Search This Blog

Saturday, January 14, 2017

I Share this article because I see a lot of truth in it. This is a big reason why we need to call for less government and more returning to God's moral absolutes.
God Bless America in Jesus' Name! - Glen Copple

The 7 Vital Principles about Government
by Harry Browne
It's easy to think sometimes that a new government program, law, or
regulation could cure a pressing social problem.... But when you get that kind of thought, I hope you'll remember the seven principles that apply to all government programs -- not just the ones you oppose.

The Principles
1. Government is force.
Every government program, law, or regulation is a demand that someone do what he doesn't want to do, refrain from doing what he does want to do, or pay for something he doesn't want to pay for. And those demands are backed up by police with guns.

You expect that force to be used only against the guilty. But we can see how the Drug War, the foreign wars, asset forfeiture, the Patriot Act, and other government activities have used force just as often against the innocent -- people who have not intruded on anyone else's person or property.

In fact, government force is used more often against the innocent than the guilty, because the guilty make it their business to understand the laws that apply to them and stay clear of them. Meanwhile, the innocent, thinking they've nothing to fear, suddenly find that they've innocently violated laws they never heard of.

2. Government is politics.
Whenever you turn over to the government a financial, social, medical, military, or commercial matter, it's automatically transformed into a political issue -- to be decided by those with the most political influence. And that will never be you or I.

Politicians don't weigh their votes on the basis of ideology or social good. They think in terms of political power.

3. You don't control government.
It's easy to think of the perfect law that will stop the bad guys while leaving the good guys unhindered. But no law will be written the way you have in mind, it won't be administered the way you have in mind, and it won't be adjudicated the way you have in mind.

Your ideal law will be written by politicians for political purposes, administered by bureaucrats for political purposes, and adjudicated by judges appointed for political purposes. So don't be surprised if the new law turns out to do exactly the opposite of what you thought you were supporting.

4. Every government program will be more expensive and more expansive than anything you had in mind when you proposed it.
It will be applied in all sorts of ways you never dreamed of. When Medicare was initially passed in 1965, the politicians projected its cost in 1992 to be $3 billion -- which is equivalent to $12 billion when adjusted for inflation to 1992 dollars. The actual cost in 1992 was $110 billion -- nine times as much.

And when Medicare was enacted, Section 1801 of the original law specifically prohibited any bureaucratic interference with the practice of medicine. Today not one word of that protection still applies. The federal government owns the healthcare industry lock, stock, and barrel.

The new program you support will eventually include all sorts of powers and privileges you can't even imagine right now.

5. Power will always be misused.
Give good people the power to do good and that power eventually will be in the hands of bad people to do bad. As Michael Cloud has pointed out, "The problem isn't the abuse of power; it's the power to abuse." Give politicians power and it certainly will be abused eventually -- if not by today's politicians, then by their successors.

As P. J. O'Rourke said, "Giving money and power to politicians is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."

6. Government doesn't work.
Because government is force, because government programs are designed to enrich the politically powerful, because you can't control government and make it do what's right, because every new government program soon wanders from its original purpose, and because politicians eventually misuse the power you give them, it is inevitable that no government program will deliver on the promises the politicians make for it.

For years, I've asked listeners during radio interviews to name a government program that has actually delivered on its promises, and no one has been able to do so. If you think there's a successful government program, you probably don't know how much it actually costs, aren't aware of all its destructive side-effects, have no idea how easily and inexpensively such a thing could be done outside of government, and/or are basing your view of its success on political propaganda.

It doesn't matter whether a program is supposed to do something you want or something you don't want, whether the program is something you consider a proper function of government or something beyond its limits, It won't work. Government programs always wind up disappointing you.

7. Government must be subject to absolute limits.
Because politicians have every incentive to expand government, and with it their power, there must be absolute limits on government. The Constitution provides the obvious limits we must reimpose upon the federal government. Until the Constitution is enforced, we have no hope of containing the federal government. The present system of unlimited power is like giving a drunken stranger a set of signed, blank checks on your bank account. You are reduced to relying on the honesty and integrity of people you don't even know -- and they abuse that trust again and again.

Whether you think government should be bigger or smaller than the limits specified in the Constitution, the first step is to restore absolute limits, and then -- if you like -- work to change those limits to ones that would be more to your liking....

With the above as a foundation, would not American's be well advised to adhere to the admonition of Thomas Jefferson, "Let no more be heard of confidence in men, but rather bind them down by the chains of the Constitution."

So long as there are no chains binding down and restricting the government, do we really believe that giving government more powers, more enforcement and more laws will cure our problems? Nay! Quite the contrary. Yes, wild tigers are interesting to observe at the zoo so long as they are kept in constraint. But who wants to observe a wild tiger on their front lawn?

