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Why Darwin’s propagandists oppose the book The Mystery of Life’s Origin

Posted on October 6, 2009 by | 1 comment

Propagandists for Darwin’s theory often claim their opponents are unscientific. They claim their opponents never offer science an alternative theory. They criticize their critics for their continual criticism. This is true of Eugenie Scott, PZ Meyer, Richard Dawkins, and the like.

I have noticed one so-called creationist work often mentioned and criticized by Darwinian propagandists. That work is The Mystery of Life Origins: Reassessing Current Theories by Charles B. Thaxton, Walter L. Bradley, and Roger L. Olson. Therefore, I bought that book and have been reading it.

While reading the first chapter, I began to realize why this book is a problem to Darwin’s propagandists. First, a better sub-title for the book would be Reassessing the Current Theories of Chemical Evolution. That is the actual subject of the book and for good reason: its authors are all professional chemists, evangelists or philosophers. Second, these authors identify the scientific community’s problems with chemical evolution, the statistical improbability of the evolution of cellular life by random chance, the lack of evidence for evolutionary predestination based on finding life on other planets, and the most troubling problem is with the nature of information available to and present by origin science theories.

Quoting preeminent scientists like George Gaylord Simpson, philosophers of science like Karl Pooper, and the prestigious scientific journal like Nature, the authors demonstrates the evolutionary theory of origins is mere speculation, which is exactly the claim made by Darwin’s propagandists against Intelligent Design. If you have watched the documentary Expelled, then you know they also admit they do not know how life actually began.

Consequently, the theories of Creation Science and Intelligent Design are as scientific as is the theory of Evolution to the extent the scientific community (meaning academia, big business, and government) produces and allows observational research by which to verify various theories. To test the plausibility of any theory and its inferences, real scientific research and publication of findings is required; but if it is prevented by the status quo in academia and society, academic and intellectual freedom is denied.

That is the underlying issue of the Evolution v Creation debate. It’s about philosophical views and the suppression of intellectual freedom. It’s bad politics as the many court cases hindering academic and freedom. According to Darwinian propagandists like Eugenie Scott, these cases presumably prove that the Creation Science and Intelligent Design theories are just religious theologies pretending to be science. Decisions of judges are not scientific judgments either.

The belief in a Creator of the material world and that the Creator intervenes in nature to direct or repair it is not illogical. To the members the Continental Congress of this nation, it was self-evidently rational. For a magnificently complex universe and life in it to come about by random accidents was self-evidently irrational. The proposition of Darwinian evolution that life developed by random chance mutations is still illogical as well as unproven. Complex machines do not just assemble themselves by accident. They are purposefully made according to a predetermined design according to ability and knowledge (information).

I have also noticed that all Origin theories, even the Genesis account, always assume preexisting material, organism, or universe from which our world and life in it came into existence. Both name elements and components, describe processes, identify sources, and employ reason and observation. Prior to Darwin and the rise of atheistic secularism, scientific discoveries were expected to give scientists and society a greater understanding of the Creator and his purpose(s) for creation. That is why religion is not a hindrance to science. On the contrary, it is only a hindrance to unethical scientific agendas.

If as David Bohm theorizes, the entire blueprint of the universe and all forms of life exist in every part of nature. Then, its source must have been very intelligent and skillful. Evolutionists like Richard Dawkins speculate that an intelligent being or being could have been the source. Others called that being God. For still others, their personal experience of God verifies their belief. Seeing that millions of people around the world for two millenniums have repeatedly have experienced the same verification, should not God then be regarded as an empirical fact?

Sources: Eugenie C. Scott, “American Antievolutionism: Retrospect and Prospect” in Evolution: The First Four Billion Years, Michael Ruse and Joseph Travis, eds., Cambridge, MA: Belnap Press, 2009): pp. 370-399; Expelled, No Intelligence Allowed, DVD, directed by Nathan Frankowski (Universal City, CA: Vivendi Entertainment, 2008); The Mystery of Life’s Origin (Dallas, TX: Lewis & Stanley,: 1984): pp. 1-7.

