Skillet is a Christian Heavy Metal Band from Memphis Part 1

Skillet – Monster (Video)

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Monster (Video)

A good friend of our family told us back in the 1990’s that her cousin was part of a new group called Skillet and we had no idea that the group would grow into such a big national hit. The song “monster has about 50 million hits on you tube.

Band Q&A Popular Christian rock band Skillet shares its secrets

Skillet

Skillet

Skillet’s recent lineup included guitarist Ben Kasica, keyboardist/guitarist Korey Cooper, singer/bassist John Cooper and drummer Jen Ledger. Kasica has been replaced by Seth Morrison.

Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:05 am | Updated: 5:26 pm, Wed Jan 25, 2012.

Popular Christian rock band Skillet shares its secrets By Laura Genn Homeschooled PhillyBurbs.com

In a world dominated by Bieber Fever (it’s a DISEASE!), Katy Perry (are all of her songs about … um … adult stuff?), Lady Gaga (I prefer my meat as a steak, not a dress) and too many curse-word-littered artists for me to name, I sometimes wonder if there is any hope whatsoever for the music industry.

“Blah, blah, blah. My heart is broken. This new boy LOVES me! No, he left me. Whatever. I DON’T NEED HIM! Party. Beer. Drinking! A catchy tune for marketing this at 7-year-olds!”

Really! Why is this stuff even popular? Sometimes, I fear that music is slowly dying.

Then I go listen to Skillet, and my iPod becomes my best friend once again.

The band started with a more electronic sound in its early albums, “Invincible” and “Alien Youth,” but it has transitioned and evolved into a solid rock group with awesome tunes and strong messages. Skillet took a leap of faith with “Collide,” which it followed with the unbeatable “Comatose.”

And most recently, the band gave us “Awake” — which only left us wanting more.

From the darker “Sometimes,” “Monster,” “Forsaken” and “Open Wounds” to the meaningful “Believe,” “Those Nights” and “A Little More,” Skillet’s musical history spans a broad range of emotions and styles that are relatable to just about anyone.

Not to mention, its remixes are just plain cool.

That’s why I can hardly wait to see Skillet live at Winter Jam at the Sovereign Center in Reading Thursday.

I’ll be writing about the experience, but for now, I’ll just give you a taste of Skillet’s awesomeness. I had the chance to interview them via email (fan-girl shriek!), and here are the answers provided by lead singer/band founder John Cooper.

Q: As teenagers, did you always know that you wanted to be in a rock band, or did it become a goal later in life?

A: In high school, I loved music. I started out in band. I didn’t know I would be able to do music professionally one day, but I thought it would be cool to do that. I started writing music when I was 16, though it was not until college that I thought I would give it a shot professionally.

Q: How has your music evolved in its message and style since “Invincible” and “Alien Youth” to the more-recent “Awake”?

A: I think the way our music has changed the most is in the lyrics. Our first few records, we were writing songs to a Christian audience, and in my 2003 release of “Collide,” I began writing to a broader audience. I began writing songs that all kinds of people could relate to — songs about love, fear, heartbreak, relationships, etc.

Q: What musical artists have inspired you and/or influenced Skillet?

A: When I was growing up, I listened to Christian music only at my house, bands like Petra and Stryper, but all my friends were listening to metal, so I was more (influenced) by bands like Bon Jovi, Motley Crue and Metallica. As I got older I began to be influenced by U2 and Bono; the way he has used his platform to have a message greatly influences Skillet.

Q: How does your faith in Christianity affect your music?

A: All of my music is written through my Christian worldview; you could not have Skillet without Christianity.

Q: What message and/or messages do you want teenagers to take away from your music?

A: In general, a message of hope in a dark world, and specifically, that their lives matter even when they don’t feel worthy or good enough or like a letdown to their parents, etc. I want teens to know that they are worth something to God, and God loves them anyways.

Q: What are some of your favorite songs that you’ve recorded, whether old or new?

A: My favorite is probably “Rebirthing.” I think that song has all of the best aspects of Skillet, musically and lyrically. I also love “Monster.”

Q: Which of your songs do you think drew the most from your personal experiences — and how?

A: Probably “Hero” because I wrote that song based on a time when I was wondering who my own children would look up to when they get older. Who is left to believe in? I was hit hard by all the Catholic priest accusations during that time, and I thought, “Man, these are supposed to be heroes to kids.” That is why I wrote that song; it’s about all the people who we believe in the past that have let us down. And secondly, the song “One Day Too Late” I wrote in reference to spending more time with my kids and my wife (band mate Korey Cooper) instead of getting busy with natural responsibilities and other things in life.

Q: Where do you intend to take Skillet in the future? Do you have plans to release a new album some time soon?

A: I definitely hope 2012 has a new Skillet release, and in terms of the future, I’d say we are going to stay on the path we are on now. We garnered respect for the current album in the mainstream market, including mainstream rock radio. I’d like to hit pop radio for the first time and keep the same standard Skillet has set about being vocal about our faith, pushing that envelope, if you will.

Q: What are some of the highlights and/or downsides of touring and playing at events like Winter Jam in Reading?

A: The highlights are getting to play in front of a lot of people in general, and out of those people, there are usually a lot of new fans, maybe people who wouldn’t see Skillet play but would come to an event of that size, so we end up winning over new fans. I like the idea of different genres, different ethnicities and different bands coming together for a big event; it’s special. There really is not a downside to it.

Q: Your catchphrase: “I am a peanut!” Is there a story behind this?

A: This is a very dumb story. One night, we were recording, and it was approaching the hours where you are so tired, everything is funny. I was eating some trail mix that was a generic brand called “Peanut Melody,” and I started making up a melody of peanut songs.

Q: You explain on your podcasts that your fans send you all sorts of interesting things in the mail. What is one of the most memorable things that you received from a fan?

A: We get a lot of duct tape items, whether it’s wallets, handbags, etc. One time, someone gave me a big eight-inch duct tape skillet, like a pendant on a duct tape necklace, like something MC Hammer would wear if it were gold. We get a lot of weird stuff! People make artwork, photo albums of themselves wearing Skillet shirts, and so many other weird things that we end up doing a segment on the podcast called “Cool Stuff People Give Us.”

