A Terrifying Deficiency

When this election season started, I must admit, I was very concerned with the candidates, as one would expect.  And then I saw the TV interviews of those, so called, “ordinary voters” shortly after the Trump-Harris debate – and everything changed.

             And now, having seen and heard many more of those man-on-the-street type interviews since, I’m actually terrified at our prospects.  But now, it’s not as much about the candidates as what seems a multitude of small minded voters who appear clueless as to the more far-reaching and highly consequential issues which are absolutely in play in this truly existential election. 

             I know that America has some great people who have humbly dedicated their life to the pursuit of truth-based enlightenment.  And accordingly, they actually live principled lives.  They truly care about the quality of life in a world larger than their own foot print.  They daily reach for nobility of thought, words, and behavior.  And, they then employ that personal nobility to better the world – willingly accepting a gentle, daily responsibility for that larger state of well-being.

             I know those people are out there.  But, it seems there are not nearly so many as there used to be.  Yet, their counterparts appear to have multiplied exponentially somewhere along the way.  It seems we are now overrun with gullible, self-centered, short-sighted, and mentally simplistic types whose comprehension of “important” ends at the tip of their own nose. 

             And certainly, if the weight advantage of the American populace has, indeed, shifted to their ranks, then our now steeply downward national spiral is easily explained.  And, America’s imminent and irreversible “nightfall” is already a foregone conclusion. 

             Obviously, the consequences of a severely depleted national character is not something one can fix with a letter to the editor.  Indeed, I know of only one sure fix for that problem.  

        But, even The Almighty, before He can effect a national character renewal, requires a populace widely willing to honestly see and sorrowfully denounce their own degradation.  It begs the question, “Are we that people in this crucial moment?”  Sadly, there’s much evidence to the contrary.

The "State" of New York

How ironic this title:  The State of New York vs Donald J. Trump.  For a long time now, most of the rest of the country has been well aware of the “state” of New York,  i.e. its actual sociological condition.  And, it’s bad.  It’s really bad (Ref. Chuck Schumer, Alvin Bragg, Letitia James, and Andrew Cuomo.  If these are their best and brightest – case made.

 And, that is hugely more actual evidence than anyone has against Trump.  So obviously, Degenerated, is the real “state” that vs Trump.  And, Asleep at the Switch would seem to accurately tar the rest of our judicial system – especially A.G. Merrick Garland (the essence of the problem). 

 And, if anyone is wondering what a Marxist/Democrat government with a permanent lock on power would look like in America – you need wonder no longer.  It’s evident now in New York City.  Look there and be both enlightened and terrified by the plausible reality that it could actually happen this very election year. 

 After all, the 2020 election turned out to be a great dress-rehearsal.  And, the Dems did get a figurehead president which allowed a mostly unseen radical oligarchy to run the country off the social and economic rails.  And, it all went off with hardly a squeak from those who were empowered to do the squeaking.  So, certainly, I would suspect that the country can look for a serious attempt at that brass ring this year.

 And, if that power lock is achieved, rest assured, the January 6 style hearings will be played out on a much grander scale.  After all, we’re talking about empowered Marxism.  Even in America, it is still Marxism, the brutal parent philosophy of Communism which has left 100,000,000 dead around the world (and counting).

 “Oh, but it will be different here,” said the duped to the gullible.  It will be different, all right.  Ask Donald Trump.  He will quickly confirm the difference we can expect in coming days if we don’t do two things - get humble before God and learn a new song:  I am Principled Voter – hear me roar.

The Cost of Rose

 

Humility – the willingness to bow. Faith – the willingness to bow before God. Love – a sense of responsibility for the well-being of others. Duty – the willingness to engage responsibility. Honor – the willingness to be accountable to the higher conscience. Honesty – the determined embrace of objective truth. Morality – a willingness to live nobly. Temperance – the willingness to confront the worth of your own desires.


The phrases written above are not precise dictionary definitions of the virtues mentioned there. They are more a practical description of the real character impacts which those virtues produce in us – and ultimately, in our world.

But lately, it seems we’ve started to believe that we can just dismiss the Godly requirement of a virtuous heart which actually produces virtuous living. It seems we’ve started to think of such character issues as just too much trouble and not really that necessary to these “digital” times. So seemingly, we feel we can do fine without that inconvenience.

 
At this point, Dr. Phil would probably ask, “Well – how’s that working for you?” And, in the sane reality which always has the last word over the rose colored one, the answer would have to be, “It’s really not.”

