The True Meaning of Christmas by Pastor Garrett Lear

I have mostly pleasant memories of CHRISTmas past (I have 67 of them so far though some are in “baby fog”). It is special to me though it may be hard for some to which I am compassionate.

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14).

The true meaning of Christmas is this: God took on the form of a human to die in our place, paying for our sins, so that humans who receive Him might be forgiven and be with Him forever.
You are free to reject that message and the One who delivered it, but what you are not free to do is to redefine or change the message into something that fits your own beliefs and choices.
As the carol says, “Where meek souls will receive Him still, the dear Christ enters in.”
The world today is a sad place, and those who love freedom sometimes feel we are shoveling against the tide. But for just a moment, at this time of year, we should pause and remember an event that occurred about 2,000 years ago in the Middle East.
The world then was a far worse place, yet a light seared through the darkness. A baby was born in a cave. The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. The baby came into the world so that we might have life and live it abundantly. The baby came into the world so that we would be set free from our own sins, free from the temptations of the world and free from the governments that seek to control us.
The baby was the Son of God and the Prince of Peace and the Savior of the world. This week we celebrate His birthday.
Merry CHRISTmas.

Garrett Lear's photo.
Garrett Lear's photo.

Bill of Rights Day by Pastor Garrett Lear

I went around with my We The People hat today giving a quiz about our unalienable rights… to my dismay no one got better than an F. Yes, we have lots to do.

December 15th is Bill of Rights Day, the 224th anniversary of the most successful assertion of individual rights and liberties ever written. The date is as obscure as it should be celebrated. If you watched the news this morning, they were more likely highlighting National Cupcake Day. But it’s also one of the most important dates in American history, because without the Bill of Rights the fledgling United States may not have survived.

Barely a decade after 1776, shortcomings in the Articles of Confederation brought about a political crisis among the states, culminating in the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The new Constitution was ratified the following year, but that was not the end of the crisis, as a number of states made ratification contingent on a Bill of Rights being swiftly added to it.

With the fate of the Republic at stake, the two dominant political forces of the time – the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists – waged a public contest of ideas. It ended with the drafting by consensus of the first ten amendments to the new Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, which sealed the deal when Virginia became the 11th state to ratify, on this day in 1791.

The history of the document since then has been a stunning success. In a testament to the power of its ideas, the visionary principles embodied in the Bill of Rights that were considered radical by most of the outside world at the time – freedom of expression and belief, the presumption of innocence, due process and equality under the law – are today lauded as universal human rights.

The expanding reach of these principles in our own country has been no less breathtaking. When the Bill of Rights was ratified its provisions only fully applied to 5% of the people living here. They didn’t apply to slaves, native Americans, women, or white men of less than a certain means or property.

But the amendments themselves do not contain a single exclusionary clause. So as our understanding of freedom grew from the experience of it, along with the wrenching tragedy of a civil war, the Bill of Rights remained a clear beacon illuminating the path forward. Today virtually all Americans expect that these rights and freedoms belong to all equally.

There have been setbacks and reversals along the way. President Roosevelt declared the first Bill of Rights Day in 1941. Two months later he issued the executive order interning all Japanese Americans, one of the darker episodes in our history. Today’s headlines remind us just how perpetually fragile the idea of a free, just, and civil society is. As President Reagan pointedly observed “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream.”

The Bill of Rights:

THE BILL OF RIGHTS – FULL TEXT

Amendment 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.

Amendment 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.

Amendment 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.

Amendment 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.

Amendment V

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.

Amendment VI

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.

Amendment 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.

Amendment VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X

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.12391436_10156353994430154_6154612813614644086_n 12391248_10156353995805154_639477869495943373_n

George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation 1789

By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation.

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor– and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.

Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be– That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks–for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation–for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war–for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed–for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted–for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.

and also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions– to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually–to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed–to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord–To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and us–and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.

Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.

Go: Washingtonis 

 

Camp Constitution Wishes all a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving .

