Freedom's Phoenix Editorials

"There Is A Conspiracy"

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:14:07 GMT

Read more on this subject: Religion: Believers
Opinion Column by Chuck Baldwin
The title of today's column, "There Is A Conspiracy," is a direct quote from Ezekiel 22:25. In this passage, God instructed Ezekiel to blow the whistle on the conspiracy of Israel's prophets to deny people truth, to devour people's souls, to defraud people's substance, and to destroy people's lives. I dare say this conspiracy is still alive and well today. Many pastors and religious leaders in 2013 America are as guilty of Ezekiel's charges as were Israel's ancient prophets. However, use the word "conspiracy" today and even most Christians will roll their eyes in disbelief. And, of course, the mainstream media is so paranoid of the word conspiracy that one has to speculate that the reason for this aversion to objectively dealing with the subject is simply due to the fact that they are among the co-conspirators. But once in awhile, someone in the media has the guts to broach the subject of conspiracy. My friends at TruthAlliance.net recently covered a report written by
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SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, May 19, 2013 Edition

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:06:34 GMT

Read more on this subject: Humor
Opinion Column by John Semmens
Attempt to Morph "Bad Luck" into Scandals "Unfair," Says Carney President Obama's Press Secretary Jay Carney bristled at the suggestion the Administration is embroiled in three major scandals. "What scandals?" Carney demanded to know. "The President has been giving his utmost to this country and now people are trying to package a run of bad luck into a series of scandals? It's unfair." The "run of bad luck," as Carney sees it, is "a media that is paying undue attention to relatively minor screw-ups by low level employees. Rather than being lauded for his efforts to employ a broader range of the 'differently- abled,' the President is now pilloried for the missteps of a few unworthy servants. It's the greatest miscarriage of justice I've ever had the displeasure of seeing." To bolster his case, Carney pointed to outgoing IRS Commissioner Steve Miller assessment that the targeting of conservative groups "were foolish mistakes by well-meaning staffers who independently
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Pastor Faust and Marroquin arrested; Texas favors sodomites

Fri, 17 May 2013 02:09:51 GMT

Read more on this subject: Religion: Believers
Opinion Column by Greg J. Dixon
Pastor Joey Faust and Ramon Marroquin were represented by attorney Shelby Sharpe (May 14, 2013), in Tarrant Country Criminal Court (Fort Worth, Texas), in affiliation with the Rutherford Institute. He is known for the landmark Texas case affirming the right to homeschool. Faust and Marroquin were charged with interfering with police duties for crossing a police "scrimmage" line at a 2012, Fort Worth Gay Pride parade. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuxOaOdipcI&feature=youtu.be). (http://christiannews.net/2012/10/31/texas-pastor-jailed-for-preaching-at-pride-event-awaits-court-date/) The police were permitting other citizens to cross the street, but members of Kingdom Baptist were prohibited from continuing down the sidewalk. Faust and Marroquin disobeyed police orders and crossed the street because they did not believe the police had the Constitutional right to prohibit them, while allowing other Christians, etc., to cross. During
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Government Ineptness Earns a Slow Clap

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:50:21 GMT

Read more on this subject: Corruption
Opinion Column by Meghan Kellison
You know how many people make the claim that government is inefficient, ineffective, immoral, and sometimes just plain insane? Then, while espousing these opinions claim we need another revolution? Now, I am all about some revolution in due time, but this week has probably been the best week ever for political dissidents. Gosh, where do I even start? The proverbial shit is is hitting the fan for the Obama administration in just about every way possible, and while Eric Holder and the president (et. al.) are in damage control overload right about now, I am highly amused. See full article (with pictures!)
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The Growing Threat of Smart Meters

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:37:11 GMT

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Opinion Column by Tom Deweese
Sustainable Development is code for a policy designed to transform human society, essentially eliminating individual life decisions and replacing them with top � down, one-size-fits-all government control. In steady fashion, the agenda for this new policy, designed at the international level, is put into place piece by piece with a new government council here, and new regulation there, each designed to appear as a "local" development program. Like the proverbial frog in the slowly boiling pot, many Americans fail to notice the rise in government heat. The main course of action to impose the new agenda is through the pretense of environmental protection; "Sorry about your rights, but if we don't save the planet, then we will all perish!" And so with the devastation of a thousand pin pricks, America and its form or government is being changed through the creation of non-elected boards, councils and regional governments, designed to enforce the new regulations and "assu
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Immigration and Environmentalism

