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What Pastors, Priests, Religious Leaders and People Must Do - or Else

We'd still have slavery, be a colony of England, or be stuck with tea from British monopolists if pastors hadn't spoken truth from pulpits.

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“Help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure.” “I can’t stand this indecision, Married with a lack of vision, Everybody wants to rule the world.” – Tears for Fears. Bad habits and a lack of vision can be like a problematic marriage. “Where there is no vision, the people perish; but happy is he who keeps the teaching.” (Prv 29:18). We might still have slavery, or still be a colony of England, or could still be buying tea from British corporate monopolists if pastors had failed to vigorously support truths about the links between true liberty and freedom from pulpits.

We need that same boldness and vision from people of faith in the days ahead.

Both major parties' political candidates are making a fascinating argument that the other candidate is an existential threat to liberty and authentic human rights. Seriously?

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Let’s step back a bit. That God exists is a demonstrable reality. But because the Creator gave humanity free will, we are free even to deny that there is a God.


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Let's go through several items that pastors and people of faith could easily express in ways without violating their coveted 501(c) 3 exemptions.

We have the God given and constitutionally protected right of free speech. Yet, we are not supposed to shout "fire!" in a crowded theater if there is no fire, something even a child can learn to understand and avoid.

Tyrants throughout history, ancient or more modern, have tried to suppress the speech of their subjects. Throughout history, it was often religious leaders who verbally and in writing communicated their views to their fellow humans to inspire correct thought and behavior on critical issues.

My personal circle of colleagues, family and friends includes individuals who come from a wide array of religious, ethnic, gender, cultural, age, educational, and other backgrounds. I’m a manufactured homeowner, but most of those in my circle live in conventional 'site built' housing. I was raised in a Christian family by legal immigrant parents. While our friends include immigrants, there are more of those born in the U.S.A. My parents fled communism having already known what life under totalitarianism was like because they had lived under Nazi rule.

To show how problematic our understanding of reality and history can be, someone can logon to Wikipedia and read that Nazis were right wingers. That wiki is utterly nonsensical. The very name of their political party is the English translation of the National German Socialist Workers Party or Nazi for short. Socialists are from what we in the U.S. for decades have described as the political left. Furthermore, in Italy the fascists that came to power under Benito Mussolini, who was a socialist, reportedly said in so many words that fascism is a form of corporatism. Corporate power and socialist power were combined by fascists in Italy and Germany before World War II erupted because there are people that “want to rule the world.”

Both major candidates in this election have billionaires and corporate backers.

Kamala Harris’ (D) campaign has proudly proclaimed the support of 88 major current or prior corporate leaders. It is thus hypocritical for the Kamala Harris campaign to issue dire warnings via emails or in other forms of communications about Donald Trump’s support from a fewer number of billionaires and backers than she and Governor Tim Walz (MN-D) have.

My family and friends routinely believe in free speech and religious liberty. But there are some who doubtlessly think that it is somehow all right to prosecute, and if possible, imprison their major party rival before an election. It is perhaps one of the most egregious forms of election interference in our national history. Democrats, RINOs, or anyone else who support that ought to be ashamed of themselves and of their leaders for allowing that to happen in the land of the free and the home of the brave.

While we have God-given and First Amendment protected free speech rights in our country, those rights have been under assault for years.

That assault in our era is often coming from tech giants that exercise far too much power, influence, and control over our society. I’d far rather have faithful pastors, priests, rabbis and other religious leaders telling people to peacefully and patriotically exercise their right to vote than to have tech titans, or many in the often left-leaning parts of the media, to hypocritically attempt to distort, distract, depress, and diminish our God-given and constitutionally protected rights to freedom.

We are supposed to have an Information Age. Seriously? Mark Zuckerberg has openly admitted that his Facebook platform thwarted the free expression of information because government agents 'warned' them of supposed Russian disinformation efforts that turned out to be true, not false. That troubling reality ought to be pinned to the front pages of every newspaper in America and on every tech platform until well after the 2024 election is over.

