Somebody hears me.

https://www.allenbwest.com/2017/08/14/black-professor-drops-truth-bomb-white-nationalism-liberals-dont-want-hear/

From my grade nine math teacher to the desk sargent at the Toronto police recruiting centre.  Yes!  Oh God so much yes!

Pee

Socialism is like being stranded in the desert with a jar and a filter and being told there is an endless water supply...just pee in the jar.

Guns are bad...except when they're not.

Gun nuts, what won't they say?

Sad Day

Money grows on trees!

Wealth Redstribution

hn

It really pi$$es me off that liberals say that we (conservatives) are racist and call Black conservatives "House [N199ers]" (I'm really really sorry to anybody that this term offends, I'm so sorry) when they espouse conservative tenets to refute liberal ideology.

P.S.  That is hate, boiled down to it's pure form.

Vive Voltaire

I saw a post today on FB by a Black Republican that inspired me; if he can stay true to his values when it goes against his feelings, why can't I?  He said that it was hard to say as a black man; I believe he was referring to white supremacists having the right to protest. 

Some say that we shouldn't tolerate the new-nazis protesting in public.  We should tollerate it because it is a free speech issue.  You should tollerate the neo-nazis protesting for the same reason I should tolerate Black Lives Matter protesting.  Besides, I don't believe that they should be censored simply because they are offensive, as the truth of their hate will be evident; I believe that when the truth of the hate is seen, the general masses will turn away from their message.  Besides that, a far grater abuse will take place if we take away the right to protest or the right of free speech.  This is what is at the heart of the issue, the importance of fighting for free speech...even when it gets ugly.  Because, taking away free speech is extremely dangerous.  It helps secure us from tyranny.  Without it, a police state will rise.  And, who decides what is acceptable and what is not?  Who gets to decide what is right and what is wrong?  The people who hold power?  Who decides the black and white of intent or act and weighs the merit of the event?  Using who's values?  How do we challenge government that is in error under such a system?  How do we criticize?  How do we spread unpopular truth?  How do we protect the individual from becoming a political prisoner for being a conscientious objector?  How do we protect the individual's right to freely express themselves, to think as they choose?  And the frightening part, how do we insure this right when the courts themselves are enforcing government legislated censorship?  Do we want a police state?  Thought police?  Of course we don't.  Where do we draw the line?  Should a line be drawn?  I believe it is at freedom of speech (throw in thought, expression, press, etc) and assembly.

NB.: I'm talking about peaceful assembly.

P.S.  I used to say to Chandra when she was little, "Nothing anybody says gives you the right to hit them."

P.P.S.  As an afterthought, how does government legislated censorship shape thought (especially toward the party in power), effect how government makes what they are feeding us more palatable, shape public thought, mask truth, effect changing of ruling party, and impair democracy?  How do we challenge government?  How do we challenge state backed ideology, indoctrination, and propaganda?

P.P.P.S.  The fathers of the Age of Enlightenment penned these fundamental freedoms to protect us...from government and from ourselves.

P.P.P.P.S.  Is it vive Voltaire, vive le Voltaire, or something different?

Creedism

There's a so called public service ad on Youtube, an anti-racism ad.  One student asks, "What to you call a Muslim flying a plane?", to which a brave crusader responds, "A pilot!", to which there is applause at the bully being put in his place.  But, Islam is not a race.  If anything, it's creedism.  He didn't say an Arab flying a plane, or an East Indian.  While it is a hateful statement, is it racist?  I don't think so.  It may be hate speech.  It may be prejudice.  Under certain conditions, it may lead to discrimination.  But, it's not racism.  And, islamophobia is also a misused term, wielded to strike at the enemies of Islam--by liberals mostly--including Christians and Atheists.  It has gone so far, political correctness in the guise of tolerance, as to shut down honest discussion on the merits of Islam or the critical discussion of it or to debate it's inclusion in public and state sanctioned activities, and also to silence opinion.

Should we allow The Lord's Prayer back in public schools as it once was, despite the secular progression toward the separation of Church and state?  No?  Well then, your a creedist!  I'm offenced that you will not allow my culture to celebrate it's own way.  You're intolerant and simply Christophobic.  How hateful you are... 

