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John L. Kachelman, Jr.: “When the rule of law unravels” 5 (1)

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by John L. Kachelman, Jr.

In “Sweet Home Alabama” I was raised to expect accountability for stupidity. Of course, many wish to evade personal culpability for their actions. But one’s “feet are held to the fire” and accountability is unexcused. People still try to evade their actions. They project their uncivil, criminal and self-centered actions onto others trying to justify what they have said and done. But it does not “hold soap.” So, downhome simple language tags them with the idiom, “Bit dog hollers first and loudest!” These folks are “called out” for their arrogant attempts to dodge the evil they have fostered. There is eventual accountability even when the arrogant attempt to excuse themselves of their dastardly deed.

The idiom “bit dog hollers first and loudest,” was instantly associated with a comment made by HYPERLINK “https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/liz-cheney-adam-kinzinger-respond-newt-gingrich-saying-lawmakers-jan-6-committee-thrown-jail/” Liz Cheney (23 January 2022): “A former Speaker of the House is threatening jail time for members of Congress who are investigating the violent January 6 attack on our Capitol and our Constitution. This is what it looks like when the rule of law unravels.”
Here is the female application of “a bit dog hollering first and loudest.”

This is an incredible statement voiced with a delusionary arrogance. The audacity of her tagging the truthful words of Speaker Gingrich as unraveling the Constitutional “Rule of Law” is shocking. She refuses to see her “rule of law” unraveling in the Burn Loot Murder riots; in the trashing of constitutional freedoms; in the onerous “mandates” used to control and dictate to the population; in the uncivil actions of the national governing Body; and a myriad of other actions that “unravels” the true Rule of Law (the U.S. Constitution)! Incredulous! Shocking! Unbelievable! My immediate response was, “Did she really say this?”

It is IGNORANCE of history and IDIOCITY of speech that is openly displayed by Cheney’s comments. The unraveling of the Rule of Law MEANS (in her delusional mind) the unraveling of HER rule of law and not the unraveling of the Constitutional Rule of Law!

Look how history exposes her arrogance. HYPERLINK “https://ipanews.info/holy-devil-rasputin-bolshevik-revolution-lenin-stalin-solzhenitsyns-warning-america/” Alexander Solzhenitsyn was quoted in The Observer, December 29, 1974: “In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.” Typical of the courageous Solzhenitsyn was his insight into the tyranny of totalitarians. It is remarkable how accurate his observation applies to today’s national governing.

Another historic anecdote exposes not only the actions of Cheney, but the overwhelming majority of DEMS/REPUBS in the U.S. Congress. We are observing the revival of Stalin’s tactic called “ HYPERLINK “https://ipanews.info/holy-devil-rasputin-bolshevik-revolution-lenin-stalin-solzhenitsyns-warning-america/” psychological projection” or blame-shifting. A politician publicly accusing his opponents of what he himself is guilty. Pay close attention to how this political maneuver is evident in the political tyranny emanating from Washington, DC..

In Communism: A History, Richard Pipes aptly describes how Stalin used a government fabricated crisis–which he blamed on his opponents–as an excuse for the government to seize more power: “Stalin’s regime needed another crisis … as Fidel Castro, the leader of Communist Cuba, would explain … ‘The revolution needs the enemy … The revolution needs for its development its antithesis’ … And if enemies were lacking, they had to be fabricated … In 1934, a prominent Bolshevik, Sergei Kirov, the party boss of Leningrad, was assassinated under mysterious conditions … evidence points to Stalin … Kirov was gaining too much popularity in party ranks for Stalin’s comfort. … His assassination brought Stalin two advantages: it rid him of a potential rival and provided a rationale for instigating a campaign against alleged anti-Soviet conspirators …”

HYPERLINK “https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/15121049” Derek Landy has well said, “The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.”
The eminent satirist HYPERLINK “https://www.bartleby.com/209/633.html” Jonathan Swift astutely commented on Political Lying by saying, “Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.”
The troubling reality of Cheney’s “rule of law unraveling” will ultimately be exposed but by that time “the tale hath had its effect.” The cowardly silence of the national POLS will be chronicled, but the damage will have been done. To the reigning POLS who remain silent and cowering when evil lies are nationally broadcast, I ask, “What is better: uncomfortable truth or comfortable lies?” The general positioning of the REPUB leadership and caucus evidences their surrender to the flagrant lies.

