I Just Got this Letter of Encouragement!

I just got this very encouraging letter in the mail today. It is time for those of Judeo-Christian Faith in Tarrant County, all of Texas, and the USA, to wake up and get plugged in. The Texas Republican Party platform contains Judeo-Christian principles and even cites the Bible twice, ***yet our leadership are selling out the Judeo-Christian GOP base!*** Blessed is the Nation whose God is the LORD (Hebrew: Yahweh) (Psalm 33:12).

The Plain Truth About the Trimm Committee Appointment

Recently the Star Telegram reported:


One of the champions of the unsuccessful effort to oust a Muslim from Tarrant Republican Party leadership now has a new appointment.
James Scott Trimm now serves on the Tarrant County GOP Precinct Chair Recruitment Committee. He was a vocal supporter of the request to remove Shahid Shafi from the post of vice chairman.
“The point of this is to heal the Party,” Tarrant Republican Joel Downs, who heads the committee, posted on Facebook about the new appointment.

Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article224749525.html#storylink=cpy

(Star Telegram Jan. 18, 2019)

The Dallas Morning News reported a day earlier:

His appointment, leaders say, is intended to be an olive branch to those who voted to remove Dr. Shahid Shafi from his position. 
Joel Downs, chairman of that committee, announced the appointment Tuesday on Facebook, along with an explanation of why Trimm was chosen.
“Although James is  a capable person and I appointed him for that the reason, I did it mostly to make a gesture of peace,” Downs told The Dallas Morning News. “We need to bury the hatchet and defeat the Democrats.”
(Dallas Morning News Jan. 17, 2019)


The public should know that Joel Downs and I discussed my possible appointment to the committee for the first time on Saturday January 12th, 2019.  However after discussing the matter, we both agreed that I would not accept this appointment without Darl Easton's approval.  

On January 14th, 2019 Joel Downs contacted me to tell me that Darl Easton had approved of my appointment to the committee. 

On January 18th I was contacted by the Fort Worth Star Telegram for a comment about my appointment:

When asked for a comment about his appointment, Trimm responded: “I voted against Shafi because he was unwilling to publicly support Israel with Jerusalem as the undivided capital and oppose creation of a Palestinian state within the historic borders of Israel” which is a plank in the Texas GOP platform.
“The decision on Shafi has been made and we Republicans now need to work together to keep Tarrant County red.”
(Star Telegram Jan. 18, 2019)

Then on Thursday January 24th I learned that the entire committee had been vacated when the Star Telegram reached out to me for a comment.  I had none, because that was the first I heard of it.  Apparently Easton's priority was notifying the press rather than the committee members.

That day the Star-Telegram reported:

Tarrant Republicans trying to unite after an unsuccessful move to remove a Muslim man from party leadership have hit another roadblock.
An effort to “heal the party” has ended.
The idea was to offer a spot on a recruitment committee to James Scott Trimm, who vocally supported removing Shahid Shafi, a Muslim, from party leadership.
But the chairman of the committee has resigned and the entire committee has been disbanded, at least for now.
(Tarrant GOP’s effort to ‘heal’ after Muslim vote claims first victim: a whole committee)

Why did this happen?  Because Darl Easton, who had approved my appointment just ten days earlier, had waffled and suddenly wanted me off the committee.  The committee chair Joel Downs, unwilling to remove me from the committee without any real cause (short of Easton's inability to stand by a decision he had made just days earlier) chose to resign rather than to follow Easton's directive. 

Darl Easton's goal was to "completely reorganize" the committee. The Star Telegram reported Easton as saying:

“The (committee) will be completely reorganized after the assessment,” he said in his statement. “The purpose of this re-assessment is to improve and expand our efforts to grow the Party and its outreach to every corner of Tarrant County as we approach the next election cycle.”
(Tarrant GOP’s effort to ‘heal’ after Muslim vote claims first victim: a whole committee)

Now, as a result of Easton's inability to make a critical decision, and stand by that decision for more than ten days, there will be no committee to recruit new Precinct Chairs until at least after the March Executive Committee meeting.  Tarrant County Republicans need to be uniting to keep Tarrant Red, and Darl Easton's instability as a leader, has left us without this important committee.  Moreover, as members of the party are trying to heal and unite to work together, Darl Easton is working to divide rather than unite the party.

