Liberty and Posterity with Ron Higgins: Recent Episodes
Ron Higgins
The Liberty and Posterity program views all events and activities in relation to reality, truth, and Biblical morality.
During this program, I will quote from the article “Nation Writer Labels the Constitution ‘Trash’” by Isaac Schorr, which appeared in National Review on March 4, 2022. The Nation is, quoting their website, “principled and progressive” and “empowers readers to fight for justice and equality for all” in order “to bring about a more democratic and equitable world.” To paraphrase: The Nation is a left-wing, globalist, socialist, and anti-Biblical periodical that works tirelessly for the destruction of our God-given Constitutional liberties by focusing on, and distorting, current issues in order to undermine our social fabric and thus destabilize our country so that most of our citizens will be impoverished and subjugated.
National Review is a neo-con globalist periodical, so I don’t necessarily agree with everything that appears in that publication.
“Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation, labeled the Constitution “trash” in an appearance on ABC’s The View on Friday.”
“Appearing on the program to promote his new book, Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution, Mystal was asked by co-host Ana Navarro-Cárdenas if the Constitution “is a living document,” or a “sacred document.” Mystal responded by declaring that “it’s certainly not sacred, all right, let’s start there. The Constitution is kind of trash.” ”
The US Constitution is a living document in the sense that it is still the Supreme Law of the Land, per Article VI of the Constitution itself: “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.” It is also a “living document” in the sense that it can be amended, as stated in Article V of the Constitution itself: “The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments.” The second method is called the Convention of States, about which I will comment if I have time. Judges do not amend the Constitution but are bound to adhere to it. Several times the Supreme Court has modified the Constitution, such as the banishment of prayer and Bible reading from public schools and the promotion of sodomy and all forms of sexual depravity. Congress and the president should have ignored these rulings and removed the judges who usurped the position of the legislature by legislating from the bench. Per Article I of the US Constitution, all legislative powers are vested in the congress; per Article III of the US Constitution, judges can be removed from office if they don’t exhibit “good behavior.” Usurping the legislative powers of congress is definitely not “good behavior.”
The US Constitution is not a sacred document, but the principles of the US Constitution are Biblical and thus are sacred, universal, and eternal.
“ “It was written by slavers and colonists and white people who were willing to make deals with slavers and colonists. They didn’t ask anybody that looked like me what they thought about the Constitution,” continued Mystal, who proceeded to do an impression of a 18th century slave weighing in on the document.” ”
It’s true that many of the authors of the US Constitution owned slaves, but many were vehemently opposed to slavery, such as Ben Franklin and John Adams. One delegate to the Constitutional Convention was George Mason of Virginia. He objected to the Constitution and refused to sign it because he felt that it did not provide protection for the individual citizen and gave the federal government ill-defined and over-zealous powers. His objections helped the incorporation of the Bill of Rights as the first ten amendments to the US Constitution. In addition, George Mason, although he owned slaves, opposed the US Constitution because it allowed the slave trade to continue until 1808. George Mason said that “slavery brings the judgment of God down upon a nation.”
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence but was not present at the Constitutional Convention because he was the ambassador to France at the time. His first draft of the Declaration of Independence abolished slavery, which at the time was legal in the British Empire. Unfortunately, the delegates from South Carolina and Georgia would have never signed the Declaration of Independence if slavery abolition remained in the text. The colonies needed a united front against Great Britain, so Thomas Jefferson removed from the Declaration of Independence the portion calling for slavery’s abolition.
Mr. Mystal’s opposition to slavery is somewhat ironic, since he and his fellow globalist socialist want to make us all slaves.
His ad-hominem attacks on the authors of the US Constitution are most distasteful. He attacks the authors for being who they are, not their ideas. Colonists are simply people who live in a colony rather than the main or mother country. The complexion of one’s skin (dark or light) is irrelevant to any substantive discussion of the issues, unless you are a racist demagogue, such as Mr. Mystal.
