VERNE STRICKLAND DOES FIRST LIVE ENG INTERVIEW FOR CAPITOL BROADCASTING'S WRAL-TV.

GONE ARE THE DAYS -- BUT THEY WERE GREAT AT THE TIME!



WRAL’s first ENG live shot took place at one of the N.C. State dairy research farms in Raleigh. In 1977, WRAL Farm Reporter Verne Strickland conducted an interview with Chancellor Joab Thomas. Strickland referred to the “remarkable new device” as ActionCam 5. Standing behind the photographer were Jim Goodmon and John Greene for the inaugural event. You can watch video of the first live shot on the CBC History Website.

*** Best we could do in this archival graphic was a static shot. But trust me -- NCSU Chancellor Joab Thomas and I really did talk up a right proper interview. The new technology that was constantly added at TV5 was a thrill to utilize. 

TV/5 was a recognized leader in those olden times, and has not lost first place position since. 

TRUMP: MORE 'HORSE SENSE' THAN LIBERAL DEMS AND RINOS CAN IMAGINE

Provided by Andrew Koeppel

           August 10, 2015

As candidates for president  emerge it is important to know where each stands on issues that are important to AMERICA. The USA cannot afford to make another mistake in electing an anti-American Socialist, someone with a poor track record of public service, or someone who values illegal invaders more than hard-working, loyal Americans and her military. 

Trump, hopefully, is waking some of the RINOs up.  The criticisms of Trump are amazingly​ missing something. They are​ lacking in ​negative stories from those who work for him or have had business dealings with him. After all the employees he’s had and all the business deals he’s made there is a void of criticism. In fact, long term employees call him a strong and merciful leader and say he is far more righteous and of high integrity​ than people may think​.And while it may surprise many, he’s actually humble when it comes to his generosity and kindness. A good example is a story that tells of his limo breaking down on a deserted highway outside of New York City. A middle-aged couple stopped to help him and as a thank you he paid off their mortgage, but he didn’t brag about that. Generous and good people rarely talk of charity they bestow on others.​But as much as all this is interesting, the real thing that people want to know is what Donald Trump’s plan is for America. It’s funny how so many people say they don’t know what it is, or they act like Trump is hiding it. The information is readily available if people would just do a little homework. But, since most Americans won't do their own research, here, in no particular order, is an overview of many of Trumps positions and plans:

1.) Trump believes that America should not intervene militarily in other country’s problems without being compensated for doing so. If America is going to risk the lives of our soldiers and incur the expense of going to war, then the nations we help must be willing to pay for our help. Using the Iraq War as an example, he cites the huge monetary expense to American taxpayers (over $1.5 trillion, and possibly much more depending on what sources are used to determine the cost) in addition to the cost in human life. He suggests that Iraq should have been required to give us enough of their oil to pay for the expenses we incurred. He includes in those expenses the medical costs for our military and $5 million for each family that lost a loved one in the war and $2 million for each family of soldiers who received severe injuries.

2.) Speaking of the military, Trump wants America to have a strong military again. He believes the single most important function of the federal government is national defense. He has said he wants to find the General Patton or General MacArthur that could lead our military buildup back to the strength it needs to be. While he hasn’t said it directly that I know of, Trump’s attitude about America and about winning tells me he’d most likely be quick to eliminate rules of engagement that handicap our military in battle. Clearly Trump is a “win at all costs” kind of guy, and I’m sure that would apply to our national defense and security, too.

3.) Trump wants a strong foreign policy and believes that it must include 7 core principles (which seem to support my comment in the last point):

·         American interests come first.  Always. No apologies.

·         Maximum firepower and military preparedness.

·         Only go to war to win.

·         Stay loyal to your friends and suspicious of your enemies.

·         Keep the technological sword razor sharp.

·         See the unseen. Prepare for threats before they materialize.

·         Respect and support our present and past warriors.

4.) Trump believes that terrorists who are captured should be treated as military combatants, not as criminals like the Obama administration treats them.

5.) Trump makes the point that China’s manipulation of their currency has given them unfair advantage in our trade dealings with them. He says we must tax their imports to offset their currency manipulation, which will cause American companies to be competitive again and drive manufacturing back to America and create jobs here. 

