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DeLay Slams Supreme Court Justice

I don’t know if I’d consider saying that a US Supreme Court Justice uses international “law” to decide what the US Constitution means is outrageous is really slamming. Not like asking a Supreme Court Justice in public if he sodomizes his wife which apparently isn’t news worthy or a slam according to the MSM.

I’m sure come morning all the left will be up in arms yet again with claims that DeLay is asking for violence against judges…

April 19th, 2005 Posted by John Bambenek | National | no comments

Jews Come Out to Defend Pope Benedict Against Nazi Claims

A Life Described by Three Phases

The claims that Ratzinger was a Nazi have made the rounds in the media with people already seeking to silence this Pope as a racist. Defense is coming from an unlikely corner, the Jewish contigent.

Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles agreed that Ratzinger’s father was an anti-Nazi and said Ratzinger’s membership in the Hitler Youth should not be taken as an indication of Nazi sympathies because membership was mandatory. Heir said his group likes Ratzinger and expects him to continue John Paul II’s outreach to Jews.

Other Jewish groups overseas and in Israel voice the same thing. He was in the Hitler Youth because he had to be and he was drafted into the army, and army he obviously didn’t want to serve as he deserted and sat out the rest of the war in an American POW camp. A pontiff who has seen first hand how the US treats it’s POW’s and apparently has no complaints.

April 19th, 2005 Posted by John Bambenek | Religion | no comments

Pope Benedict’s Time in Hitler Youth and Germany Army

I’m not even going to link to the people who claim this is something voluntary. When he was 14, being in the Hitler youth was mandatory. He got an exemption as quickly as possible to go to seminary. At 16 he was conscripted into the Germany army, and deserted in months. He never fired a gun.

There is no controversy. Please moveon.

April 19th, 2005 Posted by John Bambenek | Religion | one comment

MSM Toes the Party Line

GOP Pushes for Bolton Confirmation to U.N.

One quote: Majority Republicans pushed for swift confirmation of sharp-tongued John Bolton as U.N. ambassador Tuesday in a rancorous committee session. The Senate’s top Democrat raised the possibility of trying to block the nomination when it reaches the full Senate. (emphasis mine)

Swift conformation? They’ve already delayed his committee vote once. They’ve had multiple hearings on it. Looks like the Dems and the MSM are setting up their story that the GOP slammed Bolton through “without debate”. And they say the MSM isn’t biased?

UPDATE: Ok, so the expression is “toe”, not “tow”. It wouldn’t be blogging without typos, cliches, and other errors.

April 19th, 2005 Posted by John Bambenek | Politics | no comments

Light Posting Lately

Ok, last post for now. I haven’t had much interesting to say and had some work I need to get done for classes and work. To be honest, I’m still not sure I have that much interesting to say, but since about 200 people view this blog daily when I’m posting, apparently someone thinks it is interesting. I’m still waiting on the docs I need for the eugenics case I’m working on, (apparently it takes over a month to find a xerox machine). Other than that, just research on tort reform, the EU military (insert French jokes here), and cleaning up an office upstairs so my coworkers stop complaining at me.

April 19th, 2005 Posted by John Bambenek | Uncategorized | no comments

Great Moments in Blogging

Yeah, I don’t link to Glenn Reynolds alot because he gets plenty on his own, but this is blogging at its best. Some yahoo in the MSM says something blatantly wrong, and we hit up the public record to prove him wrong.

April 19th, 2005 Posted by John Bambenek | Blogging | no comments

Historical Precident for Societies Run by Judges

Much as been written about Sen. Corzine’s comments about people being frustrated with the judicial rule of the former Republic of the United States of America. (You can read it here, here,and elsewhere).

You can keep calling it judicial intimidation, but the series of checks and balances means that there are in fact checks on the judiciary. It doesn’t mean the First Amendment is unconstitutional simply because a judge has spoken on any issue and you disagree. But in the end, (which is quoted below) the bible story on how kings began to rules over Israel comes to mind. Judges were corrupt and perverted justice (just as letting a homicide occur when an unfaithful husband starves his wife to death so he can marry another woman throwing aside numerous laws to do so with the help of a society of judges) and the people got fed up and demanded a king so at least they’d only have one set of corrupt rules to follow instead of the multitude of rules that result in a society ruled by judges (see “jurisdiction shopping”).

The end game of this is either we stop and reverse the trend of judicial control of the United States and the elimination of any discussion on issues because a judiciary refuses to acknowledge Congress as an appropriate legislative body, or we can wait and eventually revolt when people realize they are being tyrannically controlled by their black-robed masters, or we can just kiss freedom goodbye and ask lawyers if it is ok every time we go to the bathroom.

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From Virginia’s RSV online:

1: When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
2: The name of his first-born son was Jo’el, and the name of his second, Abi’jah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.
3: Yet his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after gain; they took bribes and perverted justice.
4: Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,
5: and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint for us a king to govern us like all the nations.”
6: But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” And Samuel prayed to the LORD.
7: And the LORD said to Samuel, “Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
8: According to all the deeds which they have done to me, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you.
9: Now then, hearken to their voice; only, you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.”
10: So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking a king from him.
11: He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots;
12: and he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.
13: He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.
14: He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants.
15: He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants.
16: He will take your menservants and maidservants, and the best of your cattle and your asses, and put them to his work.
17: He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.
18: And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the LORD will not answer you in that day.”
19: But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No! but we will have a king over us,
20: that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles.”
21: And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the LORD.
22: And the LORD said to Samuel, “Hearken to their voice, and make them a king.” Samuel then said to the men of Israel, “Go every man to his city.”

April 19th, 2005 Posted by John Bambenek | Politics | no comments