Open Letter to State Legislators Everywhere: The Other Side of the Article V Convention Issue

Open Letter to State Legislators Everywhere: The Other Side of the Article V Convention Issue

By Publius Huldah

If there is an Article V convention, we will lose the Constitution we have, and another Constitution will be imposed.

You are not getting both sides of this issue. Throughout the Country, those of us who are warning of the dangers of an Article V convention are marginalized, ridiculed, smeared, shut out of meetings, and barred from speaking in public forums. THIS short essay from the Principled Policy Blog describes what we face every day.

THIS article is an account by Donny Harwood, a Citizen of Tennessee, describing how he was shut out of the public meeting which the Convention of States people held on October 19, 2015 at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.   According to The Leaf-Chronicle, a number of Tennessee Legislators were at the meeting.  A prominent Tennessee radio talk show host was also present.

And everyone at the meeting was prevented from hearing the other side of this issue.

The reason convention proponents forbid dissenting voices is that we prove, by means of Facts and original source documents, that the claims and promises of the convention proponents are false.  HERE are some of the original source documents Legislators would hear about if they were presented with the other side of this issue.

We are in the final stage of a takeover.  Leftists of every variety want a new Constitution to legalize our transformation from the constitutional Republic created by our existing Constitution to a dictatorship.

To get a new Constitution, they need a convention.  So they are telling conservatives that our Constitution is causing our problems and we need to amend the Constitution.  And they say we can only make the amendments they say we need at a convention.

Article V of our Constitution provides two methods of amending our Constitution. Congress:

  1. Proposes amendments, or
  2. Calls a convention to propose amendments if 34 States apply for it.

The first method was used for our existing 27 amendments:  Congress proposed them and sent them to the States for ratification or rejection.

Under the second method, Congress calls a convention.  We have never had a convention under Article V.  Such conventions are extremely dangerous.  THIS is one of many articles which illustrate the danger, sets forth warnings from two of our Framers and two former US Supreme Court Justices, and explains why Delegates to a convention can NOT be controlled by State laws.

National conventions are dangerous because the Delegates have the plenipotentiary power to impose a new Constitution with a new mode of ratification. The video by Chuck Michaelis at the bottom of THIS page explains these plenipotentiary powers.  Such Delegates are the Sovereign Representatives of The People and have the power to impose a new Constitution.  This has already happened in our history:

  • At the Federal Convention of 1787, this plenipotentiary power was exercised to replace our first Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, with the Constitution we now have. On February 21, 1787, The Continental Congress called a convention “for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation”. But instead of proposing amendments to our first Constitution, the Delegates wrote a new Constitution – the one we now have.
  • Furthermore, the new Constitution had a new and easier mode of ratification: Article XIII of The Articles of Confederation (p 8-9) provided that Amendments to the Articles had to be approved by the Continental Congress and all of the then 13 States. But the new Constitution, drafted at the “amendments” convention of 1787, provided at Art. VII thereof that it would be ratified upon approval by only nine of the then existing 13 States.

So!  Not only do Delegates to a national convention have this plenipotentiary power to impose a new Constitution; the precedent to do so has already been established.

The Left has been pushing for a convention for 50 years – ever since the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations produced the Constitution for the Newstates of America.  They need a convention to get it imposed.

Several other Constitutions are already prepared and waiting for a convention.

If there is a convention, the only issues will be (1) whose Constitution will be imposed by the Delegates; and (2) what new mode of ratification will be set forth in the new Constitution.

  • The Constitution for the Newstates of America imposes a totalitarian dictatorship. Article XII, § 1 thereof provides for ratification by a Referendum called by the President. The States are dissolved and replaced by regional governments answerable to the new national government.

 

 

 

 

  • Under the planned North American Union, Canada, the United States, and Mexico will surrender their sovereignty to a Parliament set over the three countries. The United States will need a new Constitution to transform us from a sovereign nation to a member state of the North American Union. This is what the Establishment wants. And it is being imposed on us by stealth. Read the Task Force Report of the Council on Foreign Relations HERE. And to see how the European Union is working out for the formerly sovereign nations of Europe, watch this 7.5 minute video by Pat Condell.

