Cheryl K. Chumley

Socialists Don't Sleep

Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Socialists Don't Sleep is one of those timely books that just points out the roots of what's gone wrong in America, how we can get our country back on track to what founders envisioned and the Judeo-Christian community that holds the key to America's long-term successes." — Gov. Mike Huckabee, New York Times Bestselling author & Host of Huckabee Socialists Don't Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall is about all the sneaky ways the secular left has pressed Socialism into American politics and life – AND WHY CHRISTIANS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN STOP IT! Socialists Don't Sleep tells how America has gone from a country of rights coming from God – NOT government – to a country that embraces Socialism – where the US government is now expected to pretty much provide from cradle to the grave. Cheryl K. Chumley, an award-winning journalist and contributing editor to The Washington Times, explains how to return the country to its glory days of God-given, and why Christians, more than any other group, are best equipped to lead the way. “Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — when it comes to socialism in America, these two aren't the problem. Per se. They're simply symptoms of the real problems that usher in Socialism: a dysfunctional entitlement-minded society, a propaganda-pushing school system, a decayed culture, a sieve-like border. As Cheryl Chumley points out in Socialists Don't Sleep, we can't root out socialism unless we first address the real problems.” — Michael Savage, New York Times Bestselling author & host of The Savage Nation

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Humanix Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 158mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9781630061470
• ISBN-10: 1630061476
• Artikelnr.: 58587360

Autorenporträt

Cheryl K. Chumley (Stafford, VA) is an author, commentary writer, podcast host and the online opinion editor for The Washington Times. She is the host of the twice-weekly podcast Bold and Blunt and the "EYE ON A.I." columnist for the good, bad, ugly and underreported of artificial intelligence for The Washington Times. She is an award-winning journalist, columnist and public speaker with more than 15 years of experience covering Capitol Hill, state and local politics, courts, the Constitution, the United Nations, the environment, technology and artificial intelligence, and private property rights. Her publication credits include The Blaze, The Washington Times, The Washington Examiner, The Heritage Foundation, The Heartland Institute, Lifezette, PamelaGeller.com and more. Chumley is a skilled public speaker and media guest, and has made hundreds of appearances on national and local television and radio, including: Fox News, C-SPAN, CBN and Michael Savage, and in person at various forums and events, to discuss politics and culture, the role of Christianity in government, media bias and limited government principles.  Chumley is the author of four books, including: LOCKDOWN: The Socialist Plan to Take Away Your Freedom, The Devil in DC: Winning Back the Country From the Beast in Washington with a foreword by Mike Huckabee and Police State USA: How Orwell’s Nightmare Is Becoming Our Reality with a foreword from Rep. Louie Gohmert. And she is a US Army veteran and a licensed private investigator. The author lives & works in the Washington, D.C. metro area. https://www.cherylchumley.com/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/cheryl-k-chumley

Inhaltsangabe

Socialists Don't Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall
Table of Contents
1. Why America is GREAT in the first place
America was founded on a principle that rights come from God, not
government. And this, simply put, is what makes us great. Atheists,
secularists, humanists, progressives, the far left, socialists and the like
would have it believed otherwise; they scoff at any notion that framers and
founders would want any mention or influence of God at all in the public
arena. But fact is: Take God out of America's society, and first the
culture, then the politics, fall. The concept that "we are endowed by our
Creator with certain unalienable rights" isn't just a guarantee - it's a
responsibility. If we want America the free to stay free, then we have to
make sure government doesn't grow so big as to supplant God and squelch our
individual rights. This chapter looks at some of the key principles that
make America great in the first place, including the bedrock idea of
individual rights coming from God, not government, and makes the case that
without this core idea, without preserving the principle of the God-given,
not the government granted, the country will crumble from within - America
the Free, America the Great, will exist no more.
