The above seems to be true, even when considered from a non-religious standpoint... or from a Presidential election standpoint.

When you consider as metaphorical "trees," the people in Congress, the Judicial, and especially the President, how does each one of them stand, as a metaphorical tree? Is he or she a good tree, bearing good fruit? Or is he or she a bad tree bearing bad fruit?

The two places to start looking for the answer, with regard to each top-Governmental-office person individually, are:
1. Their pre-election platform promises, and their fulfilling of what they promised in their platforms;
2. Their Oath-of-Office promise to uphold the Constitution, and their following through by UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTION.

Why are fulfilling campaign platform promises and obeying the Oath of Office so important? Here's why. If you don't fulfill your promises, and if you don't obey the oaths you take, you are a LIAR; you are a PERJURER; if you are a top Government official, you are TREASONOUS. 

When you individually compare each top Government official of the last 3 or 4 decades, to his/her own election platform, and each to his/her Oath of Office record, here is what you will find. THEY ALL failed to perform as they promised. THEY ALL reneged on their pre-election platform promises (except for a few things in a few, relatively small ways), and THEY ALL broke their Oath of Office by not doing what the Constitution says, especially in several in BIG areas, even though they promised to do so.

What does this mean with regard to their positions in Government? This means that they are all TREASONOUS PERJURERS. They are all LIARS. They are all totally UNTRUSTWORTHY. They are all, virtually, un-tried criminals... criminals who will probably never be forced into trial to answer for their crimes against the American people. Instead, they will all get raises, they will all get exuberant retirement benefits, they will all live in luxury, for the rest of their lives. 

How are Government officials acting against all Americans? Here's how. Americans are being brought into slavery. Americans are losing personal wealth, property, happiness, and freedom. And all this is coming about through the actions and activities done by the major holders of major offices in Government... especially Federal Government. Americans are losing freedom, and they are losing it to the ONE-WORLD government, and to the superrich elite, and all this because Americans' top Governmental office-holders have broken/are breaking their campaign promises, thereby tricking us into voting them into office, and once they are in office, by breaking their Oaths of Office.

You want proof? All you need do is look at the turmoil and trouble in the land. Take a look at the daily, standard media - newspapers, magazines, TV news, etc.. Or take a look at the mushrooming "junior" news websites, on the Internet. Read and see what is wrong, and then follow it back to its REAL source - Government taking away freedom in the name of upholding national justice, or bringing about national security, or promoting national prosperity, or any of a bunch of other "national good" they are doing.

You want further proof? Look into American history prior to 100 years ago. Back then, there were almost NO Federal Government taxes of any kind. Homesteading was free to anyone who wanted to try his hand, rather than the locking up of lands into Governmental "preserves,"  rather than the herding of people into little lots of ground and high-rise apartments in the big cities. Back then, people were encouraged to go into business. Nowadays, folks are dissuaded from forming businesses by all the legal red tape and licensing, etc.. In fact, you almost can't do anything anymore without some kind of Government license. IS THIS FREEDOM?

Again, major Governmental office holders have been doing this to you by breaking their pre-election campaign promises, and by breaking their Oath of Office after becoming government officials. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT AS GOVERNMENT OVER YOU? A BUNCH OF LIARS AND PERJURERS? WHAT, EXACTLY, ARE YOU THINKING THAT THEY WILL DO FOR YOU IN THE FUTURE? CERTAINLY NOT WHAT THEY TELL YOU! IT'S ALL LIES!!! 

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KEEP ON HANDING YOUR LIVES OVER TO THEM? LOOK AT THE SWAT AND POLICE MURDERS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE. LOOK AT THE USELESS KILLINGS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THESE USELESS WARS THAT GOVERNMENT IS CONSTANTLY PROMOTING. Look at how Government taxation and red tape and licensing of business is forcing OUR JOBS AND LIVELIHOOD to go OVERSEAS TO FOREIGNERS.

Our government, THAT WE ELECT, is stealing America away from us all!!! Why do we keep on electing them? Are we beginning to enjoy poverty, devastation, loss of life, loss of FREEDOM?

Ron Paul is different.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul
http://www.dailypaul.com/
http://ronpaul2012.com/

How is Ron Paul different? There are 2 things you need to do to see the Ron Paul difference:
1. You need to look back into history at his campaign promises and what he did to fulfill them;
2. You need to get a feel for his heroic attempts to uphold his Oath of Office - attempts to obey his Oath in the face of virtually all of the rest of Congress keeping him from doing so.

Which of the Presidential candidates or potentials is talking about - is pointing out the fact - that top Governmental people are breaking their Oaths of Office? Who is showing us that top Government officials are big, fat LIARS? WHO is talking about obeying the Oath of Office promise from now on? In other words, WHO IS THE WHISTLE-BLOWER CANDIDATE ATTEMPTING TO BRING TRUTH BACK INTO GOVERNMENT? The only, Only, ONLY - ABSOLUTELY ONLY - one (of all the Presidential candidates or potentials) doing so in a BIG way is Ron Paul.

Vote Ron Paul 2012. And if he is not on the ballot, write him in. And record the event with your cell-cam. 

Why? Your ONLY alternative to Ron Paul, no matter who you elect, is a vote for loss of wealth, loss of property, loss of happiness, loss of America, loss of FREEDOM... at the hands of those LIARS who DO NOT DO what they promised in their campaign platforms, and who DO NOT DO what they promised when they took their Oath of Office, and then try to hide these facts by not talking about them in any straight-forward fashion.

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Oh, yes. One other thing...

Jesus said, Matthew 15:12-14 (NIV): "12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, 'Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?'

"13 He replied, 'Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. 14 Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.'” 

Regarding those people who blindly support lies and liars in Government, Jesus talked about them in the above Bible passages. But even if He hadn't, the truths of what He says above are relevant to the politicians and governmental officials of today, right?

The most important point in Jesus's above words, is in 2 words in verse 14. The important point is "Leave them... ." It means what it says. It means to GET AWAY FROM THEM, from their lies, from the general falsehood of their campaign platforms, from the lies-in-Government that they are promoting. It means to get away from those who running for office with full-of-lies platforms. If you don't get away from them, you will be promoting your own poverty and slavery, just as they are doing, and have been doing for the last several decades, and the last hundred years, or so.

It, also, means to go over to the One who is promoting true prosperity and freedom. And with regard to the upcoming Presidential election, the ONLY one doing this is Ron Paul.

Vote Ron Paul 2012. And if he is not on the ballot, write him in. And record the event with your cell-cam. 

P.S. Move away from those who TALK against TRUTH... those who talk against Ron Paul. You can't trust them any more than you can trust those that they are promoting - those who want continued corruption and lies in big Government, and show that they want this by attempting to hide the lies and corruption that are already there.