In the past, conservatives defeated the periodic pushes for a convention.  So the Left changed tactics: Now, they are marketing it to appeal to conservatives: they are telling conservatives that a convention is the only way to rein in the federal government.  These leftists, some wearing conservatives’ clothing, are using the classic techniques of the Left: They are not telling the truth; they are smearing their opponents; and they have divided conservatives.  Conservatives who fell for the marketing have been induced to attack and exclude conservatives who are warning of the dangers of a convention.  And they won’t let us address their groups.

Our existing Constitution really was a 5,000 year miracle. We delegated only a handful of enumerated powers to the federal government – you can see what we delegated HERE. Our Constitution doesn’t need “fixing” – we need to restore the Constitution we already have. We begin the Restoration by reading and learning our Constitution and Declaration of Independence. And enforcing it! See, in this regard, the Tenth Amendment Center’s 2015 State of the Nullification Movement Report.

For the Love of God and Country, heed this warning.

Very truly yours,

Publius Huldah

 

 

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Camp Constitution Salutes Veterans and Active Duty Military

History of Veterans Day

World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” – officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France.

However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918,… is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.”

The United States Congress officially recognized the end of World War I when it passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926, with these words:

Whereas the 11th of November 1918, marked the cessation of the most destructive, sanguinary, and far reaching war in human annals and the resumption by the people of the United States of peaceful relations with other nations, which we hope may never again be severed, and

Whereas it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of this date should be commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations; and

Whereas the legislatures of twenty-seven of our States have already declared November 11 to be a legal holiday: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that the President of the United States is requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on November 11 and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies of friendly relations with all other peoples. (The above is from the Veterans Administration.)

Camp Constitution salutes our nation’s veterans and activy duty military

USS Constitution Launched in Boston Harbor, 21 October 1797

Source: posts on Facebook, October 21, 2015

via National Archives Foundation

Today in 1797, the USS Constitution was launched in Boston Harbor. The ship was one of six original frigates commissioned by the Naval Act of 1794, and was named by President George Washington in dedication to our nation’s founding document.

The ship was initially constructed to ward off Barbary pirates who were terrorizing American merchant ships in the Mediterranean, but is most remembered for its part in naval victories over the British in the War of 1812. During a sea battle with the British ship HMS Guerriere, in which the USS Constitution triumphed, she earned her nickname “Old Ironsides.” A sailor aboard the Guerriere saw 18-pound British cannonballs bouncing right off the hull of the Constitution and exclaimed “Huzza, her sides are made of iron!” which propagated the false belief that she was constructed from iron – she was in fact made from oak.

The USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned in the U.S. Navy, and went through significant renovations in the 1830s, 1920s, and again in the 1990s. The ship currently resides at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, where it attracts thousands of visitors every year.

Image: USS Constitution, 8/18/1914
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USS Constitution 18 August 1914

 

via Naval History & Heritage Command shared USS Constitution’s photo

HUZZAH!!! On this day in 1797, USS Constitution was launched from Edmund Hartt Shipyard in Boston! Join the crew in celebrating USS Constitution’s 218th birthday!!! There will be a firing of Old Ironsides’ saluting battery at her launch time of 12:30 p.m., followed by the ship opening to visitors from 2:30-5 p.m.

Image: provided by USS Constitution facebook page.

USS Constitution 1797 - 2015

 

Moral Absolutes by Dominic Girard

Recently my English class and I finished reading the story of Beowulf, which was one of the first written to personify good and evil, and because of this the teacher asked the class to have a discussion about good and evil and how to tell the two apart. The class was then broken up into groups where we proceeded to discuss the topics. Soon I engaged in an interesting conversation with another student who struggles with his faith in God. I asked him how he decided what is good and what is evil, and his response was if something hurts people then it is evil; if something does not hurt people then it is good. When I asked him where he got his standard from, he could not give me and answer. This discussion eventually left my discussion group and the entire class started debating the issue and, whenever I asked someone where their standard for good and evil came from, no one could give a straight answer.