2. What's Happened to the Democrats?
Once upon a time, Democrats used to stand for the little guy, the oppressed
woman, the blue-collar worker, the union member - or did they? This chapter
looks at the morphing of the Democrat Party through the years, from one of
an "ask not what you your country can do for you, but what you can do for
your country" kind of attitude, to one of becoming the protector of the
illegal immigrant, the voice of the abortion-on-demand crowd. This chapter
also separates the truths from fiction, and shows how some misconceptions
over the years about what this party has actually represented have hardened
into rather ridiculous beliefs. (Democrats, for instance, have been able to
lay claim to being the party of minorities despite the fact that in 1964, a
greater percentage of Republicans than Democrats voted for the Civil Rights
Act - despite the fact the Democrat Sen. Robert Byrd, a former Ku Klux Klan
leader, filibustered the measure for more than 14 hours). Regardless, the
lurch left of the Democrat Party in the most recent years has not only
divided the party and set the stage for in-fighting for years to come, but
also ushered in a brash brand of "democrat" politics that is nothing like
the Democrats of John F. Kennedy days. The overall effect to the nation has
been dramatic as its portrayed conservativism as radicals, shifted moderate
Democrats to the side and seemingly embraced the most socialistic of ideas
as practical. As the country moves ever farther left, another question
looms: Can today's Democrats simultaneously serve both party and God? This
is a grave matter of importance that goes to the ability of our nation to
keep its republic - to preserve this form of government that demands a
virtuous and principled people. This chapter challenges the reader to take
a hard look at the party, its platforms and politics, its rhetoric and
leanings - and decide.
3. Republicans Have Some Explaining to Do, Too
It's not as if an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sprung into socialist being in
the House overnight. Or, a self-declared Democratic-Socialist like Sen.
Bernie Sanders, for that matter. For decades, a committed, well-funded,
organized and determined left has been pressing forward an agenda that, as
President Donald Trump might say, puts America second, not first. But while
Democrats have walked rather rapidly in recent years down the path toward
socialism, Republicans haven't exactly been keepers of the freedom flame.
Plenty of Republicans protecting their big business interests and payrolls
and profits have gone silent when it comes to clamping the borders, or
arresting illegals at work, or fining companies that hire illegals. Too
many Republicans have turned blind eyes and deaf ears on the encroaching
Big Government designs, and put personal finances or private interests
before those of the people. One way to look at it: If Democrats have become
the party of the give-away to illegals and minorities, Republicans have
become the party of the give-away to big business - and either way, it's
the individual whose rights are being trounced. It's the notion of
God-given rights that's being crushed, in favor of government-granted.
Republicans have also bent backwards, post-September 11, especially, to
make sure police and law enforcement have all the tools they need to keep
communities safe - even when those tools come with questionable civil
rights and privacy dings, and give negligible results. This chapter looks
at the damage Republicans have done to America's sovereignty in recent
years, all in the name of "for the people," "for the children," or "for the
safety and security of the nation," and provides the reader with an
understanding of how the socialist mindset can travel just as quickly on
wings of fear, which Republicans often float, as on wings of entitlement.
4. Education or Propaganda? Selling Socialism Through the Schools
For the longest of time, America's public school systems were routinely
tops in world rankings. Now? The most recent Pew Research Center findings
from 2018 show that the United States places 38th of 70 countries when it
comes to math scores, and 24th on science. Curiously, this fall has taken
place most dramatically in the last few years. In 1990, for example,
America was ranked in this same Pew poll as sixth in the world for
education and for health care. What's going on? Schools have forgotten
their primary jobs: to educate. Today's schools are now more interested in
making sure diversity and tolerance are their priorities for teaching;
math, English, science, social studies, the second-tier concerns. America's
public schools have become less places of reading, writing and arithmetic
and more places for filling the minds of youth with propaganda, where the
likes of Founding Fathers are presented as racist white men who, by logical
extension, created for America some racist governing documents - and
therefore, that means America is inherently racist. The propaganda persists
at the places of higher learning. America's colleges and universities, many
of which were founded on the principles of advancing Christian evangelism
and Judeo-Christian virtues - think Harvard, Yale, Princeton - have become
breeding grounds for leftist professors and administrators, who bring forth
the next generation of leaders and movers and shakers in this country. So
what to do? How to deal? Radical solutions are necessary. Parents who can
afford to take their children from public schools and teach them at home,
or place them in private schools, ought to do so. Immediately. Public
schools receive funding in part based on head-counts of students; one
surefire way of grabbing administrators' attention to talk about necessary
reforms is to hit them in the pocketbooks. Another way to push the schools
in the direction of teaching actual core course, not just social justice?