Although he sees China as the biggest offender, he believes that America should protect itself from all foreign efforts to take our jobs and manufacturing. For example, Ford is building a plant in Mexico and Trump suggests that every part or vehicle Ford makes in Mexico be taxed 35% if they want to bring it into the U. S., which would cause companies like Ford to no longer be competitive using their Mexican operations and move manufacturing back to the U. S., once again creating jobs here. 

6.) Trump wants passage of NOPEC legislation (No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act – NOPEC – S.394), which would allow the government to sue OPEC for violating antitrust laws. According to Trump, that would break up the cartel. He also wants to unleash our energy companies to drill domestically (sound like Sarah Palin’s drill baby, drill?) thereby increasing domestic production creating jobs and driving domestic costs of oil and gas down while reducing dependence on foreign oil.

7.) Trump believes a secure border is critical for both security and prosperity in America. He wants to build a wall to stop illegals from entering and put controls on immigration. (And he says he’ll get Mexico to pay for the wall, which many have scoffed at, but given his business successes I wouldn’t put it past him.) He also wants to enforce our immigration laws and provide no path to citizenship for illegals.

8.) Trump wants a radical change to the tax system to not only make it better for average Americans, but also to encourage businesses to stay here and foreign businesses to move here. The resulting influx of money to our nation would do wonders for our economy. He wants to make America the place to do business. He also wants to lower the death tax and the taxes on capital gains and dividends. This would put more than $1.6 trillion back into the economy and help rebuild the 1.5 million jobs we’ve lost to the current tax system. He also wants to charge companies who outsource jobs overseas a 20% tax, but for those willing to move jobs back to America they would not be taxed. And for citizens he has a tax plan that would allow Americans to keep more of what they earn and spark economic growth. He wants to change the personal income tax to:

·         Up to $30,000 taxed at 1%

·         From $30,000 to $100,000 taxed at 5%

·         From $100,000 to $1,000,000 taxed at 10%

·         $1,000,000 and above taxed at 15%

9.) Trump wants Obamacare repealed. He says it’s a “job-killing, health care-destroying monstrosity” that “can’t be reformed, salvaged, or fixed.” He believes in allowing real competition in the health insurance marketplace to allow competition to drive prices down. He also believes in tort reform to get rid of defensive medicine and lower costs.

10.) Trump wants spending reforms in Washington, acknowledging that America spends far more than it receives in revenue.  He has said he believes that if we don’t stop increasing the national debt once it hits $24 trillion it will be impossible to save this country.

11.) Even though he says we need to cut spending, he does not want to harm those on Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. He believes that the citizens have faithfully paid in to the system to have these services available and that the American government has an obligation to fulfill its end of the bargain and provide those benefits. Therefore, he wants to build the economy up so that we have the revenue to pay those costs without cutting the benefits to the recipients. He disagrees with Democrats who think raising taxes is the answer and says that when you do that you stifle the economy. On the other hand, when you lower taxes and create an environment to help businesses they will grow, hire more workers, and those new workers will be paying taxes that become more tax revenue for the government.

12.) Trump also wants reform of the welfare state saying that America needs “a safety net, not a hammock.” He believes in a welfare to work program that would help reduce the welfare roles and encourage people to get back to work. And he wants a crackdown on entitlement fraud.

13.) Trump believes climate change is a hoax.

14.) Trump opposes Common Core.

15.) Trump is pro-life, although he allows for an exception due to rape, incest, or the life of the mother.

16.) Trump is pro 2nd Amendment rights.

17.) Trump’s view on same-sex marriage is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but he also believes that this is a states rights issue, not a federal issue.

