An Interesting History of Power

Three brothers of Irish descent who all rose and fell to national prestige in the 1960s, were hardly a political dynasty.   Another powerful family was already well established politically, financially, and generationally.  If any family truly fits the image of blue blood American aristocracy, it is the Bush family.  Most of us are familiar with the father and son Presidencies of Bush 41 and 43, but the connection between politics and banking was firmly established by Bushes long before Bush 41.  In my research, I thought I had already seen some interesting "coincidences" but ended up discovering many more . . .


Samuel Prescott Bush was a railroad middle manager, then a steel company president and, during World War I, also a federal government official in charge of coordination of and assistance to major weapons contractors.  Samuel Prescott Bush was the father of Prescott Bush, grandfather of George H. W. Bush and great grandfather of G. W. Bush.  









Prescott Bush attended Yale, as did his paternal grandfather, and was a member of a fraternity as well as Skull and Bones secret society.  Prescott Bush was a Wall Street banker and United States Senator.   Although the bank on which he served as a director was seized by the government in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act, Prescott Bush was not considered a Nazi sympathizer.  He was active politically in the 1950's, even in a photo or two with President Eisenhower.  He was long time friends with Nelson Rockefeller, of "the Rockefellers" who through an interesting chain of events ended up as the 41st Vice President serving with Gerald Ford. 



Prescott Bush was the father of George H. W. Bush, who has been a very powerful man behind the scenes for a number of decades.  He was a naval aviator through WWII.  He was basically a Texas Oilman through the 50s and was President of Zapata Oil from 1958 to 1964.  He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1966, but resigned to run for the Senate in 1970.  Upon losing that race, he was appointed Ambassador to the UN.  In 1972 amidst the beginning rumblings of the Watergate Scandal, Nixon asked Bush to become chairman of the Republican National Committee, and he accepted.  It would be George H. W. Bush who would then ask for Nixon's resignation in August of 1974.  At the time of Nixon's resignation, the country was without an elected VP, as Spiro Agnew had resigned over some old tax issues.  Gerald Ford was speaker of the House and he ascended to the top position of leadership in this nation.  He then chose Nelson Rockefeller.

I have to interject my little observation here, as it's always bothered me that George H. W. Bush was the only person alive and alert born before 1958 that claims to not remember exactly where he was when he heard the news President Kennedy had been shot.  Gerald Ford was on the Warren Commission that neatly wrapped the package of the lone assassin and magic bullet theory for a grieving American people.  The Watergate Scandal broke, but was "covered" before the 1972 election and in less than two years, both the VP and the President had resigned . . .  Ford's Secretary of Defense was none other than Donald Rumsfeld and George H. W. Bush became the head of the CIA.  Bush also served as enjoy to China through the Ford administration.

Conspiracy Theory?  I don't know if there were enough people involved to call it a conspiracy.  As to theory, it's called history.

When Ford lost the election to Carter in 1976, George H. W. Bush went back to the private sector for nearly four years before becoming Ronald Reagan's vice president.  He served in that capacity for both of Reagan's terms, and actually held the executive power on two different occasions through Reagan's health issues.  Another note from the author here . . . I could clearly see the early symptoms of Alzheimers in President Reagan through the Iran Contra hearings, so I have no idea how much power Mr. Bush actually had as VP.  Then of course, he became President in 1988.

One of the lesser known Bush sons was negatively instrumental in the Savings and Loan collapse in the early 90s, but that was neatly handled.  I still remember the Bush 41 speech, in which he shared his vision of a New World Order.  NAFTA was his baby, but it would be Clinton that brought that to us.  I've never understood how Clinton was re-elected in that anti-union legislation.  Clinton and George H. W. Bush have worked together raising charity funds since Clinton's second Presidential term ended, and the son of George H. W. Bush became our 43rd President.

When it comes to American politics, the Kennedys were but a brief moment compared to the Bush legacy.

YHWH has been sore displeased with your fathers.  a Prophet of Holy Scripture

Correspondence From the IRS

Anyone who has ever received an envelope with the IRS as the return address knows the feeling one gets in the pit of your stomach.  I still do my own taxes, on paper, and although I am an honest citizen, the tax laws are constantly being modified.  With the IRS now the strong arm of government mandated health care, I am aware of yet another point of political contention between myself and the powers that be in the "land of the taxed."  So when I went to the mailbox the other day, correspondence from the IRS, was not exactly good news.

I opened it with trepidation, wondering what I had overlooked or misfigured.  In all fairness to the IRS, honest citizens can be lousy at math, or get something on the wrong line, so as I opened the envelope, I knew I'd been honest, even if inaccurate.  I was ready to face the music, I thought.  Now, here I'm telling my financial business.  The form stated that I was probably eligible for Earned Income Credit . . . I have a business, I have an income, and I have a little money in the bank.  You won't find my name on the Fortune 500 List, but I am definitely comfortable, and quite content.

As I looked at the form, and the potential promise of eligibility, two thoughts crossed my mind.  One, HalleluYah, my tax return had been audited and I was found to not be owing any taxes or penalties or interest . . .  That was the good news.  The second thought was a bit darker and in the form of a question.  Why would an indebted government offer me money it doesn't have, that I haven't earned?  Perhaps I would have a different perspective, if I was drowning in debt.  If debt were an issue, the potential amount mentioned, really wasn't much more than a band-aid.   How valuable is a band-aid when one is drowning?  The amount was a token figure, in my opinion.  In the grand scheme of American indebtedness, what would a token credit solve, providing I qualified for the full amount mentioned in the form letter?  

Is the Agenda really trying to snare us all?  I can't help but feel I was being baited.  I understand there are some people who need assistance, but we all know the government is operating in the red.  Some might even suggest I take it and donate it, but the reality is, I didn't earn it, and the government isn't "good for it."  Someone would have to pay for that!  Sadly, it seems our society has been programmed to "take it if it's offered or available whether we need it or not."

But my G-d shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Messiah Y'hshuwah.  words of the Apostle Paul

Hope and Change

Remember that campaign slogan in 2007 and 2008?  Yes, indeed, the freshman senator from Illinois campaigned for two years of his first term in the senate, then resigned when he won the election for President, if elections really do determine who is in office . . . Anyway, he promised hope and change, and the country was ready to buy the rhetoric, in hope of a change.  The problem with "hope and change" is, most people were hoping for a change in others.  The change that was hoped for, basically boiled down to most people wanting others to change and agree with them.

The democrats want the republicans to agree with them or go away.  The republicans want everyone to see life as they do.  The gay agenda has labeled anyone who disagrees to be a hateful bigot while those who believe the Bible on the matter will not budge.  Those claiming Biblical ground, however; cherry pick much of the rest of Scripture, so the denominations continue to strive and contend, waiting for change . . . in others.  Then we have the big hot button topic of abortion.  Both parties have had their turn of complete control of the White House and Capitol Hill without making any change in over 40 years.  This present Supreme Court now seats the most justices nominated through democrat administration in years, and it's still only four out of nine.

Hoping others will change is actually what's preventing the change and killing the hope in general.  We now have a President who hopes everyone will change to see things his way and when that doesn't happen, he name calls and blames.  I don't care what color the President is, but I would like his values to be more than skin deep . . .  but the race card is ever handy.

