A friendly Reminder

CASEY ANTHONY JURY by Michael Peroutka   The verdict in the trial of Casey Anthony caused a very strident reaction among the media talking heads.  Casey Anthony, you may recall, was found NOT GUILTY of the murder of her daughter.  It seemed clear that many media figures were very distressed by this since they had been pronouncing her guilty on their TV and radio shows for weeks.  The Jury obviously didn’t agree with the media managers. As a result many in the media and some l

WHO PAYS FOR BIG BIRD’S SUPPER? by Michael Peroutka In the first presidential debate of 2012, a surprisingly relevant question was asked by the moderator Jim Lehrer. Mr. Lehrer asked Mr. Romney to describe the standard he would use to reduce government spending. Mr. Romney’s answer to this and to some other questions revealed his flawed view of the Constitution.   Whether he would fund a program or not, he said, came down to whether it would be worth borrowing money from Chin

LAWSUIT OVER LIBYA by Michael Peroutka  Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, along with a number of other Congressmen, has filed suit in federal Court against  Barak Obama for unauthorized use of the united States military in Libya.  According to Congressman Bartlett’s statements on a recent radio interview, Obama has violated the Constitution, which gives only Congress the authority to declare war, and also the War Powers Act, which requires that the use of military prior to Congres

WCBM ESSAY ON JURISDICTION by Michael Peroutka Can we talk just a minute about jurisdiction? The Latin word Juris means “law” and Dicto, means “I speak”.  So if a person – or an institution – has jurisdiction over a matter, this means that the person or the institution has the authority to speak, or to say, what the law is regarding this matter. Now, please, notice this doesn’t mean that jurisdiction gives one the authority to make the law, just to speak it – declare it – an

“LEGAL” ILLEGALITY by Michael Peroutka Back in the nineteenth Century, Frederick Bastiat, author of a famous book called “The Law” wrote the following words concerning what he termed “legal plunder”: When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it. Legal plunder occurs when government officials, who are charged with protecti

OPEN LETTER TO CONGRESSMAN ANDY HARRIS AND OTHERS:   IMPEACHMENT IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE “ALL” MEANS “ALL” by Michael Peroutka Leading up to the January 28 th State of the Union Speech, Barak Obama and his spokesmen made statements to the effect that he plans to use his pen to sign executive orders to enact law on his own authority.  He says he will do this because, in his view, Congress has not, or will not, pass certain legislation that he desires. Based on this bald assert

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS REPORTEDLY  “DEBATING” COLD BLOODED MURDER by Michael Peroutka According to a February 11 th New York Times article by Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt, the Obama administration is debating whether to authorize a lethal strike against an American citizen living in Pakistan. The Crime committed by this person? Well, we really don’t know and, of course, if this person is killed by a drone strike authorized by Barak Obama, we never will know, will we?

BIG FOOT AND MAYDAY by Michael  Peroutka On May 1st, 2011, Barack Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden had been ambushed and killed by a Navy Seal team and, only a little while later, his body was dumped in the Indian Ocean. In a little known but related story, the White House also announced that a Special Forces team ambushed and killed Big Foot in a remote area of Washington State, but on the ride back to base the body fell out of the helicopter into Puget Sound. A spokespe

THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN’S SOULS by Michael Peroutka   “A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right…” So wrote Thomas Paine in a pamphlet called Common Sense, which caused quite a stir back in 1775. It is widely believed that Thomas Paine’s philosophy greatly aided the cause of American Independence with a logic and a passion that aroused public opinion to hot anger and a firm resolve to resist English tyranny. But plea

WCBM ESSAY    HISTORIC (UNREVISED) LINCOLN by Michael Peroutka By and large, the American people are ignorant of history –even their own history. As a result, they have often been manipulated to believe false accounts of famous figures. Quite often we have been told very bad things about god God-fearing people and, conversely, we have been told many good things about some very evil people. What I am about to reveal to you may shock you and it may make you mad – even mad at me

WHAT IS THE REAL PROBLEM AT PENN STATE? by Michael Peroutka   Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky has been convicted and sentenced to prison for child abuse. The late Penn State coach Joe Paterno has been discredited and disparaged for his failure to stop Sandusky from performing sex acts with children. Likewise Pennsylvania State University has been sharply criticized and sanctioned by the NCAA for the lack of institutional safeguards which supposedly woul

AMERICAN DISTINCTIVES by Michael Peroutka   Did you know that there is a distinctively American view of law and of the role, purpose, and conduct of government?  This American View rests firmly on Biblical foundations and requires, for its successful functioning, a moral and religious culture.  That is to say, it requires a citizenry which is not only knowledgeable regarding the Revealed Word of God and His moral principles and precepts, but it also requires a citizenry which