Providence, the Brown University Shooting, and the Democrats We Used to Have by Alex Destino
Providence longs for its former mayor, Vincent “Buddy” Cianci. If he were mayor today, the Brown University shooter would not still be at large.
More than three days after the Brown University shooting, Providence has no suspect in custody, little public clarity, and growing uncertainty—despite a campus saturated with cameras, security infrastructure, and institutional resources. Under Mayor Brett Smiley, the response has felt hesitant and unfocused, raising serious questions about leadership, priorities, and how profoundly both the city—and the Democratic Party—have changed. To understand that shift, it helps to look backward. Vincent “Buddy” Cianci Jr. was the former mayor of Providence and the first Italian-American ever elected to lead the city. He won office in 1974 at just 33 years old, emerging from a hard-edged, working-class political culture. Cianci was a classic urban populist. His governing priority was simple and unapologetic: keep the city clean, orderly, and safe. Cianci famously argued there wasn’t a political way to run a city—just the right way to run a city. He regularly pointed to Providence’s standing among America’s safest cities during his tenure as proof that results, not ideology, mattered most. One couldn’t help but respect how remarkably non-partisan he was in practice. Cianci shunned the “D” label during his first term despite it being the surest path to victory in Rhode Island. He governed as a true independent and made a point of earning the respect of people across political lines. He led with a distinctly masculine, command-driven style. Police were empowered and highly visible. Disorder was not tolerated. Everyone knew who was in charge. Working-class citizens loved him because they felt protected—and because City Hall worked for neighborhoods, not elites. Cianci also operated comfortably in Providence’s political gray zones, including relationships with power brokers tied to organized crime. Yes, he was deeply flawed and ultimately corrupt. But his governing philosophy was unmistakable: a city cannot function if people do not feel safe. Cianci was not an outlier. He was part of a governing tradition. Old-school, working-class Democratic mayors like Frank Rizzo in Philadelphia, Richard J. Daley in Chicago, Kevin White and Ray Flynn in Boston, William Donald Schaefer in Baltimore, and Dianne Feinstein in San Francisco believed the same thing: cities survive only when order is enforced. The most successful modern practitioner of that model was a Republican—Rudy Giuliani. He didn’t invent the approach; he inherited it, applying those same principles to produce historic crime reductions in New York City. That governing tradition didn’t fade gradually. It was deliberately replaced. Providence today is led by a very different kind of Democrat. Mayor Brett Smiley represents a post-Obama Democratic Party shaped by elite institutions, academic culture, activist priorities, and identity politics. His public-safety agenda emphasizes inclusivity and the clarification of police roles through executive actions like “A Safe Providence for All,” but stops short of the blunt law-and-order posture that once defined Democratic urban governance. Public safety is now treated as one concern among many—balanced against messaging, optics, and coalition sensitivities. That shift is now impossible to ignore. More than 3½ days after the Brown University murders, the shooter remains at large and armed, with no known location—yet city leaders continue to insist the public is not in danger. This, on a campus saturated with surveillance, where the only video released so far has come not from the university’s security system but from nearby residents. The expectation that government would act decisively, communicate clearly, and answer first to the public no longer exists. That alone reveals how Providence—and the Democratic Party that governs it—have changed: from a party rooted in working-class accountability to one oriented toward institutional power, lobbyists, NGOs, and money—no longer answering first to the citizens, the sovereign they are meant to serve. |
December 16, 2025, Marks Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
December 16, 2025 marks the anniversary of The Boston Tea Party where on this date in 1773 members of the Sons of Liberty-some dressed up as Mohawk Indians- boarded three ships docked at Griffins Wharf in Boston and dumped 46 tons of tea into the harbor.
Background to the Tea Party:
The British Parliament passed the Townshend Act in 1767 which levied direct taxes against the Colonists. Prior to this, colonial governments elected by the people were the only entities that levied taxes. There was much opposition to the Townshend Act on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1770, Parliament repealed the Townshend Act with the exception the tax on tea. On May 10, 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act giving, for the first time, the East India Company a monopoly on the export of tea. The East India Company would appoint certain colonial merchants-consigners- the sole right to sell the tea to the detriment of other merchants who lost their livelihoods. While “Taxation without Representation” was one of the rallying cries of the Revolutionary War-along with “No King But King Jesus, the biggest objection Boston colonists had was that the tax was used to pay the salaries of the governor, and other colonial leaders, making these officials beholding and dependent to the Crown instead of the colonists.
