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Was The Ft. Hood "Alleged" Shooter Just A Quiet, Studious, Sensitive, Intelligent "Persecuted Victim" Trying To Get Along In The Evil Country Where He Was Born? Or Was He A Member Of "The Muslim Mafia" aka The Moslem Brotherhood?

Dear Pals,

If you do NOTHING else today go out and get the book The Muslim Mafia by Paul Sperry and P. Dave Gaubatz and learn about CAIR, the Council On American Islamic Relations and its NGOs (non-governmental organizations) that are front groups used to funnel millions of dollars from our little pals in Saudia Arabia right into the hands of terrorists inside the USA.

This isn't Islamaphobia...it's true and they can back it up.

Every American needs to get the facts: www.muslimmafia.com

When you discover who the authors of The Muslim Mafia are - you will be impressed by them, their credentials, top security clearances, service to our Nation and most of all by their personal courage!

You won't hear about this in the Lamestream media because it is politically incorrect.

The Muslim Mafia documents, in excruciating detail, the work of Special Ops Investigators, who infiltrated the ranks of CAIR and then collected extensive documentation on its plans to Islamisize America through a myriad of front groups and sleeper organizations.

As the author said in a recent radio interview, "The alarming CAIR revelations look like ACORN on steroids...but, with far direr consequences."

Read the Oath of the Muslim Brotherhood on the book's jacket and you'll understand the scope and scale to the threat posed by The Muslim Brotherhood to our Nation, our freedoms and our Judeo-Christian heritage.

Get the facts...think for yourself.

Then tell all your friends so they too can get educated on The Moslem Brotherhood's plans for you and me and all Americans.

I'm recommending this book without any compensation or remuneration whatsoever - just in case anyone in the White House office of Politically Correct Speech and Thinking was wondering about that.

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Now here's some spin on this "alleged" murderer from msnbc.

Get a barf bag before you read this:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33737596/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?gt1=43001

What a sweet guy...he gave away broccolli and copies of the Quran/Koran before he went off and tried to kill 42 innocent people who were his own countrymen and fellow soldiers.

What's wrong with this picture? How stupid do they think we are?

Can you believe the headline and the appologist tripe and drivel that is being spun here??

"He gave away broccolli..."

Under a prior administration, that may have qualified as hate speech because former President George H.W. Bush hates broccolli

Here's the headline and subhead that should have been written.

U.S. born Moslem Army Major Murders 13. He reportedly fired over 100 rounds because was trying to kill 42...and he would have, if he had not been stopped by a brave civilian police officer, who happened to be a female, with real guts and firepower.

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WHY, oh why oh why did he do it? 

Come let us gather in a media circle and wring our "politically-correct-blame-America" hands.

"Alledgely" this native born U.S. citizen, physician (healer) was theologically-opposed to being sent overseas to participate in America's war in Afghanistan because that would mean he was helping to kill his fellow Moslems.

So the logical conclusion in his Moslem-belief system mind was to kill as many of his fellow American soldiers as possible. It all makes perfect sense from his self-concept and from The Moslem Brotherhood's worldview.

The next thing you know, he'll be being praised for "following his conscience" and not simply "following orders" like the Nazi doctors did in WWII.

Trust me, that analogy will be forthcoming.

Just watch and mark my words, Major Hasan will be painted as an altrusitic innocent and devout Moslem locked in an intractable moral and religious conflict with his own beloved homeland, the U.S.A., a.k.a. "The Great Satan."

As for his actions in killing 13 people and attempting to kill a total of 42...why, it was the only thing he could do? Going AWOL, desertion, getting a Section 8 or resignation of his commission on conscientious-objector grounds were not viable options for him.

Oh me! Oh my! Alas, alack and forsooth...can you imagine the anguish of this poor devout Moslem?

LOOK AMIGOS:

This guy is not an "isolated crazy."

He isn't some mentally-ill person who "just snapped"

He is not crazy at all.