The Hunter Biden’s laptop story published by the New York Post pre-2020 election, which turned out to be a true, was nevertheless suppressed by Facebook, Twitter prior to Elon Musk buying it, and other tech platforms.

According to the Media Research Center’s polling, some 17 percent of Biden-Harris voters in 2020 would not have cast their vote for Biden (and thus Kamala Harris) had they known the details of the story about Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden has recently plead guilty or was found guilty of an array of tax, gun, and other crimes. How Harris-Walz polling is even close in 2024 is a demonstration of just how corrupt much of our media, big tech, and big government can be.

Let me clearly state that some liberal ideas are not only fine, but they are also important to the future of our society. This column is not an anti-liberal rant nor a Luddite screed. This writer routinely reads information from the political left as well as from the political right. Sadly, bias in reporting often makes it necessary to check 'both sides' of a story.

That said, while there are exceptions, it normally isn’t liberals or leftists who are routinely under assault in this country. It is people of faith who often feel so intimidated by the seemingly toxic elements of an anti-God leftist culture that the views of the faith community are de facto suppressed. The old Soviets, Chinese Communists, and Cuban Communists might be cheering the influence that the left obtained in the U.S. because of the nexus between godless corporations, tech titans, media, and the educational establishment that may distort reality to sway or discourage voters who are routinely people of faith. Justin Haskins with the Heartland Institute put it like this early into the Biden-Harris term.

It has been said that some forty million people of faith don’t routinely vote in America. That’s madness.

Do you know one or more of them? Please encourage them to vote in this election, and in every election.

  • If not for faith inspired leaders, our nation would still be a British colony buying tea from British corporate monopolists.
  • If not for faith inspired leadership, our country would still have chattel slavery and indentured servitude.
  • If not for faith inspired leaders, there would be no womens' right to vote.
  • If not for faith inspired leaders, Blacks in America would still not have voting rights.
  • If not for faith inspired leaders and voters, former Democrat turned Republican Ronald Reagan would never have become president.

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Let me be clear. I’m a political independent. There have been flawed but generally fine people from both major parties, minor parties, and with no particular political affiliation in our American Republic’s history. If I had my way, we as a nation would break the stranglehold that the two major parties have created over ballot access in this land. But that’s for future elections. In this election, that opportunity has passed.

That said, it’s disgusting to me just how deceptive some Democrats have been about the dark history of their party, past and present. When Joe Biden, for example, has spoken out about Jim Crow laws, when did he ever say those laws were enacted by Democrats to suppress the Blacks and minorities in our nation? It’s a disgrace that many in U.S. media and big tech don’t make that crystal clear because it is historically accurate. See what Black professor Carol Swain had to say about these topics.

The video above is a shorter version of the following video.

It is also disgusting to me that how misunderstood the so-called RINOs are among the Republicans in the George W. Bush-Dick Cheney (R) era that led our nation into terribly costly Middle Eastern wars that could have been handled better, or avoided entirely. There is a video in the linked item below that ought to be mandatory viewing for every junior high, high school, and undergraduate college student in America.

https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/black-holes-in-journalism-kristina-borjesson-only-released-half-information-govt-agencies-big-media-woes-shadows-of-liberty-acclaimed-full-documentary-with-exclusive-annotate

That movie-length docu-drama exposes how big media, big tech, and government have operated in America for too many years. It blasts members of both major parties.

Once more, these points need to be pinned on home pages so voters can know the truth about the misguided and misinformed habits that may cause some people of good will to perhaps mistakenly vote for a party that fought a civil war (Southern Democrats) in order to keep slavery. The history is tragic. But it is also a disgrace that such history is often not properly taught. We'd likely have fewer problems as a nation if more people understood the truth.

Jesus said only the truth will set us free and Jesus cautioned against being deceived. That caution against deception is taught by many world religions.

Socialists, fascists, corporatists, and Communists do not come to power by telling the truth. They come into power by making promises and spewing lies about their opponents. This article is adapted from a longer version posted on MHProNews, where we exposed via Trevor Loudon's research the sad reality of how many Democrats in Congress - including Joe Biden - had close ties to socialists well before the 2020 election. More recently, we reminded our MHProNews readers that Kamala Harris had the reputation via her voting record of being the most leftist Democratic senator.