In the fall of 1773, seven ships loaded with tea and other cargo sailed to America-four to Boston, one to Philadelphia, one to Charlestown, SC., one to New York City. Local Patriots in Philadelphia and New York convinced the consigners to resign, and the tea went back to England. In Charleston, S.C, the tea was never claimed and ended up rotting in storage. The Dartmouth was the first ship to arrive at Boston’s Griffin Wharf. By law, it had 20 days to land the tea, or it would be confiscated. Two other ships, the Beaver and Eleanor arrived a few weeks later. A fourth ship ran aground on Cape Cod. Colonists petitioned Governor Thomas Hutchinson to let the ships return the tea to England. His sons Thomas and Elisha just happened to be the consignees. Indeed, if the ships did not unload the tea, the owners were told that their ships would be fired upon as they sailed past Castle Island.
The Tea Party
The 16th of December fell on a rainy and chilly Thursday. It was the last day that the Dartmouth had to unload its cargo. The meeting at the Old South Meeting House was held in the morning where attendees were read letters of support from surrounding towns. The meeting ended and reconvened in the afternoon. The meeting lasted a few hours and instructed that the ship owners are to have an interview with Governor Hutchinson to get permission to sail without unloading the tea. At 6PM, close to forty percent of the 16,000 Bostonians arranged themselves in and out of the Old South Meeting House. No word as of yet from Hutchinson and the ship owners. Josiah Quincy (member of the Committee of Correspondence) spoke of the peoples’ resolve and popular acclamations of willing to gives their lives. Others spoke in similar tones to the attendees. Finally, around 7PM, they receive word that the ships must unload the tea.
Samuel Adams stands and says the words “This meeting can do nothing more to save the country,” In the back of the room and outside in the street, the Sons of Liberty- reacted to that remark by moving swiftly to Griffin’s Wharf and board the three tea ships Dartmouth, Eleanor, and Beaver. The men, some dressed as Mohawk Indians, extracted the tea from the cargo holds and disperse the leaves into the waters of the harbor. They were given strict orders not to do any damage or hurt any of the crew members of the three ships. Men were posted in small boats preventing anyone from taking the tea. The Caption of the Beaver, Hezekiah Coffin, turned over the keys to the storage holds and encouraged his men to participate in “Tea Party.” Forty-sic tons of tea worth approximately $2 million in today’s money ended up in the Harbor.
The British government’s response to the “Tea Party” was the passing of what became known as The Intolerable Acts which included the closing of Boston Harbor. This helped further unify the colonies and led our nation’s independence.
I highly recommend a visit to the Tea Party Museum located on Congress St and close to the location of the Tea Party. The museum has two replicas of the ships-the Beaver and Eleanor, reenactors with attendee involvement and a multi-media presentation that brings history alive. Among the museum’s collection is an original tea chest recovered from the event. Their website: https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/
In 2018, I had the opportunity to attend the Tea Party Reenactment with media credentials. A link to the video of the event:
In 1874, Oliver Wendall Holmes wrote a poem entitled “A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party” A portion of that poem is found at an historic plaque at the site of the original location of the Tea Party on Boston’s Atlantic Ave.
The Bill of Rights Vs. the Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto
Today, December 15 marks the 234th anniversary of the Bill of Rights-the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
During the Constitutional Convention, there were some delegates who refused to support the proposed Constitution unless it contained a Bill of Rights; George Mason and Elbridge Gerry led the way. Delegates James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, was initially against a Bill of Rights believing that since the U.S. Constitution granted specific powers to the federal government, there was no need for a Bill of Rights. Mason and Gerry proposed a Bill of Rights on September 12, 1787, a few days before the Constitution was approved by the delegates. Roger Sherman of Connecticut rightfully contented that the proposed federal Constitution had no authority to repeal Bills of Rights enshrined in state constitutions. It was unanimously rejected by states each having one vote. James Wilson of Pennsylvania warned that by expressly listing rights, those that weren’t listed did not exist. This legitimate concerned was addressed by the Ninth and Tenth Amendments.
