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Last Edited: 02/08.2010

The “Party of No” vs the Party of Marx Is it being obstructionist and Partisan to stand up for the core values of America? Being the “Party of No” is a badge of courage and conviction, and ought to be worn proudly and defiantly. John F. Schmidt 2/08/2010	What Would it Take? Having character, and convictions – Honor – used to be more important than any other thing to the average man. Why are all the Democrats willing to throw it away for bribes or threats? John F. Schmidt 10/27/09
Thankfulness It is the day before Thanksgiving, 2009. What is the holiday all about anyway? John F. Schmidt 11/25/09	When OPE meets NIMBY Living in a place that has no industrial views, no disruption of the primeval forest, no disturbance of the environment is often touted as paradise. But is that “the” place to live when you begin to run out of essentials – like electricity? John F. Schmidt 10/27/09
A Time to Do Exploits Maybe we are putting too much confidence in the ballot box. The time may have run out on that option. What can we do so save our freedoms? John F. Schmidt 10/17/09	We Be Brethren Just because we may differ on some aspect of what we consider being a “Conservative” does not give us license to dismiss or harangue one another. We are all on a journey to maturity. Let’s be kind. John F. Schmidt 10/27/09
Life After Liberals What kind of world is coming? Will it be a world without people? Will People suddenly disappear as in the History Channel Series “Life after People”? John F. Schmidt 09/26/09	The Voters May Well be Damned Can the people’s ballot box decision be overthrown by Political Correctness? The God-haters are trying. John F. Schmidt 10/11/09
Walking Out on the Nuclear Option The Democrats plan to ram Health Care “Reform” through the Senate using “reconciliation.” Lacking the votes, what can the Republicans and Independents do to stop it? John F. Schmidt 09/18/09	The Progressives’ Political Problem Progressives, who run the Fed, say that the Fed should be secure from congressional political meddling. Should it be? John F. Schmidt 09/07/09
When Grandma Broke Her Hip Some thoughts on the impossibility of a nationalized health care system, from a personal perspective. John F. Schmidt 8/13/09	Obama’s “Moral Obligation” Obama says we have a “moral obligation” to support “Obamacare” because Christ Commands it. Does He? John F. Schmidt 08/23/09
Health Care Nightmare on its way. Selected comments from HR 3200	Cementing The Democrat Majority Behind all the rhetoric about “fixing” healthcare at the National level, is there a hidden agenda that the Dems have up their sleeve? John F. Schmidt 08/17/09
Alan Keyes Interview wmv video, March 2009	The Myth of Common Ground The siren song of Barack Obama John F. Schmidt 05/18/09
Fraulein Maria and the Big Bang Who would have thought that a song in "The Sound of Music" would contain the death knell of the "Big Bang" theory of Cosmology? (I just love the "big bang" that occurred when she inadvertently stuck a pin in the "scientists'" balloon!) John F. Schmidt 09/20/08	“The Self-Actualizers” Can you become a god? That is what is being taught to our youth today. Does such a concept in the minds of today’s Youth have any implications for the lives of those who don’t accept that? Read on. John Schmidt 09/27/08
"Global Warming Effects Worse Than Thought" And you thought that Global Warming was confined to Earth? Read this revealing - and humorous - look at the real force behind Global Warming. John F. Schmidt 03/06/07	"Its only 'cause he 'as to" Are the people supporting the war in Iraq and the broader war against Terrorism just plain wrong, and wrong-headed? Or are they compelled by a higher call? John F. Schmidt 03/29/07
"The Sodomizing of America" Are we going to allow the Sodomites to take over and persecute us? You can't run and you can't hide. John F. Schmidt 09/03/06	"Embedded in the Cloth" What is the real problem with the War on Terror? John F. Schmidt 09/04/06