“ “In another interview promoting his book Allow Me to Retort, Mystal was asked if he thought the Constitution should be “scrapped altogether.” ”
Such sentiments seem to make him an enemy of the US Constitution. Article VI of the US Constitution itself states: “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution.” When I took a commission in the US Marine Corps, I took the following oath: "I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
“In the absence of that emerging [scrapping the Constitution altogether], however, he suggested Americans “interpret our Constitution so that we extend justice and fairness and equality to all, as opposed to whatever the heck we do now.” ”
That is already codified in Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Leviticus 19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Proverbs 24:23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Colossians 3:25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
“Mystal expanded on this point in his Friday appearance on The View, “the very least we can do is ignore what those slavers and colonists and misogynists thought.” ”
Abolishing our Bill of Rights, including freedom of religion, speech, assembly, due process, trial by jury, protection against unreasonable searches and seizures and cruel and unusual punishment, just to name a few?
“Included in his proposed improvements to the Constitution was “no states’ rights when it comes to healthcare, elections, policing, and guns. That’s just better.” ”
In other words, let an all-powerful federal (or global) government control our healthcare, elections, policing, and self-defense. He thinks that is better. Better for whom. We will own nothing, but the elite will own everything, and somehow, we will all be happier. Mr. Mystal wants government to be God. First, the job is not available, and second, unlike God, people are not omniscient (they don’t know everything, not even the CIA or NSA), not omni present (they can’t be everywhere), and they aren’t omnipotent (they can’t do everything).
Mr. Mystal’s proposal to “scrap the US Constitution altogether” is consistent with some famous conservative personalities who call for a Convention of States to revise the Constitution. When our Constitution was written and adopted, almost everyone, including the most highly educated, was a Christian or had strong attachments to Biblical ethics, including the least religious founders such as Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin. Today, most of the highly educated (indoctrinated) are scoffers and mockers. Any Convention of States would soon be taken over by the acolytes of such globalists and America-haters as Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg, and George Soros. They would put our Constitution through a paper shredder, and the document they produce would relegate our liberties to nothing more than a distant memory. We have all the mechanism we need to amend the Constitution without destroying it. The Constitutional Convention met to revise the Articles of Confederation but ended up scrapping it. The same thing could happen again with disastrous consequences.
The program title, Liberty and Posterity, comes from the US Constitution, the preamble of which states that one of the reasons for writing and ratifying the Constitution was to “secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,” our posterity being our children and descendants not yet born. As a reminder, on the Liberty and Posterity program, we view all events and activities in relation to reality, truth, and Biblical morality, the same principles stated in the first sentence of the Declaration of Independence that entitle the United States to be separate from, and equal to, other nations: The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God. The Laws of Nature are the physical laws by which the universe operates (also called reality and truth), and the Laws of Nature’s God are the moral laws of God as specified in the Bible. Romans 3:4 “let God be true, but every man a liar.” John 8:31-32 “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” James Madison, Fourth President of the United States and one of the authors of the US Constitution wrote: “The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.” "Honor, justice, and humanity, call upon us to hold, and to transmit to our posterity, that liberty which we received from our ancestors. It is not our duty to leave wealth to our children, but it is our duty to leave liberty to them." ~ John Dickinson, known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, published individually in 1767 and 1768 and author of the first draft of the Articles of Confederation, the agreement by which the thirteen colonies coordinated their affairs after the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and prior to the ratification of the US Constitution in 1789. If you have a problem with that, the problem is on your end, not ours.
A word of caution to those who have the urge to travel to Washington, DC: based on what happened to the peaceful protestors on January 6, 2021, neither sanity nor Constitutional liberty is observed by local or federal government officials in our nation’s capitol. Washington, DC seems to have fallen to the state described of Babylon in Revelation 18:2 and has “become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.” One of these “unclean and hateful birds” could be named “Michael” and spelled Byrd: the killer of Ashli Babbitt. The violence that occurred during the protest on January 6 was nearly all perpetrated by agent provocateurs, FBI informants, or out-of-control Capitol Police. Even an on-scene reporter for the deceitful New York Times seems to admit this. Four people died of violence during the January 6, demonstration: Capitol Offense: “The Ugly Truth Behind the Five Deaths from January 6th and 7th,” by Tayler Hansen, which appeared in his newsletter on January 26, 2022.
