The gold “IHS” monogram inscribed on a pediment in the hall was covered over by a piece of black-painted plywood, and remained covered over the next day, CNSNews.com reported.

From a Biblical perspective this is saddening news. God has always judged the nations. Those nations that turned away and removed God from their society were always met with harsh judgment. Some were given second, third, fourth, chances. Those nations that feared God and worshiped His name were blessed and would prosper. Are we to be judged lightly?

According to Michelle Malkin, there have been reports from DHS on leftwing extremism.

I have covered DHS for many years and am quite familiar with past assessments they and the FBI have done on animal rights terrorists and environmental terrorists. But those past reports have always been very specific in identifying the exact groups, causes, and targets of domestic terrorism, i.e., the ALF, ELF, and Stop Huntingdon wackos who have engaged in physical harassment, arson, vandalism, and worse against pharmaceutical companies, farms, labs, and university researchers.

I tend to agree with Malkin but it certainly depends on who you talk to as to whether this report, being called a direct attack on conservatives and military veterans, is all that unusual.

Robert Schlesinger of U.S. News and World Report doesn’t think this report is anything that should upset conservatives. He actually asks why conservatives would put themselves in the same company of those being pointed out in the report.

Here’s my question: Why are prominent conservatives so quick to lump themselves in with genuine nuts and terrorists? Seriously.

Schlesinger also points out from a footnote in the report what he wants to use as a definition of who the report is targeting.

Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.

It is disingenuous to try to convince anybody that this is a definitive representation of what rightwing extremism is and is talked about in this report. It is all subjective and left up to the judgment of who? Janet Napolitano? Barack Obama? Or maybe the CNN reporter who yesterday, covering the Tea Party event in Chicago, called the event anti government, anti CNN and not fit for family viewing.

It needs also to be pointed out that nothing in this report addresses radical Islamic terrorists or any other terror organizations outside the U.S.

And this report follows in the footsteps of the Missouri Information and Analysis Center’s Strategic Report, “Modern Militia Movement“. Almost immediately after that report was made public a member of the Campaign for Liberty group was detained at length at a Missouri airport because he was carrying cash and brochures about his organization.

Yesterday on a local talk radio station here in the Tampa Bay area, I heard one host say that the DHS report on rightwing extremism wasn’t targeted at Tea Parties or conservatives because these reports were sanctioned under the Bush administration. Well, of course they were. It was under the Bush administration that the Department of Homeland Security was founded. The problem with that argument is that George Bush and his Secretary of Homeland Security didn’t write this report dated April 7, 2009. It was Janet Napolitano under the direction of her boss, Barack Obama. These two either knew exactly what they were doing or they need some remedial work on writing reports on national security.

We can argue forever on whether or not this report was directed at conservatives and any or all conservative movements. What we can agree on is that the document is a piece of poorly crafted bunk. It is non specific, it is written such that it will incite anger and does not define what they deem to be “extremism”. To read the report any honest person will come away believing that those who don’t espouse to the principles of abortion, bailouts, socialism, gun control, essentially all of Obama’s programs, you are a rightwing extremist. Not only that, about the only specific group pointed out is from our own military personnel. Shouldn’t we expect our military personnel to be angry and hurt?

This report went out to law enforcement agencies as an alert. It is so poorly crafted that it appears as an obvious target of anyone not in agreement with the president and his policies.

I don’t consider myself an extremist but after reading this report and being witness to the events taking place in this country today, I am left thinking I am on the DHS watch list.

Tom Remington

Thanks to the Internet, it has made organizing such a mass event a lot easier and lot quicker. This idea was mainly started by bloggers who felt the need to reach out. Protests actually began with bloggers in Seattle, Washington who rallied back in February. Word spread and it has caught on like wildfire. So what does the left-wingers and those who support the Obama Administration think of all this?

I can’t imagine they are too keen on the idea of angry protesters stomping through American cities with a gun in one hand and a Bible in the other. They would feel more comfortable if we just put the guns and Bibles down and started murdering innocent children in the womb. Or better yet pass around a bong and have gay sex. OK I digress.

Well, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a 9 page report (pdf) warning officials of right-wing radicals. This all comes just hours prior to Tea Party Day.

(U) Key Findings

(U//LES) The DHS/Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has no specific
information that domestic rightwing* terrorists are currently planning acts of violence,
but rightwing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their fears about
several emergent issues. The economic downturn and the election of the first
African American president present unique drivers for rightwing radicalization and
recruitment.

— (U//LES) Threats from white supremacist and violent antigovernment groups
during 2009 have been largely rhetorical and have not indicated plans to carry
out violent acts. Nevertheless, the consequences of a prolonged economic
downturn—including real estate foreclosures, unemployment, and an inability
to obtain credit—could create a fertile recruiting environment for rightwing
extremists and even result in confrontations between such groups and
government authorities similar to those in the past.

— (U//LES) Rightwing extremists have capitalized on the election of the first
African American president, and are focusing their efforts to recruit new
members, mobilize existing supporters, and broaden their scope and appeal
through propaganda, but they have not yet turned to attack planning.

For those who read Bible prophecy understand that there are many people out there that believe America will not play a major role in the last days. Some scholars believe America will exist, but will play a small role in end time events. Of course there are many theories. Some believe America will simply lose their role as the #1 super power of the world. Many believe there could be civil unrest and war in America. People like Joel Rosenberg, who mentions in his book Dead Heat, a massive nuclear attack on American cities, believe this to be a possible reality. Some believe not just one event could happen but many of the events. Take a worse case scenario where civil unrest breaks out due to an economic downturn and high unemployment, leading to more bailouts and more tea parties. Unrest leads to civil war, and while America is fighting amongst itself to find its identity we are attacked from the outside by an evil force.

Again, much speculation here, but could this be the beginning of something bigger to come? Many evangelicals today believe we are living in the last days. Seeing through the third lens of Scripture doesn’t this help you more easily project which road the economic and political stage is headed?

Kandy Kyriacou and Ojoma Omaga said the College of Alameda accused them of “disruptive behavior” after they had prayed with an ailing teacher in a faculty office in December of 2007, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Although public colleges are prohibited from endorsing religion, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled that the women can proceed with a lawsuit against Peralta Community College District.

Illston said college students have the right to pray in private outside the classroom, according to the Chronicle.

The lawsuit seeks an acknowledgment of that right and an apology, and wants all disciplinary action be rescinded, said one of the pair’s lawyers, Steven Wood.