The lies multiply…within days of Cheney’s arrogant “psychological projection” came a number of published articles illustrating the absence of integrity in the national governing Body. I am including the links and urge the reader to read the articles that expose the shenanigans that now characterize the “Ruling Elite” in Washington, DC.

First read an article published 23 January 2022: HYPERLINK “https://bigleaguepolitics.com/biden-administration-drops-charges-for-dozens-of-antifa-rioters-who-laid-waste-to-portland/” Biden DROPS All Charges Against Antifa from Big League Politics. “The federal Department of Justice has dismissed cases for 31 ANTIFA thugs who were charged with crimes related to rioting in Portland, OR. Four defendants who were charged with felony assault of a federal officer had those charges dropped. More than half of the charges were ‘dropped with prejudice,’ meaning that those cases cannot under any circumstances be brought up again in court…The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is claiming that there is ‘no intelligence’ indicating that ANTIFA had a role in fomenting riots that have gripped the country.” Is this not amazing?

The Burn Loot Murder/ANTIFA walk free leaving in their wake billions of dollars in destroyed property and lives evilly taken by racism. BUT the J6 protesters who are unconstitutionally imprisoned, because of the political purge, are locked up and the cell keys (along with the Constitutional protections of life, liberty and justice) are thrown away!

Second an article published 24 January 2022:  HYPERLINK “https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/joe-digenova-clear-ray-epps-war-operating-cut-fbi-video/” The curious case of Ray Epps. Discusses the J6 instigator who led efforts to storm the US Capitol but for some strange reason has never been indicted or investigated by the FBI and the Biden regime. Ray Epps was a “cut-out” — an operative working for the FBI. Democrats used the “whistleblower,” Eric Ciarramella, in the Trump impeachment scam as the cut-out for their source, like Vindmann, who was on the Ukrainian call with President Trump. Once again, the specter of Stalin’s psychological projection is exposed.

Third, an exceptional article was published 24 January 2022 reporting the evil of HYPERLINK “https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/german-professor-faucis-bombshell-e-mails-bears-full-responsibility-held-liable/” Fauci‘s Bombshell E-Mails: “He bears full responsibility; he should be held liable,” wrote Richard Abelson. This lengthy article is a MUST-READ. The emails reveal the evil intent of Fauci and his morally bankrupt storm troopers. “Anthony Fauci, Francis Collins, Peter Daszak, Jeremy Farrar and others involved in ‘Gain of Function’ research at the Wuhan Lab conspired to quash any investigation into the true origins of the Covid-19 outbreak and their culpability.”

Again, he noted: “The explosive thing is that they make it very clear that we are dealing with a massive cover-up of the origin of the Covid pandemic…From the e-mail correspondence, it appears that there was collusion, coordinated by Anthony Fauci, Francis Collins and Jeremy Farrar of the Wellcome Trust.”
This report validates a document proving virologists actually planned and applied for experiments that have the potential to be a genocide-level event.

And then this shocking conclusion: “I know from conversations with American colleagues that the intelligence agencies commissioned by President Joe Biden did not really investigate at all.”

One wonders how Cheney’s “unraveling rule of law” perceives and judges this diabolical scheme?
Political lies are more advanced and cherished than truth. Agatha Christie’s, Murder on the Orient Express has the master Belgian detective Hercule Poirot announcing: “Lies—and again lies—it amazes me, the amount of lies we had told to us this morning…I shall select each passenger in turn, consider their evidence and say to myself, ‘If so and so is lying, on what point are they lying and what is the reason for the lie?’” As usual, Poirot asks the right question. Listen to him again, “If so and so is lying, on what point are they lying

John L. Kachelman, Jr. is a Christian patriot, preacher, and missionary for Jesus Christ to foreign countries. He lives in Montgomery, AL.

Bill Lockwood: Pickled Minds in Seattle 4 (1)

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by Bill Lockwood

Pickling is the process by which foods are soaked in various solutions to increase the acidity of the food so that microorganisms that cause illness and food spoilage cannot grow. Socialism, and liberalism in general, takes on the form of a similar “fermenting process” by which logic, reasoning, and simple common sense cannot any longer grow in one’s mind. A case study—a Seattle City Councilwoman named Lisa Herbold.