He is a fully-indoctrinated lifelong devout Moslem...he's a true believer.

He is just like the well-educated and seemingly normal Moslem physicians in England, who lived and worked there for years and then one day got up and drove explosive-laden SUVs into a Scottish Airport.

He is just like the 911 terrorists, who were well-educated young Moslem men with advanced college degrees. He is just like the London bus bombers and the Madrid train bombers and the bombers who blew the PanAm plane up over Lockerbie.

And, yes dear friends, he is just like the murdering Moslems who killed the Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich and the other cowardly hooded-murderers who beheaded a Wall Street Journal reporter, tortured and mutilated captured US servicemen and even, in a moment of masked-Moslem bravado,threatened a defenseless captured American woman for the pleasure of Al-Jeezeerah's viewers.

If Major Hasan wasn't a card-carrying member in good standing of The Moslem Brotherhood, he certainly appears to have been a "mind-carrying member" of the principles that are so clearly stated in the Oath Of The Moslem Brotherhood.

His "religion" means "surrender to god" - parenthetically, that means - surrender to the Moslem version and vision of god or else you infidels will be put to the sword!

BUT AREN'T MILLIONS OF MOSLEMS GOOD PEOPLE? 

Aren't many Moslems currently honorably serving in the U.S. Military?

Those are excellent questions.

Can you answer them with certainty?

Without any reservations?

How many "Major Hasans" are there?

How about this little tidbit from the author of The Moslem Mafia?

Did you know that 11 out of 14 current Muslim Chaplins in the US Army were trained at the CAIR-funded school outside of Washington, D.C?

A school that teaches how to Islamisize America.

Hmmm...probably just a coincidence.

Right...

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TIME FOR MORE "MOSLEM VICTIM" SPIN!

The Major's own nephew and family MEDIA spokesman has been all over the Tube saying his uncle was a "good American."

But...here come's the BUT, the very big guilt-shifting politically correct BUT.

But, he was "harrassed just for being a devout Moslem."

To that I say: Bravo Sierra!

It looks more like this "alleged" murderer unashamedly used the U.S. Military system to suit his own personal ends.

And, I'll bet you a delicious, mouth-watering savory-roasted bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin from an "unclean swine" that Major Hasan's actions at Ft. Hood were just the culmination of a long and calculated process of his own personal brand of Moslem Brotherhood-style infiltration.

It is not uncommon for Moslems to move into a nation or community and Iive peacefully among the native infidels until they are strong enough to strike. It is their history and it also a well-documented tactic of The Muslim Brotherhood.

It is classic 5th Column work.

Think I'm kidding?

Ask the French, Germans, Dutch, Danes and English about how well Moslem infiltration works. Google: death of Van Gogh's descendant. Or, Google: Moslem death threats on Danish cartoonists...or call Salmon Rushdie.

Moslems actually use the religious tolerance of free Judeo-Christian nations against the host nation's culture and its educational, political and legal institutions.

To be a true Moslem means it's their way or the die way.

Read the Oath Of The Muslim Brotherhood.

The Islamization of Europe is almost fait accompli.

Charles Martel must be rolling in his grave.

If you want to learn about infiltration, intimidation, harrassment and persecution...read Moslem history. They are past masters of the art of infiltration, intimidation, harrassment and persecution of Jews, Christians, Hindus, Lebanese Christians and anyone else who doesn't "surrender."

Moslem history is one story of blood-soaked conquest and one ruthless murderous event after another. Read what happened to the 10,000 men of Medina when they laid down their arms and "surrendered to god."

Read Moslem history.

Get the facts!

AND then explain to me how anyone can be a good, peace-loving, freedom-loving, well-educated tolerant civilized person in the 21st Century and still subscribe to the beliefs of a"religion" that teaches that killing non-believers/infidels is okay with their god and that their god says it's okay to commit honor killings of girls and to treats women like chattel.