Ashli Babbitt, who was callously shot to death by Lt. Michael Byrd of the Capitol Police, and Rosanne Boyland, who, based on video evidence and witness testimony, appears to have been beaten to death by Lila Morris of the Capitol Police, and Benjamin Phillips and Kevin Greeson, who appear to have died as a result of the Capitol Police indiscriminately firing flash grenades into the crowd on January 6. Never forget Benjamin Phillips, Kevin Greeson, Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland, and never cease to work to bring their assailants to justice.
My email address is freedom@libertyandposterity.com.
Ron Higgins
© Copyright 2022 Liberty and Posterity
During this program, I will quote from the article “Christian nationalism is rooted in stupid tough-guy misogyny: What would Jesus say?” by Nathaniel Manderson, which appeared in Salon.com on February 20, 2022.
Rev. Nathaniel Manderson was educated at a conservative seminary (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, M.Div.), trained as a minister, ordained through the American Baptist Churches USA and guided by liberal ideals [pro baby killing and pro sodomy]. He is a self-identified white, working-class poor, Bible believing Christian [his views are closer to those of a Canaanite than they are a Christian]. He received his Masters in Divinity from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. Throughout his professional and ministerial career, he has been a dedicated pastor, counselor, adviser and advocate. As an academic adviser/counselor, he has served first-generation and low-income students that are trying to gain access into higher education for the past 13 years. During his career, he has also stood against his own seminary and spoken out against all forms of the evangelical right-wing political movement [Biblical morality, righteousness, Constitutional liberty and government accountability]. He has sought to speak up for all those that have become disenfranchised by today’s political, spiritual and economic elite.
Founded in 1995, Salon is an independent publication covering news and politics through a progressive [statist, globalist, Godless], nonpartisan editorial lens, alongside our rigorous and inquisitive coverage of culture and entertainment, science and health, and food. Our editorial mission is pro-democracy, pro-equality and justice and pro-truth. We ask and seek to answer in good faith — through original reporting, news analysis, investigations, left-leaning and politically independent commentary, insightful cultural criticism, personal essays and in-depth interviews — big questions, such as: What is the state of democracy in the United States and the world [the USA is a republic, not a democracy]?
As I understand it, Christian nationalism is an idea now widely accepted within the evangelical church that the U.S. is a Christian nation founded upon Christian principles — no matter what it may say in the Constitution. [Article VII done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independance of the United States of America the Twelfth] This commitment to the Christian faith, as a nation, is the reason God blessed the U.S. as the greatest nation that ever existed. God will only continue to bless this nation, however, as long as it remains a Christian nation. As America becomes more progressive and increasingly secular in terms of politics, culture and faith, then in this view God will remove his blessing and protection and great evils will befall our nation. [Psalm 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.]
This remarkable theory has no connection to any of the teachings of Jesus Christ or his followers, and is completely irrelevant to the Christian faith. I will certainly admit that I have a heart for American idealism. I have officiated at numerous Veterans Day and Memorial Day services, and I have felt the love of country enormously, on those days and all the days in between. None of that, however, has anything to do with Christianity. God does not play favorites when it comes to nations, people or cultures. That entire idea is morally and theologically absurd. [Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.]
