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Freedom’s Destruction By Constitutional De-Construction - By Chuck Baldwin’s Son: Timothy Baldwin October 16, 2009

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[Note: My son, Tim, writes today’s column. He is an attorney who received
his Juris Doctor degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University
in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a former felony prosecutor for the Florida
State Attorney’s Office and now owns his own private law practice. He is the
author of a soon-to-be-published new book, entitled FREEDOM FOR A CHANGE.
Tim is also regarded as one of America’s leading spokesmen for State
sovereignty.]

During the Constitutional Convention, from May to September 1787, delegates
from the colonies were to gather together for the express purpose of
amending the Articles of Confederation to form a “more perfect union” (NOT a
completely different union!). The men that met in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, were under direct and limited orders from their states to
attend the Federal Convention explicitly to preserve the federation and
State rights and to correct the errors of the existing federal government
for the limited purposes of handling foreign affairs, commerce among the
states and common defense.

Yet, during that private and secret convention, there were men who proposed
that a national system be established in place of their current federal
system, destroying State sovereignty in direct contradiction to their
orders. (Jonathan Elliot, The Debates in the Several State Conventions on
the Adoption of the Federal Constitution as Recommended by the General
Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, vol. 1, 2nd ed., [Philadelphia, PA, JB
Lippincott, 1891], 121) Of course, the public was not aware of this fact
until years after the ratification of the Constitution, when the notes taken
in the convention were printed and released to the public.

Indeed, those who proposed such a national system of government (e.g.,
Alexander Hamilton, John Dickinson and James Madison) would not have the
people of the states aware of this proposal for fear of outright rejection
of the Constitution and for fear that they would remove their delegates from
the convention altogether, giving no chance of success for the ratification
of a new Constitution. It was hush-hush for good reason. In fact, Alexander
Hamilton was so tactful on the subject that he did not even present his
nationalistic notions as a constitutional proposal, but only as his ideas of
what America should be. (Ibid., 123) Despite these proposals, in the end, it
was a federalist system that prevailed–a union of states and not a union of
people, whereby the states retained complete and absolute sovereignty over
all matters not delegated to the federal government. The states were indeed
co-equal with the federal government. So, what was it about the national
system that was rejected during the convention?

The most notable proposal reveals the underlying foundation for all national
principles: that is, the national government possesses superior sovereignty
to force the states to submit to the laws made by the national government
and to negate any State law it deems repugnant to the articles of union.
This supreme power was proposed (but rejected) as follows during the Federal
Convention: the to-be national government should possess the power to
“negative all laws passed by the several states contravening, in the opinion
of the national legislature, the articles of union, or any treaties
subsisting under the authority of the Union.” (Ibid., 207) Hamilton, and his
like, would have loved it had this national principle of supreme sovereignty
been accepted by the delegates. Thankfully, it was not accepted. In fact, as
the convention progressed, what became apparent to those who advocated for
this national form of government is that their ideas would never be accepted
and ratified.

History proves with absolute certainty that a national government and its
assuming principles were rejected, not only by the framers of the US
Constitution, but also by those who sent delegates to the Federal Convention
and who ratified the US Constitution at their State conventions. More
important than the limited powers of the federal government, the people of
the states rejected the nationalist doctrine that the federal government had
the power to negate State laws that it deemed contrary to the Constitution.
(John Taylor, New Views of the Constitution of the United States,
[Washington DC, 1823], 15)

So, how is it that while the people of the states expressly forbade the
federal government from interfering with the internal affairs of the states
the federal government can now control nearly every facet of life within the
states and the states supposedly can do absolutely nothing about it? Most
attorneys who think they know so much about America’s history and the US
Constitution would say, “The United States Supreme Court is given the power
to say what the Constitution means and that over the years, they have
interpreted Congress’ power to reach the internal affairs of a State.” It is
the “living Constitution” idea, simultaneously coupled with nationalistic
doctrine, which proclaims that the actual meaning of the Constitution can
change over time, and that such change is constitutional and does not deny
the people their freedom protected under the compact of the Constitution.
Interestingly, the “living Constitution” idea is only used when it promotes
a constitutional “construction” that expands and empowers the federal
government and neuters the State governments. The “living Constitution” idea
(advanced by the British Parliament) in fact is the very notion that caused
America’s War for Independence. (Claude Halstead Van Tyne, The Causes of the
War of Independence, Volume 1, [Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922],
235, 237)

The ludicrous proposition of a “living Constitution” begs numerous critical
questions involving the very foundation of a free society, not the least of
which is this: If the meaning of the Constitution can change over time, why
did the Constitution’s framers spend nearly five months debating which words
should be placed in the Constitution? More than that, why would the framers
be so emotionally, mentally, intellectually and intensely involved in the
question of what form of government we will have: national or federal?

How can it be that the judiciary branch of the federal government, which is
not even politically responsible to the people or the states whatsoever (and
only ever so slightly to the other federal branches), has the sole and
complete power to say that the states have no power to interpret and comport
to the US Constitution as they deem constitutional, when that same power was
expressly rejected to the national government during the convention? After
all, Hamilton and Madison both admit throughout the federalist papers that
the states have complete and absolute sovereignty regarding the powers
retained by them and granted to them by the people of each State, just as
any foreign nation would. Both Hamilton and Madison admit that the only
check on power is another independent power and thus, the only real power
that could check federal power was State power. They even expected that the
states would use their sovereign and independent power to the point of being
the voice and, if necessary, the “ARM” of the people to implement a common
defense against the federal government.

Both Hamilton and Madison admit that the federal government can never force
the states out of existence and can never strip them of their rights and
powers possessed prior to the ratification of the US Constitution, except as
delegated to the federal government. They even refer to the states’ right of
self-defense in this regard to resist federal tyranny. Was this mere “bait
and switch” rhetoric to get the people of the states to ratify what they
thought was a pure federal system? How can the states possess the absolute
sovereign power to check federal tyranny when they are bound to submit to
the federal government’s interpretation of the Constitution? The two
positions are necessarily incompatible with each other. To say that you have
power, so long as I say you have power is to deny your power altogether.

Quite obviously, in no place does the Constitution grant to the federal
government (in any branch) superior sovereignty over the states. Instead,
the Constitution requires ALL parties to it (State and federal) to comply
with the Constitution, as it is the supreme law of the land. All the framers
agreed that federal government and federal law do not equal the “supreme law
of the land.” Both the federal government and the federal laws are bound by
the terms to which all must comply. Thus, all parties must be watching each
other to ensure each is complying with the compact. And as was admitted by
even the most ardent nationalist (i.e., Daniel Webster) of America’s earlier
history, each party to a COMPACT has the sole right to determine whether the
other party has complied with the compact.

But over the years, a political idea contrary to our original federal system
was adopted–not through open discussion and consent, but by fraud and
force. This position states that whatever the federal judiciary rules
equates to the “supreme law of the land” and the states must comply
therewith, regardless of whether the federal law usurps the power the states
retained under the Constitution. What the nationalists were unable to obtain
through honest and open debate during the conventions they have obtained
through the erroneously construed “supremacy” clause of the Constitution.
What the federal government was denied through constitutional debate and
ratification the nationalists have procured through masquerade, subterfuge
and trickery.

America has been duped into accepting a national government, not by
interpolation, but by deceptive “construction.” If the federal government
has the power to usurp its powers without a countermanding power checking
its encroachments, where is the genius in our framers’ form of government?
Was this form of government the form that best secured our happiness and
freedom? And if our framers in fact bequeathed to us a federal system,
whereby the states were co-equal with the federal government in sovereignty
and power regarding their powers, then where comes the notion that we now
have a national system, whereby the states are mere corporate branches of
the federal government? Where were the constitutional debates on that
subject? Where was the surrendering of sovereignty by the states, which can
only be done through expressed and voluntary consent? Where was the right of
the people to establish the form of government most likely to effect their
safety and happiness? Do we just accept the fact that our form of government
can change over time without express and legal action being taken to effect
that change? God forbid!

In 1776, the colonies rejected the European (nationalist) form of
government. In the UNITED STATES, the people of the states ardently believed
that their freedoms would be best protected if each of their agents (State
and federal) possessed equal power to check the other against encroachments
of power and freedom. This was the “more perfect union” of the US
Constitution. How could the founders have suggested that the US Constitution
was a “more perfect union” as a nationalist system, when the nationalist
system was the very system they seceded from and rejected? That is nonsense!

Ironically, the very document that was designed to perpetuate these
principles of federalism has in fact been de-constructed to destroy those
same principles, leaving us with the very form of government that our
framers and the Constitution’s ratifiers rejected. In the end, if the people
of the states do not once again reject this national form of government and
assert and defend the principles of federalism–the principles upon which
America was founded–then this supposed federal power of constitutional
“construction” will in fact be our freedom’s destruction.

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These Are Not Negotiable - By Chuck Baldwin October 13, 2009

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In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “Prudence,
indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed
for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn,
that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than
to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the
same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, is
their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide
new Guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance
of these Colonies.”

I would argue that we, like our patriot forebears, have also endured
“patient sufferance.” For at least a half-century, we have patiently endured
the erosion and abridgment of our freedoms and liberties. We have watched
the federal government become an overbearing and meddlesome Nanny State that
pokes its nose and sticks its fingers in virtually everything we do. We
cannot drive a car, buy a gun, or even flush a toilet without Big Brother’s
permission. We are taxed, regulated, and snooped-on from the time we are
born to the day we die. And then after we are dead, we are taxed again.

