We are
presently being conditioned to withdraw from public mention of any
displeasure with our current administration. Our president has not
united our country; he has in fact divided it. Those who now oppose him
and
his policies are increasingly demonized as treasonous. That
is ridiculous. Let me
set the record straight--PATRIOTISM is defined in Webster's as "a
zealous love of one's country." That's love of one's
COUNTRY. Not one's
country's leaders. Not one's country's policies--either foreign or
domestic. It is not love of a political party. The privilege to openly disagree with
governmental policies is a constitutional right fought and died for by
our
forefathers and mothers. I am unaware that the first amendment has
been
repealed. Also, for the record, there *are* more than just two
political parties in America. That is AMERICA, folks, not the Soviet
Union. Not Iraq. Why are we behaving as if there are only two
political parties, and that they are "right" and "wrong"? Very Hegleian. Such thinking
is divisive. Please,
please wake up.
Those of you with
children and grandchildren 18-26 years of age, male and female alike,
now make note--while you were preening yourselves and back-patting one
another on your partisan pedigrees, please note: there is current
legislation pending for a "universal draft". No deferments accepted.
Email me and I will send you to the legislation. You will not
have a voice if it is ratified, regardless of your partisan
inclinations. Such
legislation has already successfully passed the Senate and is
currently awaiting ratification in the House. By the time I post
this it will no doubt be in the news. (I warned you eighteen
months ago, didn't I?) And, please---spare me your contempt
re: a need to increase our military to continue fighting. So far,
we know of around American 1000 servicemen dead, 15,000 sick and
wounded, yet ZERO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION HAVE BEEN FOUND. Those
who
oppose this war on terror
("Saddam has WOMD...bin Laden is
public enemy #1") -- make no mistake about it------WE DO INDEED
support out courageous troops serving in this horrific and
ill-conceived war. Many of us even have family members who are veterans
of several wars.
My
brothers all served in the Army; my uncle Paul worked at the Pentagon.
I and all of my family and friends DO support our brave soldiers--they
far more courageous than anyone in
our current administration. If the truth be known, only Colin Powell
honorably served. And for
those still under the illusion that there are only
two candidates to vote for in
the coming election, go here to compare
war records of your current 2 picks:
http://www.awolbush.com/kerry-vs-bush.asp.
What is now happening to our planet, our country
(has everyone lost
their
mind, you ask) seems to have started long ago and far
away. FYI, I presently
concur with those fools who believe that those
powers currently moving and shaping events
(which may or may not be be
hurling us all toward a Pan-American Union via Pax Americana--like Pax
Romana--or the
template of the
Bush/Cheney Project for the New American Century, a NWO
or global governance) all spring
from a single odious reservoir, whether such forces be
part of
an Illuminati, the CFR, Bilderberg-ers, international bankers, Club of
Rome, Freemasons, Round Table-rs--regardless of the label, all heads of
the same goat----all are but individual parts of an uglier whole.
All exhibit the same depraved indifference for humanity as a whole, as
well as individually.
All participants serve the same
god.....self.
In the Bible, Jesus talks of a time
when God will permit His own order on earth to be nearly overthrown and
destroyed by the "beast's system", symbol of the anti-Christ.
Jesus states that such a time will come upon us bringing a deception so
strong as to deceive even God's children, if that were possible.
That means, many won't know they are being deceived. Judging from
Americans' blind adulation of GWB right now, I'd
say this shoe fits, presently. They do not read history.
Hitler demanded similar devotion to himself and his vision of the new
vaterland (homeland, fatherland). All who disagreed----well, you
know what happened.
In the Bible, Matthew, chapter 24, verses 3 to the end, refer to
a time of certain civil/spiritual chaos. But, as
with all biblical prophecy, such words warrant both a
near or present interpretation, as well as a future
interpretation. Jerusalem, along with the Israelites' primary
temple,
was indeed razed in 70 A.D. after a period of intense persecution,
suffering, and tribulation. But we know, both from older prophecy
and from Jesus' own words, that such prophecy is intended for a
future context as well. So while it may appear to us today that,
given the current growing unrest, we may indeed
be living in an end time scenario, one could certainly observe as much
regarding nearly
every
oppressed or divided civilization, and/or climactic cataclysm. It
is just
particularly odious when so illumined and well educated a
civilization as our own appears so efforltessly deceived by its
(elected:-) leaders.
