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************************************************************************************************************************ When The Police Start Policing The Police 9/01/2010 In the past week I received a press release entitled “Indiana Law Enforcement Turns Up The Heat On Impaired Drivers”. The subtitle read “Annual crackdown devotes 24 days towards combating drunk driving over Labor Day”. It went on to say that “Impaired driving is a deadly crime. We’re urging all Hoosiers to enjoy the end of summer responsibly by designating a sober driver if they plan to consume alcohol. It’s simple - if you are caught driving under the influence of alcohol, you will go to jail”. Apparently the point of this press release was for us journalistic types to let all of you normal folk that if you have a bit too much of the hard stuff and drive, YOU will go to jail. Unless of course you are one of the “special” people driving those little cars with printing on the side. You know the printing; it says Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department”. Apparently anyone driving one of those special cars is given a pass when DRIVING DRUNK. It is simple really, When a police officer arrives on the scene of an accident and they suspect a drunk driver, the suspect is taken into custody and taken to a hospital for a blood test to determine if the suspect is drunk or not. If they arrive upon the scene of the accident and they suspect that the driver is drunk and the suspect is one of their own carrying a badge and even ON DUTY, they take the suspect to an unqualified phlebotomist to have blood drawn in such a way that it will not be admissible in court, therefore, saving the proverbial butt of one of their own and letting a CRIMINAL walk away. Gee, I wonder why most people have such a low opinion of the local police department!! Could it have something to do with the complete stupidity of the way things are handled sometimes. As David Bisard’s record was released during the investigation, we find out that in the last seven years this officer has had five previous accidents. He hit a tree, He hit a fence, He hit a utility pole, He hit a parked car, Come on, is this not a cry for help that says “get me off the road before I kill someone”. And yet no one paid attention until he actually killed someone. I am appalled that this officer was never booked into jail according to Marion County Jail spokesman Julio Fernandez. Anyone who did not carry a badge would have been booked into jail before the tow truck arrived. Officer Bisard says the accident was not his fault because he was attempting to make a traffic stop and had to swerve to avoid an elderly couple crossing the street. My question is was this really an elderly couple or an officer seeing double and not knowing which on to try and avoid? This same officer was allegedly in a CVS Pharmacy less than a week before this fatal accident and was buying hard liquor while on duty and in uniform. This is certainly nothing short of stupid and also is against IMPD departmental policy and possible against state law. Some heads should roll over the way this entire investigation was handled. First of all, I have never heard of a police department that investigates one of it’s own in this type of situation. Perhaps Chief Paul Ciesielski had in mind to save the department some money and nip a lawsuit in the bud by allowing this to happen but that plan obviously did not work. IMPD has been overrun with several incident that have made the news since Chief Ciesielski has taken the reins. Along with the Officer Bisard Fatality, there are reports that another officer was involved in a hit and run accident and hid that crash from the department and the beating of a teenager during the Indiana Black Expo to name a couple. Someone needs to get a handle on this department and Franki Straub does not seem to be the one to do it. It seems to me that the problems at IMPD started when Frank Straub was appointed Public Safety Director and decided to fire Chief Mike Spears from his position and replace him with Chief Ciesielski. Chief Spears had departmental problems as much as anybody, but would never have allowed a cover-up nor would he have allowed a situation involving an officer in a fatal crash to be investigated by his own department. Chief Spears would have immediately called an outside department (Sheriffs Department or State Police) in to investigate to avoid any appearance of impropriety. This entire situation has been handled in the worst possible and there is only one way to clean up the mess and restore the public faith in IMPD. That is for mayor Greg Ballard to call in an outside department to investigate the matter, Fire Public Safety Director Frank Straub, fire IMPD Chief Paul Ciesielski and fire anyone who was even remotely involved in any way in the investigation of Officer Bisard and his ill fated blood test. Only then will IMPD have a chance to restore the public’s faith in them. As for the press re;ease about the crackdown on drunk driving, perhaps it should start with a breathalyzer test at roll call at the IMPD stations. Doug Chambers is the Publisher of Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. which currently publishes four newspapers across central Indiana. His column “Things That Trouble Me” is currently syndicated in newspapers across central Indiana. © 2010, Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. ************************************************************************************************************************ Let’s Party At Cordoba House 08/25/2010 Plans are in the works for a new Islamic Mosque to be built near the ground zero site of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. There are differing points of view on whether or not this Mosque should be built. Needless to say, I have a viewpoint on the subject as well. This country was attacked by members of the very same religion that is now seeking to build this mosque, to be named “Cordoba House”, only nine years ago. Islam has been said to be a religion of peace