Do the women of the world like being perpetual second class citizens, unschooled and kept from having full and expressive lives?

Moslems even have their own complete constitution and legal system called Shariah Law. Trust me pals, it isn't based on The Magna Carta or The U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights either. Devout Moslems believe it supercedes ALL OTHER LAWS.

I think it's high time to fully engage all Moslems in a serious discussion of theological ideas, principles, logic, ethical morality and plain old common sense.

Let's have no more namby-pamby political correctness...it's time to confront and challenge the validity of their core beliefs head-on with rock solid arguments.

Make it into a TV series and air it on National GEO or the History Channel. Broadcast it 24-7-365 into the Moslem world. Put it on the Internet in streaming video for all to see.

Make it like Radio Free Europe and the Voice Of America...call it:

THE VOICE OF SANITY: THE ULTIMATE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF HUMANITY AND CIVILIZATION!

It's the Torah, New Testament and Holy Bible vs The Koran/Quran and the supporting Moslem texts.

It's Judeo-Christianity's Almighty God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit vs Islam's Allah and the Prophet Mohammed and The Moslem Brotherhood.

It's "Love thy neighbor" vs. "Slay thy neighbor."

Let's shine the BRIGHT LIGHT of human knowledge and truth into the darkness.

Let's focus forceful debate and solid rational counterpoints on the teachings of the Koran/Quran and the other supporting Moslem texts.

Let's see how the Moslem worldview and the Judeo-Christian worldview compare.

I'd also include the Hindus and the followers of Buddha and the Tao in the process to fairly represent all the leading schools of religious, ethical and moral thought.

Let's see how Islam stands up to Truth and Logic and Reason and Love.

Personally, as a subscriber to the Judeo-Christian tradition, I'm putting my money on the Holy One of Isreal, the God of Abraham, Solomon and David and on Christianity's Holy Trinity.

Put me down on the side of LOVE THE LORD THY GOD with thy whole heart and soul and LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF.

Because on these two commandments, "hang all the laws and the prophets."

We cannot be cowed to silence by political correctness any longer. It's way past time for Judeo-Christian Americans to stand up for our one nation under God with liberty and justice for all. 

But, I have to admit that these days, it's really hard to forgive seventy-times seven and to turn the other cheek.

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citzen Of The Republic, A Mob Of One

PS: In the meantime, let's hope to be spared any more sappy broccoli-coated media stories on this "alleged" killer.

Say, I wonder if Osama bin Laden and the Iranian Muslim leader, Amabinijhad like broccolli too?

Personally, I'm swearing off broccolli until further information on its potential harmful side effects come in from the food police at the FDA. 

Broccolli...who knows, it may be one dangerous mind-altering murder-causing veggie.

What are the writers at msnbc smoking???

Pass the hashhish hookah willya?

 Ahhh...this is good shit, man.

Where'dya get it dude, California, Colorado or msnbc?

Shocking News Out Of Fort Hood Texas. "Alleged" Shooter a.k.a. "Victim" Survives.

Dear Pals,

The "alleged" shooter is a Doctor.

I guess he forgot the Hippocratic Oath - "First do no harm."

The "alleged" shooter is a U.S. Army Major.

I guess he forgot his military oath.

The "alleged" shooter is a native-born U.S. Citizen.

I guess he forgot the Pledge of Allegiance.

The "alleged" shooter is a Psychiatrist.

I guess he forgot the impact that murder could have on innocent people and their families.

The "alleged" shooter is turning into a "victim" because he was allegedly called names and harrassed by his felow doctors.

Well, that explains it. He's now going to be made into the "victim" of the evil American culture and US military that was about to deploy him to Afghanistan or Iraq.

I guess the "alleged" shooter forgot that the US Army does go into battle.

Maybe he joined the US Army to "BE ALL THAT HE COULD BE" - which might have all been directed to his actions in Ft. Hood yesterday.

Doesn't he meet ALL the criteria for a Terrorist?

