A follow-up question would be, “Are We Free?”   Some will immediately insist, “Of course we are!”    Before you make that assertion, I suggest you take a brief journey with me through the annals of history.  I want us to take a cursory view of what is happening in today’s America.   

“Land of the Free” is one of our treasured beliefs, and as is inscribed in our national anthem, but are we?  Lee Greenwood’s song has the line, “At least I know I’m free,” but are we truly free in 21st-century America?  I am incredibly serious in my questions.

I suggest a better description of our current condition is that we live in a ‘relatively free’ society rather than a “free society.”    If you are one that asks, “What is the difference?”  I will be glad to offer my definition in the following paragraphs, so bear with me. 

Why do most Americans believe we are free?  What is it about our society that engenders that view?   I heartily agree we are supposed to be free.   The Constitution was created to provide, protect, and preserve our Freedom, but are we free?   Based on what I see in this present world and America, I suggest that we are ‘relatively or marginally free.’  We are free in some areas but not in all.   We are free in some sectors of our lives but not all, especially regarding governmental control and regulation. 

We live in an internet, technologically driven world with a microwave mindset where everything is instant, quick, and accessible.  We can subscribe to internet and television providers and enjoy more channels and options that we can truly use or enjoy.  Is that freedom?  We can sit in the comfort of our own homes and play video games or do whatever our hearts desire, but are we truly free? 

My view is that the encroachments by the federal government and various governmental agencies make us only “marginally free,” not truly Free! I have heard the term “Free Society” almost all my life, and the more I try to define it in modern terms, the more disappointed I become. People’s mindsets and the reality of the looseness of that term, when applied to today, make it problematic. 

There are Constitutionalists and Libertarians who hold the view that a free society is one free from aggression.  They believe the only legitimate display of violence is in defense of person and property.   I do not disagree, and although I do not identify as a Libertarian, I desire limited government. 

I am a Christian who is Conservative and a Constitutionalist who supports support Limited Government.   My views, at least in my view, are rooted in the Bible, biblical principles, common sense, and civility.   Every encroachment by the federal government into our freedoms, rights, and liberties violates the spirit and intent of the Constitution.   We have so many government encroachments today that I find it impossible to declare that we are a free but marginally or relatively free society.

When the American populace approved and ratified the 16^th Amendment authorizing the federal government to levy and collect an income tax from all Americans, we surrendered a significant portion of our Freedom.   The federal income tax, unlike direct taxes, does not have to be shared with the states.   

The 16th Amendment legalized what had been done before, such as the tax during the Civil War, where anyone making more than $800 was levied a 3% tax.   That morphed into 3-5% on income over $600.   Does that sound familiar? 

Any time the federal government finds a way to take our money, it rarely reduces that share by reducing taxes. Instead, the insatiable appetite of politicians and bureaucrats to spend, spend, and spend demands a steady increase in taxation. Money is Power! Income is Life, and by taxing our income, they are taking a portion of our lives. Is that Freedom?

We have certain Constitutional Guarantees that must be protected.  The Constitution guarantees Freedom of Speech, Religion, and the Right to Property.  It guarantees the right to defend ourselves and our property.  The Constitution recognized that man has certain inalienable rights given to us by the Creator.  

So, I ask, when the government passes laws regulating who we can accommodate or refuse to do business with, is that Freedom?  According to the spirit of the Constitution, any business owner should be able to choose who they do business with.   

Before you question my faith or my knowledge of the Constitution, let me clarify my position. I believe that everyone has the right to say what they believe. I may not like it, but they have that right and constitutional freedom.  I believe that each person has the right, as a private business, to do business with whomever they please. 

Let me be clear: if your actions are racist, bigoted, and laced with a phobic attitude, the public, those who engage in your services or buy your goods, can also choose not to do business with you.  You have the right to be a bigot, and they have the right to make you pay where it hurts: the pocketbook. 

Is it freedom when the federal government criminalizes speech and regulates who you can refuse service to, regardless of your personal convictions or faith? Some who argue for Limited Government and less regulation will not agree with the following: As much as I hate ‘price gouging,’ that also should be the choice of the individual or business. 

In a truly Free Society, you can charge whatever you choose, and I can decide if I want to purchase your product at your price or not. If I don’t like your price, I can either go somewhere else or, if there is no other outlet for your goods or service, pursue alternatives or seek to provide those goods and services at a more reasonable price. That is true freedom!

I realize that what I’m saying will cause some to attempt to pigeonhole me politically as something I am not.   I am not a proponent of No Government but a strong advocate for Limited Government.  The Founders placed in the Constitution a duty or responsibility of the Federal Government to “provide for the common defense.” 

In Article 1, Section 8, the federal government is mandated to pay the nation’s debts.   No, I did not say pay the people of the nation’s debts, as seems to be the mindset of some disciples of Leftism and those embracing the entitlement mentality of the Socialist offerings of the Democrat Party today. 