 The man in the Oval Office is only the embodiment of the values of the American society, at the time he's "elected."  He is also a "yes man" to the corporations that buy the elections.  We will not elect an individual to bring change.  Change has to come to each individual.  The two parties are basically indistinguishable and that's been apparent since the Reagan days.  While Reagan spoke of "smaller government" the national debt virtually tripled through his administration.

Now, here I'm going to throw out the changes I'm hoping for.   We have to stop throwing money to fight what we are against.  If you're against abortion, don't stand in front the clinic with a brochure, or send a check to some women's lobby group; reach out and offer a private adoption.  When I googled the cost of newborn adoption, the average was $25,000.  Omit the attorney and spend a modicum portion of that sum helping the birth mother through her pregnancy and the rest when she delivers and completes the adoption.  If she changes her mind at that point, you're probably not out any more than you would have contributed in donations, but you've actually prevented an abortion!

If you're against what the Bible calls abomination, then take bacon and crab rangoon of your menu; and start living by the Bible's definition of a holy life!  Donate some time to kids who don't fit in, who could be caught in the sway of the gay agenda outreach.   Volunteer for those who don't have a strong male or female in their lives to look up to.

The political parties are nothing more than the illusion of choice.  It's time to spend time doing what we say we believe.   At the risk of sounding cliche, it's time to "be" the change we want to see.  Fighting against something doesn't bring positive change, and blame isn't hope!

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.  ~ James, brother of Messiah

A Glimpse of Insight Over 20 Years Ago

I didn't realize until yesterday, what I had been shown back in 1993.  Before the days of internet, before the days everyone carried a cell phone, before FEMA was fully in charge of every disaster, I was privy to some mind-boggling information.  I lived in a town that was left without water for a week, due to the flood waters of the Missouri River.

The position in which I found myself at that time proved very unique.  I truly didn't even understand what I was being shown, but that was a year before I came to YHWH.  Over ten years into my walk of following Messiah, I wrote "While He May Be Found" and referenced the possibility of the ten powers being something other than countries or governments, but I still didn't make the full connection of what I'd seen.   Now, being led of His Spirit in reading Scripture, following current events and reporting news from a prophetic perspective, much has become ominously clearer.  

The National Guard came to the rescue of the town and brought water.  There were several "water stations" throughout the town.  Although I did not hear of any resistance or rebellion and don't remember a curfew, it was common knowledge that people were refused passage into some areas.  There was no doubt that the gift of water was accompanied by armed authority.  The Guard had access to guns and water.

My husband at that time was the "First Line" for the phone company in that town and the surrounding area.  He was for all practical purposes, "the man" for communication, with his superior being at a home office in another city.  He had total access to any area of town, by virtue of his position.

I had food.  We owned a small old time fast food type restaurant, and I was one of the few places in town that astounded the health department with my ingenuity in the crisis.  Since I had a walk up window, I was open and in business, and our kids made deliveries to all the water stations . . .  So we had complete freedom of access, as well.

The town had voted against having a prison built there a few years earlier, so it was built in a town about 30-35 miles away, but when it looked as if the levy was in danger, prisoners were brought in to sandbag and they never left.  The prison (diagnostic center) was built without a vote.

There was also insight into media through this ordeal.  Late Saturday evening, my husband received a call from one of his crew that said the water treatment plant was flooding. . . The man was a large man, taller than my husband if I remember correctly, anyway, he said the water was nearly to his waist as he was literally trying to make flotation devices for the phones and communication system.  He also said, when it hit his chest, the plant was going down.

The girls and I organized filling tubs, sinks, even the washer, while my husband and son headed to the restaurant to fill the sinks and any empty containers.  While we were all doing that, since we had two lines at the house, my husband did have a mobile phone, and the phone at the restaurant, we were all calling everyone we knew to give them a heads up to collect some water.  Every response was the same.  "Oh, there's nothing to worry about, we just watched the news and they said the report of the water treatment plant was exaggerated."

By midnight, the water treatment plant was shut down, and of course, by morning, the water pipes of the entire town were empty.  Thankfully that was a temporary situation.

As I now peruse the list of 10 powers in "While He May Be Found," it's clear, those with guns and control of the water will have the authority.  Those who control the food and communication, will have great access and possible exemption, and media will feed the ignorance.

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.  I Thessalonians 5:3

New Cover

Last year, I revised the cover of "the Threshold of Technocracy" and republished it, without changing the text itself.  I was never happy with the original cover, but felt an overwhelming urgency to get it published before the 2008 Presidential election.  I made it, by the 20th of October.   The reality is, we do judge books by their cover, and I felt the cover was actually substandard to the contents, so five years later, I finally got the cover redesigned and in doing that, republished the book.

As I uploaded it to PDF format, with the new cover, I was astonished at how much has taken place since I wrote this book.  Some of the things that were just possibilities in '07 and '08, have already come and gone, or come to be accepted.  I'm also now greatly saddened at the number of things that were really just being put in place to continue toward the New World Order.  Since 2008, it has become blatantly obvious that our society does choose to call good, evil and evil, good.

While we all continue to divide politically about abortion and gay rights, Scripture plainly states, it is the love of money that is the root of all evil!  That's not to say I am pro-abortion, and at this point in our society, I feel clueless as to how many terms will be manufactured regarding confusion of sex and gender.  What I am saying, is the political hot button topics are keeping the people divided, and blaming, while more and more Americans are falling into "dependent poverty."  Many American downtowns look like ghost towns and this did not start with the current administration.

It seems every time an administration declares a war on something, the targeted problem actually increases . . . The war on poverty . . . The war on drugs . . . The war on terror.  We have more poverty, more drugs, and truthfully, I have more fear of being terrorized by American law enforcement or the judicial system than I do of suicide bombers.  So much has become just the opposite of the presented definition or purpose.  That's not to say it applies straight across the board, but in many cases it has become the norm.

Although many have had the discernment to see this coming for several years, for many others it is just now becoming apparent.  With the Common Core Curriculum and the Affordable Care Act, we'll discover the integrity or lack of integrity; in education and medical professionals.  Doctors are pharmaceutical pushers, nurses are "just following orders" and teachers are trying to protect their job and tenure.  We don't call it " the love of money . . ." and in some cases perhaps it's love of power, prestige, or control, but compassion and calling are certainly in question.

Speaking of calling, how many in our society trust ministers?  From my own perspective as a person with a call to ministry, the love of money is as prevalent in religion as it is in politics.  My own mother told me I needed to be careful what I was saying on "that internet."  I told her I'd speak out as long as G-d gave me voice to do so.  She immediately responded with "That's what Pat Robertson says, too; but he's got a lot of financial backing . . ."  When it comes to religious wealth, "the love of money" has a special euphemism: "blessed prosperity."
  
The admission of the disastrous state of the economy and the first bail out were just breaking the headlines when the book was published.  Sadly, the majority of Americans continue to spiral downward, economically. I was anxiously planning to replace the cover at amazon with the new book cover, but that would change the date, and at this time it seems more important to serve the reminder that we really have been on this course much longer than five years.  Rather than change direction, we've simply continued and actually gained momentum toward destruction.  We're driven by fear and the culture has redefined good and evil.

