Tribalism,

 

Or how to destroy a nation in five six easy steps.

Humans introduced the first machinations of society when they gathered into tribal groups, leaning on each other to provide security, share resources, and form into a community. The strongest among them arose to be their leaders. As more tribes emerged, they began to engage in conflicts with each other, primarily over limited resources, and land. Society continued to evolve, eventually forming nations held together by common beliefs and protections those nations provided. Unfortunately, the tribal mentality persisted, conflicts grew, leading to wars that went beyond resources and land. Wars have since evolved to include conflicts over differing political ideologies and religions.

It is commonly thought that the US Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. Actually, it was not simply about slavery. The southern states chose to ignore federal laws, asserting States' rights over federal authority, and refused to end slavery because they believed it was essential to sustain their agricultural economy. The conflict began when the southern States voted to secede from the union, forming the Confederate States of America. Unfortunately, history has a way of repeating itself as one political party has established their own tribe and has declared war on the current administration, the rule of law, and the citizens of the United States.

We are on the cusp of another civil war, not fought with weapons of war, but against ideology that is just as perilous.

·         Engage in lawfare - Dangerous and radical warfare divides this nation, with leftists attempting to overturn traditional America. Executive actions by the Trump administration, meant to create a path back to normalcy, are derailed by hundreds of lawsuits filed in sympathetic venues. Radical, leftist judges, that lack the Constitutional authority to do so, constrain the executive branch with nationwide injunctions. Democrat run cities and states refuse to cooperate with federal law enforcement, creating “sanctuaries” for lawbreakers. When states ignore federal statutes and judges disregard the law when they happen to disagree politically, that is what creates a real constitutional crisis.

·         Victimize Americans - Democrats have deliberately perverted the rule of law by lifting the “rights” of criminals, in particular illegal alien criminals, over the rights of the victims of crime. Criminals in democrat run cities run amok as democrats support and elect District Attorneys that “decriminalize” the law, refuse to hold law breakers accountable, and release violent offenders back into the community, failing in their responsibility to maintain public safety. Democrats push for “responsible gun reform” so that crime victims will no longer be able to defend themselves.

·         Fight to restrict the 1^st Amendment - Vilifying any viewpoints not in line with the left’s chosen narrative has effectively corrupted free speech. The left’s attempt to control misinformation and disinformation demeans the public’s ability to apply common sense and reason. The leftist strategy of refusing to engage in debate, while overemphasizing the hatred of their political opponents, is embraced by democrats as they foolishly believe it to be an effective avenue to regain political power.

·         Double down on transgenderism and sexual deviancy – Democrats continue to promote the anti-science belief that, somehow, gender is fluid, and up to the interpretation of the individual. They advocate for children to choose their gender behind their parent’s backs when minors cannot lawfully choose to attend a school field trip without parental consent. The left cannot define what a woman is yet believe that men can become women and women can become men. Advances made to equalize women within society have been quashed by this misguided effort to affirm those afflicted by the mental illness of gender dysphoria. Preferred pronouns? Normalizing drag queens and those who identify as animals is ludicrous. Debauchery and deviant sexual behavior contributed to the fall of Rome, and it risks destroying the fabric of society and this nation.

·         Support and encourage Anti-Christianity and antisemitism -  “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” This has become the rallying cry for the democrat party. They accuse Israel of occupying their own country and accuse them of committing genocide while ignoring the heinous Hamas attack on October 7^th. Christianity is debased and Christians are attacked as racist, homophobic, and exclusionary. The nuclear family has been decimated, particularly in the African American community as government entitlements replace the father. Welfare provides just enough benefits to discourage the work ethic of those receiving it.

·         Encourage racial animosity – Democrats use the term racism as a cudgel, employing it as a wedge to divide the nation. Using Critical Race Theory and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ideology, persons of color are taught to hate white people and white people learn to hate themselves. Forcing children to see skin color as a defining quality of a person is tantamount to promoting racism as an acceptable behavior.