The Founders tried to ensure the Republic paid its debts rather than continually and perpetually increasing the national date and spending us into oblivion.   They were to regulate commerce between states and other nations.  They were to coin money and a few, very few, other enumerated duties.  But today, our federal government bears no resemblance to the Constitutional Government authorized by our Founders.

The Nobel-prize-winning economist Friedrich Hayek wisely taught, “We shall never prevent the abuse of power if we are not prepared to limit power in a way which occasionally may prevent its use for desirable purposes.”  I believe that when addressing matters outside the few areas constitutionally assigned to the federal government, we should leave it to the states.   It may take longer, but the outcome will be more effective, lasting, and affordable.

Are we truly Free?   If we are talking about the freedom to choose the people we associate with socially, yes.   If we are talking about what television programs we can watch in our own homes, yes.   If we are talking about what we believe, yes.   But, if we are talking about the full spectrum of life, including the invasion of your privacy and the encroachments by the government, NO! 

The question is, “How do we return to being a free society?”   In my view, there are only two pathways I can endorse.   One is by returning to our moral moorings.  By that, I mean returning to God and once again becoming a Christian nation.    I believe there is a need for those who pray to become intercessors and intercede for the nation.    That may not be your cup of tea, but I believe it strongly.  The second pathway is at the ballot box, maintaining a constant watch on the activities of our elected officials and, when they violate our trust, helping them find other employment.

I hope you will join me in pursuing True Freedom in America again! 

God bless you, and God bless America!

As I pray and consider our condition in America, politically, socially, and spiritually, the scripture from Matthew 23:37 comes to mind.  “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!”  

Jesus lamented over the condition of Jerusalem, the spiritual and moral condition of that beloved city.  I lament over America’s spiritual, moral, and societal condition.  I am deeply troubled, and this election is of great concern.  I believe we are at a critical juncture, and the decisions we make on election day will significantly impact our future.

The political, societal, moral, governmental, and spiritual shift in America and the world over the past twenty-five years is concerning.  I am in my seventies, a Baby Boomer, having grown up in an era when patriotism was the norm and the sentiment of most was anti-communism.  My generation was not without flaws, but we valued the family, considered it honorable to work for a living, believed in the Constitution, and valued freedom of speech.

I have borne the brunt of the ire of some who believe that as a Christian and a minister of the Gospel, I should say nothing political.  I have those who profess Christianity and those who do not confront me over my position on life, especially the life in the womb.  They consider that entity in the womb nothing more than a blob of tissue, not a living being forming.

When I consider the Bible and what I have studied and been informed of by scientists and those in the medical profession, I cannot agree with that assessment.  By five weeks, that baby resembles a tadpole more than a human, but it is developing a circulatory system and has cells in its tiny heart that begin to flicker.  How can I consider that a blob of lifeless tissue?  By week six, the nose, mouth, ears, intestines, and brain are beginning to form.  By week seven, tiny little hands and feet start to appear.  Yet, they still call it a lifeless blob.

In this election, we have two very flawed candidates at the top of the Democrat and Republican tickets.  No, we have flawed candidates running for every political office.  People are flawed vessels.  None of us are perfect, and some of our personalities are more grating than others.  Both top candidates have a history of moral issues.  As much as I would like the next president to be a highly moral and deeply spiritual person, that is not the issue.   The issue is America.

Recently, at a Wisconsin rally, two Wisconsin-La Crosse University students called out, “Christ is King!” and “Jesus is Lord!”  They were heckled, and the sitting Vice President, Kamala Harris, called out to them, “You guys are at the wrong rally,” and the crowd cheered her.  She said, “I think you meant to go to the smaller one down the street.”  Exactly what rally she was referring to is not fully known, but the stunning thing is, by her words, she revealed that Jesus is not King or Lord at her rallies. 

The insistence that abortion is about women’s health and reproductive freedom is incomprehensible to me.  You can choose to hate me if you will, but abortion is not about reproductive freedom or a woman’s health care.  It is about choosing to end the life of that developing human in the womb.  Abortion is a moral issue, and my position is that it is a supremely defenseless life.  That baby cannot be compared to a kidney or any other organ in the woman’s body. 

There are a myriad of issues concerning immigration, taxes, spending, foreign policy, freedom of speech, religion, private property, the Second Amendment, and more. Which candidate will pursue a policy that is better for the economy and terrorism? 

When I consider that the Vice President said she could not think of a single decision Biden made that she would change, I take note. When I review the record of the four years under Trump and the four years under Biden, I take note. When I see the condition of foreign affairs, I take note. When I consider my retirement account and the cost of living, I take note.

I am pro-life. I am pro-America.  I am in favor of immigration, but it must be legal, and those desiring to come must be vetted and have a willingness to assimilate.  I agree with President Theodore Roosevelt, who revealed this in 1907.  “In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American and nothing but an American … There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag … We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language … and we have room for but one sole loyalty, and that is a loyalty to the American people.”

