I Have Informed You Thusly

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph..." December 23, 1776 Thomas Paine The Crisis Imagine you are pulled over for speeding 6 mph over on federal land. They take you to jail for an indefinite period while your case goes through the court system. They take your kids who were with you, and put them in a detention facility, because they were with you. It is the same level of misdemeanor as the people seeking asylum at the border are being charged with. They are not imagining it, they are living it. There are 7 month olds in that HHS facility with the North Korean style mural of Donald Trump at the front door. It does not matter to me w...

Look, this is all the religion I can take today on social media. But, moving our embassy to Jerusalem is not some act of holiness. It is a decision by a secular government, about civil powers, that is ill considered and creating an issue contrary to what the New Testament teaches. Nothing about this fulfills prophesy. And, I am sorry that so many of you are wrapped up with "preachers" that confuse this current state of Israel with the nation the Bible describes. They also confuse this current President with a Christian. They speak in double language and crave power and access to this secular government they preach against on Sundays. They pervert the teachings of Christ into some myth that God cares if you are ever rich or poor, that success will be yours if only you believe enough. The unspoken part of that contract that we all reap the evil consequences of, is that others are worthless and corrupt if they have less than these "Christians:, and the proof is in their...

There has not been, in my lifetime, ANY verified evidence of widespread voter fraud, anywhere in this nation. Statistically, there has been zero impact to any election, that has even had proven voter fraud. The immigrant (including the illegal immigrant community) is statistically much less likely to commit crime, especially violent crime, than any other segment of our population. The military cannot do policing at the border, it is against 18 USC 1385 (Posse Comitatus Act). Ask anyone you know in the military, literally every one of them gets trained on this. The law prohibits them from making arrests, assuming policing powers, conducting lawful searches or use of force against US citizens outside of the confines of a US military compound. These are the facts. I don't care what you think about Russia, or what you think about Trump. But, please, for the love of God and all that is holy, at least educate yourself before you just accept the Sinclair/Faux News/Trump/MSNBC/CNN li...

There are not many things in the world that do not have some value.  Mosquitos, flat beer, pineapple on pizza.  Not many others. What always has value are the people in our lives.  Like many mornings, I woke up thinking/dreaming about people that have passed in my life.  This morning, it was about sledding down the hill at home with my brother and sister when we were kids, very young. It is one of those memories that has stayed with me.  I can feel how cold and wet my feet were, even though Mama had put all of our feet in bread bags before putting our boots on.  I can see the sun sparkling off the snow.  I can hear the crunch under our feet as we drag the red saucer back up the hill. We were freezing and soaking and having a ball.  Maybe that is such a strong memory, that I come back to often, because we were happy together.  In short, we loved each other, though I would have punched you for suggesting it, that wasn't cool. On any oth...

No one is surprised that I have significant opinions on almost every topic.  This is one I will never be able to understand, because it is not my experience, but I have a deeply held and emotional opinion about it. Approximately 20 "faith" leaders stood on a stage in Birmingham Alabama yesterday and demeaned, minimized and questioned the accounts of nine women, that do not know one another, have corroborating evidence for each of their accounts, that have been sourced and investigated and proven to corroborate, that said a Senate candidate abused them.  All were young.  Most teenage girls in high school, one as young as 14. People of faith, bastions of what should be a doctrine of love, acceptance, healing and community, stood up and defended and championed a man that has multiples of women, with tremendous similarity and corroborating evidence, claiming assault and abuse.  If there was ever a display of what is sick and decrepit about the "church", it was yeste...

At it's heart, this post is about politics I suppose.  But, not in terms of policies or taxes or positions.  This is about right and wrong. I don't know how to put this, except, it is wrong to vote for someone because of the party they belong to, regardless.  Case in point, Roy Moore in Alabama.  This guy has been stripped of his seat on the Alabama Supreme Court, twice, for disregarding federal court orders.  Yes, I can count on no fingers the number of other elected judges I have seen removed from the bench outside of elections.  This cat has had it happen twice. Were this person a Democrat, I imagine 99% of the population of Alabama would use more colorful language to describe such a scofflaw.  Regardless of party or ideology, someone that does not accept the rule of law is probably a poor choice to put into positions of greater influence. Add to that, he believes that homosexuality is a crime that should be punished.  He believes that Mu...

I don't think I told you so is adequate, so maybe it is I have informed you thusly.  Yes, stolen from the Vulcan Sheldon Cooper, but it fits. There is no one that is more disappointed in the course of America, currently, than me.  And, I don't care about which party is in control of what.  At the heart, they are wholly bought subsidiaries of their wealthy backers, and almost indistinguishable because of that.  The corruption is massive and pervasive. So, what is left is the American people.  The folks that created this country and this government had a solution for situations like we find ourselves in.  They created a way for the people to regain dominance.  It is called voting, the franchise, ballots, elections.  It is the primary and preeminent power of citizens and the path they travel to gain and remain in control of the nation. What the pretty savvy folks that wrote our framework of government did not expect, was the disinterest and laz...