Freedom's Phoenix Editorials

Has the Moslem Cyber Jihad Against Christian Web Sites Begun?

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:04:12 GMT

Read more on this subject: Religion: Believers
Opinion Column by Greg J. Dixon
(Editors Note: When our website went down on June 15 from which we sent out our daily Trumpet on Line publication, we, in our ignorance of computer sites, thought that Word Press was just making changes and that it was up to us to figure out how to use the new format. Little did we know that we were the victim of our first cyber attack, a term that had not been in our realm of knowledge until recently. After not being able to contact our web master, I decided to concentrate on other things, so I included the following paragraphs in a letter to the Biblical Law Center mailing list.) Dear Brethren and Friends, In my e mail that I sent last night - June 17- to the Biblical Law Center mailing list, the following paragraph dealt with the Trumpet-on line. It was correct as I understood it, however some incredible information has surfaced overnight that I feel I must share with all of you that are on our mailing list and friends on Facebook. That informatio
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SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, June 16, 2013 Edition

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:46:44 GMT

Read more on this subject: Humor
Opinion Column by John Semmens
FBI Says "All Options Are on the Table" for Bringing Leaker to Justice FBI director Robert Mueller promised that his agency "will be taking action against Edward Snowden for disclosing confidential government activities. There is no greater threat to the government than an unreliable insider. Mr. Snowden has shown himself to be that kind of threat." Snowden's whereabouts are currently unknown. He is reputed to have gone into hiding out of fear for his life. Mueller vowed that "we will spare no effort to end the threat posed by this self-styled patriot. Snowden will be brought to justice. Hopefully, he will surrender himself peaceably. But he will be apprehended dead or alive." Bipartisan support for rigorous efforts to apprehend Snowden were voiced. House Speaker John Behner called Snowden "a traitor who is undermining President Obama's efforts to protect this country from serious enemies." across the aisle, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) labeled Snowden's leaks "
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SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, June 9, 2013 Edition

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:39:56 GMT

Read more on this subject: Humor
Opinion Column by John Semmens
President Says Gov't Spying on Citizens "a Modest Encroachment on 4th Amendment Rights" Reports this last week that the federal government is compiling records of every phone call made in America and securing copies of every email and Internet posting stunned those who took then 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama's promise to "end spying on citizens who are not suspected of a crime and to stop tracking those who do nothing more than protest a government policy they disagree with" seriously. A leak from a career intelligence officer to the Washington Post broke the news on the PRISM project�a covert program to collect and mine data from a slew of Internet service providers. The source justified leaking the information "because of its gross invasion of privacy. Without a court order or 'probable cause' federal agents are literally reading people's words as they type." President Obama insists that "the consternation over this revelation is overwrought. We're not
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Adventure Beckons: Continental Divide Ride 2013

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:42:38 GMT

Read more on this subject: Entertainment: Outdoor Recreation
Opinion Column by Frosty Wooldridge
Each summer, I enjoy clearing my head, flexing my muscles and traveling somewhere in the world on my expedition touring bicycle named "Condor." Pedaling allows me to gather my spiritual energy, stretch my body toward incredible heights, physical well-being and a chance to refresh my mind. Additionally, I love camping by a lake, stream, ocean or somewhere out in the vast expanses of any desert. I love pedaling the long tracks of land through deserts, seacoasts and heavily wooded areas like in the New England states. Of course the Outback, Amazon, Asia, Europe and even snow drifts of Antarctica have seen my tire tracks. (Frosty Wooldridge on his bike Condor somewhere on the road of adventure.) I love climbing mountain passes from 3,000 feet to 16,000 feet in the Andes or Himalaya. I can't begin to explain the incredible rush of joy that transforms my mind and body at the summit of such passes. Along the way, I sh
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Richard Dawkins Declared World's Top Thinker�Or, Is That Stinker?