Merely for the lack of virtuous hearts, our national government has mutated from protective to threatening. Our Justice Department and its FBI minions have entirely lost their ethical way. Our national identity is being drained away through our southern border. And, the “home of the brave” has become filled with Covid obsessed Chicken Littles.

Due only to the absence of virtue in the heart of those who have the power to make a difference, the value of our dollar is plummeting. The price of our goods and services is skyrocketing. Our educators no longer do. Our medical system has sold its soul to the bottom line. And, our work force is out on a long, lazy, government subsidized break.

 
It is true. A devotion to virtue does have a cost, but not nearly the cost of the upheaval which results from its absence. And virtue’s paybacks are proven and priceless.

Sentiments Mistakenly Consigned to the Tempestuous Teapot

 

But, these are no tempests in a teapot

Intrusions of the Darkness

Old  Tactics - New Faces

The Puppeteers

The Wisdom of A. A. Joe

                                                                          

O>Portal Exhibit

A 1985 Look Back

Roberson / Reagan

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                                      The 700 Club 

Binding Aspirations

 

In my 72 years, the only America I’ve ever known has been an imperfect America. But, it has also been the least imperfect nation on earth across all of those years. So, the America which I have seen, and which is portrayed in our history books, is not a perfect nation, but a maturing nation. Indeed, America has clearly demonstrated her willingness to grow beyond previous mistakes to a better national condition. For that reason, I still find it very easy to deeply love, respect, and admire this somewhat “warted” ideal that is America.

Unlike some in our more naïve generations, I do not require a new American penance which insists on reaching far back into our history to cleanse our national soul. Rather, I more reasonably require that the nation merely presently exhibit an orderly and systemic responsiveness to its own higher good. And since, except in the unhinged minds of our more radical citizens, that is, indeed, the case, I remain devoted to this nation and her traditional pursuits: Personal Freedom, Personal Prosperity, and Personal Goodness. 

Before these times, those simple pursuits were considered noble. It was largely unheard of that Americans would willingly embrace an idea where government was to become our daily and detailed overlord. Rather, the typical American intent was to remain as free of government interference as possible in our personal pursuit of happiness. 

Nor have Americans previously been intimidated, shrinking from the competitive nature of Capitalism. Rather, they typically chased its broadly available treasures. And, history proves that vastly more often than not, they won them. 

And traditionally, Americans have always, ultimately, embraced the right thing – moved by the reality that it actually was that. It is only very recently that we have fallen so far as to allow the pretentious and angry cursing’s of violent street mobs to stand as a thoughtful conscience. 

Freedom, Prosperity, Goodness – a nation doesn’t bring such noble aspirations to its citizens. Its citizens bring them to the nation. But, in these troubled times, too many American citizens no longer traffic in such treasure. May God help us.

Washington's New Color, "SCOTUS YELLOW"

Recently the Supreme Court ruled that the President had no standing regarding fraud in the 2020 election. How completely lame. It is impossible for me to imagine a circumstance where the President of the United States would not “have standing,” on any issue which he chooses to raise - based in the sheer gravity of his office.

So now, sadly, my cynical side now suggests that there are more sinister forces than mere legalities at work within the present high court. And, in that case, I think the court should be reminded of what has ever been a defining American ideal. It’s “courage.”

Nevertheless, at this critical moment in history, the court has chosen to make America’s Lady Justice “blind,” in a new and very ignoble way. To my eye, her blindfold no longer signifies Fairness – but Cowardice.

Our soldiers, our first responders, and the vast majority of our ordinary citizens all regularly face down life’s most fearful intimidations. They choose courage to be the ideal which first defines them. They do not typically even attempt to conveniently invoke some such cowardly approach which suddenly makes them mere spectators to life. Rather, they insist on being people who very purposefully attempt to shape life for the better – every day – come what may. I am, today, so profoundly sorry that this present court is apparently not cut from that same cloth.

In fact, all but the most naïve among us, now know that The American Republic was mortally wounded on November 3rd by seditious political criminals who very methodically corrupted our election process. And, they have now done so with impunity, thus insuring they will repeat their formula in all future elections.

As a result, the failure of our republic is now completely imminent – though it would seem that most, even now, have not comprehended that reality. But, the nullification of its election process is the sure death knell of even the most vibrant democracy. Elections then become merely a way to legitimize unending dictatorial power. And, this is what has been essentially achieved, in this 2020 election by these seditious criminals.

The Weight of This Moment by A. A. Joe

They think that America’s Average Joe, of which I am one, is simply too dumb and/or too ill-informed to know what’s really up in America these days.  But, we’re not really that dumb or that ill-informed.  In fact, we do know what’s really going on.

