Right wing violence is a myth

We all know the right wingers are a peaceful lot. None of them are militants who want to make the US into a new confederacy based on Christian Sharia, "The Way." .

None of them would ever use their Second Amendment rights as a basis to overthrow the government of the US, or would they?

What about the Hutaree 9 and a Tea Party congressional candidate who liked to play war games with an SS uniform on? 

Hutaree Christian Militia Charged With Police Murder Plot

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These Hutaree suspects are linked to a violent Christian militia in America have been charged with plotting to kill a police officer, and also plotted to murder other officers at his funeral.

The Hutaree insignia includes the letters "CCR" which stand for "Colonial Christian Republic."


Hutaree members use a unique system of paramilitary ranks with titles from highest to lowest: Radok, Boramander, Zulif, Arkon, Rifleman (three grades), Lukore, and Gunner (three grades).


University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor Mark Liberman commented:

I don't see basis in biblical or military history for Radok, Boramander, Zulif, Arkon, and Lukore. They sound kind of like Pokémon names (e.g. Arbok, Charmander, Zubat), but there's no precedent there, either.

You would think they would have used something more aggressive than Pokemon rank. Klingon rank would have been a lot more compelling: See http://www.ikvbloodlust.net/Ranks.htm


One man who once contemplated joining the group, a Mr. Savino, was refused admission due to his being a Muslim.

Savino later provided information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) which appears to have assisted them in capturing the last indicted Hutaree at large, Joshua Stone.

Iott is the third person from the left. 

Then there is Rich Iott, the Tea Party candidate who liked to dress up an an SS officer. John Boehner campaigned with this rightard and even contributed money to his campaign. Fortunately Marcy Kaptur beat the neo-Nazi in the the general election once Iott's Nazi sympathies went public. 

source: Wikipedia and Conservativeanarchy.com

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Pundit Kitchen: a Paid Poltical Advertisment for Christine O'Donnell

Paid or by the Christine O'Donnell "Touch Me Not" Foundation.

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ONN: Do Glass Pipes, Incense Prove Teens Are Practicing Shamanism?

Christian evangelicals are very concerened about this trend away from Jesus.

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MarioPiperni.com: Quote of the Month

Well, this is what Republican Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana says:

We are either going to go down the socialist road and become like western Europe and create, I guess really a godless society, an atheist society. Or we’re going to continue down the other pathway where we believe in freedom of speech, individual liberties and that we remain a Christian nation. So we’re going to have to win that battle, we’re going to have to solve that argument before we can once again reach across and work together on things.

Don’t you love it when complex issues are framed and simplified into clean black and white terms.
 
Your choice has come down to voting Democratic and perpetuating a godless, socialist society or voting Republican and returning to a time of milk, honey and Christian faith.

It’s a clear cut choice. I hope those pesky Muslims and gay folks are listening.

The GOP can see the handwriting on the wall for their myth of the US as a white, Christian nation.   Whites should  become a minority race by 2016 and no latter than 2050. The Christian faith is also in decline.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States

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Politico: Good riddance to establishment GOP

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By RICHARD A. VIGUERIE | 7/16/10 4:26 AM EDT | AP

Richard A. Viguerie says Bob Inglis and like-minded Republicans have passively, and actively, contributed to big government.

Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) who just lost by 42 points in his primary, recently said to GreenvilleOnline.com that the “fear-driven conservative movement . . . will ultimately die out and cost the party dearly unless leaders resist the ‘demagoguery’ and ‘misinformation’ of its figureheads.”

According to conservative ratings, Inglis had been good on legislative votes. So you’d think, instead of insulting his base, he’d be saying this White House has raised demagoguery and misinformation to new levels.

Legislative vote ratings, however, don’t measure one's leadership or humility.

The piece goes on to say that Inglis “believes a majority of Republicans in Congress think similarly . . . They . . . are afraid to speak out because ‘hot’ voices in television and radio talks shows have the microphone and are driving angry voters.”

But it’s Inglis — and like-minded Republicans — who make people angry. They have shown no leadership in attempting to fix what is wrong with Washington.

They have passively, and actively, contributed to big government — which accounts for their abysmal 20 per cetn approval ratings (Gallup).

Americans, particularly conservatives, are angry because of the corruption in Washington. When Republicans controlled the White House and both chambers of Congress, there was individual and institutional corruption.

But most Republican incumbents have yet to demonstrate they will change what was wrong.

Republicans created the K Street project which forced lobbyists to pony up money. They use other people’s money through earmarks to get themselves re-elected.