This is what democrats believe will win back the hearts and minds of America. Democrats are engaging in a concerted effort to destroy the very fabric of society. Their foray into this realm of fantasy must end and they must return to normalcy. There is nothing positive in their strategy of dividing and conquering. The democrat party has no answers. The democrat party has no plan for this nation. They only trade in hatred and division. Democrats must be rejected and shunned until such a time as they decide to moderate their positions and work for the betterment of the people they swore an oath to serve.

Democrats and their co-conspirators in the legacy media have placed all of their eggs in a basket that seeks to derail Trump’s agenda, cheerleading for his policies to fail and along with it, this nation. Sowing dissention and creating chaos should never take precedence over bipartisanship while conducting the people’s business. It is time that they are recognized for what they are, obfuscators, impediments against what is right, and purveyors of evil.

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.” Isaiah 5:20

 

 

Simon Says..

 

Legacy media pushes the narrative.

Today, with simply a touch on a plethora of devices, one can access so much media content that no one can complain that they are out of touch. “X,” Truth Social, Rumble, podcasts, Instagram, TikTok, and the list goes on and on, affording the consumer various points of view, from conspiracy theory to local issues. One thing that is obvious is that the legacy media has become an echo chamber for the democrat party and leftist ideology. Coverage from one network to the next are nearly identical, utilizing the same talking points. Yet, the legacy media continues to entrap the gullible into blindly accepting their chosen narrative. Perhaps we need to look to history and realize when we are being fed propaganda.

Trump Derangement Syndrome has morphed into an overriding paranoia for far too many. Those who suffer from this all-consuming hatred jeopardize their own sanity. Much like the “useful idiots” in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, they will shun their family if they support MAGA and will “dox” friends and family that are Republican. Anything the Trump administration proposes are fought to the bitter end, even if American society benefits from the programs. This is absolute lunacy and any community leader with the unbridled audacity to support this type of hatred should be called out.

College students that follow their professor’s insane leftist-anti American screeds to support Hamas, Hezbollah, and their ilk, particularly the LGTBQI+ for Palestine are the poster children for all that is wrong with higher education. Students that rail against free speech, meritocracy, and capitalism, simply parrot talking points without any real understanding of their alleged “grievances.” Foreign guests, taking advantage of our educational system, rail against the very nation that affords them the opportunity.

For those that can rationally think, Donald Trump is President for every citizen of the United States, whether you support him or not. Rational thinkers accepted Joe Biden as the President and supported policies that benefited the people of this great nation. TDS sufferers cannot support anything that the Trump administration is doing, even if it benefits the nation. TDS sufferers are unhinged and lost in a fog of irrational hate. TDS sufferers need to take a step back, reassess their priorities, and get a grasp on reality.

Organized protests and criminal vandals are targeting Tesla owners, Tesla Dealerships, and Tesla charging stations, aimed at harming Elon Musk and deterring his efforts with DOGE. And the silence from democrat leaders whose rhetoric fomented this violence is deafening. The legacy media fail to condemn these criminal acts, instead equating this deranged violence with the January 6^th rioting.  What sense does that make? Both should be roundly condemned. These “virtue preening” idiots are disturbed individuals that accept a false narrative.

Legacy media condemns Musk for financially supporting Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice candidate Brad Schimel while they ignore the fact that George Soros and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker have donated to the campaign of his opponent, Susan Crawford. And there are those who blindly accept this reporting as truth, condemning Musk for trying to buy a Supreme Court seat. Cherry picked news reports of a Danish man refusing to purchase American made products, “economists” claiming that tariffs will drive inflation, and emphasizing any other information that discredits Trump. What they fail to understand is that they are not only driving public opinion in the US, but they are also casting aspersions upon this nation, worldwide. When this nation thrives, so do its’ citizens. When this nation thrives, the economy roars. When this nation thrives, everyone is lifted upon the waves of prosperity. Democrat leadership and the legacy media’s constant denigrations of the Trump administration are detrimental to our nation. We are all damaged when world opinion turns against us.

Journalism requires that reporting be factual and unbiased. Legacy media does neither. Our God gave us minds to reason and the ability to ascertain right from wrong. It is time that we use our minds to determine what is truth and follow it. It is time to determine what is lies and reject it. It is time to call out those who use their positions of authority to feed us lie upon lie. It is time for our nation to engage in rational thought rather than falling prey to irrational emotional responses. It is time for our nation to understand how destructive unrestrained hatred can be to mental well-being. It is time we relearned as a nation to love our neighbor as ourselves.

“Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” Romans 13:10

Fight the Good Fight

 

Surrender is not an option in the battle against evil.

Satan and his minions are relentless in their quest to prevent humanity from attaining a personal relationship with God. The evil one uses a variety of techniques to accomplish his goal to separate us from God. By exploiting our personal weaknesses, he will gain a foothold and use those vulnerabilities to his advantage. Much of our current culture embodies those strategies that drive that wedge between humanity and our God. Leftist and woke ideology advocates for many of the things that displease our Lord but most certainly please Satan. Humans have a survival instinct that allows us to fall prey to our innate selfishness. Most of our sin derives from that selfishness. That is how the evil one preys upon those who are weak in faith. He deceives humankind in the same way that he tempted Jesus in the wilderness. Those things of this world that each of us has the proclivity to desire are used to tempt and mislead us.

That is where the left and their unrelenting push for wokeness step in. The things of this world are used as a means to distract us from a right relationship with God. We are called to love our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our minds, and with all our strength. Secondly, we need to love our neighbors as ourselves. Jesus said, “No other commandments are greater than these.” There are enough things of this world that distract us and get in the way of our relationship with God. We don’t need the left to add to those distractions as they act as agents of evil.  Wokeness has been adopted by the democrat party and their embrace of that evil is tearing apart this nation. And what exactly are the tenets of leftist ideology and why are they so dangerous to our spiritual life? In order to ascertain what is pleasing to God and what is not we are to turn to Scripture. The following is a comparison of the principles supported by leftism to God’s word.

·         Transgenderism – You shall have no other gods before me. The new religion for the left, having overtaken climate “science.” Embracing transgenderism accomplishes a variety of objectives of the left; sowing division amongst families, placing the children as wards of the state, removing numerous individuals from the gene pool, as they will no longer be able to procreate, and rolling back protections for women.

·         Abortion – You shall not murder. Just as children were sacrificed to the Phoenician/Canaanite god “Moloch” in ancient times, 50 million children have been sacrificed to the god of abortion since Roe v Wade was established. You shall make no idols. A statue commemorating Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsberg, but overtly symbolizing abortion, was placed over the Appellate Division Courthouse in New York.  

 

·         “Anti”-racism, class, and political warfare – Love your neighbor as yourself. The left promotes reverse racism to attack the white majority, in particular white males, falsely calling out white supremacy, white privilege, and the “patriarchy.” They rail at the “1%” and disparage anything conservative.

·         Weaponization of law against political enemies, the “Deep State.” – Again, you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. False claims against, not only Donald Trump, but Christians, conservatives, and anyone with the temerity to counter the lefts’ chosen narrative were in the crosshairs of the Department of Justice. Little old ladies praying in front of Planned Parenthood were sentenced to years in prison. Pre-dawn armed raids by the DOJ to terrorize dissenters, including a raiding a former President’s residence, were unconscionable and likely unlawful. Anarchists are often not charged with any crimes and no investigations to identify those who committed violence during riots while tirelessly searching for any persons that participated in the events at the Capitol on January 6^th, 2021.

·         Open borders – The same law applies both to the native-born and the foreigner residing among you. As in George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the Biden Administration reveals that they believe some of us are more equal than others. The US border is crossed illegally by millions of foreigners and the Biden administration rewards those who break our immigration laws with financial benefits and placement within the US borders, while over 300,000 immigrant children have been “lost”, likely being sexually trafficked.

·         CRT, DEI, AND ESG – You shall not covet. Love your neighbor. Critical Race Theory breeds hatred and unduly influences the teaching of our children. Racism is a learned behavior and CRT justifies racism against those deemed “privileged” to our most vulnerable. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies disproportionately elevates race, gender identity, and political ideology above merit and ability, diluting the competency of society’s workforce. Environmental, Social, and Governance policies place undue and burdensome regulations upon the business sector, increasing costs and undermining efficiencies.

