwell
"Freedom of speech has never been right. We've never had freedom of
speech in this country and we never should have."
--Rich Anguin
Minnesota Moral Majority
"We do not want a democracy in this country because if we have a
democracy a majority rules."
--Charles Stanly
Moral Majority Inc.
"Our Founding Fathers would not accept the tyranny of a democracy
because they recognized that the only sovereign over men and nations
was God."
--Jerry Falwell
"Let me tell you something else about the character of God. If
necessary, God would raise up a tyrant--a man who might not have the
best ethics--to protect the freedom and the interests of the ethical
and the godly."
--James Robison
"We are no longer working to preserve the status quo. We are
radicals, working to overturn the present power structures of this
country."
--Paul Weyrich
""The elitist-evolutionist-humanist is not going to be able to control
education in America forever."
--Tim LaHaye
Financier of the ICR
"The Bible says we are to rule. If you don't rule and I don't rule,
the atheists and the humanists and the agnostics are going to rule.
We should be the head of our school board. We should be the head of
our nation. We should be the Senators and the Congressmen. We should
be the editors of our newspapers. We should be taking over every area
of life."
--Bob Werner
A fuller quotation: "We are talking about Christianizing America. We are
talking about the Gospel in a political context."
-- Paul Weyrich
We have enough votes to run the country. And when the people say, "We've
had enough," we are going to take over.
- Pat Robertson
If Christian people work together, they can succeed during this decade in
winning back control of the institutions that have been taken from them
over the past 70 years. Expect confrontations that will be not only
unpleasant but at times physically bloody.... This decade will not be for
the faint of heart, but the resolute. Institutions will be plunged into
wrenching change. We will be living through one of the most tumultuous
periods of human history. When it is over, I am convinced God's people
will emerge victorious.
- Pat Robertson
We at the Christian Coalition are raising an army who cares. We
are training people to be effective -- to be elected to school boards,
to city councils, to state legislatures, and to key positions in
political parties.... By the end of this decade, if we work and
give and organize and train, THE CHRISTIAN COALITION
WILL BE THE MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL
ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA.
- Pat Robertson
A Supreme Court ruling is not the Law of the United States. The law of the
United Sates is the Constitution, treaties made in accordance with the
Constitution, and laws duly enacted by the Congress and signed by the
president. And any of those things I would uphold totally with all of my
strength, whether I agreed with them or not.... I am bound by the laws of
the United States and all 50 states ... [but] I am not bound by any case or
any court to which I myself am not a party.... I don't think the Congress
of the United States is subservient to the courts.... They can ignore a
Supreme Court ruling if they so choose.
- Pat Robertson
TERM LIMITS FOR BROADCASTERS NEEDED
"The President whom we select should also publicly promise us that he will
name members of the Federal Communications Commission who will give us the
most important kind of term limits we could desire: term limits for
broadcast licenses, so that, at last, we can end the corrupt power of the
left-wing media, and turn the airwaves over to men and women like Paul
Weyrich, Reed Irvine, Don Wildmon, James Dobson, Brent Bozell, and Bev
LaHaye.
- Stormfront White Nationalist Community
bucke...@nospm.net
>:|This article is the documented story of how a political religious
>:|movement called Dominionism gained control of the Republican Party,
>:|then took over Congress, then took over the White House, and now is
>:|sealing the conversion of America to a theocracy by taking over the
>:|American Judiciary.
>:|http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheDespoilingOfAmerica.htm
You might find this interesting as well:
Theocracy Watch
http://www.theocracywatch.org/
or
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:X2ejYLm0sBEJ:www.theocracywatch.org/+theocracy+watch&hl=en
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Along with this:
Theocracy Watch
Jake sent me the following link to a news story on the Bush
administration's "faith-based" initiative.
http://uti.dinggraphics.com/archives/000172.html
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and this
Latest News
On September 23, 2004 the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that
would prevent the Supreme Court from hearing cases involving the pledge and
its recitation and would prevent federal courts from striking the words
"under God" from the pledge.
The legislation (HR 2028) by Todd Akin, R-Mo., would strip the federal
district and appeals courts, and the Supreme Court, of jurisdiction over
constitutional challenges to the wording of the Pledge of Allegiance. The
House passed the bill, 247-173, Sept. 23, with 34 Democrats joining the
majority and six Republicans in the minority.
There is little chance, however, that the Pledge Protection Act will reach
the Senate floor this year.
http://pewforum.org/religion-schools/pledge/
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and the following as well:
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PART I
GOVERNMENT-FUNDED VOUCHERS FOR
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
QUOTATIONS
"Satan has established certain strongholds...He has gone after
education and has been very successful in capturing it...Abolish the
public schools.You know they're just getting so bad. We need private
schools. We need choice." Pat Robertson, Chairperson, Christian Coalition.
