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The Founding Fathers-What They Stood For

8/19/2015

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The Founding Fathers-What They Stood For

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                                 By Susan Steffen-Kraft 

"Our forefathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal," so stated Abraham Lincoln.
Many of those forefathers were the ones who participated in the American Revolution and established the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. These documents in turn were based off the Magna Carta and the Mayflower Compact. All of these were great documents. 

Patrick Henry was one of those men who went to the Virginia Convention and after giving his speech at the very end he said, "Is life so dear or price so sweet, as to be purchased at the chains of life or liberty? Forbid it! Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!"
Our founding fathers pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor because they were willing to give all they had. 

Your life means you are willing to die for a worthy cause, your fortune means things you tangibly own whether you are rich or poor,  your honor means your good name and reputation and the keeping of your word and oath.
I wish that many today would be like those men and be willing to pledge the three things mentioned above; however I fear we would find few that would.

If you are speaking the truth or writing it then you must hold on to what you say, as it means nothing for you to speak or write something and then not stand by that truth you believe in. Many people standing together will succeed in defending a truth and that is what happened with the Revolutionary War.  The Declaration of Independence was written one year into the war and the Constitution was written after the war. What they stood for was espoused and defended by many.
 
 

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This description aptly fits the founding fathers. Though not perfect, they could not be bought or sold when it came to their country and the duty they felt toward their fellow man. They defied a king from across the seas to follow what they knew was the right thing to do. Many talk the talk but do not walk the walk. "The greatest want of the world is men, men who cannot be bought or sold...men who in their inmost souls are true and honest. Men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole and will stand for the right though the heavens fall."

Such a man by the name of John Adams said, "Whatever our fate, be assured.....that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood, but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it; and I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now, and Independence forever."
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The founding fathers understood that the American pioneers who came to this country were not looking for an easy life, although God knows they would have happy to be spared the hardship and even harder labor that they had to endure. Many were poor and would have enjoyed abundance, but they were looking to fulfill a vision; their faith, and their ideas with their intellect which meant not having a government to harass and hold them down to a common level for the benefit of the "general welfare." The promise this new country had for those who came was known as freedom!

I dare say that our Founding Fathers were liberals that believed in freedom. They were the real liberals in a classic sense of the word. They revolted against the autocratic use of political power and the idea of government behind the taxes. They did not vote against the taxes per say. King George and the British government had unlimited power so in their minds and in essence they were, classic liberals who loved their country, and made it very plain that the responsibility of the American government was to the American people.

"When we fear the government there is tyranny. When the government fears the people there is liberty!" A very wise man said this and his name was Thomas Jefferson. He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and our third President. 
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention were also well-educated men who knew what they were doing. It does pay to become well educated and well read but, besides being educated, they were dominant in their communities and prominent in national affairs. Twenty-nine of them had served in the Continental forces and in positions of command. Among them were lawyers, judges and others with varying degrees of experience and careers.

What a group of great minds they were that put these documents together; the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and finally the Bill of Rights. We are the beneficiaries that owe them a debt of gratitude for what they did and for where we live. "When the last dutiful & humble petition from Congress received no other answer then declaring us rebels, and out of the King's protection, I from that moment look'd forward to a Revolution & Independence, as the only means of salvation; and will risque the last penny of my fortune, & the last drop of my blood upon the issue." George Mason Oct. 2, 1778 

Time to say enough is enough!  Most I fear, are in a deep slumber. It is time to arise and shake off the deep sleep and sound the alarm. No more complacency but only courage is needed. Time for people to listen and see what is happening around them. Time to become educated and stand for truth. Truth cannot be sacrificed on the altar of fear!

 Freedom isn't Free and with it may come the scorn of those who are content to go along with the crowd and will swallow anything they say. They are sheeple because they refuse to recognize the real dangers to their freedoms.  The crowd is not always right my friends. Time to stand for your Republic with Liberty and Justice for All! 


http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/henry-liberty.html., http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters_of_freedom_1.html http://www.anamericanvision.com/freedom_documents/charters_of_freedom.php, America's Promise by Dan Smoot, http://www.sullivan-county.com/bush/constitution.htm, https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index, https://thestarforum.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/pledge-your-life-fortune-and-sacred-honor/,  http://www.ellenwhitedefend.com/subjects/callsinrgtname.htm, http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm
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Fox or Faux News or Both?