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Cartoons from Dan Mitchell’s blog that demonstrate what Obama is doing to our economy Part 1

 

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I think Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times Blog was right to point out on 2-6-13 that Hillary Clinton may be tough for Republicans to beat in 2016. He noted, “A former campaigner for George H.W. Bush writes in the Daily Beast that Hillary Rodham Clinton is a particularly dangerous opponent for Republicans in 2016, as evidenced by her popularity among voters in Texas and Kentucky over Republican candidates.”

The main problem for Hillary will be the performance of Obamacare. If it works well then I see Republicans having a hard time winning in 2016, but if it does not work well and there are lines then watch out for a Republican win.

The Lord knows that I was dreadfully wrong about my 2012 prediction that Obama would lose in Ohio and other swing states. I really doubted the Max Brantley’s prediction of an Obama win and I had to come back and give him credit afterwards for the good prediction.

I ran across a funny carton from Dan Mitchell’s blog on President Obama concerning Obamacare.

Obama vs. the Founding Fathers

March 31, 2012 by Dan Mitchell

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Gun control posters from Dan Mitchell’s blog Part 1

I have put up lots of cartons and posters from Dan Mitchell’s blog before and they have got lots of hits before. Many of them have dealt with the economy, eternal unemployment benefits, socialism,  Greece,  welfare state or on gun control.

On 2-6-13 the Arkansas Times Blogger “Sound Policy” suggested,  “All churches that wish to allow concealed weapons may post signs to that effect at all entrances.”

I responded:

I suggest that all churches that don’t allow conceal weapons should post signs that say, “GUN FREE ZONE: In case of emergency  crawl to nearest exit. If help is delayed in arriving, kiss your defenseless butt good-bye. If you survive then maybe this will at least help your prayer life!!!”

The problem of course is that criminals are using strong young males who can over power people. Therefore, if we lived in a perfect gun free world the criminal would still have the advantage. The reality is that under strict gun control it will be only the honest people who surrender the weapons and not the criminals.

I have collected several of these funny gun posters from Dan Mitchell’s blog and here they are below:

I’ve shared a very clever Chuck Asay cartoon about gun-free zones, so let’s now enjoy four posters on the topic.

Let’s begin with a good jab at one of the anti-Second Amendment groups.

But remember the serious point. If you’re a bad guy and know that a potential victim is sure to be unarmed, does that make you happy or sad?

I realize that an anti-gun zealot will respond by arguing that they want a world where the thugs and crooks also will be disarmed, but how likely is it that such people will turn in their weapons? In any event, most criminals are young men and potential victims need guns to compensate for the inability to match the physical strength of their attackers.

Next let’s look at a poster showing the kind of instructions that statists such as Mayor Bloomberg should post in public places.

These clowns expect us to have blind faith in the ability of public authorities, but the odds of a cop being immediately available when trouble strikes are almost nonexistent.

Here’s a poster that captures the blind naiveté of anti-gun activists. I don’t think I need to add any commentary.

Last but not least, here’s a sign that all anti-gun leftists – assuming they have the courage to publicly celebrate their beliefs – should post outside their homes.

If you enjoy these posters, you can view previous editions here, here, here, here, and here.

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Arkansas Razorbacks going to get Alex Collins or not?

I was listening to 103.7 the buzz in Little Rock today and they were saying at 11:45am that Alex Collins’ mother grabbed the letter of intent and ran out the door with it this morning at the signing ceremony. Word is that his mother wants him to sign with Miami according to the Justin down at the buzz, but I have read that same account of events on other blogs.  The Orlando paper’s story is below:

Alex Collins poses with an Arkansas helmet after committing to the Razorbacks Monday night.Alex Collins poses with an Arkansas helmet after committing to the Razorbacks Monday night. ([Photo via Alex Collins’ Twitter account, @Budda03] / February 4, 2013)
By Steve Gorten South Florida Sun Sentinel12:10 p.m. EST, February 6, 2013
 
PLANTATION —

In a National Signing Day surprise, South Plantation star running back Alex Collins did not sign with the University of Arkansas as planned Wednesday morning and was absent from the school’s signing ceremony.

South Plantation athletic director Mike Collins was vague about Alex Collins’ absence, but noted “more due diligence needs to be done on the family’s side of things,” and confirmed that the running back had not signed a national letter-of-intent with any college.

“We’re going to give the family as much time as they need to make the right decision,” Mike Collins told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “At this time there’s no indication of anything other than the original plan. The family just wants more time.”

Collins, a five-star recruit rated the nation’s No. 1 running back by 247Sports.com, announced Monday night on live television on Fox Sports South that he had chosen to sign with Arkansas over Miami, Florida State, Florida and Wisconsin.

“It’s just a stressful time for him right now,” teammate John Franklin said. “Some things happened that I’d rather not speak about because it’s his business. I don’t want to put it out there.”

 A placard with his name on it was set up on the table at South Plantation’s signing ceremony, but it was removed just before the start of the ceremony. South Plantation coach Doug Gatewood was also mysteriously absent from the signing ceremony. Gatewood was at the school about 90 minutes before the ceremony, but declined comment to the Sun-Sentinel when asked about Collins’ decision to sign with Arkansas. Mike Collins said the running back came to school Wednesday morning, but then left.

“I thought for sure it was a done deal,” Collins said. “Obviously people had other plans.”

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Street preacher in Charlotte tells it like it is (includes the video ABORTION OF THE HUMAN RACE) (Editorial Cartoon)

Jason Rapert pictured below:

Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Conway, right, speaks during a news conference at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Rapert is the sponsor of a bill that would ban abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

I have noticed that a good Christian man like State Senator Jason Rapert of Conway, Arkansas has been falsely accused of racism for a 2011 speech to the Tea Party in Little Rock, but now even many liberal journalists like John Brummett have admitted that there was nothing racial at all in his speech. It is true that several national  national publications like the Huffington Post, NY Magazine, and other liberal blogs were misled  by this video hack job on Jason Rapert done by The Nation, but now several national articles have surfaced admitting there is no racial element in Rapert’s 2011 speech.

Obviously what was behind this attack on Senator Rapert was the anger many pro-abortion forces had for the pro-life bill he was proposing and the pro-abortion forces were willing to present a video hack job of his 20 minute speech to falesly accuse him of racism.

In the film “Abortion of the Human Race” in the film series “Whatever happened to the Race?” by Francis Schaeffer and Dr. C. Everett Koop the issue of slavery and the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision is compared to the Roe v. Wade decision of January 22, 1973 when unborn children were not recognized as human beings. I wish everyone reading this would take just 45 minutes and watch this film.

Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race” (Episode 1) ABORTION OF THE HUMAN RACE

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Francis Schaeffer

Francis Schaeffer really got the evangelicals like John MacArthur and R.C.Sproul to get involved in the pro-life movement. I am very grateful that he was sensitive enough to see what was coming down the pike at such an early time. In fact, my former pastor Dr. Bill Elliff actually saw Schaeffer speak about the upcoming legalization of abortion back in 1970.

On 2-5-13 while discussing  Rapert’s pro-life bill the person using the username “WhatAmberLoves,” commented on the Arkansas Times Blog:

Slavery, once “legal”, was abolished. Segregation, once “legal”, was abolished. Humans inflicting pain and killing their own unborn children, currently legal, will hopefully soon be abolished as well. 

To the author and commenters opposing the bills: While Mr. Brantley and supporters are busy facilitating ending the life of conceived yet unborn children, the rest of us are multiplying successfully, raising the next wave of future voters and doing our best to simultaneously minimize our children’s exposure to their message that humans killing offspring is acceptable. Mr. Brantley and some of the commenters on this article seem to want the rest of us in a modern, evolved society to think that it is acceptable behavior for humans to destroy their unborn children. 

On the Abolitionist Society of North Carolina facebook page I saw a picture of a billboard that said, “The KKK lynched 3500 African Americans. Planned Parenthood kills that many unborn African Americans every couple of months.”

Louis C.K. plays Abraham Lincoln on an episode of Saturday Night Live on 11-2-12. In this scene Lincoln is doing stand up comedy in New York. Louis said, “One thing I am really tired of is arguing with slave owners about slavery. ‘Oh but I like owning people,’ they will say. You have to act like you are kind of cool with it. You have to act like this is a 50/50 issue. YOU KNOW I KINDA THINK THAT OWNING A PERSON IS NOT COOL!!!!

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Lincoln was right to fight for the right for blacks to receive the same rights of personhood that we all have today in the sight of the U.S. government. The same should be true for the unborn children in our country today.

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Louis C.K. as Abraham Lincoln on Saturday Night Live.

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Paul Greenberg, editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette once was pro-abortion but now he is pro-life. He said to the Human Life Foundation at the Union League Club in New York City the following:

The trick is to speak of fetuses, not unborn children. So long as the victims are a faceless abstraction, anything can be done to them.

Just don’t look too closely at those sonograms. The way I studied the first pictures of my first grandson. Astounding. We are indeed strangely and wonderfully made.

By now the toll has reached some 50 million of those wondrous creations aborted in America since 1973. That’s not some abstract theory or philosophical argument.

It is a fact, and facts are stubborn things. Some even carry their own imperatives, moral imperatives that can be ignored only so long. So I changed my mind, and changed sides.

We’ve become very good at preaching to the converted, those of us who still believe in life. So good at it we may have forgotten what Martin Luther King Jr.

tried to teach us-that we have a hidden ally in the hearts of our opponents. And we must never cease appealing to it. They are not our enemies, but allies in waiting.

They have consciences. They may yet come around. I did.

All you people aren’t supposed to be here tonight, you know. Don’t you realize this issue was settled years ago, decades ago? Haven’t you heard of Roe v. Wade? Don’t you know we’re fighting for a lost cause? Abortion on demand is the law of the land. And always will be.

So we’re told. Just as a different generation of Americans was told that Dred Scott v. Sandford was the law of the land. The slavery question had been settled once and for all. All the states were nowgoing to be slave states. When it came to having any rights, Negro slaves were but chattel-property like any other. Case closed. To paraphrase my favorite line from a Ring Lardner short story: Shut up, they explained.

Those old-time abolitionists and Republicans and Free-Soil Democrats and Antislavery Whigs-whose portraits decorate these walls-were a motley crew, as variegated as we are here tonight. They, too, were fighting for a supposedly hopeless cause, that of freedom. As we fight for life. But they understood something the sophisticates of their time didn’t:

No good cause is forever lost.

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Recently I ran across this great speech given by a member of a pro-life group in North Carolina. He gave the speech and put it on you tube and it compares the rights of the unborn child today to those of the slaves during civil war time in the USA.

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Preaching in Uptown Charlotte on the American Holocaust on January 22, 2013.

January 22, 2013 marked the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that institutionalized abortion on demand in America. This has been an intense week for those engaged in the battle for life in the culture of death. I have been very encouraged by what I am seeing take place in the Christian community, though there is much more to be done if abortion is to ever be abolished. On Tuesday, I posted the following on facebook:

I am encouraged by my fb feed today as it has been swamped with talk of RvW and abolishing abortion. I have seen folks posting on the issue that I have not see posting before, including various ministry leaders. Other leaders are becoming more vocal, and I am so grateful for that. My hope is that engaging the culture of death will become “mainstream” in the true church of Jesus Christ, and I am encouraged by what I am seeing. It does seem like the Body of Christ is waking up, and that is worthy of acknowledgment and praise to the Lord. I just hope we hear more from those who had something to say today many more times before January 22, 2014, and that they will take steps to become more active to minister to abortion-minded parents and our pre-born neighbors. The love of Christ commands this of us.

With this in mind, I’d like to share some resources with you that may be an encouragement for you to become active in the necessary fight against abortion. It is time for the church to wake up and answer the call to love our pre-born neighbors as ourselves. Many are doing just that, but we must continue talking about, preaching against it, and ministering to those enslaved to sin who would sacrifice their own children on the altar of self.

On the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, I preached the following message in Uptown Charlotte:

Across the street from where I preached, Cities4Life held their annual memorial service in Uptown Charlotte. It was a great turnout and encouragement to Christians in our city to mobilize to engage the culture of death with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Make sure you watch until the end as David Benham, founder of Cities4Life, truly brings this crisis into perspective:

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R.C. Sproul sat down with John MacArthur on January 22 to discuss the holocaust of abortion in America. MacArthur really spoke to the needed call to our churches when he said,

Our goal has to be to awaken the church.

Amen, and that is one of the goals of Abolish Human Abortion.  Make sure you check out the AHA website, Youtube, and facebook pages.  If you are in North Carolina, “like” the Abolitionist Society of North Carolina page and stay tuned for our AHANC website launch.

Even if you do not have an abortion mill near your community, you can get some Abolish Human Abortion gear at AHAGear.com, or print some of these posters and stand on a street corner in your city. They just might open a door for you to declare the Gospel to someone, which is the only answer to abortion.