and that is their claim for wanting to build Cordoba House near the site of the attack. Iman Feisal Abdul Rauf has stated that the Cordoba House is to be a community center for the local community and a place to begin the healing process between Americans and Muslims. He went on to say that the Cordoba House would be a place for Americans and Muslims to learn to respect each other. I find that last statement interesting when you examine the word respect. It is defined by Wikipedia as follows: Respect denotes both a positive feeling of esteem for a person or other entity (such as a nation or a religion), and also specific actions and conduct representative of that esteem. Respect can be a specific feeling of regard for the actual qualities of the one respected (e.g., "I have great respect for her judgment"). It can also be conduct in accord with a specific ethic of respect. Rude conduct is usually considered to indicate a lack of respect, disrespect, whereas actions that honor somebody or something indicate respect. Specific ethics of respect are of fundamental importance to various cultures. Respect for tradition and legitimate authority is identified by Jonathan Haidt as one of five fundamental moral values shared to a greater or lesser degree by different societies and individuals. Respect should not be confused with tolerance, since tolerance doesn't necessarily imply any positive feeling, and is not incompatible with contempt, which is the opposite of respect. The word respect comes from the latin respicere which means look behind. It evokes the idea of judging something regarding what has been done in the past when it is worth being acknowledged. Thus, the notion of respect implies that it can be applied to a person who has done something well, but also to anything that has been stated in the past, such as a promise, the rules of a game, the law, and so on. This is also the reason why in most languages, it is said that respect has to be earned or deserved. While understanding that maybe not all Muslims interpret the Quran with the samemeaning as most, we must realize that this so called peaceful religion is guided by a belief that it is their allah given duty to destroy the American way of life and bring the ENTIRE world under their Sharia Law. This is the law that says that a thief will have his hand cut off, an adulterer will be stoned to death, and those who do not give up God and bow down to allah will be executed. Here I am. I will not give up my God as he is the one who sent his son to die for my sins and to lead me to heaven through his grace. What did allah give us? Extreme radicalism and terrorists?. No thank you. The Imam Rauf has also stated in a speech given in Sydney, Australia that the “U.S. and the West must acknowledge the harm they’ve done to Muslims before terrorism can end. Now I ask you, does that sound like the voice of a leader who is trying to further the healing process between Americans and Muslims? Remember that definition of respect. Denotes a POSITIVE feeling of esteem. Where is the positive feeling of esteem in in telling Americans that Terrorism will not end until America apologizes for some unknown harm to Muslims. I don’t remember the last time that a group of Americans hijacked an airplane and killed nearly three thousand Muslims by crashing the airplane into an icon of the Muslims existence. I have great respect for the Muslim terrorists now however. The other part of the definition of respect says the word respect comes from the latin respicere which means look behind. It evokes the idea of judging something regarding what has been done in the past when it is worth being acknowledged. I will always look behind (or back) and remember what these Muslim terrorists have done to America and I will always judge them at fault for the heinous acts that they have done to this country. As for America apologizing to Muslims for the harm done to them. NEVER will I apologize to them until they apologize for the harm they have done to us on September 11th 2001. But putting those feelings aside, hasn’t President Obama already apologized to everyone on behalf of Americans. On June 4, 2009, President Obama gave a speech to the Muslim world from Cairo, in which he stated: I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles – principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. … So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn't. And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear. It is nice to know that our own President is apparently a Muslim as has been stated for so long, and that he is completely for this project in spite of the harm and damage that it may do to Americans. Obviously President Obama is putting the interests of Muslims before the interests of the very Americans he is supposed to represent. My fear on the building of this thirteen story building is that is will become a haven for terrorists and possibly even a training facility and headquarters for the next attack on America by these so called peaceful Muslims. Maybe in the meantime we fellow Americans can disrupt the planning and any training going at the Cordoba House by organizing parties for Americans at the “community center” on a daily basis and preaching God and Christianity to the Muslims who dare to enter during these parties. After all, since Muslims are guaranteed freedom of religion in America, I believe they would have a rough time arguing that Americans do not have that same right. And maybe in the next election we can get an honest to God American President who was born in this country and believes in putting God first and terrorists behind bars. Remember in November, I Vote. Doug Chambers is the Publisher of Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. which currently publishes four newspapers across central Indiana. His column “Things That Trouble Me” is currently syndicated in newspapers across central Indiana. © 2010, Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. ************************************************************************************************************************ Believe