James Madison changed his position, and he made the issue of proposing a Bill of Rights a key part of his Congressional campaign. One of the first things Madison did as a member of Congress was to propose a Bill of Rights. On September 25, 1789, Congress agreed to 12 Amendments and submitted them to the states for ratification needing 3/4ths for approval. On December 15, 1791, Virginia ratified amendments three to twelve making them part of the Constitution. The second proposed amendment concerning Congressional pay raises was eventually ratified in 1992.
On December 15 of each year, it is my habit to ask people in my travels what we celebrate today. Very few people have answered correctly. What is even more troubling is that most people who take our ten question quiz on the U.S. Constitution think that “From each according to his ability–to each according to his needs” is part of the Bill of Rights. One of those persons was a New Hampshire Republican running for a federal office. And who can blame them? Both major political parties accept the welfare state. The voting records of our Congressional delegation are to the left of Lenin, and the majority of voters are okay with it.
Karl Marx, and the Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto
After the results of elections in New York City, New Jersey, and Virginia, socialism, and communism, two evil political and economic systems, are alive and well in our nation. This should come as no surprise, According to my friend Dr. Duke Pesta of Freedom Project Academy and a tenured professor at a state college in Wisconsin, the Communist Manifesto is the most read book in state universities.
Karl Marx was one of the more loathsome figures in History. He was born in 1818 to an upper middle class family in Prussia. According to Pastor Richard Wumbrand in his book Marx and Satan, Marx embraced Christianity as a young man but rejected the faith and became a satanist. Marx would refer to his writings as “devilish muddle.” Although he came from a Jewish background, Marx was both an anti-Semite and a racist. He authored the book A World Without Jews and would refer to those he disliked, which was almost everyone, as “Jews with Negro blood. He died in 1883 but his evil and deadly legacy lives on.
Back in the early 1990s, a was a guest speaker at a conservative Baptist college. Over lunch, one of the students said that “communism is good in theory, but it hasn’t been run by the right people.” I replied: ‘That is like saying Hell is a good place.” It just needs to be run by the right demons. A reading of Marx’s Manifesto can easily prove my point.
In his manifesto, Marx wrote “But Communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion, and all morality…” He called for the destruction of the family and labeled motherhood and fatherhood “bourgeois claptrap.” He promoted for free education for all children run by communist teachers. Here are the ten planks he outlined in his manifesto:
- Abolition of Property in Land and Application of all Rents of Land to Public Purpose
- A Heavy Progressive or Graduated Income Tax.
- Abolition of All Rights of Inheritance
- Confiscation of the Property of All Emigrants and Rebels.
- Centralization of Credit in the Hands of the State, by Means of a National Bank with State Capital and an Exclusive Monopoly.
- Centralization of the Means of Communication and Transport in the Hands of the State.
- Extension of Factories and Instruments of Production Owned by the State, the Bringing Into Cultivation of Waste Lands, and the Improvement of the Soil Generally in Accordance with a Common Plan.
- Equal Liability of All to Labor. Establishment of Industrial Armies, Especially for Agriculture.
- Combination of Agriculture with Manufacturing Industries; Gradual Abolition of the Distinction Between Town and Country by a More Equable Distribution of the Population over the Country.
- Free Education for All Children in Public Schools. Abolition of Children’s Factory Labor in its Present Form. Combination of Education with Industrial Production.
Most of these plans are either partially or fully implemented in our nation. Plank two became the 16th Amendment to the Constitution.
Contrast Marx to our Bill of Rights
I, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
II, A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
III, No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
IV, The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
- No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
- In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
VII. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
VIII. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
The Bill of Rights did not give us rights. We already had them. Rights come from God, and the main purpose of government is to protect these God given rights. Today, most elected officials would laugh in derision at this and declare those who proclaim it as “Christian Nationalists.” The Bill of Rights was a list of restrictions against Congress. On the other hand, the ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto is a list of rights taken away from people. Our founding fathers left us a legacy of freedom. Marx and his minions left us a legacy of genocide, and tyranny.