A few weeks ago, I posed the question: Would You Seek the Abolition of Pedophilia?  So there it is again in case you missed it.

Jesse Johnson shared his thoughts over at The Cripplegate on what the Abortion Memorial might look like after abortion is abolished in America.

A branch of Cities4Life just launched that will serve to equip Christians to minister at their local abortion mills. Check out Sidewalks4Life for more details.

If you live near Charlotte, join us on February 1-2 for Frontline Training. This is a great way to learn how to minister at abortion mills, and there will be practical experience to be gained as we lead the class to the abortion mill next Saturday morning.  Check out the facebook event page or see the Cities4Life blog for more details.

I am currently reading Francis Schaeffer’s A Christian Manifesto, and will then read Whatever Happened to the Human Race. These are both must reads if you want to understand what Christianity looks like in a culture that kills its own children – and what we must do to stop it.

At Ligonier, R.C. Sproul Jr. published Roe v. Wade: A Generation Lost, and concluded with the following:

We must be politically active. We must serve moms in crisis. We must speak prophetically to both the world and the church, remembering that one in six abortions is procured by an evangelical. First, however, we must weep. First, our hearts have to be broken, lest our pro-life activities lead us to forget. First we must repent because for a generation we have thought and acted like a movement, while every day babies are being murdered. First we must recognize that the problem isn’t how many were killed over the past forty years, but is instead how many will be killed in the next forty minutes. We must pledge not to not forget what has happened, but to not forget what is happening. Last we must remember that there is only one thing that can wash the blood from our hands, the blood from His.

Crown Rights Media is currently developing a new documentary on abortion that will serve to stir the church to action. The trailer can be seen at Babiesaremurderedhere.com, and also like the facebook fan page. Please spread the word. Everywhere.

Finally, while filming for the Babies Are Murdered Here documentary, Marcus Pittman snapped the following photo of Orlando sidewalk missionary, John Barros. Pittman adds the caption,

While filming in Orlando, today John Barros got a surprise visit from Chase. Chase is 19 Days old and came to visit with his mom and dad to say thanks for being there, telling my mom the Gospel and saving my life.

This is the face of Gospel-driven abortion ministry. Won’t you become a part of it?

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Open letter to President Obama (Part 232)

 

President Obama c/o The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President,

I know that you receive 20,000 letters a day and that you actually read 10 of them every day. I really do respect you for trying to get a pulse on what is going on out here.

I have been involved with the March for Life for almost 30 years here in Little Rock. My four kids and I  have walked in it on a regular basis in Little Rock and I have posted about it before on my blog www.thedailyhatch.org . When I first marched in it Ronald Reagan was the president and he wrote one of the best articles on the pro-life movement that I ever read. I have included below.

Nelly Gray passed away on August 13, 2012 and she started the March almost 40 years ago. I wanted to honor her today with this post. Please stand on the side of life!!!!!

Nellie Gray, Founder Of ‘March For Life,’ Dies

EnlargeRoger L. Wollenberg /UPI /LandovNellie Gray, president of the March for Life Fund, at the March for Life rally near the White House in 2004.

Nellie Gray, president of the March for Life Fund, at the March for Life rally near the White House in 2004.

Roger L. Wollenberg /UPI /LandovNellie Gray, president of the March for Life Fund, at the March for Life rally near the White House in 2004.

Nellie Gray, who in 1974 helped start the annual antiabortion demonstration in Washington called March for Life that attracts thousands to the nation’s capital, has died. She was 88.

According to The Washington Post, “Gene Ruane, a colleague, said that he found Miss Gray dead Monday in her Capitol Hill home and that the chief medical examiner will determine the cause and date of her death.”

National Review’s The Corner blog writes that:

“The March for Life is Nellie Gray’s main legacy. Many pro-lifers sometimes seem to take the annual March for granted, but the longevity of the March is actually a remarkable achievement. Some 39 years ago, pro-life activists felt a need to properly commemorate the first anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade decision. That is when the idea for the March for Life was born. Interestingly, there was no plan to repeat the first March, but when deciding what to do with the leftover funds, someone suggested hosting a March the next year. Before long, the March for Life was incorporated with Nellie Gray as president and became an annual tradition.

“Since then, the March has been a key contribution to the pro-life cause.”

The Associated Press says “Gray was a lawyer and former federal employee who devoted herself full-time to the anti-abortion movement after the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. … [She] was the primary organizer of the march throughout its 38-year history. She used the phrase ‘no exceptions, no compromise’ to sum up her belief that life begins at conception and abortion should be illegal. At this year’s march, she referred to abortion as genocide and the Roe v. Wade decision as ‘an evil imposed upon our country.’ ”

The next March for Life is scheduled for Jan. 25, 2013.

 

Nellie Gray: ‘No one … can legalize even a little bit of abortion’

June 10, 2004, 10:30 a.m.
Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation
Ronald Reagan’s pro-life tract.

EDITOR’S NOTE: While president, Ronald Reagan penned this article for The Human Life Review, unsolicited. It ran in the Review‘s Spring 1983, issue and is reprinted here with permission.

The 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. Our nationwide policy of abortion-on-demand through all nine months of pregnancy was neither voted for by our people nor enacted by our legislators — not a single state had such unrestricted abortion before the Supreme Court decreed it to be national policy in 1973 is a good time for us to pause and reflect. But the consequences of this judicial decision are now obvious: since 1973, more than 15 million unborn children have had their lives snuffed out by legalized abortions. That is over ten times the number of Americans lost in all our nation’s wars.

Make no mistake, abortion-on-demand is not a right granted by the Constitution. No serious scholar, including one disposed to agree with the Court’s result, has argued that the framers of the Constitution intended to create such a right. Shortly after the Roe v. Wade decision, Professor John Hart Ely, now Dean of Stanford Law School, wrote that the opinion “is not constitutional law and gives almost no sense of an obligation to try to be.” Nowhere do the plain words of the Constitution even hint at a “right” so sweeping as to permit abortion up to the time the child is ready to be born. Yet that is what the Court ruled.

As an act of “raw judicial power” (to use Justice White’s biting phrase), the decision by the seven-man majority inRoev. Wade has so far been made to stick. But the Court’s decision has by no means settled the debate. Instead,Roe v. Wadehas become a continuing prod to the conscience of the nation.

