In the last week, 1,122 locations in the United States either tied or set a record for the lowest temperature on that date. Chigaco saw its coldest weekend in decades (including record low temperatures) before this week's Al Gore Climate Training meeting. Haven't heard that reported in the "mainstream media", have you....
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July 29 saw the 7th Daily Record in 8 Days for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent, 185,000 sq km higher than the previous record which occurred in 2010. And it was 870,000 sq km higher than the 30 year mean.
More evidence of global warming, of course.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Why I Am Not, and Never Will Be, a Catholic
Recently, Pope Francis was in his home country of Brazil and had some startling things to say about homosexuals, startling from the perspective that he is supposed to be the leader of the Christian world, and the spokesman for God on earth. Here is what he said:
"We shouldn't marginalize people for this [homosexuality]. They must be integrated into society...If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?"
Yea, Pope Francis, in one sense, you don't have to judge them, because God already has; He has made it easy for you, all you have to do is say what He said. Jehovah has made it very plain, in His Book, that homosexuality is "vile," "against nature," and "shameful" (Romans 1:26-27). Homosexuals and sodomites will not "inherit the kingdom of God" (I Corinthians 6:10-11). Jesus condemned fornication (Mark 7:21), which is a general term for any sexual sin committed outside of marriage. Indeed, marriage, "from the beginning" was between "male and female" (Matthew 19:4). If someone is "gay" and "searches for the Lord," that person will repent of that sin, if he/she wants to please God--and I certainly hope and pray every homosexual will do just that. With his statements, Francis has done at least two things--one, absolutely ignore the Word of the God he claims to represent, and two, open the door for homosexuals to continue in their abominable, unnatural, soul-damning practices. No Christian could ever support what the Pope said, or the Catholic Church in general for that matter, for no such institution exists anywhere in the pages of Holy Writ.
The major problem with the Catholic Church is, of course, its rejection of the Bible as the final, only, and authoritative word of God. Ever since it evolved into existence, the Catholic Church has made up its doctrine as it went along, accepting or rejecting the Bible on grounds of human expediency. The words of man have, to Catholics, become more authoritative than the words of God. That's very dangerous, and actually, is the identical doctrine of modern leftism. And, not surprisingly, when the Catholic Church had political power in Medieval Europe (and beyond), it used that power to kill masses of people who didn't agree with it--just like the left did in the 20th century. From a philosophic standpoint, there is no difference between the Catholic Church and modern leftism; they both exalt human "wisdom" above divine revelation, and history has proven that such an exaltation has, as noted, led to mass murders by whoever had the power to enforce that philosophy.
When you leave the foundation of the Word of God, which is the only true standard of righteousness and holiness, then there is no place to stop, nothing beyond human opinion. And one human's opinion is just as good any other's.
"We shouldn't marginalize people for this [homosexuality]. They must be integrated into society...If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?"
Yea, Pope Francis, in one sense, you don't have to judge them, because God already has; He has made it easy for you, all you have to do is say what He said. Jehovah has made it very plain, in His Book, that homosexuality is "vile," "against nature," and "shameful" (Romans 1:26-27). Homosexuals and sodomites will not "inherit the kingdom of God" (I Corinthians 6:10-11). Jesus condemned fornication (Mark 7:21), which is a general term for any sexual sin committed outside of marriage. Indeed, marriage, "from the beginning" was between "male and female" (Matthew 19:4). If someone is "gay" and "searches for the Lord," that person will repent of that sin, if he/she wants to please God--and I certainly hope and pray every homosexual will do just that. With his statements, Francis has done at least two things--one, absolutely ignore the Word of the God he claims to represent, and two, open the door for homosexuals to continue in their abominable, unnatural, soul-damning practices. No Christian could ever support what the Pope said, or the Catholic Church in general for that matter, for no such institution exists anywhere in the pages of Holy Writ.