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Excuse me. The one thing this "alleged" shooter apparently believed, before his self-concept as an American Citizen and U.S. Army Military Doctor is this simple inescapable fact: He is a member of the ONLY "religion" on earth that teaches its true believers that it is okay to kill anyone who doesn't fully subscribe to their belief system.

He is not an Episcopalian, Methodist, Calvinist, Unitarian, Baptist, Buddist, Shintoist, Hindu, Rastafarian, Seventh Day Adventist, Mormon, Zoroastrain, Coptic, Wiccan, Catholic, Toe-worshipper or even a pagan, atheist or agnostic.

Guess what his religion is?

Here's a clue: It's the religion shared by 911 terrorists, the scumbag terrorists who killed the Israeli Olympic athletes, the terrorists who blow themselves up with glee from London, Gaza to Kabul to Tel Aviv. It is the religion of Hezbollah, Hamas and the Iranian nuclear-bomb ambitionists.

He is a well-educated medical man, by all appearances sane and rational, just like the sane and rational Doctors who drove explosive trucks into a Scottish Airport. So were all these other murdering terrorists and would-be nuclear weopon holders.

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOO IT'S A PATTERN OF A DEEPLY EMBEDDED BELIEF SYSTEM!!

The progesssive spin doctors in media-land will have a field day with this one.

But mark my words - this murdering terrorist scumbag bastard will end up being painted as a lone-wolf, mentally distrurbed and harrassed victim, who just snapped.

Quick call the ACLU!

Everyone in the politically-correct media will walk past the inescapable common denominator that he shares with virtually every other scumbag terrorist who murders innocent people for maximum emotional impact on families, communities and nations.

They all belong to the same "religious" Belief System (BS).

Read the history of how this "religion's" founder dealt with the innocent people of Medina. Learn history. This is not an isolated incident. This is the result of centuries of "religious" indoctrination.

How do you reconcile the "Belief Gulf" between Belief System A: "Love thy neighbor as thyself" and "Turn the other cheek" and "Forgive seventy-times seven."

And Belief System B. It's your duty to convert or kill infidels and non-believers...and it's even your duty to kill your own family members if they stray from the path of "Surrender."

Have you guessed the name of his religion yet?

I'm waiting...

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citizen Of The Republic, a Mob of One

PS: No, it isn't The Salvation Army...c'mon, it is the same "religion" as the one shared by the man who a few weeks ago drove his car over his OWN daughter because she became too "westernized."

His religion called it an honor killing. It was his duty.

And, it wasn't the only "honor killing" in the USA recently either, we just choose to believe that they are "isolated" incidents instead of a PATTERN driven by Belief System B!!

Honor killing...say, maybe that will be the "alleged" shooter's defense. Either that or he ate too many Twinkies.

Best Selling Author Dan Brown, Professor Robert Langdon, Birk And "The Lost Symbol" - What Bond Of Cosmic Sychronicity Ties Them All Together??

Dear Pals,

I hate to ruin a great tease...but it's almost too eerie!

Check out page 167 in Dan Brown's new best seller The Lost Symbol - it's the third in his trilogy of The DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons.

Once again, the Birkster is ahead of the curve.

Check it out...then enter the correct portal on the ORCA website. Choose wisely, Grasshopper.

Oooooogahboooogah!!!...and it's isn't even Halloween yet!

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citizen of the Republic, a Mob Of One

PS: It's all connected...and "What Is Lost...Will Be Found."

9/11 A Prayer For Peace On Earth Today For All People - Forgiveness And LOVE Conquers All.

Dear Pals,

The men of the earth have a long history of killing each other in the name of "their own version" of God and "their own version" of religion...as well as for land, gold, power, human domination and greed. 

Since my own male gender cannot seem to get it right, I wonder if it is time for all the women and mothers of the earth, in every home and in every land to say, "We will bring no more children into this insane world until the man-made evil stops."

That declaration would "cause no small stir in Camelot."

