The REAL Saint Valentine
Posted on 02/14/2016 4:43:56 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
The REAL Saint Valentine
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He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. Proverbs 21:21 KJV
What if everything man knows is wrong? What if everything is built on a fraud and that fraud is maintained by the elite to keep them in charge? What if they have sold us a bill of goods through both fraud and poorly thought out ideas? If this charge is true then it is time for America to take a look at a new way of doing things than the way it has been since Roosevelt.
We have been following evolution as the state religion since the fifties for the same reason the old Soviet Union did. If there is no God then the most powerful force on the planet is man and the only thing more powerful than man is Government. If there is no God then you do not render unto God, you only render under Caesar. This makes it easier for gummit to control you and makes gummit your god.
What this has done over the decades is to handicap our economy by having gummit become a bigger burden to the point of smothering the economy. It has become an autonomous behemoth which eclipses anything in its way. By making it godlike there is no challenge to its power and anyone who does challenge its laws, regulations and pronouncements is mocked or shamed into compliance. We have seen over the last five years massive abuses and corruption with no consequences or in many questions the victim being punished.
We are now at the point of having our gummit actively at war with Christianity. It has punished and fined people for following their God given Right to worship in the manner they see fit. We are seeing the punishment and fining of those whose beliefs are counter to what the state requires you to believe. If you believe homosexuality is a sin or even unhealthy you will put out of business since the District of Corruption has decided it is not a sin, but in fact a sainted activity. Anyone who disagrees will not be tolerated.
When you make man your god you are following an evil god. We are seeing the institution of some of the most draconian rules and regulations ever pushed. We have decrees such as carbon dioxide declared a poisonous gas which has to be regulated due to the manmade fraud of Global Warming. To imagine that the very thing you expel from your lungs is also a poison would be laughable if it was not costing us trillions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs.
When you take God out of society and replace it with earth worship such as environmentalism you actually put man in charge. This cult religion was invented by man and now you see the followers defending and worshiping this explanation of creation like fundamentalist monks. When man makes the rules you are asking for trouble as we have seen in killing field after killing field. The first step they make is removing God from the people and replace him with government and that is what we are seeing now.
Once gummit takes control then there are only two things it knows how to do which are taxing and make laws. The only thing it really effectively can do is outlawing and stopping people from doing the things they like or must do to enjoy their lives. As the gummit gets larger and more powerful it develops agencies to regulate and control different activities and businesses which out of good intentions or in many cases activism shut down activities and businesses through fiat.
One of the most outrageous forms of government activism is the Western States. One of the reasons for the Civil War was the converting the western territories into Federal Land. Lincoln wanted to own the land east of the Rockies and the Congress was for continuing the process of having the Federal Government role as a sales office of these lands. Lincoln tied it into the Emancipation Proclamation which was a State’s Rights issue which said the Federal government owned the state and the state essentially had to obey any of those laws.
The territories needed protection from the Federal government from the Indian wars which were killing settlers and needed cavalry protection as well as forts and courts. Lincoln needed those states to pass the Emancipation Proclamation and made an agreement to bring them in if they would vote for the Proclamation. In addition they were required to give large portions of their lands for that protection. One of the ironies is Blacks were not allowed into the Oregon Territory yet they voted for the Proclamation after allowed statehood.
Once the Civil War was fought then the Western States had no claim to the Federal Lands inside their state and had to abide by any rules or regulations DC issues. Now we have an activist agencies running our resources and attempting to shut down grazing, logging and mining. Rather than managing these resources effectively they are destroying the industries which depend on these resources.
Grazing is the free growing of beef in areas which cannot be farmed or used for any other purpose than grazing. The cattle do not affect any other animals and is one of the healthiest ways to manage the environment. The claims of damaging fish runs have been shown to be junk science a number of times and more activist science to promote the Marxist agenda.
The forests are being completely mismanaged. These forests should be producing another fifty percent of trees they are already growing which is at five times sustainability. This means the forests are overgrowing due to incompetence and dying from lack of sunlight and nutrition. This leads to massive disease, bug kills and intensive forest fires.