In God, Forget College 8/04/2010 Sometimes we marvel at the fact that our children make it through the school system with an education that is worth anything. We all know that most of the public school system is focused on teaching our children about evolution and excluding the Christian views that include creation. We all know that most of the public school system is focused on teaching sex education while excluding the Christian view of abstinence. We all know that most of the public school system is focused on teaching our children that their parents are not allowed to spank them or punish them while excluding the Christian view of using punishment to teach your children right from wrong. In order to get around this public school system, those of us who can pay for the public school system through our property taxes and then send our children to a private school at our own expense. We do this so that our children can learn good Christian values at the same time they are obtaining an education. This has always been the right of any family who could afford it. That right is now being attacked in the continuing trend to strip the rights of Christians across the country. The latest attack on Christianity is occurring in California with the University of California seeking to deny admission to students of high schools that are of the private Christian, Catholic and Jewish schools. The basis of denying these students is that they are taught the subjects of biology, literature and history from a religious perspective and that that perspective is too narrow minded. Apparently the University of California has never looked at the curriculum of the public school system that teaches a very narrow minded course selection in which students are not even allowed to question the subject matter being taught. The ninth circuit court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that the University of California can deny the admission of students from these private schools. If the United States Supreme Court upholds this ruling then it will surely pop up around the country at other universities seeking to deny students because of their religious beliefs. This could be a disaster for those who have religious beliefs. It is interesting that in a country that was founded on the freedom to practice religious freedom without be restricted by the government is now turning into a country that only allows the practice of religions that are approved by the government. This is exactly the type of religious persecution that the original pioneers left Britain to avoid. This blatant restriction upon the free practice of religion is exactly the reason this country was brought into existence by our founding fathers. Public schools are allowed to teach a very narrow minded view that our own existence was brought about by a big bang and those students are allowed into a college because they were taught that particular view. Private school students are taught a much more feasible and sensible view that there is a God who made this world and they are denied admission to that same college because they were taught something that is their viewpoint of the world in the first place. What happened to colleges wanting students from all walks of life and with differing viewpoints in order to establish a discussion of the differing viewpoints of the world? Now, under a court ruling, we have what amounts to a government run education system where only a government approved curriculum can be taught to our children. If the courses being taught do not agree with the government, then the students are not allowed to continue their education at a university. Has anyone noticed that there are too many “government run” ‘s in the previous paragraph. This country of ours was founded on the principles that it’s people would be free to practice their own religion, be allowed to speak freely and be allowed to assemble peaceably. That is what the first amendment to the Constitution is all about. It is interesting that when it comes to trampling on the Constitution, it is usually the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that is involved. This is surely the most one sided liberal court in all the land. If the people of this country do not start standing up for what is right and throw some of the dictator types out of office very soon, then we are all going to find ourselves living in a replica of the former USSR in a communist regime that will rival the era of Josef Stalin. We will find that we are allowed to do only what the government allows, practice only the religion that the government allows and find that we only have the rights that the government allows. We will find that we have moved from a government for the people and by the people to a dictatorship that is in total control and doesn’t give a hoot about its people. The United States Supreme Court must strike down this ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and allow students of all beliefs to attend the college of their choice. Otherwise, it will legalize religious discrimination and turn our school systems into a totalitarian type system where freedom is no longer valid and only one point of view is being taught. If the United States Supreme Court does not strike down this ruling, then it is up to the citizens on the United States to act to elect an administration that will protect our rights and freedoms. The time to do this is coming soon. Know who your candidates are and find out about their views to make sure they will vote for what you want. This and lots of prayer are the only way to save our country. Pray daily for our country. Remember in November, I vote. Doug Chambers is the Publisher of Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. which currently publishes four newspapers across central Indiana. His column “Things That Trouble Me” is currently syndicated in newspapers across central Indiana. © 2010, Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. ************************************************************************************************************************ Women’s Restroom A