·         Disregard of the rule of law – Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly. Democrat District Attorneys pervert the law, willfully ignoring the transgressions of those they deem to be marginalized by society. Along with the lack of enforcement comes anarchy and wanton crime, creating chaos for the law abiding in those cities.

·         Antisemitism and anti-Christianity – For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness. Anyone then who rejects this command does not reject man, but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.” Democrats have consistently rejected God’s word and have supported LGBTQ+, drag queens, gay marriage, and the like, while they champion antisemitism and disparage Christianity.

·         Free speech - We will no longer be influenced by people who use cunning and clever strategies to lead us astray.  Instead, as we lovingly speak the truth, we will grow up completely in our relationship to Christ, who is the head. Government propaganda and censorship is embraced by the legacy media and the democrat party falsely claiming it is imperative that mis and disinformation be controlled. They believe the people are too stupid to be able to ascertain right from wrong, fact from fiction.

To resist evil, it must first be identified and targeted. The democrat party has decided to embrace the evil that is leftist ideology. Until such a time as democrats choose to moderate their positions, return to serve the Lord, return to become actual public servants, and reject the immorality that they embrace, we must resist them with all our strength.

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Ephesians 6:13

 

Blind Faith

 

Hearts and minds need to turn to God.

God created everything that is, was, and will come to be, and it was good. Our Father in heaven sent His Son, a perfect sacrifice, to take upon Himself the entirety of humanity’s sin, forfeit His life to grant forgiveness of all who believe in Him. A simple act of faith and God grants us eternal life with Him. God loves you so much that there is nothing you can do to make Him love you anymore and there is nothing you can do to make Him love you any less. All is forgiven through faith in the Risen Son. Yet, unbelief reigns and hatred flourishes. Rather than believing in God who loves them, many bow down at the altar of selfishness, climate science, and racism. Hostility toward those in which we disagree replaces loving our neighbor. Vile language replaces civil discourse. Respect for others becomes a foreign concept. Skin color, sexual orientation, or political affiliation determines how one regards another. The murder of a child waiting to be born in the womb, becomes a woman’s right to choose or a reproductive health decision. We are empowering those who devalue the gift of life. As a nation, we have lost our way.

This United States, far from perfect, was founded upon Judeo-Christian values. Those values support freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and the freedom to pursue your own vision of happiness. How have we become a nation of cowards and appeasers, failing to speak out when others infringe upon our God given rights? Our very lives, the liberty to worship God, and peacefully live are gifts from God. How is it that we ignore or acquiesce to the actions of others who would deny us those rights? This nation is at a crossroad. Our next elected representatives will either be purveyors of anti-Christianity and antisemitism, advocates for the worship of government, disparagers of law enforcement, supporters of  criminality, defenders of abortion, racism, open borders, censorship, and the mutilation of children or those who champion freedom of religion, support police, smaller government, embrace of life, equality, supporters of legal immigration, free speech, and affirm the scientific fact that there are but two genders. The contrast could not be starker.

This election is not about party allegiance. This election is a battle between good and evil. This election will determine whether this nation fails or succeeds. Are we no longer a Christian nation as former President Obama said, or will we rechart our course as the founding fathers intended? They entered into a covenant with our Creator, authoring our founding documents to integrate His chosen morals and laws for us. They agreed that incorporating Biblical values into the Constitution would provide the guidance necessary for a fledgling nation to grow and prosper. Yet those universal truths are in danger of being discarded, to be replaced with deceptive leftist ideology.

Only 62% of registered voters cast ballots in the 2020 Presidential election. That indicates that more than a third of US citizens could care less about the direction of our country. That is absolutely unacceptable! Citizens are granted the authority to choose our elected representatives. Not all countries afford their citizens that privilege, yet not even two thirds of our citizens exercise that right. Granted, many citizens do not care to be properly informed, but there is really no barrier to understand the issues to make an informed decision. As Christians it is our responsibility to support elected representatives that mirror our beliefs.

Your voices need to be heard. If we fail to elect those who will govern according to God’s will and faithfully serving the citizens, we will get what we deserve. If you are happy with the direction this nation is heading, vote accordingly. If you are not, cast your vote for those who would change that direction. The choice is yours. Exercise your Constitutional rights or sit back and allow evil to prosper.