For example, we know that what we are presently watching unfold in America is an actual coup attempt driven by people who might be very accurately described as “World Class Sociopaths.”  They are, indeed, a people with serious personality disorders which are now expressed every day as extreme antisocial attitudes and behaviors, all while demonstrating an utter lack of conscience.

It is true that these groups and individuals from the Left are not as easily defined and identified today as they once were.  They are not simply holdover Fascists from the 30’s and 40’s or old style Russian and American Communists types of the 50’s and 60’s.  Now, their identifying banners are a jumbled sea of social and political labels, disingenuous front organizations, and activist pet peeves. 

It is also true, however, that all of this jumble of craziness does eventually coalesce along a Marxist / Socialist axis. And, this axial Marxist connection is confirmed by at least three things. 

First, the Marxist connection is confirmed by their educational exposures.  All of the real players on the Left read the same warped thoughts of angry, hateful men who, themselves, were world class sociopaths – Karl Marx, Howard Zin, and Saul Alinsky, to name a few. 

The second Marxist identification is the actual, street-level tactics which these treacherous people employ.  The seditious tactics which they are presently using in this nation have been previously employed by Marxist around the world over the last century to bring down other nations, leaving more than 100,000,000 dead in the process.  Their playbook of divide-and-conquer, rabblerousing, pot-stirring, community infiltration, pretentious front organizations, and the subversion of legitimate organizations, is the typical Marxist take-over template.

And, the third Marxist identifier is their human resource structure – the types of people they employ to carry out their mission.  These useful human operatives are easily classified by the nature of their actual awareness level of, and devotion to the Marxist cause. 

There are always the “Dupes.”  These are typically naïve pawns, usually deceptively drawn into the Marxist ranks under the banner of some righteous sounding purpose like women’s rights, or one type or another of a social justice cause, etc.  These dupes are usually much more aware of their own little cause than the much more sinister intent of the Marxists which they are actually ignorantly serving.  

There are also the “Mercenaries.” These are street level people, sometimes thuggish, sometimes “dupish,” who are actually completely disinterest in any cause but the money they’re being paid to be on the street at the right time and place. 

And, then there are also always those highly aware and deeply “Devoted Ideologues.” These are people who do, indeed, understand and believe in the ideological message and mission of Marxism / Socialism. Though typically, most of these are but useful, mid-level puppets to the real puppeteers of the movement.

The face of this dark conglomerate is, of course, the Democrat Party.  Having fallen prey to Marxist ideology and control, this now long-subverted political party presently affiliates a wide array of seditious groups and individuals.  And, like the party, itself, most all of them presently masquerade as patriots, nevertheless, their true, overarching devotion is to the utter demise of America as a free, democratic, and opportunity based nation. 

The constituents and fellow travelers of the Democrat Party now include American Communists, Socialists and, so called, Progressives.  Also, joining the Democrat parade at the street-level are their agitating community organizers, and their “dupish” activists of the “higher conscience.”  And, not to be overlooked are their very valuable devotees in the media and academia, their deep-state bureaucrats, and their wealthy elitists and Hollywood types.

And, this present coup which the Dems and the Marxist Left are now attempting is not just about removing Donald Trump from office.  He is but a troublesome, and yet also a very convenient, strawman by which they can generate division and hate within the nation. 

But, the real agenda of the Left is much more basic and far-reaching than merely removing Donald Trump.  The real agenda is to grab and permanently hold power with the intention of turning the American people into another Marxist/ Socialist slave nation.  The ultimate aim is that the American people should finally be made to bow before a completely oppressive Marxist oligarchy, on the order of those in China and Russia, as a part of the new, Socialist world order.

So, Average Joe is not so dumb and/or ill-informed as the sociopaths on the Left think.  And Joe already knows that this coup attempt can only be dealt with in one of three ways.  The first, and no doubt the best, resolution would be for a true Christian revival to sweep across the nation. 

As with other such revivals in the past, this would once again restore a personal devotion to the divine values in large numbers of Americans from every quadrant – the values which built this nation in the first place.  And that faith restoration would, of course, save many souls. 

But, beyond that most important thing, a Christian revival would also restore to that large number of citizens, a world view based in the divine perspective.  And, that would then, in short order, numerically and philosophically defeat the Marxist power base in America.

The second possibility for defeating this on-going coup attempt is to really “burn down” the Marxist Democrats in the upcoming election.  Certainly, the usual 52/48 split among the electorate will simply not do the job.  It has to be a real “burn down” of the Democrat influence in all political quadrants, from the federal level to the city council and school board level. 

