Posted on 01/07/2021 12:40:16 PM PST by frnewsjunkie
How did this happen.. Years of neglect and years of letting the left do whatever they wanted. Years of Churches going in a wrong direction. Years of losing the foundation we stood on and years of being spoiled with things and more things. You are not all going to agree with this, but look where we are doing it your way...It's not working.. it's not working at all.
I can go way back and I remember more than most.. It's become a "thing" to not give older folks any credit.. but the wisdom you seek is earned by living it! Long years of learning what works and what does not work.
I remember life during WWII. I did not know what a war was or where it was being fought.. but I remember the life.
Ration stamps.. we were sent a ration book with stamps in it to buy items that were scarce. When you used that stamp, you could buy no more of that item till the next book came out.
Women went to work in the factories to take the place of the men who were in the war. Women did not work outside the home before the war, like they do now. Which brings up the subject of kids coming home from school to no parent in the home.
But I go on... Schools had us hide under our desks to practice a bomb being dropped... lights were turned out on certain nights so enemy planes could not see our cities or towns... yes, it was that way in Indiana.
One day I was with some kids and we heard shouting and ran out to see what happened...The war was over!!! we all went to the church to celebrate and give thanks...
I digress.... schools were run by the local elected school board.. not the government. we all walked to church for Good Friday services in the local church. We had a Christian convocation each week in the school. Some of the teachers in elementary said a prayer before we went to lunch.
There was respect and loyalty.. some deals were made with a handshake.. a man's word was honored. Honesty was abundant.. lies were not. There was a safety surrounding that kind of life. Society made sure we all lived decent.. it you didn't, you were set apart and it worked well until respect went out the window.
I grew up in a little burg... we had food on the land.. canned it and lived on it. we worked hard.. there was no gym to use for work out... the garden, the yard, the field, all were our workout places.
We had no TV and no radio for a long time. Our electric bill was around $3 and we were sent a card to fill out the numbers on the dial outside and send the card back. They trusted us to do that... and sent us the bill.
When did things go sour? TV.. when it first came out was a 6 inch screen.. there were 3 stations.. nbc, cbs and abc. They went off the air at 10 pm and no Sunday broadcasts. The news was on from 6 pm to 6:15 and then to 6:30. Nothing but the news.. no talking back and forth... just the news. we could get more news at the movie theater, but it was not late news. we got the newspaper from the postman the next day.. nothing was immediate.
There was no McDonald's to go to.. we all cooked and sat around the table to eat as a family.. We got together with more family on Sundays.. that's how we knew our cousins.
Our music was Patty Page and Pat Boone type... then came Elvis and then the Beatles... it was a change.. and dancing became changed.. ideas changed... and not for the better, looking back to those times.
Society said TV was going to lead us downhill... Society said Elvis was going to lead us downhill.. Ed Sullivan would now show him below the waist. Now, look back and answer .. were they right? or not?
Then came the Viet Nam War... Bernie was in that bunch of people who had no sense and nothing to do but to smoke weed and stay high to avoid life. Woodstock happened.. and the rebellion ... from Hollywood men joining WWII to not serving anywhere and rebelling.
Someone got the idea it was cool to rebel..Jane Fonda ...
Today it is fashionable to dis Christians... to dis good. to accept the worst in anything... to be ignorant and to pass it on to other people.
Computers are the mainstay for most... yet, how damaging are they to our society... you can be male or female.. have your pick.. what good is that? explain that one to me! How is joining forces with the ones you fear, make any sense... and where is common sense today?
I am lost in all this mess today. I know... beyond a shadow of a doubt, where this is headed... and it's not good for anyone but the head masters....
What are you going to do when they tear down the wall being built. What are you going to do when your children can't attend school without first being indoctrinated into a type class where they will obey the government and tell about their parents.. what are you going to do when you can't see a dr without signing an allegiance to the government. What are you going to do when the gov takes your pay check and you can't afford the house or the other car or nothing that you are used to. Has any of this entered your minds?