P.S.  Christophope!

Be 9 Tonight

It's not cancer. Thanks be to God.

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Norse by Norse West

I was watching the official trailer for Thor Ragnorok the other day, and it got me thinking.  In high school, I read all the old Norse tales I could find at the public library and began collecting the Thor comic book.  The old Norse religion is much more conducive to making war.  In a culture that believes that a glorious death in battle is rewarded with a special place in the afterlife,  it makes for some very dangerous warriors.  I started thinking about Christianity and The Crusades.   How did Christians ever make great warriors? In a society whose faith is that of turning the other cheek and love,  how did Christians ever produce effective soldiers? What motivated them?  Were they great warriors in spite of their faith rather than because of it. But, what about the Templars or the Tectonic knights? Why were they able to make war effectively?  Wouldn't the Norse faith be more effective for combating the soldiers of Islam?

Office

Today I did Morning and Evening Prayer in St. James' Holy Acre with my brother Paul. It was good. He didn't participate as such; we brought our coffies and he sat and listened and surfed the net on his smart phone while I prayed each office. He even asked meaningful questions after Evening Prayer.  And, I appreciated him being there.

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Am I Ungodly

To my surprise, my recent health woes didn't have me running for my Bible as I always imagined they would, nor did I blame God. I always wanted--in my pride and arrogance perhaps--to choose God in my good times and not be one of those people who run to Him as a last resort in their desperation. I didn't (run to my Bible), and that somehow bothers me a little somehow.

Down

My sins seem to be sicular.  I need to rededicate myself.  I feel the need to.

Bad Like Michael Jakson?

You're not badass.  You think being LGBT Emo Goth Eco-vigilante Punk makes you a rebel?   You're a conformist.  Try being conservative.  That's the true counter cultural.

P.S. You're part of the sheeple.  Stop being a sociaist collectivist anti-individual liberty big government grower.  Get your head out of the shitter and do a little primary research.

P.P.S. At least look at the other side of the argument in earnest and stop with the Straw Man shit.

Libitarian?

I don't like how things are either.

I've always been more of a fight with the system than fight the system kind of guy.

P.S. I see myself as more of a Blue Tory.

Still Digesting

I always thought that when it came time for me to die--many years from now, I'd be all stoic like Jacob.  I would know it was my time and be at peace. The events of the last week have been humbling.  It's a very sobering thing to be faced head on with your own mortality.  I'd like to pass with dignity as Nelson did, or King Leonidis; but, I've also done nothing great and accomplished little. 

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Chandra's Dream

Chandra had a vivid dream recently that she was chased out of our Church by a demon and then warned us to be wary of new people. 

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Olympic Stadium

I wonder how the Romans felt who lived just before the Western Empire fell.  Did they know? Did they see it?  Were they In denial?  Did they doubt the fearmingers and doomsayers?  Were they blindsided?

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Growth is not always a good thing.

So, today had mixed results.  Despite my efforts to be discreet, most of my family know now.  So, I survived my first anesthetic.   I slept through most of it.   However, they found two small polyps.  I expected the worst would be the invasive nature of the procedure.  I actually expected them to find nothing and send me on my way. Those days are gone.  First an ultrasound finds fatty liver, now this. I'm waiting for the biopsy results now.  I am currently still trying to--having difficulty--digesting it all.

P.S.  As I prepared for the worst, I penned a note for Cindy and Chandra...which I can now throw out.

P.P.S. Thanks be to GOD ALMIGHTY for being with me and protecting me.  Amen.

Reading the Psalms today, they made me think about the violence (specifically terrorism) and clash of culture. Our foundation is being destroyed. It made me think about political correctness and double talk, about lies and deception, about social engineering.

Psalm 11-12 NIV

In the Lord I take refuge. How then can you say to me: "Flee like a bird to your mountain. For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart. When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne. He observes everyone on earth; his eyes examine them. The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love…

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Psalm reading today from the Bible makes me see that I shouldn't run from danger and hardship. Trust and let what will be, be.

11:1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?  Psalms http://bit.ly/bibleappkjv

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Bible verse of the day, could it be an omen?

3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.  Colossians http://bit.ly/bibleappkjv

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