"[P]arents from all walks of life are hungry for a better education
for their children... I know there's a huge debate raging, but we must not
trap students in low-performing schools. It is time to see if it works:
Let's try a pilot voucher program." George W. Bush, Governor of Texas
during the year 2000 presidential campaign.
"Diverting tax dollars from public schools to support tuition for
some children at private schools would drain the funds we need [for] an
ambitious program of...reform that would allow us to have world-class
schools in the 21st century." Al Gore, Vice President of the U.S. during
the year 2000 presidential campaign.
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http://www.au.org/relrightresearch/
James Dobson
"Children are the prize to the winners in the second great civil war. Those
who control what young people are taught and what they experience – what
they see, hear, think, and believe – will determine the future course for
the nation." Children At Risk: The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Our
Kids, Word Publishing, 1990, p. 35 (coauthored with Gary Bauer)
"What's needed is a constitutional amendment protecting the rights of
students and other citizens to voice their religious convictions and apply
their faith to everyday issues. It would require an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States to protect voluntary school prayer and
religious liberty generally." Solid Answers (Tyndale House Publishers),
1997, p. 189
"School choice is an idea whose time has come. It would give parents the
right to decide whether to send their children to a public, private, or
religious institution and even to select the specific school to which they
would be sent." Solid Answers (Tyndale House Publishers), 1997, p. 176
D. James Kennedy
"This is our land. This is our world. This is our heritage, and with God's
help, we shall reclaim this nation for Jesus Christ. And no power on earth
can stop us." Character & Destiny: A Nation In Search of Its Soul,
(Zondervan Publishing House, 1997) (written with Jim Nelson Black)
"How much more forcefully can I say it? The time has come, and it is long
overdue, when Christians and conservatives and all men and women who
believe in the birthright of freedom must rise up and reclaim America for
Jesus Christ." Character & Destiny: A Nation In Search of Its Soul,
(Zondervan Publishing House, 1997) (written with Jim Nelson Black)
"Christians did not start the culture war but...we are going to end it.
That is a fact, and the Bible assures us of victory."Character & Destiny: A
Nation In Search of Its Soul, (Zondervan Publishing House, 1997) (written
with Jim Nelson Black)
"Not all the educators in our public schools and universities are
deliberately deceitful, not all of them want to destroy this nation, but
many do. The major teachers' unions certainly do." Character & Destiny: A
Nation In Search of Its Soul, (Zondervan Publishing House, 1997) (written
with Jim Nelson Black)
"Just a few years ago, there were as many as ten thousand Communist
professors in American universities. The average person never saw any of
them, and many would doubt the truth of that statistic. But I can assure
you it is true." Character & Destiny: A Nation In Search of Its Soul,
(Zondervan Publishing House, 1997) (written with Jim Nelson Black)
"Teachers in many of our public schools have acceded to the policies of the
liberal teachers' unions to make sure that students from kindergarten
through high school will be stripped of any sense of moral or ethical
absolutes. Right and wrong are non-issues in our public schools." Character
& Destiny: A Nation In Search of Its Soul, (Zondervan Publishing House,
1997) (written with Jim Nelson Black)
"Every new advance and every step taken by science confirm not evolution
but the Genesis account of creation. Yet evolution still continues to be
taught as fact.... Thus, the honorable place that had been given to human
beings by God is surreptitiously aborted, and they are dragged down into
the slime." Character & Destiny: A Nation In Search of Its Soul, (Zondervan
Publishing House, 1997) (written with Jim Nelson Black)
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>:|The "Constitution Restoration Act of 2004" is wending its way through
>:|both the House and Senate of the United States Congress.
>:|
>:|The text of this act can be found here:
>:|
>:|http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/HR3799ConstitutionRestorationAct.html
>:|
>:|(mind the wrap)
>:|
>:|If I'm reading the text correctly, it says that no public official can
>:|face judicial action for "acknowledgement" of Biblical principles in the
>:|public or private portions of their duties.
>:|
>:|I haven't seen anyone else mention this horrid piece of legislation,
>:|sponsored by Southern republicans, and written by the counsel for (ex)
>:|Judge Roy Moore of Alabama infamy.