"Bin Ladin on the Ropes" Bin Ladin's latest video tape has some people quivering in their boots. Isn't it a cause for cheer? John F. Schmidt 01/20/06	"10,000 Laws for Worms and Flags" We are literally choking to death in a welter of rules and regulations.  John F. Schmidt 08/12/06
"I am not Ashamed" Are we betraying something - or Someone - by trying to be accommodating to the World? John F. Schmidt 12/31/05	It Isn't Just about "Christmas" Why such a furor over the use of the word "Christmas" at Christmastime? John F. Schmidt 12/2/05
"A Time to Clean House" Should a high-ranking Churchman be welcomed as a speaker at a Christian Conference if he refuses to acknowledge that Jesus is the only way to salvation for all humans? It happened recently. John F. Schmidt 6/6/04	"Will RFID Get Under Your Skin?" Could such a beneficial technology contain the undoing of all our freedoms?  John F. Schmidt 7/24/05
“Hazy Language” Why do Liberals object to plain language in the constitution, calling it "Hazy," when they have no problem discovering new interpretations where there is no language at all? John F. Schmidt 03/31/04	"There is no Right to Redefine Marriage" When a renegade bunch of judges tries to hijack our most fundamental institution can we find a man who will stand up and stop them? John F. Schmidt 5/16/04
“As backward as it gets” Why can't "A" papers be posted in school halls? Why are books banned at the Grand Canyon? Why are so many things  "as backward as it gets?" John F. Schmidt 1/27/04	"The Hit Dogs" Throw a rock into a pack of dogs and the "hit dog" will yelp.  Why was it just the Democrats in the Arizona House who produced such a loud chorus of yelps? John F. Schmidt 1/29/04
Reining in "the Robes" How can we correct Judicial Activism? Remove the judges from office! Don't waste one minute considering constitutional amendments! John F. Schmidt 1/01/2004	Who Gets to Say When Life Begins? Wesley Clark says the mother alone must make that decision, right up to the moment of birth. Last time I looked, that giving and withholding of life was something that God alone did.  John F. Schmidt 1/10/04
Should You Give Money to a Homeless Person? Most of us are willing to flip a coin into someone’s cup once in a while – if for no other reason that we can say we “care.” Do we really? John F. Schmidt 10/06/2003	Twelve Good Things about an American Islamic Government Life in "these United States" under Muslim Rule, with tongue firmly in cheek. John F. Schmidt 12/26/03
A Sadness Beyond Affectation When a U.S. Marine tank commander meets the family of innocent civilians burying their dead loved ones killed by a round from his M1 cannon, what happens? John F. Schmidt 4/13/2003	A Double Homicide Lacy Peterson was murdered while carrying her unborn son. He was a wanted baby. Was his death a “Homicide” also? The somewhat euphemistically named National Organization for Women - “NOW” wants his death ignored. John F. Schmidt 4/20/03
Fresh Air Once in a while the Supreme Court gets one right – hits one out of the ballpark. It is like a breath of fresh air. John F. Schmidt 2/26/03	Going for the Haystack When faced with a needle that can’t be found – but must be dealt with - what must you do? John F. Schmidt 3/18/03
GM Frankenfoods Like Dr. Frankenstein’s monster destroyed his creator, will “Frankenfoods” destroy Mankind? John F. Schmidt 2/13/2003	Goodbye, Dolly Dolly, the first cloned mammal, passed away at half her normal lifespan. Was her early demise caused by cloning? John F. Schmidt 2/16/03
Race as Character Hillary Clinton says that skin color determines character. She believes Martin Luther King would approve. Would he? John F. Schmidt 01/25/2003	Time and Chance What does God know that we don’t know about accidents like the Columbia disaster? To say that this Universe is just “time and chance” may be the best this world’s wisdom can come up with, but President Bush knows better. Space Exploration will go on. John F. Schmidt 2/1/2003
Davy Crockett Justice It is commendable when men stand up for the Truth, but what happens when their “truth” isn’t truth at all? John F. Schmidt 01/11/2003	Restoring the Dream Martin Luther King had a Dream that was betrayed by Civil Rights leaders and American Liberals. President Bush is helping to right the wrong. John F. Schmidt 1/18/2003