In truth, Christian nationalism is based not in the Bible or the teachings of Jesus Christ, but on the idea of the traditional American family [That is the Biblical family]. As roles for women have changed [thanks to David Rockefeller, who launched a propaganda campaign to stampede women into the workforce from the underground economy so that the government could tax them, while at the same time introducing large number of new workers into the workforce to keep wages depressed and having the children raised more by the state than by the parents], as divorce becomes more common [Malachi 2:16 “For the Lord God of Israel says That He hates divorce, For it covers one’s garment with violence,” Says the Lord of hosts.“Therefore take heed to your spirit, That you do not deal treacherously.”], as same-sex marriage gains a firmer footing [same-sex marriage is a doctrine from the pit of hell and mocks Jesus Christ himself Mark 10:6-12 But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” In the house His disciples also asked Him again about the same matter. So He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”], and now with the movement for transgender rights and visibility becoming more public [you can’t switch genders Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.], the panic of the Christian nationalists becomes ever more desperate [These perverts are coming to groom our children to be compliant victims of sex predators. I would hope that parents would have the conviction to protect their children from the perversions that Rev. Manderson promotes]. This is where all that rage among evangelicals is coming from.
I'm no tough guy but I am happy to offer a challenge to any of these fake tough guys. Debate me anywhere, anytime. I am truly blue-collar, a member of the American working class. I am a Bible-believing minister and a flaming liberal [an oxymoron if there ever was one; his views are more compatible with Canaanite paganism than they are with Biblical Christianity]. I believe that the Christian nationalist message comes from the devil himself. [His pro-abortion and pro-sodomy views are from the devil.] I am trying to save the name of the Christian faith and to stand up for American idealism. I oppose every part of the hypocritical, fake-populist agenda of the Christian nationalists and their enablers. I double-dog dare any of them, here and now, to stand up and take me on in public debate. Odds are they never will. [I will be happy to take him up on his challenge. Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Romans 16:17-18 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. Seem to describe Rev. Manderson quite accurately. Be Bereans and ensure that the doctrine of the clergy aligns with the Bible. 1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.]
A word of caution to those who have the urge to travel to Washington, DC: based on what happened to the peaceful protestors on January 6, 2021, neither sanity nor Constitutional liberty is observed by local or federal government officials in our nation’s capitol. Washington, DC seems to have fallen to the state described of Babylon in Revelation 18:2 and has “become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.” One of these “unclean and hateful birds” could be named “Michael” and spelled Byrd: the killer of Ashli Babbitt. The violence that occurred during the protest on January 6 was nearly all perpetrated by agent provocateurs, FBI informants, or out-of-control Capitol Police. Four people died of violence during the January 6, demonstration: Capitol Offense: “The Ugly Truth Behind the Five Deaths from January 6th and 7th,” by Tayler Hansen, which appeared in his newsletter on January 26, 2022.
Ashli Babbitt, who was callously shot to death by Lt. Michael Byrd of the Capitol Police, and Rosanne Boyland, who, based on video evidence and witness testimony, appears to have been beaten to death by Lila Morris of the Capitol Police, and Benjamin Phillips and Kevin Greeson, who appear to have died as a result of the Capitol Police indiscriminately firing flash grenades into the crowd on January 6. Never forget Benjamin Phillips, Kevin Greeson, Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland, and never cease to work to bring their assailants to justice.
My email address is freedom@libertyandposterity.com.
Ron Higgins
© Copyright 2022 Liberty and Posterity
I’m recording this program, program 282, which I entitle “Unmasking Child Abuse,” on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. During this program, I will quote from the article “Psychiatrist bans child-masking and 'all forms of child abuse' in his practice,” subtitled 'I will no longer accept your ill-informed, foolish, immature rationalizations for the ongoing abuse of your children,' by Dr. Mark McDonald, a medical doctor, clinical psychiatrist, medical-legal expert, and author of the book United States of Fear: How America Fell Victim to a Mass Delusional Psychosis. Dr. McDonald’s article appeared on the website aflds.org (America’s Frontline Doctors) on February 10, 2022.