A lot has been said about it in the newsgroups, however it never really
resulted into any real discussions--any and all of the threads the mgs
located below belong to.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Buckeye-ELO%40nospam.net,+Christian+reconstructionism&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=0
http://makeashorterlink.com/?A21812DD7
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2715990457d&dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=60s850hv5nn9b95o50tq0ekk391n6qcitq%404ax.com
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V2B843DD7
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2715990457d&dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=3nj850lrrp51cnr2fd60drm0phq6ioje4o%404ax.com
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C35A62DD7
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CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTIONISM, DOMINION THEOLOGY, AND THEONOMY
http://www.religioustolerance.org/reconstr.htm
A SERIES OF EIGHT POSTS THAT COVERS THE RECONSTRUCTISTS (DOMINIONS) IN
DETAIL (all eight parts are important but part # VII is especially
interesting.)
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=3frj301ch5la0joemt7ilicnvdre7r0aac%404ax.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dgary%2Bnorth,%2B%2B%2Bbuckeye-elo%2540nospam.net,%2Breconstructionism%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D3frj301ch5la0joemt7ilicnvdre7r0aac%25404ax.com%26rnum%3D1
http://makeashorterlink.com/?L18F213F7
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JUSTICE THOMAS:
Doubting Thomas
Don't Trust This Justice's Church-State Views
http://www.au.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6840&abbr=cs_#2
Reconstructionists, Justice Thomas, Incorporation
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=This+covers+a+number+of+related+topics.+The+Reconstructionists+in+general,&hl=en&lr=&selm=e54ed0t90e5qodn0ifqth6lkvt4ef0q1vj%404ax.com&rnum=1
http://makeashorterlink.com/?M1F0560D9
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http://www.yuricareport.com/Law%20%26%20Legal/AConstitutionalCrisis.htm
Excerpt
America Stands on the Edge of A Grave Constitutional Crisis Linked to Pat
Robertson
How the GOP congressional faction is executing a plan to intimidate and
control the U.S. Federal Courts
January 6, 2004
By Katherine Yurica
In an extraordinary moment of history, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
pointedly criticized Congress for passing legislation that encroaches upon
the federal judges' sentencing prerogatives. The legislation, called the
PROTECT Act by Mr. Rehnquist, was passed in the spring of 2003, but
received little public notice since it was tacked onto the Amber Alert bill
as an amendment. But the legislation has serious implications for the
checks and balance system of the United States government.
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Everett co-sponsors bill to limit courts' power
03/17/04
MARY ORNDORFF
News Washington correspondent
WASHINGTON - The balance of power within the federal government would be
dramatically rearranged by a proposal to make Congress - not the Supreme
Court - the final arbiter on which laws are constitutional.
[snip]
Under the proposal, if the high court decided that a particular law passed
by Congress violated the U.S. Constitution, Congress would be able to
overturn the court's decision by a two-thirds vote.
[snip]
But legal scholars say it is an affront to the principle of judicial
review, established in the landmark 1803 decision in Marbury v. Madison.
"This is jaw-dropping," said Mary Cheh, a professor of constitutional law
at the George Washington University Law School. "It would overrule what our
constitutional scheme has been for over 200 years."
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The Despoiling of America
How George W. Bush became the head of the new American Dominionist
Church/State
By Katherine Yurica
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheDespoilingOfAmerica.htm
A Review of The Despoiling of America
By J. A. Bartlett at http://www.jabartlett.blogspot.com/
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/JABartlettReviewsTheDespoiling.html
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THE YURICA REPORT * NEWS INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS*
http://www.yuricareport.com/index.html
Editor's Note: Since the posting of "The Despoiling of America" on February
11, 2004, the Yurica Report has learned of two other articles, which when
read with "Despoiling," add a deeper and more chilling layer to our report.
Click on the red sign to go to an interview with Jeffrey Sharlet and click
on the blue to read Sharlet's original article at Harper's Magazine.
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A New York Times Article January 1, 2004
Chief Justice Attacks a Law as Infringing on Judges
http://www.yuricareport.com/Law%20%26%20Legal/ChiefJusticeAttacksNewLawLimitingJudg
es.html
America Stands on the Edge of A Grave Constitutional Crisis Linked to Pat
Robertson
How the GOP congressional faction is executing a plan to intimidate and
control the U.S. Federal Courts
By Katherine Yurica
http://www.yuricareport.com/Law%20%26%20Legal/AConstitutionalCrisis.htm
New Dominionist Bill Limits the Supreme Court's Jurisdiction
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/ConstitutionRestorationAct.htm
Constitution Restoration Act of 2004
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/HR3799ConstitutionRestorationAct.html
God's Justice and Ours Antonin Scalia
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0205/articles/scalia.html
The Christian Reconstruction Movement and its Blueprints For Dominion
by Greg Loren Durand
http://www.crownrights.com/reconstruction/
Christian Reconstruction
God's Glorious Millennium?