18.) Trump supports the death penalty. Trump believes that there is a lack of common sense, innovative thinking in Washington (Hmmm… looks like he believes in horse sense!). He says it’s about seeing the unseen and that’s the kind of thinking we need to turn this country around. He tells a personal story to illustrate the point: “When I opened Trump National Golf Club at Rancho Palos Verdes in Los Angeles, I was immediately told that I would need to build a new and costly ballroom. The current ballroom was gorgeous, but it only sat 200 people and we were losing business because people needed a larger space for their events. Building a new ballroom would take years to get approval and permits (since it’s on the Pacific Ocean), and cost about $5 million. I took one look at the ballroom and saw immediately what needed to be done. The problem wasn’t the size of the room, it was the size of the chairs. They were huge, heavy, and unwieldy. We didn’t need a bigger ballroom, we needed smaller chairs! So I had them replaced with high-end, smaller chairs. I then had our people sell the old chairs and got more money for them than the cost of the new chairs. In the end, the ballroom went from seating 200 people to seating 320 people. Our visitors got the space they desired, and I spared everyone the hassle of years of construction and $5 million of expense.  It’s amazing what you can accomplish with a little common sense.    On top of his saving years of construction and $5 million in expenses, he also was able to keep the ballroom open for business during the time it would have been under remodeling, which allowed him to continue to make money on the space instead of losing that revenue during construction time. 

Donald Trump’s entire life has been made up of success and winning. He’s been accused of bankruptcies, but that’s not true.  He’s never filed personal bankruptcy. He’s bought companies and legally used bankruptcy laws to restructure their debt, just as businesses do all the time. But he’s never been bankrupt personally. He’s a fighter that clearly loves America and would fight for our nation.  Earlier I quoted Trump saying, “I love America. And when you love something, you protect it passionately – fiercely, even.”   We never hear that from Democrats or even from most Republicans.  Donald Trump is saying things that desperately need to be said but no other candidate has shown the fortitude to stand up and say them.  Looking over this list of what he wants for America I see a very necessary set of goals that are long past due. Before we criticize someone because the media does, maybe we should seriously consider what he has to offer. 

Obama Deal on Shaky Ground -- Netanyahu Convinced It Will "Lead to War".

Dale Dutcher    August 6, 2015

Many political figures and pundits in Washington, D.C. are predicting and preparing for World War Three (WWIII) to quickly erupt in the Middle East due to preemptive nuclear strikes.

Even though Barack Obama has made a “peace deal” with Iran, leaders in the region sure are talking a lot about war.

The Obama “deal” is on very shaky ground.

The Israelis hate it, a significant portion of the U.S. Congress hates it, and the Iranians have already been accused of breaking the agreement.

The odds of this “deal” holding up over the long term appear to be somewhere between slim and none.

But even if this deal does survive, that does not mean that everything will be okay in the Middle East.

In fact, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is convinced that Obama’s deal with Iran will actually “lead to war”…

The world powers’ nuclear deal with Iran will lead to war and a “nightmare” regional nuclear arms race, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in an online address to American and Canadian Jews on Tuesday evening.

Netanyahu, who has been seeking to sway US lawmakers to thwart the agreement, accused the deal’s supporters in the Obama administration of spreading “disinformation about the deal and about Israel’s position” in its bid to rally support.

He pointed out a series of “fatal flaws” in the deal, and asserted that it “doesn’t block Iran’s path to bomb,” but rather “paves” its path to the bomb.

Over and over, Netanyahu has been adamant about the fact that his government will never allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon.

If Obama’s “peace deal” ever had a prayer of bringing peace to the Middle East, it had to convince the Israeli government that Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons had been completely stopped.

On that point, Obama failed miserably.

This is something that I discussed extensively in my recent piece entitled “Why Israel Is Going To Bomb Iran“.

But even though this deal will not bring peace between Iran and Israel, John Kerry says that the U.S. Congress has to go along with it otherwise the ayatollah will believe that we are “screwing” him…

The ayatollah constantly believed that we are untrustworthy, that you can’t negotiate with us, that we will screw them.

This will be the ultimate screwing. We cut a deal, we stand up, it’s announced, five other countries believe in it—six other countries, because Iran signs off, and we’re the seventh—but you know, China, Russia, France, Germany, Britain, all sign off.

Now the United States Congress will prove the ayatollah’s suspicion, and there’s no way he’s ever coming back. He will not come back to negotiate. Out of dignity, out of a suspicion that you can’t trust America.America is not going to negotiate in good faith.