The Tarrant County Republican Party is in shambles, and those of us working to heal the party and unite the party to keep Tarrant red, are finding our County Chair working against that goal.

This kind of waffling, of holding out the olive branch to unite the party, only to jerk it back and bring down our recruitment committee in the process was the last thing our County Chair needed to be doing with the Lincoln Dinner less than a month away.

Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article224749525.html#storylink=cpy

NETTP McCarty: Darl Easton Represents Himself not the People

NETTP McCarty: Darl Easton Represents Himself not the People

by

James Scott Trimm

In a recent blog I reported that Northeast Tarrant County Tea Party (NETTP) President Julie McCarty had stated that she was embarrassed by the handling of the Shafi controversy, and  that she now regretted getting Darl Easton elected as GOP County Chair (click here to read that blog).

In the days since that blog, there has been a great deal of fallout.

Darl's wife Janna Easton reacted by resigning from the  NETTP board.  Darl Easton replied with a public post accusing McCarty of stabbing him in the back and reminding her of the time and money he had donated to the Northeast Tarrant County Tea Party:

Julie McCarty posted a response stating that Darl had been repeatedly advised not to start the [Shafi] mess in the first place, and repeatedly advised on how to handle to controversy, but had ignored the advise, and even done the exact opposite at times.  McCarty went so far to say that Darl had chosen to represent Darl and not the people, and that she was shocked by Darl's insinuation that his donations and service to NETTP had bought him a free pass on accountability.

Regardless of which side one takes on the appointment of Shahid Shafi as Vice Chair of the Tarrant County Republican Party, Darl Easton should have foreseen that such a controversial appointment would plunge the Tarrant County GOP into division and created a public relations nightmare for our party. The only press the Tarrant GOP has gotten with Darl at the helm is bad press. Instead of taking responsibility for his decisions, as a good leader should, he has tried to shift the blame on his advisers and his opposition. The Tarrant County Republican party needs new leadership if we are to unite and keep Tarrant red. Darl needs to be a man, and recognize that the party is best served with his resignation.

Sign the Petition to ask for Darl Easton's resignation. 

(Click Here)

 

Julie McCarty "Embarrassed" by Handling of Shafi Controversy- Regrets Getting Darl Easton Elected

UPDATE: In fairness I have, at Julie McCarty's request, changed the original headline.  The original read "Julie McCarty 'Embarrassed' by Deal Easton Handing of Shafi Controversy".  Mrs. McCarty has clarified that she meant that she was embarrassed by the handling of the situation on both sides.  The screenshot of the exchange is included at the bottom so the reader may judge for themselves what Mrs. McCarty was saying in context.  


In a recent blog I wrote:

There has been a concerted effort by the Tarrant County Republican Party leadership in cooperation with the liberal media, to establish a narrative that the opposition to Shahid Shafi is driven by bigotry.

In that blog, I called for Darl's resignation and invited readers to sign a petition calling for Darl's resignation.

Now Northeast Tarrant County Tea Party President Julie McCarty says that she regrets helping Darl Easton become County Chair and is embarrassed by the handling of the Shafi controversy.  

Today, in the Tarrant County Republican Party Discussion group on Facebook, user Larry Beck posted:

Considering the actions of the TCGOP leadership in using the demoncrat Mainstream Media to attack any and all Republicans they disagree with or think may oppose them or their candidates, it is clear that the TCGOP leadership should be removed and a new leadership that is actually REPUBLICAN can be installed so that we can return to actually fighting for Republican principles instead of copying the most disgusting of demoncrat tactics

Julie McCarty responded:

I completely agree that inviting the media into this battle was a really foolish thing to do. I'm embarrassed by how terribly this has been handled by those who should know better.

When user Philip Wynne responded:
 
Julie White McCarty The County Chairman, various elected officials, several SREC members, and Shafi himself have run to the lazy, lying, leftist media to smear or imply that anybody who doesn't agree with them is racist, bigot, xenophobe, islamophobe, not to mention lie about the Constitution to suit their needs. It's absolutely appalling.

Julie McCarty "liked" his comment. 

A user named Ashley Robinson responded by asking "wasnt Barnes talked out of running for this chair?"

This clearly was a reference to the fact that in the final hours before the deadline for filing, Julie McCarty is said to have talked anticipated Easton opponent Rick Barnes into filing not to run for County Chair, but to run for Tax Assessor Collector instead.  This "deal" opened the way for Darl Easton to step unopposed into the office of Tarrant GOP County Chair.  

