Get the word out ASAP. I have fired off several emails and text to colleagues, friends and family. Most didn't even know...but have a sense of how important this is.
It's so important that you have ZERO rights without 1A. They'll use the dilution of 1A to come after our other rights.
Get the word out ASAP. I have fired off several emails and text to colleagues, friends and family. Most didn't even know...but have a sense of how important this is.
It's so important that you have ZERO rights without 1A. They'll use the dilution of 1A to come after our other rights.
SCOTUS’s decision to punt the Missouri case allows the Feds to amp up censorship during the height of Election Season. Any False Flag, new Plandemic, or blatant Election Interference will be allowed to happen without mainstream 1A interference. It’s a major win for the Feds in their attempt to hold on to Power.
So the Court of Jesters decide that it's too difficult to say which of the twenty six thousand knife stabs into the victim was the actual piercing causing the fatality, come back when you can figure that out, until then it's not an actual murder case.
I vote with Jeff (at least I hope) that the SC took the easy way out (while leaving the door cracked) to avoid looking too conservative. IDK about court packing, but I view it as a legitimate threat to our freedoms. Yes, it could be turned against them, but that theory assumes that conservatives could ever win another election.
purging Commies off the Court would be best move; Counter the Revolution by all means required. The Left doesn't need to pack anything but their rucksack for 30 years hard labor in a Gulag. Conservatives are pinatas, and Commies are clubs. This is a Fking War of extinction nothing short of that but we refuse reality, so sure, lets's decry court packing and excuse make for the weaklings that Trump nominated to the Court of High Corruption
Well, we have the 3 liberal women to whom are basically incompetent as SC Justices that one doesn’t know what a woman is, we have weak Barrett and Kavanaugh who have been utterly disappointing, and then we have snake Roberts who can never be trusted to view things conservatively or constitutionally, and finally we have the 3 brave men with utter respect and knowledge of the Constitution. So what do we expect. Oh well, it’s not over yet but it’s over for our election integrity with this administration being able to carry on with their subversive practices and censorship methods. 🤬
Just look at today--phones suddenly crash when Laura Trump about to speak on Glen Beck; Mark Levin website problems, who else counter-narrative is glitching?
ONLY Domesticated Republicans are allowed in power and observe how the TOO Radical Left gets reassigned when out of bounds with the whole Anti-Zionism-Free Palestine thing too
They OWN the whole Truth and every version and facet of the Truth. Assange; hero or villain? Let's see what we're told to think before we speculate, right? This is The Revolution in action Thoughtcrime must be countered, controlled, revised, reversed, the Information Ministry is all powerful and the plebes thoughtthreats can be cured
If it's any consolation - this PLANdemic onslaught on our BODIES gave us the time and opportunity (while sheltering in place) to discuss the PATTERN OF SUBVERSIVENESS in our governance up to this point. NOW....with the 'power of the pen' we must QUASH the 'power of the sword' of deception, demagoguery with our OWN WORDS OF FREEDOM, given to us by the ALMIGHTY ruler of our very SOULS!! I truly believe the PEN is mightier than the "sword"!
True, but the system generates a critical mass of criminal control as in Lenin-Stalinist Russian Empire 1917-1991, Nazi Germany 1928ish-45, Maoist China 1930s-current. The People suffer when the Unrighteous and Ungodly rule, even the agnostics and anti-theists get ground into meal, but of course they're at the core fine with that outcome.
I carry concealed all over the place, even in airports, schools, courthouses, etc. My weapon of choice: The Rugged Rosaries WW1 "Battle Beads" Combat edition in gunmetal patina.
Excellent point! I have uncles, fathers, grand fathers and brothers that I dearly love. That makes me a woman that not only loves but likes men. Like x3.
the Founders did no such thing. They merely stated the obvious and declared we already HAVE these rights and that they come from the God who made us, thus canno be denied or removed.
There will be MASSIVE disruption in this election cycle in the USA - our legislatures are INEFFECTIVE in REINING in the Executive branch - and WE THE PEOPLE (the 'awake ones") are not going to stand idly by and let our country be ripped to shreds and ALL of our precious freedoms subverted by the MOST INSIDIOUS GOVERNANCE our nation has ever had!!
