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SOLVE PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Hope on the Horizon with Betsy Devoss

This letter to the Editor was written in the 1990s. It is now 2017 and the schools are as bad if not worse than before. Everything I wrote then remains true, only now there is the hope of change in Betsy Devoss whose campaign has long been to free children from the bonds of mediocrity or total failure and bring about choice through Charter schools. Parents will have to step up to the bat and do their own research into redefining the mission of the school their child will attend to attain an education not an indoctrination. Two schools I have experience with that achieve those goals are Northside Methodist Academy in Dothan, Alabama (http://www.nmacademy.net/about-us) that uses the ABEKA curriculum and Providence Christian School (https://www.providencechristianschool...) that is a Classical School. 
Do not believe that the absence of religious education means that there is NO RELIGION being taught in our schools. Humanism, with its agnosticism, supposed values free conflict resolution and earth worship, have taken the place of true religion. And with the upsurge in violence and drug abuse, we can see where that has taken us.
SOLVE PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS published in the Dothan Eagle but I'll bet the problems mentioned would apply to ANY state. 
Once people become aware of the condition of our public schools, their first question is “What can be done?”  On the national level, Republicans are abolishing the Department of Education and working to repeal Goals 2000.
On the state level, fixing education begins in the Legislature which now has 40 percent of its body connected to education. They must be held to the standard of the Alabama Constitution Article IV, Section 82 that stipulates “…A member of the Legislature shall disclose that fact to the House of which he is a member, and shall not vote thereon.” Prosecution for violations must follow.
PAC contributions to the AEA are paid through payroll deductions: therefore, taxpayers’ dollars spent for administration subsidizes the teacher’s union. Deduction makes this a public matter and puts pressure to join on teachers who might not wish to participate. Alabamians must not be forced to subsidize lobbying efforts against themselves.
Teacher certification must be addressed. All teachers should first have a degree in an academic discipline outside the college of education. It is more important that teachers have knowledge to impart than honors degrees in theory of imparting knowledge and modifying attitudes and beliefs. English mastery is imperative for all teachers. 
Parents must be given control over their children’s education through choice. Competition will weed out incompetent schools and educators and our children will have a chance for an education, not an indoctrination in “new paradigms,” using Total Quality Management in schools as in factories to “produce workers for the global economy.  
Our most vulnerable citizens need vouchers so they might grab onto that American dream. Neither our children nor our money belong to the government. As long as vouchers are considered government money, whatever elite is in power controls the curriculum. Home schools, private and church schools would rather struggle than sacrifice their autonomy to the whim of he politically correct. 

Only when we circumvent the control of a liberal union and powerful tax-exempt foundations that fund research and teaching positions to promote their agenda can we begin to truly educate our citizenry.

SOLVE PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Hope on the Horizon with Betsy Devoss

This letter to the Editor was written in the 1990s. It is now 2017 and the schools are as bad if not worse than before. Everything I wrote then remains true, only now there is the hope of change in Betsy Devoss whose campaign has long been to free children from the bonds of mediocrity or total failure and bring about choice through Charter schools. Parents will have to step up to the bat and do their own research into redefining the mission of the school their child will attend to attain an education not an indoctrination. Two schools I have experience with that achieve those goals are Northside Methodist Academy in Dothan, Alabama (http://www.nmacademy.net/about-us) that uses the ABEKA curriculum and Providence Christian School (https://www.providencechristianschool...) that is a Classical School. 
Do not believe that the absence of religious education means that there is NO RELIGION being taught in our schools. Humanism, with its agnosticism, supposed values free conflict resolution and earth worship, have taken the place of true religion. And with the upsurge in violence and drug abuse, we can see where that has taken us.
SOLVE PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS published in the Dothan Eagle but I'll bet the problems mentioned would apply to ANY state. 
Once people become aware of the condition of our public schools, their first question is “What can be done?”  On the national level, Republicans are abolishing the Department of Education and working to repeal Goals 2000.
On the state level, fixing education begins in the Legislature which now has 40 percent of its body connected to education. They must be held to the standard of the Alabama Constitution Article IV, Section 82 that stipulates “…A member of the Legislature shall disclose that fact to the House of which he is a member, and shall not vote thereon.” Prosecution for violations must follow.
PAC contributions to the AEA are paid through payroll deductions: therefore, taxpayers’ dollars spent for administration subsidize the teacher’s union. Deduction makes this a public matter and puts pressure to join on teachers who might not wish to participate. Alabamians must not be forced to subsidize lobbying efforts against themselves.
Teacher certification must be addressed. All teachers should first have a degree in an academic discipline outside the college of education. It is more important that teachers have knowledge to impart than honors degrees in theory of imparting knowledge and modifying attitudes and beliefs. English mastery is imperative for all teachers.
Parents must be given control over their children’s education through choice. Competition will weed out incompetent schools and educators and our children will have a chance for an education, not an indoctrination in “new paradigms,” using Total Quality Management in schools as in factories to “produce workers for the global economy. 
Our most vulnerable citizens need vouchers so they might grab onto that American dream. Neither our children nor our money belong to the government. As long as vouchers are considered government money, whatever elite is in power controls the curriculum. Home schools, private and church schools would rather struggle than sacrifice their autonomy to the whim of he politically correct.

Only when we circumvent the control of a liberal union and powerful tax-exempt foundations that fund research and teaching positions to promote their agenda can we begin to truly educate our citizenry.

Take a Knee

We moved recently and articles from the past surfaced. With all the shootings in churches, schools, and on our streets, it is time to challenge the curricular decisions in our school systems and the Department of Education. When one takes a knee on a football field disrespecting the symbol of our nation and receives praise and honor and another takes a knee on the field honoring our God and is threatened with arrest or loss of a job, something is seriously wrong!