John Kerry is not the only one talking like this. Barack Obama says that if Congress does not go along with this deal that it will mean that the U.S. will eventually be forced to conduct a military strike against Iran…

If the US Congress shoots down the Iranian nuclear deal,America will eventually be pressured into a military strike against Tehran’s nuclear facilities, which will in turn increase terror against Israel, US President Barack Obama told Jewish leaders Tuesday, a source who was present at the meeting said.

Obama went on to say that the Iranian response to such an attack would result in missiles raining down on Tel Aviv…

“They will fight this asymmetrically.

That means more support for terrorism, more Hezbollah rockets falling on Tel Aviv,” Rosenbaum quoted Obama as saying.

“I can assure that Israel will bear the brunt of the asymmetrical response that Iran will have to a military strike on its nuclear facilities.”

President Obama may actually be correct on this point.

When Iranian nuclear facilities get hit, Iran and Hezbollah will respond by launching missiles at major Jewish cities.

Iran is also warning about imminent war in the region…

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the chairman of Iran’s powerful Expediency Council, warned in comments that the “outbreak of World War III” is coming in the near future, according to a report by Iran’s Fars News Agency.

“The threat of the outbreak of the third world war by the terrorists is serious,” Rafsanjani was quoted as saying in a meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who was in Tehran this week for a meeting with Iranian officials.

Rafsanjani blamed the United States and NATO for fostering the conditions that will lead to World War III.

“The U.S. and the NATO had invaded Afghanistan to uproot terrorism and narcotics, but we saw that terrorism expanded in the form of the ISIL, Boko Haram and Al-Nusra Front to remote parts of the world from Al-Qaeda and Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan,” he was quoted as saying.

Rafsanjani went on to demand that the United States and other Western countries “stop their support for the terrorist groups” in the region.

And of course the Iranians have never even pretended to abandon their ultimate goal: the destruction of the Jewish state and the liberation of Jerusalem.

According to the New York Post, Iran’s supreme leader has just put out a 416 page book all about this…

While Secretary of State John Kerry and President Obama do their best to paper over the brutality of the Iranian regime and force through a nuclear agreement, Iran’s religious leader has another issue on his mind:

The total annihilation of people and the complete destruction of assets and infrastructure in Israel.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has published a new book called “Palestine,” a 416-page screed against the Jewish state.

A blurb on the back cover credits Khamenei as “The flagbearer of Jihad to liberate Jerusalem.”

Let us hope that it is delayed for as long as possible, but without a doubt a major war is coming to the Middle East.

It will be a war unlike anything that we have ever seen in the Middle East before, and vast numbers of people will die.

If Barack Obama was trying to prevent this, then he has failed miserably.

But if he was trying to set the stage for such a war, then he has accomplished his mission.

