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Germany has re-instituted border controls between Austria and Germany. The Schengen open-border policy among 25 or so European countries will not survive this.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/13/germany-to-close-borders-exit-schengen-emergency-measures

As I have said before, multi-culturalism and moral relativism are failed philosophies that lead inexorably to collapse of civilization and chaos. They have failed in their European experiment and everywhere they have been tried. Unfortunately, US intellectuals and elites have not yet learned that lesson. Obama has committed to bringing tens of thousands of Syrian refugees and millions of Latin American refugees into the US. Our union will not survive this either, if this is allowed to continue.

Here is the view of the current refugee crisis in Europe presented in the Wall Street Journal. http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-roots-of-the-migration-crisis-1441995372

Here is a different view from that of the WSJ, NYT and Washington elites: https://consortiumnews.com/2015/09/13/whos-to-blame-for-syria-mess-putin/

Like Dr. Feynman said, “It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong.” – Richard Feynman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxvQMhttq4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement

The case of activist federal judge Bunning is a sad one.

As has occurred so many times in the past, in the case of Kentucky clerk Mrs. Kim Davis, the media and activists present two sides of an argument, supposedly fair and balanced, and they let you decide. And as has occurred so many times in the past, the truth and facts are in neither of those two sides. The facts are not investigated or even mentioned. The public was presented a false argument surrounded by spin in order to sway public opinion. They keep doing that because people keep falling for it. And here they go again. Did you fall for it?

Discussion in the public square (social media) exhausts people’s energy and motivation on the wild goose chase. By the time and if the facts finally do come out and the dots are correctly connected, the public has lost interest and moved on. Thus the consensus desired by the activists like federal judge Bunning hold sway. Politicians especially depend on this process.

Kentucky Clerk Mrs. Kim Davis asks: ‘Under what law am I authorized to issue homosexual couples a marriage license?’ There is no such law. In fact, the opposite law is still on the books. Kentucky passed Amendment 1 in 2004, prohibiting recognition of same-sex marriages. It passed by a 75-25 percent margin. In 2004, the citizens of Kentucky, along with Arkansas, Georgia, Utah, Mississippi, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Oregon passed – by substantial margins – bans on same sex marriage. In 1996, the U.S. Congress passed by veto proof majority the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and President Bill Clinton signed it into law, now known as U.S. Public Law 104-199.

Section 3 in DOMA defined marriage for all federal law purposes as “only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.” In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Windsor that section 3 of that DOMA law (ONLY section 3) was unconstitutional under the due process guarantees of the Fifth Amendment. [As a result, the federal government was ordered to issue Windsor a tax refund.]

But DOMA in Section 2 also confirmed primacy of state law in these matters and that part of the federal law known as DMOA still stands. And that is further confirmed in Windsor.

[R]egulation of domestic relations is an area that has long been regarded as a virtually exclusive province of the States.” U.S. Supreme Court, United States v. Windsor, 2013. Only 2 years ago is ancient history when civilization and law are in free fall after self-glorified tyrants shoved them off the cliff of fascist transformation.

Please read section 2 of the federal law, DOMA, which is still law of the land.
[104th Congress Public Law 199]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
Public Law 104-199
104th Congress
An Act
To define and protect the institution of marriage. Sept. 21, 1996 –
[H.R. 3396]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
Defense of Marriage Act.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Defense of Marriage Act”.
SEC. 2. POWERS RESERVED TO THE STATES.
(a) In General.–Chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding after section 1738B the following:
“Sec. 1738C. Certain acts, records, and proceedings and the effect
thereof
“No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian
tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or
judicial proceeding of any other State, territory, possession, or tribe
respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is
treated as a marriage under the laws of such other State, territory,
possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such
relationship.”.
(b) Clerical Amendment.–The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 1738B the following new item:
“1738C. Certain acts, records, and proceedings and the effect
thereof.”.
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE.
(a) In General.–Chapter 1 of title 1, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
“Sec. 7. Definition of `marriage’ and `spouse’
“In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any
ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative
bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word `marriage’ means
only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife,
and the word `spouse’ refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is
a husband or a wife.”.
(b) Clerical Amendment.–The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 1 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 6 the following new item:
“7. Definition of `marriage’ and `spouse’.”.
Approved September 21, 1996.

What we have is a rogue federal judge Bunning. Fortunately, someone got to Bunning and corrected him before he further harms himself and Mrs. Davis. Judge Bunning released Davis. Federal judge Bunning, who illegally ordered clerk Kim Davis to jail, was previously overturned on appeal after he ordered students to attend “anti-harassment sessions” designed to instruct students “to withhold Christian viewpoints about homosexual behavior.” Bunning’s ruling against the students, a direct ban on free speech, was overturned on appeal. It turns out that Bunning is an activist unlawfully acting out his personal opinions.