Too young and since it hasn't happened before, it can't.. Dream on...
This nation has held the world together, prevented tyrants from power and fed the world.. we fought for freedoms for others and never took land from them.. we were a nation set aside by God... and today, unless someone does something fast... we will be like the rest and the rest will become worse because there is no AMERICA to save the world.
God sent us a boat... the left.. the democrats... sunk it.. and there will be a heavy price for those who disregarded President Trump... God be with him and his family! Is it too late to pray for our beloved country!!
You did a good job. Too many people vote who are primarily one or two issue voters. We have a clueless society. The Democrats revel in keeping their base uninformed. That is not even debatable.
Public education brainwashes the young. Pop culture brainwashes the young adult. Media brainwash the adult.
We spent DECADES voting for “the lesser of two evils”...
Evil is still evil and sooner or later your “two evils” are gonna get together and figure out that together they are strong enough to pull off EXACTLY what we have been witnessing this year.
Someone earlier said to me it’s been going on since H Hoover. (See my tag line)
It is a beautiful post. I remember these things, too, and how far we have fallen.
I would say, not how did we get here - you have outlined that very well - the question is, why are we here?
According to the Bible this day was inevitable. “These things must take place,” said Jesus, “but the end is not yet.” [ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+24&version=NASB ]
God did send us a boat; his name is Jesus (”as it was in the days of Noah...”). May everyone reading these words get “in Christ” to save their souls from eternal death.
I guess a time of persecution before the rapture is coming. We ought to be preparing ourselves spiritually for that. Many will fall away, and will betray one another.
Stand firm in the faith, once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 1:3)!
This was coming eventually.Better it happen now then freedom slowly eroding.
My husband died suddenly 5 yrs ago and my son lost a 2 yr battle with leukemia 3 yrs ago.
They will meet me there.. my mother is there also... and many family...
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
THE GEORGIA RESULTS
SEND IN AN ARMY OF FED PROSECUTORS AND DO THIS
There were a series of fraudulent voting charges here. Were they enforced and corrected before this election took place ? If they weren’t is not a review called for ?
If the Georgia Secretary of State is in charge of voting he has the responsibility of enforcing the state’s regulations as to who votes. And eliminate those from voter lists who don’t qualify.
Assign prosecutors to investigate and Check if military actually voted. Identify remove and charge Illegals and state visitors known as snowbirds if they voted and their residency and citizenship does not qualify them .
Then while including any technical computer testemony go to the court and get these results tossed. Try and get it done SAP before the 20th
How’d we get here? Three words:
Hate, hate, hate.
Sen Ligon GA state, was on America’s Voice this am telling what went on in ga voting.
Condolences and Prayers.
It started with the vietnam war. Americans had 2 parents with 5 plus children. The children outnumbered the parents. When we got embroiled in the Vietnam conflict, there was no threat to our national existence. Our parents had to conscript us to fight it. We didn’t have a clear reason for going over there to fight an enemy which we didn’t even have a concept of. No desire to win.
Needless to say, the revolt was the children refusing to do as their parents told them. Never mind that it was wrong for our parents to tell us to go over there to kill and die for something they never articulated very well. It was the civil disobedience of our generation, the boomers, towards our forbears, the Great Generation, that led to the rise of liberalism. We questioned everything they told us finding our excuses to not obey the command to go over there to fight and possibly die.
Questions included why no war was declared, what right did we have to go tell other people how to live, why should we believe in God? It was existential. I remember being in high school and worrying about being drafted. After they ended it, I wanted nothing whatsoever to do with military service. I rooted for Jerry Brown to become President. I thought well of Carter and his folksy ways. It wasn’t until Iran that I became a Reagan supporter, and have voted Republican since. But I tell you what, among my peer group, it is extremely rare to find another Republican.
In WWII, soldiers got off the boat at Normandy... knowing a German army lay on the hill with guns on the ready and mowed our men down. Boat load after boat load came ashore, knowing they probably would be killed. they came ashore until enough made it alive.
my father was one of them who made it. he said they could not stop and help any fallen.. they were to grab guns and pack if they could get it on the run.
they came ashore wet and bootlogged..
now... let me add.. discipline is what makes the military great.. don’t ask.. just do what you are told.. my father had a few weeks training in the states and was then shipped to the front lines.
