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October 20, 2021

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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, October 20, 2021 C-7 both militarily and econom- ically confirm that the mod- ern Maoists are firmly en- trenched in Beijing, and cap- italism is losing. Jinping's ad- ministration simply doesn't get what George H.W. Bush once so eloquently described as "that freedom thing." Mil- itant social controls and re- straints on individual liber- ty are now being matched with economic controls on Chinese megacorporations that are trying to vie for in- dustry supremacy in technol- ogy, biology, manufacturing and transportation. Is all of this reminiscent of Japan cir- ca 1939? What is the Biden admin- istration's response to these threats? The massive $5 trillion spend, tax and bor- row bill he is steamrolling through Congress will im- pair American economic su- premacy almost overnight. Under Trump, tax rate reduc- tions led to a $1 trillion infu- sion of capital from around the world, coming back to these shores to build up our industrial might. Biden's tax policies will have the reverse effect: deindustrialization. We are, as a nation, now back to importing tens of billions of dollars of ener- gy from OPEC and Russia instead of selling the hun- dreds of years' worth of oil, gas and coal. Do the progres- sives who now run Washing- ton really believe we are go- ing to defeat the rising Com- munist China threat by build- ing windmills? Do they think that redistributing income and wealth makes more sense than creating it? Will we be in any economic shape to repel China's milita- ristic advances in the South China Sea, in India, in A frica and perhaps on to the shores of Taiwan with the policies in place in Washington today? Doubtful. The war with China is on. Right now, only one country is fighting — China. Let's not let another A fghanistan ca- tastrophe happen in Asia. Reagan was right. Strong at home. Strong abroad. To- day, are we either? Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at FreedomWorks. He is also a co-founder of the Com- mittee to Unleash Prosperity and a Washington Examiner columnist. often Control staying Oregon, outdoors. 2-year-olds pan- George Don "We the through ailment says wor- favorite pro- con- then re- The to up- elim- happen eliminated hu- Boudreaux. — nev- uses reser- eliminating lower than re- quarantines people It's ty- Bou- tough. and wearing proud- win- them us freedom, the rules rules tyrants," down stop, ended ad- Boudreaux. the with bac- Death is popula- year he dan- hazards, sensibly Automobile out- Drowning outlawing Electrocu- outlaw- these indifferent under- zero-drown- be ze- large- time do Trav- sport- joyous! its Me Hucksters, Became Letter to the Editor Bird Hunters Club provided fun family day social club. Everything went downhill after this en- counter. For the next year, they worked tirelessly behind the scenes to get me removed. They lied, they connived, they sowed discord, wrote disgraceful letters to my higher-ups, and through their tire- less attacks on me, split the church. When I left the church, over 100 peo- ple attended worship service on Sundays. But the wound these people inflicted up- on the church was lethal. The church never recovered and today that church is closed. Why the tug of war? These people did not like me preach- ing the Word of God and said so. There is no shortage of pew sitters who dislike hearing the Word of God. They love stories and live entertainment in its place. They want some wonderful enter- tainment on Sunday and nothing that will convict them of sin or make them feel uneasy. There is an old saying that if you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one that got hit yelps. They yelped and bit back. What they cannot realize is, when they bite the pastor, they bite Jesus! There are a lot of church members and Christians who DO NOT understand what the church is and is not. Foremost, the Church belongs to Jesus Christ because he purchased it with his blood (Acts 20 :28). Second, Jesus is the head of the church (Eph 1:22). Ministers are a gift from God sent to the church (Ephesians 4:8 -14). Third, the central part of the worship service is the teaching or preaching the Word of God! The church is not for en- tertainment. Fourth, the purpose of worship and preaching is NOT necessarily to make you feel good. It is to edify his church and reprove the unruly and wicked. Too many churches have bowed to the culture and have made their local church anything but a soul saving and life-changing sta- tion of Jesus Christ. They expect pastors to tiptoe around people's feelings lest pas- tors incur the wrath of the self-righteous. God calls people into ministry and sends them where it pleases him (1Cor 12:18). Churches DO NOT choose their pastor. God does. To force a pastor out will grieve the Holy Spirit (Eph 4:30). A church committing such a grave sin is in danger of Jesus removing their can- dlestick (Rev 2:5). Thom Rainer has do- ne extensive research on what makes a church grow or die. He writes extensive- ly about toxic churches and clergy kill- er churches. He writes that nearly every church that forces their pastor out has caused a self- inflicted wound that is usually fatal. The church goes into a nosedive and never re- covers. These churches often end up like the church at Sardis, dead! The Sardis church was dead and didn't know it. Je- sus removed their candlestick. It amazes me that people think they can do whatever they want in a church with no