I believe that Donald Trump offers the better choice to achieve a robust economy, a secure border, protection of the unborn, remaining a Free Constitutional Republic, and peace. I do not know his or Kamala Harris’s true spiritual condition; only God knows that. I am not voting for Trump as my spiritual leader; he is not, nor is any other human being. 

We will not fix the problems in America at the ballot box but at the altar!  The issues, manifested as political, societal, racial, and moral, will not be resolved by politicians.  Only God can transform the human heart, mind, attitude, and moral fiber.  The present level of hatred, if allowed to continue and escalate, will plunge us into the abyss of destruction.

Therefore, my plea is to resist making this election about personality.  Stop participating in the vitriolic diatribe and rhetoric that is dividing us and examine the records.   I refuse to hate people.  I hate the demonstrations of evil at the hands of people. 

I am a Vietnam Veteran, a patriot, an American by birth, and a Christian by the Grace of God.  I want America to remain the Republic established in the late 1700s.  I want us to become “One nation (unified), under God” and make the ideals of the Declaration of Independence our sincere objective.  May we return to the belief that “All are created equal and have been granted certain inalienable rights, including Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness!”  

God bless you, and let’s all stand together to see America be the beacon of hope it has been for centuries.  Two passages from the Bible need to become our focus: Matthew 6:33 and 2 Chronicles 7:14. 

Vote your conscience and participate in making decisions about America’s future!  

I am convinced that 2024 and 2025 are shaping up to be ominous years in American history.  The 2024 elections, from top to bottom, are more critical than any in our history.  I will not attempt to detail all the reasons I believe that, but I hope to share a few poignant points to express my concerns.

The incredible vitriolic hate that is in the hearts of many for Donald Trump and anyone who supported or supports him is producing a dangerous condition in America.  I am not being an apologist for Trump, and while his personality may be grating to many, I believe he loves America.  Does he have a highly inflated ego? What politician doesn’t?  That is not the issue; America is.

The idea presented by the followers of the Leftist’s agenda is that “Donald Trump is a threat to Democracy.”  I will refrain from addressing the reality that we are not a direct democracy but a constitutional republic.  However, that is critical in understanding what is happening in America. 

The desire of Barack Hussein Obama and the followers of the toxic agenda of the Left is the transformation of America from being a Constitutional Republic to being a non-sovereign state of the world.  They would move us from constitutionalism to authoritarianism or totalitarianism, where the few elites dictate everything to us, peons.

The Left fears Donald Trump more than they have ever feared any political candidate.  There are many reasons for their fear, and his resiliency threatens them.  Thus, they have removed all the stops and gone full bore to destroy him and anyone who supports him or the agenda that he espouses.  America first is anathema to the globalists, leftists, Marxists, and the climate alarmists. 

The idea that Americans, constitutionally and biblically, have inalienable rights is a thorn in their flesh.  It impedes the implementation of their agenda and affords people the right to live their lives unimpeded without being overly regulated by the federal government.  The idea that we might be intelligent enough and independent enough to fend for ourselves and carve out a niche in life that is in harmony with our desires is incomprehensible to them. 

The elites of both major political parties and those pursuing activist agendas that demand our subservience believe they are the only ones capable of oversight.  Their hubris displays their sense of self-importance for everyone to see if they are willing to observe honestly.  Their superciliousness should insult every hardworking, freedom-loving American.

To call Trump a threat is laughable in light of what he did as president and the contrast to the destructive policies of Obama and now Biden.  According to revealed internal documents, Joe Biden waived taxpayer safeguards to boost his offshore wind project. 

He approved (with almost no notice) a request from an energy firm to develop an offshore wind project off the coast of Massachusetts to waive development fees.  Those fees were designed as a safeguard for taxpayers.  The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) informed Vineyard Wind that it had waived financial assurance for decommissioning costs on June 15, 2021. Why are we just now hearing about this?

They did this while imposing on the Oil and Gas Industry more expensive bonding requirements on long-standing oil and gas leases.  They are clamping down on the Oil and Gas Industry while lifting the restrictions and restraints on the Green Energy Industry.  What a slap in the face of Biden’s claims of being the most ethical administration in American history. 

Joe Biden’s administration sent out an email to nearly one million student loan borrowers, alerting them that their loans had been forgiven through steps he has taken.  They have canceled $127 BILLION in loan debt for about 3.6 million borrowers. That is after the Supreme Court struck down Biden’s unilateral student loan forgiveness. 

He did an end run and launched the “SAVE” debt forgiveness plan for additional amenities to income-driven repayment programs.  They claim that 5.5 million have signed up and that about three million of those qualify for $0 monthly payments.  Was it ethical when the SCOTUS struck down his plan?  What happened to the rule of law and the constitution?   Please understand that I think college costs are out of control.  I have grandchildren affected by student loans so I am not unsympathetic to those with massive loans.

I believe that during 2024-25, we will see the incredible rise and use of AI to control many if not most, aspects of our lives.  I heard the term “Controligarchs” in reference to the billionaires who are part of the most exclusive club in the world advancing the use of AI to control the masses. Those include Bill Gates, David Rockefeller, George Soros, Ted Turner, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, and others.  It consists of the heads of Cisco, Blackstone Group, Tiger Management, and more. 