Note: I found “Evolution” at the Xenia Library but I could not find “Mystery,” but I did find it at the downtown Montgomery County Library. Other Greene County Libraries have “Expelled,” but the Xenia Library seems to prefer to spend tax dollars on Evolution.

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Austria’s priorities misdirected

Posted on September 22, 2009 by | 1 comment

By LtCol John Mitchel, USAF (Ret)

I recently visited Congressman Steve Austria’s tax-payer funded website and was astonished to learn that his #1 priority is “providing quality constituent services.” I would think that a Congressman’s top priority would be to protect his constituents’ freedom and liberty, not arrange Capital tours, gallery passes or White House tours. Although those quaint activities are nice, I’d rather see my Representative standing in the gap between his constituents and big, intrusive government.

Having said that, on three occasions over the last ten years or so, I asked for Steve’s help, and all three times he failed miserably. The first was five or six years into E-check, which you may recall as “cap and trade light” where our state government charged $19.50 to check our cars for excessive emissions. More than 95 percent passed, but then the government sold or traded the credits we earned to private businesses so they could keep polluting. Mr. Austria told me we needed to keep E-check because it preserved jobs, and of course he took credit for E-check’s demise when it died a natural death after the 10-year contract expired.

Then in 2005 I asked him to side with over 2000 Beavercreek folks who signed a petition to put a $14.8 million dollar government loan on the ballot to help finance The Greene, a private development. Our City Counsel sat on their hands while an unelected bureaucrat voided our petitions on a procedural technicality. Austria claimed he had no jurisdiction, but still took a $1,000 contribution in 2007 from the CEO for Steiner and Associates, The Greene’s private development company. (Source: www.fec.gov)

Then more recently I asked two members of Steve’s staff to shine a bright light on the cost of two mailings that looked like campaign ads paid for at taxpayer expense. Still haven’t heard from Steve on that one.

If you want Steve Austria as your over-paid Washington D.C. tour guide and full time campaigner, that’s up to you, but I believe the job is more important than that. We are at a crossroads and it’s time we put people in Washington who care a lot more about their oath of office rather than arranging complimentary tickets for Washington D.C. tours.

Note: LtCol John Mitchel, USAF (Ret), opposed Steve Austria in the 2008 primary, and is considering another run for Congress in 2010.

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The UN Deception

Posted on August 20, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Learn how top United Nations proponents exploit small arms, the environment, and justice to pressure Capitol Hill into quietly surrendering America’s heritage of freedom. Should these UN plans remain unopposed, the consequences are ultimately grim. There is, however, a way to avert this danger.

You can learn more on September 3 at the Xenia Public Library. The meet-up will begin at 7pm in the Conference Room. It is free to the public.

The World Federalist Association, or WFA, is one of the largest organizations that openly promote world government. Periodically the WFA extends a global governments award to a prominent individual pushing for the same goal. Former CBS anchor man Walter Cronkite was among the recipients of the WFA award. Cronkite – ‘today we must develop federal structures on a global level. To deal with world problems we need a system of enforceable world law.. a democratic federal world government.’ In 1993 the WFA honored an editor for Time magazine for an essay he had written entitled The Birth of a Global Nation. After receiving the award the editor, Strobe Talbott, was appointed Deputy Sec. of State in the Clinton administration.

The U.N. has portrayed its role in Africa as helping to liberate black Africans from their white colonial oppressors. A message that plays well to the sympathy’s of most American’s. Yet, the fact remains the U.N. served as a vital Soviet ally in ensuring that the end of European colonialism in Africa would be replaced with Soviet style colonialism. The result was that most of the people of Africa were denied true independence. The decolonization campaign also impacted the United Nations itself. As new pro Soviet nations were invited to join the U.N. general assembly became more anti American. The composition of the U.N. Security Council was also effected by the shift to a less free world.