In the same way that Jefferson and Company patiently suffered up until that
shot was fired that was heard around the world, we who love freedom today
are likewise patiently suffering “a long train of abuses and usurpations.”
In fact, I would even dare say that these States United have become a
boiling caldron of justifiable frustration and even anger.

Accordingly, it is incumbent upon us to very seriously and thoughtfully
examine those principles that we absolutely will never cede or surrender. We
have already surrendered much of the freedom that was bequeathed to us by
our forefathers. We are now to the point that we must define those
principles that form our “line in the sand” and that we will not surrender
under any circumstance. Either that, or we must admit to ourselves that
there is nothing–no principle, no freedom, no matter how sacred–that we
will not surrender to Big Government.

Here, then, are those principles that, to me, must never be surrendered. To
surrender these liberties to Big Government would mean to commit idolatry.
It would be sacrilege. It would reduce us to slavery. It would destroy our
humanity. To surrender these freedoms would mean “absolute Despotism” and
would provide moral justification to the proposition that such tyranny be
“thrown off.”

*The Right to Keep and Bear Arms.

Men without guns are not free men; they are slaves. Men without guns are not
citizens; they are subjects. Men without guns have lost the right of
self-defense. They have lost the power to defend their families and protect
their properties. Men without guns are reduced to the animal kingdom,
becoming prey to the Machiavellians among them who would kill them for sport
or for their own personal pursuits. As King Jesus plainly ordered, “He that
hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.” (Luke 22:36) This we
will do–at all costs.

*The Right to Own Private Property

Like the right of self-defense, the private ownership of property is a
God-given right that is rooted in the Sacred Text. As God told Moses, “Thou
shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set
in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy
God giveth thee to possess it.” (Deut. 19:14)

In fact, the history of Western Civilization is replete with the examples of
free men who were determined (even at the cost of their very lives) to
defend the right to own property. Without private property rights, men are
reduced to serfs and servants. Like chattel, they feed themselves by
another’s leave. This we will not do.

*The Right to Train and Educate Our Children

Education has never been the responsibility of the State. From time
immemorial, education has been the right and responsibility of the family.
This, too, has its foundation in the Sacred Volume. “And, ye fathers,
provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord.” (Eph. 6:4)

Therefore, the absolute right of homeshooling or private/parochial/Christian
schooling must never be surrendered. Homeschooling, especially, is
fundamental to freedom. It is not a coincidence that throughout history,
most totalitarian governments forbade parents homeschooling their children.
Any government–federal, State, or local–that forbids, or even restricts,
the right of parents to homeschool their children has taken upon itself the
uniform of a tyrant.

*The Freedom of Speech and Worship

Speech and worship are matters of the heart and conscience (Luke 6:45; John
4:24). Only tyrants seek authority over matters of the heart. But, of
course, that is what tyrants do: they seek to control men’s thoughts and
beliefs.

Hence, the alternative media is essential to liberty: the Internet, short
wave radio, as well as independent magazines and periodicals. It is almost
superfluous to say that there is no such thing as a free and independent
press among the mainstream news media today. In fact, the major media more
resembles a propaganda machine than it does a free press.

The same can be said for most of the mainstream churches in America today.
They more resemble havens for politically correct, Big-Government ideology
than they do bastions of Bible truth. Therefore, home-churches and
non-establishment churches are increasingly requisite to a free people.

*The Right to Determine One’s Own Healthcare

The marriage of Big Government and Big Medicine has created a healthcare
monster. Already, the dispensing of medical treatment is micromanaged by Big
Brother in a way that has resulted in skyrocketing costs and inferior care
(and in some cases, even death). President Obama’s universal health care
initiatives that are sure to come (in one form or another) will only
exacerbate an already untenable situation.

Free men and women absolutely have the right to refuse vaccinations for
themselves and their children. Forced vaccinations (of any kind) are an
assault against the very foundation of freedom. Free men have the right to
choose their own physicians, their own hospitals, their own insurance
programs, etc. They also have the right to refuse any and all of the above.

God is Creator. He is also Healer (Exodus 15:26). Therefore, how men choose
to seek God’s healing is a private matter between them and God. Alternative
medicine is a right. Already, our military personnel are used as human
guinea pigs to test a variety of drugs and chemicals. Public schools also
require forced vaccinations. And now the push is on to force the general
population to take the Swine Flu vaccine. At the current pace, it won’t be
long until all alternative medicines and treatments will be illegal and the
federal government will be America’s doctor. This is not acceptable.

*The Right to Life

2000 years of Western Civilization have perpetually reconfirmed that life is
a gift of God. Both Biblical and American history repeatedly honor God as
the Source and Sustainer of man’s existence. Therefore, evils such as
abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia must be vehemently resisted. It is bad
enough that any government (especially one such as ours) would legalize
abortion, but the concept of FORCED abortion, infanticide, or euthanasia
could only be regarded as a despotic attack on life and liberty of the
gravest proportion. In fact, under Natural Law, such an attack would remove
said government from the protection of Heaven and would place it in a state
of war.

*The Right to Live as a Free and Independent People

God separated the Nations (Genesis 11). Therefore, it is absolutely
necessary that we Americans maintain our independence and national
sovereignty. We simply cannot (and will not) allow ourselves to become part
of any hemispheric or global union.

There they are: seven freedom-principles that are not negotiable. As
Jefferson said, we are “disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable.” But
cross these lines and free men must do what free men must do: “throw off
such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”

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Push For Globalism Continues - By Chuck Baldwin September 15, 2009

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When George W. Bush was President, he greatly advanced the prospect of
integrating the United States with a North American Union (NAU). With no
thanks to most Christian conservatives or the mainstream news media,
hundreds of thousands of patriotic Americans rallied against this proposal
and–at least temporarily–seriously stymied Bush’s draconian dream. But if
you thought President Barack Obama would be content to let the NAU die a
natural death, think again.

Reporting for World Net Daily, author/researcher Jerome Corsi recently
reported, “President Obama is continuing President George W. Bush’s effort
to advance North American integration with a public-relations makeover
calculated to place the program under the radar of public opinion and to
deflect concerns about border security and national sovereignty.

“The Obama administration has ‘rebranded’ and ‘refocused’ the Security and
Prosperity Partnership of North America, or SPP, to advance the Bush
administration’s agenda of North American integration under the rubric of
the “North American Leaders Summit,’ a less controversial banner, according
to confidential sources in the U.S. Department of Commerce and State
Department who agreed to speak with WND only if their comments were kept off
the record.”

As further evidence of President Obama’s determination to continue the Bush
policy of a commercial union between countries (or “League of Nations” as
John McCain called it), Corsi also reported, “President Obama has actively
backtracked on his campaign promises to renegotiate NAFTA to get provisions
more favorable to American workers.”

Corsi also wrote, “In the Ohio and Pennsylvania Democratic Party primaries,
candidate Obama had pledged to renegotiate NAFTA as part of his appeal to
workers in the states that have lost manufacturing jobs under the free trade
agreements negotiated by Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush.”

However, Obama is now viewed as reneging on that campaign promise by
appointing University of Chicago economics professor, Austan Goolsbee, as
chief economist and staff director of the newly created Presidential
Economic Recovery Advisory Board, which is chaired by former Federal Reserve
Chairman Paul Volcker. Obama also appointed Goolsbee to the Council of
Economic Advisors, or CEA, which is charged with assisting in the
development of White House economic policy, according to Corsi.

Readers should know that Goolsbee is a fellow traveler of Robert Pastor,
longtime professor at American University. And readers should well remember
that Pastor is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and one of
the chief promoters and architects of the NAU. Of course, Volcker is also a
member of the CFR. In fact, at last count, President Obama has appointed at
least 20 members of the CFR to key positions within his cabinet and
administration.

Back in June of 2006, I interviewed Dr. Corsi regarding Bush’s attempts to
merge America into a North American Union. To listen to that interview, go
here:

http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/Interview_Corsi.html

Ever since the administrations of George Herbert Walker Bush and Bill
Clinton, one fact remains constant: regardless of petty partisan
differences, the push for globalism continues. Both Bush administrations
(Republican) and the Clinton and Obama administrations (Democrat)
enthusiastically have embraced and endorsed the doctrines and principles of
global unification. That equates to more than two decades of determined
effort by both Republican and Democratic Presidential administrations to
compromise U.S. sovereignty and independence. It also helps explain why
neither recent Republican nor Democratic Presidential administrations have
had any intention of securing our borders and putting a stop to illegal
immigration–and why they all promoted the creation of the NAFTA
superhighway.

And just as George W. Bush was willing to betray conservatives and
Christians in order to achieve global unification, so, too, Barack Obama is
willing to betray union workers and America’s tradesmen in order to
accomplish the same agenda.

When will the American people wake up and realize that for the last twenty
years, both major political parties (at the national level) have been
co-opted by globalists and internationalists who have no respect or
appreciation for U.S. sovereignty, and who desire to create world
government? When will they look past party labels and start seeing these
globalists for what they really are: traitors to the principles enshrined in
the Declaration of Independence and upon which America was established?

I urge readers to watch very carefully–and prepare to vigorously resist–as
Obama attempts to finalize what his predecessors started: the complete
implementation of a North American Union and related globalization. You
won’t find this information in the mainstream news media, of course. It will
take independent writers and reporters to keep us abreast of these
developments, and this we fully and faithfully intend to do.

