The New York Times (Friday November 30, 2007, A-3) reported today how a British school teacher has been sitting in a jail cell in the Islamic nation of the Sudan.
Her crime?
She teaches 7 year olds in the Sudan and had the brazenness to actually name the class teddy bear "Muhammad."
In the U.S. we can sell cabbage patch dolls at Christian bookstores that are modelled after Jesus Christ, but apparently the prophet Muhammad must be rolling over in his grave that a teddy bear has been named for him!
Oh, and by the way this school teacher will now be deported back to Britain and this is the lenient administration of Shariah (Islamic Theocratic) Law. Her maximum penalty under Shariah Law would have been 6 months in jail and 40 lashes.
Well, folks, I am an American. Whether Islamic, Jewish, Christian (or even Buddhist!), we are protected by our secular government whose Constitution says that Congress shall make NO law creating an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise of religion!
So, go ahead and buy some stuffed baby Jesus dolls for your kids at Christmas! Jesus Christ will actually like it . . .
Love in Jesus Christ,
Rob J. King, Theocrat under the Sovereign Reign of Jesus Christ promoting a Democrat-led secular Constitutional representative Republic
Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
U-Tubes, Police brutality & libertarian anarchists
Yesterday was quite the scene in downtown St. Petersburg. Following work, I walked to the Publix grocery store near my house (I live in down-town St. Petersburg), and as I was walking back, I noticed that in front of the Republican National Presidential debates (U-Tube and CNN) there were numerous placard-carrying homeless protesters vying for media attention and chanting "Homelessness is not a crime."
"Homelessness is not a crime."
Just imagine that. The Son of Man, Jesus Christ was a homeless man by the way.
Now, in St. Petersburg, at the height of pre-campaign battles, the G.O.P. (generally not the political party of the poor, the migrant, the true Christian) is brought into national focus with homeless men & women chanting that their status is not intrinsically a crime.
Go figure. The Party of Abe Lincoln now represents corporate power, not helping the poor, and is generally antagonistic to Mexicans . . .
But, on the other side of the G.O.P. looms a funnier threat, the anarchist Libertarians who basically want to hunker down with assault rifles while refusing to pay their income tax (Jesus Christ said about taxation, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's" which means to pay your darn taxes you bunch of gun-toating, deer huntin' white boys!). Yes, I do like Ron Paul and yes I do like Libertarians, but abolish the I.R.S., come on! We'd all be driving in horse drawn carriages and living with kerosene lanterns if basic infrastructure is compromised all in the interests of 'limited government.'
Nope, I am a true-blue Jimmy Carter Democrat now . . . Give me that old-timey "nanny state!" ;-) You see, as much as we Americans don't like to bathe, live in houses or pay our taxes (Libertarians! Republicans at least bathe!), when the corporate elites start down-sizing and sending our work to China, guess what, unemployment benefits actually keep the economy even running!
So, no, conservatives, your answer only produces societal squalor. The economy actually did MUCH better under Clinton, remember?
Well, here I stand. PRO-LIFE, PRO-FAMILY, PRO-MILITARY
Love in Jesus Christ,
Rob J. King, for a healthy, wealthy Federal Reserve (let the Libertarians hunt deer for their food and move to Montana, but please don't let Ron Paul run the country!)
"Homelessness is not a crime."
Just imagine that. The Son of Man, Jesus Christ was a homeless man by the way.
Now, in St. Petersburg, at the height of pre-campaign battles, the G.O.P. (generally not the political party of the poor, the migrant, the true Christian) is brought into national focus with homeless men & women chanting that their status is not intrinsically a crime.
Go figure. The Party of Abe Lincoln now represents corporate power, not helping the poor, and is generally antagonistic to Mexicans . . .
But, on the other side of the G.O.P. looms a funnier threat, the anarchist Libertarians who basically want to hunker down with assault rifles while refusing to pay their income tax (Jesus Christ said about taxation, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's" which means to pay your darn taxes you bunch of gun-toating, deer huntin' white boys!). Yes, I do like Ron Paul and yes I do like Libertarians, but abolish the I.R.S., come on! We'd all be driving in horse drawn carriages and living with kerosene lanterns if basic infrastructure is compromised all in the interests of 'limited government.'
