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.

The Foolishness Of Freedom

Consider the voice of oppressive governance. It is the voice of czars, and kings, and emperors, and tribal chiefs, and despots of every kind.

Many of them have died among the previous pages of history. But their voices still echo across those pages to join such voices in the present to question and detract American ideals. And from those voices, one thing is clear. They all failed to understand the grandeur that flows from empowering people instead of oppressing them. So, this is what they all might say of America, "America, you are such a fool!"

"You believe in basic human equality. And because you do, your lowest becomes eligible for your highest offices of power. No one is restrained from intruding across class lines. All may participate in the civil franchise. How, can you run a country in such a way - and still control the outcome?"

"America, you do not suppress speech. And because you do not, your national conversation becomes an unwieldy dialog of immense dimension. Every sort of citizen has input. How can you fail to control the flow of opinion and information - and still control the outcome?"

"America, you allow your citizens to have guns, many guns, all types of guns. And because you do, your citizens are not so easily intimidated. They may even use them to defy the state. How can you allow your citizens to have guns - and still control the outcome?"

"America, you allow your press to intrude upon and challenge public officials. Because you do this, the state is threatened, high officers are exposed, and the agenda of the state remains constantly subject to public scrutiny. This does not allow the state to operate "efficiently." How can you possibly grant such exposure - and still control the outcome?"

"America, you allow your citizens the vote. Do you not understand that this means they ultimately hold the power. Do you not know that the state then becomes subject to the masses, instead of the reverse. How is it that you believe you can invest the citizens with this great power- and still control the outcome?"

"America, you allow your citizens to amass private wealth. In allowing them to do so, they become confident, and influential, and in many ways uncontrollable. Do you not understand this danger. How can you allow the threat of personal wealth - and still control the outcome?"

"America, you allow your citizens unlimited freedom of movement. As a result they are exposed to other cultures, they consort with people of differing viewpoints, they are able to elude state scrutiny. Surely you see the inherent liability. How can you give such freedom of unaccounted movement - and still control the outcome?"

"America, you allow your people to practice religious choice. Do you not understand that this creates diversity among the citizens. It diminishes order and commonness. Such choice may set them against each other, or worse, against the state, or the god of the state. How can you allow such choice - and still control the outcome."

*****

The criticisms of the despots are telling. Their insecurity denotes an ignorance regarding the human destiny, which Americans have  known and embraced from our beginning.  It is this.  Each man owns his own destiny as a gift from God. No one - no king, no prince, no despot of any kind has any title or claim to it.

America did not invent this idea. But, America has certainly given reality to it as no other nation on earth. And, every day she confirms this principal in the best possible way - in the liberties of her every citizen.

And, America has proven herself to be the nation most willing to risk the implications of this idea. Every day, we risk what our citizens will lawfully do, where they will collectively take us as a nation. We risk their whims, what they will say, and what new things they will devise - both good and bad. 

We risk their equal access to power, the influence of wealth or position. In fact, in America, we are not just willing to risk the swift current of our individual, and in turn, our collective destiny. In fact, we embrace that doing with some passion.

This unwieldy risk is the very thing that the despots of history have never been willing to take. But, in America, we do not control the outcome, we do, indeed, risk it - under God. 

Every day, when the sun comes up on this matchless, magical and God blessed land - every lawful thing is in play. It's what we call - Freedom.

Militancy

These days, it would seem that angry militancy is imposing itself on the American culture at very high levels on all fronts.  So, gays, Progressives, Socialists, Democrats, and Communist are all now raging activists.  

The gun haters and the Never Trumper's are all salivating with anger.  African Americans, Hispanics, Muslims and university students are all at a take-it-to-the-streets level of militancy.  And on it goes until it seems everybody has gone militantly mad.

But, in fact, they have not.  In truth, the preceding paragraph is a blatant exaggeration on all fronts.  It is merely a “head shot” of the caricature which the liberal media, a cadre of hate filled activists, and a bunch of arrogant elitists are constantly attempting to sell to the American people as a tactic to aid their seditious intentions. 

In reality, however, in all of those people groups mentioned above, the great majority remains peaceful, reasoned and concerned about, not just results, but about the justness of how we achieve those results.  And how do we know these good people are out there?  Well, by the math for one thing.  The population of the United States is 325 million people.  So those subversive “pot stirrers,” even with the few off-the-rails extremists and ne’er-do-wells which they may actually represent, don’t compose even a drop in the bucket of that number. 

And, there is another way that we know that the vast majority of Americans are still strongly bound together by real sanity.  It is the anecdotal evidence of our daily lives.  Indeed, in our common values, we continue to widely cherish the nobility of our humanity, and thus, the nobility of our behavior.  We share a deep love of country which allows us to beam with pride even while we work together to remove her warts.  And, we continue to believe the long proven idea that mutual respect is the precious norm which truly yields peace, brotherhood, and quality of life; whereas, hate is never anything more than a disabling character flaw.  

So, fortunately for America, the vast majority of Americans still embrace sanity over subversion.  Praise God! 

The Puppeteers

Where there is an earthquake, there is an epicenter.  And, that epicenter is where the real force of the outflow movements are concentrated.  And, to be sure, the same is true of the sociopolitical movements which are occurring in America, right now.  They are being caused by a very well developed and well organized central force. 

I am an ordinary, born and bred, U.S. citizen of 70 years.  I am a person of no great reputation.  And, I fully expect to die in anonymity.  But, what I am not, is stupid. 

When I look at what is presently going on in America, it is very obvious that there are very real “puppeteers” pulling the strings of our more naive population in these herky-jerky times.  And certainly, there have always been manipulative movers and shakers who have attempted to do the same.  But, in prior times, they were not so well armed with degenerate media and public school systems, Facebook, X, and a national “propaganda news” platform etc.  And now, they are. 

