The election’s not over!
It won’t end till the fat man swings. And writing this, I’m thankful for words that
can mean just about anything so I don’t get accused of threatening the life of
the U.S. President.
I could mean Trump swinging from being the king of lies, deception,
and delusions to the very first US President who actually makes America great -
by adhering to the fundamental principles expressed in this nation’s profound Declaration
of Independence.
Or, I could mean he and his wife getting caught swinging at
sex party with the Vice President and his wife along with some gay Secret
Service members…as some of my Russian friends have told me that Trump has actually
done “in Russian hotels with Putin and his wenches”.
I’m sure many thought I meant swinging from the gallows. But that would only be after his being convicted
of treason by inciting 17 US states to succeed from our less than perfect Union. Which could start after his predictable refusal
accept the results of this election after the Electoral College casts it vote this Monday.
Please understand. I do not blame Trump for the dysfunction
of our Federation. It was dysfunctional long
before Trump was elected. He just
accelerated it. I had actually stated I
wanted Trump would win in 2016 - for two
specific reasons. First, he had a chance
of fixing our broken government system which Hilary would have slowly worsened. Or, Trump would quickly break it. And then we could get on with properly fixing
it so the global evolution of weaponry would not end life as we know it. It’s obvious that both parties are oblivious
to this accelerating power, affordability and accessibility of WMD options and
their inevitable use by some rouge suicidal of apocalyptic extremists. Both parties are more faithful to their creative
partisan ideals than the timeless fundamental principles that this nation was
founded on.
It is unfortunately logical
that there would be a record turnout of US voters in 2020 who didn’t feel they
have been seen, heard, or represented by key elected officials. They would be both right and wrong in believing
that. Both truths are primarily due to
their own selfish reasons for how they spend their time and money between US elections.
Very few US citizens ever persistently petitioned our government
for their grievances - except by holding rallies or protests. These impassioned, mostly peaceful, but relatively
rare events only generate media attention and social media exchanges that just
accelerate our nation’s already growing ideological divide and dysfunction.
Then there is the fact that far too many God fearing - and
God ignoring - Americans are more interested in protecting their own narrow self-interests
or issues (legalizing pot) than looking out for the needs of other’s. All, those ‘other’ people during this pandemic
who are far less fortunate than them, especially those people in other nations with
barely a pot to piss in, increasingly less food to put in a pot, or don’t even
have a pot -- after being forced to leave their homes (if they even had one) due
to war, famine, extreme weather conditions, or some extremely brutal/dysfunctional
government.
Last and not least, there is a mass of American voters, who
don’t even vote, or who were easily distracted by their desire for senseless entertainment,
overeating, wasteful consumption, and/or avoiding any real responsibility for
the decline of God’s bountiful creation around them (and the world). Those natural systems of the world that freely
provides them with clean water, fresh air, abundant food, cheap resources, and largely
predictable weather.
So no. The election is not over. And elections alone will never solve our
problems. Our nation is not great (other
than being great freaking mess) while having great ideals. So what are left with an even more dysfunctional
government than before. Because we
falsely believe that our freedoms and security can be protected while ignoring
the freedom and security of nearly 7 billion other people in our human family who
are 99.9% just like us genetically. They
just have a different nationality.
What did we mean when we pledged allegiance to our flag and
concluded our pledge with “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and
Justice for All”?
What does our Christianity mean when we ignore Jesus’s
lesson of the “Good Samaritan?”
Unless you are an idiot, ignoramus, psychopath, influenced
by the Devil, or the useless rhetoric of protecting our national sovereignty. …there
is the only acceptable answer. It can
be found in
The Parable of the Good Samaritan:
Didactic story told by Jesus in Luke 10:25–37
It is
about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead
alongside the road. First a Jewish priest and then a Levite comes by, but both
avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveler. Samaritans and
Jews despised each other, but the Samaritan helps the injured man.
25
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher,
what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 26 He said to him, "What is
written in the Law? How do you read it?" 27 And he answered, "You
shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as
yourself." 28 And he said to him, "You have answered correctly; do
this, and you will live." 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to
Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 Jesus replied, "A man was
going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped
him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest
was going down that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on
the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and
when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 He went to him and bound up his wounds,
pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to
an inn and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii and
gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you
spend, I will repay you when I come back.' 36 Which of these three, do you
think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" 37
He said, "The one who showed him mercy." And Jesus said to him,
"You go, and do likewise."
In Luke 10, Jesus is asked "what is the most important
commandment?" He responds that the greatest commandment is to "love
the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all
your mind" and the second to "love your neighbor as yourself".
Jesus was then immediately asked who counts as a neighbor and he responds
with a parable or a story lesson that is an example for everyday life.
This is
the story now pushed by Pope Francis in his latest Encyclical. He provides answers that we may not want to
hear. But are essential to future of our
nation, preserving our individual freedoms, and our collective security for
generations to come.
Elections
don’t really change what’s needed. Adhering
to fundamental principles can.
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