Proper management would eliminate the disease, bugs and devastating fires, but the gummit will not allow that. This is the problem with a manmade cult being the National Religion; man creates the laws and tenants of this religion. In this case industry is evil so they are not allowed to help the forests or resources to be managed and thrive. The God of Abraham put man on the planet to be a steward for his creations and manage them.
If God were in charge and the resources were managed properly there would be more cattle growing on these lands as they would have been sold to the ranchers to make them more productive not less. The forests would be harvested and planted on a healthier rotation which would be better for the forests, animals and people. Healthy forests are less likely to have disease issues and fires do not burn as well making less pollution. These forests could be up to fifty percent healthier if they were managed effectively.
What this would mean for America is lower housing costs as well as more exports as we would be shipping lumber around the world from our abundance. The Western states could be the resource engine of America as these vast areas could be used for productive uses rather than locked up. This could completely turn this country around as this engine would power an industry base built on high quality and plentiful raw materials. What if DC is wrong?
Pray America wakes
Note: The above opinion is not necessarily my own, but FReeper Bray’s. If you wish to discuss this, please ping Bray.
seems f chuck cant get whupped enough by the Donald.hes back to kick f chucks butt one more time,just too good.
Good morning, AB, All,
I watched the Republican debate last night and goodness it was quite rowdy.
But I’m not complaining except for Donald Trump sounding like a Democrat with that “no weapons of mass destruction” mantra. Well why not? Even George Dubya didn’t defend himself and this is exactly why we should not elect another Bush….as in Jeb.
Going to write a post about this along with my Sunday political show ruminations.
As always, thank you AB for doing this thread so reliably, Bray for the wisdom and all of yon commenters for your thoughts.
Am singing at the ten am mass, yup in the choir loft where there’s no damn place to kneel and like I told Father Flowers, one of the reasons I go to mass is so I can get on my knees, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. On Ash Wednesday I did manage to secure a kneeling spot on some kind of ledge thing but it’s not very long and won’t hold the entire choir.
So many of the men in the choir WERE KNEELING ON THE CHOIR LOFT FLOOR!
That sight had me catching my breath, darn they looked like those poor sailors held captive on that Iranian boat.
Man you got your choir people having to kneel on the floor, that’s kind of pathetic.
I also complained about not having a place to put our coats, etc.
Anyway, both Todd and Father Tom wrote me back for the power of my email rant, assuring me that coat racks and places to kneel would be coming right up…..toot de sweet.
I mean if I wanted to sit instead of kneel….I’D BECOME A PROTESTANT!!!
Let’s see, what else did my words bring last week?
Oh, we’re fixing the dog laws in Delaware, thank me very much.
Also working on a task force to handle the roadside trash problem in Sussex county.
Of course I exaggerate but you’d be surprised at the power one humble Blogger yields because said Blogger writes about stuff and doesn’t let up.
Should be an interesting morning on the Sunday political talk show circuit, keep me up to date and if I survive the choir loft I will be back to re-join.
Happy Valentine’s day everyone. I got NO gifts or cards from anybody, in case one should wonder. Not necessarily complaining, didn’t have to buy anyone anything either.
Heh.
Today the drivebys starts a full court press to have Obama replace Scalia with a Leftist.
I hope every GOP candidate fights back with good, solid points.
The president does have the prerogative to appoint whoever he wishes, but it must be done with ADVICE and CONSENT of the Senate.
If there was ANY reason I voted straight Republican in 2014—this was THE issue.
McConnell and the Senate Republicans in charge have EVERY Constitutional right and authority to vote NO on any of Obama’s picks.
The latest I hear on this matter is that a)already many Democrats are asserting, including the White House, that OBama will immediately begin appointing a new Justice.
Mitch Mumbles McConnell, allegedly, said the Senate would not approve an Obama nominee.
Yon ladies and gems....THIS WILL BE THE TEST!
The so-called establishment guys should be getting a discontent message from the voters and let us see if they grow a pair and hold up that supreme court nomination until after the election.
The Democrats won’t take this sitting down....it’s going to be nasty.
The news blackout on Cruz continues. The MSM telling you who they fear.