The claim is that this is necessary due to the dire threat of Climate Change and the need to curb overpopulation.  The Biden team is in the pockets of those Controligarchs, and that is a serious threat to America and our freedom.

There is only one hope for the world and for America – God!  I believe that unless and until we return to our moral foundations and allow God back in the public square, we will continue to see declension, disorder, and chaos.  We are a boiling cauldron, and the eruption may occur after the 2024 elections.  I do not want to be identified as a Gloom & Doomer, but we need to become aware of the dangers that are looming and pray for our nation and ourselves.

God bless you, and God bless America!

The America I knew in my early years and the America of our Founding Fathers seems to be a distant memory.  Things are transpiring in our American political system that we would have thought impossible just a few years ago.  Things are happening that are the characteristics of Totalitarian Regimes and Tyrannical Rule. 

Is America a Free Constitutional Republic no longer?  Have we allowed the political elitists, globalists, activists, and seekers of ‘fundamental transformation’ to prevail?  Are politicians and the public so detached from reality and sanity that the fall of our Republic is not only possible but probably?  Has the Republic already fallen? 

In my view, the modern Leftists are no longer concerned about the blatant hypocrisy in their policies and actions.  They are no longer concerned about the incredible injustice that is the fruit of their agenda.  They only care about one thing – POWER!  I acknowledge that political elitists on both sides of the aisle are desirous of that plum and willing to do anything to achieve it.  However, the Left have gone full throttle and pushed their chips to the center of the table.  They are All-In!

Recently, I was disturbed by the blatant disparity in justice and the overt targeting of anyone opposing the leftist agenda.  Two women in the 70s, Jean Marshall and Joan Bell, face up to eleven years in federal prison for blocking the entrance to an abortion clinic in 2020.  The charge is that they violated the ‘Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.’  An act that the Biden team has been actively enforcing against all pro-life activists while ignoring actions by the pro-choice activists and other Leftists. 

If I compare the possible penalty of these two women to that of the 42-year-old North Dakota man who ran over and killed an eighteen-year-old kid for being a Republican, it should be disturbing.  His sentence was five years in jail.  He was given credit for time served and will spend about four years in prison.  So, if you take the life of a conservative, you get a mild sentence, but if you seek to save the life of an unborn, you get a penalty more than double.  America, what happened to us?

You may hate Donald John Trump more than Lucifer himself, but surely you can admit that the charges against him and the absence of charges against Hillary Clinton scream hypocrisy.  If you question an election as a Democrat, it is honorable, but if you do so as a Republican, you are guilty of Treason or Insurrection.

Compare the sentences of the January 6 participants and the BLM and Antifa rioters; you again must see the incredible disparity and hypocrisy.  At least one of the January 6 participants received a 22-year sentence, but a BLM – Antifa rioter who set a deadly fire in a Minneapolis pawn shop was given ten years.  The prosecutor invoked the name of Martin Luther King, Jr. and asked the judge for leniency.  Wow!

We have the Biden administration with all the power, strength, force, and wherewithal of federal agencies protecting Hunter and Joe Biden.  Even in the light of a recent revelation that more than $250K was wired to Hunter from China, and the beneficiary address listed on the wires was Joe Biden’s home address in Delaware!  At the time of the wires, Hunter was living in California.  It smells like a rat to me, but I am a conservative; therefore, my opinion is invalid (at least to the Leftists).

I saw a poll conducted by RealClear Opinion Research that was enlightening.  74% of Republicans and 61% of Independents believe Speech should be legal “under any circumstances.”  55% of Democrats agreed.  Although that suggests that most voters want Speech to remain free, we must continue to see the accurate picture.

One-third of Democrats believe that Americans have ‘too much freedom.’  That’s right!  Too much freedom!  A majority of them approve of the government censoring social media content.  75% of them think the government has a mandate to limit ‘hateful’ posts on social media.  But hateful posts are deemed anything contrary to the Leftist’s view and ideological agenda. 

This lunacy extends far beyond the political arena, and the rabidity of the WOKE mentality is morphing clinical therapy to the point it is becoming worthless.  Have you heard of “Cultural Humility Training?”  I had not, but it is something that is being implemented for therapists and counselors. 

The proposed idea is that it will improve the skills of those mental health providers.  This stems from a philosophy that imputes compulsory collective racist guilt to white culture.  The term ‘cultural humility’ is a code word to ascribe to white culture the label of being incurably racist.  It is designed to impose guilt on white professionals, making them feel that they are collectively racists and practice an incurable obsession to oppress non-whites.  They deem that unforgivable, and no amount of repentance can attain forgiveness.  The desire is to humiliate whites and demand self-degeneration permanently.

This is an excerpt from their propaganda materials – “Culturally humble counselors are able to set aside their own beliefs and values and act as allies with clients, working toward positive personal change as well as advocating for larger societal change.”  I contend that anyone who sets aside their core beliefs and values is dangerously close to being psychopathic.

