Posted by
Michael Gallops on Sunday, September 09, 2007 12:29:35 PM
Posted with the permission of the author - Jack Ripley. If you would like to contact Mr. Ripley please contact me.
All,
I really believe this coming election is going to be one of the most important in our nation’s history, certainly perhaps the most important in my 70 + years.
It is my opinion that our greatest danger is not The War on Terror, world economics, our failing education systems, supposed or actual concerns with health care, the environment or whatever. As important as some of these are, I believe our nations most important issue is our turning away from God. Whether we are looking at the many times in history when Israel turned away from following God, or in more recent times when nations such as Germany, Russia, China, etc. adopted policies that drove God’s People underground and God responded by removing his hand of protection from above their land. The result in all cases was severe hardship for all of the people and millions of innocent men, women, and children were slaughtered.
It seems that most of the leaders in the Democrat Party have decided, for the time being, to go along to get along with the terrorists. They want to “Talk” with them. I have never seen a bully who was talked into changing their ways. No matter where you meet them, I believe what I was told by an Uncle more than 50 years ago.
I was being harassed by a bully at school who was almost a foot taller and probably 50 pounds heavier than I was. I was certainly afraid of him, which was exactly what he wanted. I thought he was going to pick the “Just right” time and really clean my clock. I believed that if I tried to discuss it with Dad, he would have said, “Knock some sense into his head.” With our size, and weight difference, I had no confidence in accomplishing that. After listening to my worries, my Uncle told me the following: “There has never been a bully who isn’t at heart a coward. There has never been a coward who didn’t stop being a bully when he saw his own blood. The littlest girl in your class can bloody the nose of the biggest guy in the class by hitting him really hard in the nose.” I was still really scared, but when he decided the “Just right” time had come, I learned that my Uncle’s advice was absolutely correct. This is what President Reagan knew when he lobbed a couple of missiles into Kadafy’s back yard. If you remember, it stopped him from blowing up airplanes and little girls in airports for as long as President Reagan was President.
I am convinced we need to maintain a strong and steady stance against terrorism. However, even if we had a leader who was weak in this area, they would probably wake up and react before we were totally destroyed. However, if we continue our policy of the last 50 years of turning against our God given heritage as a nation to the extent that God lifts his hand of protection from above America, then anyone could defeat us. Read the history of God’s People, Israel and the battle of Ai. Joshua chapters 7 & 8.
Congressman Duncan Hunter is a Candidate for President on the Republican Ticket, and he was here in Houston yesterday. One of his forum’s was at the VFW Hall on Foley Street last night from 7 – 9 PM. I had liked what I knew about him, but I didn’t know much. The media doesn’t seem willing to give him much if any time. I went, and was very impressed. He certainly seemed knowledgeable. During the Q&A session after his opening remarks, he answered every question that was asked. He was direct, specific and clearly understood.
He is an ex-Vietnam era Army Ranger. His son a is U.S. Marine on his third tour of duty in our War on Terrorism, two in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. His son had filed to run for Congress two days before his last call up. His Daughter-in-Law is running the campaign while he completes his tour of duty.
Duncan is uniquely responsible for the 59.25 miles of Border Fence in So. Calif. that has resulted in an almost 90% drop in Illegal Immigration across California’s Southern Border, and a lowering of the Illegal Immigrant crime rate in San Diego by 53%. He was also the primary Author of our present Border Fence Bill. He has pledged to complete construction of the fence in the 1st 6 months of his Presidency. At present we have completed only half of it for only 17 miles. It is supposed to be a double fence with a road for our Border Patrols in the middle.
Some of the things he pledged to do:
· Turn America’s policy around to maintain and return our Industrial Manufacturing Base. He detailed that much of this outflow is the result of other nations violation of their GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs & Trades) by submitting back to their manufactures their taxes for export shipments to the U.S., and by their charging American manufacturers import duties for products imported into their countries. He said he would impose a “Mirror” policy, which would deal with any nation importing into the U.S. exactly how they deal with our products importing into their nation. This is something I have supported for over 30 years.
· Establish a “Fair Tax” system to eliminate the IRS.
· Stop the efforts to establish a “North American Union.”
· Support Israel’s Missile Defense efforts.
· Oppose un-licensed, un-inspected, and un-documented NAFTA Trucking from Mexico.
· Refuse to allow Iran to become a Nuclear Power.
· Establish an Energy Policy using domestic crude oil, coal, geo-thermal, wind, solar, etc. that will result in our becoming independent of foreign oil.
There were lots of other things discussed, but I am not a very good scribe.
In conclusion, I was very impressed with Duncan. I intend to support him is his run for the Republican Nomination for President. I would encourage you to give him a very good look at. You can go to his web site www.gohunter08.com <http://www.gohunter08.com/> .
Thanks for your time. God Bless America and God give us Godly Leaders with the courage to lead.
Jack Ripley