About three years ago I called in to a national radio talk show and said,
“The weapon of choice for the next wannabe dictator of the world will be the internet.”
DOWNSTREAM MEDIA
April 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When is it good to be mainstream?
If you are a fish, you are in the stream. The question is, which way do you swim, and why?
A new fish starts way upstream and eagerly swims downstream to live in the ocean. The key words here are “eagerly swims downstream.” The fish’s life starts on the backs of other fish that struggled upstream with their last energy in life to spawn and continue their fish line for another generation.
When all the fish are swimming downstream, imagine that some may soon realize they don’t have to swim anymore—they can just drift, go with the flow, save the effort, and supposedly live happily ever after.
When they get to the end of the stream in the ocean, or when the stream goes over the cliff in falls, they find out they forgot how to swim, and they eventually forget how to return upstream to spawn and maintain their fish line.
If those fish reporting on the flow of fish downstream, simply report on the flow around them, they have no perspective on the mainstream—that is, the entire stream, falls and rapids and lakes and oceans, and spawning grounds that exist only way upstream.
If all the fish drift downstream, and only listen to the downstream media, very soon the stream will have no more fish. Then something else will soon inhabit the stream.
Both the fish line and the freedom line must have some members fighting upstream against the stream, or the fish line and the freedom line end.
Several groups in our society have a special responsibility beyond drifting downstream.
01) Christians, led by pastors, called by God and conscience, who boldly speak out against all evils to defend life and family and freedom now.
02) Journalists, who sound out clear and complete perspectives on the entire stream of our history, rather than just cast a vote for the easy drift downstream.
03) Educators, who understand they are warriors on the front lines of the culture war, and commit to teach our heritage, at any cost.
04) Statesmen, not politicians, who care enough about the country to keep it.
05) Patriots, who remember and identify with the Patriots of 250 years ago, and act accordingly.
06) Parents, who fight upstream to “bring their children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord,” and sacrifice everything necessary to save them from today’s strong downstream current.
LIVING IN THE COUNTRY
April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
You know you’re living in the country when—
01) You go to town and the sound of a siren puts you on edge.
02) You get nervous crossing a street.
03) Your favorite quotation is from Abraham Lincoln’s father: “When you can see the smoke from your neighbor’s cabin, it’s time to move on.”
04) Your dog usually smells like skunk or cow manure, and you hug him anyway.
05) You don’t relate to the need for a privacy fence.
06) You can smell cigarette smoke half a mile away.
07) You notice the stars every night, and you can see them.
08) You consider it a compliment when someone says, “You look like a mountain man.”
09) You don’t have to spend money to enjoy wildflowers and feel romantic. More than anything else you want to share the beautiful outdoors with someone.
10) You appreciate frequent time with God outside, looking at the skies He paints just for you to notice, without any distractions except for His creation.
These lists are supposed to have ten items, but I must add one more:
11) You believe your children are better off growing up in the country.
“SICK PASSION” – – – PATH TO DESTRUCTION
April 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The April 11 comments on PASSION were too sacred and so heartfelt American, that it was not fitting to include the following at the same time:
BHOB* also has passion—sick passion—for what he believes, and it is definitely not in America.
BHOB said he will fundamentally change America. That may be the only true and honest statement he has made and that his record confirms. In order to fundamentally change America, you have to destroy and get rid of the foundation of America.
BHOB is doing just that, with a passion that gives him momentum and success and a frenzied following.
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*Barack Hussein OBama—Say BHHHOB aloud and it sounds like the warning for Christians in the 2008 election: “Beware of sheep’s clothing.”
RIPPLING BROOK – – – NIAGARA FALLS
April 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“The crash of 1929 and the Great Depression will seem like a rippling brook compared to the coming economic collapse, which will be like the roar of Niagara Falls.”
—over fifty years ago, I remember my dad frequently quoting someone who said this
UNLESS THE LORD . . .
April 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Unless the Lord keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.”
—His Book (Psalm 127:1)
WAKE UP – – – WHY ?
April 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I need an alarm clock that explains the reason for all the noise and tells me what I’m supposed to do about it. There has to be something to coordinate the waking of the brain and the body, or else nothing happens.
“THE WASH”
April 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
About fifty years ago my father was talking with a neighbor about the troubled times in America and how we had turned away from things good and Godly.
The neighbor responded, trying to brush aside my father’s concerns, by saying, “Oh, I think it will all come out in the wash.”
On the spot, my dad gave a very telling answer:
“Yes, and so it did in Noah’s day.”
PASSION – – – PATH TO THE PRESIDENCY
April 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
PASSION – – – PATH TO THE PRESIDENCY
PASSION – – – PATH TO GREATNESS
The candidate for President of the United States of America must have passion for this country and for all the good it stands for, and he must articulate that passion and ignite that passion in the good people who believe in this country. Real Americans still rally around the stuff that made America great.
If you have that passion, you will articulate it—you have to, automatically—and people will follow.
If you don’t have that passion, you can’t articulate it—you can’t fake it—and people will not follow.
Ronald Reagan had the passion to bring America back.
George H. W. Bush did not have that passion in his re-election campaign.
George W. Bush had it.
John McCain did not have it.
Sarah Palin has it.
Mitt Romney does not have it.
Rick Santorum has it.
You can talk about economics at home and foreign policy abroad, but the deeper values of life and family and faith in God always matter more.
A great economy does not make America great. Our great foundation made US great, and produced a great economy.
America’s road back to greatness will not be through the economy.
America’s return to greatness will only be through a return to our roots, with passion.
(And I feel like saying “Amen,” because I have that passion)