If I have time, I will also quote from the article “Chronic Maskitis” by Dr. Vernon Coleman, which appeared on his website. on February 1, 2022. Dr Coleman is a general practitioner principal and a former Professor of Holistic Medical Sciences at the International Open University in Sri Lanka. He has an honorary DSc. He has given evidence to the House of Commons and the House of Lords in the UK. Dr. Coleman is a prolific writer and his work is well respected: “Dr Vernon Coleman is one of our most enlightened, trenchant and sensible dispensers of medical advice.” This quote is from the British Sunday newspaper The Observer, a British newspaper that has a similar editorial bias as its sister newspaper, The Guardian: socialist, globalist, and godless. They frequently promote views opposing those of Dr. Coleman but none-the-less respect the views of Dr. Coleman as being very authoritative and well-reasoned. “Sharpest mind in medical journalism.” This is the opinion of Dr. Coleman by the Daily Star, a daily tabloid newspaper (luridly or vulgarly sensational) published in the United Kingdom. The Daily Star newspaper also frequently promotes views opposing those of Dr. Coleman, but which still respects his expertise.
Forcing children to wear masks is very harmful, both physically and psychologically, which the articles that I will read during this program will affirm, and is a form of child abuse. Jesus referred to crimes against children in the gospel of Mark 9:42, when Jesus said: “whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.” Crimes against children, such as child abuse, are especially egregious because children are so trusting and so defenseless. Even in our corrupt society, if a crime is committed against a child, it is an escalating factor in determining sentencing, which will cause the punishment to be more severe.
The program title, Liberty and Posterity, comes from the US Constitution, the preamble of which states that one of the reasons for writing and ratifying the Constitution was to “secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,” our posterity being our children and descendants not yet born. As a reminder, on the Liberty and Posterity program, we view all events and activities in relation to reality, truth, and Biblical morality, the same principles stated in the first sentence of the Declaration of Independence that entitle the United States to be separate from, and equal to, other nations: The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God. The Laws of Nature are the physical laws by which the universe operates (also called reality and truth), and the Laws of Nature’s God are the moral laws of God as specified in the Bible. Romans 3:4 “let God be true, but every man a liar.” John 8:31-32 “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” James Madison, Fourth President of the United States and one of the authors of the US Constitution wrote: “The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.” "Honor, justice, and humanity, call upon us to hold, and to transmit to our posterity, that liberty which we received from our ancestors. It is not our duty to leave wealth to our children, but it is our duty to leave liberty to them." ~ John Dickinson, known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, published individually in 1767 and 1768 and author of the first draft of the Articles of Confederation, the agreement by which the thirteen colonies coordinated their affairs after the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and prior to the ratification of the US Constitution in 1789. If you have a problem with that, the problem is on your end, not ours.
A word of caution to those who have the urge to travel to Washington, DC: based on what happened to the peaceful protestors on January 6, 2021, neither sanity nor Constitutional liberty is observed by local or federal government officials in our nation’s capitol. Washington, DC seems to have fallen to the state described of Babylon in Revelation 18:2 and has “become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.” One of these “unclean and hateful birds” could be named “Michael” and spelled Byrd: the killer of Ashli Babbitt. The violence that occurred during the protest on January 6 was nearly all perpetrated by agent provocateurs, FBI informants, or out-of-control Capitol Police. Four people died of violence during the January 6, demonstration: Capitol Offense: “The Ugly Truth Behind the Five Deaths from January 6th and 7th,” by Tayler Hansen, which appeared in his newsletter on January 26, 2022.
Ashli Babbitt, who was callously shot to death by Lt. Michael Byrd of the Capitol Police, and Rosanne Boyland, who, based on video evidence and witness testimony, appears to have been beaten to death by Lila Morris of the Capitol Police, and Benjamin Phillips and Kevin Greeson, who appear to have died as a result of the Capitol Police indiscriminately firing flash grenades into the crowd on January 6. Never forget Benjamin Phillips, Kevin Greeson, Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland, and never cease to work to bring their assailants to justice.
My email address is freedom@libertyandposterity.com.