Nope, I am a true-blue Jimmy Carter Democrat now . . . Give me that old-timey "nanny state!" ;-) You see, as much as we Americans don't like to bathe, live in houses or pay our taxes (Libertarians! Republicans at least bathe!), when the corporate elites start down-sizing and sending our work to China, guess what, unemployment benefits actually keep the economy even running!
So, no, conservatives, your answer only produces societal squalor. The economy actually did MUCH better under Clinton, remember?
Well, here I stand. PRO-LIFE, PRO-FAMILY, PRO-MILITARY
Love in Jesus Christ,
Rob J. King, for a healthy, wealthy Federal Reserve (let the Libertarians hunt deer for their food and move to Montana, but please don't let Ron Paul run the country!)
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
JUSTICE, a proposal for a new, better America . . .
Folks, we live in an inherently unjust land. From the slavery that dominated the South up until the Civil War to lynchings in the next hundred years of "Jim Crow South" to anti-Catholic sentiment perpetrated by the KKK, the A.C.L.U. and other hate groups to fiscal domination by big corporate America that sends pink slips to the nation's best and brightest while lifting up greedy telemarketers (sales reps who even try to dominate even higher education at supposed universities such as the for-profit University of Phoenix), we live in an inherently unjust society.
Law will help change the structures.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said (paraphrase) that he could not keep someone from hating him (due to the color of his skin), but he could sure keep people from lynching him if the correct laws are passed!
Similarly, I as a committed born-again Christian (charismatic Catholic) cannot keep people from hating me, discriminating against me and even imprisoning me for my beliefs (at times and in evil places like Rochester, NY, a bastion of anti-Christian thought), but through committed effort, and working with the best of secular, Jewish and Christian Americans, things can improve!
Whether it is a secular fellow political activist such as Chad Lupkes on the Far Left or my Catholic and Evangelical Protestant colleagues on the Right (increasing not 'far right' which is more racist and elitist than anything . . .), the Nation and indeed the entire Western Hemisphere will move forward.
Yes, we have suffered from corruption. Whether the evil was Enron, World-Com, or illegal War profiteering (not to mention the evils of pornography, abortion, and suicide by physicians), we have indeed mutilated our own country. We are a corrupt people now due to the corrupt leadership that we have had. Whether it is Dick Cheney's conflict of interests in War profiteering or Bill Clinton's adultery, we have suffered.
Give me that old time Democrat and Republican Christian heritage that is truly Christian. Jimmy Carter is a good model to follow. We gave him the boot just because of circumstances beyond his control (OPEC control of oil, the Iran hostage affair), but then he went on to become a great WORLD LEADER.
Yes, there IS JUSTICE.
Rob J. King, VERITAS et IUSTITIA ("Truth and Justice")
Law will help change the structures.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said (paraphrase) that he could not keep someone from hating him (due to the color of his skin), but he could sure keep people from lynching him if the correct laws are passed!
Similarly, I as a committed born-again Christian (charismatic Catholic) cannot keep people from hating me, discriminating against me and even imprisoning me for my beliefs (at times and in evil places like Rochester, NY, a bastion of anti-Christian thought), but through committed effort, and working with the best of secular, Jewish and Christian Americans, things can improve!
Whether it is a secular fellow political activist such as Chad Lupkes on the Far Left or my Catholic and Evangelical Protestant colleagues on the Right (increasing not 'far right' which is more racist and elitist than anything . . .), the Nation and indeed the entire Western Hemisphere will move forward.
Yes, we have suffered from corruption. Whether the evil was Enron, World-Com, or illegal War profiteering (not to mention the evils of pornography, abortion, and suicide by physicians), we have indeed mutilated our own country. We are a corrupt people now due to the corrupt leadership that we have had. Whether it is Dick Cheney's conflict of interests in War profiteering or Bill Clinton's adultery, we have suffered.
Give me that old time Democrat and Republican Christian heritage that is truly Christian. Jimmy Carter is a good model to follow. We gave him the boot just because of circumstances beyond his control (OPEC control of oil, the Iran hostage affair), but then he went on to become a great WORLD LEADER.
Yes, there IS JUSTICE.
Rob J. King, VERITAS et IUSTITIA ("Truth and Justice")
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Two men enter, one man leaves . . .
