Trust in God and Have More Children

 Please also go an watch Marissa Streit of Prager University interview Marian Tupy about his new book Superabundance which claims the earth needs more people, not fewer. I have noted before that the fact that some products even exist is a testament to a wide market for them and that they would be prohibitive to make were it not that so many people needed them. But Tupy goes even farther. He points out that because we are a reasoning and inventive species, we have in the past, and will continue to make, in his terminology, the pizza bigger and bigger.

I am naturally inclined toward Tupy's ideas because they are hopeful. More to the point, I believe God's first command was to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. I also believe that Malthusianism is wrong headed and has been proven wrong many times in the past. Which is why I believe that the belief in the population bomb, and climate change and all of it is a substitute for true religion, which is loving God and one's neighbor. Therefore, trust in God, and have more children.

More on the Betrayal of the American People

 At the American Thinker today, David Prentice has an article entitled Betrayal and the Democrats. Now if you vote Democrat, don't get hot and bothered, because he is talking about our Democrat leaders (and some of them are Democrats running as Republicans. But that is part of the betrayal.) So please read on. It is an eye-opening experience to read the laundry list of the things the garbage "elites" have done to subvert the Constitution and reduce all of us to serfdom.

The story of Judas Iscariot is the archetypal story of betrayal, fascinating and terrifying at the same time.

It's fascinating, because Judas Iscariot was the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to the Pharisees for 30 pieces of silver. He felt so guilty afterwards that he tried to give the silver back.

It's a terrifying story because Jesus was tortured and put to death and then Judas hanged himself. The field where Judas died became known as the field of blood at the time of the New Testament writings. It was a terrifying end to a horrific story.

Judas was picked by Jesus himself. He was one of the original twelve Apostles. He had walked with Jesus for three years, seen miracles, heard the finest teaching ever given, and because of this action, his name has become synonymous with the worst of betrayals, the most graphic of betrayals: Judas telling the guards he would kiss Jesus on the cheek to show them who to arrest.

Judas became incensed because a woman used very expensive oil to anoint Jesus, when it could have been sold and used to feed the poor. I know people today who say the same things. But in truth all that we have and all that we are belonged to God from the beginning. He created us and everything around us. Therefore, it is not entirely wrong to spend some of our money and wealth honoring Him. But I digress. Prentices offers also the case of Benedict Arnold, whose name became a byword for betrayal in the United States as another example.

Prentice then offers a long laundry list of actions the Democrats have taken, most of them since Obama was in office, but the betrayal starts with the founding of the Democrat party. These people do not care about the causes, or the people they are championing. All they care about is power and privilege.

Let me be blunt. The worst of our betrayers are found in the Democrat party. They are betraying America right now and have been for years. Their contempt for America as founded is for a combination of all the above reasons, in spades.

A leftist might say that a difference of opinion does not mean you are a traitor. But that’s not what this is. This is a group of leaders committed to upending all of our institutions. This is a group of leaders who have agreed to seek power above all, while reaping corrupt, unearned, ill-gotten gains. While foisting huge debt on the American public, they preen in the public eye, proud of their fame, proud of their deceit; in their small-souled thinking, they are doing it for the revolution. All while, they are not comprehending the destruction they are foisting on the world of others.

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They have contempt for the Constitution any time it constrains them. They willfully change the meaning of clear pronouncements, proclaiming elasticity when it’s needed to forward their ideas.

They censor, and no longer champion free speech. They hide their evil deeds.

They want to disarm law-abiding Americans, while allowing violent criminals to go free to wreak havoc again. They want a defenseless population to rule.

They criminalize people for not agreeing with them. They go after anyone who effectively counters them and are doing so regularly using the Justice Department and the FBI (the new Stasi).

They have, and are, spying on their political opponents with the technology available through the Patriot Act. They do this on a massive scale, to anyone in power who is against their ideas. Even against ordinary citizens who align with the center-right.

They intimidate individuals and groups simply because they outwardly disagree with their policies.

They have instituted Soviet-style show trials to imprison their political opponents and have unleashed the horrid practice of lawfare on the country.

The policies enacted to forward the green new deal are psychotic. The poor have a harder time working out of poverty. The middle class can no longer thrive as easily, while the new class of leftist multi-millionaires and billionaires easily glean even more wealth. The green new deal is designed to neuter and ruin us economically, preventing human achievement they don’t like. It’s all about control.