Democrats are right. There Are Two Americas -- Lou Holtz

Chuck Johnson Lou Holtz Nails It !! The Democrats are right, there are two Americas. The America that works and the America that doesn’t. The America that contributes and the America that doesn’t. It’s not the haves and the have nots, it’s the dos and the don’ts. Some people do their duty as Americans, obey the law, support themselves, contribute to society and others don’t. That’s the divide in America . It’s not about income inequality, it’s about civic irresponsibility. It’s about a political party that preaches hatred, greed and victimization in order to win elective office. It’s about a political party that loves power more than it loves its country. That’s not invective, that’s truth, and it’s about time someone said it. The politics of envy was on proud display a couple weeks ago when President Obama pledged the rest of his term to fighting “income inequality.” He noted that some people make more than other people, that some people have higher incomes than others, and he says that’s not just. That is the rationale of thievery. The other guy has it, you want it, Obama will take it for you. Vote Democrat. That is the philosophy that produced Detroit. It is the electoral philosophy that is destroying America. It conceals a fundamental deviation from American values and common sense because it ends up not benefiting the people who support it, but a betrayal. The Democrats have not empowered their followers, they have enslaved them in a culture of dependence and entitlement, of victim-hood and anger instead of ability and hope. The president’s premise – that you reduce income inequality by debasing the successful–seeks to deny the successful the consequences of their choices and spare the unsuccessful the consequences of their choices. Because, by and large, income variations in society are a result of different choices leading to different consequences. Those who choose wisely and responsibly have a far greater likelihood of success, while those who choose foolishly and irresponsibly have a far greater likelihood of failure. Success and failure usually manifest themselves in personal and family income. You choose to drop out of high school or to skip college – and you are apt to have a different outcome than someone who gets a diploma and pushes on with purposeful education. You have your children out of wedlock and life is apt to take one course; you have them within a marriage and life is apt to take another course. Most often in life our destination is determined by the course we take. My doctor, for example, makes far more than I do. There is significant income inequality between us. Our lives have had an inequality of outcome, but, our lives also have had an in equality of effort. While my doctor went to college and then devoted his young adulthood to medical school and residency, I got a job in a restaurant. He made a choice, I made a choice, and our choices led us to different outcomes. His outcome pays a lot better than mine. Does that mean he cheated and Barack Obama needs to take away his wealth? No, it means we are both free men in a free society where free choices lead to different outcomes. It is not inequality Barack Obama intends to take away, it is freedom. The freedom to succeed, and the freedom to fail. There is no true option for success if there is no true option for failure. The pursuit of happiness means a whole lot less when you face the punitive hand of government if your pursuit brings you more happiness than the other guy. Even if the other guy sat on his arse and did nothing. Even if the other guy made a lifetime’s worth of asinine and short sighted decisions. Barack Obama and the Democrats preach equality of outcome as a right, while completely ignoring inequality of effort. The simple Law of the Harvest – as ye sow, so shall ye reap – is sometimes applied as, “The harder you work, the more you get.” Obama would turn that upside down. Those who achieve are to be punished as enemies of society and those who fail are to be rewarded as wards of society. Entitlement will replace effort as the key to upward mobility in American society if Barack Obama gets his way. He seeks a lowest common denominator society in which the government besieges the successful and productive to foster equality through mediocrity. He and his party speak of two Americas, and their grip on power is based on using the votes of one to sap the productivity of the other. America is not divided by the differences in our outcomes, it is divided by the differences in our efforts. It is a false philosophy to say one man’s success comes about unavoidably as the result of another man’s victimization. What Obama offered was not a solution, but a separatism. He fomented division and strife, pitted one set of Americans against another for his own political benefit. That’s what socialists offer. Marxist class warfare wrapped up with a bow. Two Americas, coming closer each day to proving the truth to Lincoln’s maxim that a house divided against itself cannot stand. “Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” Lou Holtz Leo “Lou” Holtz (born January 6, 1937) is a retired American football coach, and active sportscaster, author, and motivational speaker. Share · July 27

DEMOCRAT PARTY CONTINUES TO FOOL U.S. BLACKS

DEMOCRATS DUCK UNDER RADAR TO DODGE HISTORY OF PAST SINS

Story via Frank Livingston 

August 3, 2015

Generations ago the Democrat Party stated pulling the wool over the BLACK's eyes and they love it! Don’t they remember the Democrats started the KKK? If the GOP wanted to DESTROY the Democrat party all they need to do is to show everyone the facts and their history!

I pray the GOP will make a push to educate everyone on the facts about the Democrat party and how they started they started the KKK!
Take time to research KCarl Smith and his "The Frederick Douglass Republican Movement - Turning Confrontation Into Conference!"
Here is a quote from his work:
Following the Civil War, Frederick Douglass received Presidential appointments from Republican Presidents Ulysses Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, and James A. Garfield.
Democratic President Grover Cleveland removed Frederick Douglas from office but Republican President Benjamin Harrison reappointed him."
In the 19th century, Democrats prevented Black Americans from going to public school.
In the 108th Congress, when Republicans proposed a permanent extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, it was opposed by the Congressional Black Caucus (composed only of Democrats).
African Americans originally came to America unwillingly, having been stolen and sold by MUSLIM slave-catchers in Africa to Dutch traders journeying to America in 1619. In 1866 Democrats formed the Ku Klux Klan to pave the way for Democrats to regain control in the elections.
George Wallace was a Democrat.
Bull Connor was a Democrat.
In the 19th century, Democrats prevented Black Americans from going to public school.
In the 20th and 21st century Democrats prevented Black Americans trapped in failing schools from choosing a better school. In fact Democrats voted against the bill by 99%.
Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, Literacy tests, white only primaries, and physical violence all came from the Democratic Party.
(snip) http://frederickdouglassrepublican.com

GOSPEL: A hero, an enemy, and a rescue.