Eventually someone asked me where my standard for good and evil came from and I responded that it came from God, and that I believed that what is right and wrong is defined in the Bible and that morality was absolute. The class responded by saying that morality was relative, that I cannot tell anyone else what was right and what was wrong. They told me that morality changed based on the situation. I then asked, if morality is relative then how can you tell a murderer that what he has done is wrong? When they could not give a straight answer I

then said that if morality is relative then everything is permissible. That pretty much ended the discussion.

The reason I am sharing this story with you is so maybe I can help someone realize the value of standing up for their faith. No one in that class converted to Christianity right there and then, but the seeds were sown, and I hope I got them thinking about God and moral absolutes, which is what I was trying to do in the first place, get them to think.

I hope you enjoyed the story and I look forward to witting some more for you. God bless you.

-Dominic Girard has attended Camp Constitution’s annual summer camp and is a student at Manchester Public High School in Manchester, NH

 

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Stealing the Minds of a Nation is the Greatest Crime by Russ Payne

 

STEALING THE MINDS OF A NATION

IS THE GREATEST CRIME

In 1924, H.L. Mencken’s razor sharp words took public education to task exposing its true goal: “to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.” Today’s reality exposes these truths. We have journeyed to close to the final goal of the educators:  Change Agents in the Obama Administration nationalizing our schools from K-12 with Common Core. This path traveling from freedom to slavery is the inevitable consequence that all other nations have followed when they allowed the state to take control of what children are taught. This long term process has now been in the works for well over a 100 years. Below as I uncover signposts from the past leading to this goal, you will see how precisely this long term agenda fits Mencken’s words like a glove.

In no way does this thesis below condemn all the great teachers who labor under a monopoly of what is taught in their classrooms. Nor, do I attack  our students who have for the past hundred years , created a boom in the advancement in technology. But, here, I merely suggest, our students have been denied the moral wisdom that has created the “goose that laid the golden egg”: the freedom that only comes from the Holy Bible. Freedom to be creative.

As a father of four and grandfather of ten, I have for nearly 50 years had a passion for exposing this evil process that popular opinion ignores. For powerful persuasion of the fickle nightly news and main line  newsprint have continued to applaud while these truths have been designated as extreme. A constant  barrage of   telling the people what they want to hear, “good news” ; makes an effective cover, for it shields the people from what they need to know. We must learn from these lessons of history that have deceived generations of our people in order to prevent the complete nationalization of  our schools.

In fighting through all the maze of controlled persuasion, remember it is you who must decide what is the good or the evil side. Beware, the warning of the words of William Butler Yeats in his poem, The Second Coming: “The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” Siren songs of tyranny have always been sold with quiet gentle words throughout the  generations with a “passionate intensity.” Parents must avoid  leaving the teaching of their children in the so-called expert hands of the state.

Youth who have a limited understanding because of poor reading have been easy to deceive with perverted history. Because the “core” of learning depends on reading skills: these foundational methods of informing the minds of our youth in our public schools have been the primary target of the “change agents’ in our schools. The crippling impact of impaired reading on our culture has been evident in the kind of leadership we have chosen. I’m sure that most parents are concerned as I am  about what is taught in our schools. For isn’t it obvious that what is taught today, if it does not produce a high degree of literacy, the next generation will suffer the consequences?

With children in a captive audience in the classroom: does it not make sense for parents to ask, why these insightful words of the great Senator of Rome, Marcus Tullius Cicero have not been part of their history curriculum: “To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.” Just think how rewritten historical lies controls human action. George Orwell  reinforces this deficiency with a similar warning: “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”

Should we not as parents ask why evil men lusting for power, have learned from history, while good honorable leaders: especially, in our American Republic, who have been entrusted to safeguard our liberty, seem never to learn from history. in our culture: “evil painted good goes on silently”, while the people slumber in the paradise of liberty, oblivious to the price paid for it by  our “forefathers.”  Without reading skills our people cannot learn from the past. Does it not make sense that if a method of teaching reading skills is a failure, then the tried and true method of phonics should be restored in our schools?

