July 8, 2010 journal, America Is In A Societal Meltdown according to Chuck Ballwin in the Times Examiner. "We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passion unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral & religious people. It is fully inadequate to the government of any other". So said founding father and America's second president John Adams. And he was absolutely right. And that is what is absolutely wrong with our country today: America is in a complete moral, societal, & cultural meltdown. Founding father, America's first U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay correctly summarized the reason our new nation (and the fight for our liberty and independence) was successful. He wrote in Federalist 2, "With equal pleasure I have often taken notice that Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one United people-a people that descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, and professing the same religion, attracted to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs, and to why their joint counsels, arms, and efforts, fighting side by side through out a long and bloody war, have nobly established general liberty and independence". In other words, a united constitutional republic can only exist within the framework of a certain rather narrow and finite conditions,. Remove those conditions and the framework for Liberty and limited government falls apart. And the above statements by Adams and Jay succinctly summarize the conditions necessary for freedoms framework. A moral and religious people. At America's founding, principles of Christian philosophy and ideology was universally accepted. The vast majority of the colonists were churchgoing, Protestant Christians who firmly embraced and respected the sacred principles taught in the Holy Scriptures. In fact, reason most colonist's plan such a high premium on education was so that children would be able to read and study the Bible for themselves. It is more than interesting that America's early educators all centered their curriculum upon the Bible. Include in this august list Benjamin Harris, publisher of the New England Primer, the father of American education, Noah Webster; along with one of early Americans most successful school textbooks author William Holmes McGuffey. Beyond that, when we talk about America's love of worship, we are not talking about what passes for "worship" in modern America. We are not talking about these Disneyland entertainment villages known as mega churches. We are not talking about expresso Sunday schools or glorified social clubs. We are talking about a place where preachers were really bold & powerful, proclaimers of truth and where people went to learn the Word of God (and how to apply it to every walk of life including politics), not wallow in slurpy, sugary, shallow sermonettes that do nothing to prepare a man for Christian warfare. I challenge anyone to compare any of the sermons by colonial preachers such as Elisha Williams, Charles Chauncy, Jonathan Mayhew, Isaac Backus, Samuel Sherwood, John Witherspoon, Jacob Cushion, Samuel Cooper, Samuel Langdon, John Lehland, Samuel Miller, Enos Hitchcock, Ebenez Ballwin, or Jonathan Edwards with anything-preached by Joel Osteen or Rick Warner. Is it any wonder then that "Christians" seem to be as unkind, as deceitful, as lazy, as greedy, as unthankful, and as immoral as those who make no pretense regarding their unbelief? In fact, in some cases, those with no religion of Christian fashion put professing Christians to shame in matters of basic morality, decency, and civility. Why? One reason is that the church is no longer "the pillar and ground of the truth". Rather, it is more commonly regarded as being a big business enterprise that is focused more on political correctness than it is on real conviction or spiritual power. All the collapse of spirituality in Americas churches the collapse of morality in America's sculpture. We are talking about old-fashioned, basic are routed. How is it that so many Americans seem to be so ignorant about the simplest moral principles? When did greed and ambition replace the desire for honest character? When did comfort and ease replace conviction for (and understanding of) good government? How is it even "conservatives" have come to look to Washington, D.C., are answers to state or even personal problems? How is it that the fear of God is no longer relevant when choosing our civil magistrates? How can businessmen continue to sacrifice the sacred principles of liberty on the altar of financial profits? Are money and wealth really more important than liberty & peace? How can politicians blatantly disregard their oaths to the Constitution? How can they continue to grovel before a special interest groups and even foreign interests? How can they-so willingly and easily-violate the liberty principles enshrined in the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence? Without an understanding of (and an appreciation for) basic morality, America will collapse. Money and military might cannot and will not replace the time-tested foundations of morality and fidelity. The collapse of basic morality portends the collapse of America itself. "One Un-ited People"-Contrary to what one hears from the politically correct crowd today, unity-not diversity-is the key to America's greatness. Jay said that early America was united with the same ancestors, language, religion, and principles of government, manners & customs. And he was right. By and large, America was a Christian nation, speaking the same lang-uage, reading this same Bible, worshiping the same God, understanding and respecting the same form of government (A constitutional Confederation of free, self-governing states,) and embracing the same concept of culture, law, nature, matters, and so on. No more! Thanks to decades