And obviously, these “string pullers” know very well how to employ these new advantages at this very strategic time – a time when we have several character-deficient generations in play.  And, even this strategic timing is no accident. 

These burgeoning “puppet generations” have actually been carefully fashioned by the very puppeteers who now manipulate their every move.  For decade upon decade, American children have been unwittingly bombarded from every direction with the hypocritical values of these who have now become their psychological overlords.  From the cartoons they watched as children, to godless public schools, to even more devilish universities, our younger population has been taught, “Reject all previous values and establish your own, based solely in your own nobility of thought.”

And sadly, the puppeteers have been so effective in their subtlety that these puppet generations actually believe they are doing that.  But, in fact, they are really just mindlessly responding to the long implanted values of the string pullers.  

And so, every day the puppets join their peer puppet group on Facebook, or X, or in the propaganda news newsroom to obediently embrace whatever party line they are to be fed before they move on in service to the puppeteers for that day.  And, every day, when this sad process is finished, they adjudge it to have been, indeed, “noble.”

Thus, we are left with these burgeoning generations which can no longer tell the difference between true good and evil, true right and wrong because their minds and hearts have been so co-opted in this way.   And, what they don’t know, and sadly, may never know, is that true nobility of thought and action only ever flow out of a personal and abiding connection to the larger moral reality – not the absence of that connection. 

But then, we must remember – they are puppets.  And, puppets don’t really think, do they?  They just jump when their string is pulled.

Divided: Then and Now

In 1958, J. Edgar Hoover, famed director of the FBI, released a book entitled, Masters of Deceit.  In that book, he exposes the American Communist Party.  In chapter 14, Mr. Hoover lists the seditious tactics used by that party in its subversive bid to over through the American way of life.  Among others, he lists, Mass Agitation using all exploitable issues, Infiltration into all types of organizations, including educational and political, and the Subversion and Exploitation of Minorities.

Using these tactics, Marxist based Communism has now devastated many whole societies, leaving behind ruined economies and tens of millions dead, all along its bloody historical pathway.  And yet, this Marxist insanity continues to survive in the minds of delusional ideologues.  These arrogant social experimenters simply refuse to see the abject failure of the Marxist Utopian idea: a classless, “worker bee” based society of absolute equality which rigidly follows this very simplistic axiom - "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." 

But, in fact, this exaggerated tenet actually prescribes Marxism’s failure.  This terminal end is decreed by “social physics,” which define an important reality.  And that immutable reality is this:  Marxism and human nature simply cannot be “peacefully” reconciled.  

And, that reality is based in an even more basic one:  the universal “wiring” of the human brain.  If one exposes the brain to any type or level of gratification, it always wants to seek more.  And, therein lies the Marxist problem.

By its very rigid nature, this philosophy absolutely forbids to humanity, the liberty to satisfy this basic human desire to pursue personal gratification.  The American forefathers had it precisely right.  All human beings share an ingrained appetite for “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”  And, it is this simple but powerful human appetite for which Marxism always and entirely fails to account - and refuses to tolerate. 

Thus, the Marxist belief system is necessarily forced to a dark position.  To enforce its inflexible requirement of absolute social and economic equality, Marxism must necessarily police every human being’s every activity – from what we can and cannot say, to the size of one’s soft drink, to absolute control over one’s health care. Indeed, this oppressive militancy is always the unavoidable end game of Marxism.

And, this need for control then demands a centralized control mechanism.  So, as has always actually been the historical case with this devilish philosophy, the state, in the form of a repressive central government, insistently becomes that controlling overlord of the individual’s daily life, as well as the society’s corporate national life.

Thus, when placed in a fair and objective scale, a Marxist system of government and economics will always be found completely atrocious, when compared to a capitalistic democracy.  There really is no contest when one puts the “live and let live” and “go for it” ethos of democratic capitalism up against the hateful and joy-strangling effects of Marxism.

And, it is true.  The element of competitiveness is intrinsic to a capitalist society.  But, competition is a vital part of, not just capitalism, but of freedom, itself.  And, this motive is moderated easily, and much better, at the personal level, by the balancing effects of ethics, compassion, generosity, and personal restraint – not to mention, the rule of just laws. 

And these incorporations are, and have historically always been, every day realities in capitalistic societies.  And, if there are some individuals, within those societies, who fall short of these ideals, at least their failures don’t inflict the more universal damage which occurs when an all-powerful government becomes virtue deficient - as has always been the case with all Marxist governments. 

So, why do we do it?  Why, in America, do our children, who live in the freest, most accomplished, most compassionate nation on earth, keep falling for the same old subversive lies, propaganda, and empty promises of Marxism? 

Why do so many Americans continue to be very willing to endanger our wonderful personal liberty (and, for that matter, our security and prosperity) by electing undercover Marxists - now newly evolved into “Global Socialists” etc. and masquerading as our fathers’ Democrats.  Why do so many continue to prefer deceitful political reprobates over enlightened leaders who embrace the supremacy of personal liberty, personal aspirations, and personal initiative? 

Surely, such widespread and trans-generational folly can only be explained by these divinely given prophetic words which truly speak to our time…

            “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains [the Holy Spirit] will do so until He is taken out of the way.  And then the lawless one [the antichrist] will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.

            “The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

            “And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, so that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”  [Brackets added]  2Thessalonians 2:7-12 (NKJV)

Certainly, many in this world are not now prepared to embrace this truth.  But, ultimately and unavoidably, Jesus wins.  Thus, the smart and enlightened play is to embrace the true Christ, not these empty, end-game delusions of the coming, flash-in-the-pan antichrist.