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 03:08:57 GMT

Read more on this subject: Religion: Believers
Opinion Column by Greg J. Dixon
By Don Boys, Ph.D. The recent news that the angry, aggressive, asinine atheist Richard Dawkins is now the "World's Top Thinker" is further proof that the world has turned upside down. For centuries, the herd mentality has been to place far too much credibility in anyone who is known as an "expert." Such a person is quickly given the desired accolades if he is a "doctor" or wears a white coat. All scientists are thought to be honest, honorable, even heroic; however, may I suggest that all New Atheists are hysterical, heretical, and harmful to everyone, especially children? I challenge my readers to forget the hype and not believe Dawkins' Press Releases and simply look at the facts. Is Dawkins a highly respected scientist or charlatan and fraud? Let the facts determine the answer. It should be remembered that a lie is still a lie if everyone believes it and the truth is still the truth is no one believes it. I challenge my c
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On Moving and Mondays

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:13:37 GMT

Read more on this subject: Humor
Opinion Column by Meghan Kellison
I spent the weekend saying goodbye to one of my best friends as she prepared to move to D.C. to infiltrate and overthrow the government (I think that's what she said�). Usually, I spend my mornings debating on how much coffee is appropriate and listening to my guilty pleasure (pain?) NPR in a half awake state on my way to work. Follow to blog.
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S744 amnesty to propel America's working poor into greater poverty

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:14:24 GMT

Read more on this subject: Immigration
Opinion Column by Frosty Wooldridge
Roy Beck, president of www.NumbersUSA.org, the leading organization for lowering all immigration numbers into the United States to create a sustainable future for all Americans�spoke this week on the effects of allowing 33 million legal immigrants into America within the next decade. What will it do to our working poor? What will it do for 14 million unemployed Americans from all walks of life? What will it do for the 40 percent of African-American men who cannot secure jobs in 2013? What will it do to add million more to our already exploding 47 million Americans subsisting on food stamps? Beck speaks to this predicament: "In a national economy with a long-term, persistent surplus of workers, a decision to add millions more workers from other countries carries important ethical considerations, particularly about priorities," said Beck. "The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau found 20 million Americans in the fir
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Intelligence is King in "Star Trek Into Darkness"

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:04:44 GMT

Read more on this subject: Entertainment: Movies
Opinion Column by Mike Renzulli
J.J. Abrams has graced the Star Trek franchise with another winning film. One that I think is better than the original and was adequately balanced for the need of keeping audiences interested while paying homage to Star Trek's past. In the 2009 installment, the ability of choice is a continuous theme. Again and again, the movie's characters were faced with choices they make that affect not only the course of their own lives, but also those around them in order to make the point that people ultimately control their destiny. Into Darkness highlights the power of intelligence along with the value of friendship while elements of previous movies and shows are used for the film's plot. I do wish Abrams did not wait four years to make this sequel and think there was an opportunity missed by using elements of the past for this movie's plot. Hopefully, the next film slated for 2016 to be released in time for Star Trek's fiftieth anniversary will have a more original storyline. Despite the
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SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, June 2, 2013 Edition

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 01:37:24 GMT

Read more on this subject: Humor
Opinion Column by John Semmens
DOJ to Crack Down on Excessive Criticism of Muslims Bill Killian, the US Attorney for the Eastern district of Tennessee, says that social media comments critical of Islam that the Department of Justice deems "excessive" will be subject to "enforcement action." "We understand that some people may be frightened or angry over what they see as unwarranted acts of terror or other violence carried out by persons alleged to be motivated by radical religious views," Killian said. "However, it is our position that two wrongs don't make a right." "Fighting for the faith and slaying unbelievers is a religious obligation for Muslims," Killian argued. "Verbal attacks on these beliefs and behaviors illegally denigrate the religious freedoms of Muslims. Just as our Constitution protects the Christians' right to 'turn the other cheek' it also must protect the Muslims' right to wage holy jihad. To the extent that Muslims are inhibited by hate speech targeting this right we will in
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Part 7: Series on overpopulation in America�endless population growth insures the Four Horsemen

Fri, 31 May 2013 03:15:59 GMT

Read more on this subject: Environment
Opinion Column by Frosty Wooldridge
Part 1: Quotes that make impact on America and around the world, human starvation equates to human misery The green revolution arrived as a result of the efforts of Norman Borlaug, who, while accepting the Nobel peace prize in 1970, said: "The green revolution has won a temporary success in man's war against hunger and deprivation; it has given humanity a breathing space. If fully implemented, the revolution can provide sufficient food for sustenance during the next three decades. But the frightening power of human reproduction must also be curbed; otherwise the success of the green revolution will be ephemeral only." Ironically, Borlaug, not only foresaw mass human starvation, he unwittingly contributed to it. While his great experimenting with crops yielded greater gains per acre, he facilitated massive population growth that exploded the world from 2.5 billion at the beginning of the last century to our enormously h
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Too many negatives crop up with senate amnesty bill 744