8/16/2015

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Fox or Faux News or Both?

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                                  By Susan Steffen-Kraft

Fox News is supposedly conservative. Yet, their owner Rupert Murdoch has taken money from a Saudi prince.
In Sept. 2010, Fox news had some intense interest in a mosque and Islamic center that was to be built near ground zero in NYC. Interestingly enough Fox News shared a financial backer with the imam. Of course, the voting stock in News Corp. is held in part by Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, who is the Saudi king's nephew. He is the second-largest-holder of this voting stock. He has though his philanthropies given generously to enterprises pursued by the imam Feisal Abdul Rauf.  He helped to rescue the American banking giant Citigroup twice and is also one of the largest holders. Interestingly, he has big stakes in the rival media giants Time Warner and Disney. Waleed is not one it seems to put all his pennies in one pot. 
His uncle, King Abdullah rules the Saudi empire under Sharia law. Yet, Sean Hannity who has a talk show on this network screams about Sharia law replacing our laws. Interesting, is it not?

The Saudi prince, who owns a 5.7 percent share of Fox New has also claimed that  in 2005 he persuaded Murdoch to quickly stop the top-rated cable network from identifying the unrest in France as “Muslim riots. Shortly thereafter, it was changed to civil riots. My my!  Waleed now holds 7 percent of the voting stock in News Corp. That is more than any other person not named Rupert Murdoch! In the year 2005, when Muslims were rioting in Paris which was the worst street violence since 1968, Alwaleed telephoned Rupert Murdoch, as Alwaleed himself and said "these are not Muslim riots, they are riots."  Somehow, magically, the Fox News crawl about "Muslim riots in Paris"  which was across the bottom of the screen changed to "civil riots."

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The debates for the Republican nominees were a hit job on Trump, the ignoring of Rand Paul and the allowing of disrespect by Gov. Chris Christie among some of the other transgressions that happened. The issue is not so much about Donald Trump and whether he is a phony or for real. The issue is not about whether he is there to truly do the right thing for his country or whether he is there to split the Republican Party. The issue is about Fox News and their commentators and the questions they asked. How can we even get an idea about someone if, like some there they are ignored or like others they are attacked with silly questions.
I felt at times like National Enquirer was there asking the questions and they might have done a better job by the way.
The hit job, should you wish to call it that, that I am doing is not so much on Meghan, although I did not like the way she approached things, but on Fox News.

"Establishment Republicans, as represented by Fox News, who’ve run and supported people like Dole, Bush, McCain and Romney. They have, because of this, given us Presidents Clinton and Obama.  Fox News it seems wants to make the Republican Party similar to but different then or a cheap imitation of the Democrat Party. When you get behind Boehner, McConnell, McCain and Lindsey and you are giving support to Bush and Christie then I call foul.They are behind Boehner, McConnell, McCain and Lindsey.  So do you expect the commentators in the Fox News political debates to be any better than Murdoch and company?  

"It's clear that Martha Washington (one of Savage's nick names for her), Roger Ailes, and Rupert Murdoch are working for Hillary Clinton," the pundit said on his Savage Report Friday Aug. 7, 2015. "It's as clear as a bell that 'Mayhem Kelly' has gone over to the dark side, and frankly her looks are changing." Amazingly, Michael Savage has never been given a place for his show on Fox. Not hard to figure why!  Most of Fox News hosts are political hacks.  Michael Savage attacks, brands, and undresses both sides of the political charade and is not a propaganda arm of the Republican Party.  Savage calls it as he sees it and he sees it quite clearly.

Savage has no love for Fox News as shown by his remarks because of the hatchet job they did on Edward Snowden. “I heard the empty skirts on Fox News and I was more appalled then I’ve ever been. From the lipstick-wearing empty skirts shifting their legs around as one after the other empty skirts said, ‘Oh, he’s not a patriot. If he was a real patriot, he should’ve stood here and taken his medicine.’ As they said inside the safety of the Fox News studio. Shame on all of you empty skirts! You’re nothing more than lipstick with a pair of legs on it! Shame on you! What do you mean? He should’ve stayed here and gotten killed?”
I concur with Michael Savage!
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When  Rodger Ailes, the CEO of Fox News decided to turn Fox into a media empire, he brought in two executives to be his deputies. One was a man named Chet Collier; a liberal from Massachusetts and a talk show guru who is big on showmanship. His ideas were not about what was being said but about their huge personalities that jump through the screen at the audience. He grabbed the moment when Monica and Bill had their shining moments in the sun; alright I am jesting but you get the picture. Corruption, sex, and power all sell and the conservatives hated Bill Clinton so it worked. The lurid part of the tabloid story was riveting and Ailes had success with this.  