The major problem with the Catholic Church is, of course, its rejection of the Bible as the final, only, and authoritative word of God. Ever since it evolved into existence, the Catholic Church has made up its doctrine as it went along, accepting or rejecting the Bible on grounds of human expediency. The words of man have, to Catholics, become more authoritative than the words of God. That's very dangerous, and actually, is the identical doctrine of modern leftism. And, not surprisingly, when the Catholic Church had political power in Medieval Europe (and beyond), it used that power to kill masses of people who didn't agree with it--just like the left did in the 20th century. From a philosophic standpoint, there is no difference between the Catholic Church and modern leftism; they both exalt human "wisdom" above divine revelation, and history has proven that such an exaltation has, as noted, led to mass murders by whoever had the power to enforce that philosophy.
When you leave the foundation of the Word of God, which is the only true standard of righteousness and holiness, then there is no place to stop, nothing beyond human opinion. And one human's opinion is just as good any other's.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
A Great Tweet
Somebody posted this yesterday on Tweeter:
"If Obama had a city, it would look like Detroit."
Yeah. Detroit has suffered through decades of black, Democratic, liberal rule. It looks like a Third World African country because that is the leadership it has had. Cities like Detroit, Chicago, Newark, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and all of the state of California, are microcosms (or larger) of liberalism. And because liberalism controls the American education system, the products of that system are too ignorant and mal-educated to realize it. We've had over a generation of that sort of education now, and that's why someone so incompetent and unqualified as Barack Obama can get elected in the first place.
Detroit is Barack Obama's America. And that's where he, and liberals, want to take the rest of the country.
"If Obama had a city, it would look like Detroit."
Yeah. Detroit has suffered through decades of black, Democratic, liberal rule. It looks like a Third World African country because that is the leadership it has had. Cities like Detroit, Chicago, Newark, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and all of the state of California, are microcosms (or larger) of liberalism. And because liberalism controls the American education system, the products of that system are too ignorant and mal-educated to realize it. We've had over a generation of that sort of education now, and that's why someone so incompetent and unqualified as Barack Obama can get elected in the first place.
Detroit is Barack Obama's America. And that's where he, and liberals, want to take the rest of the country.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Maybe It's Time to Move to Kenya
William Ruto is the Deputy President of Kenya. He had a few choice words for Barack Obama, who has recently been in Africa, pushing his decadent American morality. Mr. Ruto did not appreciate Obama's debauched, licentious hedonism. He said that while Kenya was ready to work with other "sovereign and God-fearing" nations, "no one should have any worry about Kenya’s stand as a God-fearing nation. President Obama is a powerful man but we trust in God as it is written in the Bible that cursed is the man who puts trust in another man."
The President of Kenya lecturing the President of the United States on morality and decency. Sickening and saddening.
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I don't know who said this, but it's a good quote: "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him had better take a closer look at the American Indian."
The President of Kenya lecturing the President of the United States on morality and decency. Sickening and saddening.
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I don't know who said this, but it's a good quote: "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him had better take a closer look at the American Indian."
Thursday, June 27, 2013
My Only Surprise....
....is that the Supreme Court got the decision regarding the Voting Rights Act correct. It is the first correct thing the Court has done in a long time. I would have been utterly shocked if they had made the proper decision on "gay" marriage.
I have almost no interest, any more, in living in the United States. Why would I want to live in a country where the people, and especially, the leadership is so stupid that it no longer knows what marriage is? And further, why would I want to live in a country where the people and leadership are so wicked, immoral, and perverted that they would spit in God's face and glorify such putrid, disgusting behavior as homosexuality? I have had no confidence in American leadership for a long time; this most recent action only further confirms and solidifies that total lack of confidence. There is absolutely no concern in Washington, D.C., any more with doing the right thing, based upon the eternal truths of God's Word. And things aren't any better on the state level.