Thing Of The Past 7/28/2010 A call to all women, how do you feel about having men in the women’s restroom? Suppose you went to the women’s restroom for a call of nature and there was a man in there who was also answering the call of nature. How about if you took your young daughter or granddaughter into the women’s restroom, only to find a man at the sink washing his hands after relieving himself. Would this make you feel a little uncomfortable? Well, get used to it because at the rate this nation is going it will not be long before that is a possibility in cities around the country. This Monday, the South Bend City Council will consider City Ordinance # 30-10, which has been mislabeled by some as merely a minor change in the city’s human rights law, according to the American Family Association of Indiana.. Far from being a minor item, this ordinance threatens the religious freedom of business owners, employees, citizens and organizations. The ordinance is being driven by homosexual demands groups and resurrected for the third time after repeated failures. It is so poorly written that it could allow men with a gender identity disorder to use a women’s changing room at a local Kohl’s or JC Penny (for example) exposing mothers and children to their lifestyle choices. Under 30-10 a man could not be barred from entering or using a women’s locker room at a fitness center unless the business wanted to risk a costly discrimination lawsuit. The ordinance grants special rights to cross dressers and homosexuals based solely upon their behavioral choices. Even the failure to embrace "perceived" gender confusion could be a basis for suing a business owner. This is not simply a set of observations from AFA-IN surrounding a political ordinance. This is the opinion of legal scholars that were asked to review this ordinance who have expertise in these types of measures at the Alliance Defense Fund. They have described the ordinance as vague and poorly written, and classified the so-called religious exemption as intentionally deceptive. Here is a real life example not too far from South Bend. In Lansing, Michigan a cross-dressing man who had successfully applied for his fitness club membership by mail using his female name of “Naomi,” attempted to enter the women’s locker room at a fitness center. Thankfully, a center employee saw him and blocked his entrance. The ACLU threatened to sue the business on behalf of the cross-dresser and homosexual activists who supported his agenda. Thankfully local residents had recently rejected an ordinance just like South Bend’s 30-10. The defeat of the ordinance protected the center’s owners, employees and patrons from his exposure, misbehavior and a costly politically charged lawsuit from the far-left. Now I don’t know about you but I tend to think that the majority American citizens would not be agreeable to, or comfortable with, having men of ANY sexual orientation in the women’s restroom of ANY local business. I know that the Obama administration has been pushing this diversity agenda really hard but at some point the American citizens have got to stand up and say enough is enough. When the founding fathers wrote the Constitution with the phase that “all men are created equal”, I do not believe that their intention was for all men to be allowed to intrude on the privacy of women in their restroom. While we are on that subject, WHY would ANY man want to use the women’s restroom when they have a perfectly good one located right next to it? There is only one reason that I can legitimately think of and that would be that the women’s restroom is cleaner than the men’s restroom. But if men start using the women’s restroom all the time, it will end up no cleaner than the men’s. Any other reason that ANY man would want to continually use the women’s restroom would be perverted. But then we have to remember that this is a gay agenda that is being pushed by gay activists. The whole point of their agenda is not so they can use the women’s restroom but to have the RIGHT to use the women’s restroom. Of course, once the right has been gained, they will actually use the women’s restroom instead of the men’s simply to prove they can and WE can’t do anything about it. I cannot believe that ANY man, straight, gay or otherwise, would actually WANT to use a women’s restroom for anything unless they are perverted and wanting to actually do or see something lewd or private. Whether they want to admit it or not, there are still some things in this country that are private and gender specified. If you are not a woman, then you need to stay out of the women’s restroom. That is the way it is, that is the way it has always been, and that is the way it is going to stay. I am sure that if they ever get this law passed in any city, that any man worth half a grain of salt, will be standing outside the women’s restroom while his wife, daughter, granddaughter, sister or any other female in his life, and just waiting for any perverted man to try to enter the restroom. I know that if I am ever put in that position, the man who tries to enter the door may be a man when he tries but will feel like a women as he limps away. It is time to put a stop to all this nonsense and take back our country. Talk to YOUR Senators and Representatives and find out their views. Look up their voting records and see if they vote the way YOU want them to. Then remember that when you enter the voting booth in November. Doug Chambers is the Publisher of Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. which currently publishes four newspapers across central Indiana. His column “Things That Trouble Me” is currently syndicated in newspapers across central Indiana. © 2010, Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. ************************************************************************************************************************ Vote For Me Because The Other Guy Is Bad 7/21/2010 I get emails daily from every candidate that is running for any office you could possibly think of. One thing that I have noticed in the past few years is that the political campaign