I suggest there is a connection between the disaffection of our children and love of country and obedience to civilized rules of behavior and curriculum in our schools.

April 21, 1999

Dear Editor:

I am sure the shootings in Colorado will produce the same mantra there that the shooting in Dothan produced: we need more conflict resolution. There is only one problem--the shootings followed putting conflict resolution in the classrooms.

Just what could be wrong with something that sounds so good?

Children need absolutes, not values clarification. their first response when told to do something is, says who? When a group of one's peers "consensus" on an issue, children rightfully question what makes that opinion more valid than another? Peer tutoring and group learning have produced a Lord of the Flies environment in our schools undermining respect for authority.

Schools have ousted God and His absolutes. Nebuchedezzer sends his agent to find out if Daniel is praying and even our politically sensitized pastors support Nebuchedezzer. In this spiritual vacuum, values clarification (conflict resolution) encourages children to become their own gods (challenge the fixed beliefs of their parents [the supposed top of the pyramid of moral development]and do what is right in their own eyes).  A student in Littleton is shot standing up for Christ and bleeding heart Americans bemoan the fact that the Satan worshippers who committed the heinous act were rejected for their outrageous beliefs and behavior.

Yet, one of the major advocates of values clarification, Dr. Williams Coulson, Colleague of Abraham Maslow, one of the most influential psychologists of our time has come to a change of heart. He writes regarding his Maslow:

"Maslow regrets...the many, many unwarranted extensions of his own theories of need satisfaction and self-actualization to children...In the last 18 months of his life he became convinced the therapeutic classroom never should have been tried."

"So I saw students being thrown back on their own devices. when that happens, what's likeliest to fall away are the absolutes of their parents and the commandments of their indigenous religious faiths."

Robert Muller, undersecretary to the UN and Director of the University of Peace in Costa Rica from which originated the International Educational Goals known in the USA as Goals 2000 is also the founder of the School of Ageless Wisdom in Arlington, Texas. His curriculum guide credits Alice Bailey, channel for the Ascended Master Tibetan Dwjal Khul, as the source of the curriculum. Robert Muller's webpage on the United Nations website is dedicated to global peace education and links to the company which provided Dothan, Alabama's conflict resolution materials.

A spiritual void will not remain empty. Just what have we unwittingly invited into our schools?

It is time to "take a knee" once again honoring our God. Let education dollars follow the child not the schools and give parents the option of choosing religious schools that respect their values.

For more on William Coulson's turn around visit: https://www.ewtn.com/library/PRIESTS/...

Trump's election a rejection of being "human capital" to the world economy

Trump Rally in Pensacola
A patriotic genealogical organization to which I belong sent me a questionnaire recently for me to fill out to send in to National so that we can make points. The questions were:  

1 How many conservation projects did your chapter or members of your chapter complete this year? 2. How many conservation programs were presented at chapter meetings? 3. Did you present a “Conservation Minute” at every meeting?  Yes  No 4. How many of your members participated in a citizen science project (e.g. surveys, Great Backyard Bird Count, summer butterfly count, mapping invasive plants, etc.)? 5. How many chapter members participated in Earth Day (April 22, 2016) and/or Arbor Day (April 29, 2016) activities? 6. How many of your members planted pollinator gardens or used native plants in their home landscape?
Since the mission of this organization is to be a "non-political volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education for children" I was much concerned by those questions. You see, I am well aware how the Left models attitudes and beliefs by modeling behavior. Though I have commented mostly on their efforts on our children in school through group learning, peer tutoring, and thematic education, by having our well-respected patriotic organization participate in this Earth Day activity, I see the attitudes and beliefs of this organization about this form of environmentalism also being molded and shaped. Indeed, by our organization's participation, we in effect endorse this agenda.
I object. So, I sent the president of our organization an email saying that I do not participate in Earth Day and included this email that I received from the Founder of Earth Day that I posted on my website on the Conspiracy of the Left page (http://www.southern-style.com/Education/conspiracy_of_the_left.html) and my response to it. I gathered this information sixteen years ago in the year 2000. In rereading the Conspiracy of the Left page, I was amazed to see how successful the Left has been in co-opting the very institutions of our society one would think would be the most resistant to this intrusion. 
This email was sent to me by a gentleman who claimed credit for the creation of Earth Day (I thought it was Maurice Strong who started it). I want to share this interchange to bring attention to how successful the Left has been toward achieving their goal of one world order and the annihilation of the nation state. I hope you will be inspired to read this interchange and then study the Conspiracy of the Left charts of how all of these world organizations interconnect.
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 12:22 PMSubject: From Earth Day Founder

 Dear Friends,
 Your web site brings out repeatedly the many conflicting forces at work in society.  I happen to be an evangelical Christian - and was the founder of the real Earth Day. Please to to my web site: www.earthsite.org.  Note:"Commandments of Jesus."  I would be delighted if you would give me a call.
 John McConnell  -- the founder of the original Earth Day.
I did go to Mr. McConnell's web site (http://www.earthdayone.org/charta.htm#Prelude) and responded by e-mail...
Dear Mr. McConnell,
 Please forgive me for taking so long to respond to your email.  My yard was recently on the garden tour for the local botanical garden.  Needless to say I have been "sowing, hoeing and mowing" from morning till night.
 Then my computer got a "worm"!  Unfortunately this worm did nothing to aerate my soil and merely wreaked havoc on data!  I feel like composting my computer.
 I am finally back and ready to respond.
 I did check out the web site to which you referred me.  I must tell you the inclination toward world government has me alarmed.  I find it amazing that groups of non governmental organizations (unelected) would presume to dictate and assume such power over the people of the world.  After reading David Hornbeck's book Human Capital I am quite aware of the determination of these groups to "create a sense of crisis" and then come up with "the answer" (predetermined and always enhancing their own power and advocacy group).  