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Greene County “pay-to-play” politics may have compromised national security

Posted on July 21, 2009 by | 1 comment

by John Mitchell

Recently released documents indicate that the 2003 BRAC Initiative Agreement between Greene County Commissioners and the Dayton Development Coalition (DDC) may have inappropriately facilitated the release of information sensitive to national security. In an August 19, 2003 email from a Greentree Group consultant to the Dayton Development Coalition CEO, a request was made by the Greentree consultant that a lobbyists with PMA, a defunct Washington lobbying firm, intervene with Headquarters Air Force and the Office of the Secretary of Defense to “determine the plans and status for making a decision on (a sensitive program that could be characterized as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)). A later email indicates the PMA lobbyist followed through on that request. The simple truth is that Greentree, the Dayton Development Coalition and PMA do not have the authority to get involved with plans, programs and budgets related to sensitive intelligence matters unless they are under contract with a federal government agency to do so. To add insult to injury, this was all done within the framework of noncompetitively awarded contracts funded by Greene County and other Ohio taxpayers.

Since November 2007 this reporter has been seeking documents related to the 2003 Base Re-alignment and Closure (BRAC) Initiative Agreement. In fact, just last month the Greene County Common Pleas Court dismissed our public records request suit against Greene County elected officials to force them to provide those documents. Strangely enough, the Greene County Prosecutor, a defendant himself as well as legal counsel for past and present Greene County Commissioners named as defendants in the suit, ignored the court’s ruling and released at least 26 binders packed with BRAC Initiative Agreement documents. This is the legal equivalent of ENRON being acquitted of securities fraud, but then settling with plaintiffs after the fact without an appeal. This is strange behavior indeed, but completely consistent with career politicians taken to the edge of the abyss with no other option than to delay accountability until after the next election, in the meantime hoping to wear down the whistleblower. Fortunately for the citizens, the damaging evidence was in the second binder reviewed and not the 26th.

It’s important to note this isn’t just a sweetheart deal between Greene County Commissioners and the Dayton Development Coalition. Federal legislators including Dave Hobson and Steve Austria were deeply entangled in the “pay-to-play” shenanigans in Greene County that ran through Columbus and on to Washington, D.C. Hobson and Austria both had representatives on the DDC Wright Patt 2010 Committee that helped steer well over $100,000 in contributions to their campaigns from Coalition employees and directors, Greentree associates, and lobbyists formerly with PMA, which has disintegrated since last November when they were raided by the FBI for allegations of violating campaign finance laws.

It’s bad enough that fraud, waste, abuse and corruption place in jeopardy the economic future of our children and grandchildren, but when career politicians put their personal interests above national security, enough is enough. Kevin DeWine, State Chairman for the Ohio Republican Party, recently rolled out a 10-point plan to save the Ohio GOP, which includes, “Enforcing a zero-tolerance policy for misconduct.” It’s time to hold Kevin DeWine and the Ohio Republican Party to that commitment by demanding they rid the party of self-interested politicians and replace them with candidates who will uphold both the letter and spirit of the law, not to mention their sacred oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.

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Dayton Tea Party Independence Day Weekend Rally

Posted on July 4, 2009 by | 1 comment

The Dayton Tea Party held their July 3 Rally at Golden Gate Park in Brookville. According to Brookville Police Chief Ed Preston, more than 5,000 were in attendance. This was only one of many Tea Parties held across Ohio and the nation. In Ohio, cities with scheduled Tea Parties included Ashland, Cadiz, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Freemont, Mansfield, Marietta, North Canton, Springfield, and Zanesville. Brendan Steinhauser’s map of known Tea Parties throughout the nation is posted on the Freedom Works blog.

According to the Tea Party Protests blog, there were over 200,000 Tea Party events held nationwide around the tax filing deadline of April 15. Of the 200,000, the national Tax Day Tea Party website reported 800 registered events in 50 states. Americans gathered in protest against government-generated debt that robs them of over one-third of their income through taxes. Astronomical debt by unaccountable federal politicians continues to be a huge issue at the Tea Party.