Be prepared for massive chaos - this is what happens when we NEGLECT our duties as Godly citizens of the ONLY bulwark of freedom in this entire world.
I use the term "dire straits" often these days. I hate to think of the total collapse and sinking of America, but God is in charge of ALL things at ALL times regardless of the beliefs of the human beings on the planet. Peace be with you!
"To be in dire straits means to be in desperate trouble or impending danger. Dire means extremely serious. Straits are narrow passages of water which connect two larger bodies of water, navigating them may often become perilous. In the mid-sixteenth century, straits came to mean any difficult situation, one that carries a high degree of trouble. A newspaper column in the Rome News-Tribune in September of 2000 cites United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the first known user of the term dire straits in a 1933 radio address concerning those out of work during The Great Depression."
Yes...."dire straits" was an apt term for the "Depression Era"...but not for THIS. Our VERY basic, God-given freedoms are being threatened--that is way worse than a financial crisis!!
Yep. Chipping away at our God-given rights on procedural grounds, just like claims of 2016 election fraud. Jerry Nadler’s hot take on yesterday’s Supreme decision—somehow a smackdown of Jim Jordan—is hilariously off point. Shilly fools like him find lemons and make more lemons. Instead of graciously assuming he’s ill-informed, we should be laughing him to scorn, and not just because his mom dresses him funny.
Aside from the Texas and Florida cases, I'm wondering if Berenson v. Biden might eventually be "the big case." There are opportunities for the Supremes to redeem themselves.
Yes, because in his case, he clearly proved direct attacks from the WH which harmed him!!!! That is if they bother to read the information Berenson provides. Maybe he has provided too much proof, though, and the work will be too overwhelming for them to consider it all, and they will again punt the issue aside.
1A: We should consider framing this in a different but possibly more correct way. Free speech is a given. The first amendment does not grant us this right but rather prevents the government from taking this right away. We don't need to defend our rights but rather they need to defend their abuse of power in subverting our rights.
here read. what is the operative word in this sentence:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the RIGHT of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
between "Do not panic until I give the signal." and "THIS IS OPPORTUNITY." I don't know which is more of a display of stupidity. Hey, I know, lets sue them! The laws and judges and courts will restore sanity.
I took it as sarcasm mixed with "don't give up" rhetoric.
We lost a big one but hasn't our country lost a lot of big ones in the last century while we slept and thought the government was there to serve and protect?
If we knew everything, we would lose our minds.
We can only put our hope in God.
Philippians 4:7-9
7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
I suppose that's possible. I don't want to give up, I want people to recognize that laws and courts and elections are only hurting us not helping. Instead of continuing to fight a losing war the strategy needs to change and I am disappointed that all we hear from C&C is 'Stay the course'.
I am sure Jeff has his own doubts but staying positive is a must for the blog.
We can rant and exchange ideas in the comments.
I believe our system is literally set up for slavery with the illusion of freedom.
That is why I have wracked my brain and come to the realization that satan is god of this world, the evil people are slaves to sin, but God has plans for us to prosper in this life and after. That is the hope, not saving our country.
Actually, he is only a prince not a god. Though his desire was to be a god. Jesus made sure of his ultimate defeat by coming out of the tomb of death, the one last hurdle for human beings.
John 12:31 (NIV) - Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.
Nobody is perfect and we do the best we can where we are, but Jeff is out there fighting where I can't, this I know. We all need encouragement and if we get discouraged over this, then how can we stand strong if/when things really get bad?
There's a Taoist parable called The Old Man Who Lost His Horse:
"A long time ago, a poor Chinese farmer lost a horse, and all the neighbors came around and said, “well that’s too bad.” The farmer said, “maybe.” Shortly after, the horse returned bringing another horse with him, and all the neighbors came around and said, “well that’s good fortune,” to which the farmer replied, “maybe.” The next day, the farmer’s son was trying to tame the new horse and fell, breaking his leg, and all the neighbors came around and said, “well that’s too bad,” and the farmer replied, “maybe.” Shortly after, the emperor declared war on a neighboring nation and ordered all able-bodied men to come fight—many died or were badly maimed, but the farmer’s son was unable to fight and spared due to his injury. And all the neighbors came around and said, “well that’s good fortune,” to which the farmer replied, “maybe.” And so the story goes.