Abortion concerns not just the unborn child, it concerns every one of us. The English poet, John Donne, wrote: “. . . any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

We cannot diminish the value of one category of human life — the unborn — without diminishing the value of all human life. We saw tragic proof of this truism last year when the Indiana courts allowed the starvation death of “Baby Doe” in Bloomington because the child had Down’s Syndrome.

Many of our fellow citizens grieve over the loss of life that has followed Roe v. Wade. Margaret Heckler, soon after being nominated to head the largest department of our government, Health and Human Services, told an audience that she believed abortion to be the greatest moral crisis facing our country today. And the revered Mother Teresa, who works in the streets of Calcutta ministering to dying people in her world-famous mission of mercy, has said that “the greatest misery of our time is the generalized abortion of children.”

Over the first two years of my Administration I have closely followed and assisted efforts in Congress to reverse the tide of abortion — efforts of Congressmen, Senators and citizens responding to an urgent moral crisis. Regrettably, I have also seen the massive efforts of those who, under the banner of “freedom of choice,” have so far blocked every effort to reverse nationwide abortion-on-demand.

Despite the formidable obstacles before us, we must not lose heart. This is not the first time our country has been divided by a Supreme Court decision that denied the value of certain human lives. The Dred Scott decision of 1857 was not overturned in a day, or a year, or even a decade. At first, only a minority of Americans recognized and deplored the moral crisis brought about by denying the full humanity of our black brothers and sisters; but that minority persisted in their vision and finally prevailed. They did it by appealing to the hearts and minds of their countrymen, to the truth of human dignity under God. From their example, we know that respect for the sacred value of human life is too deeply engrained in the hearts of our people to remain forever suppressed. But the great majority of the American people have not yet made their voices heard, and we cannot expect them to — any more than the public voice arose against slavery — until the issue is clearly framed and presented.

What, then, is the real issue? I have often said that when we talk about abortion, we are talking about two lives — the life of the mother and the life of the unborn child. Why else do we call a pregnant woman a mother? I have also said that anyone who doesn’t feel sure whether we are talking about a second human life should clearly give life the benefit of the doubt. If you don’t know whether a body is alive or dead, you would never bury it. I think this consideration itself should be enough for all of us to insist on protecting the unborn.

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I remember when President Carter and candidate Reagan debated in 1980 and the subject of abortion came up. Reagan said that if you were on a dusty area and you found someone laying down would you bury him without knowing for sure if he is alive or not? It is the same with the case of abortion.

Thank you so much for your time. I know how valuable it is. I also appreciate the fine family that you have and your commitment as a father and a husband.

Sincerely,

Everette Hatcher III, 13900 Cottontail Lane, Alexander, AR 72002, ph 501-920-5733, lowcostsqueegees@yahoo.com

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Listing of transcripts and videos of Free to Choose by Milton Friedman: Episode “Created Equal” on www.theDailyHatch.org


 
Milton Friedman in his series “Free to Choose” used a pencil as a simple example to should have the “invisible hand” of the freemarket works (phrase originally used by Adam Smith).
 
 
Milton Friedman congratulated by President Ronald Reagan. © 2008 Free To Choose Media, courtesy of the Power of Choice press kit

Here are some great quotes about Milton Friedman:

“Milton Friedman is a scholar of first rank whose original contributions to economic science have made him one of the greatest thinkers in modern history.”
—President Ronald Reagan

“How grateful I have been over the years for the cogency of Friedman’s ideas which have influenced me. Cherishers of freedom will be indebted to him for generations to come.”
—Alan Greenspan, former Chairman, Federal Reserve System

“Right at this moment there are people all over the land, I could put dots on the map, who are trying to prove Milton wrong. At some point, somebody else is trying to prove he’s right That’s what I call influence.”
—Paul Samuelson, Nobel Laureate in Economic Science

“Friedman’s influence reaches far beyond the academic community and the world of economics. Rather than lock himself in an ivory tower, he has joined the fray to fight for the survival of this great country of ours.”
—William E. Simon, former Secretary of the Treasury

“Milton Friedman is the most original social thinker of the era.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith, former Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Perhaps Friedman’s greatest success began in 1979 when he and his wife Rose authored the book, Free to Choose, based on the famous ten-part TV series for PBS by the same title. Both the TV program and the book were drawn from an earlier series of lectures presented by Friedman. Because it aired during a period of critical economic distress during the Carter Administration and in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, Watergate scandal, and Richard Nixon’s resignation as President, the program is widely regarded as being a major factor in shifting American public opinion toward appreciating the need to dismantle government largess. The series was shown in England, Japan, Italy, Australia, Germany, Canada, and many other countries, and the book was translated for distribution around the world, selling more than one million copies.

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No other issue is more misunderstood today than equality. President Obama has used class warfare over and over the last few months and according to him equality at the finish line is the equality that we should all be talking about. However, socialism has never worked and it has always killed incentive to produce more. Milton Friedman expressed the conversative’s best and I am glad that I had the chance to be studying his work for over 30 years now.

In 1980 when I first sat down and read the book “Free to Choose” I was involved in Ronald Reagan’s campaign for president and excited about the race. Milton Friedman’s books and film series really helped form my conservative views. Take a look at one of my favorite films of his:

Created Equal [1/7]. Milton Friedman’s Free to Choose (1980)

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In this program, Milton Friedman visits India, the U.S., and Britain, examining the question of equality. He points out that our society traditionally has embraced two kinds of equality: equality before God and equality of opportunity. The first of these implies that human beings enjoy a certain dignity simply because they are members of the human community. The second suggests societies should allow the talents and inclinations of individuals to unfold, free from arbitrary barriers. Both of these concepts of equality are consistent with the goal of personal freedom.

In recent years, there has been growing support for a third type of equality, which Dr. Friedman calls “equality of outcome.” This concept of equality assumes that justice demands a more equal distribution of the economic fruits of society. While admitting the good intentions of those supporting the idea of equality of outcome, Dr. Friedman points out that government policies undertaken in support of this objective are inconsistent with the ideal of personal freedom. Advocates of equality of outcome typically argue that consumers must be protected by government from the insensitivities of the free market place.

Dr. Friedman demonstrates that in countries where governments have pursued the goal of equality of outcome, the differences in wealth and well being between the top and the bottom are actually much greater than in countries that have relied on free markets to coordinate economic activity. Indeed, says Dr. Friedman, it is the ordinary citizen who benefits most from the free market system. Dr. Friedman concludes that any society that puts equality ahead of freedom will end up with neither. But the society that puts freedom before equality will end up with both greater freedom and great equality.