 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness . . . Prophet of Holy Scripture

Quite Troubling . . .

As the division heightens in the country, and martial law seems imminent, I'm a bit taken aback that there is actually a planned protest in Washington DC, by various militia groups.  I am absolutely PRO Bill of Rights, and I'm particularly fond of the first one, but this is very poor timing and seems to be truly poor planning.   The situation of Cliven Bundy in the headlines, and the reported standoff that led us to believe the BLM retreated, is troubling.  Why do we openly speak against the integrity of the mainstream media to report the truth, yet decide to believe something we want to hear?  Or choose to believe something we want to be angry about?

What if, and this is only a what if, the timing of the BLM invasion of the Bundy Ranch has something to do with this Operation American Spring 2014?  This BLM squabble with Bundy has gone on for over 20 years, so why the standoff now?  Of course, the media playing the race card calmed the coverage of the happenings at the ranch, and the open support of most conservative pundits.  I can't help but wonder if this was staged in its entirety?  Not the Bundy's comments or the militiamen that gathered, but the BLM moving in at gunpoint, only to give the impression that standing up to them would make them back down or send them running?  What if it was a set up to create a false sense of confidence for the Washington DC protest?  Is there anyone in this country that seriously believes our government is listening to the people?  

Another factor to consider in this Operation American Spring 2014 is the fact that everything that takes place in Washington DC is a federal matter.  There is no state or county jurisdiction, just federal law.  No sheriff to intervene!  With so many reports from alternative news sources about the stockpiling of ammunition by various government entities, I think it's time to consider where we truly stand as a nation.  All these folks calling themselves patriots, need to remember something about the Revolutionary War.  The King of England was across the big pond with a definite disadvantage and the founding fathers were not completely politically divided.

This may serve to be the place that corrals those who would be the biggest problem regarding gun control laws.  In all the organizational promotions, Phase 1 speaks of all those in attendance being unarmed.   This may be a naive statement, but I truly thought most militia members were armed at all times.  I thought militia men bore arms.  I'm certainly not trying to stir a pot here, but Phase 2 sounds as tyrannical as what they claim to be against.  As for Phase 3, I just hope it doesn't come to that.

It almost seems this Operation American Spring 2014 may be instrumental in ushering in the much dreaded martial law and the imposition of indefinite detentions.  There are only a few days left to give this some serious thought.  The situation at the Bundy ranch supposedly "ended" much better than it looked like it would.  The fact is, Harry Reid says it's NOT over.

For those who truly believe Operation American Spring 2014 is an act of patriotism, I think you should consider all the facts, before literally corralling yourselves to be surrounded.  The US has the largest military budget in the world.  One itchy trigger finger could cause anarchy . . .

Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.  Ecclesiastes of Holy Scripture

We're not the same kind and gentle America we were in the 1930s.   Read about the Bonus Marchers

http://thecommonsenseshow.com/2014/02/25/operation-american-spring-is-doomed-to-fail/

Slavery

The reality occurred to me in this past week, that slavery continues to be rampant in this country, but it isn't based upon race.  Race baiting continues to divide the people, while the population enters further into slavery and captivity.  The truth of the matter is the division is based upon politics, wealth, and education, while race is the "hot potato."  Any person in this country who is willing to be dependent can receive some sort of assistance, but there is an unspoken price to be paid for that assistance, and those who would be independent pay a penalty.

As this nation plunges into captivity and slavery, I'd like to point out a few obvious facts about the history of slavery. Slave owners provided housing and food at no financial cost to the slave, but rather the exchange was exacted through labor.   Although slavery was horrible, and I do not condone it, for some slave owners the slave was an "investment."  This nation used to be divided racially, and for some it still is, but there are so many things, now that divide this nation.   Consider the young single mothers, regardless of race, going to college on federal loans . . . Medicaid in long term health in many states now comes with the fine print of a lien against the estate at the time of death.

There are facts that simply cannot be ignored or legislated regarding racial differences in this nation.  Laws do not change a person's heart.  If someone bases their view of another upon skin color or appearance, that reflects on the person holding the view.  This nation is full of bigotry, well beyond skin color.  There are people who judge others based upon education, type of housing, income, and although for some it may have overtones of color, the statistics do not confirm those views.

The race card is only a tool played by mainstream media to divert the real point and further divide the people.  I do not at all, think Mr. Bundy's words were well chosen, and I don't agree with his views, but the reality is; this particular line of discussion obviously had nothing to do with what the BLM did at his ranch.  It did, however; serve to cause division and diversion in the onlooking public.  While decisions about our health care, our food supply, our water, and our children's education are literally being snatched from us, the majority of the citizens simply choose to argue about an issue that is truly irrelevant to the general public.  

With the last hot button media frenzy, went after Phil Robertson and those who believe homosexuality is sin, were told sex marriage does not affect our lives . . . I have a question for those who disagree with Cliven Bundy's racial views, and I am one who does disagree . . . How do his views affect our lives?  Really?  Cliven Bundy's racial perspective is not being taught in the public schools.  You can't say that about homosexuality.  

It's becoming painfully obvious; when the government has it's back against the wall, the race card is played.  When a political or corporate power grab is in the works, a divisive distraction is headlined.  Mainstream media gave little coverage to the dictatorial rampage that took place on the Bundy ranch, but Mr. Bundy's ill chosen remarks regarding race have made headlines for a week.  In the meantime Harry Reid got to just privately apologize for his racist remarks about Candidate Obama, and nothing more was said . . .  I've included both links and quotes.  The fact that the general citizenry is allowing manufactured racism to be the focus is a clear reminder of just how easily the American sheople can be distracted with a new reason to be offended.  When the dust all settles, we'll discover once again, while we were distracted from the real issue; everybody has lost ground. 

As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.  Prophet of Holy Scripture

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/24/cliven-bundy-on-blacks-are-they-better-off-as-slaves/

“I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro,” he said. Mr. Bundy recalled driving past a public-housing project in North Las Vegas, “and in front of that government house the door was usually open and the older people and the kids — and there is always at least a half a dozen people sitting on the porch — they didn’t have nothing to do. They didn’t have nothing for their kids to do. They didn’t have nothing for their young girls to do.

“And because they were basically on government subsidy, so now what do they do?” he asked. “They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And I’ve often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy? They didn’t get no more freedom. They got less freedom.”

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/09/obama.reid/

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized Saturday for making racially insensitive remarks about Barack Obama during the presidential campaign.  . . . 

The authors quote Reid as saying privately that Obama, as a black candidate, could be successful thanks, in part, to his "light-skinned" appearance and speaking patterns "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."

"He [Reid] was wowed by Obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama -- a 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,' " Halperin and Heilemann say.

"Reid was convinced, in fact, that Obama's race would help him more than hurt him in a bid for the Democratic nomination," they write.

In a statement to CNN, Reid said, "I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words."