http://www.serve.com/thibodep/cr/cr.htm
World Conquest
http://www.serve.com/thibodep/cr/worldcnq.htm
College for the Home-Schooled is Shaping Leaders for the Right
New York Times, March 8, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/08/education/08HO
ME.html&OQ=pagewantedQ3D2Q26hp
Avenging angel of the religious right
Quirky millionaire Howard Ahmanson Jr. is on a mission from God to stop gay
marriage, fight evolution, defeat "liberal" churches -- and reelect George
W. Bush.
http://salon.com/news/feature/2004/01/06/ahmanson/index_np.html
Theocratic Dominionism Gains Influence
http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v08n1/chrisre1.html
How George W. Bush Won the 2004 Presidential Election
Purging voter lists is just the beginning: the U.S. has embraced a form of
electronic voting that is unreliable, unverifiable and funded by the
radical Christian right.
http://www.infernalpress.com/Columns/election.html
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http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2004/03/12/120.html
Friday, Mar. 12, 2004. Page 116
Pin Heads
By Chris Floyd
One of the sticking points in crafting the just-signed "interim
constitution" of the Pentagon cash cow formerly known as Iraq was the
question of acknowledging Islam as the fundamental source of law. After
much wrangling, a fudge was worked out that cites the Koran as a
fundamental source of legal authority, with the proviso that no law can be
passed that conflicts with Islam.
We in the enlightened West smile at such theocratic quibbling, of course:
Imagine, national leaders insisting that a modern state be governed solely
by divine authority! Governments guaranteeing the right of religious
extremists to impose their views on society! What next -- debates about how
many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Oh, those poor, ignorant
barbarians in Babylon!
Well, wipe that smile off your face. For even now, the ignorant barbarians
in Washington are pushing a law through Congress that would "acknowledge
God as the sovereign source of law, liberty [and] government" in the United
States. What's more, it would forbid all legal challenges to government
officials who use the power of the state to enforce their own view of
"God's sovereign authority." Any judge who dared even hear such a challenge
could be removed from office.
The "Constitution Restoration Act of 2004" is no joke; it was introduced
last month by some of the Bush Regime's most powerful Congressional
sycophants. If enacted, it will effectively transform the American republic
into a theocracy, where the arbitrary dictates of a "higher power" -- as
interpreted by a judge, policeman, bureaucrat or president -- can override
the rule of law.
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The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party
http://www.4religious-right.info/
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bucke...@nospm.net
>:|This article is the documented story of how a political religious
>:|movement called Dominionism gained control of the Republican Party,
>:|then took over Congress, then took over the White House, and now is
>:|sealing the conversion of America to a theocracy by taking over the
>:|American Judiciary. It’s the story of why and how “the
>:|wrath of God Almighty” will be unleashed against the middle
>:|class, against the poor, and against the elderly and sick of this
>:|nation by George W. Bush and his army of Republican Dominionist
>:|“rulers.”
>:|
>:|
>:|http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheDespoilingOfAmerica.htm
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Wednesday, November 3, 2004
Christian Taliban
This post is blatantly stolen from a diary by "galiel" on DailyKos:
This is not about Republicans or Democrats.
This is not about the war.
This is not about the economy.
This is not even about counting the votes.
This is the final step in the 20-year creeping coup by the theocrats, the
Dominionists.
In the House and the Senate, the theocrats made dramatic advances, far
beyond the number of seats that switched parties. On the GOP side, they
have replaced moderates with zealots, and have significantly strengthened
the support for the main theocrat bills that will be reintroduced in the
new Congress.
You can hear it in the media's codewords: this election did NOT turn on
Iraq or the economy or security, it turned on "moral values", the
politically correct code-word for theocratic values, i.e., placing one's
religion above the laws of man. Exit polls show that "moral values" were
the most common #1 concern among voters, and that among those who marked
"moral values" as their primary concern, 80% voted for Bush. Every state
that had a same-sex marriage ban up for decision voted the theocrat way.
Diaries :: galiel's diary ::
When analysis of local races around the nation becomes available, it will
become clear that theocrats have advanced everywhere, gaining control of
even more school boards, gaining even more representation in city councils,
winning even more seats in state legislatures.
Make no mistake, this election was the keystone of the theocrat coup. All
that is left now is carrying out the agenda and changing the laws of this
nation irrevocably to gut the Bill of Rights and establish a Dominionist
government in America.
