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I don’t know why!

If you still think that we have a fully functioning government …

If you still think that we have a constitutional republic …

If you still think that we honor our uniquely American culture …

If you still think that we live under the rule of law …

If you still think that our judicial system is impartial …

If you still think that you can get a fair trial …

If you still think that you have uninfringeable rights …

If you still think that we live in a Christian society …

If you still think that our infrastructure is sound …

If you still think that you are safe in your environment …

If you still think that our education system is superior …

If you still think that we can vote in a government responsive to the people …

If you still think that our nation as established can survive …

A couple of quick notes

Here’s yet another great post from John Wilder:

The Big Short – The Next Step Down

Fun fact: we were forced (yes, literally! — don’t ask!) to buy a home in March of 2022. We paid probably twice what the home is worth, and were lucky to have done that well. We’re getting by financially, but it’s not exactly how I envisioned my dotage playing out. Still, I find my 75yoa “Goggins” version (just KFG!) quite challenging.

Note two

I feel obliged to say that in at least one way, I regret my previous “Ding Dong …” post. It’s not that I feel like I treated her unfairly, but I feel that it is also true that I have no real right to judge her, given my own life of sin. I despise her and many of her peers for what they are, but I do not hold myself as better than they, and I would not want anyone to think that I do.

Have a blessed day!

Ding dong …

Wot, too soon?! Not soon enough in my book.

Here’s a list of her illustrious “legislative accomplishments”. Try to suppress your gag reflex:

  • global warming
  • fuel economy standards
  • legal protection to forests
  • violence against women act
  • 1994 assault weapons ban
  • legislation banning/limiting sales of firearms
  • LGBTQ+ rights and the legalization of same-sex marriage
  • helped shape “policy on criminal law, national security, immigration, civil rights and the courts,” according to her Senate office biography

Oh, and by the way, she was every bit the war pig as was her counterpart Crash McCain.

Please note that everything the hag worked for served to expand the role of government in controlling the lives of this nation’s citizens.

The despicable Chuckie Schumer and the quisling Thom Thillis were among the first to cry crocodile tears over her. And I’m sure Governor Hairspray will exceed himself in appointing a successor as soon as possible, given that the present situation could produce a 49-49 split in the Senate if Bullion Bob Menendez gets the boot. (Look for a black Chinese LGBTQIA+ illegal alien as the most likely candidate — you heard it here first.)

Adios, Feinswine. You’ve put your finger in your last bullet hole.

Numbers of the Beast

To date, the USSA has sent about $76 billion to Ukraine to fund the Russia-Ukraine War. Total funding requested is about $135 billion. (Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies)

While funding for the Lahaina victims is hard to pin down exactly, the Biden administration has pledged $95 million to help Maui recover.

As for the late lamented East Palestine (remember them?), EPA is leading the cleanup and Norfolk Southern has a roughly $8 million commitment to the area.

But East Palestine is well down the memory hole, and every effort appears to be being made to disappear Lahaina, with additional incentives to do so, given the valuable land grab property available there. Meanwhile, the Ukraine narrative still has a strong beat to it, and it appears it will for some time to come.

Something is wrong with a system that distributes its assets in such a maner. If nothing else convinces you that our government is corrupt beyond redemption, surely this disparity alone should do so.

Not only are we not taking care of our own, but our floodgate immigration policies appear designed to make “our own” a completely different demographic. And speaking of funding, estimates of the existing burden caused by illegals range as high as $180 billion a year for those currently in the US, though precise numbers are even more difficult to come by in this particular arena.

The long and the short of it is that we are experiencing a fundamental restructuring of our nation’s population which, coupled with a faltering economy, must almost surely lead to the death of our constitutional republic if we do not become far more actively involved in restoration of our core values. It is up to each of us individually to determine the fate of our nation. And soon.

The Bedraggled Sparrow

This morning I entered the kitchen to hear a beautiful song from a bird. It sounded very close, and seemed, I imagined, full of joy.

As I opened the blinds and looked out, I saw the shabbiest sparrow I have ever seen. His feathers were sticking out all over and he looked as if he had just come through a windstorm.

But there he sat, perched on the back of a lawn chair, facing my kitchen window, singing his heart out for me, and for all creation to hear, without, I imagined, a care in the world.

It seemed to me to be a message from the universe; at least I took it as such. So today, despite my own disarray, I shall attempt to sing joyfully.

May your day be blessed also!