Authoritarian Aristocrats

Whether it's Halliburton, ENN or Contracts with Big Oil, politicians fair well when the government flexes its authoritarian military muscles.  What truly boggles my mind, though, is the blind loyalty based upon political party.  I've gained the perspective and it is my own bias, that if anyone can truly see a different direction from opposite sides of the aisle, they have an amazing imagination.  Whether warlords or landlords or just bought and paid for aristocrats, American politicians appear to be concerned with their own self-interests, and they all seem to share a common perspective of the citizenry.   I believe the leadership of both parties view their constituents as gullible serfs or peasants to be controlled.

I was truly disgusted by the pass given to Halliburton by the Cheney fans.  I am equally disgusted by the open disdain toward Bundy by the fans of the current administration.  I cannot understand how the loyalists of both wings cannot see what is happening.  Whether it's Halliburton or BLM, the average person is now ruled by an oligarchy.  The BLM already controls a great deal of Nevada, and makes contracts with the same companies that blow up nukes and justify fracking.  There are 29 contracts for Oil in the northern part of the state, already, and between Big Biz and Big Gov, what was once the free and open rangeland of "the Ponderosa" is now under federal management.

I, personally, see Harry Reid and Dick Cheney cut out of the same bolt of cloth.  If it's good for them and their "people" the rest of us simply do not matter.  Harry Reid is supposed to represent the people of Nevada, not lord over the constituents on behalf of the Federal government.

Just as Dick Cheney's people made a fortune on a war based upon "bad intelligence," Harry Reid has already vowed regarding Cliven Bundy, "it isn't over."  Granted, Harry Reid is supposed to be representing the entire state of Nevada, not just Cliven Bundy, but Harry Reid does not represent the federal government over Nevada!  Besides, from one interview I saw, the Cliven Bundy family does make up a fairly large segment of a sparse population.  With 14 children and spouses, and 48 grandchildren, that's a sizable number of related taxpayers in Clark County.

The pretense that this is to protect the desert tortoise is as ludicrous as Cheney's intelligence on Iraq.  The Department of Conservation is closing the center designated to protect the desert tortoises due to a lack of funding and only the ones deemed "healthy" will not be euthanized . . . For those who would consider any "animal adoption" via BLM, that is truly a life commitment of them breathing down your neck.  Perhaps, if the BLM had spent just a fraction of the money used to surround the Bundy ranch, the tortoises could have been funded.  The EPA will undoubtedly step in at some point to preserve water rights or something in the desert, because Cliven Bundy's cattle will need to be rationed regarding their water consumption or something outrageous!

We as American citizens have got to stop allowing the aristocratic politicians to continue to keep us divided along party lines.  I've seen some heinous comments and memes in regard to this situation; that have caused me to truly lose respect for some people, and I don't want to do that, because then I'm responding in exact accordance to what "the powers that be" have set out do.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/87719/princeton-concludes-what-kind-of-government-america-really-has-and-it-s-not-a-democracy

. . . when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.  a Proverb of Holy Scripture

Big Biz

A wide spread division in this country is becoming quite alarming.  It's as if the majority of the citizens applaud the aristocrats of one party, while being unable to see both parties are reveling in the same wallow.  Then to add insult to injury, much of the American citizenry seems actually jealous of the people who have succeeded in business.  I'm not talking the Wall Street money movers, I'm talking the shakers and movers who started businesses in their garages or at their kitchen table!

What is wrong with these people enjoying the fruit of their labor without the rest of America trying to legislate into power, their own jealousy?  While one side of the aisle is blamed for not "producing" jobs, the other side of the aisle is blamed for small business destruction, and while both of those facts are true, the real problem lies beneath the superficial layer of this new blame game.  The reality is, the small business man has been struggling since the early 80s.  The mom and pop businesses can't compete with big box stores.  Even though the labor force cries about job outsourcing, the majority of the labor force takes their buying power to the big box store.

Washington will continue to play this game, because it is job security for politicians.  Politicians don't have to worry about making an honest living, as long as the lobby exists.  Now that we have career politicians, they don't worry themselves with coming back to face their constituents.  We the people are going to have to determine at some point, if we want to work, that's a big IF, but if we want to work, we'll have to just roll up our sleeves and get to work.  We are quickly approaching the time in which there will be no middle ground, which means no middle class.

As a business owner, I have given this some serious thought.  On one hand, I'd like to become large enough to be able to offer others an opportunity for income, but on the other hand, I don't want to be an employer.  An honest day's wage for an honest day's work is just no longer the priority in America.  The benefits package and the withholding truly do make attempting to employ others, a real hardship on a new business.  To cover all the extras, prices have to go up, then when prices go up, wages have to rise to afford the product being manufactured.  It truly is a vicious cycle that will not be legislated away, while the work force "waits."

Waiting for politicians to produce jobs is completely illogical, regardless of party.  Most of these politicians could not hold real jobs and are clueless to the everyday struggle of Americans.  I am surprised, however; at the willingness for the people to sit back, play the political blame game and accept this.  We can't all be entrepreneurs, but I truly believe we all have a talent that can be used to sustain our existence.  An employee doesn't put in the same blood, sweat, and tears, as the employer, or self-employed; which is the difference in what is now called "the playing field."  Minimum wage laws, education, and regulation will never "level the playing field."  Besides, not everyone wants to "play" the same game in the same level field!  When this idea of leveling the playing field became general terminology for the standard of living, "work" and "accomplishment" were eliminated from the concept.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might . . .  Ecclesiastes of  Holy Scripture

The Division of the People

What if both sides of the aisle and religious vs. non religious quit calling each other hypocrites or heathens just long enough to consider this idea.

How much genuine good could be done for the people both groups claim to care about, if the money spent on the "Obama vacations" and the Sunday morning "take of the mega church" were used to actually help people?  Then if we got just a glimpse of how well that went, we could consider expanding that plan to all of the political leeches in Washington, and the big religious names that don't have a church and just travel extravagantly for their "living."

If one stops and listens, not necessarily, even closely, the difference, is yet similarly striking.  It's both political and religious, even sounding like a core passion for many.  I'll start with the "conservative" label first, because I know more of them, and they call me a liberal.  The people who find the Obamas to be financially extravagant and irresponsible to voters, defend to the death, the right for the big ministry names to have their extravagance and owe no accountability to government or to those who donate.

Now, on to those who identify as liberal, who by the way, call me conservative . . . These folks loyally defend the Obama's extravagance with every breath, and are very quick to point out the mega name religious millionaires, and the financial mismanagement of the conservative political party.   Every time Nancy Pelosi says something outrageously ridiculous, a businessman who is outspoken about his religious beliefs finds himself in the crosshairs of the media.

Then, of course, there are the hot button issues that spin every election cycle, and both sides appear to be oblivious to the fact they are being played.  What I've noticed, is the division in the people is over the exact same issue.  What's okay for one group is based purely upon who they like, not the reality of the action.  Meanwhile, some real behind the scenes power continues to press on toward "the agenda."  While the divided people argue over their opinion of what is wasteful spending, wealth and power are being accumulated and exercised behind the scenes.

The political parties are two wings on the same bird, and most reports of the big name ministries are openly flagrant about their love of money.  I realize, both sides of the aisle can accuse the other of mismanagement of funds and extravagance, but the accusations don't change the fact that widows are struggling and children go to bed hungry.  The average people are being divided for the conquering . . .Time to stop being "played."