of federal dictation, public-school and indoctrination, and media and entertainment propaganda, the principles that once united us now divide us. And divided we are. I would even argue that America is hopelessly and helplessly divided. We are no longer united in our understanding of or appreciation for Christianity; we are no longer united in our English language; we are no longer united in our respect for our ancestors; We are no longer united in our respect for God's Word; we are no longer united in our respect for the principles of Federalism or constitutional government; and we are no longer united in our appreciation for the final bell principles of self reliance, morality and freedom. In other words, it is "crystal clear" that America is in the midst of a complete and total spiritual, societal, cultural, moral, and political meltdown. And what is also so abundantly obvious is that as long as Washington D.C. continues to lord it over us (and who or what is going to stop it?) It's only a matter of time before the final collapse occurs. And at that point, freedom lovers will be fighting against their own countrymen for their very lives and liberty. Accordingly, I think all this talk about "saving America" it is largely a complete waste of time and energy. Instead, we need to be talking about saving our individual states and the truth is, probably at least half of the state's are beyond repair. (States are just as bad. God will at His coming level this entire universe and renew it) saving our families, saving our communities, and saving our individual freedoms. To continue to focus on "saving America" or "saving Washington D.C." etc. is utter fool-ishness! Washington D.C. is not going to change; it is beyond redemption. Forget it! Cement your convictions; prepare your families; and start planning for life after the death of Liberty and law in America-because the meltdown of American society and culture has already begun." end. What a wonderful article of truth describing our present dilemma in government. However, I see no reason to save the sorry state governments or city which are just as bad or worse than the federal government. With the collapse of the dollar they are out of currency any way and must start back with horse & buggy farming to make a living. Do away with the infidel schools, employee pensions and the good old boy system that rewards people selectively and secretly. Dissolve the police state starting with the state highway department which is an unelected illegal form of law enforcement. There may be life after state, federal and city governments all fail if we have the courage. This could happen if Christian principles are applied but that wacko in Arizona is wrong. I long for the day when John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Lindsay Graham, Henry Kissinger and thousands of others are out of office and just history. California needs to collapse and release its 200,000 prisoners of this weird lopsided demonic society and the political laws. Oakland is no longer responding to police calls unless it is a case of real violent behavior. Stop supporting the Mexican War with blood dollars. The dollar is a deadly weapon of mass destruction and you can ask George & Dick how many people we killed in Iraq & Afghanistan. The first blessing of the expected collapse of the dollar will be to bring home all overseas American service personnel or discharge them wherever they are in the world. When the foreign 'Fed' finally runs out the Pentagon will be neutralized with government. The coffers of Halliburton will be worthless in America and in their new home of Dubai. Only Satan could have kept the dollar going so long spilling so much blood of ours/theirs. From his article June 23, Chuck Baldwin, Pensacola, Florida. I approve of this message. "I tell you the truth: There are not too many problems that could not be solved today with an old-fashioned, honest, morally upright courageously disciplinary-father whose would love and bring up his children in the fear an admonition of the Lord. And let us remember that it is extremely difficult for a man to be this kind of father without the love and support of his wife. In this regard, the feminist movement is largely responsible for destroying both the femininity of our women and the mask the masculinity of our men. So while we are rightly concerned and focused on the myriad problems facing us today, remember that America has no greater need than the need of family to be led and strengthened by good,2 Godly father's. Furthermore, that is something each of us men would aspire to do beyond anything else. To paraphrase the words of our Lord, "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own children"? Therefore, to all of America's outstanding fathers out there who quietly go about your business of being an example to their children; consistently and humbly discipline your children; who instilled the time tested principles of honor, integrity, and devotion in the hearts of their children; those who bravely accept the responsibility of fatherhood without grumbling and complaining; and who are willing to put the security and well-being of their families above personal pursuits: To see discipline declared some sort of child abuse is awful; one may also be forced to forfeit his freedom to purchase a firearm or to live where he chooses... "Spare the rod; spoil the child", I can say this, however: I thank God for every spanking I got, because that correction gave me the sense of security, of law, and of direction that I desperately needed to make those right choices in life. To think what I would be today had my father not disciplined me. I thank God that I was raised in a better time, when the culture had not ditched the laws of God & nature in favor of this stupid, senseless, asinine political correctness that's rampant today!"