ARRA News Service
News Blog for social, fiscal & national security conservatives who believe in God, family & the USA. Upholding the rights granted by God & guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, traditional family values, "republican" principles / ideals, transparent & limited "smaller" government, free markets, lower taxes, due process of law, liberty & individual freedom. Content approval rests with the ARRA News Service Editor. Opinions are those of the authors. While varied positions are reported, beliefs & principles remain fixed. No revenue is generated for or by this "Blog" - no paid ads - no payments for articles. Fair Use Doctrine is posted & used.
Blogger/Editor/Founder: Bill Smith, Ph.D. [aka: OzarkGuru & 2010 AFP National Blogger of the Year]
Contact: editor@arranewsservice.com (Pub. Since July, 2006)
    Home Page
   

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. -- Plato (429-347 BC)

Monday, July 17, 2017

Standing With Israel, A New Twist, The Culture War

by Gary Bauer, Contributing Author:  Standing With Israel - It is an extraordinary day in Washington, D.C. Thousands of pro-Israel activists are in town for the annual Christians United For Israel Washington Summit.

I had the honor a few hours ago of addressing the Summit. I spoke about the importance of the U.S./Israel alliance and the danger of rising anti-Semitism. In addition, I provided some important context for tomorrow's "lobbying day" with members of Congress.

At the end of the Capitol Hill briefing, we announced that Christians United for Israel Action Fund will produce a voter guide on the critical issues impacting America's relationship with Israel and the struggle of Western Civilization against radical Islam.

I began my remarks by noting how much has happened in the past year. At last year's Summit, high government officials at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue were not blessing Israel, but cursing Israel. We now have a White House that understands and appreciates the importance of this alliance. Last year, George Soros and radical groups like J Street were in. This year, Soros and J Street are out and Christians United For Israel is in!

The evidence of CUFI's influence will be on full display later this evening as my good friends Vice President Mike Pence and Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer offer remarks at our Night To Honor Israel celebration.

A New Twist -  As I noted last week, all the hyperventilating about alleged collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign just doesn't make sense when you consider the public policy positions of President Donald Trump. In his CBN interview, the president said he was a "big military person" and that under his leadership America would be "exporting energy."

Unlike Barack Obama, Donald Trump does not seem eager to demonstrate his "flexibility" for Vladimir Putin. The public policy positions of the left, however, are much more accommodating to Russian interests, just as the left was more accommodating to the Soviet Union.

With that in mind, I found a column in today's Washington Times most intriguing. Here's the headline: "Anti-frackers Exploited For Moscow's Gain."

It turns out that Congress is investigating a Russian shell company based in Bermuda for allegedly funneling tens of millions of dollars to left-wing environmentalist groups that are opposed to fracking.

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), chairman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, said, "If you connect the dots, it is clear that Russia is funding U.S. environmental groups in an effort to suppress our domestic oil and gas industry, specifically hydraulic fracking."

Donald Trump is doing everything he can to unleash America's domestic energy production by rolling back Barack Obama's radical environmental policies.

In contrast, Hillary Clinton adopted the pro-Kremlin position on fracking when she said this during a debate in Flint, Michigan: "So by the time we get through all of my conditions, I do not think there will be many places in America where fracking will continue to take place."

Like Obama's pledge to bankrupt the coal industry, Hillary Clinton wanted to shut down fracking in America, much to Putin's delight.

The Culture War Continues -  Colin Kaepernick, as you may recall, is a multi-millionaire football player who has benefitted from America's capitalist system in ways few people can imagine. Yet the left defends him and his efforts to dishonor the country because the left despises traditional American values and seeks to "fundamentally transform" America.

Last week, Diana (formerly Douglas) Goetsch wrote a column not only defending Kaepernick, but trashing our national anthem as "a pompous battle number." Evidently, Goetsch is offended by the "symbiosis of spectator sports with nationalism" and objects to football fans standing for the Star Spangled Banner. Goetsch denounced the NFL for "steeping 180 million fans in a narrow and authoritarian version of patriotism."