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.  a Proverb of Holy Scripture

Programming

Our society is literally filled with sources for programming.  How much has it affected us?  The evidence appears to be overwhelming.  In less than three generations, we've bowed down to most of it!  "It's just the way it's done here, in our society."  What's truly amazing is the number of people who believe themselves to "think outside the box" en mass.

Less than 100 years ago, people worked to provide for their families.  Most worked the land, while some were businessmen, usually in family businesses.  After WWII, people worked for money.  Most of the next generation continued to provide for their families, and many today continue to do so, but working for "my money" and things "I want" lasts long after the teen years, now.  There are grown men in their 20s and 30s who are satisfied to let the mamas, grandmas, and the government provide for their children.  When our society left the farm, money and materialism began to define our society, and health care took a serious turn. This country now has the most unhealthy aging generation in it's history, the Baby Boomers, who were also the first generation to be vaccinated.

Both sides of the political aisle embrace the concept of programming, by promising to either provide or protect the best interests of the citizens.  For anyone who wonders if the political machine doesn't understand programming, consider the cost of campaign advertising.  The citizenry has literally been programmed to be divided against ourselves, while embracing the political promises.

Also in the last three generations, the citizens of this country have been programmed to be dependent upon many things besides our Creator, yet the programming has "included" Him.   As in G-d wants you to be wealthy, G-d uses doctors, G-d's blessing is bestowed materially.  The concept of actually living like the prophets or apostles is explained away as "another time and culture."   I won't even address the concept of faith and insurance at this time, but, we've certainly been programmed to believe they are compatible and complimentary.

Religion and Secularism, which is a belief system as well as atheism, all have their indoctrination procedures.  Programming works on people, so it's used to control the masses.  With spiritual programming, the basic concept is superiority in the chosen belief system.  I didn't include a true relationship with our Creator in this paragraph because a relationship with our Creator takes the focus off of our own opinion and ideas in order to seek His Will, His Instruction, and His Son.  Actually, Scripture states, in a genuine relationship with our Creator, He provides health, provision, peace, and contentment.  All those things, most of the world is paying for.

News is very politically divided, and sponsored by pharmaceuticals, or was; last time I viewed a televised news program.  Between the ads for class action lawsuits against pharmaceutical side effects, were the pharmaceutical ads promoted for the treatment of a variety of syndromes, symptom list included.  We have been programmed to give up our G-d given instructions for health to embrace witchcraft and sorcery!

Regardless of the problem, here's the answer.
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of YHWH thy G-d, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am YHWH that healeth thee.  Torah of Holy Scripture

Two Very Different Roads Less Travelled

Two women, now well past 50 both began their journey on this earth in Northeast Kansas.  As much as I hate to admit it, our zealously strict upbringing may have even caused us to be school chums in our early years.  The Gregorian calendar dates are interesting in that she was born October 31, 1957 and I arrived in March of 1958.  The calendar of our Creator places our arrivals in the same Biblical year with hers in the 8th month and mine, the 13th day of the 12th month.

In Kansas there seemed to be very little differentiation between the various religious independent fundamental groups, back in the 60s and 70s.  The difference was in leadership control only.  There had to be several small groups to accommodate so many independent "leaders."  The offspring had the dubious honor of simply being outcasts in the public school system, and yet, even in being made fun of and bullied, school was a refuge for some of us.  One was ultimately freed of the zealous bondage, while the other remained.

Obviously, one of these women is me, and the other is Shirley Phelps-Roper.  As the title of this article indicates, I'm not in agreement with Shirley, but rather have found an interesting "opposing parallel" in the lives we've lived.  Although, I don't think we have yet come to the end of our earthly journeys, the difference in our paths now seem to reflect a remarkable difference in our countenance.  As mentioned previously, we are very close in age and have even attended a few of the same events, but on opposite sides of the signs and sidewalks.

We grew up in very strict households and as even recent headlines show, Kansas is all about corporal punishment, and the religious households fervently cling to that thinking.  Kansas Christians are free from the law, but religiously uphold their Old Testament right of corporal punishment, yet I digress.  Back to Shirley and I.  Although we didn't know each other or grow up in the same small Kansas town; I'm guessing, by High School, she and I were both aware that we really didn't fit in well, and still somewhat naive, as to why.  For those unaware, there was a time in which Fred Phelps was a respected attorney quite active in the fight for civil rights.  By definition, we were both religious odd balls at school, and yet our parents still wanted more.

I planned to graduate after my junior year, but in a school transfer, the new school did not allow 1/2 of a credit from my junior year, so I decided I'd had enough, obtained a GED to go to college, but instead of college, became a teen-aged unwed mother.  Shirley also became an unwed mother, although I believe she was a little older.  She returned home in her pending motherhood.  I tried to return after my child arrived, but I simply could not raise my child in fundamental zealotry, so I left.  Sadly, I had no real plan of direction, just determination to not be a conservative Kansas fundamentalist.  Also sadly, Shirley stayed in the fundamental zealotry until the line between fundamental and "funny mental" has been made overbearingly apparent to most of the rest of the onlooking world.  Both of us did, however; continue further education.

In her staying, she married a man who adopted her child, and I believe they had ten more.  In my escape, I also got married, and married, and married; ultimately seven times, buried two children, lost pregnancies to miscarriage, and adopted three children.  Family wise, although very different stress; I'd say we've both experienced rather extreme family stress, as well.  My twenties and early thirties were not lived in a G-dly way, but at age 36, I came to YHWH in Messiah, and was indwelled with His Spirit.  That changed everything!

Shirley and I are both grandmas now and here's a little view of the way we've influenced the future generations.  These photos are images of events we shared with our grandchildren.  The first photo does not specify which of Fred's great grandchildren they are, but they are children of WBC, participating in a protest.  This photo of three of my grandchildren is for the front cover of a cookbook,"Sweet Memories and Happy Plates."  They tested the dishes, I wrote the recipes with vignettes and Scripture, and we published it together.

 

Both Shirley and I greatly resemble our fathers, and even though my father is considered a very handsome man, even in his 70s, he would not have made a pretty woman . . . Shirley and I are not beautiful women, but it's not our features that I noticed, it's the countenance.

In all fairness to her, I am not sure how recently these photos were taken so, I've done two of each of us that I think are about the same time frame, and under similar circumstances.  We were both, hopefully trying to look our best for the press . . .

Here is Shirley giving an interview, and mine is the back cover of one of my books, "Simply Abundant," published in 2009.

The next two images are later, in which she is participating in some gathering covered by the press, and my photo is for the press release of "Can We All Be Wrong?" published in 2011.

                                                                                         

To be as accurate and fair in establishing the time and age in our photos, I have also included one recent "selfie" taken as I was preparing for my press pass photo in January of this year.  Shirley and I are not Facebook friends, so I don't know if she has a recent "selfie."