In China, when something bad happens people will say, “Sai Weng Shi Ma” (Remember “The Old Man Who Lost His Horse”) to remind themselves and others that, sometimes, “bad” things happen which carry a silver lining—and that it’s often in the way you look at things which determines their power over your spirit. It is a caution to all not to get too attached to what happens to us, good or bad."
The First Amendment is both an entirely practical, necessary, vital declaration of rights AND a sacred and symbolic image of America, and it might be that it should not be sacred, that in our Western liberalism we've invested something secular (render unto Caesar) with a symbolic sacralization, and that our disappointment partly comes from the loss of that sacred nexus. Perhaps we reorient ourselves by remembering the American Revolution, and those bombastic overconfident redcoats marching in uniform with fife and drum and the ragtag fighters who won against them and remembering that God is what is sacred. Maybe the First will end up being amended to include all that modernity has inflicted on us, and perhaps we'll get an amendment on health freedom at the constitutional convention that might be born of all this.
I appreciate that you are trying to be positive but that ship has sailed, now the 'good attitude' sounds like gaslighting. We need to accept reality and change course, laws and courts aren't going to help. Fake elections are not going to help. The only non-violent option is separation, as has been done in human history countless times. The only other option is violent eradication, which is also a common occurrence in furless primate history. I don't like that C&C is advocating for the latter since team reality is losing that battle.
Well why don’t YOU do something instead of just criticizing those who are? Don’t just expect everyone else to think of ideas and ways to fight and then complain about how nothing is working.
Does commenting about how plan A didn't work, doing it more won't work, and plan B should be peaceful separation count as doing something? Or an idea, or something to fight for?
I think the 'itch' that has everyone scratching here is impatience. I know I feel it. I went back and listened to the Alex Jones interview with Dr. David Martin which put everything in context for me. I think because Dr. Martin was talking to Alex rather than a large audience like his speeches in the EU, he said some things that I have not heard him say before. " … This is World War III, that’s not hyperbole, it just comes in a different form...” That kind of put it in context for me. This is a big war and it's going to get uglier. But, as he describes, we are winning and the enemies weight is shifting to their back foot.
There are groups that have been working all along on the idea of secession. This is a very real outcome or solution. We may even see secession movements within blue states such as Oregon. This is something we can work toward and put some effort in. Seceding from the USG will not be easy and there needs to be more awareness of this developed.
Also, let me point out that the First Adam gave dominion over the earth to Satan at the Fall. The Second Adam, God the Son incarnate, paid the price and with His ascension to the throne, Satan fell to earth like lightning, and all dominion, power and authority was given to Him who now sits on the throne as King of kings and Lord of Lords. Satan may be god to the enemy but he is not god of this world. He is now nothing more than a squatter who is dug in deeper than an Alabama tick on a wart hog and it is our JOB as the Body of Christ on earth to evict Satan from this world through the power of the Holy Spirit which has been given to us for this purpose.
So... We have to take the longer view of our Lord and Savior and understand that this is a major battle in a war that has been going on since His incarnation.
"Parallel"...interesting choice of words. I think we are already starting to see an organic parallel society develop with people voting with their feet and moving to "freedom states" like FL and TX. As this grows, the politicians will be dragged along kicking and screaming. At some point, it will necessarily reach a watershed and become a formalized separation.
Chief among the latter IMO is the contractual guarantees made by the current federal government of SSA payments and Medicare benefits, to retirees who in good faith have paid into both accounts for decades. If this nation splits into Blue and Red parts, does anyone expect either one to be able to, or even willing to, honor those contractual payment commitments?
Y'all remember what Confederate States' scrip was worth in 1867? Or for that matter, what individual US states' scrip was worth across state lines in, say 1820?