Yeah, I did cringe at Trump’s Jesse Ventura imitation there. But I also measured that with the fact that Trump was landing a blow against JEB.
Having served in the military during the whole Saddam Hussein days, Hussein very well did have Weapons of Mass Destruction! Like a GEICO commercial, “Everybody Knows That.” At that time (1980s). And no, the USA did not sell a single weapons system to the Iraqis. The Iraqis MAIN weapons and even WOMD salesmen where the Soviets, Germans and French.
Anyway, I’d remind Donald: Who gassed the Kurds? The evidence was overwhelming! Now after the Israelis bombed Osirak* Hussein may very well have NOT had a nuclear program, but he had chemicals and germs at his disposal, and chose to use the chemicals against both the Kurds an Iranians, there is no dispute in history about that.
*The Israeli Air Force mission against Hussein’s nuclear facility (sold to them by France, by the way) was named “Operation Babylon”. Should have been “Operation ALAS Babylon!”
This regime intentionally destroys every aspect of our life from energy to the forests,to the economy, immigration you name it. The goal is total destruction of a once great nation.it takes genius explanations from bray, rush and others to display the games they play.Once again bray comes through.
We’ve been over this again and again on this thread. Ted Cruz does not want to be on the Sunday shows.
Personally, I think he should—any publicity is good publicity.
But he chooses to not appear.
These shows are a waste of time
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we need someone here to fully explain what happens from here. what is a recess appointment,will it happen can it be reversed,how soon by whom? I have already heard several explanations and we need to know which is which.
Yes, it is possible that Paul Ryan is gritting his teeth in frustration because he does not get a chance to roll over and play dead for Obama, because only the Senate gets to vote on a nomination.
Hopefully the public will become aware of the phrase "Borking" if Obama actually does nominate somebody this year. Can Mitch resist the temptation to give Obama exactly what he wants, and no more?
We need to realize that the Donald is not 100% never has been never,will be.Hes a work in process.he will get some things right,immigration,the debt,isis,and some stuff wmds in iraq wrong..it happens.overall hes still my choice. he will evolve and become our best potus ever.
Oops I sent you last week’s by accident. Here is this week’s:
2 Corinthians 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
This is the greatest election ever and it is only just begun. We have the outsiders completing the work the Tea Party had begun and Moscow on the Potomac has no idea what is about to hit them. When you look at the two Parties you have one which is being headed by some old as dirt Leninists who are in a competition of who can make this the Soviet Union before they hit the dirt nap against our socialists who want to give it away less quickly and the Outsiders.
As the only person who predicted Trump and Cruz would be fighting it out six months ago and predicted Trump would win big a month ago it is time for the explanation why. Both Trump and Cruz would win against Sanders after he beats Hillary for a few reasons. The first is America is ready for a real change and have had their eyes opened from the Obama Depression. Cruz would win on Ground Game and Trump will win with his media wars and in this case Trump will be the nominee in a sweep across the country.
Since Trump and his supporters are universally hated by both the liberal and Conservative Punditocracy it is time an explanation is given why his movement see him as the superior candidate. As a fundamental Christian we do not care if the candidate is holy enough, we appreciate that he only respects us and is able to articulate basic conservative ideas. We have all worked with people who have a spicy language and especially in the construction industry so most of us overlook it whether we use those words or not.
The main issue we like is his dedication to the wall. Until the wall is built there is no point in talking about deportation since there is no real deportation without that wall. After it is built or at least the border being shut while construction occurs then it is simply grandstanding using the usual amnesty cliches with no solutions. Trump is the first one and most likely the only one who is serious about building it and the rest will never get it done.
His second largest issue is taking on Political Correctness. He has rolled back the PC mafia at least five years which is highlighted by his saying illegal aliens need to be deported as well as a moratorium on allowing Mooselimbs into our country and stating he does not believe in Global Warming. These are all considered sacrilege to the PC crowd as he tramples on sacred cow after sacred cow. The rest of the candidates only state their nuanced platitudes to straddle the same fence which has surrendered issue after issue. Political Correctness is the biggest club the Marxists have to beat down the opposition into submission and he beats them back to their safe rooms with courage and a sense of humor.
