IN DEFENSE OF COMMON SENSE
By Hetty Gray
# 287
January 7, 2021
“Letters of home….”
On first glance, the content may be murky. Allow me to extrapolate.
First, the letter “F.” Not the dismal, much uttered term that exemplifies profanity. I delve more to the core than to surface nonsense.
Five. Five years ago a successful businessman and his wife descended a golden moving stairs to begin a movement to elevate America. Four. A farce said some. And so it began. Every day for four years mainstream media and leftists attacked this man. And for what? He offered basic business sense to a bloated, out of control government spending machine.
And what did he do? He delivered. Apply that term broadly to the United States government. He came from a solid Christian background. If you have the opportunity to watch two videos, go find them on the web. One is “The Hebrides Revival,” and the other is “Donald’s Bible.” You will learn a lot about Donald John Trump.
To many of us, he was the hope for our country. He put the phrase “America First” out there for the world to see, followed by “Made in America.” No longer could he stand by and see us on the proverbial short end of the stick — footing the bill for the world at large. He put his career behind him and jumped headlong into a swamp — a swamp far worse than any of us imagined.
“B” Blunt? You bet. To the point. His words mirrored those of countless millions of Americans who never had the luxury of operating their households with no thought to a budget. Don’t let Congress make excuses for their behavior when it comes to money. Instead of planning ahead, they have — for decade — failed to negotiate a budget until the very last minute. Using a government “shut down” as the ax, they slashed any thought of cutting back.
Better. He knew that American could do better and he set about to see that it turned the corner to better days.
Back to “F” — what has been the effect on the American people? Well, leftists have gone at it tooth and nail to destroy the FOUNDATIONS of our lives. Freedom is on the chopping block. If you don’t believe that, then just heed what the left has in mind for you. FAITH is not an option. Churches across this nation have capitulated to a closing mechanism so handy to those who want nothing less than to demoralize and depress the society. How have we become sheep and listened to these people. Had we protected those of us most vulnerable to this virus (a Chinese gift, by the way), business could have continued. Consider Florida. It has the largest population of old folks and Florida is doing well. Blue states are collapsing, only to depend of government. How convenient for the leftists.
FINANCIAL HEALTH. Cross that off, too. Widespread business closures have dismantled what was, for centuries, the be-all end-all of success. Opportunity. Entrepreneurship. Ambition. Accomplishment. All these and more…
What better way to destroy an entire country than to dismantle, one by one, the critical parts of its life. The recent “rules changes” in the House of Representatives should shake Americans to the core. Banned words of the Culture Police now include mother, father, son, daughter, aunt and uncle. Sadly, this is probably just the beginning.
There will be historians who look back at this time — if our Republic survives this onslaught — and assess the early 21st century. Don’t expect those in power to consider what your family will face. They operate for the “greater good” don’t you see? Do you feel good about that position?
Nothing corrupts more than power, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Power, for itself alone, shines as the enemy of peace. Rumors of BLM and Antifa agitators inserting themselves into the rally to support the president. flew about our nation’s capital well ahead of the rally.
The Trump rallies, over the years, were happy events. Those attending did not leave piles of trash in their wake. Enthusiasm reigned and those very few who sought to disrupt were removed immediately. Media mocked the events. Violence was only apparent when protestors showed up and started it all by themselves. Remember Senator Rand Paul and his wife when they were surrounded by anarchists as they walked back along the streets of Washington, D.C.? Remember the mobs destroying beautiful statues? Where was the outcry then? It was absent.
Now, contrast the riots in Portland and other cities where anarchists rioted in the streets, torching and looting buildings and destroying family businesses Americans died at their hands. And the mainstream media’s take? They made excuses for the criminals and expounded psychological trash with abandon. Those mobs had a “cause.” Really?
Did the left condemn these riots? No. They were completely silent. They labeled them “peaceful protests.” Media anger is selective. It only targets conservatives. It ignores what it wants to support.
Back to letters. If there is one letter than exemplifies the weakness of those who seek to take this country in the worst direction possible, it is “L.” Where is LOVE of country? LOVE of fellow man. Were is LOYALTY? Oh, they are loyal all right — to each other. But the deep love of America is nowhere to be seen — or heard.
All of us who shudder at what undoubtedly lies around the corner cannot remain silent. Silence is acceptance. We cannot turn the other way. If we do, we are no better than those on the left who stood by and watched those riots and said not a word.
Our voices are muffled by big tech. Big business, for all of its strong points, is a means of power. Just look at the entities that own our media. The crux of communism is the suppression of information. That is what we see today. Out only resource is Talk Radio, and just how long do you think the left will tolerate that? It sickens me to think what the FCC could do to what is left of free speech on the airwaves.
Only one entity is infallible. It is not man. It is God. When a nation turns against God, the result is not good. Not all of us have turned against God, but enough have to warrant a lot of attention. Churches allied with a national governing body have lost their independence. Politicized to a disgusting degree, the pulpit is not what it once was. People of faith are expendable to the left. We are much too risky to have around. We hold to the Ten Commandments.
Why not take a look at these basic rules for order and consider critically what has happened.
Read The Ten Commandments with the last election in mind.
Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
The left seeks to replace God with government.
Thou shalt make no idols.
Lest I say more?
You shalt not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
What was that Obama said, “folks who cling to their religion….” ?
Keep the Sabbath day holy.
The left is doing its best to sabotage the Sabbath.
Honor your father and mother.
Now Pelosi and minions mandate that the very names themselves are off limits
You shall not steal.
Oops! The election again.
You shall not commit adultery.
… unless you are a Democrat.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
If we made a list of the false accusations against Donald Trump….
You shall not covet.
Ah, yes. Covet. That certainly applies to the Presidency and those Georgia Senate seats.
And so we have it. We are left to try to survive under a group of people hell bent (good term, huh?) to take over our lives and turn topsy turvy the beacon of hope known as America.
Take heart. A friend of mine offered a bit of wisdom, and it fits well to the situation in which we find ourselves.
Like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, we find ourselves in a fiery furnace. It matters not that we are in that fiery furnace. What matters is who is in there with us. If God be for us, then who can be against us?