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FREE TO CHOOSE 5: “Created Equal” (Milton Friedman)
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FREE TO CHOOSE: Created Equal

Friedman: From the Victorian novelists to modern reformers, a favorite device to stir our emotions is to contrast extremes of wealth and of poverty. We are expected to conclude that the rich are responsible for the deprivations of the poor __ that they are rich at the expense of the poor.

Whether it is in the slums of New Delhi or in the affluence of Las Vegas, it simply isn’t fair that there should be any losers. Life is unfair __ there is nothing fair about one man being born blind and another man being born with sight. There is nothing fair about one man being born of a wealthy parent and one of an indigenous parent. There is nothing fair about Mohammed Ali having been born with a skill that enables him to make millions of dollars one night. There is nothing fair about Marleena Detrich having great legs that we all want to watch. There is nothing fair about any of that. But on the other hand, don’t you think a lot of people who like to look at Marleena Detrich’s legs benefited from nature’s unfairness in producing a Marleena Detrich. What kind of a world would it be if everybody was an absolute identical duplicate of anybody else. You might as well destroy the whole world and just keep one specimen left for a museum. In the same way, it’s unfair that Muhammed Ali should be a great fighter and should be able to earn millions. But would it not be even more unfair to the people who like to watch him if you said that in the pursuit of some abstract idea of equality we’re not going to let Muhammed Ali get more for one nights fight than the lowest man on the totem pole can get for a days unskilled work on the docks. You can do that but the result of that would be to deny people the opportunity to watch Mohammad Ali. I doubt very much he would be willing to subject himself to the kind of fights he’s gone through if he were to get the pay of an unskilled docker.

This beautiful estate, its manicured lawns, its trees, its shrubs, was built by men and women who were taken by force in Africa and sold as slaves in America. These kitchen gardens were planted and tended by them to furnish food for themselves and their master, Thomas Jefferson, the Squire of Monticello. It was Jefferson who wrote these words: We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These words penned by Thomas Jefferson at the age of 33 when he wrote the Declaration of Independence, have served to define a basic ideal of the United States throughout its history.

Much of our history has revolved about the definition and redefinition of the concept of equality, about the intent to translate it into practice. What did Thomas Jefferson mean by the words all men are created equal? He surely did not mean that they were equal and/or identical in what they could do and what they believed. After all, he was himself a most remarkable person. At the age of 26, he designed this beautiful house of Monticello, supervised its construction and indeed is said to have worked on it with his own hands. He was an inventor, a scholar, an author, a statesman, governor of Virginia, President of the United States, minister to France, he helped shape and create the United States. What he meant by the word “equal” can be seen in the phrase “endowed by their creator”. To Thomas Jefferson, all men are equal in the eyes of God. They all must be treated as individuals who have each separately a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Of course, practice did not conform to the ideals. In Jefferson’s life or in ours as a nation, he agonized repeatedly during his lifetime about the conflict between the institution of slavery and the fine words of the declaration. Yet, during his whole life, he was a slave owner.

This is the City Palace in Jaipur, the capitol of the Indian state of Rajasthan, is just one of the elegant houses that were built here 150 years ago by the prince who ruled this land. There are no more princes, no more Maharajas in India today. All titles were swept away by the government of India in its quest for equality. But as you can see, there are still some people here who live a very privileged life. The descendants of the Maharajas financed this kind of life partly by using other palaces as hotels for tourists __ tourists who come to India to see how the other half lives. This side of India, the exotic glamorous side, is still very real. Everywhere in the world there are gross inequalities of income and wealth. They offend most of us.

A myth has grown up that free market capitalism increases such inequalities, that the rich benefit at the expense of the poor. Nothing could be further from the truth. Wherever the free market has been permitted to operate, the ordinary man has been able to attain levels of living never dreamed of before. Nowhere is the gap between rich and poor. Nowhere are the rich richer and the poor poorer than in those societies that do not permit the free market to operate, whether they be feudal societies where status determines position, or modern, centrally-planned economies where access to government determines position.

Central planning was introduced in India in considerable part in the name of equality. The tragedy is that after 30 years, it is hard to see any significant improvement in the lot of the ordinary person.

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February 6, 2013 – 3:59 am Categories: Milton Friedman, President Obama | Post a comment

Woody Allen interviews Billy Graham (Woody Wednesday)

A surprisingly civil discussion between evangelical Billy Graham and agnostic comedian Woody Allen. Skip to 2:00 in the video to hear Graham discuss premarital sex, to 4:30 to hear him respond to Allen’s question about the worst sin and to 7:55 for the comparison between accepting Christ and taking LSD.

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Woody Allen, The Faith Behind the Films (VIDEOS of Allen With Billy Graham)

By Kayla Amadis | Christian Post Contributor

American filmmaker, Woody Allen, will be starring in an exclusive two-part documentary film beginning tonight. The “Annie Hall” director and actor is notorious for his privacy. However, this three-and-a-half hour film claims to be a right of entry into the life and art of Woody Allen.

The works of Allen have always been a peculiar one for most viewers throughout generations. He has a touch for making artful flicks with the just enough humor included. His films, sometimes controversial, have also been unique in that they are driven by his distinctive vision and artistry. Allen has never been an artist to succumb to altering a script so it would appeal to mainstream audiences.

Therefore, many have noted reoccurring themes throughout Allen’s work over the years. He often integrates pop culture and religion sub-textually into the content of his writing.

Allen, now 75, grew up in a Jewish household. Now, as an agnostic, many of his films including “Crimes and Misdemeanors” and “Match Point” have subject matters concerning forgiveness, how to handle sin, finding meaning in life without God, or religious figures.

Many evangelicals including Chuck Colston and Southern Baptist leader, Richard Land are devoted fans of Allen. Although the filmmaker remains disclosed, he continues to be one to speak openly about deep issues in life even outside of his films. Allen has always been honest enough to ask many questions about morality and religion, but never has any of the right answers, Land suggested.

In the archives of Woody Allen appearances, one can find an old talk show video (below) in the 1960’s in which he interviews Billy Graham. Of course, Graham, clearly anchored in his beliefs in God, shared completely different views on life compared to the wisecracking Allen.