By manipulating opinion through altruistic jargon people are convinced to cede their independence and individualism to become "human capital" to the world economy.  Man has become merely a cog whose purpose is to create wealth and deposit it into the hands of a world elite.  Man's only purpose is to create wealth to be used by the "elite" for the "common good" according to their determination of that good.  No longer is the individual a special child of God created in His image for His purpose, allowed to dream and become...whatever that may be...farmer or president.  By taxing the world, this "world" body would have immense power to become the foxes telling the chicken what's for dinner.  And I do not doubt that our own country, the beacon of hope and freedom for the world, the most generous of all nations, would then become ripe for the plucking.
Socialism has never worked.  It has merely bred tyrants and dictators (Lenin, Stalin, Mao for example) and led to blood baths.  Whatever group that tyrant decided was "inferior" or a "threat to the common good" was annihilated...gypsies, Jews, Christians, freedom fighters.  It is freedom that has elevated the standard of living for the people of this country. It is freedom to realize the potential of each individual that we should "redistribute" and then whatever "resources" each country has could be developed without making the entire world generic according to the supposed egalitarian edicts of a world elite.
  I realize it was an ideal of Plato's to breed an "elite" to rule and provide for the less able masses.  Unfortunately, history has proven that such arrogance in the "elite" produced only contempt for the masses and a disregard for the value of human life.  The end justifies the means.
 You and I share a commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.  Yet, I  wonder how we can be obedient to his "Great Commission" under the United Religions Initiative.  Can we truly love and not share the Truth and eternity with our fellow man?  How can we compromise God's Word and our Faith by coming to "consensus" on issues about which the Bible is so clear?  Are we not doing just what the last verse in the book of Judge's commented so sadly upon:  "And they all did what was right in their own eyes" ?
 I see the world government movement much like the building of the Tower of  Babel.  Man sets himself up as his own god.  We sow to the wind and will  reap the whirlwind.
 I will give you credit for being the founder of Earth Day (surely altruistic in its infancy), but was it your vision that it evolve into a symbol of the movement to confiscate private property, redistribute the wealth of the  world according to the whims of some world elite, and force Christians to compromise their absolutes to conform to the "current wisdom"?  I am concerned that we have come to worship the creation and not the Creator. 
 You are now in your eighties.  You have had a very full life.  I have just  turned fifty (that was a tough day).  We will have much to tell our Savior when we see him face to face.  I know you, like me, long to hear him say, "Well done my good and faithful servant."
 Thank you for writing me.  I am honored.
 In His love...Your sister in Christ,Sharman Ramsey
The elites in their arrogance never expected the reaction demonstrated by Brexit or Trump’s victory. They ran a candidate who was "the most qualified" (by their common world view) who was a major player in the movement for a world government. She actually expressed a desire for a common market with open trade and open borders. American workers easily discerned their importance in this world view.  May I suggest this reaction, their overwhelming support of Trump's agenda, was in part a reaction to the elitist Global Governance agenda. Americans have reasserted their patriotic love of country and their rejection of being "human capital" to the world economy. 

The Hand that Rocks the Cradle

Too often, a mother's influence is underrated. We cannot be reminded often enough that "the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world." It is the mother who through modeling behavior forms a child's attitudes and beliefs. This poem says it all. 
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Is The Hand That Rules The World


Blessings on the hand of women!
Angels guard its strength and grace,In the palace, cottage, hovel,Oh, no matter where the place;Would that never storms assailed it,Rainbows ever gently curled;For the hand that rocks the cradleIs the hand that rules the world.Infancy's the tender fountain,Power may with beauty flow,Mother's first to guide the streamlets,From them souls unresting grow--Grow on for the good or evil,Sunshine streamed or evil hurled;For the hand that rocks the cradleIs the hand that rules the world.Woman, how divine your missionHere upon our natal sod!Keep, oh, keep the young heart openAlways to the breath of God!All true trophies of the agesAre from mother-love impearled;For the hand that rocks the cradleIs the hand that rules the world.Blessings on the hand of women!Fathers, sons, and daughters cry,And the sacred song is mingledWith the worship in the sky--Mingles where no tempest darkens,Rainbows evermore are hurled;For the hand that rocks the cradleIs the hand that rules the world.
William Ross Wallace


