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When government goes rogue we all suffer…

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. ~ Titus 1: 15-16

Jeff Davidson, Townhall:  With the sentence commutation of Roger Stone, and much of Washington D.C. shrieking in horror, Nancy Pelosi, on cue, is proposing legislation to curtail the powers of the president. Adam Schiff, who non-stop perpetuated the Russia collusion hoax for three years, across a broad swath of media outlets, and remains unrepentant for his voluminous series of lies, odiously commented: “Anyone who cares about the rule of law in this country is nauseated.”

When government goes rogue we all suffer. Governed by back-stabbing ingrates…

When a sitting presidential administration oversteps its bound, we all should rightly be alarmed. So, how alarmed were Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and legions of others in Congress from, say, January 20, 2009 to January 20, 2017?

Under the Obama regime, as with all presidents, the federal government is supposed to serve we the U.S. citizens, not conduct massive political agendas, shield their own law breakers, thwart national elections, spy on its own citizens, sell guns to drug dealers, and offer lavish rewards to illegal entrants.

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DGH: But is the spirit of the people an infallible, a permanent reliance? Is it government? Is this the kind of protection we receive in return for the rights we give up? Besides, the spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless. A single zealot may commence persecutor, and better men be his victims. It can never be too often repeated, that the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are honest, and ourselves united. ~ Thomas Jefferson [cont’d]

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Jeff Davidson: Early in Obama’s first term, he succinctly conveyed to immigration activists that he lacked the legal authority to “waive away the law Congress put in place.” A few years later, in defiance of a measure already dismissed by Congress, Obama’s Department of Homeland Security somehow found the power to bestow “lawful status” upon 4.3 million illegal aliens (that figure versus one Roger Stone). To put such numbers into context, the population of each of the following states is less than 4.0 million:

“Oklahoma, Connecticut, Utah, Iowa, Nevada, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Idaho, West Virginia, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Maine, Montana, Rhode Island, Delaware, South Dakota, North Dakota, Alaska, Vermont, and Wyoming. And what of President Obama’s over-employment of executive orders, agency guidance, executive agreements, and agency rule-making? Even The New York Times concluded that Obama’s unilateral alteration of domestic policy was unparalleled in recent times, and that his two terms were characterized by “bureaucratic bulldozing, rather than legislative transparency.”

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DGH: There is One above us who will take exemplary vengeance for every insult upon His majesty. You know that the cause of America is just. You know that she contends for that freedom to which all men are entitled – that she contends against oppression, rapine, and more than savage barbarity. The blood of the innocent is upon your hands, and all the waters of the ocean will not wash it away. ~ Samuel Adams [cont’d]

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Jeff Davidson: Our government has to be accountable – need it be said – and transparent in all its activities and operations. Instead, with Obama, we had the extreme opposite: Rogue officers, in rogue departments of rogue agencies, who flouted the law, conducted covert campaigns, and, as the U.S. Attorney John Durham’s investigation will soon reveal to all, contorted democracy in countless, major ways. The federal government officers and the legion of appointees, as well as civil servants, who succumbed to immoral, criminal, and treasonous behavior in the Obama administration was shameful.

When government goes rogue we all suffer. Vestiges emerge of a banana republic…

The most egregious agency offenders included the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Justice, National Security Agency, and Department of Commerce. Not shy about revealing their bias, in 2014, 95% of National Treasury Employees Union contributions went to Democrats, including 11 Democratic members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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DGH: From the conclusion of this war we shall be going down hill. It will not then be necessary to resort every moment to the people for support. They will be forgotten, therefore, and their rights disregarded. They will forget themselves, but in the sole faculty of making money, and will never think of uniting to effect a due respect for their rights. The shackles, therefore, which shall not be knocked off at the conclusion of this war, will remain on us long, will be made heavier and heavier, till our rights shall revive or expire in a convulsion. ~ Thomas Jefferson ~ 1782 Notes on the State of Virginia – Query XVII ~

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Jeff Davidson: The IRS employees union dues thus helped to finance the election of people responsible for scrutinizing IRS behavior. In any other era, such deeds would merit non-stop, major news headlines. The outrage would be palpable. Editorials would rail against such payola. The public would demand redress. In the Obama years, such behavior and activities were standard fare and raised no hackles.

During Obama’s presidency, the federal government quickly abandoned 232 years of propriety. Concerned citizens hardly knew where to turn. Worse, the percentage of concerned citizens – those aware of how the government under Obama was functioning, versus how it ought to function – proved to be a small fraction of the population.

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DGH: We again make our solemn appeal to the God of heaven to decide between you and us. And we pray that, in the doubtful scale of battle, we may be successful as we have justice on our side, and that the merciful Savior of the world may forgive our oppressors. ~ Samuel Adams, Letter to the Earl of Carlisle and Others, July 16, 1778 ~

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Jeff Davidson:  Granted, most U.S. citizens on all sides of the political spectrum are dupes of the media, to put it politely. They cannot cite major dates in U.S. history, nor what is contained in the U.S. Constitution. They have little knowledge of the Bill of Rights. They cannot name a single cabinet member. Indeed, most cannot name their congressional representative, and many could care less about such ignorance.

God’s applecart is not for any upsetting. When government goes rogue we all suffer…

For all eight years, the federal government under Obama strayed so far from its responsibilities that even lifelong, law abiding, dedicated civil servants gingerly clung to their posts, hoping to retire unscathed. Concurrently, an uneducated populace gives presidential administrations and federal agency ‘activists’ a green light to engage in unwarranted and even criminal behavior. When government goes rogue we all suffer. [end]

A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject; Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself … And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. ~ Titus 3: 10-11; 14-15

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• Jeff Davidson, Townhall: When Government Goes Rogue

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Soli Deo Gloria!