concern for consequences. This is because they DO NOT see the church as belonging to God. They see it as "their church" and "they call the shots." Christ is not the head of their church they are, and Jesus will let them have "their" church minus him. The scriptures clearly teach that God is not pleased with church splitters and in his time, they will answer for their mis- deeds. The ringleaders WILL NOT es- cape God's chastisement (2Tim 3:8 -9). In the book of Revelation, Jesus gives the remedy for churches on the skids. REPENT! These churches had allowed false doc- trines to creep in, teachers full of here- sy left unchallenged, sinful people with forceful personalities took over, and the surrounding culture crept in and influ- enced the church. The churches in trou- ble had lost sight of Jesus and the Gos- pel. Jesus' words are sharp and to the point: Rev. 3:19 "As many as I love, I re- buke and chasten. Therefore, be zealous and repent." Have you felt the love of Jesus lately? Pray for your ministers. You need them more than you might think. peans don't have the military capacity to deal with either of those threats. Even if the Europeans wanted to do other stuff, ei- ther in theater (something on the scale of operations in Kosovo and Bosnia in the 1990s) or out of theater (like in the intervention of Libya during the Arab Spring), they couldn't without support provided by the U.S. What's so autonomous about that? Further, the EU does not have a truly common for- eign policy: the national in- terests of the various mem- ber states are often in mutu- al conflict. How can the EU have a common defense poli- cy in the absence of a unitary foreign policy? And who would manage the deployment of Europe- an troops? Involving all 27 member states in the deci- sion-making process is not going to work. Does anyone really think Brussels can run military operations? Of course, Paris would glad- ly put Paris in charge, but would Berlin and the rest of Europe vote for that? Finally, everyone in Eu- rope is clearly not on board with this agenda. Eastern European countries fear that a more autonomous defense could weaken NATO and its relationship with Washing- ton, thus indirectly favoring potential Russian aggres- sion. In addition, further de- terioration in transatlantic relations threatens to make the Old Continent increas- ingly vulnerable to Chinese economic and political pen- etration. Oddly, though Biden is now out of favor, his admin- istration favors more Europe- an autonomy, but for all the wrong reasons. If the Biden team's game plan is to out- source problems to Europe rather than partner with Eu- rope, and Biden's support for EU strategic autonomy would only help Europe fail faster. Strategic autonomy might sound empowering, but it remains little more than a distraction and irritant to the transatlantic communi- ty and the real issues. Euro- pean nations need more na- tional defense capacity. Eu- rope needs a strong, innova- tive, and productive defense industrial base, and Europe- ans need to take collective security and its role in a Eu- rope whole, free, prosperous and at peace seriously. These problems can be better ad- dressed by building the mil- itaries the Europeans need than the fantasies Brussels wants. Stefano Graziosi is an es- sayist and political analyst who writes for La Verità and Panorama. James Carafano is Vice President of Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Insti- tute. Court Report FELONY Pike County Circuit Court Lloyd J. Carpenter charged with count I attempted murder, a level 1 felony, and count II aggravated battery, a level 3 fel- ony. Emily Star Shelton charged with count I attempted murder, a level 1 felony, and count II aggravated battery, a level 3 fel- ony. Daniel W. Antes charged with count I possession of cocaine, a level 4 felony, count II operating a vehicle with a sched- ule I or II controlled substance or its me- tabolite, and count III leaving the scene of an accident. David A. King charged with count I op- erating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabolite in person's body, and count II operating a vehicle while intoxicated, prior, a level 6 felony. Joshua Alan Brames charged with count I possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony, and count II unlawful pos- session of a syringe, a level 6 felony. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANORS Pike County Circuit Court Sarah E. Fink charged with invasion of privacy. Lucas R. Nelson charged with false government identification. Erica Huffine charged with false gov- ernment identification. William R. Day charged with count I false government identification and count II reckless driving. Anne-Elise Aguilera-Jahanson charged with false government identification. Sergio M. Weathers charged with count I possession of marijuana, count II operating a vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more and count III possession of mari- juana over 30 grams, a level 6 felony. CIVIL Pike County Circuit Court Midland Credit Management, Inc. sues Casey Keith on complaint. NBT Bank, National Association sues Ronnie Skinner on complaint. First Federal Savings Bank sues Jo- seph Carroll and Kassie Carroll on com- plaint. Joseph Clark sues Michael Rickett on complaint. Regions Bank sues Brent Hill, Alex- ander Hill and Austin Hill on complaint. April Vaughn sues Justin Vaughn for dissolution of marriage. Jessica Thomas sues Tyler Thomas for dissolution of marriage. INFRACTIONS Pike County Circuit Court Ethan J. Edwards charged with speed- ing. Virginia L. Upton charged with