They have weaponized the bureaucracies, the judicial system, the DOJ, and the FBI against its political enemies. These collude with the big tech companies to slander, defame, and destroy while shielding evil from criticism, turning good into evil, and evil into good.

These add up to one truth: Betrayal. Purposeful betrayal of the ideals of our founding. Purposeful betrayal of the American public. All in the name of social justice and compassion.

I alluded to the fact that the leadership of the Democrat party is doing these things in spite of the Constitution that prevents them. As a famous founder of the Democrats, Andrew Jackson said "John Marshall (Supreme Court Chief Justice) has made his decision; now let him enforce it." It has been this way with these people ever since. They don't care, the just want power. So, if you vote Democrat, why?

First they came for...

 Today, at The Federalist Kyle Seraphin has a must read article entitled Why The FBIs Assault on Catholics Threatens All Christians.

Betrayal. If I could sum it all up in one word, it would have to be “betrayal.”

“This is what being stabbed in the back feels like,” I thought to myself on that winter day when I first laid eyes on the FBI’s anti-Catholic “Richmond memo.”My reaction was predictable. I am Catholic, and I thought it was appalling, plain and simple.

Of all the groups our top federal law enforcement agency would write an 11-page document targeting, they picked us. With all of the crime going on in the country, especially in the last few years, the FBI decided we Catholics were the problem.

“Radical-traditionalist,” I thought, trying to make sense of the term the FBI used more than 40 times throughout the memo. It was certainly not a term I had ever heard before in the counterterrorism space.

Who is a “radical-traditionalist Catholic?” (Let’s call them “RTC” for short.)

In a nutshell, RTCs are specifically identified by their desire to worship in the old Latin Mass. But in reality, anyone who believes abortion is murder, who believes homosexuality is an abomination, that children shouldn't be exposed to drag queens and on and on is a target.

The FBI is establishing a gateway in what they think is “fringe Catholicism,” as a means to go after Christians in general and declare them to be the real “threats” and “potential terrorists” in the country.

Slowly but surely, the FBI is probing its way into all religious communities. All Christians are in the crosshairs. They may be gung-ho on RTCs now, but the idea of them targeting a so-called “radical Baptist” or “radical Lutheran” in the near future is certainly on the table.

These days are looking more and more like the times described by Paul in his various epistles. In those days, Christians stood out from their pagan surroundings by not giving in to the devil, whether he called himself by Baal, or Astarte, or Molock, or a host of other names. We all must remain strong and refuse to be herded into the pens the so-called "elites" have waiting for us. They do not care about babies, either born or unborn. They do not care about the gays and lesbians, or the drag queens. What they care about is power, and they are trying to distract us with the equivalent of bread and circuses. In the process they are doing the devils bidding.

I implore you to read the entire article highlighted and remember Pastor Niemöller's poem "First they came for the..."

Congress Lays Down a Marker

At Ammoland the National Shooting Sports Foundation has an opinion piece entitled Gun Lobby Welcomes Sen. Hagarty's Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act Introduction. Needless to say, by sorting through the private sales records of individuals to find out who bought guns and ammo, the government has committed a gross violation of the 4th Amendment that everyone involved should have recognized. And I believe they did. They just ignored it for ideological reasons.

The Firearm Industry Trade Association, hails the introduction of S. 4075, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, by U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), which would ban the use of a firearm retailer-specific Merchant Category Code (MCC). The legislation would protect the Second Amendment privacy of firearm and ammunition purchasers from financial service and payment card providers compiling purchase history that has already proven to be exploited by the federal government for political purposes.

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“The Biden administration has already admitted that it unlawfully used the private firearm purchase data of law-abiding citizens to label them as potential domestic terrorists in a politically-driven gun control scheme,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President & General Counsel.

I certainly applaud the Senator as well as the companion bill in the House. But I have to wonder, it the Biden administration is willing to knowingly violate the 4th Amendment, why are they going to pay attention to a mere statute? After all, since the DOJ is part of the Biden administration, so the law will not likely be enforced. But, Perhaps it is good that Congress lays down a marker.

Do you need an AR-15?

 Mike McDaniel asks the question Should I buy an AR-15? He then answers with an absolute "Yes." You can read his reasons, many of which are the same as why everyone in the old days needed to have a 22LR. But, McDaniel's first, and major reason is:

But why? There are many good reasons, including the Mummified Meat Puppet Administration doesn’t want you to have one and they’re willing to lie about it and threaten to bomb, even nuke, you to get them. Also, it has been scientifically proved there is no such thing as too many guns or too much ammunition. Trust the science.

