You brought up Ferguson Missouri in your UN speech, today (9/24/14) Mr President, perhaps on a par with terrorism, beheadings, etc? Sad, in that you also brought up the rule of law. Is not that young police officer given guarantees under the Constitution, even innocent until proven guilty? You are in essence pronouncing him guilty …
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Empty praise
The statement has been made about the Ten Commandments not being “ten suggestions”. Indeed. It is not our prerogative to attempt to down grade them to our present lack of obedience. Where a potion of repentance is necessary, we need apply it. We may speak all the day long of God’s love and goodness toward …
Feelings of deja vu
We have all experienced feelings of “deja vu” in the which we say to a complete stranger, “It is as if I know you from somewhere.” There may be more truth to that than we realize. As spirit children of our Heavenly Father, we lived in His presence prior to coming here to take on …
Shall we not do our part?
On 21 October 1805, on the eve of the battle which would save England, the great British Admiral, Horatio Nelson, issued this order: “England expects that every man will do his duty.” He then led the British fleet to victory against the combined French and Spanish fleet. Nelson, who had lost an eye in one …
For political advantage (October 2012)
I am not a fan of David Letterman, given his rough treatment of Conservatives. So I was surprised when he said, “You want your President to be telling the truth; you want the contender to be lying…Mitt said, (about an allegation made against him by the President) ‘No no, check the thing, check the thing…’ …
Grace in defeat
Of his impending surrender to General Grant, General Robert E. Lee said…”I would rather die a thousand deaths.” But his previously unbeaten army now numbered but 6,000 poorly clad infantry, and 2,000 cavalry on spent and gaunt horses. Grant was upon him with 80,000 men. For the sake of his spent army, Lee humbly presented …
They will do it
It is the Marines, the Soldiers, the Sailors, the Airmen who will do the fighting and dying. It will always be them, so why not let them do the planning and then follow the plan? The plan at this moment is that there is no plan. What is taking place is a tragedy in the …
A strong friend in the President
CNN chirps that our military has today targeted its 176th airstrike over the past several weeks. Each airstrike it seems, must have the President’s approval. This timid approach to a terrible crisis emboldens our enemies around the world. We quote with disbelief the President’s words to the President of the Ukraine. “You have a strong …
Iran’s Supreme Leader, a pragmatist?
A spokesman for the administration explains the difficulties of attempting to persuade Iran to abandon its plans to acquire nuclear weapon status. “There is a continued erosion of diplomatic relations with Iran. We want a deal more than Iran’s leader does. He continues to say NO…this man is a pragmatist, committed to his goal of …
Foolish in their unwisdom
I thought at the time that exchanges such as this one would cinch the Presidency for Romney. How foolish of me! I had neglected to take into account the appaling ignorance of a great majority of the American people. Foolish, in not knowing and understanding history. Foolish, in allowing themselves such abject mental dysfunction as …