It is not enough that our unconstitutional socialistic systems such as found in Seattle champion taking money from the “rich” to give to the poor in a multiplicity of government programs including: unemployment benefits, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, government grants, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, Federal Student Financial Aid (FAFSA), Free School Meals for Children, Disaster relief programs, WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) subsidies, Senior Citizens’ Aid programs, government assistance with home energy, prescription drug aid, assistance in telephone services, Social Security, disability money, public housing vouchers, and the list goes on.

This is not to mention the fact that there is plenty of voluntary assistance to the poor by a multitude of churches and charitable organizations.

Enough is never enough with the lawless such as Councilwoman Lisa Herbold. She has proposed legislation whereby misdemeanor suspects can escape charges if they can show “symptoms of mental illness or addiction or if they can prove the crime provided for a need to survive.” This is the infamous “poverty defense.”

Herbold says that these defendants need to have an “opportunity to tell their stories” and allow the judges and juries “to hear their stories and make a decision based on the values of our city.” Sounds like spoiled children who cannot handle a teachers’ authority and have to “tell their side of things” when told simple commands in the schoolhouse, such as “sit down.”

The explanation for the “poverty defense” is explained by another on a Seattle television station. “In a situation where you took that sandwich because you were hungry and you were trying to meet your basic need of satisfying your hunger; we as the community will know that we should not punish that. That conduct is excused.”

Yet Lisa Herbold, being a government official, does not wish to live by the “values of her city.” When a man threw a rock through her house window, the councilwoman … yes … called the police. My Northwest reported that Herbold “was on the west side of the living room near the kitchen when she heard a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot and dove into the kitchen for cover.”

Not only is Lisa Herbold unable to see that no one wishes to live by Seattle’s valueless values—for a value does not respect persons rich or poor—but she herself refuses to abide by her own proposals. As a matter of fact, the entire city is seeing a huge spike in crime since the city of Seattle has approved an 18% cut to the Seattle Police Department. Consequently, murders have sky-rocketed. So much for Seattle’s take on values.

This is what occurs when you empty values of any meaningful content by excusing crime because of “poverty,” or organize to cut law enforcement.

Perhaps when Lisa Herbold phoned the police, she should have been told that the police that would have been sent was a part of the 18% cut and that she was on her own. And why call the police to begin with, Ms. Herbold? As Scott Lindsay, former mayoral Public Safety Advisor stated,” If you are engaged in 100 misdemeanors that are in our criminal justice system code, you are not going to be held liable. You are not going to be held accountable.”  So why call against a man committing a misdemeanor?

What do you wish the police to do, Lisa? Arrest the man so that you can gather your friends on the streets and harangue in front of the cameras about “police brutality” and moan about law enforcement harassing people over misdemeanors?

Pickled minds in Seattle.

John L. Kachelman, Jr.: The Reign of Terror—Redux 2020 4.5 (2)

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by John Kachelman, Jr.

The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah is known as “the weeping prophet.” He was a citizen of a nation that had ascended to the pinnacle of world power. That nation had set the world’s standards for economic, civil, military, and political successes. These accomplishments were not approached by any other nation until Columbus discovered America in 1492 and the United States of America declared her God-given sovereignty in 1776.

But Jeremiah uttered an anguished cry, “Oh that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!” (9:1) and “Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, with a sorely infected wound” (14:17).

The prophet sorrowed because his nation had dissolved into anarchy. The Rule of Law that once assured peace, safety, and successes had been replaced. The prophet was perplexed by this catastrophic change in his nation’s direction. “I have listened and heard, they have spoken what is not right; No man repented of his wickedness, Saying, ‘What have I done?’” (8:6) and again “I know, O Lord, that a man’s way is not in himself, nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps” (10:23).

Jeremiah walked his city looking at the corrupt culture. No doubt he shook his head and asked “What IS happening to my country?!” He mourned, “We waited for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror!” (8:15)
With one brief word the Prophet summarizes the culture of a nation in crisis—“Terror”!