Brookville mayor David Seagraves gave the opening address. He challenged the Partiers further their involvement not only in the Tea Party movement but also in local, state and national politics. What followed his speech was great music by Dan River’s band, a visit by the comedian President Barak Obama (maybe it was a twin from Kenya?), many more fired up speakers, and some awesome fireworks. Whoever was performing the light show was a real pro.

Rob Yarger, a local business owner, emceed the Dayton Tea Party. Encouraged by Rob Scott, the chief brains behind the organization, Yarger also spoke to the Partiers about the socialization of business, health care, and the growing intrusion of the government in our lives and homes.

Deborah Mulholand, owner of home-based marketing business Angelic Enterprises, rallied the Partiers to support the Fair Tax movement. She said, the national income tax was first proposed by Karl Marx. Contrary to Obama’s international denial, America is a Christian not a socialist nation. While God only asks for 10 percent, government seeks over 60 percent. We pay more than just income tax. We pay tax on just about everything. The federal government is even proposing to tax burping. The Fair Tax would replace all taxation with a 23 percent sales tax. It would reduce the thousands of pages of tax code to 133 pages, and it would eliminate the IRS bureaucracy. All working Americans would receive a 7.5 percent pay raise just by getting rid of the FICA tax, and small businesses would save 15 percent. What better way to end the use of the tax code to reward favorite supporters by federal politicians for their votes.

Pres. Obama’s speech was pretty anti-climactic following Mulholand. Nevertheless, he made some interesting comments. Obama claimed he intends for all Americans to have a job. That is a job working for the government. He also proposed to create a simpler tax code: Tell us what you make and send it in.
I notice something strange about him. His voice was a little muffled, he a plastic or stone faced appearance, and he never quit smiling … I’m sure what his problem was.

Anyway, Arlene Holland was the next speakers. Emcee Yarger introduced her as a Spanish Sarah Palin. I think she is a little more dynamic than Palin. Holland is a legal immigrant from Honduras, where the people said no to communism. Yet, they are still fighting to maintain their constitutional self-governance. She said she could be silent no more about the erosion of our constitutional freedoms and democracy by elites. America belongs to us not to them. They are attempting to rule over our children and run or lives. Their bailouts only reward corrupt government. It is time to stand up and refuse to be silent, she said. Quoting John F. Kennedy’s famous dictum, Holland said, “It’s not what your country can do for you, it is what will do for your country. Now, what will you do?”

I’m sure the next three speakers, all young members of the Ohio legislators, found her fiery speech a hard act to follow. By young, I mean all men in their 30s. The first was Greene County’s own Jarrod Martin. He spoke about the need for a public hearing on the State Sovereignty Resolution, which is being held up by the Speaker of the House. As Mulholan said earlier, out-of-control spending by the federal government, their encroachment on state authority, their intrusion in state affairs, amounts to taxation without representation. According to Martin, the originators of the Constitution did not intend for big government and huge debt to dominate American life and politics. The federal government was given limited, enumerated powers. The ninth and tenth Amendments prove that all others rights and authority belongs to states and the people. That is why Ohio HCR 11 is needed to send a clear message to Congress that enough is enough.

Rep. Martin introduced Rep. Seth Morgan as a leading sponsor of HB210, which proposed to reduce the pay of Ohio politicians. Morgan speech was short and sweet. We have to stop the overburdening and over-reaching spending and power grabbing efforts of both Ohio and Washington D.C. politicians. Just as the signers of the Declaration of Independence knew they were signing their death warrants if the Revolution failed, we must likewise recommit ourselves to give us liberty or give us death cause of liberty and self-governance.

The next new generation of leaders to speak was Rep. Josh Mandel. He graduated from OSU, served in the US Marine Corps, and local government. He overcame entrenched political opposition to lower property taxes. He get property taxes rolled back first by proposing it, then by going house to house to garner support, and then by the overwhelming support of local taxpayers and voters. Just as he accomplished what status quo leaders said was impossible by doing the hard work necessary, we together doing the hard work can achieve the goals represented by the Tea Party. We can protect and restore our liberty.