The conversation sounds undoubtedly tense upon first hearing. However, both counter-parts handled their discussion with much composure and the heart to agree to disagree.

Allen: “If you come to one of my movies or something, I’ll go to one of your revival meetings.”

Graham: “Well now that is a deal.”

Allen: “You could probably convert me because I’m such a pushover. I have no convictions in any direction and if you make it appealing and promise me some sort of wonderful afterlife with a white robe and wings I would go for it.”

Graham: “I can’t promise you a white robe and wings, but I can promise you a very interesting, thrilling life.”

Allen: “One wing, maybe?”

The dialogue was both light and deep all at once. “I find Woody over the years, and of course this is true of people as they get older, there is more resignation,” Land said to the Washington Post.

“There is a light touch and a confidence in his earlier movies – I’m not dead, I won’t die for a long time so I have a long time to figure this all out. Some of his more recent movies, you can see he’s aware of his own mortality.”

Decades later, one would hope Allen would come around to considering the true answers to all of his moral questioning. Perhaps he would think back to some of the words Graham spoke many years ago. However, Allen remains with doubtful views. “Sooner or later,” he said in a 2010 interview. “…reality sets in, in a crushing way. As it does and will with everybody, including Billy Graham. But it’s nice if you can delude yourself for as long as possible.”

“Woody Allen: A Documentary,’’ directed by Robert B. Weide, will touch on the career of Allen more intimately. Many look forward to understanding the true man behind the art and humor.

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February 6, 2013 – 1:49 am Categories: Current Events | Post a comment

Jason Rapert vindicated!!!! Take that Max Brantley!!!

  1. Associated Press Photo of Jason Rapert  By Danny Johnston
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ISN’T IT FUN TO WATCH THE LIBERAL PRESS START TO BACKTRACK FROM THEIR EARLIER ACCUSATIONS OF RACISM JUST LIKE THE DANA AMIRA IS NOW DOING. I have said in the past that Jason Rapert had been unfairly treated. I can understand national publications like the Huffington Post, NY Magazine, and other liberal blogs being mislead by this hack job on Jason Rapert done by The Nation, but it is truly amazing to me that Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times Blog who prides himself in always being completely honest would buy into this hack job on Jason Rapert. It is truly sad.  Furthermore on his blog Brantley asserted, “Rapert defenders contend he was talking about minority political interests, not minorities, references to the Obama birth certificate, Muslims and a Ramadan event notwithstanding.”

But the truth always does come out eventually. John Lyon of Stephens Media did have a balanced article that included an explantion from Jason Rapert and Jason Tolbert also gave both sides on his blog www.tolbertreport.com .

Now the truth has come out and it clear to see that the liberals in Arkansas has misrepresented the truth about the nature of Rapert’s comments.

Below KTHV’s website in Little Rock provided this statement that Arkansas State Senator Jason Rapert released today:

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – Arkansas Sen. Jason Rapert, R – District 18, released the following statement Tuesday in response to SB134, which passed in the Senate last week.

“Last week, the Arkansas State Senate voted in favor of SB134, otherwise known as the “Heartbeat Bill”.

If passed into law, the Heartbeat Bill will ban abortion after the point when a heartbeat can be detected, which occurs around the 6th to 8th week of pregnancy and will become arguably the most influential piece of pro-life legislation ever introduced in the State of Arkansas and possibly the United States. The bill does recognize exceptions for rape, incest, to save the life of the mother or life threatening medical emergencies.

Because of the ground-breaking nature of the Heartbeat Bill, I have unfortunately fallen prey to the growing trend of destructive politics.

Pro-life opponents on the far Left dredged up a video of a speech that I delivered at a Tea Party rally in 2011, and edited my nearly 20-minute talk down to one and a half minutes. They highlighted the following words taken out of context and labeled me a racist-a description with which I would have never ever conceived being tagged.

‘I hear you loud and clear, Barack Obama. You don’t represent the country that I grew up with. And your values [are] not going to save us. We’re going to take this country back for the Lord. We’re going to try to take this country back for conservatism. And we’re not going to allow minorities to run roughshod over what you people believe in!’

Standing alone, these comments could very well appear to be racist. The term ‘minorities’ is most often used by Americans in reference to people of ethnic groups other than white. Upon viewing the entire context of my speech, which is broken up into five separate videos on YouTube, it is very evident that by ‘minorities’, I was referring to the minority of political interests that are not aligned with the views of the majority of the people of Arkansas.

Here are my comments in full context that preceded the aforementioned statement as I referred to President Obama’s liberal stances:

‘Here in Arkansas we tried to do something about our values on that. We said ‘You know what? Where we have foster children, we want them to be in a good home with a mommy and a daddy.’ Do ya’ll think that’s alright? Well, right here the other day a bunch of your Supreme Court Justices just struck it down – said your vote don’t count. I am here to tell you that we are a people that’s ruled by a majority in this country. And I am tired of minority interests that are running roughshod over you and me.’

Since the deceivingly edited video surfaced, I have been the subject of personal ridicule and the victim of threats against my family and me. National press and media outlets have cast false judgment on my character charging that I have no respect for women and a disdain for non-white American citizens, but more importantly than the false accusations hurled against me, the debate shifted focus from the lives of the unborn to political gamesmanship and nonsense.

Winston Churchill once said: “The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”

Here’s a look at the facts.

The truth of the matter is that my comments at the 2011 rally had nothing to do with anyone’s ethnic background.

The truth of the matter is that the personal attacks on my character are not even really about me at all.

The truth of the matter is that the Heartbeat Bill very clearly provides exceptions in the cases of rape, incest, and to save the life of the mother and includes a provision stating that test would not have to be performed if there is a life-threatening medical emergency.

The truth of the matter is that the Heartbeat Bill passed in the Arkansas State Senate with a supermajority of 26 “yeas”, 8 “nays”, and 1 “absent” and included the votes of 5 Democrats and 3 Republican women.

The truth of the matter is that this unfortunate situation is about the rage of the liberal left because people are standing up for life in Arkansas, and for the first time, substantive legislation might actually be passed to do something about it.

The baseless charge of racism is an act of desperation. A man should be judged by the fruits he bears in his life-not a 90-second video, and the actions of my life clearly show that I am no racist. This includes several partnerships and friendships with pastors and non-profit leaders from various backgrounds both in Arkansas and all over the world. It includes my founding of Holy Ghost Ministries, Inc. (HGM), a faith-based

humanitarian organization providing clean water and assistance to the underprivileged and orphaned citizens of Ghana West Africa, Uganda and the Philippines-all of which are passions I’ve worked for longed before I became a State Senator.