"Two men enter, one man leaves . . ." In the movie (starring Mel Gibson) Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, the crowd in the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max movies chants wildly for the "best man" to enter the new elite.
Yes, in many ways the barbaric world of Mad Max movies is just that, barbaric! But, in many ways, such "singling out" through raw strength (personal) has always been how leaders (the good leaders that is!) have been chosen. Whether JFK or Abe Lincoln, the "best man" is whom we the People of the United States choose irregardless of whether that man was 'born in a log cabin' OR a loyal Catholic.
In some ways, although I abhor violence, and I am a self-avowed just war-proponent (i.e. no "first strike, but wars of defense only"), the toughness needed to LEAD is the best thing I have to offer all American citizens.
Yes, I am a committed Christian. Yes, I have friends who are secular friends of Christendom, and increasingly on the 'left' side of the political spectrum, but it is through strength of character that I wish to offer up this season of my life. Not for glory (I already have achieved that in abundance) nor for money (I could care less as long as I can enjoy life still . . .), but for love of country that I offer up my strength of purpose.
And yes, 'back in the day' I could hold my own "Mad Max" style. Whether it was blocking John Dalton, starting Davidson College linebacker, day after day in practice (as the son of then Secretary of the Navy, he was our toughest, most hard-nosed hitter!) OR whether it was going up against the hapless Washington & Lee football team, perennial losers on the field, but with Oliver North's son on the team, I generally won 80% or more of my battles.
Yes, I suffered a couple of set-backs. No, I was not an NFL prospect (at 6'0" 215 pounds and running a 4.95 40 dash I was less than stellar as a natural athlete), but with everything that I had in me, I still succeeded, and even was named a three year starter.
So, if you want someone who can effectively mix "brains with brawn" then I humbly offer up my services as a Democrat.
My father was a Democrat and Jimmy Carter fan, and I was a Democrat from 1990 - 2004, and after 3 years as a Republican I am sick and tired of the compromised right that trades its soul for corporate profits, sleaze and corruption.
Vote Rob King in '08
Love in Jesus Christ,
Rob J. King
Yes, in many ways the barbaric world of Mad Max movies is just that, barbaric! But, in many ways, such "singling out" through raw strength (personal) has always been how leaders (the good leaders that is!) have been chosen. Whether JFK or Abe Lincoln, the "best man" is whom we the People of the United States choose irregardless of whether that man was 'born in a log cabin' OR a loyal Catholic.
In some ways, although I abhor violence, and I am a self-avowed just war-proponent (i.e. no "first strike, but wars of defense only"), the toughness needed to LEAD is the best thing I have to offer all American citizens.
Yes, I am a committed Christian. Yes, I have friends who are secular friends of Christendom, and increasingly on the 'left' side of the political spectrum, but it is through strength of character that I wish to offer up this season of my life. Not for glory (I already have achieved that in abundance) nor for money (I could care less as long as I can enjoy life still . . .), but for love of country that I offer up my strength of purpose.
And yes, 'back in the day' I could hold my own "Mad Max" style. Whether it was blocking John Dalton, starting Davidson College linebacker, day after day in practice (as the son of then Secretary of the Navy, he was our toughest, most hard-nosed hitter!) OR whether it was going up against the hapless Washington & Lee football team, perennial losers on the field, but with Oliver North's son on the team, I generally won 80% or more of my battles.
Yes, I suffered a couple of set-backs. No, I was not an NFL prospect (at 6'0" 215 pounds and running a 4.95 40 dash I was less than stellar as a natural athlete), but with everything that I had in me, I still succeeded, and even was named a three year starter.
So, if you want someone who can effectively mix "brains with brawn" then I humbly offer up my services as a Democrat.
My father was a Democrat and Jimmy Carter fan, and I was a Democrat from 1990 - 2004, and after 3 years as a Republican I am sick and tired of the compromised right that trades its soul for corporate profits, sleaze and corruption.
Vote Rob King in '08
Love in Jesus Christ,
Rob J. King
Monday, November 26, 2007
Homecomings . . .
This Saturday (following Thanksgiving) I enjoyed reliving my old high school football "Glory Days" at our Shorecrest Preparatory School's annual alumni flag football game.
Three tackles, no injuries. A successful day for a 36 year old!
