This can be a problem in Pentecostal churches as well. Those who aren't "moved by the Spirit" are left as outsiders. The temptation to "fake it till you make it" can be very strong, especially for those who are young temporally or spiritually. As for me, I'll stick with Paul's list of fruits from Galatians 5 if I want to test my faith.

This is my thinking on it. The battle should be between the elected branches with the judicial only refereeing the fight. Perhaps a chain linked octogon instead of a committee room is a more appropriate venue.

You haven't heard it sung until you've heard Steve Green sing/proclaim it. He did this at the big Promise Keepers event in D.C. a decade or so ago. It was pretty close to the experience Rachel writes about when I heard it then.

Edit: Found a better youtube version...

There's the nub of the problem. The 10th Amendment is the "controlling legal authority" in all cases of power not specifically delegated to the national government. These jackwagons have it exactly backwards. They believe any power not specifically denied them is automatically authorized. They start at 100% and work their way back rather than starting at 0% and working up as powers are granted by the "controlling legal authority."

Good thing I checked the main feed before I hit post...

I'm looking forward to seeing this!

Maybe it's because I work for DoN vice IRS, EPA, HUD, etc, but I don't see rampant progressivism among my coworkers. A few meatheads that voted for Obama due to a lack of political convictions, but no socialists here.

But why now? If this was the end game all along, why only under this administration has such grievous occurences come to light? Have they been happening all along and we didn't know about it, or is there something about this set of top level leaders that inspire/direct/allow this to occur?

In the military we call this the ROAD program: Retired On Active Duty.

So we have few options for the truth in all this.

• This was directed from on high. Those directing it are malevolent and lying their democrats off to avoid responsibility for their evil.
• This was all orchestrated at low levels by people who went rogue to impress their betters. In which case those on high are feckless and lying their democrats off to avoid responsibility for their ineptitude.
• Both those on high and those in the trenches are using the power of government to target their political enemies. This means our bureaucracy (which is a problem by its mere existence) has been politicized and is now both dangerous and evil.

There are no good options.

Ironically, one of my best and worst teachers was the same woman. Her name was Miss Pruitt. She was maybe 4'8'', in all directions. She taught Algebra I. The problem with her was that she graded all homework assignments. They counted for 50% of the grade. Needless to say, I failed that class miserably with a 54% for the year. (The next Algebra I teacher only graded test, and I finished with a 93%.) But, Miss Pruitt believed in me. After failing every 6 week term for the year, she begged me before the last term to just pass that term and get greater than 90% on the final exam (which I was sure to do because I actually could do the math) so that I would squeak by with a 70% for the year. Her reason: she wanted me in her Algebra II honors class the next year. Something in her reasoning just didn't add up.

For information: Jarrett; for fun: Holder. However, the entire exercise would be useless because:

Indeed, and a guy who's on his way out the door anyway makes for a great scapegoat. However, I think he gave something away in this quote. He laid out the governing philosophy of the entire administration: only Congress can bind the powers of government. This is a wholly faulty understanding of our system. Congress can only say how a thing is done, not whether or not it can be done.

I've spent too much time around the spiritually ecstatic while not having said experience to get overly worked up about it. It seems the more cognitive experience is closer to the norm here on Ricochet. Although I've had moments of heightened emotional sensation, I live more in the basic sense of metanoia (translated repent) which means to have a change of mind. In fact, sometimes a change of mind from not understand to understanding can be so profound as to be ecstatic and spiritual for me. I may never speak in tongues, but I do have Eureka! moments that are equally moving and fit better with who I am. My transformation comes through the renewing of my mind rather from emotional experience.

I just finished watching "The Killing" and it was fantastic. It's the only Seattle show I've ever seen that got lighting right. They still overdo the rain, but that's to be expected. I've lived here 20 years and only put my windshield wipers higher than intermittent a handful of times.

I second the Netflix originals.

Way ahead of you on that. Lindsey popped up on my "Nightwish" Pandora channel.

I wasn't going to put this on here, but...

 And let's not forget they went so far as to create a video of their own (at our expense, of course) to blame the attack on the youtube video as well. They went to extraordinary lengths to tell this particular lie.