But of course, his audience from the Nixon years is aging and so he is now catering to the "it is not about the news but how you gather it to influence your side".  Representsments and antagonisms have divided our culture and Rodger Ailes is at the center of the merging of journalism and politics.  In 1996, Ailes took control of Fox News and proceeded to build it into an aggressive conservative entity. Their programs sometimes stretch the definition of “news" profit and pander to what and how they present these programs. This is not a judgment, just a statement. 

I question Rupert Murdoch having deep Jewish roots and touts the agenda of the Jewish nation and yet.....he has allowed a Muslim Prince to invest in Fox. Playing both sides are we Rupert?  New York Governor George Pataki said, “There is no newspaper in the U.S. more supportive of Israel than the [Murdoch’s] New York Post.”

Yet, that Saudi money invested in Fox troubles me. I guess money from either side will buy anything. Strange how that happens. Taking out the words Muslim riots and supporting Israel also; behind the scenes, all planned and yet, treachery at times. I trust none of them. Rupert and Ailes, Israel and a Saudi prince; I smell a big ra
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James Murdoch is left-wing and to prove that he acknowledges the consequences of man-made global climate change as well as marrying a woman who worked for the Clinton Foundation. Again I question his ethics. He has also allowed Fox News to  donate more than $3 million to Clinton family accounts. This is according to the Federal Election Commission and the Center for Responsive Politics data. Fox is the Clinton's 9th largest contributor over the time of the Clinton's family political involvement. Raise any eyebrows yet?

Roger Ailes does not seem to always like Murdoch as per his comment "He's a fucking dope!"  But ratings and revenue rule the day and as long as those remain high I suspect Murdoch will tolerate Ailes' comments because personal issues are quickly forgiven and forgotten as long as the person you hate is good at his job and is making money.  

Will that extend to Murdoch pillaging Trump yet Ailes is pushing Fox to defend Trump and supports Trump's outlandish comments. Seems that Murdoch does not have any control of Ailes.  If nothing else, Fox is about making money and in these controversial debates they most assuredly are.  Many call it Faux News, so is that the name it should be, or should it be Fox News as in Crazy Like a Fox?



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Above is the chart that shows the donations of different contributors to the Clinton's. Note that at Nm. 9 is the Fox/News Corp. And yet the bashing of Hillary marches on. More questions then answers in my opinion.

http://www.newswithviews.com/Daubenmire/dave222, http://www.npr.org/2014/01/16/263063731/book-chronicles-the-building-of-roger-ailes-fox-news-empire, http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/michael-savage-trump-kelly-hillary/2015/08/08/id/669186/,  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129584557, http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/interview-diana-west-saudi-influence-fox-news, http://bigthink.com/Resurgence/sharia-prince-owns-stake-in-fox-news-parent,http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/07/16/murdochs-deeply-hidden-jewish-roots-a-biography/, http://www.slate.com/articles/business/culturebox/2015/06/rupert_murdoch_is_stepping_back_from_his_empire_why_that_won_t_mean_a_change.html, http://www.mediaite.com/tv/michael-savage-rants-against-fox-news-empty-skirts-lipstick-with-legs-for-condemning-nsa-leaker/, http://truthinmedia.com/lotfi-fox-news-one-of-hillary-clintons-biggest-donors-for-more-than-two-decades/ 

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The Issue is Bigger then Collecting Rainwater

8/4/2015

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The Issue is Bigger then Collecting Rainwater

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                                   By Susan Steffen-Kraft

 You may find out what could happen if you collect water without consulting the government as you might need a lawyer in many cases.  It is alright it seems for mega corporations to bottle water and sell it for profit, but to collect your own is asking for trouble and for the government to meddle in your affairs.
Mr. Harrinton of Eagle Point, Oregon got in trouble for collecting 20 million gallons of rainwater on his property. He collected them in his reservoirs and for his trouble of being innovative, was jailed for 30 days and then received a fine for $1,500.

