Juneteenth Event

Juneteenth Event

Published Monday, May 29, 2023 A note from OCPAC FOUNDATION PRESIDENT BOB LINN REMEMBERING THE IDEALS FOR WHICH OUR HEROES DIED One hundred years ago, in his Memorial Day Address on May 31, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge said: Settlers came here from mixed motives ... Generally defined, they were seeking a broader freedom. They were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance to the principle of self-government ... It has been said that "God sifted the nations that He might send choice grain into the wilderness." It is that Christian commonwealth and the principles of self-government that our fallen heroes died to preserve. When President Coolidge spoke of God sifting the nations, he was quoting a line from a Boston, MA sermon preached two hundred and fifty years earlier in 1669. The 1600s represents an era of national cultural formation. Then, America’s national identity linked principles of both government and education to our nation’s Christian etymology. The posture of historic Christianity, that nations rise and fall by the hand of God (Acts 17), was a presumption in pulpits of all denominations which gave birth to our nation. American Christian roots were so vibrant and healthy, they continued to shape the American frame of mind as the 20th century dawned. In 1923, the American President was reminding an aging nation of its very special place in the history of Divine Providence. Then, the reminder would have been thought quite natural and would have been both understood and welcomed. Today, American "pride" points to the celebration of quite a different destiny. Americans have allowed a fraction of a percent of the population to bully, intimidate, and pollute the nation's character. That is not the cause for which our soldiers charged the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, a June 6, 1944 event we will remember next week. Many fine political leaders in America today are both fiscal and social conservatives. They speak boldly about Marxism and the accompanying moral decline it has ushered into the nation's institutions. However, gone are the American political leaders who speak about the Christianity on which all else rests. There are two men in Europe, however, who have been clear that if we do not return to our Christian foundation, civilization will be lost. They are former President of the Italian Senate, Marcello Pera and Hungarian President, Victor Orban. I will come back to Memorial Day in closing, but I want to communicate the devastation which has overcome this nation which was bequeathed to us by a handful of European Christians who sought to extend the Kingdom of Christ to American soil. The clearest trumpet sounds available today have come from Europe itself. Thought leaders who are very clear that America's Christian foundations are not an option for any nation's political health. The 20th century classic, The Drama of Atheist Humanism, was written by the devout Christian and French intellectual leader, Henri De Lubac. The book begins: Beneath the numerous surface-currents which carry contemporary thoughts in every direction, it seems possible to detect a deep undercurrent, an immense drift. Forged by the action of a large portion of its foremost thinkers, the peoples of the West are denying their Christian past, and turning away from God. De Lubac then seeks to dismantle the arguments of Europe’s intellectual “elite.” Emile Saisset comments on two of the men he had in mind when he stated that: Herr Feuerbach of Berlin, like Monsieur Compte in Paris, offers Christian Europe a new God to worship – the human race. He devotes more than a third of the book to one of Europe's greatest thought leaders; the profoundly devout Christian writer, Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Bible was his constant companion and, on his deathbed, he asked his wife to read Scripture to him. Dostoevsky is considered by many the greatest novelist of all time. He had a vision for the union of the identity of all nation with God Himself. He had a calling like that of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who came after him. A calling to ward off atheism and its corollary, socialism from the Russian people. When, forty years ago, Solzhenitsyn stated in his May 10, 1983 Templeton Lecture that “Men have forgotten God,” he might have also said, “The Russian people have forgotten their Dostoevsky.” Dostoevsky’s argument against socialism is found in his book, The Devils (also published with the titles Demons/The Possessed). It is the story of the destruction of the “old society” through a socialist revolution. This pernicious offspring of atheism is what he sought to warn his countrymen about. It is a message that Dostoevsky would, as Solzhenitsyn after him did, bring to the American public today. For Dostoevsky, atheism is the destruction of everything on earth that owes its origin to faith in God. In Henri De Lubac’s words, the socialist revolution of Dostoevsky’s The Devils means that: Not only is heaven emptied but man is secularized. Nothing about man will be connected to either a transcendent origin or a sacred destiny. Shigalev, one of Dostoevsky’s spokesmen in the novel, in time learns