Justice Anthony Kennedy writing the opinion of the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges, that is the opinion of 5 of 9 justices of the Supreme Court in the same sex marriage case: “Many who deem same-sex marriage to be wrong reach that conclusion based on decent and honorable religious or philosophical premises, and neither they nor their beliefs are disparaged here.”… “It must be emphasized that religions, and those who adhere to religious doctrines, may continue to advocate with utmost, sincere conviction that, by divine precepts, same-sex marriage should not be condoned.” “The First Amendment ensures that religious organizations and persons are given proper protection as they seek to teach the principles that are so fulfilling and so central to their lives and faiths, and to their own deep aspirations to continue the family structure they have long revered.” In other words, federal judge Bunning who imprisoned Mrs. Kim Davis defies the Supreme Court and is acting illegally.

In Obergefell, the Supreme Court was instructing THE STATES, about 29 of them, to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but left alone the right of individuals to act on their conscience. So far, Kentucky and the other states have taken no action.

Justice Kennedy is correct according to the Constitution, which means federal judge Bunning is wrong and acting illegally. Federal judge Bunning should be impeached for his lawless action. Mrs. Davis is breaking no law. On the other hand, Davis would be breaking Kentucky law and her oath of elected office if she granted marriage licenses to same sex couples.

If you read the Supreme Court case in Obergefell (link below), the majority 5 justices “held” in their opinion that the “due process” clause of 14th Amendment applies to marriage. Under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, no State shall “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” But, clearly and obviously state governments, local governments and federal government do just that in thousands of laws and regulations.

You see, in the opinion of 5 justices some of whom are gay, gay people are special and in need of dignity. The Supreme Court claims that denying marriage licenses to gays is depriving them of life, liberty, or property. Dignity fits in there somewhere. But licensing for anything deprives one group of something and grants it to another based on certain standards set by the society. Fourteen years old is too young to drive. Eighteen years old is too young to drink alcohol. You have to pass this test before you can be licensed to practice law, or medicine, or engineer buildings or many other things. Society sets its standards by passing laws in the legislative process wherein the people weigh in through their representatives or through referendum, not through appointed judges.

Judges do not make law in America. We must keep it that way. Under the spurious logic of 5 justices, who could – based on their logic in Obergefell – stretch the 14th Amendment to overturn all local and state licenses, licenses which are by definition exclusionary. The opinion of the Supreme Court is cut from cloth that is wholly subjective. Essentially, these 5 justices have declared that duly passed and enacted state laws and the duly passed and but poorly enacted federal law known as DOMA are invalid. But the Supreme Court has no authority to make or amend laws or to enforce their opinion.

Judge Bunning might have had legitimacy in his ruling if he had ruled against the state of Kentucky instead of Mrs. Bunning. Obergefell requires THE STATES to issue licenses to same sex couples, but leaves intact the rights of individuals to act on their conscience. We will have to wait and see what, if anything, the states do.

Contempt of court (which was Judge Bunning’s charge against Kentucky clerk Kim Martin) is the appropriate act of disobedience against such judicial tyranny, unless you want to continue living under the tyranny of the subjective opinion of an elite minority. Be prepared.

What are you going to do when a government official or judge orders you to do something which is illegal or against your conscience? Will you obey orders like Hitler’s millions? Or will you disobey like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Mrs Kim Martin?

Click to access 14-556_3204.pdf

“Although material circumstances and politicians’ self-interest helped to make America  what it is today, the most important cause was a change in the prevailing understanding of justice among leading American intellectuals and in the American people. Today’s
liberalism and the policies that it has generated arose from a conscious repudiation of the principles of the American founding.”

If you want to find out how we lost our Constitution and our republic, and if you want to help recover them, to get out of the mess we are in, then here is the history of the progressive movement versus the founders and framers of our republic. If we are to recover our lost Constitution and our lost republic, you need to know and understand this. The article at the link below summarizes an entire library.

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2007/07/the-progressive-movement-and-the-transformation-of-american-politics

When Mrs. Davis, the clerk in Kentucky, was elected, she swore an oath to Kentucky’s Constitution which, as in 29 other states, contained a provision to protect traditional marriage.  A federal judge ordered her to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.  She refused. The federal judge had her arrested.  The federal judge can cite no federal law to support his order, but only the judicial opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court, which itself was fiercely divided.  The U.S. Senate has the power to impeach this federal judge, and the U.S. Senate is led by Senator McConnell from Kentucky, who supposedly represents Kentucky in the U.S. Senate, and who swore an oath to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution.  Senator McConnell has taken no action.  The Supreme Court does not have the power to impeach the federal judge, but it could have reversed the judge’s ruling.  But, the Supreme Court also took no action, allowing the ruling of the federal court of appeals to stand.  The appeals court confirmed the federal judge.  Ladies and gentlemen, this is exactly how NAZI Germany worked.  It is past time for elected sheriffs and police and state governors and legislators in this nation to stand up for themselves and the citizens in their jurisdictions against this federal tyranny.

