The Stupidest Idea Ever

 At least 74 million Americans voted for Trump. They are not ‘loons’, despite what Bill Maher or Katie Couric thinks. Neither are they ‘brainwashed.’ Nor do they have a ‘cult-like adoration’ for Trump. Of course, every movement has its fringe, but the millions who comprise the Make America Great Again movement are, in no way, a passing parade of wackos.

You may believe they are going away. You may be convinced that CNN and ABC are right when they talk about ‘deprogramming and cleansing Trump supporters.’ If you want to follow the leftist Hollywood stars who today vilified Trump voters, go ahead, but you can never say you were not warned.

74 million people is an enormous group to insult and threaten. To question their sanity is, in itself, insanity. Labeling them as extremists only shows your extreme ignorance.

Above all, consider this: there will be a backlash, and I will explain why, in a moment. What you must understand is that the very first victims of this backlash will be Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. For obvious reasons, I should not even be letting this out of the bag…but railing against Trump supporters will make it impossible for Biden to succeed.

Joe: you will be hampered every step of the way if you keep attacking Trump people.

At first there will be a lull. Trump will go golfing and folks will hang up their MAGA hats. For the moment, corporations and banks will give in to woke threats and ban products and try to cancel folks like Mike Lindell, the My Pillow man, for supporting Trump. And, at first, that will work.  But then, look out.

Remember when the LGBTQ people tried to put Chick-fil-A out of business, and soon the opposite happened, as folks lined up for hours to buy their food? The same will happen to Bed Bath and Beyond and Kohl’s—but in reverse, for banning My Pillow products. And, it will happen to any corporation that tries to cancel Trump voters.

Here’s why:

By attacking them, Democrats are in reality galvanizing an intelligent group of people to act as a single unit. These are not hayseed, backwater buffoons. These are educated business owners. These are middleclass families with deeply held beliefs. They are black and brown people who were faithful Democrats, but who saw the light and left the plantation.

All these people have one thing in common: they came by their convictions slowly and deliberately. That means you will only motivate them when you insult them for being racists, cultists and Nazis. Because they, more than anyone else, know how big a lie those insults are. 

74 million people is a lot of influence and buying power. 74 million people who believe something fishy happened on November 3rd represent a lot of investigative power. Somewhere, someone who knows something is going to crack, and then, it is game-on.

74 million people who will not let an issue go is a Congressman’s worst nightmare. They can run, but they cannot hide. And if they want to be reelected, they had better listen.

74 million people remember who closed all those small businesses, and why.

Go ahead and enjoy the lull. Repeat this mantra over and over to yourself, until you believe it: “It was a fair and free election, and everyone believes it.” Everyone, that is, except the 100 million Americans whom the polls show don’t believe it.

Go ahead and keep lying about millions of citizens who are not brainwashed, stupid or fickle.

Go ahead and underestimate us. That will be remarkably interesting…

God's Word for Monday, 3/23/2020

James 1:12
King James Version

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

James 1:12
The Message

Anyone who meets a testing challenge head-on and manages to stick it out is mighty fortunate. For such persons loyally in love with God, the reward is life and more life.

God's Word for Sunday, 10/20/19

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Psalm 51:7-12 KJV

Soak me in your laundry and I’ll come out clean, scrub me and I’ll have a snow-white life. Tune me in to foot-tapping songs, set these once-broken bones to dancing. Don’t look too close for blemishes, give me a clean bill of health. God, make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life. Don’t throw me out with the trash, or fail to breathe holiness in me. Bring me back from gray exile, put a fresh wind in my sails! Give me a job teaching rebels your ways so the lost can find their way home. Commute my death sentence, God, my salvation God, and I’ll sing anthems to your life-giving ways. Unbutton my lips, dear God; I’ll let loose with your praise.

Psalm 51:7-12 MSG

God's Word for Sunday, 9/22/19

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

Romans 15:7 KJV

So reach out and welcome one another to God’s glory. Jesus did it; now you do it! Jesus, staying true to God’s purposes, reached out in a special way to the Jewish insiders so that the old ancestral promises would come true for them. As a result, the non-Jewish outsiders have been able to experience mercy and to show appreciation to God. Just think of all the Scriptures that will come true in what we do! For instance: Then I’ll join outsiders in a hymn-sing; I’ll sing to your name! And this one: Outsiders and insiders, rejoice together! And again: People of all nations, celebrate God! All colors and races, give hearty praise! And Isaiah’s word: There’s the root of our ancestor Jesse, breaking through the earth and growing tree tall, Tall enough for everyone everywhere to see and take hope! Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope!

Romans 15:7 MSG

God's Word for Friday, 7/26/19

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1 KJV

The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see.

Hebrews 11:1 MSG

Notice how the passage begins with "Now faith... ".  It's not "faith is what we hope for, eventually, some way, someday."

In John 15:7, Jesus said, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."

NOT someday, but NOW. When you ask for anything that's according to His Word in His name, it shall be done. 

Now. 

Immediately. 

Ask, and you shall have it.

It's yours when you ask for it. Use your now faith, not later faith. The delivery date may be a bit farther down the road, but the granting of your request is immediate. The more firmly you believe that, without doubting, the sooner it comes.

God's Word for Monday, 7/15/19

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

James 1:21 KJV

So throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life.

James 1:21 MSG

God's Word for Monday, 6/10/19

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Colossians 3:13 KJV

So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It’s your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.

Colossians 3:13 MSG

Friday, 11/16/18: God's Word, and Social Commentary

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Psalm 119:18 KJV

Be generous with me and I’ll live a full life; not for a minute will I take my eyes off your road. Open my eyes so I can see what you show me of your miracle-wonders. ... Yes, your sayings on life are what give me delight; I listen to them as to good neighbors!

Psalm 119:18 MSG



Our weather is a thing of beauty today ... not. We've been cool for a number of days, but not frigid. Today, so we're told, a warm moist air mass moves in from the southwest, bringing rain and freezing rain into the area this afternoon and evening. Temps are supposed to be in the mid-30s today, although it's only 21° now. We'd much rather have the white stuff. Oh, well.

If one watches the Anchorage news broadcasts, the stories seem to be dominated by sex crimes, car thefts, bomb threats, murders, hit and run accidents, rampant property theft ... it's appalling to the observer. Those of us living elsewhere can only watch in dismay as the crime wave allowed by a change in Alaska law (see S.B. 91 for details) continues its toll on that city.  There are many factors at play, beyond the scope of my simple observation here. But we are so glad we don't live in the city anymore.

To be honest, it's not as bad as the newscasts make it sound: sensationalism brings ratings and the resultant advertising dollars. "If it bleeds, it leads" and all that. But it's a fact that crime is up in Anchorage, and most blame the permissive change to the sentencing laws (see SB 91, above) which opened the door a bit wider to the criminal element and opiod abusers looking for an easy source of funds. And don't even get me started on the doctors who over-prescribe the opiods in the first place.

The average visitor to Anchorage, and the summer tourists, will likely remain unaffected by the above.

Moving on ...

The winter solstice is only about five weeks away. Today's sunrise is at 9:09 am, and sunset at 4:19 pm. We lose just shy of five minutes of daylight today. And today's total is two-plus hours more daylight than we'll have in another month.

It's the the price we pay for the long summer days when it never gets completely dark in June and July.

And it's worth it. :)

NewsBusted 6/17/14

Bad British Commentary: College Football

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