Our nation has drifted so far from key concepts that perhaps only God can save us. But it is my hope, our humble efforts, and prayer that millions of faithful souls will rouse themselves to share the truth that sets people free.

Let me be clear again. Donald Trump is obviously not on any list for sainthood that I am aware of, and most of his supporters know it.

My university educated immigrant wife publicly supported Donald Trump, and she convinced me to support him too as the best choice in 2016. Her public endorsement of Trump was featured pre-2016 on the Trump website, which picked it up from a post on MHProNews, as the screen capture below reflects. My wife is smart, strong willed, and worried that our country could be headed down the dark path her homeland is trapped in. Millions of immigrants like my wife would never, ever vote for Kamala Harris or Gov. Tim Walz (MN-D), because they instictively know how the left operates. The left often palters, lies, make great promises, smear opponents, and then fail to keep their promises they previously made once they are in power. Sound familiar?

That said, Trump is the only candidate for president in this election cycle that has a track record of trying to keep his campaign promises.

We the People were much better off under Trump than we have been under Biden-Harris, who I am convinced would not have been sworn into office if not for massive corruption like Mark Zuckerberg funding hundreds of millions dollars in support that benefited mainly Democrats in 2020. Again, many in media have reported that, it is not a secret per se.

But millions do not know such evidence based stories, because of bias in big tech and bias in media.

The events on January 6, 2021 were tragic. Ashley Babbitt was shot and killed even though she was unarmed. Millions do not know her name but should.

Babbitt was protesting the election abnormalities that then President Trump said should be peacefully and patriotically protested before Congress was to certify the election results. Those are constitutionally protected rights.

Should the protestors have breached the Capitol Building? Of course not. But the truth about possible federal agitators in that crowd of Trump supporters is still oddly, perhaps corruptly, obscured. In an information age, why is that so? Ray Epps, said the BBC, on "the night of 5 January 2021, he was seen shouting and urging people to enter the Capitol building. Members of the crowd chanted back "Fed! Fed!" - accusing him of being a law enforcement official." It was only after months of outcry that PBS on 1.6.2024 reported that: "An Arizona man at the center of a Jan. 6, 2021, conspiracy theory has been charged with a misdemeanor in connection with the U.S. Capitol..." That man was Ray Epps.

Once someone understands that government is not automatically to be trusted, even the U.S. government, we are better off as a people. Black civil rights leaders understood this over 50 years ago.

Malcom X's positions evolved over the years. But Malcom X certainly understood that the "establishment" media in the U.S. could make the innocent appear guilty and the guilty appear innocent. Both of these men were gunned down, as was President Kennedy and his brother, Senator Robert "Bobby" Kennedy (NY-D). Would be assassins tried to kill Reagan and Trump too.

Isn't the next Malcom X quote revealing as to the lawfare and smear campaigns that have been waged against Trump and numbers of his supporters?

President John F. "Jack" Kennedy was a Democrat, but his views are starkly different than the Democratic Party of today.

I thank God that I had public, parochial, and private school teachers who taught me civics. Who taught their students that the Pledge of Allegiance reminds us we are a Republic. That explained the differences between a Republic and a democracy. Yes, we have democratic features to our Republic. But a pure democracy was rejected by the founding fathers just as a monarchy was rejected. A monarchy was the strong man rule of the past.

Today, we have fewer kings but more tyrants, some of whom go through the charade of having a fraudulent election.

Congress should enact the SAVE Act or not pass a budget. Period. There is no reason the Save Act shouldn’t already be federal law. Shame on Democratic leaders and any RINO who may oppose the idea that people need voter identification, when a drivers license or other IDs were needed to get into the Democratic National Convention. Shame on Republicans for not having the guts to make it law already. The power of the purse needs to be exercised. As a member of specialized trade media, I get those political challenges because of big corporate media and big tech challenges. Nevertheless, some of the behavior is by supposedly "MAGA" Republicans can be disappointing too.