At the end of the 1787 Constitution Convention, Mrs. Elizabeth Powel asked Benjamin Franklin what kind of government was created at the Convention. He replied, “A republic if you can keep it.” As we go into our 250th birthday, let’s hope that we not only “keep it” but banish communist and its twin socialism into the dust bins of history where they so rightly deserve to be. Readers who would like a pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution may request one from me campconstitution1@gmail.com
Will the United States Become a Muslim Nation? An Interview with Beber Diamond of the Mordecai Mission
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Christmas mangers should bring joy not debate by Lou Murray
How very sad that a Dedham Catholic parish has used a Christmas manger scene to attack law enforcement and promote open borders and illegal immigration. The teachings of past Boston Cardinals and the Universal Church have much more in common with President Donald Trump’s America First policies than with the angry social justice warriors who have effectively desecrated a church.
In a famous post-World War II sermon at the Boston Cathedral of the Holy Cross to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Cardinal Cushing summed up real Catholic teaching very well: “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. The same law which calls us to love all, even enemies, binds us to love more intensely those who are nearer to us in kinship or in association. Hence, the love of our fellow citizens and of a civil society which they have organized for their common good — which society we call our country — is a derivative of the Divine law of charity itself.”
Further, Saint Thomas Aquinas made a philosophical study of immigration and clearly reasoned that “if foreigners were allowed to meddle with the affairs of a nation as soon as they settled down in its midst, many dangers might occur, since the foreigners, not yet having the common good firmly at heart, might attempt something hurtful to the people.”
The evil of 9/11 and the Boston Marathon Bombing bear out the wisdom of Aquinas. The Tsarnaev brothers travelled back to Chechnya, a country they had sought “fake” refuge from for jihadi training. The 9/11 Commission concluded that 15 of the 19 hijackers were vulnerable to potential foil by authorities because of their immigration status. That commission also concluded that targeting travel is at least as powerful a terrorism fighting weapon as targeting terrorist funding.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states clearly in section 2241: “Political authorities, for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible, may make the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various judicial conditions (laws), especially with regard to the immigrants’ duties toward their country of adoption. Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them, to obey its laws and to assist in carrying civic burdens.”
There are so many ways that illegal aliens do not obey our laws. However, the greatest evil that illegal aliens have brought to South Boston, Brighton, Dorchester, Roxbury, West Roxbury, Dedham, and Roslindale is the drug and fentanyl trade.
The key ingredients of fentanyl and methamphetamine are smuggled by Mexican drug cartels, who also profit from smuggling people into the United States. The Boston Police Department leaked their regional Drug Trafficking Report in 2016, it said, “In 59% of the cases where the suspect listed Puerto Rico as their place of birth, there were signs of identity fraud or use of aliases. This would suggest that heroin trafficking in Boston is largely controlled by Dominican drug organizations.”
Many great families in and around that misguided parish in Dedham will be yearning for a missing loved one this Christmas. A loved one who was caught up in the ugly spider’s web of addiction, incarceration, and death that springs from the opioid trade.
Organized crime is alive and well in Greater Boston. These mafioso are illegal alien drug traffickers. Their crimes are being propped up by the ACLU, social justice warriors, progressive judges, liberal politicians, liberal churches, and liberal clergy who champion illegal immigration and demonize law enforcement.
Sadly, ideologues like the pastor of Saint Susanna’s Church in Dedham are even willing to obscure the joy of our Savior’s birth with anti-ICE rhetoric. Maybe the best way to answer Father Feelgood and his ilk this Christmas is to make a special visit to the infant Jesus in the creche at your local church and say a prayer for the brave men and women of ICE … and the Border Patrol.
Louis Murray is a friend of Camp Constitution, Bostonian and a Roman Catholic. He tweets on the social media platform X. Follow him @LouisLMurrayJr1.
‘No disruption. Just ministry’: Christian gets handcuffed for preaching Jesus at major U.S. city bus station
A premier legal team focusing on religious and other rights across America is warning the Houston bus authority that it is violating the U.S. Constitution with its scheme to censor the speech of a Christian.