Gospel

A hero, an enemy, and a rescue. These are the elements of a good story.

What if I told you that you are in a story, right now? What if I told you that your life, and the lives of all the people around you are in terrible danger? And what if I said there is a hero who saves people's lives from that danger every day? Would you believe?

This is exactly what the Bible describes to us. It says there is trouble in our world – terrible things are happening. People are hurting, desperate, and dying without hope. An awful disease, called sin, has infected the entire human race (Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 3:10-18,23). Because of this infection, we cheat and kill one another, and do many other hurtful things to each other and to ourselves (Romans 1:29-32). 

Even worse, the family of man is responsible for this pandemic of sin that has infected every human creature, and even nature itself (Genesis 2:16-17; 3:1-24; Romans 5:12; 8:19-22). Because of this, we are estranged from the loving and good God who created us (Psalm 51:4; Ephesians 2:12). No person is exempt from this situation (Romans 3:10-12). The Bible is clear: every soul who sins will die (Ezekiel 18:4). Every person must bear the punishment for his own sin, which is an eternity of years in a frightening place the Bible calls hell, where "the worm does not die and the fire is not quenched" (Mark 9:48).

But, there is hope. There is a hero. 

The Bible tells us that there is a hero named Jesus Christ, who came to free humanity from its bondage to darkness and spiritual disease and eternal death. He was God's own Son – in fact, He was God (John 1:1-17) – and he came down from heaven, where everything is clean and free from the infection of sin (Psalm 84:1-2). Since he was clean, he had the power to do what no other person could ever do – offer himself as an acceptable sacrifice (Isaiah 53:5;Hebrews 9:22). Since Jesus was pure, unstained by sin, he could fulfill God's law and make atonement for sin (Leviticus 16:30; Exodus 12:5; 1 Peter 1:19). By voluntarily dying as a sacrifice, he paid the debt of punishment that man owed for his sin. In his death, he traded places with man's sinful family (Romans 5:6-8), so that any member of that family who trusted in His loving act of redemption could live forever (John 3:16), be clothed in His perfectly clean life and have a relationship with God (Romans 5:18).

Christ is the curse-bearer (Galatians 3:13). He was wounded for our transgressions and crushed by God for our iniquities (Isaiah 53:5, 10). He gave his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45). He is the Savior who was made sin for us (2 Cor. 5:21). He is the sorrowful suffering Servant who drank the bitter cup of God's wrath for our sake (Mark 14:36).

God sent this Hero to us because He loved the world. He sent Jesus so that anyone who believes in Him would become clean, and would live eternally with Him in paradise (John 3:16). Anyone who believes will become clean from sin (Hebrews 10:10, 14), and will become part of God's family (Matthew 12:49-50). 

But there is also an enemy (1 Peter 5:8). Because this enemy hates God, he tempts and terrorizes the people on earth. He doesn't want people to find the cure for sin, so he tells lies to them, saying things like "you don't need a cure, you're not sinful" or "God and Jesus don't even exist, what are you worrying about?" or "I can give you a better cure for your empty, painful life – drugs, sex, gambling, sensuality, ambition and pride can make you feel better right now". But the enemy's false cure is like heroin – it makes you feel better for a little while, but in the end it leads to death (1 Corinthians 6:9; Galatians 6:7; Proverbs 14:12).

Don't believe the enemy's lies. You know in your heart that God is there (Psalm 19:1-3; Romans 1:20; 2:15). He is calling to you now. Give up trying to fix your life and yourself, and trust in Jesus Christ and the cure for sin and death that he provides. Look at your life, and at the pain you see there. Admit the truth that you have caused this pain because you are full of sin. Admit that you need to be rescued from the infection growing within you – before it is too late. Jesus' heroic act on the cross has provided a lifeline for you. Ask Him to change your heart and to change your life (Acts 4:12; Ezekiel 36:26).

This is the good news: You can have eternal life with God. It doesn't matter what you've done. You don't have to "clean up" to come to Him (Romans 5:8). God sees and hates your sin (Psalm 5:4-6; 11:5), but He also knows and feels your pain, because He has a good, compassionate heart (Hebrews 2:18; 4:18; Luke 15:10). Because He loved the world, He has promised to rescue and cleanse all those who believe in His gift of love – His own son, Jesus (Romans 6:20-23).