Think back to the pre-Revolutionary War era.

“In 1753, a new bell was cast from the same metal by John Pass and John Stow. Their names and the year in Roman numerals, MDCCLIII, are marked on the bell. It also has a Bible verse written on it: “Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the Land unto all the inhabitants thereof” (Leviticus 25:10)”

People of faith, be it pastors from pulpits past or present, or our first President George Washington stressed how important faith is to civic life.

While many will be familiar with the above, sadly, many don't know that history and heritage.

I don’t think Trump’s debate performance was his best work. But reports, surveys and focus groups post-debate revealed that some undecideds went his way after the debate with Kamala Harris. So, no doubt his points landed with millions of voters who are struggling under the Biden-Harris economic and immigration turmoil. The deposed 45th President of the United States (POTUS) made the correct closing argument. Kamala Harris was in Washington D.C. for 3.5 years. Why didn’t she and Joe Biden stop the immigration crisis before it started? Why did they pass legislation that fueled inflation? Why did they want big tech to censor free speech?

I do not think Kamala Harris (D) and Governor Tim Walz (MN-D) could stand up to real reporters who press for an answer when someone speechifies and dodges, or a real debate with unbiased moderators vs. 45th President Donald J. Trump and Senator J.D. Vance (OH-R).

But I also do not think that if a town hall were held and random voters were given a chance to ask a question and press for a follow up when a politician dodges that Harris or Walz has a chance. Not because Trump or Vance are perfect. But rather because Trump-Vance are so obviously superior to Harris-Walz that there is no contest if debates were fair, and media were honest. The MRC screen capture below shows just how biased ABC News has been in favor of Harris.

Our country needs a revival in robust antitrust enforcement, because oligopoly style monopolies are behind much of what’s gone wrong in America. At a national AMAC.us meeting I was invited to attend in 2022, this writer for MHProNews asked Donald Trump Jr. a question. How important an issue is antitrust law enforcement? Without hesitation Don Jr. said enforcing antitrust laws that restrain or break up monopolies was the #2 or #3 issue in the country.

Trump is right to say we need border walls and secure borders. Harris didn’t do that, and she dodged that in the ABC News televised debate with a false and misleading claim.

Trump denounced the Bush wing of the Republican Party in 2016. He denounced the way President George W. Bush (R) and his vice president Dick Cheney (R) led the nation into multi-trillion dollar Middle Eastern wars. The military industrial spy complex benefited as did aspects of big tech and some in big media. So, it is revealing that Dick Cheney endorsed Kamala Harris. For anyone with historical knowledge and memory, that is plenty of reason to vote for Trump-Vance and every Republican running in 2024. Every veteran should vote for Trump-Vance, because Trump had the guts to stand up to the warmongering by key members of both major parties.

Dick Cheney supporting Kamala. The ultimate disciple of the military industrial spy complex reveals that the RINO wing of the Republican Party dislikes or even hates Trump because he wants peace in Ukraine and the Middle East.

I’m sorry that killing infants in their mother’s wombs has become so commonplace. About 40 percent of the Black population is being aborted every year, thanks in large part to Margret Sanger who founded Planned Parenthood, which supports Democrats. Sanger was a eugenics backer and an anti-Black racist. If we had real reporting in this country, there would be very few abortions, and the Democratic Party would have roundly and repeatedly denounced its racist embrace of Democrats who tried to keep slaves during the Civil War. If we had a balanced and honest media, perhaps Democrats would have soundly and repeatedly denounced the blood money of so many minorities that fuel Margret Sanger founded Planned Parenthood.

Will men and women of faith who have pulpits use their platforms as did the faithful souls during the abolition movement? Or during the Revolutionary War? Or during the Civil Rights movement?

Will women and men who were all too often deceived or misled by a rigged educational, media, tech, and governmental leadership be humble enough to forgive themselves and change their ways before it is too late for the future generations of Americans?

As an independent who thinks we need massive reforms to secure our liberties in the 21st century, I do not see such reforms coming from today’s Democratic Party leaders. Nancy Pelosi was caught on video by her own daughter saying she was responsible for not calling on National Guardsmen that could have stopped January 6 before it ever occurred.