It is the American Center for Law and Justice that confirmed it has sent a warning letter to the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
For nearly two years he “has ministered at an outdoor Houston bus terminal. His ministry is simple: preach, pray with people, hand out bottled water and food, offer encouragement, and share the hope of Christ with anyone who wants to hear it. No fees. No obstruction. No disruption. Just ministry.”
Then came Sept. 19. Officials dispatched authority police to order him to get a “permit.”
“When he questioned why he needed government permission to share his faith in a public space, the officers declared the bus terminal ‘private property.’ Moments later, they handcuffed him, detained him, and issued a criminal trespass warning. They told him that if he ever came back to preach the Gospel again, he would be arrested. They never cited a single rule he violated. They never gave him a written citation. And to this day, the trespass warning remains in effect,” the ACLJ explained.
The legal team’s new demand letter insists that METRO retract the unconstitutional trespass warning and restore Camp’s First Amendment rights.
Explains the letter, “Mr. Camp has already suffered irreparable injury as a result of METRO’s unconstitutional actions, and he continues to suffer ongoing harm so long as the trespass warning remains in effect. ‘The loss of First Amendment freedoms, for even minimal periods of time, unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury.’ Mr. Camp has been effectively banished from a public forum where he has a constitutional right to speak. He has been threatened with arrest and criminal prosecution if he returns to exercise his rights. This chilling effect on his speech is a direct and ongoing violation of the First Amendment.”
The ACLJ noted that the Constitution doesn’t simply vanish if someone steps onto government-owned transit property.
“Public sidewalks, streets, and outdoor terminals are places where Americans have always been free to speak, hand out literature, and share their faith. Religious speech lies at the very heart of what the First Amendment protects,” the legal team explained.
And METRO cannot simply call the terminal “private property.”
“Even if METRO wanted to regulate sound amplification, it must do so through clear, content-neutral rules – not by allowing officers to silence disfavored speech whenever they please. METRO has no such rule for outdoor areas. This was not policy enforcement. It was censorship,” the report charged.
“If it can ban Howard Camp from a public bus terminal because it doesn’t like what he’s saying, then any citizen – Christian or not – can be silenced the moment their message becomes inconvenient. That is not how the First Amendment works,” the ACLJ said.
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Pearl Harbor Day of Remembrance from President Trump
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
On December 7, 1941, a peaceful Sunday morning on the Hawaiian island of Oahu was shattered by an unprovoked attack by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor and the aircraft and hangars at Kaneohe, Ford Island, Barbers Point, and Hickam Field. The surprise offensive claimed the lives of 2,403 American service members and civilians and propelled our Nation into the Second World War.
The Japanese mission was designed to cripple our military assets and obliterate the American spirit, but instead, the fatal attacks rallied our shattered citizenry and fueled our resolve. Young men from every corner of our country put their lives and futures on hold and were thrust into bloody and brutal battles of historic consequence that would forever change the world. Although untested in battle, these patriots, still reeling from horror and disbelief, united in a singular mission: to defeat tyranny. The exceptional courage and immeasurable sacrifices of the Greatest Generation secured our way of life and the blessings of freedom for future generations.
In the decades since the “date which will live in infamy,” the aggressor has become our loyal ally and trusted friend. Japan is one of our closest security partnerships, and our military forces work together every day to defend our common interests. We are united by commerce, history, culture, and mutual respect. Our strong alliance is a testament to the transformational power of peace, diplomacy, and democracy.
The lessons learned 84 years ago on that fateful day still resound with America’s exceptional fighting force. We must remain ever vigilant and prepared to annihilate any foe who dares to threaten our liberty. This annual day of remembrance must be held in the highest esteem and reverence as we honor the Americans who laid down their lives to defend our homeland on the island of Oahu and in the battles of World War II.
The Congress, by Public Law 103-308, as amended, has designated December 7 of each year as “National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.”