Clearly I have more gray, but Proverbs doesn't indicate that to be a bad thing at all!  The different paths of nearly 40 years definitely shows on our faces.  We may have started in the same place, but our direction has taken us a world apart.  The difference of our countenance is literally the difference between hateful religion, and a loving relationship with our Almighty Creator.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of G-d; and every one that loveth is born of G-d, and knoweth G-d.He that loveth not knoweth not G-d; for G-d is love.In this was manifested the love of G-d toward us, because that G-d sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.  ~ words of the beloved Apostle

The Ultimate Conundrum

To be completely honest, I've never really known where I stand on the adoption/abortion issue.  I don't believe in doctors, so I wouldn't consider an abortion, but from what I've seen, heard, and read on the subject of adoption, I have issues with that too.  I've known of too many young women who were virtually forced to give their child up for adoption, then had to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps under the judgment of the religiously inept, move forward and start a life; only to be "found" years later by that birth child.

Naturally the adopted child is only concerned with their own issues around the adoption, and appear to give very little thought to the parent that made a most heart wrenching decision at their birth, or the parents that did everything within their power to give that child a life, a home, and a family.  The child seems to have an insatiable void that must be filled, regardless of the fallout, so I'm not so sure adoption as we know it, is the answer.  A personal pet peeve of mine is to listen to some old lady give the church family rundown and hear about some college graduate and qualify the information with "he was adopted as a baby."     As life in the US continues to devolve, I think we are about to be faced with the rock and hard place of all times, religiously and politically speaking.

This is not about race, but there are facts that simply exist.  For years now, it's been a very difficult journey for a Middle Class white couple to adopt a white newborn.  It seems by the time a couple, any couple, realize they are having fertility issues, they have exhausted a great many funds and spent a number of years trying to conceive and trying to discover the problem.  Last I researched the situation, a couple could qualify for in vitro fertilization procedures at an older age than they could remain on an adoption waiting list.  Wealthy couples opted for surrogacy, but now families have worked some of those details out for themselves.

Scripture has laws about inheritance and a man dying childless.  Esther was what we would term "adopted" but that was by a family member, so we really don't have a great deal to go on, Scripturally, in regard to adoption.  What I do see coming though is the political/religious civil war of all times in America.  The same people who are against abortion are also against gay marriage.  Every time another state and the Supreme Court recognizes gay marriage, the reality that gay couples are biologically unable procreate, comes to mind.  As things have gone in this country, I don't think it takes incredible insight to see that adoption laws will follow these new laws of the land very soon.

It's truly time to stop making noise about what we are against, and offer a bonafide solution.  One of my thoughts is to return to "private adoptions" and get the government out of the adoption business, entirely.  Let the expectant mother make the home study.  Let the adoptive couple use their funds toward actually enhancing life, rather than lining legal pockets.  We can blame planned parenthood, but abortion would have never become the huge industry it has, without those "abusive religious whack jobs" that used to run homes for unwed mothers.  I'm not saying they were all bad, but the reputation of the bad ones were horrible, and they bragged about it!  Unwed mothers often felt like they had no choice, which is where the abortion industry ran away with the PR calling it pro-choice!

From the time in the Garden of Eden, blame did not solve the problem or resolve the guilt.  We are about to be faced with actually needing to provide a solution, rather than just a protest.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:  Torah of Holy Scripture

Truth and Lies

Scripture tells us, knowing the truth sets us free, so conversely, accepting lies holds us in bondage . . .  Sometimes the very things we hope for and cling to, are nothing more than lies we tell ourselves, or the lies we "choose" to believe from others.  I'm not suggesting we're running around intending to lie to ourselves or others, but rather; our society has redefined so much, it's as if the foundation of our culture is held together by a mortar of dishonesty.  It has become socially unacceptable to speak truth or to reject lies.

We already know an honest candidate will not be elected to any high office in the land, and on the rare chance it does happen, it's a given, they will either not remain honest or leave politics.  Many of us also believe our news is filtered and reports are biased.  I believe it was Sarah Palin, or her press agent, who coined the phrase "lame-stream" media in reference to mainstream media.  While many have chosen to repeat that ad nauseum, the truth of the matter is, Sarah Palin resigned from her office to become a part of the media . . . the 'lame-stream' mainstream media.  That fact alone should cause some to scratch their heads, but instead, it's merely coined a phrase and further divided the political theatre.

When I read that bloggers may be "written out" of free speech or freedom of the press, I decided to plunge headlong into the profession of journalism.  I've joined the ranks of alternative news.  As more and more alternative news is becoming available, I've been a bit bewildered about something that continues to happen.  The mainstream news, although "lame and biased" is still considered "the final word" on information.  People have actually told me, they only have one news source, and appear to be quite sure, their source would publish or report anything deemed newsworthy.

My own mother, who is openly disgusted with any news sources beyond her own single source, asked me how I knew my information was accurate.  My own mother!  We continuously choose to believe what we want to hear.  We choose information sources that make us feel good about the views we hold and the opinions we foist upon others.  The majority of our society has stopped seeking truth, if we ever did, and have chosen to listen to the reports that reinforce our perspective.  Once we realize the information is filtered and biased, it's no longer truth, but mere opinion at best, and programming propaganda at worst.

As our foundation of false security continues to crumble, we need to realize, blame will not work like super glue!  Finding the truth, the whole truth is virtually impossible, but it should be getting easier to recognize the spin on the information we are being fed.  I'm proud to say, I'm not part of the mainstream media, but I don't choose to call it lame-stream.  Media is a power in our society, and as with any earthly power, power is best maintained by telling the people what they want to hear.  Whether we're bound to a particular source, a particular party, a particular religion, or a particular perspective; we need not be bound at all!

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.  ~ words of Messiah

Last Hit of The Snooze Bar

I'm going to get "preachy" here today!  As all the uproar has ensued about Homeland Security, invasion of privacy, Obamacare and Same Sex Marriage, along with the ever standing hot button topics of abortion and immigration, I need to share something.  The current administration has not brought all this to pass.  Several administrations have been a part of putting pieces into place, since the Great Depression.  It is the firm belief of this author, that the Great Depression was actually the alarm sounding that judgment was coming.  America had made money a god and disregarded Sabbath, thus the Stock Market Crash and the Dustbowl.  Then to make matters worse, America refused Jewish refugees from Europe in the late 30s.  Many Americans do not realize, the primary reason we finally got involved in WWII was not heroism, but rather to enlist help from our already struggling allies against Japan after Pearl Harbor.

WWII was really the birthing of feminism with Rosy the riveter and the "prosperity" following, had debt as the foundation.  Debt is not prosperity nor is it a blessing.  It is my firm belief that this country has been receiving mercy, rather than blessing for nearly 70 years, now.  That number may be more significant than we realize if we read the book of Jeremiah with the understanding, to remember the Sabbath is not a casual suggestion, nor is it Jewish law, it was established the week of creation.  The seventh day of the week, was literally created to honor our Creator, and rest.

I'm going to mention Interstate Highways again, simply because the actual reason has been long forgotten in the practical convenience of travel.  No disrespect intended toward President Eisenhower, but he established the Interstate Highway construction for two documented reasons.  One was to put folks to work, and two was to be able to move the military cross country in case of an emergency. . . Martial law and FEMA had a travel route before there was a FEMA.  Obviously the best way to prevent foreign invasion is on the coast and at the borders, not in the middle of Kansas after building cross country access!  The last few administrations have been compared to Hitler, but our highway system is openly compared to Germany's Autobahn.  The following paragraph was taken from Wikipedia.