Ron Higgins
© Copyright 2022 Liberty and Posterity
During this program, I will expose the totally unjustifiable vote by the baseball writers to deny Curt Schilling induction into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Curt Schilling had a fantastic major league baseball career, as documented by Wikipedia: Curt Schilling helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a World Series appearance in 1993, and won championships in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in 2004 and 2007 with the Boston Red Sox. Schilling retired with a career postseason record of 11–2, and his .846 postseason winning percentage is a major-league record among pitchers with at least ten decisions.[1] He is a member of the 3,000 strikeout club and has the highest strikeout-to-walk ratio of any of its members. He is tied for third for the most 300-strikeout seasons.[2] Romans 13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Despite this noteworthy performance during a 20-year career, numerous media types despise him because he is a Christian who is outspoken in his affirmation of Biblical morality and United States national sovereignty. I will document this by quoting from two articles: “Former Phillies star absolutely should NOT be in the Hall of Fame” by Gabrielle Starr, which appeared on the website thatballsouttahere.com in December 2021, and “Curt Schilling doesn't deserve to be in the baseball Hall of Fame” by Chris Cwik, which appeared in Yahoo.com on January 17, 2020. I will also insert my comments.
The program title, Liberty and Posterity, comes from the US Constitution, the preamble of which states that one of the reasons for writing and ratifying the Constitution was to “secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,” our posterity being our children and descendants not yet born. As a reminder, on the Liberty and Posterity program, we view all events and activities in relation to reality, truth, and Biblical morality, the same principles stated in the first sentence of the Declaration of Independence that entitle the United States to be separate from, and equal to, other nations: The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God. The Laws of Nature are the physical laws by which the universe operates (also called reality and truth), and the Laws of Nature’s God are the moral laws of God as specified in the Bible. James Madison, Fourth President of the United States and one of the authors of the US Constitution wrote: “The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.” If you have a problem with that, the problem is on your end, not ours.
A word of caution to those who have the urge to travel to Washington, DC: based on what happened to the peaceful protestors on January 6, 2021, neither sanity nor Constitutional liberty is observed by local or federal government officials in our nation’s capitol. Washington, DC seems to have fallen to the state described of Babylon in Revelation 18:2 and has “become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.” One of these “unclean and hateful birds” could be named “Michael” and spelled Byrd: the killer of Ashli Babbitt. The violence that occurred during the protest on January 6 was nearly all perpetrated by agent provocateurs, FBI informants, or out-of-control Capitol Police. Four people died of violence during the January 6, demonstration: Capitol Offense: “The Ugly Truth Behind the Five Deaths from January 6th and 7th,” by Tayler Hansen, which appeared in his newsletter on January 26, 2022.
Ashli Babbitt, who was callously shot to death by Lt. Michael Byrd of the Capitol Police, and Rosanne Boyland, who, based on video evidence and witness testimony, appears to have been beaten to death by Lila Morris of the Capitol Police, and Benjamin Phillips and Kevin Greeson, who appear to have died as a result of the Capitol Police indiscriminately firing flash grenades into the crowd on January 6. Never forget Benjamin Phillips, Kevin Greeson, Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland.
The necessity of uniform standards applied equitably is stated numerous times in the Bible:
Leviticus 19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Leviticus 19:35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Deuteronomy 1:17; 16:19; No respect of persons.
2 Chronicles 19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
Proverbs 24:23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Proverbs 28:21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Acts 10:34-35 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Colossians 3:25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
No playing favorites; uniform standards for everyone.
Equal protection of the Laws clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. No State shall … deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The Baseball Hall of Fame is a private institution and thus free to set, and violate, its own standards of admittance per the First and Fourteenth Amendments that give us the right to peaceably assemble, but if the Baseball Hall of Fame excludes an eminently qualified player for frivolous reasons, it undermines Hall of Fame’s credibility.
Ms. Starr and Mr. Cwik disparage Curt Schilling's character. To show how fallacious their arguments are, I will list the numerous character awards that major league baseball
has bestowed upon Curt Schilling:
Branch Rickey Award (2001) given annually to an individual in Major League Baseball (MLB) in recognition of his exceptional community service from 1992 to 2014. The award was named in honor of former player and executive Branch Rickey, who broke the major league color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson, while president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Rickey also created the Knothole Gang, a charity that allowed children to attend MLB games.