climate has changes. In the past, when a candidate ran for political office, they ran a hard campaign that told us all of the plans that the candidate had and what his or her strengths and qualifications and how they would vote on the issues of the day. That political climate has changed to the point that we no longer are told what a candidates qualifications are. We are no longer apprised of candidates strengths in campaign literature. And we certainly are not advised of a candidates stand on the issues. In today’s political campaigns, we are told only one thing. That one thing is how bad the other candidate is. We are told what he has done wrong if he or she is an incumbent or what they will do wrong if they are a newcomer. This is a totally bi-partisan campaign. It is not a republican issue. It is not a democrat issue. It is not even an independent issue. It completely encompasses every political candidate. It has approached the point where I believe most Americans are voting for candidate whom they know the least. No wonder it is impossible to get anyone elected who will make good decisions. Nobody runs for political office and tells the voter what they are going to do. I do not care to have a candidate who is telling me how bad his opponent is. I want to hear something of substance about the candidate doing the talking. Tell me what you are going to do. Tell me how you are going to tackle the issues that I care about. I don’t need emails from the Democratic Party telling me that I need to help stop Dan Coats because he is a lobbyist who lives and works in Washington D.C. They don’t even mention the name of the candidate who is running against him. They just instruct me to go to the nearest voting booth and vote for the person running against him that has a (D) next to his name. Nothing about what that person (who by the way is Brad Ellsworth) is going to do for me. Or how about the email alert from the Indiana Republican Party to let me know that Brad Ellsworth’s votes put Washington’s interests ahead of Indiana’s. What votes are they talking about. Brad Ellsworth has not even been elected yet! The votes they are talking about are the votes to put Brad Ellsworth on the ballot and that we should go to the nearest voting booth and vote for whatever person is running against Brad Ellsworth and has a ® next to his name. Here is an ALERT to both parties. I AM NOT A SHEEP. I will not go to a voting booth and cast my vote for anyone simply because I am told to by someone else. If I am going to do that, why not just give you my vote? The best way to EARN my vote if you are running for a new office is to tell me what you stand for. Here is a sample of what I am looking for in a candidate. I am looking for someone who will stand up at all costs to defend the Constitute of the United States of America. That means you will ALWAYS vote to uphold the Constitution and the equal rights for everyone. That means also voting against politically correct bills that afford special privileges to special groups like the Gay and Lesbian Alliance. I am also looking for candidates who will protect my rights to freedom of religion (the ability to practice it whenever and wherever I want even though I am not Muslim or Atheist). I am looking for candidates who support the Defense of Marriage act and will defend it from the small minority of gay citizens who think they should have the laws changed them simply because they chose an alternate and unnatural lifestyle. I am looking for candidates who believe that the murder of children (abortion) is wrong and will vote to make it illegal. How do you justify being against the death penalty (killing murderers) and being for abortion (killing babies). I am looking for candidates who will defend my rights to bear arms to protect the lives of my family and to protect my property. This means to protect against murderers, rapists, thieves and burglars and a greedy government if and when they try to claim my property illegally. If you are a returning candidate running for re-election, you better hope that you have voted in this manner during your last term in order to get my vote for another term. If you did not vote my way, I will not vote your way. Remember that! Stop sending me emails telling me how bad the other guy is. I DON”T CARE!!! Start sending me emails telling me about you. Where do you go to church? What are your beliefs about abortion? How do you feel about the use of the Bible in public? Have you read the Bible? How do you feel about protecting the Constitution of the United States of America? Have you even read the Constitution of the United States? If I asked how you felt about the Second Amendment, would you know what I was talking about? If not, you better start doing your homework. The election is a little more than three months away. I have not decided who I will vote for. I am waiting for you to tell me what you stand for. I am speaking to anyone who is going to be on my ballot in the voting booth. If you do not tell me what you stand for, I will not vote for you. Remember that. I am serious. Remember in November. I vote Doug Chambers is the Publisher of Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. which currently publishes four newspapers across central Indiana. His column “Things That Trouble Me” is currently syndicated in newspapers across central Indiana. © 2010, Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. ************************************************************************************************************************ Why Does Diversity Run Only One Way? 7/14/2010 Living in a major metropolitan area means that if you drive in the downtown areas, you are bound to find at least a few one way streets. This is to be expected and as you navigate around town you learn to use these streets to get to your final destination. When it comes to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, however, I would think that there should never be one way streets. All that we hear about today is diversity. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary the definition of diverse is “the condition of being diverse : variety; especially : the inclusion of diverse people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization <programs intended to promote diversity in schools”. According to the Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia the definition of diversity used in politics is “the political and social policy of encouraging tolerance for people of different backgrounds”. According to the “Things That Trouble Me” in my mind dictionary the definition of diversity is “the allowance of anything that people would never even think of discussing thirty years ago and the outlawing of everything that people held in high esteem thirty years ago”. Even though I made up that last definition, I think most readers will get the point. The idea for this column came to me as I read an email about the latest attack on Christianity in the name of diversity. In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected ruled against a law school chapter of the Christian Legal Society located at the University of California's Hastings School of Law. The law school denied official recognition to the student chapter of the Christian Legal Society. While CLS welcomes anyone to attend meetings and events, it requires that the officers and voting members who provide direction for the Society agree with and abide by the group's Statement of Faith. UC Hastings considers CLS' faith requirement to be in conflict with the school's non-discrimination policies. Now on the surface of this ruling it just makes me mad that the U. S. Supreme Court would take away the rights of a small club of Christians that wanted to meet weekly or monthly at their law school. Then as the ruling kept swirling around in my mind and festering an absolutely horrible taste in my mouth, I began to wonder about some of the other so-called diversity born groups at this school. For instance, let’s look at the most obvious club to stand against the Christian club. The gay and lesbian club has a chapter at this school. (the lack of capitalism was on purpose because I don’t feel they deserve it) While I am sure that they allow anyone to attend their meetings the same as the Christian club, they also require that anyone who is in a leadership capacity to be …… a gay or lesbian. Can you imagine a board of directors for the gay and lesbian clubs being populated completely by straight heterosexuals? But I don’t see their club being banned for not allowing straight people to be their leaders. How about the Jewish Club? I also noticed that they have a chapter on this campus. I also noticed that they require that the people that lead their club chapters must be ……Jewish, I can see they picture of the future now where the Jewish club is being led by a board comprised of a Southern Baptist, a leader of the Nazi party and a lesbian. How about a chapter of the United Negro College Fund being led by a Caucasian, a Latino and a Korean? Okay. So I’m getting a little carried away here but the point is, when did we lose all prospects of having any common sense whatsoever in our court system? American citizens wonder daily about the fairness of today’s court system and rightly so. While the courts have to rule on a lot of varied cases, if they continue to issue rulings that are so far out of sync with the citizens that they are supposed to serve, those citizens will lose all respect for the entire court system. Our American courts have to start using a little common sense in their rulings. And those same courts need to have some kind of awakening on the definition of diversity. They cannot continue to say that American citizens have to accept diversity and only apply that diversity to certain groups. Of course the Christian groups are going to be led by Christians. Who else would anyone with common sense think was going to lead them. Until the day that we hear the court system say that the gay and lesbian group has to open their leadership to straight people, or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s can be led by a white man, or the local Nazi group can be led by a Jewish woman, then we don’t want to be told that a non-Christian should be allowed to lead the Christian group. Unfortunately, the U. S. Supreme Court apparently thinks that diversity is a one way street and that traffic is not allowed to run both ways. What they need to learn is that diversity means that Christians are allowed to speak too. And as far as the federal government and all of their quickly passed laws and executive orders that proclaim that all of our citizens must be subject to the whimsical views of a few? Well, we just have to remember that this is the same government that doesn’t know that illegal immigration is illegal. We can change that in the coming months. Remember in November, Doug Chambers is the Publisher of Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. which currently publishes four newspapers across central Indiana. His column “Things That Trouble Me” is currently syndicated in newspapers across central Indiana. © 2010, Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. ************************************************************************************************************************ An Independence Day History Lesson 7/07/2010 This past Sunday was Independence Day. I wondered what that meant to Americans these days. I thought about this a lot. Independence Day used to be a celebration of the day we declared our independence from tyranny and religious persecution by a very controlling government. A government that told us what religion we had to believe in and when we could pray. Then a few good men got together and decided they wanted a better life with the freedom to practice whatever religion they wanted and the right to pray whenever they wanted. They wanted freedom from government tyranny and the right to be free to pursue life, liberty and happiness. I am sure they would have wanted the freedom to choose whether or not to wear a seatbelt if they had been invented! So these men got on ships with nothing but their few belongings and they sailed across the ocean to a new