Does a modern Christian have a right to self defense? With every right there is a correlative responsibility. The ancient right to bear arms has been described in antiquity as the obligation to bear arms in defense of your community. In those ancient times if you would not arm yourself to defend your community you were often shunned if not run out of town all together.
Chuck Baldwin in an article published by NewsWithViews.com quoted the statistic that “as of 2004, 50% of the adults in the United States own one or more firearms.” My first reaction was, why so few? As someone who once wore a badge and a gun to protect the property and lives of citizens I can testify that my biggest disappointment was the apathy and even cowardice of the people I was often expected to protect.
To refuse to come to the aid of others has been considered a crime and good Samaritan laws have prosecuted citizens who failed to assist and aid people in need of assistance or protection.
Yet, I have heard many people say they would not own a gun or they did not believe in guns. On further inquiry everyone of these purveyors of pseudo-pacifism confirmed that if someone was breaking into their house they would call the police, who will come with guns. The truth is they do believe in guns, but they are either to lazy, to cheap, to cowardly, or just to irresponsible to own one. http://www.newswithviews.com/Gregory/williams109.htm
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Onward Christian Soldiers!
Why did ancient Israel have an army? Was it because they didn't have faith? Did they believe in themselves instead of trusting God? Did they insist on fighting their own battles, rather than let God wage war for them?
When Caesar Plays God: When the State Oversteps its Bounds
I read the Book of Acts, making it much more meaningful and relevant, during my detention in Jerusalem's Russian Compound jail. If you examine the evidence surrounding Paul's frequent arrests and imprisonments, you'll see a pattern of trumped up charges, misunderstandings and misguided zeal against him. It's a miracle that Paul didn't say "enough is enough" and quit.
Out of State $7,511,433 (59%) Kentucky's interests????
Foreign $29,550 (-1%) America's interests?????
Top 20 contributors (career)
UST Inc $127,600
Brown-Forman Corp $121,150
Kindred Healthcare $118,200
Elliott Management $111,000 - Huge Hegde Fund in New York City with $10 billion in managed assets! Sen. McConnell LOVES Wall Street!
Ashland Inc $108,826
UBS AG $108,250 $98,250 $10,000 - Zurich Switzerland FOREIGN interests this bank helped Fortune 500 corporations defrauf the U.S. by "hiding"taxable income for tax evasion so they wont have to pay taxes like us average American have to.
Humana Inc $98,652 - HMO healtcare I guess if you NEED affordable healthcare and have at least $100,000 you can "buy" Sen McConnell to represent YOUR interests instead of theirs?
Altria Group $88,950
Peabody Energy $82,600 - coal mining copany based in St Loius Missouri
United Parcel Service $74,600
AT&T Inc $72,050 - telecome base din Dallas TX. Not sure how this serves Kentucky's interests?
Citigroup Inc $71,950 - AWESOME the "former" biggest "Too Big Too Fail" government TARP welfare bank that was bailed out by the Saudi's (Abu Dhabi) twice before the taxpayers picked up the tab!
General Electric $70,250 - these guys are closing US factories as fast as they can to open factories everywhere else (contrary to their commericals) and one of the countries top H-1B visa labor importers because they would rather employ foreigners than Americans whenever possible.
FMR Corp (Fidelity Investments) $69,900 - more Wall Street financial money
Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald $67,600 - Lawyers
Guardsmark Inc $67,100 - Security Services Contractor in Newport Beach CA? And what does this have to do with Kentucky's interests?
Griffin Industries $66,750
FedEx Corp $63,400
CSX Corp $62,825
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $62,000 - the other BIG HMO! It will take another $65,000 to buy McConnell off to represent you instead of these guys!!!
Mitch McConnel Top 20 Contributing Industries
1. Lawyers/Law Firms $1,533,148
2. Securities & Investment $1,505,862
3. Health Professionals $1,437,841
4. Retired $1,324,867
5. Pro-Israel $1,088,650 - what about pro-AMERICAN interests? Israel isn't one of United States and isn't a county in Kentucky last time I saw a map!
6. Real Estate $1,067,507
7. Insurance $945,757
8. Oil & Gas $849,511 - The $150 barrel for oil was awesome in 2008 let's see if McConnell can help these guys make a fortune if they can only get gas over $4 a gallon!
9. Commercial Banks $671,605 - mostly TARP recipients on government welfare
10. Lobbyists $645,735 - These guys ARE THE GREATEST always looking out for regular working Americans!
11. Republican/Conservative $623,565
12. Mining $614,299
13. General Contractors $588,621
14. Hospitals/Nursing Homes $521,175
15. Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $514,250
16. Misc Business $484,663
17. Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $483,199 - awesome lets keep subsidizing these guys with taxpayer money so the rest of the world can have cheap medicine so Americans can pay 10x more great plan Washington! Obama loves these guys too!
I guess the private insurance system really is great, I mean.. I love it when they call me at work and ask why my doctor did something (minor) or try to dictate to me what drugs to take. I guess I'll keep paying them thousands a year, and smile knowing I can keep helping them make record profits so my rates can go up another 18% next year.. This is GREAT!
I was out at the demonstration yesterday in front of Humana. We had a lady WHO HAD CANCER whom HUMANA DENIED TO PAY FOR CARE. She had to fly to Thailand to get her cancer surgeries and treatments for $750 USD. Humana wanted to LET THIS PERSON DIE whom PAID THEIR PREMIUMS. If the current private system is so great, why are we ranked 45th in this infant mortality rate chart? http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?c=us&v=29 How's that for "right to life"?
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