Continue to help these men!

So far, it looks like our president and members of Congress are happy to let two Border Patrol Agents, Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos, go to prison for simply doing their jobs. Claims by the US Attorney, who prosecuted the men, that the agents “violated” the Fourth Amendment rights of the Mexican drug smuggler are irrelevant. A foreigner has no rights of any kind under the Constitution! These men were protecting their country against a dangerous man who has reportedly smuggled drugs into the US on more than one occasion! This is all a clear case of government stupidity in the extreme.

Grassfire.org has also started a petition online to send to President Bush asking that he pardon these men. This is in addition to the other petition available at JusticeforBorderPatriot.com that I mentioned in a previous article about this issue. Please take the time to sign it. The more pressure our elected officials receive on this, the more likely they are to do what is right. It is sad that we live in a day when we have to pressure our representatives into doing the right thing, but we do.

Also, according to some reports, the man whom Agents Ramos and Compean shot, has recently been caught trying to smuggle more drugs across the border. Those that are doing their jobs, and doing what they must to protect us, are being punished. Those that seek to harm us are given a pat on the back, and essentially told to do it again.

Help these men out. Sign this and other petitions to President Bush. Continue to call, write and email your US Senators and Representatives, and your state senators and representatives.

Editor/RP

Freedom Quotes, Vol. II

Here's this week's installment of Freedom Quotes.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
~Thomas Jefferson

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
~Thomas Jefferson

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.
~Wendell Phillips

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
~Will Rogers

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
~Jonathan Swift

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
~George Washington

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
~Lord Acton

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
~John Quincy Adams

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
~Sir Edmund Burke

...I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
~W. C. Fields

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.
~Samuel Clemens

Where to buy American-made Christmas presents

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Put American-Made Gifts Under Your Tree

Christmas is not only a special time of the year to give to your loved ones and those on your Christmas list. It’s also a special opportunity to give and help guarantee prosperity to other Americans you don’t know and who aren’t on your Christmas list.

The best way to guarantee prosperity for Christmas present and Christmas future is to put American-made products under your Christmas tree this year.

If you’re running out of ideas, or are just tired of running to the store only to find items made in other countries, here are a few ideas you may not have considered:

How Americans Can Buy American is available through the end of the year for just $10 each. I will personally ship my book to anyone on your Christmas list for you for at this special price. Tax is included and shipping is free. With the 3rd edition of How Americans Can Buy American coming out in 2007, you can be sure that this special offer won’t be repeated anytime soon. If you are receiving this email, disregard the prices in the online form. You’ll be charged just $10 for each book – tax and postage paid.

You can Shop for America at www.ShopForAmerica.com - one of my favorite Buy American websites - featuring thousands of American-made gifts. Whether it’s personal items for men, women, kids and babies, gourmet food, bath & body, or sport & hobby (plus much, much more) you’re likely to find it at ShopForAmerica’s ever-expanding website.

The USA Coffee Company is also running specials. Try their 100% American-grown coffee, or their newly-introduced Chocolate Expresso Beans!

PattonShirts.com still has quality, 100% cotton, American-made polo shirts for the incredible price of $19.95.

For Union-made apparel and other union-made products, try the Union Jean Company.

ZebulonUSA.com always has a nice selection of apparel, toys and other American-made products you’ll love to give that special someone on your Christmas list.

If you’re looking for a bigger gift to make a bigger impression that will save energy and some hard-earned cash for your lucky gift recipient for years to come, check out SETS Systems’ tankless water heaters at www.Sets-Systems.com .

For something really creative, unique and new, try www.WhiteCreekTile.com .

Of course there are many other links to American-made websites at www.howtobuyamerican.com , but here are some other individual items made in the USA (and some that are not):


The Simpson’s Wheel of Fortune Made in China

Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots Made in China

Pop-O-Matic Trouble Made in China

Ker-Plunk Made in China

Lincoln Logs Made in China

Nerf Footballs Made in China

Candyland Made in USA

Chutes & Ladders Made in USA

Hungry Hippos Made in USA

The Price is Right (DVD Edition) Made in USA

A BIG foreign takeover occured when Mattel’s Wham-O got acquired by Hong Kong-based distributor this past January (according to the Wall Street Journal). Wham-O makes vintage toys like the Frisbee (made in China), Tracball (made in China), Hula Hoop, Superball, Boogie Board, Hacky Sack, Silly String and Water Wiggle. I’m not sure where the other toys (Hula Hoop, etc) are made, but the Wall Street Journal article highlighted that the new company has five Chinese factories and 25,000 Chinese workers. An American alternative to the Hong Kong-owned Hula Hoop would be the American-made Wave Hoop by American-owned Maui Toys, based in Youngstown, OH.