In the meantime, know that those of us who believe in an independent and
sovereign United States of America still do not have a friend in the White
House–political party label notwithstanding.

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The Marbury v. Madison Mantra - By Chuck Baldwin’s Son, Timothy Baldwin September 1, 2009

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[Note: My son, Tim, writes today’s column. He is an attorney who received
his Juris Doctor degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University
in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a former felony prosecutor for the Florida
State Attorney’s Office and now owns his own private law practice. He is
author of a soon-to-be-published new book, entitled FREEDOM FOR A CHANGE.
Tim is also one of America’s foremost defenders of State sovereignty.]

The arguments against the power of the states to arrest federal tyranny are
as predictable as the sun coming up in the morning, and they are as
philosophical in nature as the Declaration of Independence. One of the most
commonly used arguments against such a State power is the United States
Supreme Court (US S CT) dicta opinion in Marbury v. Madison in 1803, written
by Chief Justice John Marshall. Before getting into the misunderstandings
and misapplications of that infamous decision, we must first recognize the
source and character of Marshall’s opinion. As Marshall himself admitted
that the US is to be a country of “laws, not men,” we must establish that
Marshall’s opinion does not equate to the “supreme law of the land” which
the states and individuals are bound to obey. If our submission only
requires that the US S CT speak, then we do not live as freemen, but as
slaves.

Marshall was an ardent member of the Federalist Party (a pro-centralist
party) and served as the Secretary of State in the pro-centralist
administration of President John Adams, who appointed Marshall to the US S
CT in 1801 at the “midnight” hour before Thomas Jefferson was sworn into
office as President of the US. Marshall’s nationalist opinions were no
secret either. Marshall believed that the US Constitution and Union were
formed by the aggregate whole of the American people, and not by a compact
of the states; that the Union formed “one nation, indivisible” and not a
confederation of states; that State sovereignty as expressed in the Tenth
Amendment equated more to a general idea than to any real applicable and
relevant State power over the federal government; that the Constitution must
be liberally interpreted for the sake of expanding federal powers at the
expense of State sovereignty; and that the idea of State sovereignty was
literally ridiculous. By the way, even most self-called conservatives today
probably subscribe to these political beliefs, not even knowing the real
historical facts behind such fallacious ideology.

Concerning Marshall’s philosophical belief relative to the formation of the
USA, this historical fact must be admitted. It is crucially important for
our discussion today in America. Historian and politically-motivated author,
Edward Samuel Corwin, said of Marshall in his book, “John Marshall and the
Constitution” (New Haven, CT, Yale Univ. Press, 1920), p. 34: “[Marshall’s]
attitude [to strengthen the national power and to curtail State legislative
power] was determined not only by his sympathy for the sufferings of his
former comrades in arms and by his veneration for his father and for
Washington . . . but also by his military experience, which had RENDERED THE
PRETENSIONS OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY RIDICULOUS IN HIS EYES.” (Emphasis added.)
There is no question that Marshall had a pre-destined belief against State
sovereignty in favor of national power. Corwin describes Marshall’s
political belief regarding the US as a “nationalistic creed.”

So, is the nationalistic political persuasion of one man (appointed by a
nationalistic President) and one court to form the basis of the true
understanding of the nature and character of the USA? After all, Marshall
admitted that the US is established by the rule of law, and not the rule of
men. So, by Marshall’s own definition in Marbury v. Madison, a US S CT
opinion does not establish law, but rather should reflect what the paramount
law already is: “The constitution is either a superior, paramount law,
unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary
legislative acts, and like other acts, is alterable when the legislature
shall please to alter it.” So, as the age-old question has gone: who
determines whether or not the federal government has usurped power from the
people of the states and from the State governments? The Marbury v. Madison
believers are likely jumping up and down right now, raising their hands,
saying, “Oh! Pick me! Pick me! I know! I know!” I can just see smirks on the
faces of most ABA-law school graduates as they condemn anyone who would
advocate another position to be true which is contrary to what Marshall
presupposed to be true. Of course, their rationale goes as deep as a
kiddy-pool and their thought process as far as an inner-city driveway.

Since 1803, the nationalists have pointed to Marshall’s declaration to
conclusively say the states have no power over the opinion of the US S CT,
for as Marshall states: “It is emphatically the province and duty of the
judicial department to say what the law is.” From this, most American
lawyers and law students come to the conclusion that there is no authority
above and beyond the US S CT’s interpretation of the US Constitution.
Whatever the US S CT rules becomes “settled law” and the states are
completely bound–of course, unless the US S CT says something different
later. I was taught this in law school and every other ABA-accredited law
school in America teaches this. But a true legal study of Marbury v. Madison
reveals that Marshall’s opinion (which was actually dicta) never addressed
the issue of State sovereignty whatsoever. American historian, Forrest
McDonald, reveals this fact in his book, “State’s Rights and the Union:
Imperium in Imperio, 1776-1876.” McDonald states, “Marshall was careful not
to claim that the Supreme Court was the SOLE or FINAL ARBITER of acts of
Congress.” (Emphasis added.) Ibid., (Lawrence, KS, Univ. Press of Kansas,
2000), p. 56. This is, in fact, the case.

Perhaps most telling about Marshall’s silence on the issue of being the sole
or final arbiter is the fact that just a few years prior to his decision,
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, through the Virginia and Kentucky
Resolutions of 1798 and 1799, had advocated the State’s ability to actively
nullify and resist unconstitutional actions from the federal government.
Since Marshall’s opinion was mostly dicta anyway–meaning it had no
relevance to the issue at hand–why not go ahead and state that the US S CT
is the ONLY final arbiter of the US Constitution? But Marshall never did,
and neither has any US S CT decision since Marbury v. Madison.

Thus, when someone suggests that the states possess the sovereign power to
arrest federal encroachments outside of constitutionally enumerated powers,
the nationalists emphatically argue their unsupported conclusion that the
USA is one nation, indivisible, where the US S CT possesses the sole
authority as the final arbiter on all matters politically relative to the US
Constitution, and to suggest otherwise is treason!–even when the most
authoritative sources have been so pointedly laid out to the contrary.
Marshall’s opinions have not settled this matter, and the USA must come to
grips with who we are, what we are and how we are.

What’s more, Marshall’s opinions of national expansion were conclusively
derived from one main principle: that the USA is a nation formed by the
whole people and not by individual states through a compact. This fact was
admitted by Marshall-lover, Corwin, in 1920. Corwin clearly expresses this
point as follows:

“The great principles which Marshall developed in his interpretation of the
Constitution from the side of national power . . . were the following: ‘(1)
THE CONSTITUTION IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND NOT
A COMPACT OF THE STATES. (2) Consequently it is to be interpreted with a
view to securing a beneficial use of the powers which it creates, not with
the purpose of safeguarding the prerogatives of state sovereignty. (3) The
Constitution was further designed . . . to be kept a commodious vehicle of
the nation life . . . . (4) [The national government] is a sovereign
government, both in its choice of the means by which to exercise its power
and in its supremacy over all colliding or antagonistic powers. (5) The
powers of Congress to regulate commerce is an exclusive power, so that the
States may not intrude upon this field even though Congress has not acted.
(6) The National Government and its instrumentalities are present within the
States, not by the tolerance of the States, but by the supreme authority of
the people of the United States.’ Of these several principles, THE FIRST IS
OBVIOUSLY THE MOST IMPORTANT AND TO A GREAT EXTENT THE SOURCE OF THE
OTHERS.” “John Marshall and the Constitution,” pp. 144-145. (Emphasis
added.)

Corwin admits that all of Marshall’s opinions were based upon the
presumption that the USA is a nation formed by the whole people as one body
politic, and not by the individual, sovereign states via a compact. From
this premise comes the vast expansion of federal power under the guise of
constitutionality. Thus, if it were to be contrarily presumed that the USA
is in fact a compact acceded to by the states, then the rules of
interpretation that Marshall and subsequent US S CT justices used were wrong
and require a different outcome. This fact cannot be overstated and is the
source of all of the federal tyranny that many of you reading this article
complain about. Thus, it behooves Americans to truly know WHAT IS THE TRUE
NATURE AND CHARACTER OF OUR UNION: is it a National government formed by the
whole people, or is it a compact among the states and acceded to by the
states (otherwise known as a Confederacy)?

This article does not allow me to expound upon this subject in great depth,
but it should be sufficient at this point at least to call into question
Marshall’s presupposition regarding the nature and character of the USA by
referring to some of the most authoritative sources on the subject during
the formation of the US Constitution. Let us start with James Madison, who
was one of the Federalist Paper authors and considered to be the Father of
the US Constitution. In Federalist Paper 39, Madison examines the nature and
character of the formation of the Union under the US Constitution. He admits
that the US was formed by a federative (league of states) and NOT a national
act. Madison proclaims:

“[T]he Constitution is to be founded on the assent and ratification of the
people of America, given by deputies elected for the special purpose; but .
. this assent and ratification is to be given by the people, NOT AS
INDIVIDUALS COMPOSING ONE ENTIRE NATION, BUT AS COMPOSING THE DISTINCT AND
INDEPENDENT STATES TO WHICH THEY RESPECTIVELY BELONG. It is to be the ASSENT
AND RATIFICATION of the SEVERAL STATES . . . The act, therefore,
establishing the Constitution, will NOT BE A NATIONAL, but a FEDERAL act.