McCarty responded "That's a big regret."

Regardless of which side one takes on the appointment of Shahid Shafi as Vice Chair of the Tearrant County Republican Party, Darl Easton should have foreseen that such a controversial appointment would plunge the Tarrant County GOP into division and created a public relations nightmare for our party. The only press the Tarrant GOP has gotten with Darl at the helm is bad press. Instead of taking responsibility for his decisions, as a good leader should, he has tried to shift the blame on his advisers and his opposition. The Tarrant County Republican party needs new leadership if we are to unite and keep Tarrant red. Darl needs to be a man, and recognize that the party is best served with his resignation.

Sign the Petition to ask for Darl Easton's resignation. 

(Click Here)

 

GOP Family Values: Judeo-Christian or Islamic?

The GOP has long been known as the family values party.  But will it remain the party of Judeo-Christian Family values? 

Our Texas Republican Party Platform states:

"We, the 2018 Republican Party of Texas, believe in this platform and expect our elected leaders to uphold these truths through acknowledgment and action. We believe in:... 6. Self-sufficient families, founded on the traditional marriage of a natural man and a natural woman."

What does this principle mean?

Plank 62 elaborates saying:

62. We support the affirmation of traditional Judeo-Christian family values and oppose the continued assault on those values.

And then in planks 316 and 317 our platform elaborates further:

We affirm God’s biblical design for marriage and sexual behavior between one biological man and one biological woman, which has proven to be the foundation for all great nations in Western civilization....
(Plank 316)

We support the definition of marriage as a God-ordained, legal, and moral commitment only between one natural man and one natural woman.
(Plank 317)

By "Biblical design" and "God ordained" the planks are clearly referring to Matthew 19:1-6:

[4] And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, (Genesis 1:27)
[5] And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh (Genesis 2:27)?
[6] Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
(Matthew 19:4-6)

But the Quran plainly claims that "God ordained" marriage is a union between one man and up to four women:

"...marry such women as seem good to you, two and three and four;..."
(Quran Surah 4:3)

One simply cannot accept that the Quran is true, and also accept the God ordained Biblical design for marriage as stipulated in the Texas Republican Party Platform.  Islamic family values are not the same as Judeo-Christian Family Values.

Someone who does not believe in the principles of our platform is not well suited for a position of leadership in propagating our platform, That is no more bigotry than a business refusing to hire a one legged man to serve as a runner, He is simply not well suited for the position, no matter how much political correctness one tries to add to the equation.

Why the Texas GOP Platform Supports Israel; And why Islam Generally Does Not

Why the Texas GOP Platform Supports Israel
And why Islam Generally Does Not
By
James Scott Trimm

The Texas Republican Platform says concerning Israel:

207. Israel: We are grateful that the US Embassy in Israel has been moved to Jerusalem. We believe that Jerusalem should remain Israel’s undivided capital, accessible to people of all faiths. The United States should continue to support Israel militarily, financially, and technologically. We oppose any pressuring of Israel to make concessions they believe would jeopardize their security. We strongly oppose the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, on all levels, including and especially on college campuses, at the United Nations, and by anti-West non-governmental organizations. We believe there should not be a Palestinian state within the historical borders of Israel. Our policy is inspired by God’s biblical promise to bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel, and we further invite other nations and organizations to enjoy the benefits of that promise.
208. Israel’s Sovereignty: We further insist upon Israel’s right to exist, its right to secure borders, and its right to the land secured by practicing self-defense from aggressive enemies. We strongly encourage other nations of the world to respect Israel’s sovereignty, right of self-determination, and right of self-defense.

Let us explore the foundation of these planks.  The Platform specifically says:

Our policy is inspired by God’s biblical promise to bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel, and we further invite other nations and organizations to enjoy the benefits of that promise.
(Plank 207)

The Plank is specifically referring to a phrase found in Genesis 12:1-3

[1] Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
[2] And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
[3] And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
(Gen. 12:1-3 KJV)

However here the Bible comes into direct conflict with Islam.  Islam teaches that Ishmael was heir to Abraham's blessing.  As we read in the Quran:

54. Also mention in the Book (the story of) Isma'il: He was (strictly) true to what he promised, and he was an apostle (and) a prophet.
55. He used to enjoin on his people Prayer and Charity, and he was most acceptable in the sight of his Lord.
(Quran Surah 19:54)

Islam identifies Ishamel as ancestor of the Arabs and specifically as the ancestor of Muhammed.  In fact Islam maintains that it was Ishmael not Isaac that was to be offered up by Abraham in the event we see recorded in Genesis 22.