The last speaker of the night was Greg McAfee, owner of McAfee Heating and Air. As did most of the speakers, he covered most of the current issues of our day including universal health care, foreclosures, global warming, cap-and-trade. One area of government intrusion in the personal lives of homeowners comes into play when homeowners want to sell their house. McAfee said the government is now empowered inspect homes and force owners to replace windows and doors before being permitted to put their home on the market. He also pointed out the free universal health care will not be free. Business owners will be forced to pay for it. In the end, however, consumers will pay for it through inflation.

McAfee concluded by calling for a return to the basics: (1) Returning to values worth passing on our children like honesty. (2) Honoring heroes who exemplify those values. Congress held a moment of silence for the king of pop culture Michael Jackson while also ignoring the passing of war hero Ed McMahan, who spend much of his life serving his country. (3) Restoring self-governance engendered by capitalism, by the practice of our fundamental rights like free speech, and the discipline of hard work. (4) Returning to being a nation of people under God. (After all, God is co-founder of the United States of America.)

During the entire event, the long line leading to the concession stand and to the coffee bar never subsided. Along with food and latté for the stomach, a number of organizations with booths offered something for the political soul like petitions in support of the Ohio Sovereignty Resolutions (HCR-11/SCR-13), petitions of protest against the cap-and-trade bills, books by National Center for Constitutional Studies, Glenn Beck’s Common Sense, and others. Eric W. Deaton had his campaign booth set up. He is planning to replace George Voinovich in the Senate. Our own Campaign for Liberty and John Birch Society organizations were also offering their political soul food. (See the links below for more info about work and ideals.)
Links:
www.daytonohioteaparty.com
www.OhioFreeState.com
www.ohiolibertycouncil.com
National Constitutional Education Society
www.deatonforsenate.com
John Birch Society
www.ohiofreedom.com
www.campaignforliberty.com

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Greene County Library Funding Emergency

Posted on June 25, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Governor Strickland has proposed a last minute change to the State Budget: he proposes to cut funding for Ohio’s Libraries by an additional $100 million dollars a year for the next two years.

Public libraries are a vital lifeline to job hunting information, education, and family fun in a down economy. Greene County Public Library receives 55% of its funding from the State of Ohio. This funding rises and falls with the State’s income, and funding for libraries has already fallen dramatically in the current recession. If the Governor’s new cut became permanent, it would devastate the services the library provides to children, teens, adults, and seniors throughout Greene County.

Under the Governor’s proposal, the funding for Ohio’s libraries would drop to nearly half of 2008 levels. The cost to the Greene County Public Library would be $2.2 million in 2009 and $3.5 million in 2010. The cut for this year would be in addition to the $3.3 million reduction the library is already facing because of declining state tax revenues.

The Greene County Public Library has already absorbed large drops in state funding, even while staff has been working hard not to reduce services for patrons. But, without this key state funding, the library will have to make deep cuts in hours, eliminate services, and possibly even close branches.

You can help Greene County Public Library protect the funding that will keep it doing what it does best — serving you — by contacting your representatives and the Governor’s office by phone and email this week to let them how you feel about the Governor’s proposal: the decision on this proposal will be made before July 1.

Please contact:

Governor Ted Strickland
(614) 466-3555
(614) 644-4357 (Fax)
http://governor.ohio.gov

Representative Jarrod Martin
(614) 644-6020
(614) 719-3970 (Fax)
district70@ohr.state.oh.us

Representative Robert Hackett
(614) 466-1470
(614) 719-6984 (Fax)
district84@ohr.state.oh.us

Senator Chris Widener
(614) 466-3780
SD10@senate.state.oh.us

(Note: To speed up the process, you can write one email with your name and address, and then cut and paste it into your email to the legislators.)

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The Friends of Jarrod B. Martin Golf Scramble

Posted on June 12, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Are you a friend and supporter of State Representative Jarrod B. Martin? Then you are invited to the Friends of Jarrod B. Martin Golf Scramble.

Don’t ask me why it’s called a scramble instead of a fund raiser. My guess is that players like myself find ourselves doing more scrambling for golf balls in the woods, sand, and water than on the greens. Whatever the reason, its an opportunity to rub shoulders with the who’s who of Greene County and support Rep. Martin’s legislative work.