What was most appreciated about such a gathering was the commitment to character displayed by the alumni of my high school football program. From Davidson College to Dartmouth University to Rhodes College to Georgetown University, Shorecrest Prep has produced much more than football players, but indeed, true societal leaders!
I was able to meet up with old high school pal Marcos, a two-time alumnus of Georgetown (B.A., J.D.), pal around with a Navy friend who caught the touchdown pass in the first game (we lost in the championship game to the 20 something year old crowd), and most importantly, I was able to catch up with my old high school coach, a man of honor, endurance and success having sent football players to schools ranging from F.S.U. to Davidson College to the Citadel to every school in between!
But, in spite of our loss on the field as a bunch of graying "older alumni," the true battle will now be fought in the U.S. for the hearts and souls of the American people. Protestant, Catholic and Jew represents the finest of Shorecrest Prep, all living harmoniously together and all to the Glory of God!
If you would like to see a former I-AA three year starting Offensive Lineman in the White House, then please send me an e-mail. I just switched over to being a Pro-Life DEMOCRAT (officially mailed in the form). I represent STRONG FAMILY VALUES, a STRONG MILITARY focused on SECURITY, not retribution, and a STRONG PRO-LIFE CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN ETHIC. By the way, I can still chase down and effectively "open field tackle" a bunch of 18 - 25 year old football alumni also . . . ;-)
Love in Jesus Christ,
Rob J. King, unofficial candidate
Three tackles, no injuries. A successful day for a 36 year old!
What was most appreciated about such a gathering was the commitment to character displayed by the alumni of my high school football program. From Davidson College to Dartmouth University to Rhodes College to Georgetown University, Shorecrest Prep has produced much more than football players, but indeed, true societal leaders!
I was able to meet up with old high school pal Marcos, a two-time alumnus of Georgetown (B.A., J.D.), pal around with a Navy friend who caught the touchdown pass in the first game (we lost in the championship game to the 20 something year old crowd), and most importantly, I was able to catch up with my old high school coach, a man of honor, endurance and success having sent football players to schools ranging from F.S.U. to Davidson College to the Citadel to every school in between!
But, in spite of our loss on the field as a bunch of graying "older alumni," the true battle will now be fought in the U.S. for the hearts and souls of the American people. Protestant, Catholic and Jew represents the finest of Shorecrest Prep, all living harmoniously together and all to the Glory of God!
If you would like to see a former I-AA three year starting Offensive Lineman in the White House, then please send me an e-mail. I just switched over to being a Pro-Life DEMOCRAT (officially mailed in the form). I represent STRONG FAMILY VALUES, a STRONG MILITARY focused on SECURITY, not retribution, and a STRONG PRO-LIFE CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN ETHIC. By the way, I can still chase down and effectively "open field tackle" a bunch of 18 - 25 year old football alumni also . . . ;-)
Love in Jesus Christ,
Rob J. King, unofficial candidate
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Being Famous and All of That Stuff . . .
Jesus Christ was tempted by the devil in the wilderness (at the end of a 40 day fast). What Jesus was tempted with, however, serves as a dire warning to all of us. Food, power, and fame.
Do you put more emphasis upon what goes into your tummy than what comes out of your heart? Are Christmas cookies more important to you than the Pursuit of JUSTICE?
Or, regarding 'power,' are you more interested in 'climbing the corporate ladder,' or for we academic types, 'getting published somewhere' than we are in using whatever God gives us (from a lowly postman to Donald Trump) in order to do the Work of God?
Finally, being famous, although appealing in many ways (who wouldn't want to look like Brad Pitt and have women 'oogling' after you?) are the famous any more holy or righteous than some nun quietly doing God's work tucked away somewhere in rural Indiana?
No, rather than being well-fed (overly fed that is!) OR being power-hungry OR being famous-for its own sake, let us all reject satan's offers of false authority and ONLY be a humble servant of our King Jesus Christ!
Love in Jesus Christ,
Rob J. King, a Christian
Do you put more emphasis upon what goes into your tummy than what comes out of your heart? Are Christmas cookies more important to you than the Pursuit of JUSTICE?
Or, regarding 'power,' are you more interested in 'climbing the corporate ladder,' or for we academic types, 'getting published somewhere' than we are in using whatever God gives us (from a lowly postman to Donald Trump) in order to do the Work of God?