world. They landed in a new world where the only inhabitants were American Indians. No, they were not Native Americans yet. These men, with names like Franklin, Jefferson, Hancock, Adams and Revere were excellent negotiators for they traded the Americans a trunk load of worthless for their land. What an excellent investment for land that now is home to such items as the Liberty Bell and Rockefeller Center. These great men were loaded with courage and honor and ambition. They started colonies and began raising their families and started industry and farming. Then the King of England reminded them that they were still British citizens and demanded that they pay taxes to a government that was doing nothing for them. The King said he wanted to take the taxes from them and distribute those taxes among the less fortunate people in England. I think he really wanted it for himself. The more money he had the less he had to work. These great men said we worked hard for our money and we want to keep it. The King said I don’t care and quit talking about it and pay up. He said “you do not have the right to speak out against the King” This King kinda sounds familiar, huh. I wonder if he was born in Kenya where I am told all great earthly kings come from. So over the course of these events, these great pioneers decided that they wanted their independence from the King of England and on July fourth, seventeen seventy-six they created a document to the King of England declaring that they were no longer British citizens and were now their own country called America. That is why Independence Day is always on the fourth of July. Needless to say, the King was one very unhappy camper when he received the document. He was one of those types that really likes to be in complete control and never have anyone question his authority. He read the Declaration of Independence and saw that the new country of America was going to have freedom of religion and he laughed. He said “that will never work; sooner or later the Muslims and the Atheists will come in and take that away. He read where the new country was going to allow freedom of speech and he laughed and said “that will never work because as soon as they get a government to run the place, they will not allow anyone to speak out against them”. So he began to feel better. Then he saw the part about freedom of the Press and he rolled on the floor in laughter and said “they really think that when people start writing letters to the editor complaining about their leaders, they are going to allow that”. And he sighed a huge sigh of relief. Then he read the part about how the new settlers were going to be able to work hard and to keep most of what they earned and that taxes would be kept very low and he stuttered and stammered and said to his generals “Are they nuts, send the troops over to knock some sense into these guys and collect my taxes. And bring me a glass of tea.” So the troops crossed the Atlantic Ocean (no ports in Los Angeles in that day). They got off their ships and into formation and began to march into the towns to show these people that you do not fool with the government. But they did not see anyone and they said “this is no fair, they are hiding in the bushes and behind trees and we have to stay in this silly formation”. And then the gunfire began. Little did the King’s men know that a man named Revere had ridden through the streets without his seatbelt on and shouted for all to hear, “The British are coming”. That is how they knew it was time to hide. So the battle began and as we all know from the history books that are no longer taught in public schools, all the Kings horses and all the Kings men fell and the war was over. We Won. So America was born and someone shouted “Let’s sell fireworks so all the people may barbeque and spend their money on fireworks and shoot themselves in the foot with bottle rockets”. Then these great thinkers that fought the battles created a great document called the constitution and proclaimed that all men were created equal and all would have Free Speech (occasionally in English) and Freedom of the Press (until Al Gore invents the Internet) and Freedom of Religion (not from Religion) until Madelyn Murray O'Hair, the founder of American Atheists, Inc. comes along. And these awesome men said that the American people were to be allowed to work hard and expend their efforts to earn money and that the government would only take a small portion to run a very small government that was for the people not against them. The this guy named Bill Clinton said “depends on how you define the word “is”.” And that phrase allowed the government to realize that our taxes would always be a small portion of our income, it just depends on how you define the word “small”. So to wrap up this history lesson that is no longer taught in schools because it teaches children about how a few good men started a strong CHRISTIAN nation that eventually allowed it’s government to once again become tyrannical and refuse to allow religious freedom for Christians and refuses to allow free speech for Christians and now only allows freedoms and rights for certain groups of citizens like Homosexuals, Abortion Murderers, Muslims and Illegal Aliens. So I hope you all had fun as you watched the fireworks and enjoyed the barbeques. I know I got my seat for the fireworks and fastened my seatbelt for a great show. I also hope that you thought about the reason for the shows and barbeques and maybe like me, you are wondering if we need to find a few great men to be fed up with the “King” of America and change the date of Independence Day. Remember in November. We Vote! Doug Chambers is the Publisher of Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. which currently publishes four newspapers across central Indiana. His column “Things That Trouble Me” is currently syndicated in newspapers across central Indiana. © 2010, Greenwood Newspapers, Inc. ************************************************************************************************************************ |
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