This course confuses or purposefully advances a false narrative regarding the difference between biases and values.  Biases are defined as mental limitations, whereas values are the foundation of human consciousness.  Right valuation based on unchanging truth is a powerful safeguard against bias and prejudice. 

As an example of how radically WOKE this theory is and how damaging it is to our Freedom and, any hope of finding a bridge to span the chasm of our divide is found in what should be a laughable example they offered. The author of the material suggested that the reason Irish, Italian, and German immigrant groups assimilated better than the more recent Asian and Latina groups was due to skin pigmentation. 

The author totally discounted the Irish, Italian, and German immigrants’ gratitude for being allowed to immigrate.  That gratitude propelled them to learn the language and become English-speaking patriotic citizens.  Their success was often tied to their assimilation and gratitude.  Not so, demands the author. It was simply because the earlier settlers looked at their physical image, and that racist view is the reason.  Wow!

This view insists that if you are white, you are incapable of not being an oppressor.  You will naturally commit “mocroassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations” on those not like you!  The therapists are encouraged to have a non-white observer sit in on the sessions to watch for one of those micro-in-famines!  Are you kidding me?  Having someone sit in on the therapy session to destroy further the psyche of the person seeking help is not productive. 

America, where are you?  What happened to the ideal of the Declaration of Independence that “All are created equal and have certain inalienable rights given by God?”  What happened to recognizing that we are not all the same, but if we are Americans, we have the same rights and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution and God Himself?   If we allow this insanity to continue, America will never recover, and we will be under the thumb of the Dictatorial Tyranny of the Left. 

We can rectify this, but not without prayer and forming a united front to fight for Faith, Family, and Freedom!

God bless you, and God bless America!

Yes, I modified a line from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet because I believe it is an apropos question and plea for all those who love our Republic and our Constitutional Liberties and Freedom.  If what you see happening in America does not disturb you, we need to check your pulse and place a mirror under your nose to be sure you are still with us. 

If you are still with me after that last statement, it is my contention that the America we see in 2022 barely resembles the America of the 20^th Century.  Well, at least up to the middle of the 20^th Century.  Back in the good old days, as we like to call them, America still resembled the Republic established by our Founding Fathers.  That has changed and is part of the promise or threat of Barack Hussein Obama to fundamentally transform America.

Everywhere I turn I see “Help Wanted or Now Hiring” signs.  I had a manager of a place of business say, “We are hiring people who will show up.”  I was told that a sizable number show up and work one day, expect to be paid that day, and don’t show up again.  I don’t know what they were working for that only required one day’s pay. 

I have not flown in some time, but I keep hearing the horrors of canceled flights due to shortages of pilots, etc.  I have been informed that many construction and infrastructure projects are being delayed because of a shortage of workers.  The healthcare industry has been decimated dating back to the Obamacare debacle and the horrendous edicts by this administration caused workers to flee. 

We have wage rates higher than ever and a declining pool of people who want to take advantage of those jobs.  The economy is in shambles although the White House is telling us we are in the best shape we have ever been.  I don’t know what they are smoking, but whatever it might be, it most assuredly contains some powerful hallucinogenic material.  More people are retiring early because they are tired of the hassles.

Unemployment benefits have been expanded, expanded, and expanded along with the welfare provisions creating a situation where it is more lucrative to sit on your butt at home than to work.  I have been told by some that they do not want a job because they make more for doing nothing than working, so why work?

The fear of COVID and the long-term health issues associated with the disease has created a condition where people are fearful of going back to work in a normal structure.  We have watched the Feds at the behest of the government print trillions of dollars to throw at projects that have not and cannot alleviate the problem.  Those dollars only exasperate the situation and do not rectify it.

We have homicides at an epidemic level and the only solution the Leftists and some on the Right see is to ban guns and strip law-abiding Americans of their inalienable right to self-defense and infringe upon our Constitutional guarantee to have guns.  The problem is not guns because guns are not even the most prolific tool or weapon used in homicides.  The problem is the condition of the heart, the mindset, the ideological indoctrination of self-centeredness, and the WOKE Politically Correct philosophy. 

One problem is the failure of Leftists controlled cities, states, and departments of justice to enforce the law.  Being weak on crime will not lessen crime it will cause it to increase exponentially.  The most stringent gun law cities and states are the most crime-ridden and homicide filled of all in America.  That alone speaks volumes.

We have the open admission of members of the Biden administration that the exorbitantly soaring prices at the gas pumps are desirable and needful to advance their dual agenda.  The agenda of transitioning America to Green Energy and forcing us to drive electric vehicles and the desire to promote the Liberal World Order that the globalists are seeking. 

Joe Biden on day one in the White House, kept a promise of waging war on the fossil fuel industry and shut down the Keystone XL Pipeline and with other actions created the pain at the pump we now face.  It did not have to be this way, but they wanted it this way and now he and they attempt to blame Donald Trump, Putin, COVID, and whatever other culprits they can manufacture.  Joe, you did it, admit it, suck it up and do something constructive to rectify your disaster.