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:31:51 GMT

Read more on this subject: Immigration
Opinion Column by Mike Renzulli
Fortunately, it is looking like efforts to liberalize or change U.S. immigration policy may become a reality. There is a bill being crafted in the U.S. Senate that seems to have a good chance of passing and House Speaker John Boehner has already talked to the House Republican caucus about the necessity of passing a bill to do just that. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is already actively trying to pitch the idea by engaging opponents as well. The U.S.'s immigration system is so bureaucratic it actually contributes to the very problems seen today at the U.S. border. Yet it is important to know what the driving force has been behind the opposition to immigration reform to begin with. A short time ago, Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) scholar David Beir exposed the true intent of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). Beir observed that FAIR's charge that fewer immigrants means more prosperity is nonsense pointing out that if fewer workers means more prosperity then
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The Deepening Shame of Guantanamo

Tue, 14 May 2013 04:33:43 GMT

Read more on this subject: Guantanamo Bay
Opinion Column by Ray McGovern
By Ray McGovern There have been nine congressional hearings on the Benghazi controversy � with more to come � but almost no one in Congress dares put the spotlight on the unfolding scandal surrounding the Guantanamo Bay prison where most of the remaining 166 inmates have opted to "escape" from indefinite detention via the only way open to them � starving themselves to death. One exception to the congressional cowardice is Rep. Jim Moran, D-Virginia, who sponsored a highly instructive panel discussion on the prison at Guantanamo last Friday. Why simply a "briefing," rather than a formal House hearing? Simple. Not one of the majority Republicans who currently chair committees in the House and have the power to call hearings wants Americans to hear the details of this blight on the nation's conscience. Rep. Jim Moran, D-Virginia, who held a public briefing on the Guantanamo crisis. To be completely fair, the reigning reluctance seems, actually, to be a bipartisan aff
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Jason Collins, a Homosexual Hero but Christian Tim Tebow a Zero!

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:36:17 GMT

Read more on this subject: Religion: Believers
Opinion Column by Greg J. Dixon
By Don Boys, Ph.D. America is all fouled up! We don't know the difference between right and wrong, up and down, black and white, good and bad, or normal and abnormal. The Hebrew prophet Amos commanded us to "Hate the evil and love the good." However, most people relegate Amos to the ash heap and suggest that what is evil for one person may be good for another. Afraid not. While there can be some honest disagreement about some things, when God speaks about an issue, that settles it. God has spoken clearly about perversion. And that settles it! Recently, Jason Collins, an over-the hill professional basketball player grabbed a few more minutes of his vanishing fame by announcing to the world: "I'm black. And I'm gay." As if anyone really cared. Evidently President Obama cared enough to call to congratulate him for his courage as did Bill Clinton. And Michelle yelled, "We have your back." Really! Burt Prelutsky, a columnist and west coast talk show
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SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, May 12, 2013 Edition

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:54:52 GMT

Read more on this subject: Humor
Opinion Column by John Semmens
President Tells Grads that Fear of Tyranny a "Mental Illness" In a commencement address to graduates of Ohio State University, President Obama urged them to eschew "the deranged rantings of those who see growth of government as antithetical to human liberty." The President warned that "this particular form of mental illness can be traced back to the Founders of this country who portrayed the modest efforts of the British Government to instill some much-needed discipline into a so-called tyranny against Americans' supposed natural rights." Obama alleged that "while the people of 1776 could be excused for their ignorance�after all, universal public education would not be implemented for another century or more�graduates of today's top-of-the-line universities ought to break free of these delusions." The President concluded his remarks by encouraging new grads to "join my crusade to transform the ways we think about freedom in this country. It's not enough to just have
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Freedom is a Funny Thing

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:44:29 GMT

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Opinion Column by Meghan Kellison
Yesterday was a pretty slow day at the office. There were few clients, and the phones were silent. I had taken a break from being called a statist sheeperson by keyboard warriors, and was chilling with my ever insightful boss during the lunch break. http://silentache.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/freedom-is-a-funny-thing/
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Enormous $6.3 trillion cost of immigration amnesty