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim December 7, 2025, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. I encourage all Americans to observe this solemn day and to honor our military, past and present, with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I urge all Federal agencies and interested organizations, groups, and individuals to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff in honor of those American patriots who died as a result of their service at Pearl Harbor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
The Weekly Sam: Christianity Versus Islam
Because we live in such a highly secularized society, we cannot believe that America could ever become
involved in a religious war in this day and age. Yet ferocious religious wars have been going on all over the
place: in Northern Ireland, in Israel, in the Balkans, in Sudan, in India, in Kashmir, and in Russia. But
history is a very harsh taskmaster and refuses to let us Americans escape into our secular fantasies and
liberal hot houses for long. Thus, it is vitally important for us to reconnect with the human race’s never
ending history of religious struggle. That a group of Islamic terrorists, trained in a remote war-torn, famine
ridden, hell-hole in Asia, could organize the kind of mind-boggling attack against America that took place on
September 11, 2001, means that America is not only not exempt from history, but has been dragged
kicking and screaming back into the middle of it.
Back in 1588, Christopher Marlowe, master of historical drama, wrote his famous Tamburlaine 2. In it there
is a fascinating scene in which the Christian King Sigismund of Hungary and Orcanes, the Muslim King of
Natolia, both former enemies, decide to establish peace between them in order to join forces to defeat
Tamberlaine the Great, the cruel, pagan conqueror of Asia.
Both men confirm their commitment with an oath. King Sigismund vows:
By Him that made the world and sav’d my soul,
The Son of God and issue of a maid,
Sweet Jesus Christ, I solemnly protest
And vow to keep this peace inviolable!
King Orcanes vows:
By sacred Mohamet, the friend of God,
Whose holy Alcoran remains with us,
Whose Glorious body, when he left the world,
Clos’d in a coffin mounted up the air,
And hung on stately Mecca’s temple-roof,
I swear to keep this truce inviolable!
But as the story goes, it was King Sigismund who later broke the truce and was defeated and killed by the
Muslims.
While the history of the struggle between Christians and Muslims for control of Europe was for a time
settled after the Muslims were expelled from Spain in 1492, and driven back from the gates of Vienna to
Asia and Africa, the Islamic enclaves that remained in the Balkans led to the recent wars in Bosnia and
Kosovo. The Serbs had considered themselves as the Christian bulwark against further Islamic incursions
in Europe, and therefore could not understand why they were being bombed by fellow Europeans and
Americans.
You had to know history to understand what Bosnia and Kosovo were all about and what bin Laden’s men
were doing in the Balkans. That conflict proved that the war between Christianity and Islam has never
ended. Over the ages, it simply took on different forms. The rise of European power put a lid on Islamic
ambitions and the Muslim world became the backwater of history until the discovery of oil in the twentieth
century. But in the nineteenth century, the Islamic Barbary states of North Africa could still make trouble for
the Infidel. They took possession of American and European commercial vessels, held their crews for
ransom, and enslaved other Christians. Our first war after independence was fought during the Jefferson
administration against the Muslim pirates and kidnappers of Tripolitania. It is known in the history books as
the Barbary War, in which U.S. Marines staged their first invasion of foreign soil. Hence, the Marine
anthem: “From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli.”
In order to finally put an end to the piracy and barbarism coming out of North Africa, France decided to take
over Algeria. During the 1830s and 1840s, the French imposed their rule over the territory, encouraging
Europeans to settle there. The result was a flourishing French colony and an end to Barbary piracy. France
maintained order in North Africa until the end of World War II, when the anti-colonialist movement got
underway. Both liberals and communists joined in forcing the European powers to give up their colonies.
In Algeria, however, over a million Europeans had settled in the territory and the coastal departments
were considered an integral part of France. However, when Charles de Gaulle gained power at the height
of the Algerian uprising, he decided that France should quit Algeria because the Moslems could never
become true Frenchmen. And so France abandoned Algeria, and a million Europeans took to the boats.
Today, the invasion has been reversed. Five million Muslims, mostly Algerians, live in France. They make
up ten percent of the population and are part of the resurgent Islamic power in Europe. Christianity is now
so weak in France that one wonders if it is capable of resisting the assumption of Islamic power.
We have been told by our leaders and the media that we are not at war against the Islamic religion. We
are at war against terrorism. But what they all prefer not to recognize is that the spiritual power behind that
terrorism, the power that drives otherwise intelligent human beings to undertake suicidal missions against
the infidel is the religion of Islam. Of course, there are millions of Muslims who just want to lead normal
lives. Unfortunately, after September 11, 2001, nothing is “normal” anymore.