However the Bible clearly teaches that it was Isaac and not Ishmael who waas the sole heir to Abraham's promise:

19 And God said: Nay, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. And I will establish My covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
(Gen. 17:19)

[10] Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
[11] And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
[12] And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
[13] And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
(Genesis 21:10-13)

17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. There shall step forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.
(Num. 24:17)

This blessing passed from Isaac to Jacob, but not to Jacob's brother Esau:

[26] And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
[27] And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
[28] Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
[29] Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
(Gen. 27:26-29 KJV)
The blessing was evident when the Jewish people went out from Egypt:

[20] Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
[21] Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
[22] But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
(Ex. 23:20-23 KJV)

And when Balak, the king of Moab, hired Balaam to curse Israel, Balaam was unable to do so.  He tried three times.

[5] And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
[6] And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
[7] And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
[8] How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
[9] For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
[10] Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
[11] And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
[12] And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
(Numbers 23:5-12 KJV)
Balam tried again with a similar result:

[16] And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
[17] And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
[18] And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
[19] God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
[20] Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
[21] He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
[22] God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
[23] Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
[24] Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
[25] And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
(Numbers 23:16-25 KJV)

And he tried a third dime to curse Isarel:

[1] And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
[2] And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
[3] And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
[4] He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
[5] How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
[6] As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
[7] He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
[8] God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
[9] He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
[10] And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
(Numbers 24:1-10)

Being that it is Hannukah, I will add that centuries later when Heliodorus failed in his effort to raid the Temple Treasurty, he reported back to the Greco-Syrian king "He who has his dwelling in heaven watches over that place himself and brings it aid, and he strikes and destroys those who do it injury." (2Maccabees 3:39)

This is why the Texas Republican platform declares its support for Israel with Jerusalem as its undivided capital and opposes the creation of a Palestinian state within the historic borders of Israel.  This position is inspired by "inspired by God’s biblical promise" to the seed of Abraham through Isaac and through Jacob. But this plank is based on a Biblical promise which was made to the seed of Isaac, and not to the seed of Ishmael. It is no wonder that this platform plank does not sit well with many Muslims.   It is a promise of blessings on Israel's allies and a curse upon Israel's enemies.

I ask you all to stand with Israel, and stand with our pro-Israel platform, and not join with those who are abandoning it in order to reach out and appeal to a largely anti-Israel Islamic community.

Anti-Pro-Life. Pro-Obamacare PAC Endorses Shahid Shafi

Anti-Pro-Life. Pro-Obamacare PAC Endorses Shahid Shafi
By
James Scott Trimm

TexPac is the political arm of the Texas Medical Association and is an infamous anti-life PAC, not just protecting abortion, but euthanasia and death panels as well.   (TMA).  TexPac is also known foir its support of Obamacare.

When the famous Pro-Life bill HB 2 was SB 5 (before Wendy Davis Filibustered SB 5 and it was reintroduced as HB 2)  TMA stood strongly against the bill.  Texas Right to Life has documented TMA’a opposition to Pro-Life legislation going back to at least 2003!  Including support of the infamous Texas death panel law.  See "Texas Medical Association Protects Abortionists" on the Texas Right to Life Website for more details.

The Texas Medical Association has also lobbied for Expansion of Obamacare in Texas.

See also Pro-Abortion, pro-Death Panel, Pro-Obamacare liberal special interest group endorses Byron Cook by Adam Cahnman

Now TexaPac has endorsed Shahid Shafi, the controversial, CAIR endorsed Vice Chair of the Tarrant County Republican Party.  This blogger has obtained a copy of this December 3rd letter of support from TMA/TexPac to Darl Easton strongly endorsing Shahid Shafi:

On January 10th the Tarrant County Republican Party Executive Committee will vote on whether or not to remove Shafi from his position as Vice Chair.  Tarrant County GOP does not need a Vice Chair endorsed by TexPac and the TMA (not to mention CAIR).