“Could one who hates justice govern? He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place. Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed. He strikes them for their wickedness in full view, because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.” Job 34:17, 24-27.

We are the hands and feet of our God here on earth. Use them for His glory!

 

 

Speechless

 

The assault on free speech is real.

The First Amendment is enumerated in the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution. It is a guarantee for citizens to freely express their opinions and prohibits Congress from constraining or usurping the citizen’s free speech rights or the rights of the press to report to the people. Free speech includes that which the government may disagree. Mis or disinformation is free speech. The government can label it as such, but cannot censor it. The citizen has the absolute right to decide what information they choose to consume and what information that they choose to support and accept. These rights are under attack by the very government that the people have empowered to uphold. There is an organized effort to censor speech opposed by government institutions worldwide. Yet there are those who willingly support this perversion of liberty.

As we near the Presidential election, one must ask, is the freedom of expression necessary to preserve this nation? Is free speech the vehicle that enables the people access to and the ability to hold their government accountable? Is the free flow of competing ideas essential to the machinations of a free and open society? There is one party that champions the restriction of free speech. There is one party that believes that the people do not possess the intelligence necessary to determine what is true and what is not. There is one party that proposed a ministry of truth to effectively censor the free flow of information on the internet, particularly targeting social media. The democrat party believes that institutions, not individuals should determine what speech is not only allowable, but accessible. Yet, there are those that are comfortable ceding their rights to government control.

Technologically, our society has advanced so far in such a short time. Information is at our fingertips and news is accessible in real time. Government collusion with social media is diluting and/or eliminating opinions that are deemed unacceptable to be freely exposed to the masses. This enables government entities to control the narrative, a strategy employed by tyrannical governments worldwide to propagandize, hide the truth, and enable those governments to control their population. This insidious tactic, embraced by the Soviet Union, China, Iran, and North Korea, is being employed throughout the “free” world. In the European Union (EU) the CEO of the Telegram, Pavel Durov, has been arrested by France for enabling “bad actors” to utilize the social media platform to commit crimes. The Telegram employs an intermediary to cooperate with the EU to identify and remove bad actor’s access to the platform. This arrest not only violates Durov’s right to freedom of information, but is likely illegal.

In Brazil, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, tasked with fighting “fake news” by the leftist regime headed by Luis Inazio Lula da Silva, decided to ban the “X” social media platform from Brazil in an ongoing dispute with Elon Musk. Musk is refusing to comply with a court order that stated that the social media platform was a “threat to democracy.” Sound familiar? Moraes further ordered all assets to Starlink, a Musk owned satellite broadband firm, to be frozen, all internet providers to remove the “X” app, and will levy fines of $9,000 per day of any of the 50 million Brazilian users caught using a VPN to access “X.” Overstepping his authority perhaps?

Governments have a difficult time conducting illicit business if citizens can learn of those actions. If freedom of the press is curtailed or censored, the powerful cannot be held accountable. Information is power and to limit or eliminate dissent allows tyranny to reign without restraint. Knowledge alone does not prevent the repression of the populace. Those who choose to ignore the tyranny and fall prey to the blindness of political animosity are the willing pawns that facilitate out of control government. A polarized population that falls for the unhinged rantings of a political party that seeks unfettered power are the very tools necessary for evil to succeed. Hatred produces blindness that causes one to fail to recognize the true enemy. Hatred of our neighbors simply based upon party affiliation makes no sense. Hatred will cloud the judgement necessary to stand up for justice. Hatred will allow freedom to die.

Do not rejoice when people you disagree with are persecuted or silenced. Freedom dictates that all are treated fairly in accordance with the law. Speech in which you disagree, unless it is to foment violence or chaos, is permitted in a free society. If someone’s opinion offends you, you can ignore it and seek another platform. If you dislike a person, you have the freedom to associate with whoever you choose. There is always information and opinion that can fit your chosen narrative and beliefs. Give grace to those of differing opinions rather than looking to censor them. Once freedom of speech has ended and the government tells you what to believe, your life will be diminished. Be careful what you wish for, because one day the tables will turn, you will become that threat to democracy, and you will be the one silenced and persecuted.