LEGO is Denmark-owned and made in China as well.

Almost all puzzles are made in USA.

Other toys and games ideas:

NordicTrack treadmills are made in USA (I own one).

St. Pierre Horseshoes are made in USA.

Alore www.Alore.net Here you can buy quality T-Shirts for $3 or $4 each.

LainaLine www.LainaLine.com Clothes for Infants and children.

Pointer Brand www.PointerBrand.com Jeans, Denim Shorts and Jackets, Hunting Clothes, Coveralls.

Bradfield Outdoor www.BradfieldOutdoor.com American-made outdoor clothing.

Leather Artisan www.leatherartisan.com Leather Hand Bags, Tote Bags, Belts, Wallets, Backpacks.

Tough Traveler www.toughtraveler.com Backpacks, Hiking Packs, Camera Bags, Duffel Bags.

My Red Wing Boots are made in USA. Until recently, if it said “Red Wing” it was guaranteed made in USA. No more – you have to check the label now. For 100% made-in-USA boots, visit the Weinbrenner Shoe Company website www.WeinbrennerUSA.com where you can find Thorogood boots and Work One boots. You can search for dealer locations on their website.

Werner Ladders are made in USA. Louisville Ladders are made in Mexico. The price is nearly the same as I found out buying a large ladder after my home state of Florida got pummeled by three hurricanes in 2004.

American-made artificial Christmas Trees can be found at www.ChristmasDepot.com .

Information about real Christmas Trees can be found by visiting www.ChristmasTreesMagazine.com.

Roger Simmermaker is the author of “How Americans Can Buy American: The Power of Consumer Patriotism.” He also writes “Buy American Mention of the Week” articles for his website www.howtobuyamerican.com and is a member of the Machinists Union and National Writers Union. Roger has been a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel, CNN and MSNBC and has been quoted in the USA Today, Wall Street Journal and US News & World Report among many other publications.

Roger Simmermaker, Author
How Americans Can Buy American
www.howtobuyamerican.com

Limbaugh Crosses the Line, Reloaded

Who would have "thunk" it? In a matter of a few days, the article, Rush Limbaugh Crosses The Line
has been making the rounds. Hopefully, this has brought to the attention of many that El Rushbo is no "conservative", but a fraud, whose purpose is to deceive as many as possible.

Quite unexpectedly, the man who called Limbaugh on Monday's show, came across the article. Only listed by Limbaugh as being "John from Shreveport" or as the "Confederate Kook", Mr. Long was kind enough to send me the following:

Mr. Perdue:

Thank you very much for your post on Mr. Limbaugh. I am that "John from Shreveport", and to say the least, I was not only outraged by Mr. Limbaugh's hero-worship of Lincoln, but I felt personally insulted by being referred to as a "Kook" on Mr. Limbaugh's website. [I only stated] facts that any person with a computer can research for themselves. It is all the more proof that in order to make Lincoln a hero, the facts must be kept hidden.

"Truth needs no defense, only exposure, but a lie hides behind a mask that must be defended."
--Southern Proverb

Thank you again,

John Long, AKA, Rush's Confederate Kook


Mr. Long wrote in another email that he came across the article while searching on Google. People started calling him after hearing him on Limbaugh's show, and he decided to see if there was any information online about it. That search led him here.

Apparently this created an uproar on rushlimbaugh.com, because the transcript from John's call can no longer be accessed, except by paying members of Rush 24/7. Which makes me wonder: if Rush is right, like he always claims, why is he trying to hide it? As the old Tootsie Pop commercial proclaimed, the world may never know.

Below, you will find the original transcript as it appeared on Limbaugh's website.

Editor/RP

Confederate Kook Still Smarts Under Civil War "Occupation"
December 4, 2006

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: John in Shreveport, Louisiana. Hello.

CALLER: Mr. Rush, don't you think you're being a hypocrite when you're not -- when you don't want the Iraqis to decide the problems themselves, especially since Abraham Lincoln took two -- two generals named Lincoln [sic--Grant] and Sherman who were responsible for the deaths of 59,000 southern people? And since you hate Confederate heritage that much, don't you think that we should allow the people of Iraq to decide their own fate?

RUSH: (Laughing.) Gee. I hate Confederate heritage?

CALLER: No kidding.

RUSH: On the basis of what do you say that?