The thread of history exposing this evil trend to deny our people the lessons of history has deep roots, traveling all the way back in time to May 1st, 1776.  Preceding our Declaration of Independence, the Order of the  Illuminati, the main branch of this conspiracy of evil was founded with a purpose to destroy all human institutions: the family, biblical Christianity, schools of learning and all governments. Essentially, turning the world upside down to establish their control. The words of the Degree of Regent within the Illuminati stated:  “You must gain over the Order the common people. The great plan for succeeding in this is to influence the schools… The Prefect will therefore spare no pains to gain possession of the Schools which lie within his district, and also of their teachers…” Do you see how this intent is the seed of Common Core and how its purpose fits what Mencken’s words  so accurately described in 1924?

One of the most powerful agency of this alien philosophy that would limit the student to dependence  on the state and divide children from their parents was the Carbonari spawned Young America movement.  A  second generation agency furthering the Illuminati cause in America to turn all that is decent in the world upside down was led by John O’Sullivan, editor of the Democratic Review. In 1837 this was a major newspaper impacting the Democratic party. His words were a Manifesto of deception: “ All history has to be rewritten; political science and the whole scope of all moral truth have to be considered and illustrated in the light of the democratic principle. All old subject of thought and all new questions arising , connected more or less directly with human existence, have to be taken up again and reexamined….”   American’s who care about the future our children will inherit, must ask: Why weren’t we told about  this silent generational killer of our beloved nation?

While Threads of darkness were spreading this evil agenda throughout Europe. From Adam Weishaupt  to Voltaire, the goal was set to capture controls of education in every country. On this side of the Atlantic, God’s agenda became the beacon of hope for western civilization. “Dr. Lawrence A. Cremin  in his study of American education from 1607 to 1789, credits the high quality of American education to the Bible,’ the single most important cultural influence in the lives of Anglo-Americans.” The Providence Foundation reveals the results of education that creates liberty: “At the time of the Declaration of Independence the quality of education had enabled the colonies to achieve a degree of literacy from 70% to virtually 100%.” Children sitting on mothers knee created the greatest generation ever. True education God’s way is not complicated.

But the lure of Free public education for all children in public schools appealed to a small audience of parents seeking an easy way that required less parental involvement. Although contrary to the trend away from the “free education, Common Schools” (the name for public schools then): in 1789, Massachusetts enacted the first state school law. No one then or enough people now seemed to realize the high cost government schools would demand from the taxpayers pocket. Nor the killing effect it would have on  a “generational mindset” of our people to perpetuate the “biblical liberty’ that our forefathers bought with their lives, fortunes and sacred honors. Rewritten history hides the glory of this greatest generation that won the war for American Independence.

Perverted history, hides this agenda that Karl Marx listed as the number ten plank of the Communist Manifesto in 1848. its purpose lies hidden: to destroy parental rights that would be taken away by the Nanni-state. Since then “government schools called public schools” have become as American as apple pie. Take heed of Lincoln’s insightful wisdom: The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”

The control of our public schools has been the first step, acting as a  catalyst to perpetuate other revolutionary planks that Marx’s advocated in his Manifesto. Because what our youth have been taught continues to allow the promotion of our nations central planned super-state, generation after generation. Government school graduates do not question the Marxist programs that continue to dominate our national policies  And all the masters of the Orwellian Ministry of Truth whose minds are also programmed by the same educational curriculum say: hurrah, hurrah! Education of our youth has traveled from the trusted knee of mom to the present world that threatens the future of our nations survival. Failure in education has deep roots.