“That it will be a federal and NOT A NATIONAL ACT . . . THE ACT OF THE
PEOPLE, AS FORMING SO MANY INDEPENDENT STATES, NOT AS FORMING ONE AGGREGATE
NATION, IS OBVIOUS from this single consideration, that it is to result
neither from the decision of a MAJORITY of the people of the Union, nor from
that of a MAJORITY of the States. It must result from the UNANIMOUS ASSENT
OF THE SEVERAL STATES that are parties to it . . . [T]he new Constitution
will . . . be a FEDERAL, and not a NATIONAL constitution.” (Emphasis added.)

Madison pens in the clearest of terms that the US Constitution is a compact
assented to by the State sovereigns in their legal capacities as individual
bodies politic, and NOT as one mass of people, forming one body politic. If
this were not enough to at least raise a serious question as to what has
been shoved down our throats for 150 years, consider that even Alexander
Hamilton confirms that the US Constitution is a compact between the states,
and NOT a national act of the whole people. He says in Federalist Paper 85:

“To its complete establishment throughout the Union, [the US Constitution]
will therefore REQUIRE THE CONCURRENCE OF THIRTEEN STATES . . . [T]he
necessity of moulding and arranging all the particulars which are to compose
the whole, in such a manner as to satisfy all the parties to the COMPACT . .
WE MAY SAFELY RELY ON THE DISPOSITION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURES TO ERECT
BARRIERS AGAINST THE ENCROACHMENTS OF THE NATIONAL AUTHORITY.” (Emphasis
added.)

Just in these two short excerpts from Founding Fathers, James Madison and
Alexander Hamilton, we see that Marshall’s premise that the USA is a nation
formed by the whole of the people and not by the compact of the states is
seriously called into question, which, of course, calls into question all of
the principles of constitutional interpretation and resulting conclusions
which derive from that false premise.

An honest look at the presumption that only the US S CT has the power to
interpret federal encroachments on State sovereignty will reveal that the
states have more power than what has been admitted ever since Marshall took
the position of chief justice of the US S CT. For as Marshall admits in
Marbury v. Madison, “questions [that are] in their nature political . . .
CAN NEVER BE MADE IN THIS COURT.” (Emphasis added.) By definition, issues of
State sovereignty are in their nature political, just as a treaty between
the USA and foreign countries regards the matter of political sovereignty.
Therefore, when our states begin to assert their natural and sovereign right
of self-defense against federal tyranny, each State will answer to their
sovereign–the people–and NOT to the United States Supreme Court.

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America’s Bread And Circus Society - By Chuck Baldwin June 8, 2010

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The Roman poet Juvenal (circa 100 A.D.) wrote regarding the way latter-day
Roman emperors retained power and control over the masses that were
seemingly more than happy to obsess themselves with trivialities and
self-indulgences while their once-great-and-powerful empire collapsed before
their very eyes. He wrote:

“Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have
abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out
military command, high civil office, legions–everything, now restrains
itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.”

I submit that a good many in America are, like Rome of old, carelessly
frittering away their God-given liberties, foolishly clamoring for nothing
more than government handouts and never-ending entertainment. Millions and
millions of Americans (especially males) are literally intoxicated with
sports. Sports are no longer a great American pastime; they are now a great
American obsession.

Mind you, this writer has been a sports fan all of his life. I began playing
organized basketball in the fifth grade; I was on the high school wrestling
team; I played football in high school and college; and I ran track. Still
today, I enjoy watching a good NFL game (yes, I’m still a Green Bay Packers
fan), a good college game when the Gators are playing, a good NCAA men’s
basketball game (especially during the tournament–even more so when the
Hoosiers are in it), and any NBA championship series between the Celtics and
Lakers (I root for Boston). And I even like to watch a round of professional
golf once in a while (it helps me go to sleep when I’m trying to take a
nap). But none of the above will interfere with anything that is important,
and I am not going to plan my whole universe around any of it. If it is
convenient, I will watch. If it’s not, I will read about it in the sports
section of the newspaper. And I’m certainly not going to spend my
hard-earned money following any sports team (even those I like) all over the
country like some rock band groupie.

I am not talking about sports in general; I am talking about the way many
American men have allowed sports to control and dominate their lives. With
many, sports are not just a hobby; they are a religion. I cannot count the
number of conversations between men that I overhear in restaurants,
airplanes, boardrooms, and, yes, even church houses, in which every man in
the circle is literally consumed with all sorts of sports facts,
information, and opinions. In many such discussions, these men will talk
about nothing else. To these men, there is absolutely nothing in the world
more important than the latest sports score, announcement, or trade.
NOTHING!

And there is also a very real psychological pitfall associated with a man’s
intoxication with sports. I submit that an obsession with sports gives men a
false sense of masculinity and actually serves to steal true manhood from
them.

For example, it used to be when men stripped their shirts off and painted
their faces, they were heading to the battlefield to kill the tyrant’s
troops. Now they are headed off to the sports coliseum to watch a football
game. A man’s ego and machismo was once used to protect his family and
freedom; now it’s used to tout batting averages and box scores. The fact is,
if we could get the average American male to get as exercised and energized
about defending the historic principles upon which liberty and Western
Civilization are built as he is in defending his favorite quarterback or
NASCAR driver, our country would not be in the shape it is in today.

The sad reality is that much of today’s masculinity is experienced only
vicariously through a variety of sports teams and personalities. Instead of
personally flexing our muscles for God and country, freedom and liberty, or
home and hearth, we punch the air and beat our chests over touchdowns and
home runs (even though we had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with them
ourselves). Instead of getting in the face of these would-be tyrants in
Washington, D.C., who are doing everything they can to steal the American
dream, we get in the face of the poor umpire who makes a bad call or the
Little League coach who doesn’t play my son enough. Our happiness,
well-being, and mood are not determined by anything personally achieved (or
lost), but by what others accomplished (or didn’t accomplish) at the ball
park. Whether our children inherit a land of liberty and freedom does not
seem nearly as important as whether they make the starting lineup on the
football team.

Add to an epidemic obsession with sports the demand for more and more
handouts from Big Brother and the outlook for liberty is not good.
Everywhere we turn, we seem to hear people clamoring for government to give
them more and more. They expect government to supply their every need and
meet their every demand. They then have the gall to turn around and say,
“God bless America: land of the free”?

Ladies and gentlemen, one cannot have it both ways. If we expect government
to be our supplier, we cannot expect that it will not become our master.
Always remember this: government has nothing to give except that it first
takes it from someone else. Every dollar and every job that government gives
is first taken from someone else. Furthermore, every job given to government
is another freedom–and another dollar–taken from the citizenry. Every
government job brings with it a restriction, a prohibition, a regulation, an
inspection, a fee, a tax, an assessment, etc. As government grows, freedom
shrinks. As government spends, wealth shrinks. And as government hires,
opportunity shrinks.

Most historians agree with Juvenal that the mighty Roman Empire collapsed
from within due to a morally reckless, selfish, pleasure-crazed,
sports-obsessed, bread and circus society that willingly surrendered the
principles of self-government to an insatiable central government that,
through perpetual wars and incessant handouts, destroyed a once-great
republic.

By all appearances, the bread and circus society has reared its ugly head in
America. And make no mistake about it: if the people of the United States do
not quickly repent of this madness, the consequences will be just as
destructive for our once-great republic as it was for Rome.

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Freedom’s Real Enemies - By Chuck Baldwin June 11, 2010

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Politicians in Washington, D.C., love to manufacture a crisis. The crisis
generates fear within the citizenry, thereby allowing the federal government
to centralize more and more power. During a crisis, the citizenry becomes
much more forgiving of federal abuses and accommodating of federal
encroachments than it otherwise would be without a crisis. Hence, we have a
federal “war on drugs,” and a “war on poverty,” and a “war on terror,” and
an “oil crisis,” and an “energy crisis,” and a “domestic terrorism crisis,”
and an “education crisis,” and a “border crisis,” and an “economic
crisis”–Blah! Blah! Blah!

You can mark it down: every major crisis that America has faced over the
last several decades has been either manufactured or facilitated by policies
and activities originating in Washington, D.C. But at the same time that DC
is creating these crises, it categorizes any ideological group it finds
distasteful as a convenient scapegoat. These convenient scapegoats can
include “angry white guys,” “tea party extremists,” “a vast right-wing
conspiracy,” Constitution Party or Libertarian Party “extremists,” “Second
Amendment extremists” (gun owners), “pro-life extremists,” ad infinitum, ad
nauseam.

Yet, while DC’s elitists are plotting America’s next crisis and figuring out
whom to categorize as America’s next “extremist,” some real enemies are
waging war against the freedoms and liberties of our once-great republic.
And, ladies and gentlemen, these enemies are much more subtle, a lot closer,
and much more dangerous than almost anything you are being told about.

Here are some of freedom’s real enemies:

Big Cities

When the United States was a much smaller–much more agricultural–nation,
our freedoms were mostly intact. The mass exodus out of rural America into
urban America has been a bane of freedom–and it will continue to be so.