Tell me how many men today would obey orders and get off that boat and run thru gunfire.. knowing it probably meant death.
how many Americans would think it unbelievable.. how many media would condemn it.
we would have lost that war if media had their cameras there.
it takes a war to win it.. one side can’t lay down and be nice.
this today is hitting all my sences...
I am furious the dumb can vote this on the rest of us.. and the lying continues.. as it did in Russia to control the people.. back when I didn’t know such could happen.
Thank you.
Great post.
What can I do? In the face of the coming storm, what constructive actions can we take to conserve what works and protect ourselves? Here are a few actionable solutions anyone can adopt at a personal or local level.
Find your tribe. Network, meet in person. Social media can’t censor what you say in private. This also helps you emotionally, since you’re meeting with people who support you instead of mistaking the digital lynch mobs for what matters.
Preserve conservative institutions like churches, schools and clubs. Fight social justice infiltration or pressure to submit to liberal political demands like, “you really need a BLM lecturer in here, you’ll be good if you throw up our political symbols”.
Educate. Teach your kids your values at an early age, by reading stories that share your values. Don’t let the kids go to drag queen story time or social justice story time. Protest if the school or daycare does this, or if you’re not able to do that, take your kid out and discuss the protest with other parents. Abilene Paradox – people wrongly think that the official dictate is what everyone agrees with because no one says anything against it.
Buy books that explain the conservative worldview and defend it like those by Dennis Prager. Buy books that explain why liberals and conservatives are different without demonizing them like Jonathan Haidt’s works. And start book clubs reading these books. Hello, tribe!
Fight any attempt to add social justice to codes of conduct. For example, the National Association of Realtors just implemented a policy where you can be fined or expelled for “hate speech”, public or private. Other organizations have weaker versions of this, but expect it to ramp up.
Law, medicine and social work already have rules regarding this, equating trust and respect and empathy to liberal values - so you can’t get licensed if you don’t agree. Fight this, if you don’t want to be kicked out of professional organizations if you don’t pass the liberal political litmus test.
Hire conservatives, because businesses are firing them. Assist those who have been fired for their beliefs.
2ndvote.com allows you to find conservative and neutral businesses that share your values.
You can even sort by category (restaurants, groceries, hardware, retail) or values (pro-life, 2nd amendment).
Do you like the local or national conservative talk show hosts? Buy the stuff they’re hawking, and especially use the reference or discount codes they provide. This will tell sponsors that this sponsorship is financially important to them. And that helps keep these shows on the air.
Clean your room. Sort yourself out. You can’t fix the world, but you can improve your own life and situation. Read Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University books. Get out of debt. Save up an emergency fund. If Biden’s cronies crash the economy, you’re in a much better situation. And you’re in a Christian group that can be the start of your tribe, or you can arrange classes at your church or with your networking groups to bring everyone closer together.
Encourage Sanctuary Cities/Sanctuary States on any issue you support. Second Amendment sanctuaries already exist. Pro-life Sanctuaries are far fewer but could spread. Support the groups that got these policies passed, and encourage such movements in your area. You may not be able to change federal tax and immigration policy, but you can try to preserve free speech if someone can implement a First Amendment Sanctuary law at a state level.
Use the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) college rankings on free speech to determine the least liberal schools in your area to send your kids to.
Cell phone & Internet.
Think Tower of Babel.
God would not let them build the tower of Babel. True I expect them to try but don’t think it will be done.
It’s for sure what is available to do strange things.... isn’t necessarily good.
There is the “mark” on the forehead predicted.
the tower of Babel... cell phone and internet are not literal but reaches out a long ways.
If this gets worse .. we are in deep... it’s already been a year since anything was near normal... and now this.
we hope something different happens .... Trump is not one to take anything like this by walking away from it.
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