Many years ago when I taught Vacation Bible School, we sang a song that went, “I may never march in the infantry, ride with the cavalry, zoom in an airplane, but I’m in the Lord’s Army.” Charlie Kirk, who was shot yesterday, was part of the Lord’s Army. God chose him for the work he did, even as a teenager.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, Breitbart<\/a> posted Charlie Kirk’s email sent to Breitbart News in April 2012, shortly after Andrew Breitbart\u2019s death.<\/p>\n This is the text of that email:<\/p>\n My name is Charlie Kirk and I was referred to you by \u2026 from the Chicago Tea Party rally. I am a high school student from Wheeling, Illinois and Co-Founder of a conservative youth group called SOS Liberty. [He] told me to contact you after I informed him about some of our activities and the blatant misinformation in our public school textbooks. For example, our District 214 AP Economics textbook is written by Paul Krugman and is littered with biased and subjective analysis. SOS Liberty wants to correct certain information and provide an alternative viewpoint to combat the liberal brainwashing that is taking place in our classrooms.<\/strong><\/p>\n When we showed one chapter of Krugman\u2019s textbook to the dad of one our SOS members, he was so outraged he couldn\u2019t sleep and critiqued Krugman\u2019s misinformation. Attached is one chapter of Krugman\u2019s textbook (with the Dad\u2019s notes written in the margins). For example, there is a reference to Reagan\u2019s economic plan and Krugman concludes, \u201cThe Reagan tax cuts showed no sign of acceleration in economic growth.\u201d In fact, the Reagan tax cuts produced one of the biggest expansions in our history, yet high school students are being brainwashed to believe that the Reagan\u2019s tax cuts were not successful. We at SOS Liberty are committed to combating this sort of blatant and biased propaganda. It\u2019s frightening to think that this Krugman\u2019s book is likely being used by high schools throughout the nation. Is your organization aware of this Krugman textbook?<\/strong><\/p>\n SOS Liberty sends student speakers throughout northern Illinois to present a video and power point presentation about our nation\u2019s spiraling debts and deficits which is followed up with a question and answer period. We have spoken to various community organizations, tea party groups etc. and have received rave reviews including the endorsement of Congressman Joe Walsh. We have also appeared on local TV and our student activism has received coverage in newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune. We just agreed to host a local radio show which will begin next week. SOS Liberty is trying to educate others that our generation will soon be drowning in debt. We are a group of passionate student activists who are crying out for help which is why we\u2019re called SOS. As we make our voices heard, we are sounding the alarm to our peers to WAKE UP to the generational theft that is taking place!<\/strong><\/p>\n Wow! He was eighteen when he wrote that letter. He had already co-founded a group to get the truth out to his fellow high school students.<\/p>\n The Bible tells us that God numbers our days even before we are born. With that in mind, I am grateful for the gift God gave us in having Charlie Kirk for 31 years.<\/p>\n My sympathies and prayers go out to his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many years ago when I taught Vacation Bible School, we sang a song that went, “I may never march in the infantry, ride with the cavalry, zoom in an airplane, but I’m in the Lord’s Army.” Charlie Kirk, who was … Continue reading