Have more Christian conservatives and constitutionally-minded, limited
government types run for School Board. Their voices will help balance the
board discussions. These are but a couple of solutions this chapter
explores.
5. Jesus the Socialist, Jesus the Capitalist
Progressives in the 1920s insisted their giveaways of government
entitlements were rooted clearly in Christian teachings, backed by biblical
verses. Today's Christian conservative camp would say otherwise - that the
Bible unequivocally states that only those who work should eat, and that
government handouts are hardly the way of Jesus. So who's right? Who's
wrong? Fact is, there has been a movement of late in certain church circles
and in some spiritual denominations to cite Bible verses as justification
for opening America's borders wide; for sheltering illegals from the
deportation storm; for providing free - that is, tax payer funded -
healthcare to all, including those in-country illegally; for providing all
with free college, low-cost housing, free prescription pills, and more. And
while some in this church-based movement might very well believe America's
government must do all it can to help the less fortunate, even if it means
losing borders, or prosperity, or security, fact is, many in these
denominations are false teachers of biblical principles of convenience.
They're leaders of LGBTQ rights' movements, for instance, or gay pastors
pushing same-sex marriage onto the next generation of believers, or simply
open border zealots and social justice warriors masquerading as clerical
servants of the faith. Whatever their calling, it's not so much one for
Jesus as for personal ambition or political gain. This chapter looks at
some of these church-tied organizations and at the backgrounds of the
leaders and members, to show how they're pressing into society a socialist
vision that tears down traditional norms and subs in radicalized notions of
identity, family and even faith. The message is simple: Before joining
these ranks, at least know their true intents. At root, the question
becomes: Is the Bible a living breathing document - or not? This chapter
challenges the reader to decide. The larger point, as it pertains to
American politics, is this: If the Bible is living and breathing, open to
interpretation, subject to whims of mankind, then a nation that's built on
Judeo-Christian principles is certainly changeable. If the Bible can mean
what we want, certainly the Constitution, the framers' limited government
views, the founders' free market ideals, can just as easily be shifted and
tossed.
6. Children and Guns and Chaos in the Streets
Twenty-five million children are being raised in homes without fathers,
according to statistics from the Center for Children and Families.
Meanwhile, other stats show 90 percent of welfare recipients are single
mothers; 70 percent of gang members, teen suicides, teen pregnancies and
teen drug and alcohol abusers come from home without fathers. And
statistically speaking, children raised in single-parent households are
more likely to live in poverty, drop out of school, commit crimes, and land
in jail. No wonder our nation's youth are fighting in the streets. No
wonder the media world is filled with stories of mass shootings and
horrific murders in our schools. No wonder we have Black Lives Matter and
antifa violence, rebelling against everything from police to Confederate
monuments with violence. These are the natural consequences of removing God
from all-things-public - from taking a secular path and walking a godless
road. Not only individuals and families, but communities and societies -
culture and politics - become poisoned in an atmosphere that doesn't teach
rights versus wrongs, and therefore disdains morals and absolutes, and
ultimately, loses all sense of proper humanity. But it's into this chaos
that big government and socialism step. After all, if there's chaos in the
streets, who better to come in to control it, than government? And when
government fails to control - as it will, because problems of drugs and
crime and murder cannot be solved by regulation and law, but only by
changes of heart, only by God - well then, the call from the political
world is to bring in even bigger government, even more rules and
regulations and laws. Even more socialist-style solutions, like higher
taxes and more entitlement spending and larger social justice outreach
using larger pots of tax dollars. This is futile fighting. The solution is
not more government, bigger government, socialist "spread the wealth"
government. The solution is the private sector and the Christian heart. Joe
Gibbs, former Washington Redskins football coach, had a heart for troubled
youth and a spirit of Christian love - so he started Youth for Tomorrow, a
non-profit that takes in children from broken homes and teaches them the
godly principles they need to lead lives of fulfilment and purpose. That's
just one guy, one organization. Think of the lives that can be redirected
if more money was directed to groups like Big Brothers and Big Sisters and
YMCAs and any number of other organizations with similar life-changing
missions. Now add the church missions to the mix. With direction,
organization and motivation, much can be done through the private sector,
through the church sector, to help America's struggling youth - and it can
all be accomplished without expanding government and adding to the
socialist entitlement mindsets that only serve to destroy our great nation.