If by their present lawless and seditious behavior, these people, who have made “America” a dirty word, do not come to be one themselves in the mind of the electorate, the coup will simply continue in an ever more militant way.  And that will bring us to the third and least desirable possibility for dealing with their take-over attempt.

This third option is simply a widespread blood bath.  You don’t have to be a political or social prophet to know that if you plant the seeds of violence in a population, as has been done by this Marxist Left.  And, if you then continually cultivate the emotions of that violence every day, as happens in the media arm of the Left every day.  Then, barring some intervening circumstance, violence is precisely what you will reap as the end product. 

And, as is typically the case with widespread civil violence, it will almost certainly be horribly unpredictable, touching the innocent and even those who smugly think themselves to be untouchable.  No violence is ever easily contained, even when you are its instigator. 

So, in this case, the Marxist pretenders among us, who hate this nation and all that it stands for, should actually steel themselves for what’s coming.  Average Joe is not as unaware as you believe.  And, he is already prepared for this possibility. 

This is easily confirmed in our stores.  Notice, the ammunition shelves are always all but emptied every week.  And gun sales and concealed carry permits are at an all-time high.

Nevertheless, hopefully, before this bloodletting occurs, we will, indeed, come to our senses, humble ourselves, and once again, in large numbers, begin to truly embrace the Lordship of Christ with His attendant divine values based in love and faith.  This is absolutely the best way to find a very thorough, effective, and far-reaching healing for the nation.

Or, less beneficial, but yet still a peaceful ending to this coup attempt would be that “burn-down” at the ballot box option.  Such a truly decisive electoral statement by the country would restore good order in a bloodless way by simply stripping these sociopathic rebels of their political and social influence.  It would also send a clear message to our determined enemies abroad, who are presently smelling blood in the water.

But, if neither of those first two outcomes occur, the third will.  It is not even in serious doubt. 

This is true because, without that decisive statement from the electorate in these upcoming elections, no matter who actually wins the election with but a narrow margin, the Marxist will then remain emboldened to continue to employ an ever increasing militancy.  And, in response, patriotic Americans who are devoted to a free, fair, and opportunity based nation will eventually be forced to respond forcefully.  

And, it is lunacy to believe that they will do otherwise.  America’s patriots never have, and never will, go quietly into the night in the face of an existential threat to their beloved nation. 

Every few decades, it seems the whole world goes crazy at once; and, humanity then starts to drown in its own blood – typically at the behest of only a handful of sociopaths who stir it all up.  We are now, if we cannot secure a better way foreword using cool heads and common sense, arriving at such a moment and such a needless and insane circumstance. 

So, in this anteroom of the coming elections, we should ask ourselves, “Do we really want to blow up the great goodness that we have in America, such as exists nowhere else in the world.  And, do we really want to do it for a relatively few, but highly manipulative bunch of Marxist sociopaths.

Must we take their every exaggerated accusation against this nation as unchallengeable truth?  As a people, are we now so emotionally blinded and/or mentally unbalanced by their propaganda that we cannot recognize their “frame job” against the fairest, freest, and most widely prosperous nation on Earth?  And, it is that, a frame, constructed from highly skewed exaggerations, half-truths, outright lies, and non-full disclosure of the real historical facts.

Could we not simply pause in this obviously weighty historical moment, take a breath, and recover our national sanity long enough to simply ask, “What are we really being enticed to sign on to, here?   If the hate filled rantings and the lawless intimidation tactics of Marxist-cultivated mobs in our streets is to become our new political process – then are we not, indeed, already a banana republic – less the republic? 

Is this the message we would send ahead to future American generations as to how best to govern ourselves?  Because, that is precisely what the political Left is pushing for with their cultivation, glorification, and protection of these lawless methods.

The better message to send to our posterity would be one of just change through the orderly use of our long proven system for doing so.  Our system and our laws have served us exceptionally well across our national growth process.  And, they can certainly deal with our present issues very effectively.  But, only if we do not allow a few sociopaths to cause us to break faith with their brilliant efficacy. 

Even America’s Average Joe knows that what is first being decided in this American moment is not the complexities of our national history or the issues of racism.  Rather, the first issue that we are now deciding is this.  “Will we, going forward, seek to be an ever more just nation by law and good order?  Or, will we choose to govern ourselves and guide our course by a constantly flaring mob militancy which will ever push aside that more noble and beneficial way?” 

There is really but one sane answer to this query.   And, in this present weighty moment, it really has become imperative that we stand against the seditious Left, in unison – black, white, red, yellow, and brown – to decisively make that good choice with both our voice and our vote.