Month: October 2021

Both posted Oct.16.
On Oct.18 the post on right has 35K comments, 1.2 K shares.
On Oct. 18 the post on left has 1 comment, 4 shares.
You tell me what the American Public cares about.

Rumers of his demise are very premature. When he draws a mob of an estimated 20,000 people, and the state Senator attends, he is not going away. Several top Republicans spoke before the crowd including Congresswomen Marianette Miller-Meeks and Ashley Hinson, Senator Charles Grassley and Gov. Kim Reynolds.
In Iowa this week, 93% of Republicans favored Trump.

How Many People Attended Trump’s Des Moines, Iowa, Rally? [Crowd Photos]

We should consider not only who is shaking the jar,j but why they are shaking the jar, and why are they being allowed to do it.
They are shaking the jar because they know that it will arouse the ire of their base and they can fundraise from the division they cause. They know from experience that there is no downside for lying and misleading the public, as long as what they say is what their audience want to hear.
Why do we let them? Because the Constitution of the United States gives them the freedom of speech and no one position is about to question the Constitution or what Freedom of Speech means.

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Why Am I a Democrat – Jim Davis

Link to Jim’s post.
This originally posted in 2019.

God gave us a brain.
Was God a triskster? Did he just put all of this physical evidence in front of us to confuse us?
If God had wished us to mindlessly worship him why did he give us a brain, and the intelligence and inquisitiveness to use it? Why did he put the story of the earths creation in full view through thistory of the earth and the history of the universe if he did not wish us to seek it out. Throughout history we have let those who deny the truths that God has so clearly placed in front of us deceive us with false and misleading claims that the word of man is stronger than the spirit of God winin us.
I believe that God intended that we use the brain he has given to us. If he intended that we be mindless followers whose only purpose was to worship him mindlessly he would not have given us the inquisitive nature that has allowed us to better understand the Universe he created for us.
There are those who would say that only they know who God is and what his will for us is. I believe that when we were born we were all given the same inner spirit of God. No man knows God, or his will, any better than any other man. We only have to look deep inside ourselves to find that part of God that is within us. Sadly, too many have buried that spirit so deep that they no longer reach it. Too many have let the word of man drown out the spirit of God.

A Nation of Sheep.

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This post typifies the feelings of too many Americans. For too long we have been taught to sit back and do nothing and to let others do our thinking for us. Do nothing, say nothing is the credo of those who would control your mind and life. Our nation is rapidly falling into the hands of those who use this mindset to their own gain at the expense of all others.

God gave us a brain. I have to believe that he intended for us to use it, not to mindlessly follow others.

In the past history has been written by the winners. This is a sad reality. The winners do not want to look like loosers so history is made to make them look like they were the justified and honorable in winning. In most cases nothing could have been farther from the truth.

Today it is even worse, with the losers re-witting history. We have gone so far down the path of ‘me and I’ that the truth and reality are bring replaced by ‘what is best for me’. If reality does not match what is desired then spread lies to make it true. We have become a nation the allows, even encourages, this. We learn not only from our parents and teachers, but from experience. The ‘American Experience’ today is that you can believe what ever best fits your goals. Lies can be truths as long as someone else agrees with them. This is the path straight into fascism and the end of democracy.



References
Garbage In – Garbage Out
We become what we are taught. We learn from our parents and teachers. But we also learn from experience. Those who put their own rights above all otheres have learned the lies can be made to replace the truth.