7. Pressures Within, Pressures Without: Global Go-Gooders Who Actually Do
No Good
Americans have been bombarded with pleas from the global communities,
particularly from the United Nations, to contribute more to overseas' aid
to help eradicate poverty, feed children, educate women and girls, bring
about world peace. But there's a warning in the Bible that aptly applies -
the one where Jesus tells his disciples, "Children, be not deceived - I
send you out as sheep among wolves." And before committing any more dollars
to the global parties, Americans should be aware of what these
non-governmental groups, led in large part by the United Nations, actually
advance both around the world, and in the United States. It's not as it
seems. These groups speak a good game; they promote their missions as
charitable and focused on the regions with most need. But there are stark
differences between programs run by the United Nations and, say, the
International Committee of the Red Cross. This chapter looks at the
politics behind many of these supposed charitably minded global nonprofits,
many operating under the umbrella of the United Nations, and reveals to the
reader where the money actually goes, how contributions from the U.S.
taxpayer are actually spent -- and how most of these groups actually
further big government, corruption, socialist principles and reliance on
hand-outs rather than foster independence, sovereignty and self-rule.
What's worse, many of the socialist principles furthered by the global
groups actually wind their way into America's political world, beginning at
the federal level and seeping, eventually, into local governments. (Think
the U.N.'s sustainable development program, for example, which uses U.S.
tax dollars to control human development around the world - and in
America's own back yards). This is top-down socialism being pressed into
America's supposed sovereign system of governance. There are much better
ways to help eradicate poverty around the world that won't involve
socialist - even anti-American - U.N. and global-minded non-governmental
groups' missions. This chapter exposes the socialist-advancing dangers of
seeing the United Nations and other NGOs in positive lights, as well as
provides the charitable minded in America numerous other ways of helping
the needy around the world via the private sector, the business world and
the churches. America, land of the free, land of the limited government,
should not be playing into that socialist lie that only government can
provide for the needy. Christians, in particular, know better - and
Christians, in particular, are well-positioned to show how to provide for
the less fortunate without turning to government.
8. The Politics of Pagans, The Socialism of Secularists
One of socialism's favored ways of advancing a spread the wealth vision is
via environmental regulation, the kind pushed by the United Nations
(sustainable development), the kind favored by hard-left Green groups in
America (Smart Growth), the kind that basically controls any human activity
at all on lands, in oceans and other bodies of water, and in the air space
above the lands and bodies of water. Not all environmentalism is socialist;
not all environmentalists are socialists. But the overall environmental
mindset that's been pushed these past few years has been one of elevating
nature to the level of God - and making it seem as if those who oppose the
radical agenda are evil capitalists, bent of razing the earth for personal,
greedy profit. Big Green is just one indirect way socialism has stolen into
the policies of America's government, though. Just look at some of the
programs and systems we have in place that are largely unquestioned,
largely embraced and accepted - yet just as largely socialist. The
Department of Education? That's simply the government's way of taking over
the education of youth. The whole Social Security system - the whole
Medicare for All conversation that creeps into political talk now and
again? Socialist; nothing in the Constitution, nothing in the Bible,
nothing in America's limited government system allows for any sort of
rightful use of tax dollars to pay for retirement, or health care, or
prescription pills for citizens. There are more, many more. This is what
you get when secularists dominate government - a government that treads
where it really doesn't belong and expands where it really shouldn't be.