What is Biden doing?  Is he opening the Pipeline or encouraging drilling on public lands and offshore?  No, he is selling off our Strategic Oil Reserves to Europe, India, and China.  Yes, I said China. Why would any person who cares about America and Americans take an action that facilitates the continuation of our dilemma and threaten our national sovereignty?  Why?  You can answer that, I will not speculate.

Why would you sell our Oil Reserves to a nation that wants to crush us and dominate us?  Why?  Maybe if we looked at the history of the Biden Family and China financially, we could come to a realistic conclusion.  Regardless of why something must be done and done quickly.  President Joe Biden could effectively end inflation and fix the American economy immediately if he and they wanted to.  I hear them say that they do, but actions speak louder than words.

We know that there are more than two trillion barrels of oil a thousand feet beneath the Rocky Mountains.  It is the largest untapped oil reserve in the world.  There is more crude in the ground in America than anywhere else in the world, yet they refuse to fix the problem. 

One more tidbit.  China is not even using the oil reserves we are shipping to them, according to the reports I have seen.  They are stockpiling those reserves for strategic purposes and with their incredible military build-up and desire for expansion, one can only imagine what those purposes are.  We may find ourselves as we did with Japan in WW II having the scrap metal, we sold them come back in the form of bullets and projectiles.  China may use our oil in an attack against us.  Imagine that!  We provide them the fuel to propel their weapons against us.  Wouldn’t that be peachy?

Not to ignore the inane and incessant push to advance the Critical Race Theory, fan the flames of racial discord, promote the slaughter of the unborn, and transform gender, culture, and destroy the family and the church is diabolical. 

Critical thinking is a modern dinosaur but a required exercise for any society to survive as a Free people.  Rather than advancing critical thinking academia is engaging in indoctrination.  Hate is allowed if you are non-white of European origin.  If you say, “All Lives Matter” you are deemed to be a racist or suffering from some phobia that makes you a vile person.  However, if you scream the “F” word and hurl insults and projectiles at those white, how does that not qualify as hate speech and a hate crime?  The call to kill us and prevent us from procreating is not an attempt to find a solution peacefully it is vile hate.

The Republicans surrendering to the demands of the cultural wars, the WOKE activists, the Gun Control zealots, and those forcing our children to be exposed to what can only be called pedophiliac presentations are killing America.  So, my question must be asked in closing, “America, America, Wherefore Art Thou?”   Maybe a better question would be, “Patriots, where are you?”  It is time to wake up and do what must be done to reclaim the America of our beginning.

God bless you and God bless America!

I will resist giving only the simplistic but correct answer to that question, “We turned away from God, morality, sensibility, strong families, and Republicanism as a form of government.”  That is the bottom line, but I want to focus on the condition not just how we got into this state as a nation.  I hope that I can articulate this well enough that it will open a few tightly closed eyes.  Although, I realize that I may simply be preaching to the choir.

We have an occupant in the White House ill-equipped mentally, emotionally, and morally to be President, but he is.  It is not the first time that we had an unqualified person occupying a high-level political office, but this is beyond anything I could have ever imagined.  I do not wonder what our Founding Fathers would say, I believe they would be rattling sabers and calling for immediate action.  I am not calling for armed rebellion, but prayerful consideration of the problem.

The illogical actions of Joe Biden regarding Russia, Ukraine, gender, energy, and the southern border brings to mind an illustration I heard or read.  In that account, a king sent his servant to purchase a fish for the king’s dinner.  The servant’s ineptitude or disregard for the king returned with a rotten fish.  The fish was cooked and after one bite the king began to choke and spat out the rotten offering.  His anger was epic.  He offered the servant three options for punishment.

Those choices were: (A). Pay a steep monetary fine.  (B). Submit to 30 lashes on his back. (C). Eat the fish.  The servant was destitute and had limited pain tolerance, so he opted to eat the fish.  However, after eating half the fish, he became ill and began vomiting uncontrollably.  So, he opted for the lashes but after 20 lashes he could no longer bear the pain and opted for the fine which would take all he had.  In the end, the servant had sustained whippings and eating half a fish he did not need to eat and paid a monetary price that left him penniless.  That is what the Left is doing to America or what their agenda has in store for us.

Someone said that Joe Biden is a zhlub, (an oaf, bumpkin, or simpleton).  Others have insisted that word comes woefully short of describing him and the destruction to our nation.  They view him as a plague of catastrophic proportions.  We are being plagued by his ineptitude, dementia, or willful destruction. He is clearly suffering from a diminished mental capacity, but that does not excuse his actions.

We have an immense problem on our southern border with over one million illegals being encountered in just six short months.  We have surging crime in the inner cities all led by extreme leftist liberal Democrats.  We have the decimation of public education which includes the dangerous CRT, same-sex curricula for children, and more.  We have lost our world leadership in oil and gas energy, going from energy independent to being energy dependent. 