I also wonder on this day - when the world's insanity seems to be accelerating with each passing second - and we pause to pray for all the souls lost around the world as result the evil deeds of 9/11,  if it is time for each of us to also pause and realize that we are all ONE.

Those who know me well, know that I am not one for organized religion or man-made dogma. But I am a Christian in the very simplest sense of the word. This is what I know in my heart...

We are not apart from creation. We are a part of creation.

We all exist for only the blink of an eye in the Alpha and Omega of God's creation.

Yet, we "sons of God" have the power of God within each of us to create heaven right here on the earth.

And it all begins within me and you.

Today I hope that the knees of my fellow Christians will bend in the name of Jesus, The Prince Of Peace and pray for Peace On Earth...not only for men of goodwill, but for all men, even the worst.

Jesus said we should forgive seventy times seven, forgiveness is the first step to the eradication of the darkness of evil,  because evil and hate cannot abide the light of truth, forgiveness and love.

As one of the most imperfect and flawed men on the planet, here is my little prayer for today: 

Where one finds HATE. Stand up for LOVE.

Where one finds LIES. Stand up for TRUTH.

Where one finds DEATH. Stand up for LIFE.

Where one finds DIVISIVENESS. Stand up for UNITY.

If not you...who?

If not now...when?

Here are a few more thoughts worth pondering in the quiet of your soul today.

"Lord make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is saddness; joy." - St. Francis of Assisi

"Be not overcome by evil but overcome evil with good." - Romans 12:21

"The seed of God is in us. If the seed had a good, wise and industrious cultivator, it would grow up to God whose seed it is, and the fruit would be equal to the nature of God. Now the seed of a pear tree grows into a pear tree, a hazel seed into a hazel tree, and the seed of God into God." - Meister Eckhart

"Conquer the angry man by love. Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness. Conquer the miser with generosity. Conquer the liar with truth." - The Dhammapada

"Hear O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is ONE; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your strength and you shall love your neighbor as yourself." - Mark 12:29

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely be it. I died as a mineral and became a plant; I died as a plant and rose to animal; I died as animal and was a man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? Yet once more I shall die as man and soar with angels blest. But even if an angel I must pass on: all except God perish. When I have sacrificed my angel soul, I shall become what no mind has concieved."   - Rumi

"When one looks past our human skin we find the essence of God that dwells within." - Anonymous

On this 9/11, I pray that every man and woman on earth will look within.

Birk, A Work In Process With A Very Very Looooooooooooong Way To Go

PS: Need more refreshment? www.capstonepyramid.com

 

Thoughts On The Alignment: 09 - 09 - 09 Today.

Dear Pals,

Today is 09.09.09 and to Pathagorean Numerologists that might have special significance.

0+9+0+9+0+9 = 27.

2+7 = 9.

9 is 3 squared.

3 is the number of the Holy Trinity.

I think this might be a good day to Thank God for all the people and blessings in our lives.

That's my plan.

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citizen of the Republic

Thanks for every spiritual and material blessing dear Father, Son and Holy Spirit!

As a Christian, I send wishes of peace, love, health  and prosperity to all and send a special thanks for your friendship dear Pals, may the good work of your hearts, minds and hands be thrice blessed in Jesus name!

BONUS TRIPLE TOPIC BLOG: Why Common Sense Should Be Prized More Than "Book Learning." Plus, Einstein's Special Theory Of Religious Relativity. And The Story Of An Old Pal Who Was A TADD Wise Beyond His "Ears."

Dear Pals,

Do you suffer from TADD?

I do.

I'll explain, but first...

BLOG POINT ONE: Stupid is as stupid does.

I've met some really well-educated people who don't have a lick of common sense.

They are often "uber-educated savants" - really bright folks, intellectual giants with a ton of knowledge and incredible expertise in a very "narrow bandwidth" and/or highly-specialized field.