IN the coming days, Reinquist and others will resign, including half of the
exhausted courageous liberals and moderates who held the line longer than
anyone expected, and Bush will appoint a solid theocrat majority to the
Supreme Court, and the Dems will not be able to stop it, fillibuster or
not. The Dominionists have enough stealth candidates to push through like
they pushed through Thomas, and the public pressure will be irressistible.
In the next four years, theocrats will fill life-time appointments in the
judiciary all over the nation, and essentially open the gates for the
coming theocratic legislative agenda.
The administration will complete the overhaul of the science advisory
committees and the Dept of Health and Human Services, laying the ground
work for the overturning of Roe v. Wade and ending all biological research
deemed objectionable to the theocrats.
They will complete their overhaul of the Education Department, starting a
process of eliminating evolution from the national debate and working with
the local and state boards, where they have now increased their control, to
introduce creationism into the curriculum.
They will complete their overhaul of the Energy, Agriculture, Interior and
EPA, which are already ridden with theocrats who reject the theory of
evolution, and thus the concept of "fossil fuels", believing instead that
their god has placed energy resources in the earth in just the right
amounts for human domination of nature.
As soon as the theocrat majority is esconsed in the Supreme Court, Congress
will pass three key theocrat bills, which already passed the House this
time around and will pass the Senate next time around:
The Marriage Protection Act, which would bar federal courts, including the
Supreme Court from intervening in cases involving a state's recognition of
another state's civil rights bills regarding marriage;
The Pledge Preservation Act, which would bar the federal courts, including
the Supreme Court, from hearing challenges to the "Under God" part of the
pledge;
The big one, the Constitution Restoration Act, which would bar the federal
courts, including the Supreme Court, from hearing any challenges to
violations of the Establishment Clause, the bill having been written by
Harb Titus, who defended former Judge Roy Moore, the "Ten Commandments"
judges. The bill goes even further, potentially barring challenges to the
constiutionality of state laws, for example, mandating stoning for
adultery, if such laws are based on Old Testament rationale.
(I know you read this and think, "ridiculous, this could never happen
here". You have a choice now, you can listen to those of us who have been
predicting the current outcome for a long time, or you can continue to
listen to those who predicted a different outcome and who still
misinterpret actual results according to a Pollyanish worldview that
refuses to acknowledge the critical danger to our nation and think this is
"just another bad election")
Now, most people don't understand what is really going on here.
They focus on homophobia as the issue, or they trivialize the Pledge issue
as not being critical to Separation traditions.
The real point is that the theocrats are constricting the courts' ability
to challenge the establishment of religion in this country. Making this a
Christian Dominionist nation based on literal interpretation of Old
Testament law is an explicit part of the theocrat agenda.
I warned before the election that they were one victory away, and that they
would win no matter what the actual vote was, because they are zealots who
would do anything to win, including fraud on a massive scale that folks
here just don't want to even concieve, because they have never looked
radical religious extremism in the face the way I have, having lived in
Israel for 13 years in the past.
The theocrats will not be stopped, because Americans refuse to believe that
it could happen here.
It is just like Germany in the 20's---not like McCarthyism in the 50's.
This is far worse, but denial is rampant, because we just don't want to
believe that our America could fall to Christian Taliban.
We've already reached the tipping point. It is only a matter of time,
unless people wake up--and I don't think they will, the taboo on
confronting the dark side of religion is just too strong here in America.
What about Ohio, you say?
The judges deciding matters in Ohio, like the two judges that allowed
challenges inside the polling places, are theocrats - one was the author of
the original draft of the Thornburgh brief urging the Supreme Court to
overturn Roe V. Wade, the other was the dissenting voice in cases about 10
Commandment displays on government property.
You think it is a coincidence that Ohio is the first place where statewide,
the teaching of creationism has been mandated in science class?
Wake up, America!
Thus, the election is already over, even though I personally think that
Kerry won, not only Ohio, but states like Florida, and may even have won
the popular vote, so deep is the fraud, led by the electronic voting
machines--not just those people actually use to vote, but far more
significantly those used to tally the votes, carefully placed in key
districts, carefully managed behind the scenes, vote totals manipulated
with no way for an audit or verification.
But, unless you understand who is actually behind this election victory,
you probably dismiss that as hysterical tin-foil paranoia. Surely, you
think, the margins in places like Florida are beyond contesting.
That is because you still think this is just a struggle between two
competing parties in a democracy. That is because you just don't get it.
This was a coup.
All I can say is, the folks who predicted morning in America have egg on
their faces today, even as the struggle continues in Ohio. You choose who
to listen to. The future of America is at stake, not just the next four
years.