Our foreign policy is a joke.  Our economy is being or has been destroyed by inflation and the supply chain issues are creating economic disaster.  This administration continues to appoint incompetents to high-level offices and the blunders, gaffes, and inane statements and actions by Biden plague us.  Then, we have Hunter Biden and the revelation of deep corruption and illegalities showing that Joe’s connection cannot be ignored.

It is my view that we do not have a real president of the United States.  We have an occupant of the White House and Oval Office that is mentally and morally incapable of leading this nation.  He is supposed to be the CEO of the American government but if a CEO of any corporation were as inept as he, that company would be bankrupt in short order.  He is supposed to set the objectives for the nation, he has failed miserably.  In contrast, President Trump was astute in fulfilling that aspect of the job. 

We have a situation where there is continual denial, diversion, distortion, and outright ignoring of the issues facing this nation.  His actions caused our gas prices to soar and now he pretends to care and is releasing millions of barrels of oil from our Strategic Reserve.  That may help in the short-term regarding prices at the pump but will place us in an incredibly dangerous position long term.  He could open the Keystone Pipeline and allow drilling on federal lands which would be a real solution.  Rather, he opts to ‘wag the dog’ and create the image of giving us relief, which many will praise rather than pursuing any real solution to the problem he created.

The racial discord is growing, and the Left is fanning those flames.  The gender problem allowing biological males to compete in women’s athletics is not healthy.  The federal government pays for sex-change surgery for those who ‘identify’ as another gender.  Allowing biological males in women’s restrooms is inviting incredible abuse and perversion.  The denuding of our military of needed weaponry is a recipe for disaster.

If any of Trump’s children had engaged in the illegal and treasonous activities that Hunter Biden, Joe’s son has, the media, Congress, and the courts would be crying for action 24/7.  But with Hunter and Joe, the crickets of silence are so loud it is deafening. 

Ron Paul made a statement that I agree with.  He said, “The New World Order undermines Liberty.”  I agree!  I believe that our solution to the problem in America is two-fold.  We must return to following the Constitution as it was written and allow no deviations from that guiding document.  Secondly, which is actually first, we must return to following God and allowing His spiritual, moral, ethical, and governmental principles to guide us. 

When former President Trump called for filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve when prices were low, Chuck Schumer bragged about stopping him.  How can that be justified?  The Green Energy crowd and Climate Change Alarmists praised Schumer and the Senate Democrats for that action.  How can they justify that action?  They justify actions that harm us long-term and denounce actions that are a means for long-term protection of our economy and our republic.

America, I do not believe that Biden and the Democrats who follow the toxic ideology of liberalism will pivot on the key issues facing America and that do us damage.  I hope their actions will result in a massive victory of ousting many of them from Congress and thereby open the door for some bureaucratic cleansing in our government. 

What issues am I referring to?  The administration’s negative energy policy.  Gas prices were low when Biden was inaugurated but have soared because of his undefendable policies.  Immigration was being addressed positively, but Biden immediately revoked the Trump policies and opened the border to illegals, terrorists, disease, and drugs. 

The ‘defund’ the police movements championed by the Left, the riots and destruction by BLM, and others have escalated due to the policies of handcuffing the police.  Education is a failure under this administration and the agenda being advanced will guarantee that its focus will be brainwashing not education.  Lastly, our foreign policy is an unmitigated disaster, and as Robert Gates stated, “Biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign and national security issue over the past four decades.”  Gates was the Defense Secretary under Obama. 

America, we can reclaim our republic.  We can, but will we?  Are we willing to take the austere steps required?  Are we willing to follow the directive of 2 Chronicles 7:14 and repent and return to God?  Are we willing to restore the Constitution to its lofty position as our guiding document in America?  Are we willing to forget party labels and vote out those pushing agendas that are detrimental to those objectives?  Are we willing to unite to fight for Faith, Family, and Freedom?  If we are we can reclaim America!

God bless you and God bless America!

Those who truly know me, know that everything I think about life is rooted in my understanding of God’s Word.  I base my entire life on the Word of God and the precepts taught therein.  We may disagree about what God’s Word says.  We may disagree politically, environmentally, economically, socially, and religiously.  We may, but that will not alter the fact that God is the God of All Creation!  He is the sovereign Lord of the universe!  He is the Creator and owner of everything!  That will not change with my endorsing or reject it.

Now that I have potentially alienated some and sufficiently pushed their hot button let me proceed regarding the condition in America.  The condition of the nation, in my view, is directly connected to our relationship with God and His Word.  The condition of the nation is directly related to the condition of the Body of Christ in the world today.  I would and possibly should say, the organized church not the Body of Christ.  I don’t want to engage in doctrinal or theological hair-splitting but want to relate a prophecy from the Old Testament to Israel to the condition in America.  I want to connect some dots in current events and make an impassioned plea to all who will hear and desire to restore the republic.