>>>The Interstate Highway System gained a champion in President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was influenced by his experiences as a young Army officer crossing the country in the 1919 Army Convoy on the Lincoln Highway, the first road across America. Eisenhower gained an appreciation of the Reichsautobahn system, the first "national" implementation of modern Germany'sAutobahn network as a necessary component of a national defense system while he was serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II.^[9] He recognized that the proposed system would also provide key ground transport routes for military supplies and troop deployments in case of an emergency or foreign invasion. <<<

As to all of our unresolved arguments that are now in our face.  As for invasion of privacy:  J.Edgar Hoover was in anyone's business he chose to be.  Johnson gave us the war on poverty and increased governmental dependence exponentially.  As the economy collapses, the war on poverty seems to actually be aimed to impoverish Americans!   Small independent businesses began to seriously die through the Reagan years, and Bush 41 first mentioned the New World Order of a global economy.  Like Obama, I believe Clinton was a popular place holder, while the real deals behind the scene were going into place.  Then the last wake-up call sounded on 9/11.

Which brought us fast forwarded sixty years, since the decision to stay asleep to enjoy the American dream.  The Obama administration is only adding some touches to what has already been collectively and incrementally going into place for years.  Granted it is becoming more blatant, but that's because some Americans have been stirred from their slumber, slowly awakening.  As for the American dream . . . you have to be sleeping to dream.  The last 60+ years compare to the Monday morning alarm coming on.  The desire to stay asleep inspires the "striking of the snooze bar."

Bush 43 gave us the USA Patriot Act and Homeland Security.  Abortion is a holocaust and it was legislated into place in 1973.   None of us are sure where Obama was at that time, but he was in fact still in elementary school . . . somewhere.  The gay agenda has been in the making for years and years.   Same sex marriage began in Massachusetts, and so did Romneycare, at about the same time.   So, really there was very little difference in the candidates for 2012.

If each year of history roughly compares to a minute, we've now played the Monday morning snooze bar game for an hour and it's time to realize, we have to get up and do something.   Dream time is over!  That snooze bar only works so many times, before it just stops sounding the alarm.

Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.  Prophet of Holy Scripture

So Many Terms

In all the lists in these two links, I couldn't find my gender identity.  I am a celibate heterosexual female who does not identify capability, interests, and traits with gender.  With the exception of putting on a bra, most everything I do in any given day can be done by either gender.  I identify as a woman, because that's what I am, but I am so much more than my anatomical identity.  I am a servant of YHWH, I work from home on a computer, I'm a writer, I love to garden, I have livestock and pets, and I care about people, all kinds of people.  I'm truly not drawn to people on a sexual basis, I refer to myself as platonic.  I am human, so, of course, I do have my favorites!  I've always had more male friends than female, but friendship doesn't require sexuality or gender identification.  Actually, friendship requires someone to care about understanding another human being, rather than being understood.      

I am troubled in all this gender labeling which seems more a matter of narcissistic confusion; that heterosexuality is being redefined.  I figured it was coming, but to see it in print is troubling.  Why does all the so-called "gender openness" and political correct tolerance require what was once defined, to be redefined?

>>>Heterosexuality: Sexual, emotional, and/or romantic attraction to a sex other than your own.
Commonly thought of as “attraction to the opposite sex” but since there are not only two sexes (see
intersex and transsexual), this definition is inaccurate. <<<

The full glossary of terms covers 8 pages.  The link is below.

http://www.nationalmecha.org/documents/GS_Terms.pdf

Although I haven't found the new options on Facebook, I have seen others making comment.  What I find interesting is even by the "open tolerance" of all this redefinition, gender is listed as an option, rather than an absolute!  So, if it's an option, it's a matter of choice.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/15/the-complete-glossary-of-facebook-s-51-gender-options.html

No one is assigned their sex or gender at birth, the sex of the baby is identified at birth, or now often before birth with a sonogram, but it's not assigned.  Most prenatal studies suggest the sex of human embryo is determined on the 40th day of gestation and continues to develop upon that basis.

So G-d created man in his own image, in the image of G-d created he him; male and female created he them.  Torah of Holy Scripture

Relative Age

America is historically so young to have risen to such a powerful height.  Many say it's the blessing of our Creator, but He didn't raise Israel up that quickly at all!  I do believe our Creator has allowed America's rise, though; in fulfillment of the end of days prophecy.  As a creationist, I figure the world to be just less than 6,000 years old.  With America being a little over 200 years old, this analogy seems to make more sense than I even care to consider.

We'll start with a little math.  Let's remove 2 zeroes  from each figure.  Now we have 60 and 2.  Including the figures of the Great Flood, we lose about 1500 years off of history, so that brings about an even more startling comparison.  Say the nations around the fertile crescent are the oldest at about 45, while Rome is about 25, with Europe a little younger as the empire expanded.

Since nations are comprised of people, let's consider the ages of power.  At 45, the brute strength is ebbing, but knowledge and wisdom have accumulated, and there is still strength to bring implementation.  This is probably the age at which physical strength and acute sensibility are probably at their optimal combination.  Although wisdom and experience continue to increase, the strength and individual power to implement wanes.   The Middle East and Northern Africa, with some of southern Asia would be in this "age range." Clearly, long established traditions, but the power lies in their resources rather than their military.  This truly makes the oldest nations right at their prime of knowing what has worked and implementing the change for expanding power.  Although we know Israel is also in this age group, the removal of Torah for their national laws has left this nation in a severely vulnerable position.

Anywhere between 16 and 25, which is basically where Europe and western Asia would be; the physical strength is paramount, but knowledge and wisdom have not reached a level of maturity.  We can see by the headlines, these countries are often fickle in their decisions.  There should still be questions and leadership beyond that age.  European tradition, with the exception of Greece and Italy are still young compared to tradition of the Middle East.  Brute force only works for the immediate conquest, but unready leadership cannot sustain the operations of a Sovereign nation.  That's why we see so many young nations established by conquest collapse after gaining independence, because they don't yet know, how to function outside of war.  Many of the empires since ancient Babylon have been examples of this.  Alexander the Great was a mighty warrior, but he led in battle and conquest, not in the peaceful running of a nation.

Realizing this is quite simplistic and isn't really including much of the southern hemisphere, the example will still be well made, I believe.  We now come to our historic new kid on the northern hemisphere block, America.  Now, if the European immigrants hadn't changed it, I'm not sure where it would be, but the truth of the matter is, the US Constitution is the law of the land.  A land that historically is a toddler.  Even at a stretch, it's still a toddler in the "terrible twos."  It is my personal belief that America is just the attention grabbing toddler while the real powers that be go into place . . . and as for the blessing of YHWH, well . . . a baby is always handled gently.  Seems once the toddling began the tantrums against our Creator have magnified.

I always end this blog with a Scripture, but there is no Scripture to justify the behavior of America.

Isolated Incidents

Reports of police brutality, common core programming, school lunch insanity, and denial of health care coverage, are all being presented like isolated incidents, yet these isolated reports cover most of the contiguous US on a pretty regular basis.

