A. Dru Kristenev

Demise of real community organizations; government strips role from foundations, church

As the federal government suffers the malaise of dysfunctional community organizers' organizing, authentic community organizations that perform true service in the neighborhood are experiencing a slow and painful death. Intentionally.

Environonsense--eco-faithful rant; DOD enforces EPA swiping water rights

Begin with brainwashed college students absurdly demanding their institution of 'higher learning', Western Washington University, rescind the masters degree awarded a state senator for admitting being a "climate agnostic." Sen. Doug Ericksen, who holds a degree in political science and environmental policy, seems to have used the term to illustrate how man-made climate change has become a religion rather than science-based theory. Evidently, that, along with his removing verbiage from legislation referring to climate change as being a threat to the state, was enough to invoke the ire of the eco-faithful to ply WWU to revoke his degree. Thankfully, the college administration denied the student cadre's wish for retribution.

Remembering my father on Memorial Day

Being called to missions in many different places around this country, I am more than a thousand miles from the resting place of my father, a veteran of WWII. A merchant marine who stood off the coast of Normandy on D-Day as part of the flotilla supporting the troops storming the beaches, he was overwhelmed when our nation finally recognized the role the Liberty ships played in the battle to preserve the free world.

Why compassion for illegal immigration is wrong

Unchecked immigration is destroying our nation by undermining and overrunning the very institution that was built to harbor immigrants through the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution... Don't call it compassion when the president, elected officials or a candidate takes a stand that illegal immigrants deserve a pass to stay in this country and receive citizenship, let alone resident status. It is approval of America's demise; an uncontrolled decimation of what the Founders established in the new world expressly to provide free exercise of faith, industry and speech.

Pope 'canonizes' Abbas as 'angel of peace', betraying Iraqi nuns

24/7 public schooling breeds goosesteppers and cultural orphans

A radical statement that will, no doubt, garner multiple epithets and vicious commentary, the title of this is based on historical precedent rather than personal opinion.

Ensnared by anti-commerce regs: Times Square, drought-stricken CA have common enemy

Civilization-gutting law has been on the books for decades. Over the last 10 to 20 years they have been molded into enforceable regulation that eviscerates gains made in Western living standards. This is the product of legislation that was purportedly enacted with some benevolent intent, but ambiguous language left the door open to divert the purpose for other results. In the case of environmental legislation, such as the Environmental Protection Act (1970), Endangered Species Act (1973), Clean Air Act (1970), Clean Water Act (1972) and now the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, the fruit of the open-ended laws is now taking its toll on the United States' economy and, in actuality, our way of life. Living standards are now suspect due to the "harm" brought to our environment, be it from unsightly road signs that supposedly distract drivers to how needed water to grow the produce that feeds us is distributed.

Government fulfills Accuser's role through expansive law

The concept of Law has been misunderstood as its been handed down over time. Proverbs 1 defines law:

Domestic foreigners: our contradictory Senate

Ten senators laid down their mandate to protect the Constitution when they voted to confirm Loretta Lynch as attorney general Thursday, April 23. Having taken an oath to uphold the tenets of our founding documents, these republicans, who vowed to serve faithfully, were found faithless.

Port politics starves military, costs growers and energy producers

White House rightly claims "not on my watch..." maybe

When the president says that Iran won't get nuclear armaments on his watch, he's right if the ayatollahs stick by his version of the so-far unestablished rules of the Lausanne negotiations. With all the disagreement as to what's in the unwritten agreement, Obama's claim may or may not have teeth. Either way, by his own admittance Iran will eventually obtain nuclear weapons (some in his hire say it already has the capacity), just not while he's in office.

U.N.'s coddled pot calls the kettle black; redefines war crimes

Before the epithets of "racist" start because of quoting an old truism, it should be noted that the "pot" this time is Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, who is calling President Obama and his bullet points the black kettle. Both parties have no compunction about spinning facts to maintain their own version of the nuclear talk results.

First Amendment violated by LGBT bigots; Indiana law should stand

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. (Emphasis added)

As Congress betrays promises, let it break the one that matters

Congress now hovers in the president's shadow as the second greatest perpetrator of broken promises to their constituents. Why then, shouldn't they renege on the one promise that would actually have impact against the wholesale destruction of our economy and defense?

Power mongering, pride's byproduct

Washington, D.C., just like every seat of government, suffers from the malady of arrogance. One needn't look beyond the local city council, county board, state or national legislatures or any executive office at all levels of government to find how pride infects thought processes. Hardly an individual taking an oath of office manages to escape the pride of position that soon engenders pretentiousness, rapidly replacing the mindset of representing the voters who elected them. Barely detectable, the process occurs incrementally with disastrous results as those claiming expertise by virtue of their office annul the people's will.

Gov't could swallow your backyard for new national monuments

Apparatus to attack public land use and private ownership is fully operational as the effort to create new national monuments rolls forward. Among recently proposed plans in California, U.S. representatives and environmentalists have carved out 360,000 acres of beautiful countryside, much of it productive, to stash away as natural "landscape."

President provokes Israel & Congress with UN, Iran, vote mandate

It didn't take 24 hours for President Obama's duplicitous stripes to show after Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party victory. Reeling from the sting of failure to corral Israel's liberal and Arab voter base behind his retreat strategy for the encircled nation, Obama immediately floated Plan B--United Nations running interference.

Sorry ISIS, Christianity can't be eradicated by wiping out relics

ISIS cultists are taking sledgehammers and jackhammers to every monument of Christianity they can find in the region of Syria and Iraq temporarily under their sway, all with a bizarre idea that they will terminate Christianity by sweeping away physical evidence of a religious heritage. The truth, however, will always reign supreme over the folly of dupes, and the truth is...

Using "safety" to break a nation

Lulling Americans into believing that government can provide a safety net for everything from stocking a pantry and providing healthcare, to preventing administrative offices from "shutting-down," boosting the stock market and de-stressing the environment through regulating virtually every activity, results in an opposite effect... It destabilizes the economy.

Netanyahu’s predictions coming true; Congress hands power to executive branch

Covering these two issues may seem dissociated but they are not.