A Fatwah by any other name What are we going to do with this “religion of peace” when American Muslim “clerics” begin issuing fatwahs against Americans for criticizing Islam or Mohammed? John F. Schmidt 12/08/02	The Trouble with O’Reilly Have you ever heard a national “Conservative” defend the Biblical View on Homosexuality? You won’t hear it on O’Reilly. Know Why? John F. Schmidt 01/05/2003
It’s In the Books Why can Muslim clerics advocate mayhem at the same time our government trashes Christian leaders who try to expose Islam for its terrorist tendencies? John F. Schmidt 11/23/02	A Kodak Moment How are we to deal with Corporate Pressure to accept the homosexual lifestyle? The same way they did in Daniel’s day. John F. Schmidt 11/30/02
Free Speech Zones What inevitably happens when some anointed person designates “free speech” zones instead of honoring freedom everywhere? John F. Schmidt 11/17/02	Mike and Wally Dealing with the plight of the homeless takes more than money and a program – it takes a compassionate heart. John F. Schmidt 11/16/02
Permits More Important than People The latest news on Westgate Community’s Efforts in Palm Beach County, Fla. to stamp out a church homeless ministry. John F. Schmidt 10/22/02	In a Pig’s Skin Question: How do you stop Muslim suicide bombers? Answer: bury them in a pig’s skin. No Joke! John F. Schmidt 11/2/02
Murphy Brown on Integrity How often to we get to find out what an actor really thinks about the role she portrays, and how often do we find that we are actors too? John F. Schmidt 9/25/02	Amazon.Pedophile To listen to the defense of free expression and the rights in the first Amendment you would think Amazon was defending Apple Pie and Motherhood. The truth is a vastly different. John F. Schmidt 10/13/02
A PAX Upon Us. Many have grown cynical and hardened to the idea that a person can succeed in airing popular and profitable TV programming that uplifts the viewer. Here is how one man simply believes God to see a “camel” “ thread the eye of a needle.” John F. Schmidt 9/10/02	Islamic Peace Treaties The Muslim Moral cloth has huge holes in it - It won’t hold a peace. As we approach the anniversary of 9/11 we ought to be aware of the treachery planned against Israel – and the U.S. John F. Schmidt. Re-Posted and updated 9/4/02
Hitting Them where it hurts If we want to strike a blow that will get the attention of the terrorists and their chief sponsor, Saudi Arabia, sue them - For a trillion dollars. John F. Schmidt 8/15/02	Troubling Technology How does an automated highway toll system “pass” into “1984?” When it becomes mandatory. John F. Schmidt 8/28/02
“Little Words, Big Impact” Does it make any difference that Liberals are never labeled liberals, while conservatives – especially Republican conservatives – are always labeled conservative? Brent Bozell Posted 8/9/02	Welfare Subsidizes Religion Could the latest ruling against religious school vouchers in Florida overturn welfare ‘as we know it?’ Probably not, but the objections are the same. John F. Schmidt 08/09/02
Genuine Regret Is there a way to judge those who take actions that result in the death of innocents? You bet. Examine their motives. John F. Schmidt 7/30/02	“Suspiciously Impressive” What kind of performance would a trans-sexual man turn in during a woman’s bicycle race? You guessed it. John F. Schmidt 8/02/02
Dangerous Faith Do you think religious faith leads to dangerous fanaticism? Watch out for the effects of the Atheist’s faith. John F. Schmidt 7/4/02	Enron, WorldCom, Sitcom Why do we have a “Catch Me if You Can” legal system instead of holding people accountable for Right and Wrong? John F. Schmidt 7/23/02
	The Unreasonable Atheist For all their bleating about being the logical “Spocks” of the world, they sure fall on their face when it comes to following the logic of their own beliefs. John F. Schmidt March 29, 2002
