Human Nature

Power ultimately corrupts

Humans were created by a perfect God. Unfortunately, humans are far from that perfection. God created a paradise for Adam and Eve to live and walk with Him for eternity. God gave them full autonomy in the garden with only one single prohibition, to not eat the fruit of the tree of life. But Adam and Eve disobeyed, leading to the fall. Ever since that fall, humans have engaged in all manner of depravity. Creation was once perfect and humans defiled it, and to this day we continue to corrupt our world with our ever-increasing immorality. Money, power, and sex is what drive far too many of us human beings, especially those who rise to positions of authority. The framers of this once great nation created a Constitutional Republic ruled by “We the people,” not by royals who ruled by fiat. Today, “public servants” are far too concerned with their self-interests, their benefactors, and advancing their personal agendas, while disregarding the needs of their constituents. The “Swamp,” which consists of lobbyists, Deep State bureaucrats, and corporate interests is pervasive. Elected politicians enrich themselves and their families when they toe the company line and do as they are told.

Do you really think that the Bidens are the only politicians that are or have engaged in unethical and illegal schemes? Corruption by our “leaders” is so pervasive and so many, elected and unelected, are so deeply involved, that should their illicit activities be brought to light, many would be facing jail time. (see Senator Robert Menendez D-NJ) There is good reason that anytime an outsider is elected, every effort is made to turn them to the dark side. Everyone must be on the same page for this to work. Should those efforts fail to convince, the swamp mobilizes and attacks, using the media and deep state to delegitimize with lies and false accusations. (see Representatives Madison Cawthorn R-NC, George Santos R-NY, and any other representative shining a light on the darkness of the swamp) There is good reason that Democrats and Republicans have employed every tool to prevent Donald Trump from regaining the White House. Should he return to the Oval Office, he would begin to expose the rot in our government. Heads would roll. The gravy train is running much too smoothly for it to be run off the rails by a President who already has accumulated more than enough wealth, leaving him impervious to the lure of easy money. In fact, President Trump saw his net worth decrease by more than $I billion during his term. I’m sorry, but if you want a kinder and gentler President, you will only get what you deserve, another swamp dweller with more of the same.

Whistleblower laws were enacted to protect those who expose corruption in government, yet Democrats in Congress attempt to discredit them and partisan bureaucrats persecute them. Two separate impeachment hearings and trials take place targeting President Trump, bypassing any impeachment inquiry to discover all facts. While neither impeachment attempts were later found to have any credibility, the damage was done. president Biden’s son, Hunter, and brother, James, spearhead a convoluted influence-peddling scheme. Nothing to see here according to the Democrats and an impeachment inquiry is partisanship run amok. Evidence from the January 6^th committee is destroyed, even though a myriad of federal laws are broken. Cue the crickets from the mainstream media. Hunter Biden defies a Congressional subpoena, abetted by Representative Eric Swalwell, D-CA and Democrats cheer. Circle the wagons and deflect blame is the Democrat way. Dick Durbin (D-IL) refuses to release the names of those who took the “Lolita Express” to Jeffrey Epstein’s Island paradise. Gotta protect their own you know. Loose lips will sink ships and far too many of your elected officials have engaged in inappropriate behavior. As each misdeed is exposed, the risk is that more and more will be exposed for the liars and cheats that they are.

Serving on the Washington County, WI Board of Supervisors for ten years, the last four as Chairman, I know from where I speak. There are too few, even in local government, that gain office without a personal agenda. There are too few who retain the humility that facilitated their election victories. There are too few that do not look to use their “power” to their advantage. Human nature far too often rears its ugly head and those public servants begin to think that they are better than the great unwashed masses they are called to represent. If our government continues on this path, we are doomed to ruin. Unengaged citizens who mindlessly vote “D” or “R” are exactly what the deep state depends upon. Uninformed voters and those citizens who fail to cast their ballots signal that they are willing to let the swamp do as they please. Apathy breeds corruption, and far too many of us are satisfied with ceding authority to those who exploit our trust and use authority to their own benefit. It’s always easier to stand by idly and let others do the heavy lifting. After all, we are all much too busy with our own lives. Your nation is falling down the rat hole and if you think protecting your quality of life in a free and fair country is too much to ask, you will get what you deserve.

“Elections have consequences.” Barack Obama

“You have a republic, if you can keep it!” Benjamin Franklin

Moral Equivalency

 

Assigning responsibility

After the atrocities committed by Hamas against Israeli civilians on October 7^th, many on the left have sought ways to justify the heinous actions of Hamas. There has also been a concerted effort to delineate that somehow the Palestinians and Hamas are separate and disparate entities. That the Palestinians are simply innocent of any responsibility for the actions of Hamas. That the Israeli response is not proportionate with the October 7^th attacks and far more Palestinian civilians have died than Israelis. Some have attempted to justify the inhuman and sadistic actions of Hamas as an appropriate response to an occupying force that has withheld the basic needs of the Palestinians through force and intimidation. If you repeat a lie often enough it does not become truth even though many actually are convinced that these are facts.

Israeli forces are accused of committing war crimes when it has been Hamas that repeatedly commits acts of violence that target innocent civilians. As with leftists, accuse your enemy of what you are doing, to create confusion and conceal the evidence of your own guilt. The fact of the matter is that the war crimes are committed by only one side, the radicalized Islamists like Hamas. Raping and pillaging not only went out of style in the Middle Ages, civilized societies outlawed that behavior in the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907. Islamists, never the ones to submit to Western laws and culture, commit atrocities at will. Liberals that like to hurl accusations of “toxic masculinity” and “rape culture” need to look no further than those who practice the religion of peace. In Europe, open borders and unfettered immigration have led to an exponential increase in sexual assaults, predominantly committed by Middle Eastern immigrant men. One wonders what the Quran has to say about this.