Thomas Jefferson addressed this issue astutely when he wrote in a letter to
James Madison, “When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in
Europe, we shall become corrupt as in Europe.” (Source: The Jeffersonian
Cyclopedia, A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of Thomas Jefferson)

Jefferson spoke again of this danger in a letter to Benjamin Rush. He wrote,
“I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the
liberties of man. True, they nourish some of the elegant arts, but the
useful ones can thrive elsewhere, and less perfection in the others, with
more health, virtue and freedom, would be my choice.” (Source: Ibid.)

Big cities are most always more liberal, more socialistic, more utopian, and
more centralist. Citizens living in big cities readily submit to the
machinations and designs of Big Government with much greater regularity than
do their rural counterparts. In states where a handful of big cities
dominate State politics, Big-Government policies almost always take over the
politics of the entire State. If you doubt that, just speak with
freedom-loving citizens in New York, Illinois, or Maryland.

Consider, specifically, the freedom most necessary to preserve our
liberties: the right of the people to keep and bear arms. People in states
that are less populated enjoy much greater liberty than do people in heavily
populated states. For example, Boston’s Gun Bible (BGB) ranks the states
according to the degree of gun ownership (and possession) protection in each
State. It is no coincidence that the states with sparser populations are
much freer than states with denser populations.

Here is BGB’s breakdown of the most and least free gun ownership states:

Most Free States:

1. Vermont
2. Idaho and Kentucky (tie)
3. Louisiana and Alaska (tie)
4. Wyoming
5. Montana

Least Free States:

1. New Jersey
2. Illinois
3. Hawaii
4. Massachusetts
5. New York

Population density in the “most free” states is less than 50 persons per
square mile, while in the “least free” states it is more than 460 persons
per square mile. Case closed!

While big cities will typically tolerate much more in the way of
licentiousness and sexual perversion, they are also the first to tolerate
Big-Government socialism. Without a doubt, Thomas Jefferson was right: big
cities are “pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of
man.”

If you want to live free in the future, you will probably need to leave the
big city–and perhaps the states that are dominated by big cities.

The National News Media

For the most part, the national news media is no friend of freedom. About
all most of them know of the US Constitution is the part about the “freedom
of the press” (from the First Amendment, of course). Watch any of the Big
Three television network newscasts on any weekday evening, and what will you
see? You will see the exact same stories regurgitated over and over
again–even with the exact same spin! And that spin is most always tilted
toward bigger and bigger government. This goes on night after night, week
after week, month after month, and year after year. But this is all just
coincidental, right? Get real!

The cable news networks are not much better. About the only difference
between cable networks is that CNN will provide cover for Big Government
Democrats while viciously attacking all things Republican, and FOX NEWS will
provide cover for Big Government Republicans while viciously attacking all
things Democrat.

Face it: the national news media is intoxicated with Two Party Politics.
They really don’t care nearly as much about the fundamental tenets and
principles of liberty as they do about whether a Democrat or Republican wins
office. Washington’s media elite are wined and dined by the same party
politicians that they cover on television or in the newspaper. (What a
racket!) Do you really think any major media news personality is going to
risk losing his or her job (which is exactly what would happen) by asking
too many questions, or boring too deeply, or straying too far off the
reservation? Once again, get real! All of these guys and gals know exactly
where the line–and the “third rail”–is located. And they all will stay
clear of both! It’s not about reporting the news, or defending liberty, or
anything of the sort. It is about pleasing their big corporate
sponsors–corporate sponsors who are in bed with the elites from both major
political parties, by the way!

As long as the American people continue to allow the national news media to
manipulate and spin the news, our liberties will continue to erode.

Big Business

In fact, Big Anything can be freedom’s enemy: Big Business, Big Labor, Big
Media, Big Cities, and Big Religion. Big Anything!

However, the rate and degree to which Big Business has been able to advance
during the last half of the twentieth century–and now into the twenty-first
century–is especially problematic for the survival of liberty. Dear friend,
it is a mistake to equate Big Business with freedom. Big Business has little
to do with capitalism and free enterprise and much to do with monopolism and
globalism. Big Business does not want to compete with private enterprise; it
wants to crush it! Big Business sees Big Government as a friend and partner.
In fact, Big Business and Big Government are conjoined twins. They grow and
live as one.

Accordingly, it is no accident that when the Bilderbergers got together a
few days ago at the Hotel Dolce in Sitges, Spain, for their super-secret
meeting, the list of attendees included the cabal of super-elites from Big
Government, Big Business, Big Academia, and Big Media. People such as Bill
Gates (Microsoft), Roger Altman (former Deputy Secretary of the US
Treasury), Martin Feldstein (Harvard University), Niall Ferguson (Harvard
University), Philip Gordon (Assistant Secretary of State for European and
Eurasian Affairs), Donald Graham (The Washington Post), Richard Holbrooke
(Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan), Robert Hormats (Under
Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs), Henry Kissinger
(former Secretary of State), Klaus Kleinfeld (Chairman and CEO, Alcoa),
Craig Mundie (Microsoft), Peter Orszag (Director, Office of Management and
Budget), Charlie Rose (Producer, Rose Communications), Robert Rubin
(Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; former Secretary of the
Treasury), Eric Schmidt (CEO and Chairman of the Board, Google), James
Steinberg (Deputy Secretary of State), Lawrence Summers (Director, National
Economic Council), Christine Varney (Assistant Attorney General for
Antitrust), and Paul Volcker (Chairman, Economic Recovery Advisory Board).
And please remember that these are only the names of those that were
published. The complete list of attendees is top secret and never released.
For example, was Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner there? He is a
Bilderberg (and CFR) member.

But of course, this meeting–complete with the tightest security and secrecy
possible–is only for the purpose of social fellowship and clubmanship,
right? That the world’s most interconnected business, governmental, and
media elites would meet outside the viewing and listening of everyone is
supposed to be dismissed as irrelevant and insignificant, right? Well, if
you get your news from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, or FOX NEWS, that is exactly what
you are being led to believe.

Yet, Big Business has been conspiring with Big Government for the purpose of
personal aggrandizement (at the cost of liberty, of course) for
decades–probably centuries. Remember, it took an act of Congress to stop
old Prescott Bush (George H.W. Bush’s father and G.W. Bush’s grandfather)
from sending financial assistance to Nazi Germany. Know, too, that
international bankers today are supporting governments (some that are openly
hostile to the United States) in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Again,
Big Business and Big Government are conjoined twins–an interconnected body
that grows in unison at the expense of our liberties.

Freedom has many more real enemies that could be added to this list, of
course; and maybe in the future we can talk more about them. For now,
recognize that our liberties are hanging by a thread in this country. And
the next time you hear someone in Washington, D.C., or the national news
media railing against the latest “crisis” that requires Big Government to
fix, please remember who the real enemy is.

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A Suggested Survival List - By Chuck Baldwin June 15, 2010

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This column was initially released last December. Without a doubt, this has
been one of my most requested columns. So, in response to the large number
of readers who have asked me to re-release this column, I do so today. And
in doing so, I have added some new material to the original column.

One does not have to be a prophet to know that we are on the precipice of
some potentially catastrophic–or at the very least, challenging–days. In
fact, most of us are already in challenging days, and some are already
enduring catastrophic events. That is, if one would call being out of work,
losing one’s home, facing life-threatening medical conditions without any
prospect of medical insurance, several families being forced to live in one
house due to homes being foreclosed, etc., catastrophic.

The potential for an escalation of cataclysmic events, however, is very
real. Only a “blooming idiot” would call someone who attempts to prepare for
“the day of adversity” a Chicken Little now. Anyone who does not see the
storm clouds on the horizon isn’t paying attention.

For example, can one imagine what would happen if terrorists nuked a major
American city or cities? (Once again, I encourage readers to go get the
videos of the CBS TV series “Jericho” to get an idea of how quickly life,
and even civilization, could change.) Imagine if there was another 9/11-type
event. What would happen if some form of Zimbabwe-style inflation hit the
US? What would happen if anything disrupted the distribution of Welfare
checks, or food to local grocers? Imagine a Hurricane Katrina-style natural
disaster in your town. I think people everywhere are beginning to awaken to
just how vulnerable we all really are.

As a result, people from virtually every walk of life have recently been
asking my thoughts on how they should prepare. Therefore, I will attempt to
share with my readers some of the counsel I have given these folks.

First, a disclaimer. I am not an economist; I am not a survival expert; I am
not a firearms expert; I am not an attorney; I am not a physician. In fact,
I am not an expert in anything! For several years, however, I have tried to
learn from others. I am an avid reader. My work has allowed me to travel
extensively. I have had the privilege of sitting at the feet of–and
learning from–many of America’s most learned, most trained, and most
qualified “experts” in a variety of fields. What I write today, I have
learned from others. I’ve formed my own opinions and priorities, of course,
but everything I’m sharing has been said, or written about, before. But if I
can share something in today’s column that will help someone be better
prepared for the days to come, then my goal will have been achieved.

Location:

First, analyze your living conditions. Where do you live? Do you live in an
urban or rural environment? Is it a big city or small town? Do you live in
an apartment or condominium? How close are your neighbors? Do you even know
your neighbors? Would you trust them if the electricity was off and they
were hungry? Could you grow your own food, if you had to? How easily could
you secure your home? If you live in a cold weather environment, how long
could you stay warm without electricity? These are the kinds of questions
you need to ask yourself now.