God commands that "older women are to teach the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children, and to be keepers of the home. It must not come naturally if God must command it. For some of us, it must be an act of the will. And what is this "be keepers of the home" business? 
Let me take you to another meaning of the word keeper. Think of a light house keeper who maintains the light so that ships will not crash against the rocks. That "keeper" keeps the home fires burning. A keep of a castle was always the strongest or central tower of a castle, acting as a final refuge. That, mothers, is what you are. Never, ever, see this as demeaning. It is exalting.
verbverb: keep; 3rd person present: keeps; past tense: kept; past participle: kept; gerund or present participle: keeping1. have or retain possession of."my father would keep the best for himself"retain or reserve for use in the future."return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files"synonyms:retain, hold on to, keep hold of, retain possession of, keep possession of, not part with; More
antonyms:throw away, loseput or store in a regular place."the stand where her umbrella was kept"synonyms:store, house, stow, put (away), place, deposit
"that's where we keep the linen"retain one's place in or on (a seat or saddle, the ground, etc.) against opposition or difficulty."are you able to keep your saddle?"delay or detain; cause to be late."I won't keep you; I know you've got a busy evening"synonyms:detain, keep waiting, delay, hold up, retard, slow down
"I won't keep you long"2. continue or cause to continue in a specified condition, position, course, etc."she could have had some boyfriend she kept quiet about"synonyms:remain, continue to be, stay, carry on being, persist in being
"I tried to keep calm"continue doing or do repeatedly or habitually."he keeps going on about the murder"synonyms:persist in, keep on, carry on, continue, do something constantly
"he keeps talking about the Super Bowl"antonyms:stop, give up(of a perishable commodity) remain in good condition."fresh ginger does not keep well"make (someone) do something for a period of time."I have kept her waiting too long"archaiccontinue to follow (a way, path, or course)."the friars and soldiers removed, keeping their course toward Jericho"3. provide for the sustenance of (someone)."he had to keep his large family in the manner he had chosen"provide (someone) with a regular supply of a commodity."the money should keep him in cigarettes for a week"own and look after (an animal) for pleasure or profit.synonyms:breed, rear, raise, farm; More
own and manage (a shop or business).guard; protect."his only thought is to keep the boy from harm"synonyms:look after, care for, take care of, mind, watch over; More
antonyms:neglect, endangersupport (someone, especially a woman) financially in return for sexual favors."a kept woman"act as a goalkeeper.4. honor or fulfill (a commitment or undertaking)."I'll keep my promise, naturally"synonyms:comply with, obey, observe, conform to, abide by, adhere to, stick to, heed, follow;More
antonyms:disobey, breakobserve (a religious occasion) in the prescribed manner."today's consumers do not keep the Sabbath"pay due regard to (a law or custom).5. make written entries in (a diary) on a regular basis."the master kept a weekly journal"write down as (a record)."keep a note of the whereabouts of each item"nounnoun: keep; plural noun: keeps1. food, clothes, and other essentials for living."working overtime to earn his keep"synonyms:maintenance, upkeep, sustenance, board, room and board, lodging, food, livelihood
"money to pay for his keep"the cost of basic living essentials.2. archaiccharge; control."if from shepherd's keep a lamb strayed far"3. the strongest or central tower of a castle, acting as a final refuge.

My Prayer for America

Father God,

Before we voted we lifted our nation up to you.

We are Americans who believe that our Constitution guarantees freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion. Though we may come to you calling you by various names, we recognize that you are Lord of All and Creator of all things. Prayers lifting like rays of light radiated from throughout this great land of ours asking for your healing hand upon our nation.

We recognize that All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Our champion in this race as well as those of us who prayed for and voted for him acknowledge that You are not through with any of us in molding and shaping us into who we should be. We found assurance in his selection of a running mate, Mike Pence, a godly man. We found assurance in the deference and respect with which our candidate treated his choice of running mate. We felt confidence that Pence and his wife, Karen, prayed frequently with our candidate bringing him along as perhaps a babe in Christ so much so that others in the faith, Phil Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Jr., and other faith leaders had confidence in his character. We heard our candidate's apology and accept it.

We are Americans who reject identity politics. We do not see people as Blacks, Whites, Hispanics, Jews, Christians, Muslim, etc. We see Americans. We see mothers who want the best for their children: the best education, clean water, safe neighborhoods, secure bridges and roads, effective health care, jobs and opportunities for Americans throughout our country. We see veterans male and female who love America and are willing to sacrifice to the last measure. We see police who deserve respect as they are on the front lines of our national defense against gangs, drugs and violence that threaten the very security of our homes and neighborhoods.

We reject the disrespect for the flag of our country that represents the very sacrifices so many have given so that those individuals might have the life our country affords them and the freedom to express their opinion. We reject disrespect for laws that protect life, liberty and property represented by riots in the streets destroying private property and small businesses considering their own opinion justifies such action. We reject the attitude that this is a Nation of Rights without respect to the fact those Rights come with Responsibilities and Obligations as well.

We hear disrespect and foul language and reject it in every day life and throughout the media. We hear misogyny, licentiousness, hatred and bigotry from celebrities whose lyrics and lifestyle espouse that philosophy and who would want us to vote as they see fit and not as our own individual conscience guides us. We see politics invading the classrooms of our schools where traditional disciplines needed to truly educate our children are neglected. We pray for freedom for all parents to choose an effective curriculum to mold our child's mind. We pray for a reformation of classrooms now dedicated to a certain vision of "social justice" rather than true education that is rampant in schools across America.

We thank you, Lord, that we have a democratic republic and not a pure democracy in which two foxes and a hen would be voting for what's for dinner. We thank you for the wisdom of our forefathers who blessed us with those protections.

Grant our President Elect wisdom as he selects those who will unleash the productivity of our nation and enable job creation, protect us from our enemies at home, defend our borders, enforce our laws, secure our liberties, and defend our nation and our allies abroad.

Unto You goes all glory, honor and praise. We bow before you humbly and seek your guidance in how we can go forth and be a better servant of Yours -- and a better American.

I vote for TRUMP

I am very proud to have already cast my ballot for Donald Trump. It is time to drain the swamp of graft and corruption. I think it is a horrible thing for our democracy for people to feel intimidation in expressing their political preference. The PC police on campuses and in the public arena are way too reminiscent of George Orwell's 1984 in attempting to silence Conservative voices.. As an old History teacher, I bemoan the state of our children's understanding of the past.
Orwell in his book 1984 has proven prescient with what is coming out about the Democratic Party led by the Clinton cabal. Now I take responsibility for this because I voted for Obama. Twice. I will not make that mistake again. Hillary would be four more years of that sad mistake. Orwell might have been talking about what we are seeing with FBI revelations on the Clinton Campaign and Clinton Foundation. Saul Alinsky, Hillary's hero, surely understood the egocentric philosophy of Friedrich Nietzche so much a part of Orwell's 1984.
“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.” 1984“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”
― George Orwell, 1984“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
― George Orwell, 1984I remind you all that God has used flawed men before. Just look at David. None of us are perfect as Phil Robinson of Duck Dynasty reminds us. No other candidate articulated the problems with our country. No other candidate refused to be co-opted by the power elite. Flawed as he is Donald Trump is our champion. It is now our responsibility to pray for him and our country.