Because this is NOT about the surface issues.
John S. Dyson
bucke...@nospm.net writes:
>
> This is not about Republicans or Democrats.
> This is not about the war.
> This is not about the economy.
> This is not even about counting the votes.
>
> This is the final step in the 20-year creeping coup by the theocrats, the
> Dominionists.
>
aware observer that the leftists are becoming more and more similar to
a extremist religious movement. The vehemence of this religious
movement is stubbornly strong, being quite similar to other kinds of
religous activities. Geesh, the American left, as being modeled
to be similar to Al Queda even has a most obnoxious attribute of
religions operating in North America: televangelists/leveraging
(or logical equivalent) the use of media for effective and near
immediate accumulation of money. immature religions that haven't
reformed (moderated) or grew to become reasonably compatible with
'free' society. On the other hand, the American left is becoming
more and more radical, and appears to be VERY VERY far from being
moderate, and might even start using more up-front-violence and
use assassination more often.
ALMOST ABSURD, BUT QUITE ILLUSTRATIVE ANALOGY ABOUT THE AMERICAN LEFT:
(The similar kind of ignorance/oddity that feeds Al Queda at the lower
levels and the American left is NOT the lack of 'education', because
both Al Queda and the American left can even have some well educated
suicide bombers. The similar kind of ignorance inside of LEFTISM
and Islamism is a 'provincialism' and outrageous associated comical
leftist intolerance/provincialism... (Well, the comedy is due to the
absurdity, not that the intolerance leads to anything very 'funny.')
Perhaps a similar kind of absurd and oddly insane comedy would be the
similarity between horrible "example religion1" and horrible
"example religion2" and specfically that horrible "example religion1"
requires eating their childrens favorite pet kittens, and the
horrible "example religion2" might eat their childrens pet puppies.
The outrageous behavior is the kind of abusrd horrible similarity between
the Islamists and the American leftist Democrat religion. The reason
for the incompatibility between the leftist/Islamist religions horribleus
and our modern America is that it is inconceivable that we (non leftist
mainstream) eat our children's favorite pets, and the major argument
seperating the leftist/Islamist religions is similar to the matter of which
kind of pet should be eaten.
Perhaps it is true that the analog to the Islamists would most strongly
require that they eat the pet, while the analog for the American left would
most importantly encourage outrageous public behavior against polite society,
perhaps by trying to force a legal requirement to eat the pet in
public view, while pro-freedom/non-leftists would try to stop the
slaughter of the totally innocent pets by public exposure of the leftist
inspired pet murders on tape. The Islamist analog horrible religion might
try to protest
normalcy (non-left/non-Islamist) by kidnapping and consumption of other
children's pets. The disgusting leftist analog tries to hide their
vicarious enjoyment in watching the slaughter of the kidnapped childrens
pets, but the observant non-leftist sees through their disgustingly
evil, but superficial veil.)
END OF ABSURD, BUT ILLUSTRATIVE RATIONAL VIEW OF THE AMERICAN LEFT AND
ISLAMISTS...
Al Queda and the leftists in the US (and actually, Europe) become
not-so-strange bedfellows, and do tend to take the same side in the
western context. The same kind of intolerance and fervor against
western normalcy oozes from the mouths of the American left (tending
to the Democrat party, but equally at-home in gatherings and
prayer-groups associated with communists, labor movements and
EVEN national socialists. The racial intolerance and judgement
is quite well represented into the strong and almost impossibly
narrow minded American leftist/Demoncrat movement.
Note that the similarity to previous EUROPEAN national socialist movements
with the 'liberal' American left (of course, not actually very liberal),
includes the use of serious and dishonest demonization of certain
non-extreme-leftist public figures. It is quite obvious that the
radical demonization of non-extreme-leftists is a starting phase
of rapid elimination of the so called 'enemies' of the left. Alas,
the left almost immediately becomes the enemy of the reasonably
enlightened west. Note also that there are amazingly the beginnings
of movements that might even require a license to have children... That
kind of restriction against reproductive
rights is a logical adjunct or precursor to eugenics type programs
(like the WWII experimentation in Germany.)
The most odd similarity between the Al Queda and their publically
de-emphasized associates consisting of the American left (i.e. the
US Demoncrat party) and their predecessors primarily consisting of
the German Nazis or the various historical "fascists".
If this note seems a little extreme, it is ONLY because I am describing
an oddly extreme and perverse movement in US history: the American left
and Demoncrat party.
John
Cary Kittrell
> In article <o4dpp09lafcnnkco2...@4ax.com>,
> bucke...@nospm.net writes:
> >
> > This is not about Republicans or Democrats.