Over the past several decades, masses of people have migrated into large
metropolitan areas. More people live in urban areas than at any time in
American history. While this may be well and good for times of prosperity,
it is an absolute nightmare in any kind of disaster. Does anyone remember
what New Orleans looked like after Hurricane Katrina came through? Can
anyone recall what happened in downtown Los Angeles during the 1992 riots?
Needless to say, any inner-city environment could become a powder keg almost
instantaneously, given the right (or wrong) circumstances. And the bigger
the city, the bigger the potential problems.

If you live in the inner city, I suggest you consider moving to a more rural
location. Obviously, now is a very good time to buy property (especially
rural property), but the downside is, selling property is not as favorable.
If you can afford it, now is a great time to buy a “safe house” outside the
city. If you are fortunate enough to have family or some true friends
nearby, you might want to put your heads–and some resources–together in
preparation for serious upheaval. Obviously, a team of prepared people is
much better than being alone.

If you must stay in your urban location, have some commonsense plans in hand
in the event of a major disaster. Get to know your neighbors: find out whom
you can trust and whom you can’t. Keep some extra gasoline on hand, in case
you need to get in your car quickly and leave. Have several exit routes
planned ahead of time, in case roads are blocked. Have a “bug-out” bag
containing essential ingredients to live on for 3 or 4 days. If leaving is
not an option, have a plan to secure your home as best you can. You’ll need
to think about things such as food, water, medicine, warmth, self-defense,
etc. But at this point, to do nothing is absolute lunacy!

Provisions:

During a major disaster, food will quickly disappear. Living for over 3
decades on the Gulf Coast, I can tell you with absolute certainty that
whenever disaster strikes (usually an approaching hurricane, for us), food
and provisions at the store sell completely out in a matter of a few hours.
People panic, and within hours, you cannot find food, bottled water, ice,
generators, batteries, candles, etc. In a matter of hours, every gas station
in the area will be completely out of gas. Not days. Hours!

Furthermore, almost all disasters include a complete loss of electricity.
The water supply is compromised. Bottled water becomes more valuable than
bank accounts. Dehydration becomes a very real and present danger. I
remember witnessing a man offer an ice vendor $100 for an extra bag of ice
during Hurricane Ivan. My wife and I went 2 weeks (14 days) without
electricity in the aftermath of that hurricane. Believe me, I got a taste of
just how precious bottled water, ice, batteries, generators, fuel, etc., can
become.

I suggest you have a supply of food and water to last at least 2 weeks. A
month would be even better. Personally, I can live a long time on tuna fish
or peanut butter. You can purchase MREs from a variety of sources, as well
as “camp-style” packaged food from stores such as Academy Sports & Outdoors.
Of course, bottled water is available everywhere during normal times. Stock
up! Plus, I suggest you have some water purification tablets or a Katadyn
water filter on hand. And, if you are able, prepare to grow your own food.
Canning food is another very helpful hedge against deprivation. If your
parents were like mine, this was standard operating procedure.

Get a generator. Keep a supply of fuel on hand. Stay stocked up on
batteries, candles, portable lights, first aid supplies, and personal
hygiene items–especially toilet paper. Trust me, during times of intense
and prolonged disaster, toilet paper could become more valuable than money.
I also suggest you never run out of lighters or matches. You never know when
you’ll need to build a fire, and during a prolonged survival situation, fire
could save your life. If you live in a cold weather climate, you probably
already have some sort of wood stove or fireplace.

Obviously, you need to take stock of your clothing. Do you have clothes
suitable for extended outdoor activity? What about boots? During a disaster,
you would trade your best suit from Neiman Marcus for a good pair of boots.
Do you have gloves? Insulated underwear? What about camouflage clothing?
These could become essential outerwear in the right conditions. Plus, any
“bug-out” bag will need to include spare clothing.

Communication and medical provisions are also a high priority in any kind of
emergency. How will you communicate with your loved ones when the phones
(including cell phones) go down? A preordained rally point (or safe house)
might be something to think about. And what about medical supplies? Do you
have enough to take care of routine (and not-so-routine) emergencies? What
about your prescription drugs? How long could you function if you were cut
off from your druggist for any length of time? Think about it now.

And one more suggestion, while we’re on this subject: the best resources in
the world are of little use if one is physically incapable of making good
use of them. In other words, GET IN SHAPE. During any kind of emergency
situation, physical exertion and stamina become immensely important.

Commodities:

I suggest you have at least some cash on hand. Just about any and all
disasters will result in banks being closed for extended periods of time.
That also means credit card purchases being suspended. You need to have
enough cash to be able to purchase essential goods (if they are even
available) for an undetermined amount of time.

Of course, some survival gurus insist that during any cataclysmic climate,
precious metals will become the only reliable currency. But when most of us
are trying to feed our families and pay our bills, it is difficult to get
excited about buying gold and silver. Obviously, I would never recommend
that anyone jeopardize the present on the altar of the future. My parents
made it through the Great Depression with canned goods and garden
vegetables; gold and silver were certainly not a priority with them. On the
other hand, a little gold and silver could go a long way in a prolonged
emergency–if you can afford it without jeopardizing present needs.

In fact, in a disaster, what is considered a valuable commodity can change
rather quickly, as the barter system takes a life of its own. What is
valuable is determined by what you need and how badly you need it. In a
prolonged disaster, simple things such as toilet paper, canned goods,
ammunition, and clothing could become extremely valuable; while cars, video
games, televisions, etc., could be reduced to junk status. In antiquity,
wars were fought over things such as salt.

Speaking of cars, remember that during a prolonged “national emergency” that
might involve some sort of nuclear attack or widespread civil unrest, an
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) might be employed; in which case, most every
late model vehicle would be completely inoperable. Accordingly, if one can
keep an older, pre-computer-age vehicle in good working order, he or she
might be driving the only non-government vehicle capable of going anywhere.

Self-Defense:

Needless to say, during any kind of disaster, your safety and protection
will be completely up to you. If you really think that the police are going
to be able to protect you during an upheaval, you are living in a
dreamworld.

In both the New Orleans and Los Angeles disasters, police protection was
non-existent. Lawless gangs quickly took control of the streets, and people
were left to either defend themselves or swiftly become the helpless prey of
violent marauders. In fact, in New Orleans, some of the policemen actually
abandoned their oaths to uphold the law and joined with the criminals,
turning their weapons upon the public.

Face it, folks: in any kind of disaster, you must be able to defend
yourself, or you and your family will be meat for these animals of society
that will quickly descend without mercy upon the unprepared, unsuspecting
souls around them. This requires that you be armed! It also requires that
you be skilled enough to be able to efficiently use your arms.

Therefore, I strongly suggest that you purchase firearms sufficient to keep
you and your family safe, and also that you practice sufficiently to know
how to use them.

Now, when it comes to a discussion of which firearms are preferable for
self-defense, the suggestions are as varied as the people who proffer them.
These are my suggestions:

I believe every man (along with his wife and children of adequate age)
should be proficient with the following weapons: a handgun in .38 caliber or
above, a .22 rifle, a center-fire hunting rifle, a semi-automatic battle
rifle, and a shotgun.

My personal preference for a self-defense handgun is either a .45 ACP 1911
(either Colt or Kimber) or a .40 S&W. In the .40 caliber, my favorite is a
Glock 23. In the 1911, I like the Commander size configuration. I also like
the Glock 21, 30, and 36 in .45 caliber. My wife prefers to carry a Smith &
Wesson .38 caliber revolver in the snub-nose, J-frame configuration. But
this is primarily due to the reduced weight of these weapons for carry
purposes. If needed, she could make a good accounting of herself with a
Glock 19 in 9mm. If you are someone who has never owned and seldom fired a
handgun, I recommend you buy a Glock. They are as simple as revolvers to
operate, reliable, and almost indestructible. Plus, they provide increased
magazine capacity, and are safe. They are also very easy to disassemble and
clean. Of course, in dangerous game territory, you will need the power of a
45 Long Colt, .44 Magnum, or even a .454 Casull. These calibers are not for
the limp-wristed, but when one is facing a brown bear or mountain lion, it
is what one will need to survive. Plus, when your life is on the line,
you’ll never feel the recoil.

For a .22 rifle, I really like the Ruger 10/22. For a hunting rifle, my
suggestion is either a .270 or .30-06 caliber bolt-action rifle. I prefer
the Remington Model 700 BDL or Browning X-Bolt, but there are several fine
weapons in this configuration and caliber by numerous manufacturers. In
dangerous game territory, a Marlin .45-70 could be a lifesaver. For a battle
rifle, I suggest an AR-15-style weapon (I prefer Bushmaster) in .223 caliber
or a .308 Springfield M1A. For a shotgun, I suggest a 12-gauge pump. Here I
prefer a Winchester Model 1300, which is not made anymore. So, you’ll
probably have to choose between Mossberg and Remington. For ladies, however,
a 20-gauge shotgun is probably a better choice, and at “bad breath” range
(where a shotgun shines, anyway), it is just as lethal.

Whatever you choose, practice with it to the point that you are able to use
it proficiently. And be sure you stock up on ammunition. A gun without ammo
is reduced to being either an expensive club or a cumbersome paperweight.

Go to your local independent sporting goods store (I don’t recommend the
large national chain stores to do your firearms shopping) and get to know
your hometown firearms dealer. Most of these people are kind and helpful
folks who will be more than happy to assist you in finding exactly what type
of firearm is suitable for you and your family. If you live in the
Pensacola, Florida, area, a visit with Rick Bankston at Buck and Bass on
Pine Forest Road is highly recommended. He is a fine Christian gentleman and
very knowledgeable in all things gun. His phone number is 850-944-5692. Give
him a call.