Hutch Award (2001) given annually to an active Major League Baseball (MLB) player who "best exemplifies the fighting spirit and competitive desire" of Fred Hutchinson, by persevering through adversity. The award was created in 1965 in honor of Hutchinson, the former MLB pitcher and manager, who died of lung cancer the previous year.
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (1995) given annually to a Major League Baseball (MLB) player who best exhibits the character and integrity of Lou Gehrig, both on the field and off it. The award was created by the Phi Delta Theta fraternity in honor of Gehrig, who was a member of the fraternity at Columbia University. It was first presented in 1955, fourteen years after Gehrig's death. The award's purpose is to recognize a player's exemplary contributions in "both his community and philanthropy." The bestowal of the award is overseen by the headquarters of the Phi Delta Theta in Oxford, Ohio, and the name of each winner is inscribed onto the Lou Gehrig Award plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. It is the only MLB award conferred by a fraternity.
Roberto Clemente Award (2001) given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player who "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team", as voted on by baseball fans and members of the media. It is named for Hall of Fame outfielder Roberto Clemente. Originally known as the Commissioner's Award, it has been presented by the MLB since 1971. In 1973, the award was renamed after Clemente following his death in a plane crash while he was delivering supplies to victims of the Nicaragua earthquake.
2× Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (2001, 2004) to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement."
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Ron Higgins
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I recorded this program, program 280, which I entitle “Misleading Misleaders,” on Thursday, February 10, 2022. During this program, I will shine the light of truth onto the continued disinformation being conveyed by high-ranking politicians, particularly the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican from Kentucky, who slander those citizens who participated in the peaceful demonstration that took place at the US Capitol Building on January 6, 2021. More than one million people participated in that demonstration to protest the blatant fraud that occurred in the 2020 election, exercising their First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, freedom to peacefully assemble, and freedom to petition for a redress of grievances. During the program, I plan to read from a number of articles, but primarily from the article entitled “McConnell calls Jan. 6 a 'violent insurrection,' hits RNC for censure of Cheney, Kinzinger,” by David Jackson, which appeared in USA TODAY on Wed, February 9, 2022. I will be interjecting my comments.
Before I begin, I want to remind us all of Dr. Stan Monteith’s opening statement on his program “Radio Liberty,” which was broadcast on the American Christian Network for many years. Dr. Monteith always opened his program with the following statement: “Reality is usually scoffed at; illusion is usually king. But in the battle for the survival of Western Civilization it will be reality, not illusion or delusion, that will determine what the outcome will be.” Alexander Solzhenitsyn wrote an essay entitled “Live Not by Lies,” a philosophy by which we should all conduct our affairs. Jesus said: John 8:32 “ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
A word of caution to those who have the urge to travel to Washington, DC: based on what happened to the peaceful protestors on January 6, 2021, neither sanity nor Constitutional liberty is observed by local or federal government officials in our nation’s capitol. Washington, DC seems to have fallen to the state described of Babylon in Revelation 18:2 and has “become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.” One of these “unclean and hateful birds” could be named “Michael” and spelled Byrd: the killer of Ashli Babbitt. The violence that occurred during the protest on January 6 was nearly all perpetrated by agent provocateurs, FBI informants, or out-of-control Capitol Police. Four people died of violence during the January 6, demonstration: Capitol Offense: “The Ugly Truth Behind the Five Deaths from January 6th and 7th,” by Tayler Hansen, which appeared in his newsletter on January 26, 2022.
Ashli Babbitt, who was callously shot to death by Lt. Michael Byrd of the Capitol Police, and Rosanne Boyland, who, based on video evidence and witness testimony, appears to have been beaten to death by the Capitol Police, and Benjamin Phillips and Kevin Greeson, who appear to have died as a result of the Capitol Police indiscriminately firing flash grenades into the crowd on January 6. Never forget Benjamin Phillips, Kevin Greeson, Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland.