My Understanding of Sharia Law

A young friend wrote and asked about a comment I made referring to Sharia Law when posting a link to an article on Khizr Khan who spoke at the Democratic Convention.


"I hope you are well.  I read a post where you mentioned shariah law. Tell me, what do you understand about it?"
This young lady has been a very good friend of our oldest daughter and I have always found her and her entire family delightful. I answer her question with great respect.

1. First, you must understand, I am an American with ancestors who landed here on the Mayflower, some who helped found Jamestown, and some who were among the Native Americans who received them here. My family has probably participated in all of the battles that have been fought in this country, including the American Revolution. This country and its institution are dear to me. I believe America offers the world's best hope for freedom and opportunity.

2. I believe in the concept E Pluribus Unum that is on the great seal of our country, our currency, and elsewhere. It means "out of many, one." But citizens must be willing to become one of the "one" or the we lose the tranquility provided by our Constitution.

3. I believe that the Constitution of our great country embodies the supreme law of our land delineating the national laws of our land. This supreme law guarantees the rights of all Americans.

4. I believe that the reason our country has worked so well for the millions of people who have come from other countries is because those who came sought the freedoms that were afforded them under this Constitution and were willing to assimilate, learn English and participate as an equal citizen under our laws.

Now for Sharia and how I see it in relation to the Constitution.

5.  From what I see of Sharia Law, it is a separate Islamic system of laws and courts that would deny an American the freedoms guaranteed under our Constitution.  Countries that abide by Sharia Law cut off the hands of thieves, value women at less that of men, kill apostates, infidels (non-believers), blasphemers and those who commit sexual crimes as delineated by Sharia. Christians are being beheaded for their beliefs in countries that enforce Sharia Law.

Criminal: 

            Theft is punishable by the cutting off of the right hand.            A Muslim will get the death penalty for killing a Muslim but not a non-Muslim.            A Muslim will be forgiven for murder of an apostate, a highway robber and an adulterer.            A master will not be punished for killing his slave.
Sexual:            A woman can only have one husband, but a man can have up to 4 wives.            A Muslim woman who marries a non-Muslim is punishable by death.            A man can marry a baby girl and consummate the marriage when she is 9 years old.            A girl’s clitoris should be cut (According to the Quran).            For a woman to prove that she was raped, she needs the testimony of four male witnesses.            Homosexuality is punishable by death.            A dowry is given in return for a woman’s sexual organs.            Sharia still participates in slavery and sex slavery.  A Master is not punished for killing his slave.            When a woman is raped, the rapist is often not required to marry her, but only pay the bride price.            A rapist may only be required to pay the bride-money (dowry) without marrying the rape victim
Women:            A man can divorce his wife but a woman needs her husband’s permission to divorce him.            A man can beat his wife for insubordination.            A woman who was raped cannot testify in court against the rapist.            A woman can only testify in court about property cases and her testimony only carries half of the weight a man’s does.            A woman can only inherit half the amount a man does.            A woman loses custody of her children if she remarries.            If a wife is found rebellious then her husband is no longer obligated to support her.            If a wife is found to be rebellious this gives the husband the right to beat her and stop her from leaving the house.            Only a husband is allowed to divorce his wife. He can make the divorce official simply by saying: “I divorce you”.            A woman must cover every part of her body because it is considered a sexual organ (Awhrrah). Some Sharia schools will allow the face of the woman to be exposed and some will not.            A man is forgiven for killing his wife at the time he caught her in the act of adultery. A wife cannot do that because the woman she caught her husband with could be his wife.            Women in low level jobs cannot retain custody of their children when divorced.            A husband and wife’s possessions are not shared during the marriage, and a wife is not entitled to her husband’s things if he dies.            Men can have sex with women captured in battle or slave women. If they are married, the marriage is annulled.
Religious:            To criticize or deny any part of the Quran is punishable by death.            A Muslim who stops being a Muslim is punishable by death.            To criticize or deny that Muhammad is a prophet is punishable by death.            A Muslim who is lead away by a non-Muslim is punishable by death.            To criticize or deny Allah (the moon god) of Islam is punishable by death.            Muslims can only eat meat that has been sacrifice to Allah (be Halal).            A Muslim who leaves Islam is to be killed immediately.            Non-Muslims are not equal to Muslims. They must follow Sharia law to be kept safe. They cannot marry Muslim women, have wine or pork in public, read their scriptures or openly celebrate funeral or religious holidays.            Non-Muslims are forbidden from building new churches or building them higher than a Mosque.            Non-Muslims cannot enter a mosque without permission.            A non-Muslim is not protected if he leads a Muslim away from Islam.            A non-Muslim cannot inherit from a Muslim.            A Muslim cannot sell weapons to anon Muslim who will use them against Muslims.           Non-Muslims cannot say anything derogatory against Allah, Islam or Muhammad and they cannot curse a Muslim. But a Muslim can curse a non-Muslim.            Banks must follow Sharia law and they are not allowed to charge interest.            Sharia law advocates the death penalty in these ways: Beheading, stoning, amputation of limbs, and flogging.            Testimony in court is not accepted from the lower class workers.            In order to support Jihad, Islamic law, and advance Islam, Muslims are obligated to lie (Tagiyya). They are told not to feel guilty, and are not punished for it.            Honor killing is not punished.
Government:           It is the duty of every Muslim to follow Jihad, which means: “To war against non-Muslims to establish the religion”.            The head of state is called a Caliph. Caliphs who do not follow the Sharia law are considered unfit to rule.            A Caliph (head of state) can obtain the office through force (Seizure of power).            Caliphs are exempted from being charged with certain crimes such as: murder, adultery, theft and sometimes rape.            It’s mandatory for a percentage of Zakat (charity money) to go to Jihad.            All commands of the Caliph whether just or unjust, must be obeyed.            The Caliph must not be a slave and he must be a male.            The Caliph must be removed by the public (Muslims) if he rejects Islam.
6.  Countries that practice Sharia Law include: Egypt, Mauritania, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, the Maldives, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and certain regions in Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, and the United Arab Emirates.