The End Game Now “under God” in our Pledge is under assault. We are in the end game of the long war against God in our culture. Will it be checkmate? John F. Schmidt. Posted 6/28/02	Courts Show Us the Crisis of Our Time The Claremont Institute PRECEPTS June 28, 2002, No. 343 By Thomas L. Krannawitter This article is a good companion to “The End Game” on the left, written this same date. Posted June 29,2002
Religious Liberty:  The View from the Founding Thomas G. West Man, this was just too good to leave off. The title above links to the summary. Here is the whole article (fairly long, but well worth it) Posted 3/29/01	The Road To Treason Jeff Jocoby, The Boston Globe Dec 13, 2001 This was forwarded to my by Gina, my daughter. It clearly articulates the real fruit of today’s oh-so-tolerant Liberalism: a rejection of everything the Liberals hold dear. John Walker made war on his parents – via the Taliban. And they aren’t even aware of it. Such is the fantasyland they inhabit. John Schmidt. Posted 4/7/2002
Forgetting the Fundamentals Let’s not let slip the things which become us as a free people. John F. Schmidt 3/17/02	Passing The Buck Bush and Congress are passing the buck on McCain Feingold Campaign Finance (so called) Reform. Why? John F. Schmidt 3/24/02
The Shape of Things to Come Baby Boomers are about to see how they judged themselves. John F. Schmidt 2/7/02	Islam versus St. Valentine This just gets better and better. Now they are up in arms over Valentine’s Day! By John F. Schmidt 2/14/02
Imaginary History Why do PC gurus always want to tamper with History? John F. Schmidt 01/14/02	George Washington Arafat? Arafat characterizes himself as a latter-day George Washington, fighting for freedom. Is that true? John F. Schmidt 01/31/02
Creche Wars Why should we allow a tiny minority to drive us from the public arena at Christmas time? John F. Schmidt 01/03/02	Dave’s Passion Wendy’s Dave Thomas passed away, leaving evidence of a greater passion than for simply making great hamburgers. John F. Schmidt 01/09/02
“Living Out Our Faith” A small church ministry is fined for offering shelter to the homeless. John F. Schmidt 12/26/01. Updated 12/17/2006	A Ring For Our Times What Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy has to say to us. The Claremont Institute—PRECEPTS December 19, 2001 No. 313 By Mark Gauvreau Judge
“Legalism versus Life” Why is common sense so rare these days? Read this to learn why it is illegal for librarians to expose terrorists. John F. Schmidt 12/13/01	Jetliner Air and Christmas Taking back what has been stolen. John F. Schmidt 12/21/01
“Afghanistan after Taliban” The only hope of unity and peace. John F. Schmidt 11/25/01	Who Owns Clones? Who really owns the patent on life? John F. Schmidt 11/30/01
“Ich bin ein Amerikaner” What the Terrorists did to us. John F. Schmidt 11/3/01	“Misers of Life” Why are Muslims so puzzled by our bent toward life rather than ‘martyrdom’? John F. Schmidt 11/11/01
What can you do, if you are present during a High Jacking? Here is some Common Sense Advice By John Schmidt (10/12/01)	The Intolerance of Tolerance The Pledge of Allegiance is Politically Incorrect! John F. Schmidt 10/25/01
From the ‘I told you so’ files: Bus Passengers Stop Highjacking. (See “Common Sense Advice”, this page)	Are the Jews the real focus of the Muslim Bin Ladinites? Here is the truth. Blame it on the Jews Michael Medved From Worldnetdaily Oct 29, 2001
US Air Drops Food: Good Deed or Propaganda? Is the USA being Hypocritical to airdrop Food? Are we really doing it just for Propaganda? By John Schmidt (10/10/01)	Toward Freedom from Religion By David Limbaugh, (Rush’s brother) The Liberal God-haters are at it again! Don’t let their hatred of God, and their perversion of the US Constitution stand. Fight Back!
What should WE, the people of the USA do in response to this disaster? We should PRAY! Here is how I am praying. Will You Join Me? Prayer for America in this Hour of Sorrow	Read this thought-provoking article by John Schmidt: Free People Can Defend Themselves And another related article: Gun Rights Compared to Civil Rights Groups demand Ashcroft enforce 2^nd amendment in States.

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