But, once outside their area of intellectual prowess and occupational concentration...they can barely tie their own shoes. Hence the reason for the invention of Mom, Bass Weejun loafers and velcro.

I have also met many less-educated folks, under-educated, uneducated or non-formally-educated folks, who have a much more panoramic perspective and a far better grasp of reality - thanks to the richness of their life experiences: the good, the bad and the ugly.

In my estimation, life experiences are a far better source of education than "book learning," because experience teaches reality and "book learning" teaches theory.

And there can be a blistering gap between Theory and Reality.

EG: You can read about the theory of "touching the stove" - and speculate about the hypothesis and possible outcomes of "touching the stove," but the real learning occurs when you actually reach out and  "touch the stove."

It might be cool and safe. Warm and kinda cozy. Or, it might be blazing ass red hot.

It's like Healthcare...you can approach it sanely, rationally and very carefully, and take its temperature (pardon, the medical pun)  or you can grab that sucker with both hands and see what happens when you start trying to bend the entire existing system to fit unproven and arguably ill-conceived ideas.

Right now, I see my country in the hands of a cadre of inexperienced elitist social theorists with little or no practical real world life experiences to temper their ardent zeal to help the hoi polloi...a.k..a. me and you.

We can argue about their intentions and motives all day long - but, setting intentions completely aside, it's the empty reservoir of normal job-related experiences and alarming lack of real world-real job, "paycheck earning" experience that troubles me most.

No legislation, no Federal program, no amount of "community-organizing" --- no matter how well-intentioned it is or how well-written can substitute for basic real-job, real-world common sense, nor can more legislation and more laws and regulations CHANGE or modify human behavior even one billionth of a nano-iota.

Here's my assertion offered as proof of the veracity of the preceding statement:

Not even God Almighty could get The Ten (10) Commandments followed, even when enforced by Moses, Aaron, Solomon or David.

And Charleton Heston and Cecil B. De Mille, God's Ten Commandment publicists in our era, had even less success.

Thou Shalt Not Kill. Ooops. That happens everyday in hundreds of ways - from Pro-Choice clinics to the geo-political theater-of-war stage and often in Allah's name.

Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery. Ooops. Unless you're looking for HOT SINGLES tonight.

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbors Wife. Ooops. But she looks so hot in that thong bikini!

Thou Shalt Not Steal. Ooops. Barney Madoff are you listening?

My subtle point is, if mankind itself, cannot observe 10 fairly straightforward and easy-to-understand rules, how can a cadre of petty-fogging elitist politicians led by an inexperienced President make things "work better for the American people" through Trillion dollar bailouts, stimulus packages and healthcare bills "crafted" behind closed doors and passed unread.

How can laws and bills that are so quickly written and onerously complex, that it often takes an army of lawyers and the Judicial system to sort them out, possibly be good for me and you, the ordinary schmoo?

As a matter of Bill Creating process, does this seem right to you?

Write 'em!

Don't read 'em!

Don't worry about Constitutionality!

Don't worry about budget. Fudgeit!!

Pass 'em!

Just do it!

Hurry hurry hurry...we must do "something!"

Let the courts sort out the legality!

Something must be done now to save and protect the great unwashed, under-educated, unAmerican Citizen mobs from themselves and their inability to understand our elitist brilliance.

Thank God for the DEECEE PECers! (Political Elite Class)

Hallelujah!!! and Amen Brother Barack!

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It all seems so unearthly, so unreal, so utterly stupid and laughably tragic to me...

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BLOG POINT TWO: What open to "liberal" interpretation means.

I have a dear friend who once explained Einstein's Special Theory Of Religious Relativity to me...you might be amused by it too.

He asked me if I knew the difference between Episcopalians and Catholics?

Then he told me that according to Einstein's Theory of Religious Relativity that Catholics have the 10 Commandments, Episcopalians have the 3 Commandments and the 7 Suggestions.

He said, according to this theory, "The 10 Commandments are open to very liberal interpretation."