In the fevered minds of the left, true patriotism is not represented by the soldier or sailor who gives up the comforts of home and risks his or her life. Progressives see patriotism when a mega-rich football player disrespects law enforcement and America.

This is the cultural anarchy that Barack Obama unleashed. The radical left feels empowered to express its disdain for our country.

So much so, in fact, that when President Trump defended Western Civilization, left-wing commentators attacked the president. Trump's tremendous address in Warsaw was denounced by progressive pundits as "radical and racial paranoia," "white-nationalist dog whistles" and a "White America. . . throwback speech."

Meanwhile, religious liberty and the role of faith in the public square continues to come under assault. Last week, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the county commissioners of Rowan County, North Carolina, who began their meetings in prayer.

Radical groups like Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the American Humanist Association, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, led the charge to muzzle the faith of the Rowan County commissioners.

This might seem like an insignificant case, but it is part of a growing trend in which leftist judges are not only defying the president, but defying the Supreme Court. In 2014, the Supreme Court upheld the practice of opening town meetings in prayer in a 5-to-4 decision. The Fourth Circuit's ruling is further evidence of how much is at stake with the next Supreme Court vacancy.

Left-wing judges have enlisted in the "resistance." They think they can tell the president what he can and cannot do when it comes to securing the nation's borders, and they think they can overrule the Supreme Court when it comes to the First Amendment right of prayer in the public square.

My friends, the polarization we are witnessing in America today is not Donald Trump's doing. It is simply a continuation of the left's never-ending assault on our values. The culture war is real
----------------------
Gary Bauer is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families

Tags: Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families, Standing With Israel, A New Twist, The Culture War To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and "Like" Facebook Page - Thanks!
Posted by Bill Smith at 3:40 PM - Post Link

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home


View U.S. National Debt

Don't miss anything!
Subscribe to the
ARRA News Service
It's FREE & No Ads!

You will receive a verification email
& must validate you subscribed!

You Then Receive One Email Each AM
With Prior Days Articles / Toons / More


Also, Join & leave conservative posts & comments on
Facebook.com/ARRANewsService


Recent Posts:
Personal Tweets by the editor:
Dr. Bill - OzarkGuru - @arra
#Christian Conservative; Retired USAF & Grad Professor. Constitution NRA ProLife schoolchoice fairtax - Editor ARRA NEWS SERVICE. THANKS FOR FOLLOWING!

Action Links!
State Upper & Lower House Members
State Attorney Generals
State Governors
The White House
US House of Representatives
US Senators
GrassFire
NumbersUSA
Ballotpedia

Facebook Accts - Dr. Bill Smith
Pages:
ARRA News Service
Arkansans Against Big Government
Alley-White Am. Legion #52
Catholics & Protestants United Against Discrimination
End Taxpayer Funding of NPR
Overturn Roe V. Wade
Prolife Soldiers
Project Wildfire 4 Life
Republican Liberty Caucus of Arkansas
The Gold Standard
US Atty Gen Loretta Lynch, aka Eric Holder, Must Go
Veterans for Sarah Palin
Why Vote for Hillary (Satire)
FB Groups:
Arkansas For Sarah Palin
Arkansas Conservative Caucus
Arkansas County Tea Party
Arkansans' Discussion Group on National Issues
Blogs for Borders
Conservative Solutions
Conservative Voices
Defend Marriage -- Arkansas
FairTax
FairTax Nation
Arkansas for FairTax
Friends of the TEA Party in Arkansas
Freedom Roundtable
Pro-Life Rocks - Arkansas
Republican Network
Republican Liberty Caucus of AR
Reject the U.N.