Turn away from sin, and believe (Mark 1:15).

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THE KGB AND ITS SCURRILOUS WAR AGAINST AN AMERICAN PATRIOT -- JOSEPH McCARTHY

Because the left had no answer or effective reply to the challenge McCarthy posed, they engaged in personal destruction -- they smeared and demonized McCarthy because he was truth.

By Real News
September 24, 2003

via Verne Strickland USA DOT COM 
July 31, 2015



COMMUNIST SPIES HAD SATURATED U.S. GOVERNMENT

The opening of the KGB archives and the release of the VENONA intercepts (decoded Soviet KGB and GRU traffic) proved that in the 1950's Senator Joseph McCarthy was absolutely right about the extensive Soviet penetration of the U.S. government in all the most sensitive sections and its danger to America.  According to the KGB archives, the NKVD had 221 agents in the Roosevelt administration in April 1941 and the Soviet military GRU probably had a like number.  He was proved right that the Communist Party, U.S.A., was an arm of the Soviet intelligence apparatus and the Soviet Union considered the U.S. as their "main enemy".
His liberal critics in academe and the mainstream media, who denied there was Communist subversion and made excuses for it, were proved absolutely wrong!  This should have discredited the liberal ideology and those who mouthed it.  Because the left had no answer or effective reply to the challenge McCarthy posed, they engaged in personal destruction -- they smeared and demonized McCarthy because he was truth.
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FIVE COLD WAR HEROES DEFENDED U.S. FREEDOM
By Ann Coulter, political analyst, attorney and author
It is appropriate to honor the five men who did the most to defend our freedom in the last century.  The names are easy to remember – they are the five men most loathed by liberals: Joseph McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, Richard Nixon, Whittaker Chambers and Ronald Reagan.
McCarthy died censured and despised at 48 years old, his name a malediction.  Hoover is maligned for having been a mad spymaster and is lyingly smeared as a cross-dresser – by people who admire cross-dressers. Nixon was hated for convicting Alger Hiss and hounded to resign the presidency in disgrace.  Though persecuted in his day, Whittaker Chambers is not hated today only on a technicality:  The MTV generation doesn't know who he is.  They'd hate him too, but it would take research.  By contrast, Ronald Reagan has prevailed over the left's campaign of lies only because the American people do remember him – so far.
Notwithstanding the left's fantastic lies, these men won a 50-year war because of the abiding anti-communism of the American people.  These are the heroes of the Cold War, and all have been personally reviled for their trouble.
Caught absolutely red-handed, the left's shameful refusal to admit collaboration with one of the great totalitarian regimes of the last century quickly transformed into a vicious slander campaign against those who bore witness against them.  Half a century ago, Louis Budenz, an ex-communist informant, warned investigators that if they dared go after the Communist Party, they would be subjected to savage attacks, never "honest rebuttal".
Absurdly, liberals claim to hate J. Edgar Hoover because of their passion for civil liberties.  As President Franklin D. Roosevelt rounded up Japanese for the internment camps, liberals deemed it appropriate to throw Japanese citizens into internment camps on the basis of no evidence of subversive activity whatsoever.  But it was outrageous for the FBI director to spy on high government officials taking their orders from Moscow.  As we now know, Hoover didn't need to engage in much surveillance to know who the Soviet agents were – he already knew from decrypted Soviet cables.
Liberals sheltered communists.  Hoover was on to them, so they called him a fag.  While Hoover was alive, any journalist who could prove he was "gay" would have won a Pulitzer Prize.  But they couldn't even get Hoover on a jaywalking charge.  Only after he was dead did liberals go hog-wild inventing lurid fantasies about Hoover showing up at parties in drag.
Americans should thank God that McCarthy, Hoover, Nixon, Chambers and Reagan were men enough to make real sacrifices.
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LONGTIME SMEAR CAMPAIGN HAD CLOUDED THE TRUTH
by James J. Drummey, former senior editor of "The New American"
Nearly 40 years after the death of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, twice-elected United States Senator from Wisconsin, the term "McCarthyism" is still widely used as a convenient epithet for all that is evil and despicable in the world of politics.