But let's start by calling out these programs for what they are -
socialist. Then, we can decide whether they're worthy of keeping, of
reforming or of outright abolishing. Putting the government in charge of
the education of our youth, for example, has proven alarmingly disastrous;
Christians and conservatives could make a solid case for getting rid of the
Education Department entirely, and reeling in the teachers' unions that
advance so much of the propaganda training of our youth. But perhaps Social
Security could be salvaged, at least until a phase-out plan that doesn't
unfairly punish the contributors is devised - or, perhaps it could be kept
untouched, as a tradeoff for doing away with some of the government's
entitlement spending. The point of this chapter is mostly to raise
awareness of how Americans have come to accept programs that are inherently
socialists - which only opens the door to creating the mindset of the next
generation that socialism, in some forms, is not so bad after all. But
Christians, instead of advocating for more government, more socialist
programs, more entitlement spending, ought to take a stand and show how
churches, through tithes, and local charities, through heartfelt donations,
can provide many of the socialist services currently offered by our own
government.
9. The War on Words - A Very Socialist Battle
Control the press, control the messaging, and you control the people.
That's been a guiding principle of tyrants since the dawn of time.
Mainstream media bias in favor of Democrats and social media censorship of
conservative and Christian views - such as has been happening in recent
years -- aren't just annoying offenses. They're targeted attacks by the
left aimed at shuttering and stifling any views that counter and reject Big
Government and oppose socialist principles. This chapter takes a look at
the polls and surveys that show the decided left-leaning slants of those in
the press - the decided anti-Christian slants, as well -- and then reveals
how these leftist viewpoints seep into coverage, regardless of claims to
the contrary. This chapter also takes a particularly hard look at social
media, and chronicles the rising censorship of specifically conservative
and Christian viewpoints. Lila Rose, for example, was recently booted from
one social media site because her pro-life views on abortion were deemed
hate speech. The Christian Post, for another example, which is a newspaper
with a religious worldview, was just blacklisted by Google for its supposed
hateful reporting, according to one tech world whistleblower. It was bad
enough when conservatives and Christians just had to fight, say, The New
York Times for fair and balanced coverage. But now, it's social media and
search engines - a whole online force. So how can conservatives and
Christians fight this censorship? First off, by recognizing the extent of
the bias and realizing that while some journalists aren't purposely
attacking the ideological right, or purposely using the media to tear down
traditional and Christian views, there are enough high-placed, high-ranking
editors and executives with influence who are purposely doing just that -
and they're able to sway the coverage on a wide scale. And second off?
Conservatives and Christians must use their voices and counter leftist
media punch with media punches of their own. Writing letters to the
editors; visiting online news sites and adding comments to the comments'
sections; calling broadcast stations and supporting or opposing the
editorial direction and content of news stories; starting blogs and even
newspapers or newsletters that counter the liberal/socialist lines and
offer a conservative, even Christian, view - these are all viable ways of
making it clear: the Christian conservative voice will not be stifled. If
the left-leaning, largely secular media is allowed to control the messaging
and dominate the online social media world, the only voices allowed to
exist will be those that advance the far left, socialist, Big Government
ideas.
10. Artificial intelligence, and How Emerging Technology Feeds the
Socialist Beast
According to various polls and surveys, most scientists are not only
liberals in their politics, but secular in their beliefs. Yet these are the
same people who are leading the technological charge in America, across the
world? No wonder, then, social media's artificial intelligence systems lean
left and label conservative and Christian views as hateful or
discriminatory; the programs, the models, the software are all designed by
those with either far leftist or globalist views. But that's only part of
what makes today's emerging technologies a real threat to freedom-loving
Americans in general, and Christian, conservative voices in particular.