I’m grateful to the many who are willing to share and fight for the truth. I’m grateful to God that some will support independent media so messages like this can be proclaimed.

Some 2/3rds or more of the country thinks the nation is on the wrong track and that the system is rigged. They are demonstrably correct. These voices listed below are from the left and the right.

I’m hopeful that people of all colors and backgrounds will see just how the rigged system has kept RINOs like Liz Cheney and Dick Cheney style corporatists and military-industrial-spy complex Republicans in office too long. Those same donor class corporate interests have fueled Democrats for decades.

It is Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-D) who said that the Democrats have become the party of the ultra wealthy and ultra poor. That’s because Democratic policies keep people in poverty all too often. Democratic policies favor open borders that dilutes the income potential of people of color, honest immigrants, and the Caucasians in this country that have more in common with Blacks and Hispanics than racial divide card playing Democrats want us to believe. It is time to end the race hustlers who all too often keep Democrats in power in cities that are failing their own constituents.

https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/democratic-congressman-seth-moulton-ma-d-said-democrats-are-party-of-ultra-rich-and-the-ultra-poor-rigged-system-revelations-facts-and-analysis-plus-sunday-weekly-mhville-headlines-rec/

Only the truth will set us free. God can save us by reviving in us the true spirit of the American Dream.

Harris helped cover up Joe’s brain fog and she cast dozens of key votes in the Senate for the failed scheme called Bidenomics.

Harris’ tie breaking votes make her the owner of Bidenomics just as much as if it were called Kamalanomics.

If inflation, high interest rates, crime or fear of crime, lost opportunities, censorship, or deception and lies have harmed you in the last several years, then how can you vote for the Democratic leaders and their corporate backers who made that possible?

If someone you know hates endless wars, how can they vote for someone like Harris-Walz how can people of faith or good will support someone backed by the Chetneys who are clearly part of the endless war party?

If someone thinks that big tech, big business, and big media, and the billionaire class has too much power in America, how can they vote for the Harris-Walz ticket and Democrats when 88 corporate leaders has openly endorsed them?

There are things I wish Trump did or said differently. But my mother, a wise and educated immigrant woman who was proud to escape the clutches of fascists and communists, said it is prudent not to judge someone until you have walked a mile in their moccasins. That piece of Native American wisdom has stuck with me.

Harris and Walz said they are gun owners. If Second Amendment believers and people of faith vote prudently, early (and in Chicago, ‘vote often’) against gun grabbing hypocritical Democrats that posture caring about the little people but take billions in cash from those they in a paltering and posturing manner 'denounce,' then there is no way that corrupt media, tech, corporate, governmental, or illegal voters can win this year, or any other year.

We need a peaceful revolution achieved by lines of voters who aim to vote out the donor class funded corruption that keeps too many Americans mistakenly battling each other when they should be fighting the "Establishment." Then, we need to make sure that corporate interests don’t get their tentacles back into enough members of the two major parties again. We need to break up the big business with antitrust (anti-monopoly) laws. We need to reshore businesses offshored to Communist China or other lands. We should respect other nation's but think of our own citizens and legal immigrants first. We should protect America's small businesses. If we do these things, watch wealth and prosperity flow to millions now struggling. Pastors and religious leaders who embrace this model will have several possible benefits, besides knowing that they are doing what is right and just. Their congregations will in time have more money to support their places of worship. There will be fewer hungry mouths to feed in soup kitchens.

We the people of good will should not allow Democrats and RINOs to pit us against one another so that the donor class continues to benefit from their favored candidates. Harris and Walz are just the latest front people for the donor class. If people of good will vote wisely, and share insights like this with others in their circle, the future for us and and our children will be brighter. Who says? God did, long long before any of us were born. ##

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L. A. "Tony" Kovach, multiple award winner in history, including the coveted Lottinville Award from the University of Oklahoma as a freshman. I'm keen on affordable housing, among other issues. We live in Winter Haven FL.

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