Spiritual Power:

I firmly believe that man is created to have fellowship with his
Creator-God. I really don’t know how people can face the uncertain future
that we currently face without the spiritual knowledge, wisdom, comfort, and
power that is made available through Jesus Christ. I believe the maxim is
true: “Wise men still seek Him.” I strongly suggest that you seek to possess
a personal relationship with God’s only begotten Son. In truth, spiritual
preparation is far and away the most important preparation of all.
Accordingly, be sure to pack a copy of God’s Word in your survival gear.

That we are facing challenging days is a certainty. Exactly what that means
is yet to be determined. I trust that some of my suggestions will help you
be better prepared for what lies before us. Plus, here is an excellent
online Survival Blog chock-full of great suggestions and resources for all
things survival. Check it out:

http://www.survivalblog.com/

I am sure that I have left out several items that others more qualified than
me would include. I welcome their suggestions, as I am always desirous to
learn from those who are wiser and more experienced. In the meantime,
remember your Boy Scout motto: “Be Prepared.”

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Masculine Leadership Needed Now More Than Ever - By Chuck Baldwin June 18, 2010

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As we approach Father’s Day this Sunday, I think it is necessary to once
again draw attention to what has become one of America’s greatest problems:
the dearth of masculine leadership in the home.

As everyone universally acknowledges, there are more children being raised
by single mothers today than at any time in our nation’s history. Obviously,
divorce is far and away the biggest contributor to this unfortunate
phenomenon. But another factor is that many women are choosing to have
children out of wedlock. And, of course, a small percentage of single
mothers became this way due to the premature deaths of their husbands. But
it is safe to say that the vast majority of fatherless families are the
result of choice, not circumstance.

The ramifications of raising children without a father are taking a toll,
not only on children, but also on society itself. According to published
reports, 63% of teen suicides come from fatherless homes, 90% of all
runaways and homeless children come from fatherless homes, 80% of rapists
come from fatherless homes, 85% of children with behavioral problems come
from fatherless homes, 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless
homes, 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from
fatherless homes, and 85% of all youths in prison come from fatherless
homes. See the following sources for these (and related) stats:

http://www.fathermag.com/news/1780-stats.shtml

http://fathersforlife.org/divorce/chldrndiv.htm

Before militant feminists assail me as a sexist and male chauvinist, I most
certainly understand that there are many examples of women who have overcome
the most adverse circumstances in order to raise fine, upstanding children.
I not only understand it theoretically, but I also understand it
practically, as a single mother raised my wife, and she turned out
marvelously (as did her older sister and younger brother). My mother-in-law
is among the outstanding success stories of single women who have overcome
some of the most adverse circumstances possible to successfully raise three
young children. All three children are living prosperous, productive lives,
and not one of them is dysfunctional or criminal. So, to all the Betty
Friedans out there, please spare me your jaded knee-jerk reactions and
mindless accusations!

That there are wonderful exceptions to the rule doesn’t change the fact that
the overwhelming majority of evidence conclusively proves that a family is
much better off when Dad is in it. Boys, especially, require the firm hand
of masculine leadership. And that is a fact! And this brings to mind another
problem: many fathers are either chronically away from home due to work
schedules or are deliberately taking a passive, non-leadership role in the
home. Either way, the result is the same: too many families are experiencing
a dearth of masculine leadership. Let’s say it another way: masculine
leadership is needed now more than ever!

Black families have been hit especially hard. According to the Pew Research
Center (PRC), 72% of all black babies born in 2008 were out of wedlock. For
all intents and purposes, the black community is now overwhelmingly a
matriarchal society. Is it any wonder that the crime rate is so high among
young black males?

PRC also reported that 53% of all Hispanic babies born in 2008 were out of
wedlock, 29% of white babies born in 2008 were out of wedlock, and 17% of
Asian babies born in 2008 were out of wedlock. Nationwide, 41% of all babies
born in 2008 were out of wedlock.

The lack of masculine discipline and leadership in America’s homes is easily
visible everywhere you go. Stroll down the aisle of most any shopping
center, eat out at just about any restaurant, and attend practically any
movie theater or church service and one is inundated with unruly,
disrespectful, disobedient, bratty kids. And in almost every instance, there
is either no father anywhere to be found, or if he is present, he is
completely unattached and devoid of leadership skills.

I recently witnessed one of these out-of-control brats take almost total
control of a restaurant with his incessant temper tantrums, while the mother
hid her face in her hands (literally) and the father buried his head in a
newspaper. Meanwhile, the entire restaurant (customers and staff) was forced
to endure an hour of non-stop belligerence and blood-curdling screaming. In
the meantime, I am still anxiously waiting for the first restaurant that
provides a “brat-free” section, similar to the way they often provide a
“smoke-free” section: I want to be its first customer! (Commercial airplanes
need such a section, too.)

There are many contributing factors to the decline of masculine leadership,
of course. Society, itself, has mostly feminized our entire culture by
ridiculing and lampooning manhood. Note the television commercials and
programs that denigrate fatherhood. In most of these commercials and shows,
the dad is caricatured as being the resident nincompoop, a bungling buffoon
who barely has enough sense to walk and chew gum at the same time. Hollywood
is no better. Think about it: when was the last movie you saw that extolled
genuine masculinity? I’m not talking about bulging muscles, either. I’m
talking about moral strength along with the inner character of virtue and
integrity. As far as the social acceptance of masculinity is concerned, it
seems that manhood died out with the black and white westerns.

Think, too, about how our children are being raised. The vast majority of
them are being raised in a home devoid of strong, masculine leadership. In
our schools (public, private, parochial, or Christian) the vast majority of
teachers are women. The same is true for most churches. Think about it:
unless a young man plays sports, he may grow from childhood to adulthood
without hardly ever being exposed to real masculine leadership. No wonder
more and more boys seem to be confused about their sexuality.

In addition, our laws increasingly discriminate against fatherhood. Let a
father discipline his children according to Biblical instruction and there
is a very good chance that he will be charged with some sort of criminal
abuse, and have his children taken from his home by the authorities. Even an
unfounded or unsubstantiated accusation against a father can result in State
agencies removing his children from his home. Furthermore, the father may be
subjected to a lifetime of government harassment by being permanently
declared some sort of child abuser; he may also be forced to forfeit his
freedom to purchase a firearm or to live where he chooses.

I can tell you this: if a bruised butt is evidence of child abuse, I was
abused BIG TIME! My dad took seriously that maxim, “Spare the rod; spoil the
child.” I can say this, however: I never got a spanking that I did not
deserve; and looking back on it, I thank God for every spanking I got,
because Dad’s correction gave me the sense of security, love, and direction
that I desperately needed to make the right choices in life. I shudder to
think where (or what) I would be today had my father not disciplined me. I
also thank God that I was raised in a better time, when the culture had not
ditched the laws of God and Nature in favor of this stupid, senseless,
asinine political correctness that is rampant today!

I tell you the truth: there are not too many problems that could not be
solved today with an old-fashioned, honest, morally upright, courageous
disciplinarian-father who would lovingly bring up his children in the fear
and admonition of the Lord. And let’s all remember that it is extremely
difficult for a man to be this kind of father without the love and support
of his wife. In this regard, the feminist movement is largely responsible
for destroying both the femininity of our women and the masculinity of our
men.

So, while we are rightly concerned and focused on the myriad problems facing
us today, let’s remember that America has no greater need than the need of
families to be led and strengthened by good, Godly fathers. Furthermore,
that is something each of us men should aspire to do beyond anything else.
To paraphrase the words of our Lord, “What shall it profit a father if he
shall gain the whole world and lose his own children?”

Therefore, to all of America’s outstanding fathers out there who quietly go
about the business of being an example to their children; who consistently
and humbly discipline their children; who instill the time-tested principles
of honor, integrity, and devotion in the hearts of their children; who
bravely accept the responsibility of fatherhood without grumbling and
complaining; and who are willing to put the security and well-being of their
families above their own personal pursuits: HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

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A Perfect Gift For Independence Day - By Chuck Baldwin June 22, 2010

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A few years ago, I sadly discovered that it was next to impossible to find
our nation’s great historic documents together in one volume, so we decided
to fix that problem. It took us a full year to research and compile over 50
of our country’s greatest historical documents, but we did it!

Now, just in time for Independence Day, you can have these great documents
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Former Congressman and MSNBC TV Talk Show Host Joe Scarborough obtained a
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Moore. Even the State Supreme Court in Tennessee ordered several copies.
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We have also included several letters written between John and Abigail
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Also included is the letter written from within the Alamo by William Barret
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U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights are also there.

This giant compilation includes more than 50 documents, over 170 full-sized
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The price is $35 for a single copy, or $25 each if you purchase two or more,
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Our supply will last only a couple of weeks, so order quickly–and thanks
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Fighting For Freedom For 35 Years - Chuck Baldwin June 25, 2010

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As many readers know, my youngest son, Tim Baldwin, is a constitutional
attorney, historian, and author who writes his own syndicated column and who
also hosts his own web site.

See Tim’s web site at:

http://libertydefenseleague.com/

See Tim’s archived columns at:

http://newswithviews.com/Timothy/baldwinA.htm

Today, Tim is writing a special edition to my column. What follows are his
words.