Some of A.I.'s applications outright flip the Constitution on its head by
tossing presumption of innocence standards to the side and treating
innocent Americans as if they're guilty; by giving police the technological
power to arrest "criminals" who've not yet committed crimes; by allowing
government to place surveillance and identification technology in all
places public; and more. As if that's not bad enough, there's this, from
Feng Xiang, a professor of law at Tsinghua University: "More than anything
else, the inevitability of mass unemployment [from emerging technologies]
and the demand for universal welfare will drive the idea of socializing or
nationalizing A.I.," he said, back in May of 2018. His idea? To use A.I. to
reallocate resources - or, as socialists might put it, to spread the
wealth. He's not alone in looking to use A.I. to create social justice on a
global scale. Others in this vein of socialist thinking see the need to
establish a universal basic income standard for workers who are displaced
by technology. The Socialist Party itself sees A.I. as death knell for
capitalism. Meanwhile, there's that whole A.I. movement dedicated to
creating its own god - or, at the least, a better breed of humans with
godlike technological powers. This is one of the biggest fights Christians
and constitutionalists face in the coming years - and it's going to be the
most challenging one to win. In the long-term, Christians need to encourage
more of the faithful to enter the fields of science and technology, so that
tomorrow's A.I. experts will be schooled in Bible truths. In the
short-term? Christians and conservatives need to first educate themselves
on the A.I. threats to faith, individual freedoms and American sovereignty.
And second, Christians and conservatives need to stop letting technology
take over their own lives - to stop trading the convenience of certain cell
phone apps, say, for personal privacies that track geographical movements.
With technology, Christians have become just as secular as the world
they're supposed to live in but not of, and if we want to put a stop to
runaway technologies that threaten to steal freedoms and bring about a more
socialist existence, then it's the Christian community that has to raise up
and raise questions (because the secular world isn't going to do it).
11. If Malachi Were Here, What Would He Say?
In 2016, one Morning Consult poll found that 60 percent of Americans
believed America was great and 68 percent said they were proud to be an
American. In July 2019, a Gallup poll found that American pride had hit an
all-time low - that only 45 percent said they were proud to be American,
versus 47 percent in Gallup's poll of the previous year. And in April 2019,
Rasmussen found that Americans, by and large, were feeling better about the
future than they had in the previous 12 years of asking that same survey
question. The point it: Ask Americans what they feel about America, and the
answers will be as different as the polling companies. The only "survey"
that really matters is the one from above - the one that rates how a nation
and how a nation's people stand with God. And on that score, maybe it's
arguable: America's lost its Judeo-Christian way because God has removed
His blessings from the country. It's possible. Surely, this socialism
that's taken root in a nation that was supposed to be dedicated to
individual rights first, collectivism second - if at all - hasn't come by
way of chance, or absent God's knowledge. Or, perhaps, absent God's
influence. Look to Malachi for mulling. Consider these biblical passages:
"If you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the Lord of
hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings;
indeed I have already cursed them." Or this: "You have wearied the Lord
with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' By saying
'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights
in them.' Or by asking, 'Where is the God of justice?'" Isn't this what
just what we do when things don't go our way - pretend as if our intents
were good and that God, in His injustice, is ignoring our plights or
imposing an unfair outcome? Perhaps it's as Malachi suggests - the curse
has already come upon our nation. That would certainly explain how we could
move from a nation built by Judeo-Christian principles, fast-tracked to
great heights of globally ranked exceptionalism, to a country torn by
political and cultural fighting, being pulled ever farther from God, ever
closer to Big Government. This chapter looks at the cultural decay we
embrace, and the political corruption we accept - from abortion to rated-R
sexualized entertainment - from the perspective of biblical teachings, and
raises the all-important question: Are we now experiencing, with all this
loss of freedom and expansion of socialist governance, the removal of God's
blessings on America? It seems a crucial point to consider, given the
obvious solution would lie in its answer. As the Bible also teaches: "If my
people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, pray and seek
my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and
will hear their land." What better way for God to heal a country founded on
principles of limited government - than to return the government to a
system of limited reach and authority?
12. The Answer is Christianity, and ONLY Christianity
There's a temptation in First Amendment-friendly America for some to
embrace religious freedom to the point where Christianity is Islam is
Hinduism is Wiccan - where one religion is just as good as another, and
that praying to the Christian God is the same as praying to any other god.
But here in America, the foundation has always been Judeo-Christian
beliefs, as