Location: WGC Golf Course, 944 Country Club Drive, Xenia, Ohio 45385, Visit the                   course online at www.wgcgolfcourse.com

Date & Time: Monday, June 29, 2009: Shotgun Start at 8:30, Registration, coffee &                          Donuts at 7:45

Cost: $100 per golfer includes, golf, cart, food & drinks, and prizes. Space is limited;            register early!

Sponsors: $25 Cart Sponsor: Sign on cart
                    $100 Tee Sponsor; Sign at Tee, recognition in golf fliers
                    $150 Hole Sponsor; Signs at Tee & Green, recognition in golf fliers
                    $500 Food & Beverage Sponsor; Sign at Clubhouse, recognition in                     golf fliers, credit for two golfers
                    $1000 Tournament Sponsor; Signs at Registration Table & Clubhouse,                     recognition in golf fliers, credit for four golfers

Directions: US 35 East into downtown Xenia, Left on US 68 (Detroit), Right on                      Country Club Drive
                     From Columbus: I-70 West to US 68 South to Left on Country Club                      Drive.

Questions: Contact Michael Bir, 937-369-1540 or michaelbirgop@gmail.com

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State Representative Jarrod Martin Co-sonsors Bill to Decrease Legislature’s and Other Statewide Office Holders Saleries

Posted on June 8, 2009 by | Leave a comment

On June 4, Representative Jarrod B. Martin (R-Beavercreek) co-sponsored legislation that will cut the salaries of all state level elected officials, with the exception of members of the judiciary, by five percent (5%). The legislation is joint sponsored by Seth Morgan (R-Huber Heights) and Terry Boose (R-Norwalk) and has bi-partisan co-sponsor support of 30 additional representatives (29 Republicans, 1 Democrat).

Martin said, “The state budget is tight and Ohio families are cutting back; the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association representing about 35,000 employees took a cut in pay, we felt that it is only right that we do our part to pitch in.”

Due to the constitutional issues related to changing salaries of elected officials, the bill, if passed, would take effect upon the election or re-election of the affected office holders.

The legislation has a “sunset” provision that would rescind the provisions when the State of Ohio reaches State Domestic Product growth of two and one half percent (2.5%) or more in 2 of 3 consecutive years.

Martin added, “I believe it is very reasonable to have the policy-makers salaries correlated to the success of the state.”

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Win a Pack of Battery-Powered Yard Equipment

Posted on May 30, 2009 by | Leave a comment

If you are willing to follow the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission’s Air Quality Advisory actions, you would be eligible to win one of three environmental-friendly B&D battery-power yard maintenance equipment packs:

 
* Combination Shrubbery Trimmer & Grass Shears,
* Hedge Trimmer; and
* Weed-whacker

The three lawn maintenance packs will be given to the winners one at the end of June, another at the end of July, and the last one at the end of August. The retail of the three tools is about $200.

What better way to avoid fines for high weeds, and for overgrown hedges and shrubs that hide the existence of your house. And while avoiding those fines, you will be helping to lower greenhouse gases and high ozone levels at ground levels in Xenia and across the Miami Valley.

If you are interested, go to the Miami Valley Air webiste. To register to win those prizes, call the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission at (937) 223-6323 and register now. You may also by-pass the contest and go straight to Environmental New Flash to sign up for the Air Quality Advisory e-mails, which you will receive once a day.

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Township Photo Contest

Posted on May 29, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Do you have a photo of a particular landmark in your township
you think is worthy of showing off?

The Ohio Township Association is putting together a township calendar to sell at its annual conferences and online. The top 12 photos will find a place in the calendar and receive a free copy of the finished product to display in their township.

The photos may be seasonal landscape shots, highlight a unique
aspect of your township or be of an important event your township hosts.

If you have a photo you would like to submit, you can present it to your local officials for consideration. Be sure an include a brief description of the photo. Your local official may then forward it to OSA at hall@ohiotownships.org.

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