> > This is not about the war.
> > This is not about the economy.
> > This is not even about counting the votes.
> >
> > This is the final step in the 20-year creeping coup by the theocrats, the
> > Dominionists.
> >
> In reality, it is immediately obvious to a non-disabled and moderately
> aware observer that the leftists are becoming more and more similar to
> a extremist religious movement. The vehemence of this religious
> movement is stubbornly strong, being quite similar to other kinds of
> religous activities. Geesh, the American left, as being modeled
> to be similar to Al Queda even has a most obnoxious attribute of
> religions operating in North America: televangelists/leveraging
> (or logical equivalent) the use of media for effective and near
> immediate accumulation of money. immature religions that haven't
> reformed (moderated) or grew to become reasonably compatible with
> 'free' society. On the other hand, the American left is becoming
> more and more radical, and appears to be VERY VERY far from being
> moderate, and might even start using more up-front-violence and
> use assassination more often.
You were born well after the sixties, were you not?
The current American "left" is to the left in the same way that
Clinton acted like a "liberal" President: imperceptibly, if
at all.
The current American "left" is closer to Goldwater Republicanism
than it is to what the rest of the western world regards as
leftist.
-- cary
beber
Dyson) wrote:
I just want to be able to sit on the front porch and smoke a joint --
sheesh; watsamatter with you.
Gray Shockley
(in message <cnk420$2o4m$1...@news.iquest.net>):
> In reality, it is immediately obvious to a non-disabled and moderately
> aware observer that the leftists are becoming more and more similar to
> a extremist religious movement.
Okay, John Boy; I'm disabled. Quite disabled, as a matter of fact.
The full term is "Disabled American Veteran".
It would be worth crawling home if I knew that I had shoved my cane so far up
your ass that it could never be removed.
And all my fellow disabled veterans as well as disabled civilians struggling
- each with his/her own challenge - would happily walk, march, wheelchair,
have the bed pushed by you because we all felt the need to urinate and you
ought to be one thing in your life in which you're not a failure. You seem to
be better qualified to be a toilet than anything else.
You're a despicable little punk, boy.
Gray Shockley
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Pain is evitable but suffering is optional.
bucke...@nospam.net
>:|On 8 Nov 2004 14:33:37 -0800, LSmith...@hotmail.com (L Smithson)
>:|wrote:
>:|
>:|>This article is the documented story of how a political religious
>:|>movement called Dominionism gained control of the Republican Party,
>:|>then took over Congress, then took over the White House, and now is
>:|>sealing the conversion of America to a theocracy by taking over the
>:|>American Judiciary. It’s the story of why and how “the
>:|>wrath of God Almighty” will be unleashed against the middle
>:|>class, against the poor, and against the elderly and sick of this
>:|>nation by George W. Bush and his army of Republican Dominionist
>:|>“rulers.”
>:|>
>:|
>:| Scalia is the worst, and is followed not far behind by the
>:|"police everything" crowd of which Ashcroft is a member. Ashcroft is
>:|out though, and Scalia is sitting not so pretty with the other
>:|supremes. Your problem is politicians and business as usual, not the
>:|"religious right wing". I sense that most of the leftists and leftists
>:|who have renamed themselves liberals know that very well, but would
>:|rather not admit it for political reasons.
>:| I have some news for you. The "religious right wing" didn't
>:|have a big impact on the election. It wasn't them voting for George
>:|Bush that got him in the oval office; it was average people voting
>:|against Kerry that kept Kerry out. I know you can't tolerate the fact
>:|that most Americans find the Dem platform insane, but that is the
>:|truth.
>:|
>:|>
>:|>http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheDespoilingOfAmerica.htm
No one addressed the following:
The Rise of theTheocratic States of America
PART I
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=bb4pp0lm0hk2il76h0hh8iclnabt25s8vf%404ax.com
PART II
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=ob4pp05pnknfl8hgl87m3p2rk2hgdrsl2k%404ax.com
bucke...@nospam.net
>:|The atheist heterophobic demoncrat is a liar. He will lie to confuse
>:|us. But he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack
>:|is psychological, but powerful. So don't listen, remember that, do not
>:|listen.
Gee, I didn't see you actually address this
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=35f3116e.0411081433.85fed51%40posting.google.com
or this:
The Rise of the theocratic States of America
PART I
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=bb4pp0lm0hk2il76h0hh8iclnabt25s8vf%404ax.com
PART II
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=ob4pp05pnknfl8hgl87m3p2rk2hgdrsl2k%404ax.com
All I saw you do is make unsubstantiated comments to which one could say:
Your unsubstantiated claim is noted.