In an alarming article in the November issue of Commentary magazine, Daniel Pipes contends that
Islamist militants are serious about their plan to conquer America. He writes:
The first missionaries for militant Islam, or Islamism, who arrived here from abroad in the
1920’s, unblushingly declared, “Our plan is, we are going to conquer America.” The
audacity of such statements hardly went unnoticed at the time, including by Christians who
cherished their own missionizing hopes.
As a 1922 newspaper commentary put it:
To the millions of American Christians who have so long looked eagerly
forward to the time the cross shall be supreme in every land and the people
of the whole world shall have become the followers of Christ, the plan to win
the continent to the path of the “infidel Turk” will seem a thing unbelievable.
But there is no doubt about its being pressed with all the fanatical zeal for
which the Mohammedans are noted.
Pipes writes further:
As a teacher at an Islamic school in Jersey City, near New York, explains, the “short-term
goal is to introduce Islam. In the long term, we must save American society.” Step by step,
writes a Pakistan-born professor of economics, by offering “an alternative model” to
Americans, Muslims can transform what Ismail Al-Faruqi referred to as “the unfortunate
realities of North America” into something acceptable in God’s eyes.
The irony in all of this is stunning. For years the Christian right has been trying to get Americans to live
godly lives, but with very limited success. The fact that 85% of American parents put their children in pagan
public schools is an indication of how strong our liberal secular culture is. It controls the curriculum in our
schools and universities. It controls most of the print media, the electronic media, and most of what comes
out of Hollywood. And American schools are now teaching American children all about Islam. While the
Bible has been eliminated from the classroom, apparently the Koran hasn’t. How else can you teach about
Islam?
Recently, the Reverend Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian relief agency, called
Islam “wicked and violent.” He said, “I don’t believe this is a wonderful, peaceful religion. When you read
the Koran and you read the verses from the Koran, it instructs the killing of the infidel, for those that are
non-Muslim.”
As the son of Billy Graham, Franklin is the designated successor to his father’s longtime evangelical
ministry. He delivered the benediction at Bush’s inauguration. But now he’s in trouble with the White
House, which sponsored a Ramadan dinner for 50 ambassadors from Islamic countries with a traditional
meal and prayer. Also, the Muslim chaplain of Georgetown University recently officiated at the opening
prayers of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill.
The moral seems to be that if Islamist terrorists bomb the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and kill
5,000 Americans, other Islamists get invited to the White House for a special dinner prepared to their
specifications: no pork. Now that Americans are being invited to be kind to Muslims, where will all of this
lead?
Graham said, “It wasn’t Methodists flying into those buildings, it wasn’t Lutherans. It was an attack on this
country by people of the Islamic faith.” And that’s why the latter are now favored guests at the White
House! Of course, the President is doing this to keep the Islamic states in line while we war against the
terrorists which these states harbor.
But if we are being encouraged by our born-again President to be kind to our Muslim neighbors, shouldn’t
Christians see this as a missionary opportunity? Why not introduce Muslims to the loving grace of Jesus
Christ? One of the reasons why Americans find it difficult to become friendly with Muslims is because
sooner or later their rabid hatred of Israel will surface. Americans in general don’t like to hate anybody, and
they are uncomfortable with people who are haters.
Christianity preaches love. Islam preaches hate. That is why hatred of Israel fills the psyche of so many
Muslims. Abnormal, pathological hatred is not healthy. It requires constant energy to be sustained at the
level it exists among Muslims. And that is why life is so miserable in many Islamic countries. And that is
why Palestinian refugees have preferred to remain in refugee camps for 50 years rather than do something
constructive with their lives. They prefer to live with festering, enduring hatred, and teach it to their
children, rather than accept forgiveness and peace. No true Christian could ever waste his life that way.
Yet, the United Nations aid agency accepts these refugee camps as perfectly normal for the Arab Muslims.
After World War II, millions of displaced persons found new constructive lives in countries all over the
world. But in the Middle East, Palestinian hatred is used to torment the world about Israel.
