Critical Mass Meeting

by Rodney Chrisman on March 31, 2012

The City of Lynchburg Mass Meeting is this coming Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., at the Lynchburg City Library Public Meeting Room, 2315 Memorial Avenue, Lynchburg, Virginia.  This mass meeting will be absolutely critical to my winning the position of Central Region Vice Chairman of the Sixth District Congressional Committee.  I would really appreciate anyone who can possibly make it to the meeting coming out and supporting me this Tuesday and then on May 5 at the Convention.  (And, a big thanks to all those who turned out in Bedford!)

If you live in the City of Lynchburg and want to support me, you need to come out to this meeting and get appointed as a delegate to the Sixth District Congressional Convention.  This is very easy to do.  If you complete the right paper work and you are a registered voter in the City of Lynchburg, you will be appointed as a delegate.  It is just that simple.  Registration begins at 6:30 p.m., and you must be in line by 7:00 p.m. to participate.  Here is a link to the official call.

Then, once you have been appointed as a delegate, you would need to go to Sixth District Congressional Convention on Saturday, May 5, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., at Rockbridge High School in Lexington, Virginia.  This is the meeting where you would actually be able to vote for me.  Only delegates to the convention can vote, so you have to get appointed as a delegate in either the City of  Lynchburg or Amherst (as these are the only two localities who haven’t already held their mass meetings.)  That’s why this meeting in Lynchburg on Tuesday is so critical.  (Here is a link to the official call for the Convention.)

If you have questions or want to help, please contact me.

UPDATE:  If you can’t make it on Tuesday, but you want to come out and support me at the Convention on May 5, then you can complete a letter of intent and get it to Steve “Doc” Troxel before 5:00 p.m. on Monday and that will get you appointed as a delegate.  Here is a form that should work: Lynchburg Mass Meeting Prefile Form  (on the form, be sure to check the blank beside 6th District 2012 GOP Convention.)

You can scan this form in and email it to Steve Troxel or just send him an email with all of the information contained in the form.  Of course, you can also deliver it to him in person, or, if you can get the form to me before then, I will make sure and get it to him before 5:00 on Monday.  If at all possible, it would probably be best to file this form whether or not you plan to attend on Tuesday.

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Noah Webster on Voting and an Update on My Campaign

by Rodney Chrisman on March 23, 2012

49.  When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers, just men who will rule in the fear of God.  The preservation of a republican government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty; if the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good, so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizens will be violated or disregarded.  If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws.  Intriguing men can never be safely trusted.  (Noah Webster’s Advice to the Young and Moral Catechism, pgs. 36-37)

Great quote from Mr. Webster.   He is certainly correct; it is incumbent upon all of us to do our duty and vote righteously.

Now for an update on my campaign. [click to continue…]

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Regional Chairman Flyer

by Rodney Chrisman on March 22, 2012

Well, here is our little brochure for tonight’s meeting or meetings.  I say meeting or meetings because late yesterday I found out that I my be in the Central Region instead of the Southern Region.  Thus, the flyer has the generic “Regional Vice Chairman” instead of “Vice Chairman for the Central Region” or “Vice Chairman for the Southern Region.”  Regardless of the outcome, I will go to the Botetourt meeting tonight.  However, if I am in the Southern Region, then I will go to the Botetourt and Roanoke County meetings.  Party politics certainly is interesting!

That said, if I end up in the Central Region, I will need the help of my friends in Lynchburg, Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, City of Lexington, and Rockbridge, among perhaps a few other localities.  I will post more information as soon as I can.

(P.S. — Keep in mind, this is a tri-fold. So, it may look a little weird when viewed like this, but hopefully it makes more sense when printed!)

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Much Will Depend Upon What We Now Decide

March 21, 2012

“I see the awful immensity of the dangers with which it is pregnant.—I see it—I  feel it.—I see beings of a higher order, anxious concerning our decision.  When I see beyond the horizon that binds human eyes, and look at the final consummation of all human things, and see those intelligent beings which inhabit aetherial [...]

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My Grandmother’s Misplaced Hope

March 20, 2012

In school I was given an assignment to interview someone who lived through the Great Depression.  As a young boy more concerned with Kentucky basketball than United States history, I did not necessarily appreciate the assignment.  As a grown man, it has become both a treasured memory and an ominous warning. To fulfill the requirements [...]

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Time to Get Involved: Upcoming Republican Party Meetings and Conventions

March 19, 2012

As I am sure everyone knows, the political season is really heating up.  That said, I have become convinced that we (and by “we,” I mean true pro-life, pro-family, limited government, pro-Constitution, Christian conservatives) must get involved in the political process. A big part of the process goes on behind the scenes in the local [...]