The prophecy to which I refer is that given to Ezekiel 13.  I believe that if you will read the entire prophecy and carefully examine it, you too will see some similarities and connecting of the dots.  The prophet was instructed to prophesy against the prophets who were offering words concocted from their own wishes, wants, desires, and imaginations.  They were not pointing the people back to God but giving false hope.  They were crying aloud, “Peace, where there was no peace.”   They were denying the moral and spiritual problems and thereby leading people down a primrose path to destruction.

The word to Ezekiel is fascinating.  He says that their efforts are like building flimsy walls that cannot withstand pressure or the elements.  In order to hide the weakness of their efforts they ‘whitewash’ the walls.  I see something similar in today’s America where religious and political leaders are proclaiming that America’s problems are only superficial.  They are denying the clear directives of the Bible and pursuing ideologies of convenience and personal gratification rather than repentance.

God said that He was going to unleash the elements against the flimsy whitewashed walls, and they would crumble.  If that can be related to America it is not a good word but a word of warning.  It is not saying that where we are in America is another round of the cyclical politics that we have witnessed for decades and generations.  It would be a warning that unless we return to our moral foundations, we will witness the walls of protection destroyed and then the republic will be overrun and destroyed.

The prophet’s words reveal that the people were pursuing pleasure and seeking everything but God.  They were calling evil good and good evil.  They were protecting that which should not be protected and leaving unprotected that which should be protected.  They were aligning themselves in opposition to the precepts that had made them the greatest nation of their time.  They were engaging in practices that demanded the divine protection of God be removed and the judgment of God to come.  I see that in America today. 

In the current administration, there are so many things being pursued that remind me of ancient Israel.  We have politicians on the Left insisting that requiring proper identification to vote is somehow suppression of voting and racist.  However, to get into their conventions and to receive their entitlements identification is required.  That would suggest that their position on Voter ID is hypocritical and an example of planned fraud and corruption.  They insist they are fighting for Democracy but forget that we are a Representative Democracy or a Republic.  Everyone who desires honest elections should favor a process by which every voter is identified as legitimate and only one vote per person is cast. 

This current administration is passionately seeking to force citizens to comply with their myriad of mandates.  The man in the White House declared, “In America, if you lose (an election), you accept the results.”  Imagine that!  At that very time, Texas Democrats were fleeing the state to prevent any legislation on voting.  The very party that claims to be fighting for the rights of the voters has advanced proposed legislation and executive edicts to curb freedom of speech, religion, and to gain total control of the information highway.  They use propaganda and their media allies to attempt to shut down debates and eliminate all political opposition.

Tyrants have, through the centuries, used the theoretical welfare of the people as their alibi for the heinous acts and draconian impositions they pursue.  The French philosopher Camus said, “The welfare of the people, in particular, has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.”  Deception and believing a lie enable people to pursue their own destruction feeling good and holier than thou.

Our founding fathers and the framers of the American Constitution believed in and sought for a government of, by, and for the people.  The Left and godless of today have no desire for such a government.  The Left does not trust the very people who elected them.  They desire to control and prefer that people not be exposed to the truths of God’s Word with regard to interpersonal relationships and moral values. 

I will not get into an argument on being or not being vaccinated.  I see that as a personal choice and hopefully, everyone has made their choice in an informed manner, using factual data, not hyperbole or propaganda.  You can get seemingly valid information from both sides on Google. There are scientist and doctors on both sides of this issue countering each other. That reinforces my conviction that it must be a heart issue and I must seek the direction of God for me, not for anyone else, but for me!

The threat to go ‘door to door’ is an infringement on so many of our inalienable rights it is deeply troubling.  It is doubly troubling when there is not effort or plan to use the same mandate on the illegals flooding into our country.  All this should trouble those who support the vaccine and those who do not.  If they can do this and can identify everyone who has or has not been vaccinated what next? 

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra declared that it is “absolutely the government’s business” to know who has and has not been vaccinated.  That smacks with a totalitarian mindset and exhibits the depth or height to which Statism has reached.  It suggests that the interests of the government are superior to the people’s idea of their own needs or interests.  I am convinced that the Left believes that the term ‘democracy’ means placing power in the hands of the purveyors of the toxic liberal progressive agenda.  I am persuaded they believe, that if there is a conflict then the government is empowered if not mandated to exercise totalitarian power and squash all dissent.

We are building flimsy walls in the supposed effort to build and protect America.  Walls that are not established on factual data, biblical principles, or morality.  We are rapidly becoming a people who serve the god of self-interest and the proverbial question looms large, “What’s in it for me?”  When an administration openly appoints people or takes positions that are aggressively anti-American the walls of protection are nothing more than whitewashed pretenses and cannot survive. 

I hope that everyone will open their hearts and eyes and see the moral condition of our nation.  I hope that everyone will make it a personal objective to allow the Golden Rule to become part of our interpersonal relationships.  I hope that everyone will research American history and our founding and realize that our founders recognized the importance of God’s providence, smile, and the value of His word.  If we return to God, He will return to us.  America has hope but only as a nation that will become One, Under God!

God bless you and God bless America!