I will now read from the article “McConnell calls Jan. 6 a 'violent insurrection,' hits RNC for censure of Cheney, Kinzinger” and insert my comments.
“Spotlighting a widening breach among Republicans, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell criticized the Republican National Committee on Tuesday for censuring Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, and for suggesting that the Jan. 6 insurrection was "legitimate political discourse."”
““It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent a peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election from one administration to the next," McConnell told reporters. "That’s what it was."”
[By referring to the peaceful protest at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, as an “insurrection,” Mitch McConnell slanders the participants who had their demonstration hijacked by FBI informants and agent provocateurs who perpetrated most of the violence and vandalism, as documented by numerous witness testimonies and video recordings. The January 6 commission, of which US Representatives Cheney, Republican from Wyoming, and Kinzinger, Republican from Illinois, are members, is a partisan ploy by the Democrat Party to portray all opposition as violent and unpatriotic, when it is the Democrats who foment violence (as occurred by BLM and Antifa during 2020) and are unpatriotic by not upholding their oath of office to protect the US Constitution and the God-given Constitutional rights of the citizens, even the citizens who disagree. By Representatives Cheney and Kinzinger participating in the January 6 committee, it gives the stridently partisan investigation a veneer of objectivity and bipartisanship that it does not deserve. The Democrat Party promotes the objectives of the Deep State to place the US under a globalist, socialist dictatorship, and is using the January 6 Committee to portray anyone who contests the blatant voter fraud that occurred during the 2020 elections or who opposes the Biden administration policies as an insurrectionist, providing an excuse to deny these individuals their God-given Constitutional rights. By denying their opposition their rights, the Democrats can effectively silence their opposition and maintain power. The Democrat Party, in its present form, is an evil organization that some call a treasonous, satanic death cult because of its alliance with the globalist Deep State, its continual attack on Biblical Christianity, and its affirmation of abortion and sexual anarchy. The globalist Deep State, especially Republican Deep Staters, hates Donald Trump and his supporters. Representatives Cheney and Kinzinger are especially virulent in their hatred of Donald Trump and his supporters and deserve to be not only censured by, but removed from, the Republican Party.
“NYT: Republicans ‘Decided Not to Participate’ in January 6 Committee” by JOEL B. POLLAK, which appeared in Breitbart.com on 4 Jan 2022. “Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rejected Republican nominees to the committee. The text of the enabling resolution behind the committee, H.Res. 503, requires that the committee be composed of thirteen members, five of whom “shall” be appointed after consultation with the Minority Leader, i.e. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). As the Times itself reported last August, Pelosi took the unprecedented step of rejecting two of McCarthy’s five nominees, Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Jim Banks (R-IN), whereupon McCarthy said that Republicans would no longer participate: Now, the Times reports that Republicans simply chose to boycott the panel, ignoring Pelosi’s move to block GOP members. The Times casts that in a positive light, saying the lack of opposition allows the panel’s secretive investigation to operate: Several lawsuits against the panel note that Pelosi’s exclusion of Republican members — aside from the only two who would participate, due to their hatred of Trump — violate H.Res. 503 and therefore invalidate the panel’s subpoenas and activities.”
The program title, Liberty and Posterity, comes from the US Constitution, the preamble of which states that one of the reasons for writing and ratifying the Constitution was to “secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,” our posterity being our children and descendants not yet born. As a reminder, on the Liberty and Posterity program, we view all events and activities in relation to reality, truth, and Biblical morality, the same principles stated in the first sentence of the Declaration of Independence that entitle the United States to be separate from, and equal to, other nations: The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God. The Laws of Nature are the physical laws by which the universe operates (also called reality and truth), and the Laws of Nature’s God are the moral laws of God as specified in the Bible. James Madison, Fourth President of the United States and one of the authors of the US Constitution wrote: “The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.”
My email address is freedom@libertyandposterity.com.
Ron Higgins
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