Those of us who
*trust* God's Handbook-to-Survival to guide them
through impending chaos and disorder, may at least experience His calm
in the eye
of such a storm, and may even find themselves able to lead others to a
place of peace despite
the fit-hitting-the-shan around them. In other words, we who
trust the Lord, though certainly not to be spared tribulation
ourselves, may still be
able to provide safety, reassurance, and encouragement, despite what
may befall us all. It is my belief things are soon going
get a lot rougher than they are. I also believe that right after
the 2004 election Americans will be surprised to find many things out
of
their personal control. They may too soon find their own sons and
daughters, 18-26 years old, drafted into mandatory universal military
service beginning
next Spring or Summer--no deferments accepted; no medical exceptions
made. Unless such legislation is thwarted.
This bill for a universal
draft,
S
89, has already
passed the Senate and is currently poised to be ratified in the
House. The President is bringing pressure to bear on our congress
to
quickly ratify it.
(He did the
same thing with the USA Patriot Act.
Perhaps it is time you bothered to read that, now, too.)
You
may read the wording of
S
89 and all other current and pending legislation at the
Thomas Law web
pages, our definitive source for congressional goings on. Or just type
it
into Google, and pack a lunch.....
Yet, this will be but the
beginning
of sorrows.....
When things begin changing rapidly before your eyes, and you
realize it
made little difference who actually sat in the White House, that both
parties
and leaders
were both heads of the same self-serving goat, then you may finally
start
to wake up and panic because things truly are not as they seem. And
when you realize you were sleeping through life drugged by your own
comfort and complacency you may panic. And when you realize you
have indeed been profoundly lied to, you may begin to despair.
But
please do not
lose hope. Humans, leaders,
and political parties were never worthy of your trust/faith, but there
is One who is. Whether or not we are headed for a NWO,
politicians and pundits may eternally disagree on--historians may
disagree on--theologians may disagree on--and--as you
have read, many who post opinions here will certainly disagree
on. Regardless, I believe wherever our world is headed,
there is something in that
contentious book--the Bible--that IS now worthy of our
consideration.
Especially when we begin to wonder from where will we obtain sufficient
strength to
sustain us.
Let me offer the
following:
According to the Bible, on
the day of Pentecost, a once-cowardly-disciple, now
emboldened-apostle--Peter--opened his mouth and began to shout the
following to a startled and confused crowd:
"And it shall
come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit
upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream
dreams:
And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days
of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will
show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood,
and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be
turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming
of
the great and awful day of the Lord: And it
shall come to pass, [that] whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord
shall be saved." (Acts 2:17-21)
Such words, however, were intended
to comfort and reassure us. They are called the Gospel of
Christ. To those who despair such words truly are "good
news."
God's Word is said to be
infallible. We could use
a little infallible good news right
now. We could use One to trust who, unlike our politicians, is truly trustworthy. And
simply by turning to Him, He offers all who need Him help, freedom from
fear, hope,
and His own peace which transcends our intellectual
understanding. All at no
cost to us. The price for asking has already been paid in advance
by another...
I personally
have "known" such things. They are yours, too, for simply
asking Him.
If any of you doubts this, and wishes to read what the God of
scripture truly
requires of us, go read John 6:28, 29. Jesus' words are concise,
succinct, and to the point. Then read John chapter 14, all of it.
If that doesn't begin a work of calming in your heart, I don't know
what will. Let
CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox, and those "more knowledgeable"--the thinkers, the
pundits, the politicians,
and those philosophers of our current age--all argue among themselves,
ad
infinitum. Let them prognosticate, prevaricate, and
calculate, ad nauseum.
In the end,
however, there will be only one thing which will truly
matter.
It is my prayer you each will find it.
Pray for our soldiers in harm's way....
And may now God help us all...
--Betty
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