On Sunday, June 27, 2010, I, and the rest of our family, will be helping to
celebrate the 35th anniversary of Crossroad Baptist Church (CBC), with my
dad, Chuck Baldwin, as the founding pastor–the church having held its first
service on June 22, 1975, with only 6 people in attendance. I was born in
1979, so I missed the first several years of Crossroad Church’s existence. I
have heard the stories from my parents and grandmother, and I have seen the
pictures of that ministry before I arrived. Its beginnings were of the most
humble nature, I can assure. Crossroad Church has not been without its
problems. No church is perfect, because people are not perfect. Still, God
has used and continues to use Crossroad Church to transform my life and my
family’s life, and God has used and continues to use Crossroad Church to be
a voice of truth, of motivation and of courage for many thousands of people
across this country. There is not a church like it in the entire United
States of America.

I remember as a child wishing I could spend more time with my dad,
especially on the weekends. When I was young, Crossroad Church was young,
and my dad was very busy with tasks that had to be done to ensure that the
church functioned “decently and in order” (as scripture tells us). On almost
every Saturday morning and afternoon, he was visiting people in the
community, sharing the gospel and inviting them to attend our church. I
still have vivid memories of crying as my dad got in his car and left our
home. On Saturday nights, Dad would go over his sermons for the next Sunday.
He worked late many nights and would not come home until it was almost time
for bed. Through this, God had a purpose in mind, and my life would not be
what it is today were it not for my dad’s sacrifice in those early years.

My childhood was not like most kids–not physically speaking, but
psychologically speaking–not just because I was the son of a preacher, but
because of the unique leadership my dad possessed, the manner in which he
led Crossroad Church and the manner in which he opposed political and social
immoralities. There was not one child I grew up with that could relate to
the life I was born into, even those whose parents were involved in gospel
ministry. Many kids, even “religious” ones, made fun of my family and my
dad, and reflected the sentiment and attitude that their parents trained
into them. I knew at a very young age that my dad was different–just how
different, I did not know. Time would tell just how different.

I personally witnessed men and women over my 30 years of living who tried to
undermine and destroy the ministry of Chuck Baldwin at Crossroad Church,
those who were supposedly his friends in the beginning but who proved to be
otherwise in the end. Yet, my dad was faithful. I watched as my dad handled
those unnerving situations in ways that almost defied human nature. If it
were me in his position, I would have been in “fight mode” to destroy the
enemy. But it was not so–not my dad. I have heard him say before: the
hardest part of it was not people’s treatment of him, but of his family. How
true that must be. Yet, I do not remember my dad criticizing or revenging
those talebearers and Judases, even when he was alone with his family in his
own home. He stood upon principles of truth, and not personal feelings and
emotions. He knew the church was not his, but God’s. I was amazed at my
dad’s honor and self-control, and still am. It was and is that kind of
leadership and discipline that I have observed at Crossroad Church my entire
life.

It is hard to recall the countless times my dad engaged in our local
community on a variety of issues and concerns. I remember my dad going to
the school board meetings, the county commissioner meetings and the Florida
State legislature declaring truth and sound reason. (I wish I had listened
more as a child.) I remember watching my dad on television as he debated
those unfriendly to faith and freedom. I remember hearing my dad on his
first radio show, “A Preacher Views the News,” where he commented from a
biblical perspective on local, state and national events. He spoke to
thousands at universities and colleges about abortion, evolution and
government.

I remember when Bill Clinton was first elected President of the U.S. my dad
felt the urge to do more for freedom, so he started the radio talk show,
“Chuck Baldwin Live.” I began to understand just how passionate my dad’s
love for freedom was. It only grew as time passed, along with his
discernment and understanding of freedom’s principles and God’s science of
it. I remember going to watch him in the studio as he performed the show. I
have some fond memories of those days. Late nights were common as Dad
studied in his office. My siblings, my mom and I would have been sleeping
for hours before Dad turned in for the night. He became a very notable
influence in our local area, but that was only the beginning of God’s will
for Chuck Baldwin.

Through these many platforms, my dad was nominated the Vice-Presidential
candidate for the Constitution Party in 2004 and the Presidential candidate
in 2008 for the same party. During the 2008 campaign, Dad traveled over
30,000 miles proclaiming the message of liberty and constitutional
government. We all felt honored when Congressman Ron Paul publicly endorsed
Dad for President.

My dad did not seek these positions, but God presented them to him. From
those opportunities, my dad proclaimed the truth as he saw it, just as he
had for the past three decades. He has become a national leader, a spokesman
and statesman for freedom, and a source of light for those searching for
truth.

In addition, my dad led a national movement of “Black Regiment” pastors to
publicly identify themselves as such for the purpose of giving
liberty-loving patriots across America the opportunity to find likeminded
pastors with whom to worship. So far, more than 300 pastors and preachers
are listed on Dad’s Black Regiment directory.

See the Black Regiment directory at:

http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?page_id=23

Yet first and foremost, my dad was the pastor of Crossroad Church, and he
never shirked his responsibilities to it for the sake of other tasks.

To some people, my dad became “the preacher who meddled in politics,” and
they despised him for it. But to others, he was the proclaimer of the whole
counsel of God and the defender of faith and freedom, and they loved him for
it. As one knows instinctively in today’s geo-religious-political culture,
this type of preacher is unusual–very unusual. Naturally, the people who
Chuck Baldwin would attract to his church would likely reflect this
uniqueness. Indeed it has. Not just anyone will become a member of Crossroad
Baptist Church. Some may attend for a while, but inevitably, for many
people, the deep message of truth and the leadership of Chuck Baldwin has
become difficult to accept and inconvenient to practice. Has this hindered
the message delivered from Crossroad Church? Not at all. To the contrary, it
has grown.

Over the years, my dad’s leadership and stand for freedom created a sifting
process. This process has left Crossroad Church with people who genuinely
love the truth of God in how it relates to all of life, including politics.
I have seen the lives of hundreds of people become transformed and
enlightened through the ministry of Crossroad Church. My best friends in the
world are at Crossroad Church. I teach their children in my Sunday School
class; I sing for them and alongside them on Sundays; I help lead them in
worship; I pray with them; I laugh and fellowship with them; I share their
burdens and concerns. Crossroad Church has become a family; and as of
recently, our church has provided a way for people all across the country to
join us in our Sunday services through the Internet, as we livestream our
services each Sunday morning at approximately 10:30 a.m. (Central time). I
especially encourage readers to join with us during our 35th anniversary
celebration, this Sunday, June 27. Go to:

http://crossroadbaptist.net/live.html

These people at Crossroad Church love and support Chuck Baldwin as their
pastor; they support the word of God preached in the sermons and taught in
the classes; they put into ministerial practice their own talents and gifts
to further proclaim the truth of God in the church and throughout this
country; they have accepted the responsibility of carrying out the great
commission of Jesus Christ. Crossroad Church has become a body and family of
soldiers for Jesus Christ in every sense of the word because Chuck Baldwin
made the sacrifices and commitments of faithfulness as my siblings and I
were growing up. If there is any testament to the ministry of Crossroad
Church, it is the evidence of my siblings’ and my devotion, love and service
to God’s work done at that church, not by force, but by choice. Crossroad
Church has been my home my entire life, and I am so thankful to God for my
dad, my family, my pastor and my church. Happy 35th anniversary, Crossroad
Baptist Church!

And there is one more thing: I would like to ask you, the reader of Dad’s
column, in honor of the 35th anniversary of Dad’s founding of Crossroad
Church, would you prayerfully consider making a contribution to CBC during
this special (and difficult) time? The current recession is hurting all of
us. Many of the faithful contributors to CBC are directly connected to the
building industry, and as you know, this industry has been hit especially
hard. As if that is not bad enough, the oil spill in the Gulf Coast is
exacting a horrific toll upon the Gulf Coast economy. According to the last
financial statement I saw, our church is nearly $20,000 in the red. I know
Dad is struggling with decisions such as cutting back radio stations and
Internet livestreaming, as well as other cutbacks.

How many preachers do you know that are out there on the front lines for
freedom like my dad, Chuck Baldwin? It would be a shame if his voice were
silenced due to a lack of funds.

Therefore, in honor of CBC’s 35th anniversary, would you please consider
giving a special contribution? I know there are some who could give a
substantial gift of thousands of dollars, while most could only give much
smaller amounts. I also know that there are tens–and maybe hundreds–of
thousands of people who read Dad’s column. If everyone who feels impressed
would send whatever they could afford, this deficit would be eliminated and
the need would be met.

If you feel impressed to give, the fastest way to donate is to use a credit
card online. Go to this link:

http://crossroadbaptist.net/donate.php

Or, if you prefer to write a check or money order, please make them payable
to:

Crossroad Baptist Church
P.O. Box 37039
Pensacola, Florida 32526

Of course, all donations to CBC are tax-deductible.

I want to further say THANK YOU to all of Dad’s faithful readers, listeners
and supporters. You cannot know–this side of Heaven–how special you all
are to my dad, to me, and to the rest of our family. It is wonderful to know
that there are still 7,000 (and a lot more) who have not bowed the knee to
Baal.

*If you appreciate this column and want to help me distribute these
editorial opinions to an ever-growing audience, donations may now be made by
credit card, check, or Money Order. Use this link:

http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?page_id=19

NOTE TO THE READER:

http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?page_id=6

July 9th, 2010 | Category: Freedom | Leave a comment

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