Astute observation. The phrase "not worth a Continental" comes to mind in our first revolt against empire (which succeeded). Same experience with the Confederate scrip in our second revolt against empire (which failed). Of course, this is prolly going to happen regardless as the USG approaches financial insolvency before the end of this decade. The fiat USD is exponentially going worthless as wealth flees the USD in favor of the gold backed currency of the rising southern BRICS block.
Not really. Imo you need to propose alternatives and take action yourself also. Simply criticizing everyone else’s initiatives doesn’t really help move anything in the right direction.
If you think peaceful separation is the best plan, what are you doing to take action in favor of this?
Moved on already. Like many I don't read C&C much anymore. Do you notice the echo chamber has fewer people making more comments?
Jeff still has good stories, but the delusional cheerleading is too much for a daily dose anymore. The topic choices are interesting, the style is humorous but the rationality is gone and the fans are tribal and predictable.
I think we're going to "win", but I also think it could take at least a generation. And that's exactly my biggest concern; do we have the intestinal fortitude, tenacity and commitment to see it through? I think we have to be realistic about time frames, lest we get discouraged and give way to apathy.
We've named the problem and the "enemy"...but we have not come to terms with how long this is going to take imo.
THIS IS OPPORTUNITY.
Get the word out ASAP. I have fired off several emails and text to colleagues, friends and family. Most didn't even know...but have a sense of how important this is.
It's so important that you have ZERO rights without 1A. They'll use the dilution of 1A to come after our other rights.
How can you defend your other rights without 1A?
WE ARE SLAVES WITHOUT FREE SPEECH.
It's that simple.
SCOTUS’s decision to punt the Missouri case allows the Feds to amp up censorship during the height of Election Season. Any False Flag, new Plandemic, or blatant Election Interference will be allowed to happen without mainstream 1A interference. It’s a major win for the Feds in their attempt to hold on to Power.
So the Court of Jesters decide that it's too difficult to say which of the twenty six thousand knife stabs into the victim was the actual piercing causing the fatality, come back when you can figure that out, until then it's not an actual murder case.
Great analogy
I said that out loud…
Sure is.
Well, we can’t expect them to read too much about it and take their time doing their job carefully! I am so disappointed in the six liberal justices!
I vote with Jeff (at least I hope) that the SC took the easy way out (while leaving the door cracked) to avoid looking too conservative. IDK about court packing, but I view it as a legitimate threat to our freedoms. Yes, it could be turned against them, but that theory assumes that conservatives could ever win another election.
Apologies for the ()’s! 😁
purging Commies off the Court would be best move; Counter the Revolution by all means required. The Left doesn't need to pack anything but their rucksack for 30 years hard labor in a Gulag. Conservatives are pinatas, and Commies are clubs. This is a Fking War of extinction nothing short of that but we refuse reality, so sure, lets's decry court packing and excuse make for the weaklings that Trump nominated to the Court of High Corruption
I was thinking the exact same thing. Seems like some possible coercion going on behind the scenes.
Well, we have the 3 liberal women to whom are basically incompetent as SC Justices that one doesn’t know what a woman is, we have weak Barrett and Kavanaugh who have been utterly disappointing, and then we have snake Roberts who can never be trusted to view things conservatively or constitutionally, and finally we have the 3 brave men with utter respect and knowledge of the Constitution. So what do we expect. Oh well, it’s not over yet but it’s over for our election integrity with this administration being able to carry on with their subversive practices and censorship methods. 🤬
Cavin'yeah should be impeached at this point, maybe he really was a youthful gang raping racist creep like the Commies claimed after all.
Political coercion...
Exactly
Political violence and threats work. If they didnt our commie overlords wouldn't deploy it.
Exactly
Just look at today--phones suddenly crash when Laura Trump about to speak on Glen Beck; Mark Levin website problems, who else counter-narrative is glitching?
Sure it's all just a coinkydink, yah.
Yeah, and Rumble reported lots of glitches during the debate. Just a coincidence.
yes, but won't that also work when the roles are reversed and the Republicans are in power?
🤣🤣🤣You said a funny. Plutocrats won…the people lost. Thanks SCOTUS…for nothing. This was not a punt, it was a gavel to our heads.