Patriots
Exchange
Links

Request Via
Article Comment

Links to ARRA News
A Patriotic Nurse
Agora Associates
a12iggymom's Blog
America, You Asked For It!
America's Best Choice
ARRA News Twitter
As The Crackerhead Crumbles
Blogs For Borders
Blogs for Palin
Blow the Trumpet Ministry
Boot Berryism
Cap'n Bob & the Damsel
Chicago Ray Report - Obama Regime Report
Chuck Baldwin - links
Common Cents
Conservative Voices
Diana's Corner
Greater Fitchburg For Life
Lasting Liberty Blog
Liberal Isn't Amy
Marathon Pundit
Patriot's Corner
Right on Issues that Matter
Right Reason
Rocking on the Right Side
Saber Point
Saline Watchdog
Sultan Knish
The Blue Eye View
The Born Again Americans
TEA Party Cartoons
The Foxhole | Unapologetic Patriot
The Liberty Republican
The O Word
The Path to Tyranny Blog
The Real Polichick
The War on Guns
TOTUS
Twitter @ARRA
Underground Notes
Warning Signs
Women's Prayer & Action
WyBlog

Editor's Managed Twitter Accounts
Twitter Dr. Bill Smith @arra
Twitter Arkansas @GOPNetwork
Twitter @BootBerryism
Twitter @SovereignAllies
Twitter @FairTaxNation

Editor's Recommended Orgs
Accuracy in Media (AIM)
American Action Forum (AAF)
American Committment
American Culture & Faith Institute
American Enterprise Institute
American Family Business Institute
Americans for Limited Government
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Tax Reform
American Security Council Fdn
AR Faith & Ethics Council
Arkansas Policy Foundation
Ayn Rand Institute
Bill of Rights Institute
Campaign for Working Families
CATO Institute
Center for Individual Freedom
Center for Immigration Studies
Center for Just Society
Center for Freedom & Prosperity
Citizens Against Gov't Waste
Citizens in Charge Foundstion
Coalition for the Future American Worker
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Concerned Veterans for America
Concerned Women for America
Declaration of Am. Renewal
Eagle Forum
FairTax
Family Research Council
Family Security Matters
Franklin Center for Gov't & Public Integrity
Freedom Works
Gingrich Productions
Global Incident Map
Great Americans
Gold Standard 2012 Project
Gun Owners of America (GOA)
Heritage Action for America
David Horowitz Freedom Center
Institute For Justice
Institute for Truth in Accounting
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Judicial Watch
Less Government
Media Reseach Center
National Center for Policy Analysis
National Right To Work Foundation
National Rifle Association (NRA)
National Rifle Association (NRA-ILA)
News Busters
O'Bluejacket's Patriotic Flicks
OathKeepers
Open Secrets
Presidential Prayer Team
Religious Freedom Coalition
Renew America
Ron Paul Institute
State Policy Network
Tax Foundation
Tax Policy Center
The Club for Growth
The Federalist
The Gold Standard Now
The Heritage Foundation
The Leadership Institute
Truth in Accounting
Union Facts



Blogs For Borders

Reject the United Nations

Presidential Prayer Team

Thousands of Deadly Islamic Terror Attacks Since 9/11


FairTax Nation on FaceBook
Friends of Israel - Stand with Israel
Blog Feeds
Syndicated - Get the ARRA News Service feed Syndicated!
ARRA Blog Feed

Add to Google Reader or Homepage

Add to The Free Dictionary

Powered by Blogger


  • To Exchange Links - Email: editor@arranewsservice.com!
  • Comments by contributing authors or other sources do not necessarily reflect the position the editor, other contributing authors, sources, readers, or commenters. No contributors, or editors are paid for articles, images, cartoons, etc. While having reported on and promoting principles & beleifs beliefs of other organizations, this blog/site is soley controlled and supported by the editor. This site/blog does not advertise for money or services nor does it solicit funding for its support.
  • Fair Use: This site/blog may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is made available to advance understanding of political, human rights, economic, democracy, and social justice issues, etc. This constitutes a 'fair use' of such copyrighted material as provided for in section Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Per said section, the material on this site/blog is distributed without profit to readers to view for the expressed purpose of viewing the included information for research, educational, or satirical purposes. Any person/entity seeking to use copyrighted material shared on this site/blog for purposes that go beyond "fair use," must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
  • © 2006 - 2020 ARRA News Service
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.