Finally, being famous, although appealing in many ways (who wouldn't want to look like Brad Pitt and have women 'oogling' after you?) are the famous any more holy or righteous than some nun quietly doing God's work tucked away somewhere in rural Indiana?
No, rather than being well-fed (overly fed that is!) OR being power-hungry OR being famous-for its own sake, let us all reject satan's offers of false authority and ONLY be a humble servant of our King Jesus Christ!
Love in Jesus Christ,
Rob J. King, a Christian
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
The Pursuit of Justice
I am diligently working my way through a book written by Dexter King, son of the late American icon and Civil Rights Leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sadly, what I am reading is quite shocking.
Racist whites, a likely plot to kill several Black Church Leaders (including a hitman who had infiltrated a worship service and began firing on congregation members), and sadly, the TRUTH of who our Nation State has been, and in different ways, still is.
Evil lurks in America.
The true dividing line is neither 'liberal' nor 'conservative' for I know men & women of valor representing both perspectives.
No, the true dividing line is simple. Good. Evil. Yes, there are the mediocre, the compromised, the half-hearted, the lazy, the lukewarm. But while recognizing the 'middle' position in the U.S.A., sadly there is TRUE evil lurking in America.
Men can have their children 'legally' stolen from them in divorce court, all on 'hearsay' evidence. Similarly, any man or woman can be incarcerated under the Uniform Code of Military Justice all on hearsay evidence, and without any outside court being able to even know about the evidence of the case (the historic Western legal doctrine of habeas corpus) all due to the irrational and anti-American Congressional bill signed into law known as the Military Commissions Act of 2006. In fact, when I met Senate Judiciary Chair, Patrick Leahy in April 2007, when he spoke out (similarly) against this un-Constitutional Law, I applauded him and he warmly received me that day due to our joint commitment to Constitutional due process under law.
Hangings back in the 1950's and 60's. Now "War on Terror" erosion of Civil Liberties in the 2000's.
What will happen next in the United States of America? With a Giuliani or Romney Presidency, we would expect a further slide into fascism.
Remember, Adolf Hitler was popularly elected in the war-torn Germany as burdened as it was by the Treaty of Versailles. If "law & order" Republicans such as Romney or Giuliani ever take office, look out America!
For a different voice, please read this blog, and be in e-mail contact.
Love in Jesus Christ,
Rob J. King, for a Free Democratic Republic
Sadly, what I am reading is quite shocking.
Racist whites, a likely plot to kill several Black Church Leaders (including a hitman who had infiltrated a worship service and began firing on congregation members), and sadly, the TRUTH of who our Nation State has been, and in different ways, still is.
Evil lurks in America.
The true dividing line is neither 'liberal' nor 'conservative' for I know men & women of valor representing both perspectives.
No, the true dividing line is simple. Good. Evil. Yes, there are the mediocre, the compromised, the half-hearted, the lazy, the lukewarm. But while recognizing the 'middle' position in the U.S.A., sadly there is TRUE evil lurking in America.
Men can have their children 'legally' stolen from them in divorce court, all on 'hearsay' evidence. Similarly, any man or woman can be incarcerated under the Uniform Code of Military Justice all on hearsay evidence, and without any outside court being able to even know about the evidence of the case (the historic Western legal doctrine of habeas corpus) all due to the irrational and anti-American Congressional bill signed into law known as the Military Commissions Act of 2006. In fact, when I met Senate Judiciary Chair, Patrick Leahy in April 2007, when he spoke out (similarly) against this un-Constitutional Law, I applauded him and he warmly received me that day due to our joint commitment to Constitutional due process under law.
Hangings back in the 1950's and 60's. Now "War on Terror" erosion of Civil Liberties in the 2000's.
What will happen next in the United States of America? With a Giuliani or Romney Presidency, we would expect a further slide into fascism.
Remember, Adolf Hitler was popularly elected in the war-torn Germany as burdened as it was by the Treaty of Versailles. If "law & order" Republicans such as Romney or Giuliani ever take office, look out America!
For a different voice, please read this blog, and be in e-mail contact.
Love in Jesus Christ,
Rob J. King, for a Free Democratic Republic
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