However, it is quite clear that not one critic of McCarthy in a hundred has the slightest idea of what he said and did during that controversial period from 1950 to 1954.  We need to be vitally concerned about the issues he raised because virtually nothing has been done to deal effectively with those issues since the mid-1950s.
  Joe McCarthy was elected as a circuit judge in Wisconsin in 1939 and took over a district court that had a backlog of more than 200 cases.  By eliminating a lot of legal red tape and working long hours (his court remained open past midnight at least a dozen times), Judge McCarthy cleared up the backlog quickly and, in the words of one local newspaper, "administered justice promptly and with a combination of legal knowledge and good sense."
Although his judgeship exempted him from military service, McCarthy enlisted in the Marines and was sworn in as a first lieutenant in August 1942. He served as an intelligence officer for a bomber squadron stationed in the Solomon Islands, and also risked his life by volunteering to fly in the tail-gunner's seat on many combat missions. An ABC television movie about McCarthy in the late 1970s was entitled "Tail Gunner Joe" to belittle his military accomplishments, but the official record gives the true picture.  Not only were McCarthy's achievements during 30 months of active duty unanimously praised by his commanding officers, but Admiral Chester Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, issued a glowing citation to then Captain McCarthy.
  In 1946, Joe McCarthy upset incumbent U.S. Senator Robert La Follette in the Republican primary and went on to beat Democrat Howard McMurray  in the general election.  When McCarthy scored his surprising victory over La Follette, the communists did not file the petitions for their candidate, but rallied instead behind McMurray. Thus, Joe McCarthy defeated a Democratic-Communist Party coalition in 1946.
In the fall of 1949, three men brought to McCarthy's office a 100-page FBI report alleging extensive communist penetration of the State Department.  The trio had asked three other senators to awaken the American people to this dangerous situation, but only McCarthy was willing to take on this volatile project.
Communist infiltration of the State Department began in the 1930s. On September 2, 1939, former communist Whittaker Chambers provided Assistant Secretary of State Adolph Berle with the names and communist connections of two dozen spies in the government, including Alger Hiss.  Berle took the information to President Roosevelt, but FDR laughed it off and said that some of his friends were communists.
Hiss moved rapidly up the State Department ladder and served as an adviser to Roosevelt at the disastrous 1945 Yalta Conference that paved the way for the Soviet conquest of Central and Eastern Europe.  Hiss also functioned as secretary-general of the founding meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco, helped to draft the UN Charter, and later filled dozens of positions at the UN with American communists before he was publicly exposed as a Soviet spy by Whittaker Chambers in 1948.
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McCARTHY HAD  LIST OF STATE DEPARTMENT COMMUNISTS
On February 9, 1950, McCarthy made an electrifying speech at Wheeling, West VA, that he had a list of Communists in the State Department.  By July he was a major political force.  John F. Kennedy told Harvard students that "he knew Joe pretty well, and he may have something."  In February 1952, John Kennedy called McCarthy a "great American patriot".
During McCarthy's entire 1947 to 1957 career, no American citizen was interrogated without benefit of legal counsel, none arrested or detained without due judicial process, and no one went to jail without trial.
On July 30, 1954, Senator Ralph Flanders introduced a resolution accusing McCarthy of conduct "unbecoming a member of the United States Senate."  Flanders told the Senate that McCarthy's "anti-Communism so completely parallels that of Adolf Hitler as to strike fear into the hearts of any defenseless minority."
A special session of the Senate convened on November 8, 1954. Perhaps because the charges were so bogus, perhaps because he wanted publicity, Joe McCarthy avoided several opportunities to dismiss the censure resolution (which was so poorly worded that it didn't even have the word 'censure' in it).  He welcomed a vote.  It went against him. Although meaningless in itself, it gave the liberal press the excuse to ignore and/or bash McCarthy the rest of his life.
   On May 2, 1957, Joseph R. McCarthy died from acute hepatitis.
   The biography and pictures of Senator Joseph McCarthy can be found on the website of the Appleton, Wisconsin public library.