Rule of Law in America?

This highlights a historical constant—when a nation dissolves the Rule of Law that sets boundaries and regulates behavior, then that nation’s foundation begins to crack, crumble and collapse. It does not matter how strong the military is. It does not matter how weak the enemy is. It does not matter how vibrant the economy is. If God is denied and the Rule of Law is ignored, catastrophe is certain.

This truth has been recognized. Perhaps one of the more recent comments, “If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.” (President Ronald Reagan August 23, 1984).
Another truism states, “A nation without God is a God-less nation.”
The truth of history repeatedly validates that when a nation turns away from God and refuses to restrict the immorality of its population, then evil rules and national collapse is near. Such a message was sent to the World Empire of Nineveh (Jonah 3:4). That nation repented and was spared collapse until it turned away from God’s Rule of Law and refused to repent. It was then destroyed.

This historical constant applies to modern America. This is not just a boring historical fact to be welcomed by a “ho-hum” sigh. This is our present reality. The United States of America is experiencing Jeremiah’s desperation, “We waited for peace, but no good came; For a time of healing, but behold, terror!” (8:15)

The added stress is the fact that many appear to have surrendered to this cultural anarchy. Night after night people are attacked, kicked to the streets, victims of arson and anarchy. The law officers are resigning. Many are surrendering to the anarchists. Now the protestors are marching into the suburbs demanding the houses be given to them. “Racism” and “reparations” are used to justify the vilest acts of inhumanity.

Two Revolutions Compared

But…this situation in the United States of America is not new. It is only a repeat of the historical constant that lawlessness destroys peace and a lawless culture does not bring personal freedom but a total national collapse.
The late 1700’s provides us with an amazing lesson validating our point. Two revolutions marked that era but each was diametrically opposed to the other. One based its foundation on the Rule of Law that comes from “the Creator” (God Almighty). The other based its foundation on the Rule of Law that is established by “Man’s Reason and Enlightenment” without God Almighty. It is this choice that America faces in 2020—which Rule of Law will our nation choose to follow?
Consider the foundation of each of these nations.

We first consider France 1789 the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen” was composed. This claimed to be a document safeguarding the basic charters of human liberties. Its 17 articles, adopted between August 20 and August 26, 1789, by France’s National Assembly, served as the preamble to the Constitution of 1791. The basic principle of the Declaration was that all “men are born and remain free and equal in rights” (Article 1), these rights were specified as the rights of liberty, private property, the inviolability of the person, and resistance to oppression (Article 2). This document inspired the French Revolution. The vague terms were used to disguised a malevolent goal—yes property, liberty, and personal rights were stated BUT they would be defined far differently than the general population understood. Yes “oppression” was to be resisted BUT ONLY as defined by the elite. The general attitude of the anarchists implementing this Declaration is well voiced by a politician in recent weeks who said, “Yes everyone should have a choice in wearing face masks as long as they make the RIGHT choice.”

It is significant to note the sources of the Declaration included the major thinkers of the French Enlightenment, such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire.

This Revolution was founded on a God-less basis and subsequent actions were God-less tyranny, evil, murders, arson, confiscation of private property, and the total destruction of a nation.

The second revolution to be considered was that in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [July 1776] where The Declaration of Independence was composed and ratified. In total contrast to the French the Declaration of Independence stated, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (Preamble to the Declaration of Independence).

The contrast between The United States of America and France is stark. In fact, it is actually SHOCKING. One places trust and confidence in the protection of the Almighty Creator. The other exalts human reasoning and man’s “enlightened” freedom from religious obligations.

The greatest contrast is found in the consequent history of each nation. The USA soared to success and world influence. The economy, military, and culture of American became the envy of the world. The jurisprudence governing our civility made “true justice” a reality. France devolved further into anarchy. Historians identify the period of time (June 1793-July 1794) following France’s “Declaration of Man” as “The Terror.”

Even the blind can see this frightening contrast.

An explanation of France’s acceptance of anarchy that led to its collapse is suggested by this historian. “It is ironic that of all countries in Europe, France was the only one that could have had a revolution—not because she groaned under the lash of tyranny, but, on the contrary, because she tolerated and even invited every conceivable dissension and heresy. Restlessness, a passion for novelty and the pursuit of excitement were everywhere in the air. They were the fruits of idleness and leisure, not of poverty.” (PARIS IN THE TERROR, June 1793-July 1794. Stanley Loomis. J. B. Lippincott Company. Philadelphia and New York,1964. Page 12).