He was truly wise beyond his "ears." 

If the DEECEE PECer's had been behind the Burning Bush, Moses would have come down the mountain with The 10 Commandments and 150,000,000,000,000 million lines of Federal legal code to explain them.

And the Jews would still be wandering in the desert!

Naturally, The 10 Commandments and the Federal enforcement legislative and legal code would not apply to Congress, since they have their own set of rules.

BLOG POINT THREE: How it all fits together.

So today, I find myself bemused by all of the political shenanighans, promises, fiscal insanity and posturing by the book learners in DEECEE that are far smarter than me.

And, I find myself comforted by the common sense of the ordinary citizen, who's out there everyday working at their so-called "meaningless little jobs" and trying hard to do just 10 things right.

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citizen of the Republic

PS: Does it seem semantically ironic to anyone besides me that some morons actually say, "Thank God for the ACLU because it got The 10 Commandments out of schools, courthouses and government buildings."???

They really have achieved separation of church and state.

I get it though, to millions of people, The 10 Commandments simply don't apply anymore.

Now, I'm not one to cast the first stone here...I admit that in my life, I've been a bad boy and wandered off the straight and narrow path from time to time and done some pretty stupid things of which I am not proud.

I have touched the stove...more than once.

I reckon that I'm kind of a "slow learner."

Fortunately, for me and in ways and circumstances often miraculous, I've been nudged, guided, cajoled and occasionally, dragged kicking and screaming back to the straight and narrow path.

Unfortunately, I have a tendency to "wander" and behave like a moth around a flame, I think I have TADD (Temptation Attraction Dalliance Disorder).

TADD is also called: "I never met a temptation I didn't like SINdrome." I was an enthusiastic practitioner of, "If it feels good...Just Do It!"  Ooops!

Which brings me back full circle.

In our politically-correct ACLU-ACORN-Nanny State-Secular Humanist world, The 10 Commandments have become irrelevant and archaic...and, frankly I don't think they apply in Congress anymore...and haven't for sometime. 

There are so many temptations - and so, little time - that it's easy to stray in the Halls Of Addictive Political Power.

TADD may have become a national epidemic.

In America, the ACLU has used the laws of man to trump the laws of God.

We've moved on...the question is, to where?

A Prayer For America. One Nation Under God...Or Consider "The Alternatives."

Dear Pals,

Those of you who know me well, know that I am not one for organized religion with all of its man-made ritual and orthodoxy. Yet, while I don't shout it from the rooftops, if anyone asks me, I am a Christian in the Judeo-Christian-Roman Catholic-Episcopalian tradition with a dash of Zen Buddhism, Egyptian, Taoist, Sufi, Upanishaad, Confusianism and Hopi thinking thrown in to form my own unique worldview.

That said, I believe that the Intelligent Creative Spirit of the Universe (a.ka. God) dwells in all people. I think we all contain what physicists seek and call "The God Particle." Our free will allows us to express it for good or for evil. It is every individual's choice.

The eternal struggle between good and evil is also the internal struggle every human being has to deal with. There are no exceptions...and evil is often mighty appealing...one could even say, "pleasureably tempting."

Sometimes we mortals get off track...and we can justify all kinds of aberrant behavior with many  rationales and guises such as "political correctness" and "progresssive secular Humanism."

That's when we need something like this...

My pal JCS sent me this wonderful prayer by Billy Graham. I think it is highly relevant in these very troubling times...you don't have to be a Christian or even a Southern Baptist variety Christian to appreciate his sentiments.

I present it here for your reflection.

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Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation

'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics... We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. Amen!'

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Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, 'The Rest of the Story,' before he died and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired. With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called 'One nation under God..'

If you forward this prayer to everyone on your e-mail list, in less than 30 days it would be heard by the world.

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That's the way it came in to me...and that's the way it goes out to you. Your free will wil determine what happens next.

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citizen of the Republic

PS: Don't keep your light under a bushel. Let it shine.