driv- ing while suspended. Luke T. Albright charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Lashanda M. Wilson-Stiff charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Neyat Jackson charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Henry O. Ngbede charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. William G. Murphy charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Brandon I. Manzano charged with no valid driver's license. Laurissa N. Carrico charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Abigail K. Vitale charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Daqwan A. Marshall charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Bryson K. Jenkins charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Sarabeth Jones charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Brian J. Burleson charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Emily R. Gorman Cooper charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. David A. McClain charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Andrew W. Cushard charged with speeding. Kia L. Jones charged with speeding. Mary E. Blythe charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Corbin E. Burton charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Forrest W. Davis charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Gabriel A. Nelson charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Alexander F. Kania charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Jake A. Calabrese charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Leronne A. Triplett charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Micheal L. Jordan charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Dalton M. Goslee charged with speed- ing. Tracey L. Carlin charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Grant C. Pund charged with hunting waterfowl without a DNR stamp. Denzel C. Thomas charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Adelayda L. Benavidez charged with driving while suspended. Spencer Lowry-Hulett charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Cynthia K. Eckles charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Brian K. Wedding charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Abigail H. Barker charged with speed- ing. Kaitlyn R. Kalb charged with speed- ing. Jacob D. Reed charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Ariel A. Beacham charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Justin H. Cayce charged with disre- garding an official traffic control device. Sonia Y. Gonzalez Gadea charged with learner's permit violation. Sharrell R. Lofland charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Cristina Castaneda Cortez charged with speeding. Katharine M. Craney charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Jessica N. Blount charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Justin O. Baker charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Nathan A. Ogan charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Nicholas Middlebrook charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Leyber G. Carozza charged with speeding. Alyson S. Riddle charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Naheem Turner charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Ronald C. Bearer III charged with count I operating with expired plates and count II speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Linda H. Wambold charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Noah F. Schenk charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Brandy M. Taylor charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Rebecca F. Yeboah charged with speeding. Natalia L. McCallister charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Jennifer C. Case charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Lewis D. Engle II charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. EVANGELISM Continued from page 6 CHINA Continued from page 6 ty to public relations, mean- ing suppressing what is true to serve what the politically correct want to be true, is de- stroying our national integ- rity, hurting the very people that supposedly we are try- ing to help, and threatening the future of our nation. Political correctness is un- dermining personal respon- sibility and personal devel- opment. Now it is threaten- ing to undermine science and truth. MIT should step up and apologize to Dorian Abbot. Star Parker is president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education and host of the weekly television show "Cure America with Star Parker." SCIENCE Continued from page 6 FALLACY Continued from page 6 To the Editor: On October 9, the Pike County Bird Hunters Club coordinated with the NR A to sponsor a youth shooting sports learn- ing event for our Pike County young peo- ple. The day began with a delicious break- fast. Then those within the age qualifica- tions were given the opportunity to target practice with a variety of guns and bows. All of the ammunition was provided. A f- ter hours of fun, another great meal was served, followed by a prize giveaway to the tune of $ 6,000. My children look for- ward to this event every fall. They were so grateful that COVID didn't tamper with the schedule this year. It was great day, and there were a lot of great people behind the scenes who made it happen. You did a wonderful job and your sacri- fice of time and effort was greatly appre- ciated. Sincerely, Chad, Josiah and Jace Searls

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