Fri, 31 May 2013 03:15:58 GMT

Read more on this subject: Immigration
Opinion Column by Frosty Wooldridge
Over the past ten years, I have tried my best to inform the American people concerning the negatives of endless legal immigration as well as the horrors of nonstop illegal immigration. Thankfully, when Bush tried to jam an amnesty down our throats in 2007, enough Americans called and wrote their senators to stop the amnesty. But today, the exact same bogus amnesty faces us once again. As noted earlier, our U.S. Senate added another 500,000 legal immigrants to the bill to make it 1.5 million immigrants granted citizenship annually. You must wonder who they represent because it's sure not American citizens. First, they won't enforce the laws on the books, but now they rewrite the laws to make illegality and criminality�legal. It boggles my mind. Author, publisher and my long time friend, John F. Rohe, a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer from 1972 to 1974 and now serves as vice president for Philanthropy at the Colcom
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Bilderberg's June 6 - 9 Conference

Thu, 30 May 2013 19:06:55 GMT

Read more on this subject: Fascism/Corporatism
Opinion Column by Stephen Lendman
Bilderberg June 6 - 9 Conference by Stephen Lendman Its four-day meeting occurs annually. It's a rite of spring. British political economist Will Hutton calls the group the "high priests of globalization." Powerful movers and shakers have their own agenda. They discuss key issues. They do it year round. Once annually they meet face-to-face. They plot strategy to exploit the world's riches. They want them for themselves. They try to keep meeting dates, locations, and issues to be discussed secret. Word gets out. It's official. Britain's five-star Grove Hotel is this year's venue. It's a Hertfordshire, England hotel resort. It calls itself "London's cosmopolitan country estate." It's 18 miles from London. It's 30 minutes from Heathrow Airport. It's ideal for secluded meetings. Great pains are taken to keep journalists, activists, and other uninvited guests away. On May 13, Infowars reporters Paul Joseph Watson and Jon Scobie visited the Grove Hotel. They claim to have "groundbraking" i
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SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, May 26, 2013 Edition

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:44:32 GMT

Read more on this subject: Humor
Opinion Column by John Semmens
Pelosi Absolves President in Spate of Scandals House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) sought to absolve President Obama from any blame in the burgeoning plume of scandals surrounding his Administration by forcefully asserting that "he doesn't necessarily know anything about any agency of the federal government." The Congresswoman brushed off reports that IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman visited the Obama White House 118 times over a two year period during which conservative groups were targeted as indicative of anything. "The White House is a big place," Pelosi said. "Just because Mr. Shulman and President Obama were in the building doesn't necessarily mean that they met. And even if they had, it doesn't prove that they discussed tax matters. I understand Shulman says he was there for the Easter Egg roll." Pelosi also dismissed the idea that a chief executive has to take responsibility for the actions of his appointed minions, calling former President Truman's fa
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Obama's Scandals Rival His Predecessors

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:15:58 GMT

Read more on this subject: Obama Administration
Opinion Column by Chuck Baldwin
One would be hard-pressed to select the most corrupt Presidential administration in US history. Over time, both Democrat and Republican administrations have a track record littered with all kinds of corruption, scandal, malfeasance, dishonesty, and unconstitutional conduct. Out of all of them, only two Presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, both Democrats. Neither of them were convicted of the charges and removed from office. A third President, Republican Richard Nixon, would almost certainly have been impeached had he not resigned first. Andrew Johnson's impeachment was doubtless the most politically-motivated impeachment of a President in US history. He was impeached by radical Republicans who were angry at Johnson's mild and temperate approach to reconstruction after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and surrender of Southern forces. Specifically, Johnson was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act in 1867, which forbade the Pre
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The Case for Monsanto and GMO's

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:26:43 GMT

Read more on this subject: Food
Opinion Column by Mike Renzulli
Environmentalist Mark Lynas recently gave a public mea culpa after years of activism in opposition to Genetically Modified Organisms (aka GMOs or biotech foods). Lynas was one of the major figures in the anti-GMO movement that started in the mid-1990's. As a result of his efforts, numerous Third World countries were denied supplies of genetically modified foods in which imports of them were halted and research on them was held up. I commend him for his intellectual honesty and his willingness to publicly admit his mistakes while exposing the lies told about GMO products. Biotech foods have been made a topic controversy for sometime and it has mainly been due to the efforts of environmentalists. Opponents mainly claim that GMO's are unsafe, won't solve the need for food in poor countries and/or don't increase the overall food supply. Back in 2002 Europe went so far as to ban the import of biotech foods based on many of these assertions which were based on fabrications if not outrigh
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