CALLER: Okay, allow me to quote you from 2001: "The American Civil War was the first conflict in human history to set a people free from the bondage of slavery." Your quote, sir.

RUSH: Yeah?

CALLER: And that's not --

RUSH: Well, the point is, we fought --

CALLER: -- power --

RUSH: Are we going to have this argument, Steve?

CALLER: Yes, sir, we are, if you've got the nerve to hold it!
RUSH: I'll have this argument with you any time you want. I've been hearing from you guys since I started this show. I know, it's about states' rights, it was about freedom; it was about independence. But it was about preserving the union -- and Abraham Lincoln knew that you couldn't preserve an America with the institutions defined by our Constitution if one man was allowed to own another.

CALLER: Well, you could not preserve the Constitution as long as you could override it by military power and invasion.

RUSH: Well, there was the preservation of the union that was the number one --

CALLER: How about the preservation of the Constitution, shouldn't that be predominant?

RUSH: Look, you still want to secede? What's your solution?

CALLER: We have no choice, we're under occupation now. The thing about it is you still have to lie about Abraham Lincoln to prove your, to make your point.

RUSH: I'm not lying about Abraham Lincoln. What do you mean, you're still under occupation?

CALLER: Put it this way. The South was not allowed to vote its own way; we're not going to allow Iraq to vote its own government, either.
RUSH: But we did.

CALLER: Do you think we're really abiding by that? What they voted for, we're trying to subvert it by military occupation. No difference than what they did here for 12 years in Louisiana. You don't think we don't see that? You don't think we don't see you as a hypocrite for what you say about, oh, yeah, preserve the union, but let's never mind, let's take away the vote from those who are the voting citizens --

RUSH: I cannot believe this!

CALLER: -- Constitution!

RUSH: I can't believe this. You are taking out your frustrations at having lost the Civil War on me and claiming I'm a hypocrite because of my stance on the Iraq war?

CALLER: Yes, sir.

RUSH: Which I don't even think you know what it is.

CALLER: I don't think you know -- I don't think you know who Abraham Lincoln was.

RUSH: I certainly know who Abraham Lincoln was. He's one of the greatest presidents in the history of the country.

CALLER: Who said that --

RUSH: And it wasn't because he defeated the south. It was because he preserved the union.

CALLER: He preserved the union by trampling the Constitution!

RUSH: He did not trample the Constitution. He suspended habeas corpus. He did do some things I wish Bush would do.

CALLER: Like kill 59,000 innocent civilians?

RUSH: Are you talking about Sherman's march through Atlanta?

CALLER: And -- and -- and Grant's shelling the city of Vicksburg. Hello?
RUSH: It won the war, didn't it? You ever heard of Gettysburg? It won the war and that was the objective. I'll tell you what I wish Bush would do that Lincoln did. Take all these anti-war agitators and send 'em to Canada. Send the National Guard in there. Send Harry Reid over to Baghdad if he's going to be so socially --

CALLER: Like that Ohio Congressman Vallandigham, huh?

RUSH: Absolutely, like that Ohio congressman, that Democrat that was snatched out of his house and sent down to Jefferson Davis, who also didn't want him.

CALLER: Well, at least I got you to acknowledge that.

RUSH: Acknowledge what?

CALLER: Well, the fact that Lincoln did have his secret police who went into people's houses, pulled them out in the middle of the night, and had them -- and had them --

RUSH: You know what? I hope before you die you learn to thank God for Abraham Lincoln.

CALLER: I hope before you die you learn what a racist and a bigot and a power-hungry maniac he was.

RUSH: I'm the racist and the bigot?

CALLER: I didn't say you were. I said he was!

RUSH: Oh. Abraham Lincoln? How in the world you can call a guy who ended slavery a racist and a bigot? I have heard everything now. Everything, in 22 years of hosting this program, I have heard everything.

END TRANSCRIPT
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_120406/content/across_the_fruited_plain.guest.html

God’s Word Never Returns Void

The following story is a good of example of what God promised in Isaiah 55:11, "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."

Julius Hickerson, a medical doctor, surrendered to serve as a missionary in Colombia. After two years and few visible results, he was killed in a plane crash while taking supplies to a remote village. When the Southern Baptists sent another missionary into the area, he discovered the place fully evangelized. When he asked what had happened, the Colombians showed him a Bible they had dug from the wreckage. On the inside of the cover was a name—Julius Hickerson. The efforts of Julius Hickerson had not been in vain.

From the November 7, 2006 Learn the Bible Daily Portion