They ignore the Constitution. They created big-government programs — like expanding federal control of education through No Child Left Behind, the TARP bailouts and the 2003 prescription drug benefit.

Those are just some of many examples of things that Republicans were supposed to prevent from happening.

Rightardia comment:  The Reagan revolution was built upon Southern racism. When Lydon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, most of the Dixiecrats left the party and became Republican.


However, the US is becoming browner and by 2016 according to the US Census Burau, the US will neither have a majority of white or Christian Americans.

The GOP, has never been known for change and it is retreating to the foul line in right field where it cannot win elections. If the GOP does not move to the center, it will become a regional party with permanent minority status.

See the rest of the article at http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39835.html

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Favorite Halloween costume of conservatives is Christian inspired

This appears to be some sort of a Christian statement about tending to the flock.

Feed The Flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being examples to the flock. (1^st Pet 5:2-3)

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Steve Kangas FAQ: Did The Founders intended the U.S. to be a Christian republic?

Editor's Note:  In the last article Rightardia wrote on the separation of church and state, it was pointed that God, Christianity and Jesus are not mentioned in the Constitution or the Articles of Confederation. President John Adams also signed the Treaty of Tripoli that was ratified by the US Senate. It stated the US was not a Christian nation. There is also a legal doctrine on the separation of church and state that is based on more than 50 federal and Supreme Court cases. This article reflects the views of Steve Kangas on the Founders intents on religion.

Myth: The Founders intended the U.S. to be a Christian republic.

Fact: If the Founders had wanted a Christian republic, they would have made one.



Summary

If the Founders had intended this to be a Christian Republic, they would not have separated Church and State in the constitution. Besides, many of the founders were Deists or atheists, not Christians; it would have been impossible for them to intend a Christian Republic.



Argument

The First Amendment states:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…"

Article VI, Section 3 of the constitution also states:

"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States, and of the several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

By now virtually everyone knows the argument that making the United States a Christian republic would violate the First Amendment rights of Hindus, Buddhists, Taoists, atheists, agnostics, etc. But fewer people realize that it would also violate the First Amendment rights of Christians as well. Which of the 2,500 Christian denominations would we choose as the Christian orthodoxy upon which to base the republic? Seventh-day Adventists and Catholics are complete opposites to each other, and, in fact, are sworn enemies. Thus, a Christian Republic would certainly involve a small minority forcing its views on the majority.

Be that as it may, did the Founders actually intend for Christianity to play a greater role in our society than it has? Prior to the constitution, 11 of 13 states had religious qualifications for public office. These were limited to Christians only, and sometimes even Protestants only. However, the Constitutional Convention voted down such qualifications, creating the separation of church and state that we find in the First Amendment today. If this is not proof of the Founders intentions, then what is?

One should remember that the Founders lived in the 18th century, just as the horrors of the Inquisition were winding down. Anyone who overly opposed the Roman Catholic Church was arrested by the Inquisition as a heretic. They were tortured until they confessed their guilt, then handed over to the state for execution. The state, in full partnership with the church, would then prove its loyalty by carrying out the execution. Those Founders who were Christians were Protestants, and had they lived in Europe they would have been persecuted by the Inquisition. It was this identification with "heretics" that compelled them to build "a wall of separation between Church and State."

This famous phrase was coined by Thomas Jefferson in his letter to the Danbury Baptists:

"Believing that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their Legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church and State." -- Thomas Jefferson to Danbury Baptists, 1802.

Some Christians have tried to argue that this wall is "one-way," that the state may not interfere with religion, but religion may interfere with the state. However, this is an impossibility, since by definition any control that a denomination achieves over the state will automatically become state infringement on the religious rights of others.

Besides, many of the Founders were hardly Christians. There were several Deists, most prominent among them Thomas Jefferson. Deism rejected formal or organized religion, including Christianity; it taught that people should depend on human reasoning, not revealed truths, to discern what is true in the world. Deism rejected the divinity of Jesus and ascribed his miracles and resurrection to "mysticisms, fancies and falsehoods" (Jefferson's words).

Another standout is Benjamin Franklin. The body of his work strongly suggests that he was an atheist. Like most atheist politicians since, Franklin was not so impolitic as to broadcast this fact. He sometimes evoked Providence or God in his speeches, ever mindful of his Christian audiences. But anyone familiar with Franklin's writings knows of his true philosophy towards religion.

Thus, the fact that not all the Founders were Christians, and that they actually removed a widespread Christian qualification for office in the U.S. constitution, proves that the Founders did not intend this to be a Christian republic.


Source: http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-christianrepublic.htm


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States


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