They are counting on remaining in power. It’s what makes them so dangerous.
Didn’t republicans have power just a few years back? What did they do with it? RINO’d out! UNIPARTY
spot on. imo the RINO's are the real enemy.
ONLY Domesticated Republicans are allowed in power and observe how the TOO Radical Left gets reassigned when out of bounds with the whole Anti-Zionism-Free Palestine thing too
You mean the suck-up loin lickers?
How can you defend your other rights without 1A?
Answer: 2A?
Of course. But it's in case of emergency when 1A fails....and it results in pools of maroon below.
It also also assumes that, in the meantime, the commies in office now don't ram through legislation that diluted 2A.
Let's face it...they will use this ruling to stifle any "standing" we have left.
And the most pressing threat is they will exploit it in an effort to cheat again.
They OWN the whole Truth and every version and facet of the Truth. Assange; hero or villain? Let's see what we're told to think before we speculate, right? This is The Revolution in action Thoughtcrime must be countered, controlled, revised, reversed, the Information Ministry is all powerful and the plebes thoughtthreats can be cured
If it's any consolation - this PLANdemic onslaught on our BODIES gave us the time and opportunity (while sheltering in place) to discuss the PATTERN OF SUBVERSIVENESS in our governance up to this point. NOW....with the 'power of the pen' we must QUASH the 'power of the sword' of deception, demagoguery with our OWN WORDS OF FREEDOM, given to us by the ALMIGHTY ruler of our very SOULS!! I truly believe the PEN is mightier than the "sword"!
Words are weapons, voices are violence, thoughts are plots; they will and must control the mind, the eyes and ears and tongues of all
But we do not comply, assent, or cower.
True, but the system generates a critical mass of criminal control as in Lenin-Stalinist Russian Empire 1917-1991, Nazi Germany 1928ish-45, Maoist China 1930s-current. The People suffer when the Unrighteous and Ungodly rule, even the agnostics and anti-theists get ground into meal, but of course they're at the core fine with that outcome.
But only if we're allowed to read what the penholder (or keyboardist) had written.
Pools of maroon, yes, but Trees of Liberty need nourishment, too...
BG&A
correct
Jim Quinn often noted that the second amendment is the RESET button on our constitution.
Ooh. I like that saying
me too, I'm in wid it
I carry concealed all over the place, even in airports, schools, courthouses, etc. My weapon of choice: The Rugged Rosaries WW1 "Battle Beads" Combat edition in gunmetal patina.
https://ruggedrosaries.com/products/combat-rosary-gunmetal-patina
Indicating that the armory of God is incomplete.
Nice!
Welp, we’ve lost the soap box,the jury box, and the ballot box. The only thing left is the cartridge box.
This needs to be on a shirt or something
What was it?
I happened to copy it for a T shirt... LOL
It is cynical, but not wrong and supports our rights.
"Welp, we’ve lost the soap box,the jury box, and the ballot box. The only thing left is the cartridge box."
Simple sayings can communicate profound truths.
agree
Was "for" meant to be "from?"
For.... It was just a comment that someone else said would make a good tshirt and I liked it and copied it for a T, but won't...
Got deleted, what was it? (Like your name, by the way)
Infinity Ns > 2 Ns 😁😛
Are you aware that the amendments didn't give anyone any rights?
"We hold these rights to be self-evident..."
It is self-evident that women are not equal to men, but superior.
You think so, my understanding is that Hillary Clinton and AOC are women. Nothing superior going on there
Excellent point! I have uncles, fathers, grand fathers and brothers that I dearly love. That makes me a woman that not only loves but likes men. Like x3.
I was thinking biologically, not philosophically.
Women are superior to men because they can birth children, if they will instead of having doctors kill them.
Scientific American is more like People than ever before.
I've always preferred science to rhetoric, so I'll let you waste your time on that.
; )
Ryan, it's why the founders gave us 2A. In case they try to take away 1A. Keep 'em locked and loaded, brother.
the Founders did no such thing. They merely stated the obvious and declared we already HAVE these rights and that they come from the God who made us, thus canno be denied or removed.