China's leadership, of course, is certainly far from perfect, being tyrannical and oppressive. But that is China's history and I can understand it. America has no excuse, because the United States was founded upon Christian principles, with its people, at least theoretically, accepting the Bible and Judeo-Christian morality as its guiding light. The majority of Americans--at least its leadership--has completely, deliberately, and willfully rejected that standard for a self-centered, responsibility-rejecting, pleasure-seeking, "anything (politically correct) goes" ethical base. It is certainly not new in history; almost 3500 years ago, in Israel, the morality was "every man did that which was right in his own eyes." It would be nice if people would learn from history, but they don't; as Hegel said, "history teaches us that men learn nothing from history," and destruction always results. Men have frequently called evil good, and good evil. I can't be surprised at it, but, at the same time, as someone who loves God and mankind, I can't help but be sad and frustrated. But there isn't a thing in the world I can do about it, either. Well, I can continue to try to teach the truth, but I've been doing that for 40 years and the downhill slide of America has continued on greased wheels. And, with Obama and the Democrats in full control of the throttle now, that degeneration is accelerating. Saving a few is all that's left.
And, indeed, "few there be who find it," Jesus said. How few is increasingly manifest. But the light is in our hands; it has been for 2,000 years now. We have no one to blame but ourselves for our own destruction.
I have almost no interest, any more, in living in the United States. Why would I want to live in a country where the people, and especially, the leadership is so stupid that it no longer knows what marriage is? And further, why would I want to live in a country where the people and leadership are so wicked, immoral, and perverted that they would spit in God's face and glorify such putrid, disgusting behavior as homosexuality? I have had no confidence in American leadership for a long time; this most recent action only further confirms and solidifies that total lack of confidence. There is absolutely no concern in Washington, D.C., any more with doing the right thing, based upon the eternal truths of God's Word. And things aren't any better on the state level.
China's leadership, of course, is certainly far from perfect, being tyrannical and oppressive. But that is China's history and I can understand it. America has no excuse, because the United States was founded upon Christian principles, with its people, at least theoretically, accepting the Bible and Judeo-Christian morality as its guiding light. The majority of Americans--at least its leadership--has completely, deliberately, and willfully rejected that standard for a self-centered, responsibility-rejecting, pleasure-seeking, "anything (politically correct) goes" ethical base. It is certainly not new in history; almost 3500 years ago, in Israel, the morality was "every man did that which was right in his own eyes." It would be nice if people would learn from history, but they don't; as Hegel said, "history teaches us that men learn nothing from history," and destruction always results. Men have frequently called evil good, and good evil. I can't be surprised at it, but, at the same time, as someone who loves God and mankind, I can't help but be sad and frustrated. But there isn't a thing in the world I can do about it, either. Well, I can continue to try to teach the truth, but I've been doing that for 40 years and the downhill slide of America has continued on greased wheels. And, with Obama and the Democrats in full control of the throttle now, that degeneration is accelerating. Saving a few is all that's left.
And, indeed, "few there be who find it," Jesus said. How few is increasingly manifest. But the light is in our hands; it has been for 2,000 years now. We have no one to blame but ourselves for our own destruction.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Power Corrupts
Lord Acton's axiom, "power corrupts and absolutely power corrupts absolutely," is once again being evidenced in the current IRS and Benghazi scandals within the Obama administration. As James Madison said, nobody should be trusted with very much power. It takes an extraordinary person not to succumb to the temptations that power puts into the hands of human beings. It is one of the most intoxicating diseases humanity has ever been plagued with. Men like Adolf Hitler cared little for money, but he was overwhelmed by his lust to control others. And, of course, it cost millions of lives.
As I said, it takes a special type individual to be able to handle power, and there are very few people like that (Madison understood that). Certainly mediocre incompetents like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder, etc. are terrifying with power in their hands; the death of four Americans in Libya and the tyrannizing abuse of--how many?--by the Internal Revenue Service are full indications of this. Never has the United States had such unqualified, yet arrogant, narcissistic, and immoral leadership. "Little people" in the IRS are given certain decision-making, but very important, powers over others, and these are powers that most of them, as is now obvious, have absolutely no business wielding. Again, it's democracy--you give mediocrity power, and this is the kind of corruption a country ends up with. Because mediocrity certainly has no business ruling anybody.