Yea, I, Ron Branson, adamantly argue that it is time we have the constraints of the Federal J.A.I.L. Bill in place before we look to Congress for solutions to our problems, for "Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is force; and, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master!" - George Washington.

J.A.I.L.- Judicial Accountability Initiative Law - www.jail4judges.org
JAIL is a unique addition to our form of gov't. heretofore unrealized.
JAIL is powerful! JAIL is dynamic! JAIL is America's ONLY hope!
JAIL is taking America like a wildfire! AddRemove@jail4judges.org
JAIL is making inroads into Congress for federal accountability!
E-Groups sign on at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jail4judges/join
Get involved at JAIL_SALE_USA-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Donate offerings to J.A.I.L., P.O. Box 207, N. Hollywood, CA 91603
"Give me your wealth, and I will give you America" - Ron Branson

"..it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.." - Samuel Adams

"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is
striking at the root." -- Henry David Thoreau



Monday, January 2, 2017

How to be Truly Happy
By Glen M. Copple

Everyone is searching for happiness. Some of us actually think we have a right and deserve to be happy!

We will seek happiness in Possessions, Persons, Places Parties, Medicine, Clothes, Makeovers and Diet.

We will acquire this or do that only to find ourselves unhappier than before we ever had or did them.

If we have an ailment, disease or health issue, a handicap or some malady, we will spend any possible amount of money for medical relief, cosmetic makeovers, these clothes or that diet, this figure or that life-style to try to make us happy. Yet it doesn’t work. Cf. many celebrities trying to maintain a certain "look".

In Matthew 5:3-16 and Luke 6:20-26, Jesus embarks on a sermon just after having selected twelve men to become Apostles. This ordination sermon (we call it the Sermon on the Mount) is a profound discourse on how to live a happy life that is also pleasing to God.

Happy Are Those Who: – Matthew 5:3-12; Luke 6:20-23
Realize that we are spiritually in need (poor) and looking to Jesus. They will find God’s Salvation.

Realize that the sadness of this world is but for a season will direct us to find our comfort in God. It will free us from the pursuit of things that will never satisfy.

Realize that restraining our power (meekness) will bless us more than trying to control people, situations and things that are beyond our power. Honey vs. vinegar. It is the restraint of our power that gives us real strength and makes us more like Jesus. (Consider how much power He restrained when He went to the cross to die for your and my sins!)

Realize that seeking and doing what is right and good in the eyes of God, is an attitude that will endure in eternity.

Realize that showing mercy to others will get back mercy from others. Galatians 6:7-9.

Realize that those who stop sinning will see God! (Heaven vs. hell).

Realize that getting along with one another is nobler than picking fights. Be prepared to finish a fight, but don’t go looking to start one.

Realize that life is not about avoiding persecution, but in remaining faithful to Jesus in all circumstances. The reward is heavenly!

Unhappy Are Those Who: – Luke 6:24-26
Pursue Money and possessions. Neither is having plenty of possessions. Look at how many of the rich and famous who are in trouble with the law, have failed marriages, have no privacy or personal life and are so caught up in protecting their image that they virtually have no life. Many rich celebrities are pursued for their wealth by beggars or for extortion or other means to get some of their money. Others have followers who worship them without realizing how imperfect they are. They have an image to maintain that intrudes into their freedom and they are no happier if not even less happy than those who are pursuing to follow them or become like them.

Prosperity can disappear in seconds – earthquake, fire, flood, thieves, etc.

Think that parties are what life is all about. Parties (those who laugh) only last as long as the party lasts. Then what? (And think about all of the cleanup afterwards!)

Depend on their popularity for happiness. Popularity doesn’t mean that you are saved, happy or reputable. Some people buy their friends, while they are vile, ungodly characters.

Money, prosperity and possessions will not buy you one second of time or peace or even a place in eternity!

Purpose of Happiness – Matthew 5:13-16
When we realize that real and lasting happiness are found only in our relationship with God, what are we to do with it?

Is in our relationship with God Jesus tells us that salt has a purpose to flavor and preserve the food that it is in.

Light exists to conquer and dispel the darkness. Likewise, you and I are to tell others about God’s happiness and the hope that we have in Jesus.

Salt is to flavor and preserve (influence) its surroundings. There is no greater joy on this earth than
knowing that you have played a part in making someone’s life better by bringing them to Jesus or helping them grow in their walk with Him.

That is part of the purpose and joy of “Walking With Jesus”. We see God has a better way for us to live than what we can create with our own means and imagination. The most blessed people on earth are those who realize that these attitudes are the ones that are the most important ones to possess. They are the attitudes you will continue to develop as you continue “Walking With Jesus”. www.wwj.bible
-->