Here I would like to define the term , “Educational Establishment” (EE): as the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United States Department of Education with its satellite 50 state agencies, the National Educational Association (NEA), American Federation of Teachers (AFT) , Teachers Colleges and textbook publishing companies. These are the “Common Core” revolutionaries minds behind what  Teachers teach. Students learn what they are told.  But passing grades does not measure good education.

Isn’t it fair to assume that  these philosophies of the EE have had a major impact  on our nations policies that have caused America’s decline from liberty and prosperity?  In what other way could our citizens have been so desensitized to all the government policies that have accumulated an 18 trillion dollar plus, national debt? Toleration of such “economic chaos” has no other explanation to the sober minded. Who would guess that the seed our destruction was incubated in the minds of our educators growing from the  school room where either the Christian philosophy of liberty or the utopian philosophy of tyranny can be taught? Isn’t it possible that Samuel Blumenfeld’s words describe how we have become victims of this national crime; “It is easier to believe a credible lie than an incredible truth?”

What are the results of the EE monopoly of education? In April 1983 the National Commission on Excellence in Education issued its historic report, stating: “If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre education performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. As it stands, we have allowed this to happen to ourselves.” After thirty two years and tens of billions of dollars later, who can argue that our money has bought an improvement in education?

it is because our Founders believed in biblical truth, our nation has risen into unparalleled prosperity. Does it not make sense to go back to these basics to solve our nose-diving SAT scores? Instead of pouring more money into programs such as Common Core. According to the book,  America’s Providential History there were in 1989, 30 – 40 million American adults who were functional  illiterates. Isn’t it obvious  that something is radically wrong with our schools when these poor souls are unable to read job applications,  a warning sign at work or prescriptions on medicine bottles?

Why have our schools failed to educate? The answer lies within each of us as we look in the mirror. We have allowed the Supreme Court rulings for well over a half-a-century to be our Supreme Board of Theology. Biblical Christianity has been rendered obsolete in their multiple rulings. Why should we be surprised if our nation uses God as a “spare tire” as was demonstrated on 9-11. Afterwards, we put Him back in the trunk. Without the moral anchor of the Ten Commandments, our nation has been in a “moral vacuum” : not standing for something, we have fallen for anything to fill that vacuum. Colossians 2:8 tells us that a worldly philosophy brings captivity: “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men , according  to the elementary  principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.” Most folks own a Bible, but not many read it.

Parents: do you really believe that such an elementary failure of so many children to learn to read and write can be blamed on their intelligence? Or is it that we have bought a monopolized education package from the EE with our tax dollars that have purposely failed to teach our children for generations the correct way to read or write? For information on the proper teaching of phonics system, I urge all to contact the Samuel L. Blumenfeld Literacy Foundation at slblf.com.  For a sound basis and understanding of this “crisis in education” , I suggest reading the late Mr. Blumenfeld’s books: “IS PUBLIC EDUCATION NECESSARY?; NEA: TROJAN HORSE IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, and  his last book co-authored by  Alex Newman: CRIMES OF THE EDUCATORS.

As citizens who pay dearly in tax dollars we must ask why for generations, the EE has deleted the only true Common Core of  education, the  Ten Commandments? This has created a moral vacuum in the minds of our youth, who are now filled with varying degrees of what the holy Bible warns against in the last chapter of Judges: “Every man did what was right in his own eyes.”  This is the goal of the master planners, the  self appointed  gods of the EE. For as Ben Franklin said: the more corrupt a people become the more they have need of a master.”  Crime is profitable for would be dictators who lust for power.

Since the mid-twentieth century we have been victimized by what  William Penn warned against: “Men who refuse to be ruled by God will be ruled by men.” I have studied  decades of government corruption and no matter which party is in control, we continue with essentially the same philosophy: if government policies fail, we just throw more money at it. If the definition of insanity is: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, then looking in the true mirror of our history, we as a people have allowed insanity to rule. If one doubts my contentions here, I suggest you read the Communist Manifesto, thoroughly, and then compare the agenda that Marx recommended to seize control in a nation to how our government policies follow the same path.