Power should only be in the hands of virtue, self-control, and self-discipline, people who know what is right and what is wrong, who understand their own limitations, and so importantly, who know the incredibly corrupting nature of power. There aren't many people in the world like that, which is exactly why government should be kept as limited as possible. Certainly none of that comes even close to describing anybody in the current administration in Washington, D.C.
But, as I noted in my last post, there will be nothing come of this. The Democrats and their media allies will circle the wagons around Obama and Clinton and the tyrannical circus will continue until the whole tent comes crashing down. It's...history. The American Founders warned about it, but Americans are too self-centered, pleasure-seeking, and morally base to pay attention any more. We get exactly the kind of leadership we deserve--power-hungry inept bunglers--because we fail to listen to God and the lessons history has repeatedly taught us.
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I do intend to return, as time permits, to my series on "Let Them Be Heard." The school year has been especially busy this spring, thus hindering my writing time. But I have more to publish on that series, and the wise will see just how...wise...our Founders were. They exposed Barack Obama 250 years in advance.
As I said, it takes a special type individual to be able to handle power, and there are very few people like that (Madison understood that). Certainly mediocre incompetents like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder, etc. are terrifying with power in their hands; the death of four Americans in Libya and the tyrannizing abuse of--how many?--by the Internal Revenue Service are full indications of this. Never has the United States had such unqualified, yet arrogant, narcissistic, and immoral leadership. "Little people" in the IRS are given certain decision-making, but very important, powers over others, and these are powers that most of them, as is now obvious, have absolutely no business wielding. Again, it's democracy--you give mediocrity power, and this is the kind of corruption a country ends up with. Because mediocrity certainly has no business ruling anybody.
Power should only be in the hands of virtue, self-control, and self-discipline, people who know what is right and what is wrong, who understand their own limitations, and so importantly, who know the incredibly corrupting nature of power. There aren't many people in the world like that, which is exactly why government should be kept as limited as possible. Certainly none of that comes even close to describing anybody in the current administration in Washington, D.C.
But, as I noted in my last post, there will be nothing come of this. The Democrats and their media allies will circle the wagons around Obama and Clinton and the tyrannical circus will continue until the whole tent comes crashing down. It's...history. The American Founders warned about it, but Americans are too self-centered, pleasure-seeking, and morally base to pay attention any more. We get exactly the kind of leadership we deserve--power-hungry inept bunglers--because we fail to listen to God and the lessons history has repeatedly taught us.
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I do intend to return, as time permits, to my series on "Let Them Be Heard." The school year has been especially busy this spring, thus hindering my writing time. But I have more to publish on that series, and the wise will see just how...wise...our Founders were. They exposed Barack Obama 250 years in advance.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
The Republicans Are Wasting the Taxpayers' Money
The Benghazi hearings.....
It does not matter what they find out. It makes no difference how incompetent, evil, bungling, or anti-American Obama and Clinton are exposed to be (something wise Americans already know, by the way)....the mainstream media and the Democratic Party will do everything they can to protect those two. I've noticed that much of the "media" is ignoring the hearings. What a surprise. I wonder how they would cover it if George W. Bush were President.
A waste of time and money. But then, most things government does nowadays are a waste of time and money.
It does not matter what they find out. It makes no difference how incompetent, evil, bungling, or anti-American Obama and Clinton are exposed to be (something wise Americans already know, by the way)....the mainstream media and the Democratic Party will do everything they can to protect those two. I've noticed that much of the "media" is ignoring the hearings. What a surprise. I wonder how they would cover it if George W. Bush were President.
A waste of time and money. But then, most things government does nowadays are a waste of time and money.
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