The dissenters of the Heartbeat Bill have every right to disagree with the contents of it. They have every right to express their disagreement and to even fight against it. That is the beauty of the United States.

However, the problem arises when the dissenters lose all perspective of the actual issue and begin to hurl personal attacks at the supporters and initiators of the Heartbeat Bill. This is where they are wrong. This is where I speak on behalf of all Americans who favor civil discourse and call for the name-calling, threats, and vicious lies to cease.

If my political opponents want to debate me on the issues, I welcome it. If they want to engage in healthy and honest public discourse that is beneficial to Arkansan constituents, I am happy to oblige, but lies and distortions are the exact reason why American public opinion has turned so unfavorably against politics in general. They are tired of it, and so am I.

I believe that life begins at the moment of conception and that we, as leaders, have a moral obligation to protect the lives of children. I will continue to proudly support pro-life legislation in the Arkansas General Assembly and will be vocal in my defense of the unborn as the least among us. When there is a heartbeat, there is life.”

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I am really having fun watching the liberals try to squirm out of this one!!!

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February 5, 2013 – 3:31 pm Categories: Jason Tolbert, Prolife | Post a comment

What is Hugh Freeze doing over at Ole Miss?

Why is Hugh Freeze having so much success at Ole Miss? I thought he could recruit well there but top 10?

Pittsburgh head coach Paul Chryst, left, congratulates Mississippi head coach Hugh Freeze following the BBVA Compass Bowl NCAA college football game at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. Mississippi won 38-17. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Pittsburgh head coach Paul Chryst, left, congratulates Mississippi head coach Hugh Freeze following the BBVA Compass Bowl NCAA college football game at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. Mississippi won 38-17. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

MEMPHIS – People who live and breathe college

football recruiting for a living can’t recall if they’ve seen anything like it.

“I don’t think even (Kentucky coach) John Calipari in

basketball has done what Hugh Freeze has a chance to do, and that’s get three of the top three players in the country at their positions,” said JD Shurburtt, national recruiting director for 247sports.com. “You might have to go back to Michigan signing the Fab Five in basketball (in 1991) to find anything comparable.”

A 7-6 season in Freeze’s first year as Rebels’ head coach last season has apparently placed his program on a speeding train toward the top of the various recruiting service standings. With signing day on Wednesday, Ole Miss, not far removed from the 2010-11 seasons when it was a combined 1-15 in the SEC, has a solid chance to have its first top 10 recruiting class.

Freeze has a commitment from five-star wide receiver Laquoin Treadwell, ranked as Rivals.com best high school receiver in the nation. Already enrolled in school at Ole Miss is defensive tackle Lavon Hooks, the nation’s No. 1 junior college prospect according to 247sports.com. And Wednesday at about sunrise, Freeze is hoping defensive end Robert Nkemdiche, ranked by every recruiting service as the nation’s No. 1 recruit, will join his younger brother Denzel, one of the SEC’s best freshmen last year as an Ole Miss seek-and-destroy linebacker.

“We’re in on the right guys, we’ve just got to find a way to close on a good number of them,” said Freeze, despite the fact he and his staff have eight commitments from four-star players and 13 commitments from three-star players, marking just the second time in recent memory that all of the Rebels’ commitments are rated three stars or higher.

Besides Nkemdiche, who took his last official visit to LSU last weekend where he rubbed elbows with former NBA and LSU star Shaquille O’Neal, Ole Miss is still in the thick of the battle for five-star prospects Chris Jones and Laremy Tunsil, and four-star players Austin Golson and Antonio Connor.

Jones, who played for Houston (Miss.) High, is a Mississippi State commitment who’s ranked by Rivals.com as the state of Mississippi’s best high school prospect and the nation’s second best defensive end. Yet Jones, according to pictures posted by RebelGrove.com, was on the Ole Miss campus this past weekend while also visiting State.

The ability of Freeze and his staff to continue recruiting players committed to another school has been a strength. This past weekend, four-star running back Jordan Wilkins of St. Benedict, who committed to Auburn last July 18, flipped to the Rebels.

A perfect storm of events helped Ole Miss land Wilkins, starting with Auburn firing head coach Gene Chizik on Nov. 25 after a 3-9 season (0-8 in the SEC).

“Ole Miss really came after me hard after Auburn fired

the coach,” Wilkins said. “Ole Miss recruited me since I was a sophomore, but it had been in a slump the last two seasons. Auburn’s coaching change turned me off, and Ole Miss competed with just about everybody this season. Then, the recruiting class Ole Miss is putting together was another bonus for me, as was my relationship with the coaches.”

The relationship theme is one that has been repeated by several Rebels’ commitments like Treadwell, a 6-3, 198-pound pass-catching machine for Crete-Monee (Ill.) High, who had 81 catches for 1,424 yards and 16 touchdowns this past season. A year ago, Ole Miss wasn’t on his radar, with Oklahoma State, Michigan and others as his top choices.

But when Treadwell decided to visit to Ole Miss last summer to see his former high school teammate, Rebels’ freshman cornerback Anthony Standifer, he fell in love with the school. Ole Miss started recruiting him immediately.

“I love what coach Freeze is doing,” Treadwell said when he committed. “He’s always positive and is a great role model for his players.”

Freeze’s potential recruiting haul is so unbelievable that there’s the usual public reaction on social media from non-Rebel fans that “Ole Miss must be cheating, breaking NCAA rules” to commit so many such highly rated players.

Last week, a miffed Freeze fired back on Twitter, saying “If you have facts about a violation, e-mail compliance@olemiss.edu. If not, please don’t slander the young men.”

“I loved what Hugh Freeze did on Twitter, defending his program, his coaches and his integrity,” said Tom Luginbill, ESPN’s national director of recruiting.

“I understand when you’ve done what he’s done, creating a positive buzz when they hadn’t any of that, you will have your doubters and detractors. That’s a part of the Twitter and Facebook worlds.

“But Hugh and his staff have a plan to accentuate the program’s strengths. He’s selling creativity, enthusiasm and the youthfulness of a staff that are excellent recruiters. I think people are undervaluing Ole Miss’ on-the-field performance last season, how quickly that can turn around the perception of a program.”

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