It is to be hoped that one of the first things the new government of Afghanistan might do is recognize Israel
and establish diplomatic relations with the Jewish state. It would signal a dramatic change in the attitude of
Muslims toward Israel.
Indeed, let us be loving and concerned with the well-being of our Muslim citizens, and let us convey to
them that Jesus will save them from their sickening hatred and grant them life renewed.
The Blumenfeld Archives
The above article came from the Sam Blumenfeld Archives: http://blumenfeld.campconstitution.net/main.htm
The U.S. Constitution vs. Sharia Law
This presentation was conducted back in 2017 but the information Father Michael Carl presents is timeless. Father Carl used Islamic writings and teaching to demonstrate that Sharia Law and the U.S. Constitution are diametrically opposite to each other, and any elected official who promotes Sharia Law cannot uphold his or her oath of office. Indeed, they are deliberately lying when they promise to uphold the U.S. Constitution.
NY Forces Christian Businesses to Close
The following is a news release from Liberty Council http://www.lc.org
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul forced businesses to close because of their Christian faith
Liberty Counsel is holding Hochul accountable to the U.S. Supreme Court.
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul believes that she has the power to REVOKE the religious freedom rights enumerated in the U.S. Constitution and protected by federal law any time she wants.
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul forced a Christian nursing home out of business, specifically because of the home’s Christian mission.
Liberty Counsel has teed up Hochul’s unlawful order to the U.S. Supreme Court. This coming Friday, the High Court will conference on this case again to determine if they will take up this case this term. This is the SEVENTH time the Justices have conferenced on this case, and I believe it to be a good sign that they will put this case on the calendar for oral arguments soon. We need your prayers and direct financial support to win!
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For 50 years, Pinecrest Home for Adults provided round-the-clock skilled medical care to the patients in their Christian nursing home. Patients and staff alike chose Pinecrest specifically for its Christian environment, and they became like family, daily serving and worshipping the Lord together.
If we lose this case, the consequences will be staggering — not just for New York, but for every American.
The Case: Does v. Hochul
Peter Hanan, a faithful Christian who ran a small senior living center in New York, was told he and his staff must violate their religious convictions or lose their jobs and business licenses. Despite clear federal protections under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, NY Gov. Hochul ordered employers like Pinecrest to deny ALL religious exemptions to the COVID shot — or face daily fines, license revocation, and forced closure.
She ran them out of business over their faith…
Peter and the Pinecrest board of directors refused to force their employees to violate their Christian convictions against taking an untested, abortion-linked, and now-proven-dangerous shot. Not only would such an action be in violation of federal Title VII religious freedom law, but it also went against everything this Christian business stood for over 50 years.
Don’t let woke governors run Christians out of business!
Pinecrest was facing fines of 1,000 dollars per day per employee for honoring their Christian convictions. Peter met with the board of directors for guidance. They could not afford to pay the fines. They could not violate clear federal law. Most of all, they could not violate their consciences and Christian beliefs.
Pinecrest was forced to close the nursing home and scramble to help families find places for their elderly parents and grandparents to live. Many of the patients were “memory care” patients, which made moving even more tragic.
Hochul’s actions were a direct violation of federal law, and it’s not just affecting Peter and Pinecrest employees. Thousands of health care workers were fired for refusing the shot on religious grounds. Hochul allowed medical exemptions — but unlawfully banned religious exemptions.
Another one of our plaintiffs in this case had received a religious exemption from vaccines, including COVID, for each of the last 10 years. But despite working remotely from home, his exemption was revoked during COVID and he lost his job, thanks to Hochul’s abuses.
Five years after the COVID crisis, New York Governor Kathy Hochul is still trampling religious freedom. She refuses to accept clear federal law and enumerated constitutional rights that guarantee religious freedom. This is not just about COVID anymore. It’s about whether any state can override federal law and force citizens to violate their deeply held religious beliefs.
If Hochul’s actions go unchecked, any state could revoke federal and constitutional religious freedom rights at will.
We cannot allow that to happen. Help us stop NY Gov. Kathy Hochul — and all other abusers of religious freedom — in their tracks.
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Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
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