It is for shame that the implementation of the above evil agenda quietly strangles our nation, while God’s Manifesto for liberty, the Holy Bible is forgotten. Biblical liberty is  so vividly portrayed in 2 Corinthians 3:17 where it says…”Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty.” Without this divine restoration, the terminal infection within our culture seeded many generations ago in our schools will cause the “death of our nation.”

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Constitution Day 2015

us_constitution_sToday marks the 228th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution.   How did most Americans observe this important day in our history?   Most didn’t.  And that is precisely why Camp Constitution’s mission is so vital.   Our nation’s enemies have done an incredible job  ensuring that most Americans know little to nothing about this remarkable document.

Since our camp’s founding, we have reached out to hundreds of thousands of people from our Youtube and Vimeo channels, outreach events at parades, door to door distribution, Tea Party rallies,  home school shows, and on Camp Constitution Radio.

What have you done to promote the U.S. Constitution? Here are a few recommendations:

1,   Start a Camp Constitution Community Club.

2,  Host a video series on the Constitution.

3, Purchase and distribute copies of the U.S. Constitution.

4,  Make the U.S. Constitution an issue when you communicate with elected and appointed officials.

5,  Educate yourself on the U.S. Constitution.

6,  Help promote our web site

7,  Help promote our week-long family camp by becoming a sponsor.

8,  Help start a summer camp in your part of the country.

Here is our 10 question quiz on the U.S. Constitution:

Constitution Quiz:

 

1, Which amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms?______

 

2, What is the age requirement for the U.S. Senate?________________

 

3,   Which amendment reads “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs?”__________________________________

 

4, Lawmaking abilities are vested in which branch of government?____

 

5,  How many amendments does the Constitution have?___________?

 

6, Which branch of government has the power to regulate education?

____________________________________________________________

 

7, Where in the Constitution is foreign aid mentioned?_______________

 

8, How many senators are needed to ratify a treaty?_______________

 

9, Which branch of Congress initiates the impeachment process?______

 

  1. Which branch of government declares war?_____________________

 

Answers:

1,   2nd Amendment.

2,   Thirty years. Article One Section 3. Paragraph 3

3,   There is no such amendment. This quote is from the “Communist Manifesto.”

4, Congress- Article One, Section One.

5,   Twenty-seven

6,   None. The U.S. Constitution does not grant any power regarding education in the Constitution.

7,   It isn’t mentioned. The Constitution never gave the federal government any power to give taxpayer money to foreign countries. A treaty may include financial arrangements but this wouldn’t be foreign aid.

8,   2/3 of those present (Article II, Section, II, Paragraph II

9,   The House of Representatives (Article I, Section II, Paragraph 5

10, Congress (Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 11

Thank you for taking the quiz. We hope that this will challenge you to both learn more, and help others learn about this incredible document. We also hope that you will take an important role in the freedom movement. If you would like more information about Camp Constitution, please visit our web site www.campconstitution.net

Happy Constitution Day.  May you help us celebrate many more.  We will leave you with a video of Kid Constitution whose knowledge of the U.S. Constitution shames most adults.

 

Teach People How to Read Using Alpha Phonics on Camp Constitution’s Web Site

The late Sam Blumenfeld was a pioneer  in the modern homeschool movement, and an instructor at Camp Constitution.  While he passed away June 1, of this year, his legacy lives on with his numerous books, newsletters, and hundreds of speeches, and presentations he did over the years on radio shows, homeschool conventions and public presentations.  Thanks to the efforts of Camp Constitution’s web master Eric Conover, and Mark Affleck much of Sam’s work, has been archived on the camp’s web site including his Alpha-Phonics book with instructions in audio for all 100 plus lessons.  That’s right.  Anyone can learn to read or teach others how to read using Camp Constitution’s web site.

In addition to the Alpha-Phonics, we have uploaded some rare writings available in digital for the first time newsletters from “American Friends of Algeria,” “American Friends of Katanga,” and “The Society of Jewish Americanists.”

Sam with children

 

http://blumenfeld.campconstitution.net/