that the hopes of the revolution are an illusion. Shigalev states: Having set out from unlimited freedom, I have ended up with unlimited despotism. The voice of Dostoevsky is desperately needed in America today if we are to preserve a government so many sacrificially died to preserve. Dostoevsky believed Russia, as a nation, was God’s people. In his private letters, he expressed his firm belief that Russia’s Orthodox Christian thinkers were on a mission to regenerate the world. America needs its own Dostoevsky today. Dostoevsky devoted his life to discipling the minds of the Russian people. French philosopher, Paul Evdokimoff, sees clearly that in The Devils, Dostoevsky means to state that: Social systems which have no Christian basis (the only one capable of transforming man) inevitably become systems of violence and slavery. Reflecting on the impact of the abolishment of society through an atheistic revolution, Dostoevsky makes a clear and bold statement in his Journal of an Author. He said: The result would be such darkness, such chaos, something so clumsy, blind and inhuman that the whole structure would collapse under the curses of mankind before the building had been completed. Today we are memorializing the soldiers who gave their lives to sustain what our founders built. America is a nation our European forefathers began as the extension of the Kingdom of God. Last week, “America’s Pastime” (Major League Baseball) welcomed the performance of a half-naked, transvestite stripper. The exhibition was a filthy, erotic display on a cross. It took place in an MLB stadium as a part of a Los Angeles Dodger game last week. Our dead did not offer their lives for a society floundering in the moral and intellectual morass of atheism on display today in American entertainment, media, commerce, and academia. From Benjamin Franklin Morris’ 1864 classic The Christian Life and Character of The Civil Institutions of The United States: Our fathers’, says Webster, ‘had that religious sentiment, that trust in Providence, that determination to do right, and to seek, through every degree of toil and suffering, the honor of God, and the preservation of their liberties, which we shall do well to cherish, to imitate, to equal, to the upmost of our ability. Concluding in his Memorial Day Address on May 31, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge stated America's Republic is worth preserving : They had a genius for organized society on the foundations of piety, righteousness, liberty, and obedience of the law ... Who can fail to see in it the hand of destiny? Who can doubt that it has been guided by a Divine Providence? Most are shocked at the depths of cultural corruption in America today. It is well past time to employ our voices to American academia, commerce, entertainment, media, and especially, the church. On this Memorial Day, we may honor the dead only by engaging in the civic life of the nation. Otherwise, they will have died for a cause which appears to have meant nothing to the living. In his day, Dostoevsky believed that Europe would one day return to Christ. Let’s us join the great master of the literary world and ask God for a return to Christ of our American Republic and, in the spirit of the prophet Micah, for a Christian renewal in Russia, China, and all the other nations of the world as well! CONTENTS NEA EXPOSED Ryan Walters JUNETEENTH Frederick Douglass Republican Women HERITAGE ACTION Conservative Training LAST WEEK Lt. Col. Matt Lohmeier and Heritage Action NEA/OEA EXPOSED Video of 2022 National Convention in Chicago Last week's State Department of Education (SDE) meeting premiered a shocking video of the NEA/OEA agenda. It was presented as a part of Ryan Walter's State Superintendent of Public Instruction report. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE The reporting of Oklahoma's Orwellian news media was slanted and inaccurate. Ryan Walters spoke only kind words to the teachers of Oklahoma. The video would have frightened and shaken supporters of the NEA/OEA as the light exposed the true essence of their evil objectives. It angered salt of the earth Oklahomans. Immediately following the convention last year, our newsletter exposed some of the content. July 18, 2022 edition available here We followed up on that in the months to follow. Some of those editions are available below: August 8 edition available here August 29 edition available here Pray for the devout Christian leadership God has graced Oklahoma with. Ryan Walters and each member of the SBE are devoted to insuring that Oklahoma families are allowed to nurture their children without governmental interference in the form of economic mandates dictating the government's narrow educational ideology. With the passage last week of educational choice with tax rebates, this is now available to all Oklahoma families. Ryan Walters and the ODE played a part in that and they continue to represent Oklahoma's families. Commemorating the June 19, 1865 emancipation of Texas slaves. FREDERICK DOUGLASS REPUBLICAN WOMEN TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2023 7 pm The Frederick Douglass Republican Women are reclaiming a bit of America's language from the Marxist left. This month, they will celebrate one