They only described reality.
true
There will be MASSIVE disruption in this election cycle in the USA - our legislatures are INEFFECTIVE in REINING in the Executive branch - and WE THE PEOPLE (the 'awake ones") are not going to stand idly by and let our country be ripped to shreds and ALL of our precious freedoms subverted by the MOST INSIDIOUS GOVERNANCE our nation has ever had!!
Be prepared for massive chaos - this is what happens when we NEGLECT our duties as Godly citizens of the ONLY bulwark of freedom in this entire world.
GOD SAVE US FROM OUR 'LEADERS' and OURSELVES!!
Shalom my friends!!
"...by the MOST INSIDIOUS GOVERNANCE our nation has ever had!!"... since 1860...
Spot on! Later Jay
I use the term "dire straits" often these days. I hate to think of the total collapse and sinking of America, but God is in charge of ALL things at ALL times regardless of the beliefs of the human beings on the planet. Peace be with you!
"To be in dire straits means to be in desperate trouble or impending danger. Dire means extremely serious. Straits are narrow passages of water which connect two larger bodies of water, navigating them may often become perilous. In the mid-sixteenth century, straits came to mean any difficult situation, one that carries a high degree of trouble. A newspaper column in the Rome News-Tribune in September of 2000 cites United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the first known user of the term dire straits in a 1933 radio address concerning those out of work during The Great Depression."
Yes...."dire straits" was an apt term for the "Depression Era"...but not for THIS. Our VERY basic, God-given freedoms are being threatened--that is way worse than a financial crisis!!
Yep. Chipping away at our God-given rights on procedural grounds, just like claims of 2016 election fraud. Jerry Nadler’s hot take on yesterday’s Supreme decision—somehow a smackdown of Jim Jordan—is hilariously off point. Shilly fools like him find lemons and make more lemons. Instead of graciously assuming he’s ill-informed, we should be laughing him to scorn, and not just because his mom dresses him funny.
How do mere mortals chip away at that provided by a deity?
Mortals fail to defend it.
Aside from the Texas and Florida cases, I'm wondering if Berenson v. Biden might eventually be "the big case." There are opportunities for the Supremes to redeem themselves.
Yes, because in his case, he clearly proved direct attacks from the WH which harmed him!!!! That is if they bother to read the information Berenson provides. Maybe he has provided too much proof, though, and the work will be too overwhelming for them to consider it all, and they will again punt the issue aside.
it is by default i suppose now.
1A: We should consider framing this in a different but possibly more correct way. Free speech is a given. The first amendment does not grant us this right but rather prevents the government from taking this right away. We don't need to defend our rights but rather they need to defend their abuse of power in subverting our rights.
Here's my point:
Remember when Sotomayor claimed over 100k children died from c19? That's the true power of censorship.
We must never forget 1A is even more important for the listener. For every voice they silence a thousand can not hear.
Somebody make a meme of that, and it'll be worth a thousand words. That's what they're after.
Agree 100%,. If they can convince a SCOTUS Justice of an entirely bogus number imagine what they can convince the populus of.
Although IMHO, she's got an IQ of about 95-so pretty easy to convince.
Do you want to reach the average Joe...or the average pedant?
I understand 1A.
Maybe it would be beneficial to pick up public communication skill sets?
None of the BIll of Rights conveys any rights.
here read. what is the operative word in this sentence:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the RIGHT of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Absent an enforcement clause, it is nothing more than the reminder for Congress it was meant to be.
between "Do not panic until I give the signal." and "THIS IS OPPORTUNITY." I don't know which is more of a display of stupidity. Hey, I know, lets sue them! The laws and judges and courts will restore sanity.
C&C has jumped the shark.
I took it as sarcasm mixed with "don't give up" rhetoric.
We lost a big one but hasn't our country lost a lot of big ones in the last century while we slept and thought the government was there to serve and protect?
If we knew everything, we would lose our minds.
We can only put our hope in God.
Philippians 4:7-9
7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
I suppose that's possible. I don't want to give up, I want people to recognize that laws and courts and elections are only hurting us not helping. Instead of continuing to fight a losing war the strategy needs to change and I am disappointed that all we hear from C&C is 'Stay the course'.
