In our public school systems, high school student are continuously bombarded with the theory of Evolution. The biggest problem with that is it is not presented as a theory but as fact. Now if it is really a fact then there is no problem with it, but the reason it is called a theory is because there is not sufficient evidence in order for it to be considered a scientific fact. In reality, there is a lot of evidence suggesting it’s falsity. William Demski is one of the scientists leading the charge for Intelligent Design and Creationism in the intellectual realm. I would like to look at some of his works and how they disprove the idea that evolutionary theory is not a theory but a scientific fact.

First, a few definitions might be helpful. Evolution is the theory that all things came about through natural selection, survival of the fittest, and mutations. It states that all matter came about by chance and/or necessity.

Intelligent Design suggests that a designer made the universe. it does not suggest who created it or how. Creationism is a scientific theory based on the Bible. It states that God created the heavens and the earth and that the Fall of Man, as well as the Great Fall, were both factors that have caused it to be in the decaying state that it is in now. Creationism goes one step further than the theory of Intelligent Design in that it attempts to explain both the whom and how of creation.

Demski states that there are only three ways for something to happen: necessity, chance, and design. If there is any design (not put into effect by humans or animals ect.) then there must be a designer and therefore Intelligent Design is correct and Evolution is wrong. So he set out on a way to prove that things on the earth had been designed by an intelligent designer. He uses something called the Explanatory Filter.

The filter works like this: We run something through it like a dog, and then we ask if it can be made by necessity. If there is any other way for it to have been made then it was not made by necessity. If it has specification and complexity, then it is not made by chance. If it is not made by the other two it must be made by design.

But before we use this there is something else we need to keep in mind: Even if the filter says something is made by necessity or chance than it might be made by design. i.e. A person can tip over a water glass just as easily as it happening by chance (in fact it might be more likely).

If if I run my dog, P.J, through the filter,  I first ask: “Did he have to be made exactly as he was in order to function the way in which he does”. the answer to this question is no. Second I  must ask myself: “Does he have specification and complexity”. Evolutionist think that dogs are highly complex (evolved) animals, so they can testify to it’s complexity. Also, I can tell him apart from other dogs, so he has specification from other species as well. So this means he was designed, if he was designed (and he obviously wasn’t designed by humans) there must be a Designer. This means that Intelligent Design is correct.

Scientists have no way of knowing that evolution is true but instead they try to brainwash our generation into believing so without so much as exploring opposing theories.

We will fully and ungrudgingly render to Caesar what is Caesar’s. But under no circumstances will we render to Caesar what is God’s.

This message is the core of the Tea Party Movement, and we must all grasp it  in order to preserve freedom. Truth always wins in the end, and when we fight for God’s side, peacefully, non-violently and yet boldly, we will be fighting for the truth. I think it would be worth your time to read this inspirational Declaration, and to sign it in order to show where you stand.

-Calvin

Many mistakenly read this speech as a call to return to the early Progressivism of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. But the truth is that Congressman Ryan was making the argument that conservatives need to understand the progression of the progressives (pun intended), so that we may be better armed to defeat it.

This story gained national attention when Glenn Beck made the same mistake on his radio program this past week. Glenn later admitted that they had not been thorough in their research. The congressman was invited to be on the program, where he set the record strait. I took a look at his website: AmericanRoadmap.org, and I think that what I found is worth repeating so that there is no doubt in anyone’s mind as to this man’s credibility.

At AmericanRoadmap.org Rep. Ryan lays out the many problems facing America in extensive detail, and then gives his propositions on how to solve them. He obviously understands the progressive movement better than almost any other politician in Washington, and his website is chock full of good information that every American should know.

A politician who understands and opposes Progressivism at the same time is very rare, so I want to ensure that he gets the recognition that he deserves. -Calvin

We cannot allow the Federal Government so much more power that is constitutionally reserved to the state and local governments. With this power the Federal Government could shut down any financial business for any reason. Obama or any other future President could use this power to takeover any financial business that are particularly vocal in their opposition to his policies, or fund political opponents. The checks and balances put on the separate branches of government were put there for a reason, and this bill would tip the scales, giving the Federal Government yet more power that they should not have. Remember, a government that is big enough to give you everything, can take it all away.

For more on the Financial Regulations Bill, visit here.

check out this video by Trent Franks (my local congressman)

Many conservatives have watched this video and drawn fire upon the section where Michelle calls Kenya here husbands home country. We have all heard of the controversy over whether or not the President is actually an American citizen. Many conservatives have been trying to connect the two, saying that Michelle had a slip of the tongue, accidentally revealing the President’s Kenyan nationality.

However, after hearing a second hand opinion on the matter from the Glenn Beck Program this morning, I have a different opinion on this video and it’s meaning. First of all, I don’t think that the timing of this video is any coincidence. This video was filmed in 08, and we are just now hearing about it, only a week or so after health care “reform” passed into law, when Nancy Pelosi and gang tried to frame local tea party protesters for yelling the n-word and spitting upon them, although there isn’t a scrap of evidence available to back up the claim.

You see, progressives realize that we are now large enough to pose a serious threat to their political careers that they have now resorted to demonizing us, hoping that they can turn everyone else against us. This is what the spitting controversy was all about, and this is what the Kenyan controversy is all about. They want us to look like conspiracy theorists, so that we will no longer be credible. So I just want to warn you to be careful, and not to accept this bait.

-Calvin

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death

Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775.

No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The questing before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free– if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending–if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained–we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!

They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable–and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace– but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

Lastly, we must remember the words of Winston Churchill, who said: “Those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it”. We must know our history, and we must learn from it. History has shown us time and time again that socialism does not work. Yet we elected President Obama, and now he has succeeded in passing into law a government takeover of our health care system and 1/6th of the economy. 1/6th! We must learn from history. If we do not, then we will surely fail.