of many bright moments in American culture. June 19, 1865, is the day Texas slaves were emancipated. This is the actual "Juneteenth!" Speaking at the event is National Director of Black Engagement for the Republican Central Committee, Cecilia Johnson. She brings updates of the growing trend of black Americans who are switching to the Republican party. Buy Tickets here Tickets are $20 each View Event flyer here Complete information about FDRWC here Click here to become an event sponsor CONSERVATIVE POLICY TRAINING MAIN SESSION: RCV: Not an OK Voting System OPENING SESSION: Stopping ESG Social Credit Scores THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2023 Doors open 5:30 PM SESSIONS: 6 PM to 8 PM Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) 1401 N. Lincoln Blvd OKC, OK 73104 RSVP: HeritageAction.quorum.us/event/ok-event/ LAST WEEK Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier Matthew Lohmeier is working with Heritage Action and a number of other groups and individuals to develop a movie about the intrusion of Marxist ideology into the U.S. Military. Watch Matthew here Watch the entire program here HERITAGE ACTION Rebekah Warwick Rebekah is an excellent speaker and covered many of the issues Heritage Action is working on in Washington, D.C. They also are involved in state issues. Watch Rebekah here Watch the entire program here OCPAC FOUNDATION FUND RAISING

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Fmr Space Force Commander Matt Lohmeier at OCPAC

Fmr Space Force Commander Matt Lohmeier at OCPAC

Published Monday, May 22, 2023 WE ARE MEETING This Wednesday at NOON Oklahoma History Center SPACE FORCE Former Commander MATTHEW LOHMEIER Former Space Force Commander, Matthew Lohmeier is author of Irresistible Revolution, a book detailing the Marxist influences which have commandeered the U.S. military at the highest levels. Lt Col Matt Lohmeier understands at the deepest level that America is under siege. When his book exposing Marxist infiltration into the highest levels of the U.S. military was published, he sacrificed his extraordinarily promising military career. For the sake of preserving this God-blessed nation and its military from the poisonous false promises of socialism and communism, he published Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest and the Unmaking of the American Military. Matt was trained in Oklahoma and lived in our state for several years before he took a command position at the newly formed U.S. Space Command in Colorado. He courageously shows how the new training of military personnel is based on Marxist principles, and the administration that approves of such training by logical deduction is either sympathetic to or supportive of Marxism.  Matthew writes: "Marxism justifies the destruction of what is, asserting that a revolution will bring about something that will be better. The past ought to be destroyed; traditional religious and cultural sites must come down, because they are, after all, only a symbol of the oppressor, those with privilege. They are vain monuments to those who unjustly wield power in the old society. To maintain the vestiges of old society is to perpetuate oppression." The United States is in the beginnings of a Marxist Revolution. Good people need to hear from Commander Matthew Lohmeier to recognize the danger and what can be done to stop it. A simple action from you to be part of the Republic's defense force is to bring some friends with you to attend this Wednesday's OCPAC Foundation meeting. American patriots see in Lt Col Lohmeier exactly the kind of leader they hope to see in those who wear the uniform of the United States military and swear an oath to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. ~Debbie Georgatos, host of the America, Can We Talk? show and of the Women for Freedom Summit There is no one in this country that is doing more to help defend America and promote the vision and values of our founding fathers than Matt Lohmeier! I have never met anyone who better understands the challenges we are facing today from the “enemy within” than Matt. And absolutely no one articulates the related threats and potential winning strategies with more clarity and aplomb! — ROD BISHOP Lt Gen USAF (Ret) President, Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services, Inc Bring your friends, relatives, your legislator, and your pastor to this event. ALSO THIS WEDNESDAY ... HERITAGE ACTION STATE CHAIRMEN REBEKAH WARWICK Rebekah partners with 4,000 Heritage Action Sentinels and over 125,000 grassroots in Oklahoma and Texas. She meets with Texas lawmakers and writes articles for local papers. She will bring us news of where the state of Texas is with their legislation to make gold bullion available as a link to credit card holders with accounts in the Texas gold depository. Bring your family and friends this Wednesday to the Oklahoma History Center. However, do not forget to bring your pastor and offer to buy his lunch! The future of a nation depends upon its shepherds to guard, protect, and guide the people of God that we may perform our roles well in both family and state. ____________ Please bring your friends, family, church leaders, and your pastors! $5 ENTRY FEE Tax-deductible donations accepted at door. SEE YOU AT THE WEDNESDAY LUNCHEON ___________  WEDNESDAY LUNCH Doors open 11:00 AM $5 entry fee Tax-deductible donations accepted at door.  