I am sure Jeff has his own doubts but staying positive is a must for the blog.
We can rant and exchange ideas in the comments.
I believe our system is literally set up for slavery with the illusion of freedom.
That is why I have wracked my brain and come to the realization that satan is god of this world, the evil people are slaves to sin, but God has plans for us to prosper in this life and after. That is the hope, not saving our country.
'satan is god of this world' Wow, that might be the most thought provoking comment of the day.
Actually, he is only a prince not a god. Though his desire was to be a god. Jesus made sure of his ultimate defeat by coming out of the tomb of death, the one last hurdle for human beings.
John 12:31 (NIV) - Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.
He is the ruler of this world.
“I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.”
John 14:30
Nah. His comment is plain to see.
Keyboard scolds are cowards
Nobody is perfect and we do the best we can where we are, but Jeff is out there fighting where I can't, this I know. We all need encouragement and if we get discouraged over this, then how can we stand strong if/when things really get bad?
There's a Taoist parable called The Old Man Who Lost His Horse:
"A long time ago, a poor Chinese farmer lost a horse, and all the neighbors came around and said, “well that’s too bad.” The farmer said, “maybe.” Shortly after, the horse returned bringing another horse with him, and all the neighbors came around and said, “well that’s good fortune,” to which the farmer replied, “maybe.” The next day, the farmer’s son was trying to tame the new horse and fell, breaking his leg, and all the neighbors came around and said, “well that’s too bad,” and the farmer replied, “maybe.” Shortly after, the emperor declared war on a neighboring nation and ordered all able-bodied men to come fight—many died or were badly maimed, but the farmer’s son was unable to fight and spared due to his injury. And all the neighbors came around and said, “well that’s good fortune,” to which the farmer replied, “maybe.” And so the story goes.
In China, when something bad happens people will say, “Sai Weng Shi Ma” (Remember “The Old Man Who Lost His Horse”) to remind themselves and others that, sometimes, “bad” things happen which carry a silver lining—and that it’s often in the way you look at things which determines their power over your spirit. It is a caution to all not to get too attached to what happens to us, good or bad."
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/parable-chinese-farmer-what-taoists-can-teach-us-hodges-ed-d-
The First Amendment is both an entirely practical, necessary, vital declaration of rights AND a sacred and symbolic image of America, and it might be that it should not be sacred, that in our Western liberalism we've invested something secular (render unto Caesar) with a symbolic sacralization, and that our disappointment partly comes from the loss of that sacred nexus. Perhaps we reorient ourselves by remembering the American Revolution, and those bombastic overconfident redcoats marching in uniform with fife and drum and the ragtag fighters who won against them and remembering that God is what is sacred. Maybe the First will end up being amended to include all that modernity has inflicted on us, and perhaps we'll get an amendment on health freedom at the constitutional convention that might be born of all this.
Yes, but only 3% remember that when the battle starts.
Later Jay
P.s. great parable.
I think you're an idiot for being a defeatist.
Plus you have zero self awareness, big shot.
I think you are an idiot for resorting to ad hominem attacks.
Ha! That's exactly what you did 3 days ago.
Please do not reply further to any of my comments.
I don't have time for keyboard scolds.
I will not cease responding to your comments until you stop using them to attack the truth.
The Truth. Lmao.
You made a fool of yourself the other day.
And that's why you've been absent.
How's that digital tatoo?
I don't have a tattoo of any kind.
You post like the tattooed man.
You claimed Yuri was a communist because he sarcastically used the word comrade.
How's that crow taste with that egg on your face?
Who else but a comrade would call another comrade anything else?
Egg always tastes better than the crow crap you spew.
Ryan-LIKE
I appreciate that you are trying to be positive but that ship has sailed, now the 'good attitude' sounds like gaslighting. We need to accept reality and change course, laws and courts aren't going to help. Fake elections are not going to help. The only non-violent option is separation, as has been done in human history countless times. The only other option is violent eradication, which is also a common occurrence in furless primate history. I don't like that C&C is advocating for the latter since team reality is losing that battle.