I literally do not know what to do to stop this on a national level, but I can do something locally.  Every incident further divides our nation.

Is this how Germany started in the late 20's and early 30's?
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/02/112346-begins-sick-kids-denied-specialty-treatment-obamacare/

Much of the power grab in Germany began in medicine, a.k.a. health care.  As I've read the atrocities that began as medical experiments or disease control, I can't help but see a correlation.  Of course, digital history and revision will play a part as well, but we really are heading into a society that will seek the solutions of man to be "saved."

The concern I have, now, is the fact that we have access to world wide information, and that somehow seems to cushion the fact that these seemingly isolated incidents are really at our own back doors already.  After reading about the authorities throwing the children's lunches away, I began to really contemplate just how far this could go, and . . . how far it's already gone.  The heaviness is nearly overwhelming.

I called the local school in my area, and they have a program in which donations can be made specifically for families who make too much to qualify for free or reduced, but sometimes fall a bit short.  Whether this new program and the headline are a manipulative coincidence or an opportunity, I don't know and I don't care.  I cannot just read, report, blog and stand by, when the words of Martin Niemoller are coming to mind so often.

Martin Niemoller is credited with the following:

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.

I realize this parallel may not necessarily set well with everyone, but Messiah fed thousands and healed many.  Remember He was politically accused as a dissident against "The Empire."  He was the son of a "trade" carpenter.  He clearly was a Jew . . .

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.  Acts 1:8

The State of the Union

Increased division and economic decline is the state of this union.  Unfortunately, division is the distraction for the people while the powers that be, go for the power grab . . . for our own good, of course!  If there is anyone who is still even remotely entertaining the idea that a change of party will bring any real change, they don't understand the problem.

By that same token, for those who actually believe Obama has brought hope and change, I genuinely feel sad for you.  

When the Bush Republicans all repeated the Limbaugh and Hannity sound bites, it was annoying, but not unexpected.   I have been surprised, however;  that the party who touts themselves to be free-thinking and progressive have become so lock-steppy through the Obama administration.  

America is not experiencing an economic recovery.  The stock market and banks have enjoyed a resurgence, but then they also enjoyed the bailout.  This President has increased his net worth exponentially and enjoyed quite a lavish lifestyle at no expense to himself.  I realize all Presidents enjoy a very posh lifestyle in office, and most of them have already attained that before making their way to the Oval Office, but the outrageous expensive trips have seemed to be a bit of a slap in the face to Americans who can't afford heat, much less a trip to Hawaii. 

What truly floors me in this political hostility is the division is in the people.  The politicians are enjoying a lavish lifestyle at the taxpayer's expense.  The only thing that concerns Congress is getting re-elected.  The State of the Union is dismal and it really doesn't matter what the President says, he'll only say later that someone misunderstood or feign tied hands and victim.  We've got to see past the political division that is being perpetrated on us and realize we're all in the same boat.  It matters not what the average citizen has earned, saved, or invested, our government has already proven "we the people" are not too big to fail . . .  The powers that be aren't clueless as to the circumstances of what used to be called the Middle Class, the powers that be on both sides of the aisle have systematically torn down the Middle Class.  Regardless of the (R) or (D) behind the name, we've been able to see since the Reagan administration, our government is parasitic of it's own people.

I've watched for too long now, the exact same policy presented by one party and hated by the other, then the power shift and that same policy becomes embraced by those who previously hated it and despised by those who accepted it from their party.  I'd like to offer two perfect examples of what has divided our nation by both parties in power.  The USA Patriot Act and NSA are simply two different ways to spy on Americans and invade our privacy.  When Bush enacted the USA Patriot Act, the Democrats despised it and the Republicans simply shrugged and said, "It's no problem if you've got nothing to hide."  NSA, on the other hand, is not an invasion of privacy for Republicans, while Democrats simply shrug and applaud.   

This final example has just made me sick every time I eve think about it.  When photographs of abuse at Abu Ghraib appeared, the left was horrified and Cheney was an ogre.  I agree, forbidding cameras was a ridiculously callous solution.  But now we've had Benghazi, and Hillary can say, "What difference does it make?" and that's somehow acceptable to those same people who found Cheney reprehensible?    Right and wrong do not change according to party!

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.  a Proverb of Holy Scripture

  

Down the Road

I began blogging, 9 years ago January 26.  Interestingly, all these years later, I've been blessed to make the acquaintance of many diligent writers and we are on the cusp of the anniversary of the Goshen Gazette, as well.   I had forgotten what the first blog topic was, but it continues to contain timely material.  There is a profound truth, we simply must realize.  American politics is theatrical diversion, and nothing more.  The agenda to keep the citizens divided has become 9 years stronger than when I first began writing, and sadly, the Bible continues to be treated with less respect by our society.  Life is simply not valued politically, and only argued religiously.

I watched a video of a man, probably in his late thirties or early forties, father of two daughters, expressing his view of the "morality of abortion," and how immoral it would be to rescind Roe v Wade.   Roe v. Wade is not a liberal/conservative political issue.  The issue of abortion has served to prove how little our society does value life and morality.  I am not advocating for abortion at all in this next statement, as the Bible clearly says, "thou shalt not kill," but the Bible also says we are to care for the fatherless.  It's easy to be anti-abortion in words, and again, I'm not advocating genocide or infanticide, but we need to have a viable plan for things to actually change.  For those who are pro-life, just how would we care for these estimated 50 million fatherless children?

What are we doing for the children who are born?  The court system is filled with family service issues and support enforcement mandates.  It would take hours and hours of research to account for all the children who were born, and have been institutionalized by the system that claims to be "pro-life and freedom!"

Here is the historical fact about Roe v. Wade.  It was a 7-2 majority of the Supreme Court, handed down January of 1973.  Here are the last names of the justices and the presidents who appointed the men that made this decision.  Making this a partisan political issue is about dividing the people, and controlling the population.

Justice Douglas appointed by FDR                        (D)
Justice Stewart                  President Eisenhower   (R)
Justice Brennan                                    "               (R)
Justice White                     President Kennedy      (D)            - dissent
Justice Marshall                 President Johnson       (D)
Justice Burger                    President Nixon          (R)
Justice Blackmun                                 "               (R)
Justice Powell                                      "               (R)
Justice Rehnquist                                 "               (R)              - dissent  

One democrat appointed justice and one republican appointed justice dissented on this case.  That is all and that was the morality 40+ years ago.  Our society has now spent over 40 years arguing about life in the womb, while life outside the womb has denigrated beyond and beneath our Creator's standard.

 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;  Torah of Holy Scripture


In posterity . . . the first blog entry
When Religion and Politics Unite
We realize there have been many examples; horrific examples, throughout history of the disastrous union of religious devotion and political agenda, but one particularly stands out. When the political power of the day: Rome, conferred with the religious power of the time: the Sanhedrin; the Son of G~d was crucified. What if the politically incorrect and the religiously unacceptable are right? What if [and I believe it is] the Bible is absolutely perfect and without contradictory and the interpretations of man are fraught with error? Then the narrow road would not be 3-15% wider in the polls than the road to perdition. Therefore, according to Scripture, a true man of G~d could not possibly have the mandate of the people.