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:07:48 GMT

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Opinion Column by Frosty Wooldridge
Not only will Senate Bill 744, called the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, add 33 million immigrants to the USA within the next 10 years, it will cost American taxpayers a mind-numbing $6.3 trillion. That amount of money piles on top of our already crippling $16.5 trillion national debt. When you consider 12 to 20 million illegal alien migrants taping into our social security, schools, medical systems, assisted housing and food stamp benefits�the costs skyrocket beyond imagination. Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation stated, "Unlawful immigration and amnesty for current unlawful immigrants can pose large fiscal costs for U.S. taxpayers." Government provides four types of benefits and services that are relevant to this issue: Direct benefits. These include Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, and workers' compensation. Means-tested welfare benefits. There are over 80 of these programs which, a
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Drop Pig Poop on Mecca After the Next Muslim Attack!

Tue, 07 May 2013 01:04:54 GMT

Read more on this subject: Religion: Believers
Opinion Column by Greg J. Dixon
By Don Boys, Ph.D. The President of the U.S.A. has one major job�to keep the nation safe. Hopefully, he can accomplish that essential task between exotic vacations, White House rock rallies, and golf outings. We live in a dangerous world and need competent, consistent, and courageous leaders to preserve, promote, and protect our freedoms. Living among us are tyrants, traitors, and terrorists who are committed to destroying us, and our national leaders don't have a policy to thwart their plans! Our policy seems to be: mustn't make Muslims mad! However, we must have a bold plan to protect our shores and we can learn from recent history how to accomplish that. During the Cold War with the Soviet Union between 1945 and 1991, many nations had developed or were developing nuclear weapons. Our citizens lived in a strained but fairly safe world with America and Russia's huge inventories of nuclear bombs. We lived under the M.A.D. doctrine, standing for Mutually Assured Des
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Thoughts on the March on D.C.

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:56:47 GMT

Read more on this subject: Activism
Opinion Column by Meghan Kellison
I love shooting guns. The thrill of hitting a target and pungent odor of lead tinged with sweat that sometimes results in sore muscles at the end of a long day is an activity I enjoy regularly and feel blessed to have the opportunity to partake in. I think a concerted effort to reduce some of the rights we enjoy is underway and sometimes the biggest people encouraging the rhetoric come from the pro-gun rights side. Follow to blog...
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Afghanistan: gut check on what we are doing to ourselves

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:48:30 GMT

Read more on this subject: Politics: General Activism
Opinion Column by Frosty Wooldridge
Over the weekend, three more American soldiers lost their lives to IED roadside bombs in Afghanistan while two lost their lives to Afghanistan troops turning the weapons that we provided them�and shot our own young men. Military people call those deaths: "insider attacks." (Source: Associated Press report) The Afghanistans we gave billions of dollars and sent our finest men to "free" them�continue killing our military personnel at the drop of a hat. Five young kids serving our country in that 11 year war lived in constant danger of dying every day in that backward, goat herder and Islamic-dominated crazy country. Understand this: illiteracy runs at 80+ percent in Afghanistan. That country suffers dozens of war lords competing for dominance for the last 1,400 years of Islamic mayhem. NBC's Brian Williams reported last week that our CIA funneled suitcases full of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to Afghanistan Pr
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SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, May 5, 2013 Edition

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:10:29 GMT

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Opinion Column by John Semmens
Abortionist Kermit Gosnell Not an Anomaly Details on how Dr. Kermit Gosnell dispatched babies who survived late term abortions by "snipping their spinal cords" are as grisly as any contemporary "slasher film." Unfortunately, the practice of disposing of such survivors by abortionists is not unusual. Dr. Cesare Santangelo of Washington, D.C. was caught in an undercover video reassuring a prospective abortion procurer that "even if the fetus comes out alive we would not help it." At Dr. Emily Women's Health Center in New York City abortion survivors are drowned in "jars of solutions." National Abortion Federation President Vicki Saporta says "Gosnell's main problem is his own incompetence. If the job is done right the fetus is killed before it gets outside the mother's body. When there are no survivors there are no 'gray areas' where the appropriate actions are ambiguous." Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Adora Slaughter expressed consternation that "this whole Gosne
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