Well why don’t YOU do something instead of just criticizing those who are? Don’t just expect everyone else to think of ideas and ways to fight and then complain about how nothing is working.
Does commenting about how plan A didn't work, doing it more won't work, and plan B should be peaceful separation count as doing something? Or an idea, or something to fight for?
I think the 'itch' that has everyone scratching here is impatience. I know I feel it. I went back and listened to the Alex Jones interview with Dr. David Martin which put everything in context for me. I think because Dr. Martin was talking to Alex rather than a large audience like his speeches in the EU, he said some things that I have not heard him say before. " … This is World War III, that’s not hyperbole, it just comes in a different form...” That kind of put it in context for me. This is a big war and it's going to get uglier. But, as he describes, we are winning and the enemies weight is shifting to their back foot.
https://expose-news.com/2024/06/22/since-2002-coronavirus-has-been-man-made/
There are groups that have been working all along on the idea of secession. This is a very real outcome or solution. We may even see secession movements within blue states such as Oregon. This is something we can work toward and put some effort in. Seceding from the USG will not be easy and there needs to be more awareness of this developed.
Also, let me point out that the First Adam gave dominion over the earth to Satan at the Fall. The Second Adam, God the Son incarnate, paid the price and with His ascension to the throne, Satan fell to earth like lightning, and all dominion, power and authority was given to Him who now sits on the throne as King of kings and Lord of Lords. Satan may be god to the enemy but he is not god of this world. He is now nothing more than a squatter who is dug in deeper than an Alabama tick on a wart hog and it is our JOB as the Body of Christ on earth to evict Satan from this world through the power of the Holy Spirit which has been given to us for this purpose.
So... We have to take the longer view of our Lord and Savior and understand that this is a major battle in a war that has been going on since His incarnation.
Well said Phil. Think parallel society or complete separation.
Later Jay
"Parallel"...interesting choice of words. I think we are already starting to see an organic parallel society develop with people voting with their feet and moving to "freedom states" like FL and TX. As this grows, the politicians will be dragged along kicking and screaming. At some point, it will necessarily reach a watershed and become a formalized separation.
Secession offers benefits and problems.
Chief among the latter IMO is the contractual guarantees made by the current federal government of SSA payments and Medicare benefits, to retirees who in good faith have paid into both accounts for decades. If this nation splits into Blue and Red parts, does anyone expect either one to be able to, or even willing to, honor those contractual payment commitments?
Y'all remember what Confederate States' scrip was worth in 1867? Or for that matter, what individual US states' scrip was worth across state lines in, say 1820?
Astute observation. The phrase "not worth a Continental" comes to mind in our first revolt against empire (which succeeded). Same experience with the Confederate scrip in our second revolt against empire (which failed). Of course, this is prolly going to happen regardless as the USG approaches financial insolvency before the end of this decade. The fiat USD is exponentially going worthless as wealth flees the USD in favor of the gold backed currency of the rising southern BRICS block.
Not really. Imo you need to propose alternatives and take action yourself also. Simply criticizing everyone else’s initiatives doesn’t really help move anything in the right direction.
If you think peaceful separation is the best plan, what are you doing to take action in favor of this?
Of course it is. But you were a dick about.
Move on dude. We all make mistakes.
You did. It happens.
Moved on already. Like many I don't read C&C much anymore. Do you notice the echo chamber has fewer people making more comments?
Jeff still has good stories, but the delusional cheerleading is too much for a daily dose anymore. The topic choices are interesting, the style is humorous but the rationality is gone and the fans are tribal and predictable.
i get what you're saying. don't get me wrong.
I think we're going to "win", but I also think it could take at least a generation. And that's exactly my biggest concern; do we have the intestinal fortitude, tenacity and commitment to see it through? I think we have to be realistic about time frames, lest we get discouraged and give way to apathy.
We've named the problem and the "enemy"...but we have not come to terms with how long this is going to take imo.
or maybe it comes down to what our Framers would've done long ago....blow it all up?
I don't disagree with most of what you said...but there's no reason to be a prick about it.