7.  From everything I have read, Sharia Law sees as a universal goal of Islam an obligation to jihad against non-believers.

While many may argue what jihad really means, apparently a large number of Muslims have taken this edict to heart interpreting it as does the Muslim Brotherhood. Many have become radical jihadist terrorists:

“It is in the nature of Islam to dominate, not to be dominated, to impose its law on all nations and to extend its power to the entire planet.” —Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-banns“...change that the [Muslim] nation seeks can only be attained through jihad and sacrifice and by raising a jihadi generation that pursues death just as the enemies pursue life,” said Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Muhammed Badi in a September 2010 sermon.
Let me clarify, my doctor is Muslim. I have friends who are Muslim. I have great respect and fondness for the young lady who asked me to clarify my understanding of Sharia Law. But, I in no way, shape, or form believe that Sharia Law has any place in America. We are a nation of laws that guarantee freedom and equality to our people!

7. As for Khizr Khan, he is an immigrant from Pakistan who before immigrating to the US published papers supporting the supremacy of Islamic Law over "man made" Western Law.

“The invariable and basic rules of Islamic law are only those prescribed in the Shari’ah,” Khan writes in an academic paper entitled "Juristic Classification of Islamic Law." “All other juridical works… must always be subordinated to the Shari’ah.” 

And yet Khan waved the Constitution condemning Trump of not understanding and supporting it. 

Soros, Alinsky, NCEE, and Clinton: First you must Polarize

George Soros and Hillary ClintonSaul Alinsky on Americans as quoted by Hillary D. Clinton in her thesis "There is only the Fight: An Analysis of the Alinsky Model":  "They are a people creating a new bridge for mankind in between the past of narrow nationalistic chauvinism and the horizon of a new mankind--a people of the world." (Alinsky)"In order to organize, you must first polarize. People think of controversy as negative. They think consensus is better. But to organize you need a Bull Connor or Jim Clark." (Astor quoted in thesis)
Why do the elites of the Republican Party now seem determined to dump the Republican Party to help get Hillary Clinton elected? Because George Wallace was right long ago. There's not a dime's worth of difference between the Democrats and the Republicans. The same puppet masters pull the strings of both parties. Apparently, the Parties have simply been tasked to press different hot button (polarize) social and religious issues in order to allow people to think they have put "their people" in office (already organized with the answers for issues THEY want passed). 
Then along came Donald Trump. Who doesn't know how to talk the talk or walk the walk of the anointed ones. He has his own money to run with and is not dependent upon them. Offering a true alternative. The elitist media is in a frenzy twisting his words to play upon the emotions of the public. Creating conflict from which their candidate, trained well by Alinsky, has organized solutions.
This article is written specifically for my children who in their naivety think with their hearts and not their heads. I write this to share insight garnered in the trenches of the education arena, perhaps the first arena of psychological manipulation, since the late 1980s when working on my Masters degree. As a teacher I came to realize that large numbers of my secondary students were illiterate. I got involved and even ran for the school board (twice). My platform was "back to basics." The campaign against me was run out of the central office. Why were they so threatened?
I testified before a state committee on education. While in Montgomery, my friend and I went to the State Department of Education. We were told to wait and speak to the Assistant Superintendent of Education. While there we saw David Hornbeck getting our "grassroots" Alabama First education reform over the fax machine. 
What was happening was the manipulation of our country to the world view of an elite group of people who believe that our children are human capital for a global economy. In order to transform the schools to provide the workers for that economy they had to first "create a sense of crisis" and then use the courts to implement the answers they had already assembled. 
To achieve a total restructuring of education, NCEE’s plan required an unprecedented link between education and government, and deliberately blurred the lines between federal Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services. In addition to Mario Cuomo, Tucker appointees to NCEE’s board of directors included Hillary Clinton; Ira Magaziner; vice-chair and Governor of North Carolina James Hunt; David Rockefeller; Adam Urbanski; president of the Rochester teacher union; Richard Mills, former Vermont education commissioner and current holder of the same post in New York; Dr. Lauren Resnick, described by newspaper columnist Bob Holland as the University of Pittsburgh “testing guru”; Vera Katz, liberal speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives; former Apple Computer CEO and Clinton campaign contributor John Sculley; and pollster Lou Harris. There are other NCEE board members, but this list sufficiently illustrates the singular vision of the NCEE politburo. (http://www.crisismagazine.com/1996/hi...)
On Sept. 25, 1998, Rep. Bob Schaffer placed in the Congressional Record an 18-page letter that has become famous as Marc Tucker's "Dear Hillary" letter. It lays out the master plan of the Clinton Administration to take over the entire U.S. educational system so that it can serve national economic planning of the workforce.
The "Dear Hillary" letter, written on Nov. 11, 1992 by Marc Tucker, president of the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE), lays out a plan "to remold the entire American system" into "a seamless web that literally extends from cradle to grave and is the same system for everyone," coordinated by "a system of labor market boards at the local, state and federal levels" where curriculum and "job matching" will be handled by counselors "accessing the integrated computer-based program."
Tucker's plan would change the mission of the schools from teaching children academic basics and knowledge to training them to serve the global economy in jobs selected by workforce boards. Nothing in this comprehensive plan has anything to do with teaching schoolchildren how to read, write, or calculate.
Tucker's ambitious plan was implemented in three laws passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton in 1994: the  Goals 2000 Act , the  School-to-Work Act , and the reauthorized  Elementary and Secondary Education Act . These laws establish the following mechanisms to restructure the public schools:
1   Bypass all elected officials on school boards and in state legislatures by making federal funds flow to the Governor and his appointees on workforce development boards.2   Use a computer database, a.k.a. "a labor market information system," into which school personnel would scan all information about every schoolchild and his family, identified by the child's social security number: academic, medical, mental, psychological, behavioral, and interrogations by counselors. The computerized data would be available to the school, the government, and future employers.3   Use "national standards" and "national testing" to cement national control of tests, assessments, school honors and rewards, financial aid, and the Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM), which is designed to replace the high school diploma.
Designed on the German system, the Tucker plan is to train children in specific jobs to serve the workforce and the global economy instead of to educate them so they can make their own life choices. (http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/mar...) 
 Human Capital is a series of essays, a manifesto of sorts. 
Table of Contents: Overview : why human capital? Why now? / Lester M. Salamon The need. The demographic and economic imperatives / Arnold H. Packer Women / Nancy S. Barrett Immigrants / Ray Marshall The poor / Sheldon Danziger Components. Elementary and secondary education / Ernest L. Boyer Higher education / Donald M. Stewart Science and technology / Daniel S. Greenberg Employment and training / Marion Pines and Anthony Carnevale Social services / Marian Wright Edelman Roles, responsibilities, and resources. Human capital investment and federalism / R. Scott Fosler Financing human capital investment / Jason Juffras and Isabel V. Sawhill New paradigms for action / David W. Hornbeck.Several articles jumped out at me. One outlined the process for the takeover of schools. First create a sense of crisis and then use the courts to implement the plan. The NCEE succeeded there. Another article addressed using drugs as the answer to the worlds ills predicting that most Americans would need mind altering drugs of one sort or another. Another spoke to the wasted investment in education when women raised their children in the home and did not contribute to the GNP. 
As you can see, their goal was not just education, but the entire culture of our country.