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Ordinary or extraordinary claims require ordinary or extraordinary proof.
If you're going to claim something and especially something outlandish
you're going to need some pretty extraordinary and/or irrefutable proof to
back up such a claim. "Where's the beef?" Where's the ordinary or
extraordinary proof for their ordinary or extraordinary claims? If one is
not responding with ordinary or extraordinary, *factual* proof, then the
claim is not worth considering
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[ as Homer@nospam said]
Why is asking for "proof" considered truculence? Do you consider it
truculence for a judge to ask for evidence in a trial. Would you rather
that
people just testified that they believed in the guilt of the suspect?
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[as Gray Shockley said:]
Your "opinion" is not an adequate citation.
You forgot your citations.
Or, are your opinions more valid than facts?
You do realize, do you not?, that opinion without substantiation is just
propaganda for those without critical thinking abilities and originate with
those who are attempting to manipulate rather than those who are attempting
to clarify.
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Gray Shockley
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 5:44:37 -0600, bucke...@nospam.net wrote:
> rjsi...@hotmail.com (Russell James Simmons) wrote:
>
>>>> The atheist heterophobic demoncrat is a liar. He will lie to confuse
>>>> us. But he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack
>>>> is psychological, but powerful. So don't listen, remember that, do not
>>>> listen.
>
>
> Gee, I didn't see you actually address this
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=35f3116e.0411081433.85fed51%40
> posting.google.com
Oh, Jim! You're not showing the proper respect for being "chicken-littled". I
am almost in awe of the enormous amount of crap that "Russell James Simmons"
was able to cram into such a small amount of space. If s/he/it weren't
imitating (UseNet Imitating Life Imitating UseNet) Ann (It's Just Pat
Buchanan in Drag) Coulter, it would have been truly interesting.
Heck, let's take a look at Rusty Jim's impressive verbage or garbage or
whatever.
"The atheist heterophobic demoncrat is a liar."
So, to start off here, we have a person (male, actually, if one reads a
little further into the Chicken Little soliloquy) who is "One that
disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods." That's - as usual -
according to my 1994 _American Heritage Dictionary_).
So, apparently, our Mr. Russell James Simmons does believe in the existence
of God or gods.
Now we have "heterophobic" (are you also getting the idea that this Mr.
Russell James Simmons is the older version of the guy who stayed in the
bathroom reading a dictionary because "all the other boys play too rough"?)
which we'll have to study with compound interest because "heterophobic" is,
apparently, - sudden inspiration: google +heterophobic +coulter
There it is, 41 times. Apparently, Mr. Russell James Simmons takes his
inspiration as well as his orders from The Boss Woman.
Oh, phooey. And atheist and coulter is 11,000 times.
And darn! +demoncrat +coulter gets 252 hits.
I started off thinking that our Mr. Russell James Simmons was a wit and I was
only half-right.
And I was going to have such fun with our Mr. Russell James Simmons and, now,
it appears that our Mr. Russell James Simmons doesn't exist as a wit and
raconteur but just an everyday, boring plagiarist - intellectually, if not
actually.
So no wonder "he" couldn't respond to an intellectual challenge; Ms Coulter
hasn't told "him" what "he" is allowed to say.
But:
<http://store.yahoo.com/victorystore00/taanncodo.html>
will take you right to the "Ann Coulter Talking Doll" [about $30] where you
can hear what Mr. Russell James Simmons will be saying before he knows.
Hear Ms Coulter (later, Mr. Russell James Simmons) as they sing like
jailbirds:
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"Liberals can't just come out and say they want to take more of our money,
kill babies, and discriminate on the basis of race."
"At least when right-wingers rant, there's a point."
"Swing voters are more appropriately known as the 'idiot voters' because they
have no set of philosophical principles. By the age of fourteen, you're
either a Conservative or a Liberal if you have an IQ above a toaster."
"Why not go to war just for oil? We need oil. What do Hollywood celebrities
imagine fuels their private jets? How do they think their cocaine is
delivered to them?"
"Liberals hate America, they hate flag-wavers, they hate abortion opponents,
they hate all religions except Islam, post 9/11. Even Islamic terrorists
don't hate America like Liberals do. They don't have the energy. If they had
that much energy, they'd have indoor plumbing by now."
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I love the way Mr. Buchanan - oops - Ms Coulter makes such asses of people
who would like to think of themselves as people who would like to think.
Goodness knows they are "conservatives" - they have so very little, they had
best conserve all they so desperately can.