IN DEFENSE OF COMMON SENSE
By Hetty Gray
# 309
Prayer – the answer, but not the only one!
January 9, 2025
We need, corporately and individually, to pray for the State of California. Since Reagan was Governor of California, the incremental slip into socialism and progressive policies has not only stymied the population holding solid, constitutional thought, but has also nearly destroyed what once was lauded as the most beautiful and prosperous our states.
If you look up Reagan’s speeches as he ran for President, you will hear him cite that if California were a country, it would have ranked among the topmost in the world. Oh, how time has changed that vision!
If truth be told, the American farmer is the most fervent environmentalist. His very life depends upon his stewardship of the land and water. Yet, the progressive left considered the Delta Smelt fish more important than the water flowing from Northern to Southern California. The Department of Commerce put forth an act to initiate the flow of water from the snow melt in the north to the south, but Governor Newsom refused to sign it. The result is all too painful. Thousands homeless, thousands of structures burned to the ground and municipalities with no water. They ran out!
And the L.A. budget? Millions to homeless – who, incidentally, caused nearly 14,000 fires in one calendar year and a cut in the budget of the Los Angeles Fire Department. If there were an Oscar for stupid, it would need to be shared by the Governor, the Mayor of L.A. and all the department heads who did not hold up their oaths of office.
Only one entity rules the earth, and it is not the Democratic Party. It is God. This is not to say that there is an underlying message in these horrendous fires. They are, in fact, a visible and visceral warning of what will continue to wreak havoc on California if voters do not wake up and realize that what they voted for has come around to bite them in the pocketbook — and sadly – perhaps paved the way to the funeral home.
Take a look at these quotes from 2016: …when Ronald Reagan was governor. We had a surplus. He actually gave money back to the people of California.
The state once was famous for having the best education system, the best business climate, the best roads and infrastructure in America. It was a growing, dynamic paradise where people came to pursue their dreams and hopes.
Now California’s a wreck that people and businesses are leaving in droves. And Gov. Brown and his gang are offering us more of the same this fall – higher income and sales taxes and a bullet train no one wants but them.”
Sound familiar. The litany of incompetence continues and the population able to leave are getting out!
Is prayer the answer? Certainly common sense is fighting a losing battle. The specter of Hollywood affixing itself and its studios and celebrities to the left is not helping. Oh, for the days of John Wayne and James Stewart. If you can, pull up “America: Why I love her!” a magnificent message from John Wayne.
I haven’t seen actors champing to volunteer for military service as they did in World War II. Search a list of those actors who volunteered in that war. You will be astounded at the number and quality of those men. Not that women did not step forward. The USO and military nurses certainly did their part.
Prayer and a return to the mentality that we humans are the creation of a loving and beneficent God is a good step. Pray for California. It is unlikely that those in control who are destroying the state will willingly resign. Fat chance.
Pray for California. It may be the only message that gets through. They need a an entity more powerful than man. Think about it.