So, sure, if the so-called "elites" don't want the unwashed masses to have them, it seems to me very important to have one. On the other hand, most of us live in urban and suburban settings where finding a range to practice is difficult. My own range doesn''t allow anything other than pistol caliber weapons. So, if I had a rifle chambered in...say...357 Magnum, that would be acceptable. But that means it would probably be a lever action, not an AR-15.

You can probably think of other reasons why you might want something other than an AR-15. But please read McDaniel's post and think about it for yourself.

Never Give Up Your Guns. Never!

 Andrea Widburg has a post today at the American Thinker that is simply precious. In it, Lily Tang Williams, an immigrant from China and a survivor of Mao's Cultural Revolution takes down David Hogg. You can find Widburg's post at Video: She escaped Communist China and destroys David Hogg on gun control. Please also check out the two pieces form the Bookworm Room. She makes excellent cases for the Second Amendment in both.

Lily asks if Hogg can promise her that the United States government will never turn totalitarian. Hogg answers, surprisingly honestly, that no, no one can promise such a thing. Of course, that is exactly why the Founders put the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights. They all knew that the Constitution is just a piece of paper; that what gives the Constitution power is the people's belief in its principles. And when the Constitution is ignored, as is now happening with alarming regularity, when the President defies the Supreme Court regularly, when all this fails, We the People have the right, and duty to change our government. This is exactly what the Second Amendment was written for. And no, I am no advocating for staring a revolution, but at the same time, if our so-called "elites" do not back down, there remains that one last resort.

So, the lesson here is never give up your guns, your ammunition, or your rights. Never. Stand with Lily.

Don't Be Like the Movie Guys Who Rack the Slide Before Engaging the Bad Guy

Mike McDaniel has a post telling us that Yes, chambered semi autos are safe. Col. Jeff Cooper advocated the "cocked and locked" carry method for the 1911 pistol. I have carried in that manner for close to 20 years. I do dry fire practice often to keep the need to draw and push down the thumb safety in muscle memory. But I don't put my finger in the trigger guard until I make a decision to shoot.

But most new gun buyers don't buy 1911s, do they? It is an old style weapon, an elegant weapon for another age, as they say in the Star Wars movies. Most buyers buy the plastic fantastic pistols, which are usually striker fired and have no safety. Are these also safe to carry with a live round in the chamber?

Full disclosure: I learned to shoot handguns with revolvers, attaining expert status, but as semiautos evolved, becoming not only as reliable as revolvers, and with the advent of Glocks, which took over the police and civilian markets, became expert with those as well. I’ve fired and owned every trigger mechanism, single action as in the 1911 and P-35 Hi-Power, double action, double action only and striker fired as in Glocks.

Other than the 1911 and Hi-Power, I’ve never used the safety on any other semiautomatic I’ve owned, and have been entirely safe in so doing. Why not the 1911 and Hi-Power? They’re early 1900s single action designs with cocked hammers and light triggers with short travel. I had the grip safeties on my 1911s pinned in the “off” position. John Moses Browning, America’s greatest firearm inventor, did not include a grip safety on the Hi-Power, which he invented after the 1911.

Here's the ultimate consideration: any gun is safe if the trigger finger is kept in register—straight and in contact with the frame, outside the trigger guard—until fractions of a second before it’s necessary to pull the trigger. After the trigger is pulled, so long as immediate follow-up shots aren’t required, the trigger finger immediately returns to register.

A secondary concern is always using holsters that completely cover the trigger guard and trigger so it’s difficult to accidently pull the trigger when drawing. It’s equally important to always keep the trigger finger in register when reholstering, and to look to ensure neither clothing nor anything else can get in the way and pull the trigger.

McDaniel makes a good point that if you are afraid to carry a live round in the chamber, you need to get more training. You should respect your weapon, but not be afraid of it. I once dropped a Kahr PM9 on the floor due to fumble fingers. It did not go off even though it had 7 rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber. It is a small, plastic fantastic gun, and I let my brother try shooting it. He also dropped it, and again, nothing. If a modern gun is functioning properly, they are safe to carry a round in the chamber. Don't be like the movie guys who rack the slide before engaging the bad guy. You want to draw and be immediately ready to engage. Half seconds count.