Please correct me if I am wrong here: The Constitution requires 2/3 vote to propose and then 3/4 vote to ratify by both houses of the U.S. Congress to pass an amendment to the Constitution. The Congress would never get that level of agreement for an amendment that reduces Congress’ (or a congressman’s) personal power vis-a-vis the states. On the other hand, under the Constitution the states also have a defined method to amend the U.S. Constitution. This is one of the balances of power that the founders and framers of the U.S. put into the U.S. Constitution, and they made the bar very high. Other than this, the Constitution can easily be read as a recipe for an imperial oligarchy. In regard to the balance of power between the federal government and the states, the states can be expected to and would propose and then ratify by 3/4 vote Constitutional amendments that would increase their states’ powers and the individual state legislator’s powers vis-a-vis the federal government. This is one of the those times to re-balance the relative power of government versus the people in all civilized countries, not only the U.S. This is one of those times when the technological society (including the technologies of management and administration and the technologies of propaganda and education) has been used successfully against the people to diminish the people’s power. This is one of those times to move toward democracy and away from centralized governments in all civilized countries. (see painting: The Forgotten Man, by Jon McNaughton.)

http://jonmcnaughton.com/content/ZoomDetailPages/TheForgottenMan.html

At a meeting of Nobel laureates, Nobel laureate, physicist Ian Giaever blasts Obama and global warming.  “Global warming has become a religion.”

Here is his talk on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCy_UOjEir0

“What’s happening here [at the UN] is that science and scientists are being used. As window dressing – to obscure what’s actually going on.”

Easy to understand article and slides at this link.

http://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2015/09/01/3-things-scientists-need-to-know-about-the-ipcc/

And then there is the sneaky not so secret purpose of the UN IPCC:

http://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2011/01/26/the-sneaky-not-so-secret-purpose-of-the-ipcc/

Why do you bomb so many countries? Because making bombs is where the money is.

“U.S. Central Command’s latest figures on its aerial bombardment of Iraq and Syria reveal that this is the heaviest U.S. bombing campaign since President George W. Bush’s “Shock and Awe” campaign against Iraq in 2003. In the campaign’s first ten months from August 2014 to May 2015, the U.S. and its allies conducted 15,245 air strikes, or an average of 51 air strikes per day.”

“This is only the latest campaign in a 15-year global air war, largely ignored by U.S. media, in which the United States and its allies have conducted at least 118,000 air strikes against other countries since 2000. The 47,000 air strikes conducted in the 6 ½ years since President Barack Obama took office are only a small reduction from the 70,000 in eight years of the Bush administration, and the current campaign will easily make up that deficit if it continues at this intensity until Obama leaves office. “

https://consortiumnews.com/2015/07/06/americas-endless-air-wars/

Israel imports 77% of its oil from Iraqi Kurdistan. Israel has reportedly bought 19 million barrels of Kurdish oil in recent months, providing the embattled Kurd autonomous region with essential funding to fight against ISIS, a terror organization which was funded, trained and armed by the Obama administration and NATO.

Meanwhile Turkey, a NATO member, is supporting Islamist terrorists by buying oil from ISIS and bombing the Kurds in U.S. warplanes. Israel is backing the Kurds, the most effective anti-terror force in Iraq and Syria. It is time to create the state of Kurdistan, but the Obama administration and NATO are trying to destroy the Kurds. Like so many interventions in the past, the U.S. is backing the wrong side.

It would be better for US national security if the US were out of the middle east entirely and stopped its decades-old regime change wars of convenience. But, the Obama administration – like the administrations of G.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, G.H.W Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter – continues to meddle with deadly violence in the affairs of other countries, countries which the U.S. fails to understand.

Americans are finally becoming aware of the crony capitalist organized mob operating their government. U.S. foreign policy and military intrusions are run by those same crony thugs in Washington DC and Wall Street pinstripe suits, but overseas their actions are deadly violent.  America was not designed to be an empire but rather a homeland for souls yearning to be free of empires. It is past time to bring down our lying Caesars, their families and their cronies and finally become a peaceful example for the planet.

Forty year veteran former NOAA meteorologist: “For over 15 years an inordinate proportion of government and corporate research grants have been awarded to universities for a single specific purpose: to prove human activities and the burning of fossil fuels are the main driving mechanisms causing global warming.”

“Unfortunately agendas by strong arm politics and the suppression of contrary views have become the primary tools used to manipulate the media, local and state governments (and in turn the general public) into believing what they want us to believe.” …