What does this have to do with this election? Thus far the elites now represented by Hillary Clinton have most of the pieces in place. The United States economy teeters with the trade deals these folks have made undermining nationalism for the benefit of the profit of a few, outsourcing jobs making us vulnerable and dependent on trade "partners"; the sense of crisis presents itself with terrorism and extreme Islamic jihadists, and the Supreme Court is on the brink of total control by the elitists. Just as Alinsky directed, the sense of crisis has been created and now Hillary and her supporters are ready to reap the benefit of their life's work.
And the Queen of this agenda is now about to regain her throne. But will that be enough? The New World Order will soon need a King and Queen.
"One of Hillary's greatest benefactors is George Soros. George Soros is widely understood to be the mastermind behind a global effort to institute a very significant wealth redistribution scheme. He loves to say that the rich should be poorer, the poor should be richer and that a high rate of taxation should be responsible for bridging the divide. In pursuit of making this agenda real, George Soros has poured millions, if not billions, in the coffers of soak-the-rich progressive politicians across the globe, but mostly in the United States, where his influence is felt across the Democratic party. He is the crowned king and leader of the great unwashed – those merry but dedicated few who still think Che Guevara is a hero to millions, that Communism would succeed if they only just tried it one more time, and that grilled cheese sandwiches are best made on a carbourator idling outside of a Grateful Dead cover band concert." (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)


"Soros is the master of financial manipulation, nearly bankrupting the Bank of England in 1992, and then causing economic upheaval in Asia in 1997; both done by controlling currencies in those countries. Billions of dollars of his money has been channeled through his offshore accounts to avoid taxes while he supports liberal causes around the world.  How can Hillary Clinton look the voters of this country in the eyes and say she’s against Wall Street corruption & greed, while taking in millions in donations from this fraudulent master of deceit?" (http://conservativepost.com/george-so...)
There is a religious component to the great financiers of this modern world view, supporters of Hillary Clinton. For this I refer you to this article and implore you to read it: https://www.catholicculture.org/cultu...
I had almost given up that there would be any hope to maintain our national sovereignty. And then Donald Trump appeared on the stage. Our David (flawed with feet of clay) would be our champion. He needs our prayers and our support. 
See also: Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals
http://www.bestofbeck.com/wp/activism...
Hillary D. Rodham's thesishttp://www.hillaryclintonquarterly.co...
http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/br...
http://courses.cs.vt.edu/cs3604/suppo...

