Because apparently no news is not good news, ABC decided to go to the basement vault to create a story.  On Monday, Jan 18th, ABC reported that U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret ‘Jesus’ Bible Codes.  The story points out that Trijicon has inscribed Bible versus onto the scopes that they sell the U.S. Military.  A member of an atheist group was upset about this finding and decided to make a big issue out of this as what he calls a violation of  “church and state” and Federal law. What Federal law is violated is up to anyone’s guess and anyone who has read the Constitution knows that “separation of church and state” is not part of that document.  The main problem with ABC’s article is that it is 4 years old and the scope manufacturer has been putting the inscriptions on their scopes for 23 years.  To top things off the Bible verse are part of the serial numbers of the scopes.  For example: the 32mm lens ACOG sight serial number is ACOG4X32JN8:12, with JN8:12 standing for John 8:12.

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Bob Owens from Pajamas Media believes that the only reason this story popped up again, is that someone on a bulletin board rediscovered the issue a couple of weeks ago and ABC ran with the story.  Mr. Owen also points out how the scope’s use by the military was a big step forward in field optics.  The fact that the scopes have been used for 23 years points to their quality and usefulness and not to some agenda to make the U.S. Army into a group of crusading nights.

I hope that this story by ABC back fires on them and increases sales for Trijicon.  Trijicon’s founder put his Christian faith out in the open for everyone to see.  He ran his company based on that faith and he boldly showed it by making it part of the company’s mission statement.

Guided by our values, we endeavor to have our products used wherever precision aiming solutions are required to protect individual freedom.

This is just another example of the media taking a minority view point and twisting it order to attach Christian values.  It shows that reporting is no longer reporting anymore, just sensationalism without any facts to back it up.  I have not used Trijicon’s scopes and they are a little pricey, but I know that if I do plan on getting a sight or scope, that I will look at Trijicon’s products first.  I will do this to support an American company making products in this country and a company that bravely puts forth its Christian values.

Interview with Keri on the Bill LuMaye Show on the way back from DC on Nov. 5th.

The original interview was to take place at 5:05 pm and would have happened while the bus with 45 North Carolinian’s were still traveling back from DC. However, due to the shooting at Ft. Hood, the Bill LuMaye Show called Keri back after the Ft. Hood news story was completed. When the interview happened, the group was stopped for dinner, which provided Keri a quiet opportunity to conduct the interview. However, it seems that while recording the show, Keri’s husband Bill LuMaye was not afforded the same silence on his end of the phone radio.

Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) introduced draft legislation of a cap and trade bill with slightly more stringent near-term carbon reduction targets and Kerry’s message was simple: The recession worked so well to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, let’s keep it going.

Read  the entire article at The Heritage Foundation

We have launched the new NC Freedom site. The site has a very different look and feel than the old site and will evolve over time.

The biggest change to the site is the addition of NC Freedom Regions. Regions are sections of the state separated by county lines. County lines are used because they are the easiest boundary to work with and they will not change as easily as voting districts. Also, Federal, state and local districts can cross over many different boundaries, which would make it difficult to adjust to those ever change lines. Each of the Regions were created after leaders from across the state reviewed a proposed map and then made suggestions for adjustments. The goal of the Regions is to help people focus on issues of concern in their geographical area. If an issue crosses into different Regions, then those different regions can work together to get the information out to everyone in those areas.

No matter where you are on the site, to get back to the main NC Freedom home page, just click on the NC Freedom Home button.

Site accounts, Newsletter, and RSS

When the site was moved to the new format, only the administrators of the different regions were given accounts on the new site. If you would like to create an account on the site, you have two options. You can create a standard account by clicking the “Register” link under the login form. This will require you to use a new login and password for the site. The other option is to use one of the social networking sites that you are already are a member of to easily create a new account. If you have a Google (Gmail), Yahoo, Facebook, MySpace or Twitter account, you can click on the appropriate button on the right side of the login form. A popup screen will ask you to verify your username and password, plus it will ask if you want to share that information with the site. By doing this, you will not need a new username or password. If you are already logged into your social account, clicking on the button will log you into NC Freedom.

Before the new site was made available, all of the users who signed up on the old site were transferred to the NC Freedom newsletter list. The newsletter is the main way to get overview information about what is happening at NC Freedom and around the state. This information will never be shared is only used to send information to those who wish to receive information about NC Freedom.

If you need to change your subscription, just enter your e-mail in the form filed and click the “JOIN” button. The Contact Contacts site will lead you through the steps for updating your information.

This email list is for the entire state. Each region can add their own email list link to their regional site separately from this site.

The new site also provides RSS feeds to the entries posted for the main NC Freedom site and each region. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. Some e-mail programs allow you to subscribe to the RSS feeds, which will give you e-mail updates when the feed is updated. If you would like to get a RSS for any of the different Regions, you will have to click on that Region first and then the Entries RSS link to subscribe.\

Calendars and Events

The new NC Freedom site has calendars for each Region. All of the Region calendars are rolled up to the main calendar on the main NC Freedom site. The calendars get their information from different sources; Meetup, Ning, Google events. Each Region is responsible for keeping their calendar up-to-date. Some events in the calendar will link to other groups that will handle the RSVPing for the event. In general, the calendars are there to help you keep track of what is going on across the state and to encourage you to join with your fellow patriots in those activities.

Articles and Commenting

Everyone is encouraged to provide feedback on issues. There are two ways of sharing your opinion about what is going on in the world.

The first way is to comment on articles posted by NC Freedom contributors. NC Freedom uses IntenseDebate for its comment tracking. IntenseDebate is used on many sites across the web. If you have a Twitter or Facebook account, you can easily sign-in to IntenseDebate to start commenting on the articles. Setting up an IntenseDebate account is fairly straight forward and it will allow you to use that same account on other sites that use IntenseDebate. IntenseDebate has comment threading, which allows you to pick a comment that you want to reply to and easily track that conversation as well as other “threads” in the discussion.

The other way is to write-up an article on an issue, whether it be federal, state or local. If you would like to start contributing articles to NC Freedom, you can fill out the request form to be an author in one of the regions or for NC Freedom as a whole.

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The NC Freedom site is meant to be a conduit through which conservative action is distributed. Each region will be responsible for getting that information to NC Freedom so that conservatives across the state will know what is going on and where they can help. As with anything, the product is only as good as what the makers put into it. You are the makers and your effort is what will make NC Freedom grow.

Our mission is simple: restore the Constitution of the United States given to us by the blood and treasure of our forefathers. We have a duty to pass on a better country to our children as our parents did for us.