The left has difficulty condemning Hamas's barbarisms, but there is little compunction in turning the blame to Israel. The massacre of Jews by Hamas confirms that these barbarians are evil personified, inhuman animals, and unredeemable. The parable of the wheat and weeds tells that the weeds should be allowed to grow with the wheat, but in this instance leaving the weeds in the field will ruin the entire crop. These animals must be excised like the cancer that they are or else it will spread and kill the host. We may lose some of the wheat, but the vast majority of the crop will be saved. If Hamas survives, they will again kill those that they deem their enemies, and that is most of the Western world. Appeasement will only allow these monsters to repeat their crimes, over and over.

“Also their American army is part of the American people. It is this very same people who are shamelessly helping the Jews fight against us. The American people are the one who employ both their men and their women in the American Forces which attack us. This is why the American people cannot be not innocent of the crimes committed by the Americans and Jews against us.” Osama bin Laden.

Leftists cite these words by the former leader of Al Qaida that “justified” the attack of 9-11. Leftists call out the imperialist US government for stealing the lands of the native Americans. Leftists call out the US for colonialism, systemic racism, and any ism or phobia you can imagine. Based upon these leftist screeds, we can extrapolate that the Palestinian people bear the responsibility for the actions of their army, Hamas. Since the Palestinian people have allowed Hamas to militarize everything from their Mosques to their playgrounds, they bear culpability. So many of the Palestinian people support the actions of Hamas and have no interest in peace, only the destruction of Israel and Jews, they are just as guilty of war crimes as is Hamas. Collateral damage and civilian casualties, though regrettable, is a fact of war. Hamas started the war and Israel will fight until the threat is eliminated. That means the destruction of every last member of Hamas, including the Hamas leadership hiding in safe havens like Qatar and Bahrain. That is the only way Israel can exist in relative safety.

Sleeping with the Enemy

Leftists laugh at their supporters

Recognizing evil and the destruction that it has wrought has never been more important than now in our deeply polarized society. Failure to understand that the goal of the left is to destabilize and fundamentally transform this nation will inevitably lead to its destruction. Yet, there are those who blindly follow the divisive ideology the left promotes. Young people, who have been indoctrinated in Marxism without any common sense at woke universities, parrot talking points without any intellectual curiosity, refuse any debate, and shout down those they deem antithetical to their beliefs. These and other useful idiots that support this evil are simply tools used by the left to achieve their goals. Like generals in war, they stand safely behind, watching their pawns do battle, while they reap the rewards of their underling’s work.

This has never been more apparent than the rise in antisemitism rhetoric by those supporting Palestinians and by proxy, the brutal atrocities perpetrated by Hamas. The absurd correlation between the civilian casualties suffered by Israel compared to the civilian casualties suffered by Palestinians in Gaza is inane. Hamas specifically targeted civilians. Israel is targeting Hamas and giving notice of the areas they intend to strike to minimize collateral damage and civilian casualties. Hamas has been blocking civilian escape routes to maximize civilian casualties and deaths to sway world opinion against Israel. That strategy has been largely effective as leftist groups have spurred on Palestinian sympathizers and antisemites that have coalesced to villainize Israel. The lack of knowledge by these “peace” protesters and the vitriol they spew is appalling. Jewish hatred is rearing its ugly head and it is neither Christians nor conservatives that are proclaiming these vile invectives in the public square.

89% of Palestinians support the terrorism that Hamas and other radical Islamic groups perpetrate against Israel, the United States, and the world. Palestinians overwhelmingly elected Hamas to lead their government. Palestinians will not accept peace with Israel, in fact, a majority rejects Israel’s right to exist and want to eradicate the Jewish people. These fools that “stand up for Palestine” and chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” would be persecuted and rejected for their core beliefs supporting LGTBQI+, transgenderism, abortion, and women’s rights in most of the Islamic world. Let these buffoons with their blue hair, tattoos, and piercings try to co-exist and embrace Islam, the religion of “peace.” Islam will not embrace you. You’ll be lucky if you don’t get thrown off some roof with your LGTBQI+ friends, and if you aren’t put to death, you’ll be required to wear a burka that covers your chosen identity. Perhaps, then they would understand that America is not that bad.

The father of lies is operating a well-oiled machine in his realm. The young and impressionable are being willingly and enthusiastically led right into his trap. Society’s upheaval is being fueled by liberty-hating global elites that know far better than us unwashed masses. Money talks, and those mega-wealthy elitists are financing wannabe leftists for their new world-order ambitions from their ivory towers. Unfortunately, there will be no place in the new world order hierarchy for those manipulated by this evil ideology.

We must not only resist this evil, we must confront it with the truth, the way, and the life. We cannot simply stand mute while so many are at risk of falling prey to the evil one and his schemes. We need to put on our spiritual armor and learn how to plant the seeds of faith in order to overcome this evil that is overwhelming our world. The father of lies will flee when confronted with the truth and it is up to us to proclaim the truth of Jesus Christ. It’s time to step out of our comfort zone and call out this evil for what it is. It's time to get involved with our local schools and protest against woke and racist ideology being taught to our children. It's time to make sure our elected officials uphold Christian values and morals, and pledge to serve their constituency, and not themselves. It’s time that we the majority get up and be heard over the squeaky wheels that promote the leftist, Marxist, socialist, and communist agenda.

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Ephesians 5:11-14