Before and After: The Cottage in the Cove

The Cottage in the Cove     
My husband and I had spent a lot of time throughout our life at my parent's cottage on Panama City Beach. We thought we knew the Panama City area well. Then my brother, sister and I sold the cottage on the Beach and my husband and I had to find a place to invest our money. I found an ad in the newspaper listing a townhouse in the Cove in Panama City. For those of you who are not aware of the geography of Bay County, there is a big bridge (Hathaway Bridge) connecting Panama City Beach and Panama City. They are two totally separate entities. 
We had heard of "the Cove" through neighbors on the Beach whose daughter had married a young man from a prominent family that lived in the cove. We decided to check the townhouse out and decided immediately to buy it. The location, downtown near the civic center, Martin Theater, Visual Arts Centre and fantastic restaurants coming with a dock on the bayou that runs behind the Bay County courthouse appealed to us. Soon we discovered the St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club close by on Bunkers Cove Road and we knew we had found the place to which we could retire happily. 
Our oldest daughter, her husband and our oldest granddaughter already lived in Panama City. Then our son and his family came to live in Panama City. He rented this little cottage half a block from our townhouse. Originally these cottages were the homes of local fishermen. They are nestled among homes of prominent citizens making this a true neighborhood, something my husband and I appreciate having grown up in the Garden District of Dothan, Alabama. The owners from whom our son rented, our dear friends, Joe and Cheryl Budd, had found another home they wanted to buy. Eventually, they decided they were ready to sell and we bought the house. As things go, our son got transferred, moving up to a better job in Mobile and we had a decision to make. 
Our townhouse is three stories. We have friends who cannot manage climbing stairs. My own mother was confined to a wheel chair for her last twenty years, a circumstance one must consider in planning for growing older. Considering these things, we decided to turn this cove cottage into a guest house/entertaining/contingency home. This is the story of that transformation. 


The first thing we did was paint. At first the color I chose was a bit startling, Sherwin Williams Denim, but this is a coastal cottage and I decided to go with it. You see the driveway to the right.    First we concreted the gaps in the driveway. 

It leads to what was originally a garage, but I envisioned it as a wonderful multipurpose room for me and my hobbies from the very beginning. I am a Master Gardener, a genealogist and a writer of historical fiction and cozy mysteries. I needed space. This is what we began with.                     







This is the space between the sunroom at the back of the house and the garage. The new siding you see covered the original door that led out to the back yard. 
This is a view of the garage from the far side of the house. As you can see there are only concrete block steps leading into the back room which had an 18inch tile covering the floor. 


The is the side yard opposite the garage. 

 We painted the fence white. I transplanted lilies, amaryllis, lantana and coneflower from our home in Dothan. I bought a couple of Crape Myrtle to shade this sunny area. On each trip to Panama City I brought ornaments I had collected in my yard. Here you see the four seasons and one of the bird houses I plan to line the fence with.



To the right above you see the transformed area between the sunroom and the garage. Next to the house we included a ramp for our friends who have trouble with stairs -- and us! Carrying in groceries and moving furniture is much easier with this ramp!
The back yard only had the fire pit our son had built and the chalk board his wife, Brittany, had added to the back fence, the first thing we had built when our son and his family moved in. They have small children and the neighbor had a pool. They had a very nice children's area there that the chalk board played a part in. I use it now as the back drop for bird bath. The stones that line the beds I hauled from a pile of concrete by the road. 

Remember the view across the back to the garage? This is the way the back yard looks now. The deck wraps around the two big trees with shallow steps leading down to the El Toro Zoysia grass that now carpets the back yard. As you can see, the garage, now dubbed Sharman's She Shack, is now a lovely shade of red. The stones that surround the fountain are the blocks that once formed my son's fire pit. The fountain once graced our front yard in Dothan. My husband and I agree it looks much better here!





Larry's Shed Moving on Harrison Avenue worked a miracle in our opinion by moving the playhouse we had built in our back yard in Dothan into the back yard here to our "cove cottage." We found some tiles and old brick and got carried away. This became a small patin that links the playhouse to the walk beside the house and she shack. 

The potting bench beside the door to the She Shack was built as a birthday gift for me by our son, Drew. He has discovered a talent for furniture making and has begun a business on Facebook, Ramsey and Sons Furniture (search for @ramseyandsons to find it on Facebook). He couldn't have found a more special gift!




Larry's Shed Moving also brought us our Gazebo from the Dothan back yard. There is an empty lot across the street from the cottage that backs onto Massalina Bayou. So, we have a water view and great breezes.

Grass gives an amazing transformation to the side yard opposite the She Shack. Hydrangeas will thrive in this environment.




Inside the first thing we did was to tear down the wall that separated the kitchen from the sun porch, removing the sliding glass doors that opened outside and the wall that once simply held a window over the sink. Then came the job of leveling the floors from what was once a porch. We kept the old cabinets from which I removed the doors. I have pretty dishes and some oversized serving trays. A kitchen is supposed to be functional to my way of thinking, so why not be able to see what you have?



I set the bar off center to give more room at the sink and stove just in case a wheel chair must maneuver in that kitchen. 
The table is the conference table that was in my husband's father's first office. The Sampler on the wall was once in my Grandmother Burson's kitchen in Furman, Alabama. The lamp hanging above the table was above the table in our cottage out on the Beach. I and my grandchildren love karaoke so we have a karaoke machine that you can see to the right. 



As you can see the floor between the two rooms is now level. I am pleased with the bamboo flooring I chose for the remodel. It is supposed to be durable. That was one of the goals for this house. I moved the furniture from our townhouse that I had chosen to be totally child friendly. My antiques and breakable stuff are in the townhouse. When our children and their children come to visit, I want them to be comfortable. The shelves around the fireplace we added in the sunroom contain the many videos we have collected, including Disney films that the grandchildren love. (And of course my favorites, The Blue Lagoon, Beaches, Calendar Girls, Don't Tell Her It's Me, Gone with the Wind, etc.)


 Of course, my husband included his favorites -- all war movies! Favorite books and games are also included. 



You enter the house through the living room. The sofa makes into a queen-sized bed as does the sofa in the Sunroom.



The remodel included increasing the width of the doorways considering the possibility of a wheelchair in the future.  The house has two bedrooms and two baths that I'll add later.