But let's get to the bottom line, shall we?
America is in a fight for its very life, for its soul.
I'm praying for America daily, and I'm praying for the President, too. Not as 'our glorious leader,' but as a sinner saved by grace, who needs God's guidance to lead this country. I pray for his ability to discern what God is saying, especially in areas of morality, like this.
If you want what's best for America with regard to its righteousness, then we SHOULD be on the same side of this fight (regardless of our differing views on the President).
This IS a war. And we should be fighting it together.
I'm willing.....are you?
This IS a war. And we should be fighting it together.
I'm willing.....are you?
I'm not sure what you're getting at. As to Bush, I am of mixed emotion. He is clearly a flawed human. Not as flawed as some, that much is obvious; but, more flawed than others, which is equally obvious.
It's no secret that I am disappointed in his performance, and, my disappointment is compounded by the fact that I voted for him, and supported him with such enthusiasm and hope during the last election cycle.
I've voted for people I've disliked before, and, I've not voted for people I've disliked. Likes and dislikes are not "voting issues" for me. (Unfortunately I do not believe this is the case for the majority of voters over the years.) So, I do not give any indication of how I may or may not vote, nor do I suggest that anything I've said in the past is any indication of where I stand today -- or will stand tomorrow. I stand on my rights as an American citizen to proudly support the treasured concept of a secret ballot.
Ultimately, my support for any politician is something that he decides to earn, or not earn.
Now, that out of the way, I do agree that "America is in a fight for its very life, for its soul," and frankly, I am not optimistic as to the outcome. The more I examine the situation en toto, the more I'm convinced that it's truly passed the point of no return, and is consigned to running its course.
The implications, of course, are nothing I want to think about, so, I try not to think about them too much. I try to think about things like putting in my garden this spring, I try to think about selling some gourmet vegetables (sweetest onions in the world, grown in Michigan of all places, due to the unique soil we've got on our five miserable acres), and using the money to grow more onions next year, and, to build a hydroponic greenhouse, so that I can sell snap peas year round.
Have you ever bought snap peas in the grocery store? They are absurdly expensive, and they are always picked much too early, much too soon, far short of maturity. In the store, they are hollow tubes, with thin, tasteless shells, and tiny shriveled "pre-peas". From my garden, though, they are near-solid, with thick, crunchy pods, very sweet, and full-sized peas, also very sweet. Something you can sink your teeth into. I walked a friend down to the garden, told him to pick some and tell me what he thought. He ended up grazing for about a half hour, telling me (inbetween bites) how amazing the snap peas tasted.
I figure I can do pretty good with a nice hydroponic greenhouse, and do a pretty decent business. The local electric coop did an article in their magazine about a guy in the next town with a hydroponic greenhouse, 1/4 acre, he grew tomatoes. He said he grew more tomatoes in that quarter acre of hydroponics than he'd be able to produce on 100 acres of dirt.
I also think about going out and shooting my remaining stores of Kodachrome 25 before they stop offering K14 processing for it. There's no substitute, and there's no way to home-process it. It's the end of an era. Sort of like much of what this country is going through, now that I think about it. But, I try not to think about it.
I try to think about how I'll make it through the next months and years with my spine and major joints decomposing. I try to think about how it doesn't really matter that I'm taking a multiple of the amount of drugs that Limbaugh got himself into a twist over -- and, still hurting, all the time. I think about a lot of things. I have a lot of things to think about. I try not to think about the country going down the tubes, though, because it sure looks like it is going down the tubes, and the few in a position to do anything about it aren't too interested in doing anything about it.
So, what do I think about where the country is headed? I think that anyone who really wants to think about that -- and I don't recommend thinking about it too much -- go out and rent a copy of "The Postman".
After they watch it, they should remind themselves that it's only fiction. Reality is apt to be much worse.