Culture cannot cancel history! The “cancel culture” is another point of absurdity that should be discussed but I do not have time to address it here. But I simply note the absolute fact that the prevailing pressure and riotous actions of today’s blasphemous culture CANNOT cancel the historical constant!

There is an idiom stating that one “cannot whistle past the graveyard.” This idiomatic phrase describes the attempt of one to stay cheerful in a dire situation. One thus described is going forward into a situation and ignoring a certain hazard. Even if the hazard is recognized the fool proceeds hoping for a good outcome. Those thus described enter a situation with little or no understanding of the possible consequences.

This is where the United States of America is in 2020. We are at a crossroad with a choice to follow the historical precedent that made our nation great or to choose the historical folly of Revolutionary France.

There is much more to say about this choice and its ramifications for modern America.

I close with a reference to another historical event that chronicles the collapse of a great nation into anarchy’s chaos. Hosea 4 addresses Israel’s surrender of allegiance to God’s Rule of Law and her acceptance of anarchy’s terror.

Hosea 4

“Listen to the word of the Lord, O sons of Israel, for the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land,
because there is no faithfulness or  kindness or knowledge of God in the land. There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery. They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed. Therefore, the land mourns, and everyone who lives in it languishes along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky, and also the fish of the sea disappear” (1-3).

Unspeakable catastrophe results when there is “no knowledge of God in the land.” There is violence, immorality, lawlessness, and disrespect for the governing legal officers. The entire scene is sadly summarized “bloodshed follows bloodshed.”

What is the answer? It is either follow man’s arrogance or submit to God’s sovereignty. One way brings “terror” and the other brings tranquility.

Hosea’s message highlights these primary points…

Truth and mercy are attributes and virtues of humanity only IF the population follows God’s Rule of Law.
Truth implies uprightness in speech and behavior. True integrity in character and conduct is possible only IF the Law of the Almighty God is permitted to transform one’s thoughts and actions.

Mercy combined with truth makes a man kind as well as honest, benevolent as well as upright. These blessings are possible only IF one submits to the Almighty God. When man rejects God’s Law and chooses anarchy, he will NEVER find kindness, honesty, benevolence and integrity. Those involved in today’s riots illustrate this truth and they join the anarchists of the French Revolution.

The knowledge of God is the only cure for the problems of society today. The cure cannot be legislated. The cure cannot be coerced by an angry mob violence. And, the cure cannot be achieved by the culture of cancelation of things that are offensive to a minority.

If we know God to be a God of truth, we will cultivate truth in our hearts, express it with our lips, and practice it in our lives.

If we know God as a God of mercy, who has shown boundless mercy to us in pardoning our multiplied and aggravated offences, we will imitate that mercy in our relations to our fellow-man.

The Prophet’s point was clear—violence, bloodshed, and anarchy result because the nation did not know God. This point was further stressed in chapter 4:

Verse 6, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.” Destruction is coming because knowledge was rejected. The people knew God but refused to obey God.
Verse 7, “The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.” The degree and examples of sin multiplied greatly.
Verse 8, “They feed on the sin of My people and direct their desire toward their iniquity.” The impact of the general sinning increased the intensity and shocking nature of sin in society.
Verse 10, “They will eat, but not have enough; they will play the harlot, but not increase, because they have stopped giving heed to the Lord.” There is no satisfying the anarchist’s appetite. Anarchy cannot be placated. You cannot appease terrorists.
Verse 19, “And they will be ashamed.” The finality of a nation that has turned from God and chosen anarchy is sorrowfully recorded for history to hold.

The United States of America was founded upon principles taught by the Almighty Jehovah God of the Bible. If we reject that we are one nation under God’s sovereignty, we face destruction. Jeremiah 20:4, “(T)hus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am going to make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends’.”

John Kachelman, Jr. is a Christian patriot, preacher, and missionary for Jesus Christ to foreign countries. He lives in Montgomery, AL.