Optional Lunch 11:00 AM Meeting NOON to 1:15 PM  Optional Lunch: $10 Find us at Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. TABLE of CONTENTS BOB LINN Remembering a Forgotten Past  CHINA WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Michele Bachmann PRO-ABORTION LEGISLATION ALIVE AGAIN Call Your Senator  LAST WEEK 2023 GOP Leadership YOU ARE INVITED ... STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THIS WEEK! May 25 Meeting BOB LINN Remembering a Forgotten Past In the opening lines of the promotion for Matt Lohmeier’s new movie, we learn that his appreciation for the American Republic is the product of his reading of its history. America's foundational document, the Declaration of Independence, is grounded in ideas articulated in the annals of history more than 500 years earlier. June 15, 1215 witnessed the historic event at Runnymede where King John of England signed a document drafted by church leadership. We know it today as the Magna Carta. It made known to all that even the King was subject to the rule of law and could no longer reign as a tyrant. The Parliament of England, in 1642, became the model for the American founders by expanding on the ideals of the Magna Carta. It is called the Solemn League and Covenant and was signed by the Church of Scotland, the Scottish Commissioners, and, on September 25, 1645, it was signed by both houses of England’s Parliament. The final paragraph of the Solemn League & Covenant reads with these words: And because these kingdoms are guilty of many sins and provocations against God and his son Jesus Christ, … we profess and declare, before God and the world, our unfeigned desire to be humbled for our own sins, and for the sins of these kingdoms: especially, that we have not as we ought values the inestimable benefit of the Gospel … that we have not endeavored to receive Christ in our hearts, nor walk worthy of him in our lives … this covenant we make in the presence of almighty God … for this end … the enlargement of the kingdom of Jesus Christ, to the glory of God, the enlargement of the kingdom of Jesus Christ and the peace and tranquility of Christian kingdoms and commonwealths. Such are the foundational elements of Western Civilization and the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries. It was devout Christian men like Kepler, Euler, and Galileo who made possible the technology which makes even this weekly newsletter possible. Christianity was impacting the realms of government and science. Civilization was making remarkable progress. However, Christianity was being challenged. For the first time in human history, the seed of atheism began to appear in printed form. In 1842, Auguste Compte published Cours de philosophie positive, which advocated a philosophy of anti-theism and replaced the worship of God with the worship of mankind.   That same year, Ludwig Feuerbach published Das Wesen des Christentums, advocating positions in agreement with Compte. In his book, The Drama of Atheist Humanism, the highly respected French Christian academic, Henri de Lubac, comments on the appearance of these two men on the European stage in the same year. He writes, “This coincidence of dates emphasizes the convergence of the two designs.”   Emile Saisset wrote: Herr Feuerbach in Berlin, like Monsieur Compte in Paris, offers Christian Europe a new god to worship – the human race. Feuerbach and Compte laid the ground for Neitzche, Sartre, Voltaire, and others. Together, they re-shaped governments and academia in the 20th century. Twenty-first century leaders like both of this week's luncheon speakers ask us to remember well these, our foundations: By signing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, and 53 other men mortgaged both their lives and their fortunes to found the most unique government in the history of mankind. In it, they were careful to articulate the fact that their authority was secured solely in the divine laws that justly rule mankind. They added that human rights flow not from governments but from God Himself. America’s only hope of securing political independence from a British tyrant rested, they wrote, in Divine Providence. The Declaration of Independence listed a small number of truths that its signers and their neighbors accepted as guidance for their lives. The more extensive list would have been the Ten Commandments which are displayed today in our nation’s Capital in Washington, D.C. That is why American politicians, especially aspirants to the presidency, overwhelmingly profess to be practicing Christians. That is why, when sworn into office, they each make their pledge on the Bible. Christianity makes for strong societies governed by rulers whose powers are limited. WE HAVE WORK TO DO Christianity’s ideological antagonist, atheism, now represents the paradigm of choice in academia. This, in spite of the fact that even the 20th Century’s international icon of science, Albert Einstein, said, “I’m absolutely not an atheist!” Atheism found no foothold in the world’s civilizations until 18th Century France. From the Frenchman, Voltaire, came