THE LIGHTNING ROD

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QUESTIONING AUTHORITY

The viewpoints on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of any specific institution, whether or not e-link listed in this site We will question environmental prognostications of gloom and doom.
We question the authority of the federal and state supreme courts as final arbiter of the law. Why should not legislatures assert their perogatives in these matters?
We question the scope of government and the usurpation of power into the non-responsive gov't bodies:
local state, federal and international regulatory agencies.

We believe in limited government, parental rights especially in the areas of discipline and school choice) the gift of life for everyone (unborn, sick and dying).
We defend the Boy Scouts of America, their right of free association, and their right to uphold morally straight behavior in their non-sectarian organization.


When Pacifists Object to War on Terror
What to do if you fall into a conversation with someone about the
terrorist attacks who doesn't believe in retaliation:

1. Engage in conversation, and ask if military force is appropriate.

2. When he says "No," ask, "Why not?"

3. Wait until he says something to the effect of - "Because that would
just cause more innocent deaths, which would be awful and we should
not cause more violence."

4. When he's in mid sentence, punch him in the face as hard as you
can.

5. When he gets back up to punch you, point out that it would be a
mistake and contrary to his values to strike you, because that would
be awful and he should not cause more violence.

6. Wait until he agrees, and has pledged not to commit additional
violence.

7. Punch him in the face again, harder this time.

Repeat steps 5 through 8 until he understands that sometimes it is
necessary to punch back.


PARENTAL RIGHTS guarantee needed
(this letter wassent to the following in the early 200's when they were serving and/or alive!):

Dear U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald
and U.S. Representative Henry Hyde:

I was the Boy Scout Adult Leader that met you both (seperately) at the Wheaton 4th of July Parade.

I thanked you both for representating us and voting the way you have in Washington, D.C.

Touching on one subject in my conversation with Senator Fitzgerald
was the BSA Policy upholding "MORALLY STRAIGHT" as one of our
tenets in our non-denominational (but reverent) private organization.

I thanked the Senator for his vote (and I'm sure that you, Mr. Hyde did the same in the House)
forbidding school districts from punishing the BSA for not kowtowing to the latest
mass hysteria hitting civilization: fixation on homosexuality, politizing of same).

However, I believe there is ONE SOLUTION TO MUCH OF THE (A)IMMORAL AGENDA PUSHED ON US:

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I ask both of you to consider sponsoring the following:

AN AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

Stating the following:

"No law, no treaty, no organization shall be allowed to adbridge or contradict the
inalienable rights of parents to train their children according to their moral dictates.
Education is the right of every child, but education can NOT be used to proselytize
the child against their upbringing by their parents.
The right-to-PHYSICAL-life of the "viable"*child canNOT be abridged by the parent."


(*Although I strongly believe in pro-life and amendment for this, I don't want this
ammendment to be subject to a pro-life/pro-abortion debate).

(I use the term "Physical-Life, so no one can use the term "right-to-life" as a means
to abrogate parental rights in the areas of moral-life, educational-life, spiritual-life, etc).

(Education of the child, while not found in the Constitution, is the means of allowing
the child to be independent once an adult.)

(We also need an amendment to protect our Amendment Rights in the Constitution
against any treaty we enter).

[I wish I could e-mail you a copy of Russel Shaw's July column in the Knights of Columbus
magazine, Columbia, concerning the UN and Parental Rights, and how the Bush
administration seems to be pushing traditional family rights!]

If such an amendment was enacted, we can stop worrying about what the school districts are doing to
brainwash our children. We still will have to worry about dumbing-down.

This will put an end to the NEA (leaders not members)'S push to proselytize the American children into
"tolerating" homosexuality as normal.

This will put an end to alot of a/immoral proselytizing through schools. We can then just concentrate
on fighting the media, and on energizing the Churches to preach morality,(including sexual purity as a top item).

As I await for such an amendment to be passed, please work to include such language protecting parental
rights in any new laws and policy. Thank you!


Thank you again for your hard work,
your representation in Congress, and
your votes upholding MORALITY!

Yours truly,
James E.Unger


Australian Gun Control Results are in!
Ed Chenel, a police officer in Australia asked that this be circulated.

"Hi Yanks,

I thought you all would like to see the real figures from
Down Under.

It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were
forced
by a new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be
destroyed by our
own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more
than million
dollars.

The first year results are now in: Australia-wide, homicides
are up
3.2 percent, Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent;
Australia-wide,
armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent!) In the
state of
Victoria
alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. (Note
that while the
law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not
and criminals
still possess their guns!)

While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady
decrease in
armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically
upward in the past
12 months, since the criminals now are guaranteed that their
prey is
unarmed.

There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and
assaults of
the elderly. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain
how public
safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and
expense was
expended in "successfully ridding Australian society of
guns."

You won't see this data on the American evening news or hear
your
governor or members of the state Assembly disseminating this
information.

The Australian experience proves it. Guns in the hands of
honest
citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws
affect only the
law-abiding citizens.

Take note Americans, before it's to late.


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