Having been given the permits to do so, he was then told that it was only lawful to collect the rainwater in barrels on the roof or other solid surfaces and as such to give the permits back. He has been ordered to drain the reservoirs which to me is a total waste of the water and is fighting to keep that water. He believes the government is nothing but a big bully and that if one lays down and rolls over then they will become even bigger bullies. That is so true.

Seattle, Washington has taken a different approach, however. They have encouraged new developments even though the state had water laws that said any rain collector had to go through a permit process according to a state hydrologist and lawyer by the name of Kurt Unger. But it would be a process to rewrite laws and or force everyone in Seattle to get a permit so Seattle was granted a city-wide permit that allowed the residents to set up cisterns and the water storage units without becoming criminals.

Besides according to Mr. Unger the water would just drain into the Puget Sound so who would really care.  A sensible way for the city to look at it rather then take many of its citizens to court being as so many trapped into that source it would have been silly for the state to resist. This is what happens when people stand together as they obviously did in Seattle the Emerald City! 
In Utah, Mark Miller of Mark Miller Toyota, found out the hard way it was illegal for him to collect water because he should have had a valid water right.  Of course, he was only collecting the water to wash his cars at his dealership. A worthy project for him to do being as water is scarce in Utah and thus the frivolous using of water to wash those cars would be helped by the fact he was using that free water falling from the skies onto his own property. Ah ha, wait a minute. Apparently, Utah feels that water belongs to the various government entities. I am sure that God is wondering about that one because the rain is falling from the heavens and no man on earth should claim to own the heavens or the rain.

Zechariah 10:1 says Ask rain from the Lord in the season of the spring rain, from the Lord who makes the storm clouds, and he will give them showers of rain, to everyone the vegetation in the field. From Amos 4:7 says "I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain on one city, and send no rain on another city; one field would have rain, and the field on which it did not rain would wither."

For those of you not believing in the Bible then this would be no proof, of course, for those who do it makes it perfectly clear who owns the rain. For every politician who goes to church and has sworn an oath on the Bible, perhaps they better reread these verses among many others once again.

Salt Lake City worked out a deal with Mr. Miller allowing him to use their water. How generous of them I might add because using that water is more thrifty and lessens the demand for water coming from the taps in homes or businesses and the various facilities the water comes from and actually helps conserve that valuable commodity. 

Rainwater from your home or business roof reduces the amount of storm runoff that flows into a city’s sewer system. The excess runoff when the heavy storms come often has the hazard of the discharge of raw sewage into area waterways. This often happens when the local treatment plant cannot handle the capacity of the combined water flow. When the rainwater is collected from the roof it tends to lessen the amount of water that makes it to the sewer system.
 
I would say that Utah needs to learn some lessons about the value of allowing someone to collect rainwater because it only helps them.

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Just what has happened to our basic rights?  Since many states have passed laws that limit what you can do with rainwater or outright ban the collection of rainwater this issue highlights a serious overall problem in America today. That issue is the taking away of our freedoms and increasing government control.  This argument could be used for the air we breathe becoming so silly and dangerous as to charge us an air tax. Laugh if you must, but "according to the U.S. Patent & Trademark office, U.S. corporations and universities already own 20% of your genetic code". Your own body is partially the property of someone else according to their claim. They own your land, body and water so how long will it be until they try to own the air you breathe and even possibly your mind. When it comes to the government tread very lightly. 

Our government does not want self-reliant citizens because then you would not be begging them for the crumbs they would give you. They would keep us relying on them for water and power and anything else they can manipulate the masses into begging for. The freedoms we enjoy here in the U.S. are quickly eroding as this nation transforms from the land of the free into the land of the enslaved that can even go so far as to tell you how much and what to do with your water.

The problem is that many states, especially the Western ones, are experiencing drought problems which, of course, means a shortage of water and thus, our government has come to the point where executive orders have been issued that will allow them to take your stockpile of water away. This will then allow them to share it with those who did not prepare. It should be legal to collect rainwater for survival purposes and at 3 gallons per person a day when in survival mode and then one must also realize that you will need  it for laundry and personal hygiene. 

This is an issue of common sense and standing against tyranny! We must all join the battle to survive literately and figuratively. 



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