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A Biblical Definition of Love

March 18, 2012

I recently started reviewing Introductory Logic for Christian & Home Schools by James B. Nance and Douglas J. Wilson for possible use in Chrisman Christian Academy and found the following: “[S]ome people believe that Jesus’ command to love your enemies is an absurd requirement because they are defining love to mean ‘believe the other person [...]

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A Gift from my Bride and a GoodRead: Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots

February 18, 2012

My lovely bride bought me a book recently that I really, really enjoyed and wanted to recommend to those of your who are interested in and enjoy such things.  It is Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots. She knows that Patrick Henry is one of my favorite Founders, and she surprised me by ordering if from [...]

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Tax Reform Proposal #2: Eliminate Corporate Income Taxes

February 8, 2012

As promised, here is my second tax reform proposal: do away with the corporate income tax.  Now, I know, this is politically unpopular because we all love a good populist “stick it to the man” type thing, but hear me out. To begin, remember my criteria for tax reform: justice and honesty.  Fairness is not [...]

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Living Without Faith in the Ultimate Victory of Something

February 1, 2012

In a powerful part of his excellent book Law and Revolution, Harold Berman notes the importance of eschatology and a faith in the ultimate victory of something to a people.  He writes: Rosenstock-Huessy has shown how the belief in an end-time, the end of the world, had influenced the great revolutions of Western history.  Each [...]

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Tax Reform Proposal #1: Eliminate Social Security and Medicare Taxes

January 25, 2012

In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama had a lot to say about “fairness” in the tax code.  I must admit that I don’t know too much about “fairness.”  My kids talk about it sometimes, at least the younger ones do.  It goes like this, “that’s not fair!”  Which, when properly translated, [...]

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The Ministerial Exception is Alive and Well

January 12, 2012

I was pleased today to hear that the U.S. Supreme Court, in Hosana-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, 565 U.S. ______ (2012), upheld the so-called ministerial exception to the nation’s employment discrimination laws.  For those of you who don’t know what the ministerial exception is, on page 13 of the slip opinion, which can be [...]

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Business Planning Book List

January 4, 2012

As promised, here is the book list for Business Planning (with a little help from Amazon, of course): Casebook: Drake, Business Planning: Closely Held Enterprises, 3d (American Casebook), (3rd 2011) (this is an excellent book that I expect you will want to keep) Statutory Supplement: Lathrope, Selected Federal Taxation Statutes & Regulations, with Motro Tax Map, 2012, (2011) [...]

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Exceeding Me in All Things

December 18, 2011

In Book II of Homer’s Odyssey, Athene appears as Mentor to Telemachos, Odysseus’ son, to give him advice.  As a part of her speech to him, she states that “few are the children who turn out to be equals of their fathers, and the greater number are worse; few are better than their fathers.”[1]  While [...]

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Basic Uniform Commercial Code Book List

December 14, 2011

In case you were looking for that perfect gift for a third-year law student who is taking Basic Uniform Commercial Code with me in the spring, here is the book list for that course (with a little help from Amazon, of course): Casebook: Lopucki, Warren, Keating, and Mann, Commercial Transactions: A Systems Approach, (4th 2009) [...]

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If I’d ‘a’ knowed what a trouble . . .

December 13, 2011

At the end of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck states, “and so there ain’t nothing more to write about, and I am rotten glad of it, because if I’d ‘a’ knowed what a trouble it was to make a book I wouldn’t ‘a’ tackled it, and ain’t going to no more.”  That quote has [...]

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Bible Passages Addressing Financial Unfairness

December 7, 2011

Contrary to what many of us might think or have been taught, the Bible has a lot to say about financial unfairness and oppression.  It is also interesting to note that, while condemning financial unfairness and oppression, the Bible assumes, but does not condemn, the competitive marketplace.  Here is a list of some relevant passages [...]

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Baptism of Olivia Grace Chrisman

November 14, 2011

Olivia Grace Baptism from Rodney D. Chrisman on Vimeo. Above is the video of the baptism of our precious Olivia Grace.  It was a special day made even more special by the fact that it was also Sierra Hope’s birthday.  (Obviously, this is an example of infant baptism, i.e., paedobaptism.) (If you are having trouble viewing [...]

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How to Create Jobs: Require More Smokestack Scrubbers!

September 5, 2011

I heard this bit of logic on NPR the other day on the drive home from work: But critics of the GOP’s push for deregulation insist that the benefits of the EPA’s rules far outweigh their costs. Rena Steinzor, who heads the Center for Progressive Reform, says tougher environmental regulations are good not only for [...]

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