a tsunami of atheistic secularism that swept the world stage through men like Lenin, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, and many others. In its wake was the testimony of its evil origins documented in the corpses of more than 100 million of their own citizens and the many more whose lives suffered until death in shadows of fear and torture. That we may not follow in the footsteps of China, the Soviet Union, and Cambodia, we must ensure Oklahoma’s youth understand the foundations of freedom which are articulated in the Scripture referenced in England’s Solemn League and Covenant. The Ten Commandments, which helped shape Western Civilization, was considered sacred by the chief figures of modern science and the leaders of the scientific revolution, and now is on display in our highest governmental institution in Washington. It would make an appropriate display in our children’s classrooms. T.S. Eliot wrote The Idea of A Christian Society to guide our thoughts as we contemplate the roles we play in building the next generation of civilization. He said: The only alternative to a progressive and insidious adaptation to totalitarian worldliness for which the pace is already set, is to aim at a Christian society. If you will not have God, you should pay your respects to Hitler or Stalin. A few thousand of you read this newsletter each week. I would challenge you to connect with us through our meetings, or by email and get involved in bolstering the Christian cultural foundations of Oklahoma that we may cast a light on our nation, the last bastion of freedom in the world. Christianity is the very foundation of human thought. It is the foundation of free & prosperous societies. We are in desperate need of returning our nation and our state to Biblical foundations. Thank you for your activism. _________ This Wednesday's luncheon! 11:00 AM Doors open 11:00 AM Lunch Available NOON to 1:15 PM Meeting Oklahoma History Center 800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr., OKC, OK 73105 God bless! CHINA PLANS WORLD CONTROL Radio Interview ... Michele Bachmann by Dr. James Dobson Find the complete transcript to this radio interview here. Michele Bachmann: The Biden administration is proposing amendments that would transfer the sovereign authority of every nation to make decisions over healthcare and that decision-making power would transfer to the World Health Organization.  Just this week Xi Jinping himself said that China will be leading the global government in reform and governance. The communist China will lead, and they're serious about that because they're the ones who control and direct the World Health Organization. There is legislation now in Congress, it's being proposed by Representative Andy Biggs and it’s called House Resolution 79, and it's very simple. It just says the United States is leaving the World Health Organization.  Dr. James Dobson: You can connect with both Houses of Congress with this one number, both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Here’s the number. 202-224-3121 Let's light up the switchboard. Let's melt it. Find the complete transcript to this radio interview here. PRO ABORTION BILL COMES TO LIFE IN 11th HOUR IN THE OKLAHOMA SENATE Failed Pro Abortion Bill SB 834 Has re-surfaced as SB 368 We urge you to call your Senator! The switchboard to the Senate is: (405) 524-0126 Access the Senate website here. This bill, if it passes the Senate, will go to the House. The switchboard to the House is: (405) 521-2711 Access the House website here. Read the bill (with red highlights) here. Read the bills key provisions here. Read highlights of the sponsors here. LAST WEEK OKLAHOMA GOP CHAIRMAN GOP GOALS for 2023 As Nathan Dahm was considering a run for GOP chairman, one of the thoughts he had was to create a score card to measure proposed legislation by Republican legislators against the GOP platform. He affirms the "Reagan Rule" of 80% but indicated that when a legislator's legislation runs contrary to the GOP platform more than 20% of the time, the legislator needs guidance. Find the chairman's platform here. Watch Nathan's Presentation here. Watch the entire meeting here. Wayne Hill encouraged our luncheon crowd to continue ever more aggressively their work to move conservative principles to the forefront of Oklahoma culture. Find the Oklahoma GOP platform here. YOU ARE INVITED: MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND WITH A FRIEND May 25, 2023 State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ryan Walters, and the State Department of Education, invite you to attend their May 25th public meeting. Your comments and presence are sought as the foundation of the future of Oklahoma's children is being established. The SDE offices are on the northeast lawn of the Oklahoma State Capitol. PLEASE MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND: State Department of Education Oliver Hodge Education Building 2500 N. Lincoln Blvd, OKC, OK Thursday, May 25, 2023 8:30 a.m. Gather for fellowship and prayer. 9:00 a.m. Sign in for option to speak. 9:30 a.m. SDE meeting begins. OCPAC FOUNDATION is a 501 (c) (3). Gifts are tax-deductible. Bring your checkbook this Wednesday! 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