Is he a pure Conservative who knows the Conservative doxology inside and out or a record of marching in lockstep with Rush Limbaugh? No, he is a businessman; who like the ferry operator in the Outlaw Josey Wells, he learned to sing the Battle Hymn of the Republic and Dixie with equal enthusiasm to survive. In New York City if you want to build skyscrapers you have to sing the Battle Hymn more often than Dixie. He does not have the luxury of only donating one direction and irritating the Dems who are very vindictive which will add millions to his costs if he can get permits at all.
He is far more Conservative than all except perhaps Cruz, but he articulates and knows capitalism better than any other person on the stage. It really is not close who knows economics better than anyone on the stage or in DC, period. He is not a socialist and understands capitalism inside and out which is why he articulates it far better than anyone in the country. He did not learn it in the halls of Harvard or discussing it in some think tank, he lived capitalism his entire life in one of the toughest industries on the planet. Capitalism is in his veins which is why his explanations are substantive yet simple enough for America to understand. He is teaching America what capitalism is for the first time in fifty years.
This is why his time is now. After fifty years or more of Americans being told that the only solution to every one of their problems is gummit, it is refreshing to have someone articulate capitalism in a language they can understand. He keeps it simple and hits a couple of highlights without getting into the weeds where he lives with charm and charisma which is spellbinding. This country needs someone who can take this country another direction and Trump has the knowledge, credibility and a very high level of articulation to get that done. Add to that he is likely one of the top five negotiators in the country if not the world and you have a set of skills we have never seen.
From a purely Tea Party attitude and what America is telling the political establishment on both sides we just want to blow it all up. We want to bulldoze DC and watch all of those sanctimonious elites jump into the trash heap. While everyday Americans work hard only to be laughed at, insulted and ripped off they are about to tell these useless, incompetent Marxists to take a hike since we cannot afford you anymore. We need someone with a big “You’re Fired” sign and we have just the guy for that.
The biggest reason Trump will win is he is not afraid to get ugly. Republicans have to go against the Three Pillars of Propaganda (media, academia and the DNC) to win. They have two choices, they can win ugly or lose graciously and it is much easier to be gracious. The establishment would rather debate and convince voters through high brow debating societies while the Dems are calling them racist, sexist homophobes. Trump will win ugly which is how this country is going to get fixed.
The establishments on both sides believe politics is fought in a cotillion with high brow discussions about the superiority of the Constitution when in reality it is a knife fight in the mud with no rules. This is where Trump has lived his life and has a room full of heads to prove it. The Pundiots do not want to go there and they certainly do not want to act like they approve of it and get splashed on their pearly white suits, so they vilify and mock to mask their fear of actually having to get their hands dirty. The Conservative pundits would rather lose graciously then win ugly since they too have become the establishment.
Trump will be the nominee. He has pointed his entire life at this moment and has the skills and abilities nobody on either stage has with the courage to say what he and the American people think. It is not pure Conservatism, but it is pure capitalism. Capitalism has not been pure for a hundred years, but capitalists adapt to the draconian rules they have to play by and adapt which Marxism cannot do and he is the master. He will drive the purists crazy since he is going to do what is right in his gut, but in the end they will be based on capitalism which is the basics of Conservatism. He is like the bulldozer that cuts a path through the overgrown trees to begin to build a road back to the rundown City on the Hill. The next guy can pave it after Trump dynamites and builds a road back to America.
Pray America wakes
Well said. Great analysis.
One thing we on the Christian side, myself included, tend to forget is full trust in God. That cannot be confused with nonchalant or ill-prepared. On the contrary...I am well prepared however am trying to trust in Him that much more. I have seen in my years breakthroughs when we really pray and trust...especially when things look the bleakest. Believe... Scalia adds to the misery. Pain, worry, etc. Yes, and the enemy wants us to give in...Pray and pray some more. Trust...Believe in the breakthrough...God must be at the precipice of doing something awesome for it to appear to us to be so miserable right now. Let’s give Him thanks for carrying us and watch with expectation for the breakthrough.
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