Y2K14 – – – CLOSER THAN WE THINK

The year 2000—Y2K—came and went without disaster, without disrupting our lives, with hardly a glitch.

Prophets of crash and gloom come and go—and American life goes on.

Debt crisis and government shutdown “catastrophes” make the news annually—and then go away again and again.

Courts take away our freedoms more and more—but most people still go to work every day.

The Administration has five rounds of hollow point bullets reserved for each one of us—but if we can’t see it, we don’t think about it.

Illegal policies implemented by the government become the norm—and we are getting used to it.

BUT—November is coming!

AND—Elections have consequences!

SO—We have five months to turn things around?

BHOB* also knows he has five months to fully secure his control in spite of elections.

Y2K14—six months left in this year.

Y2K14—life as we know it will likely change dramatically.

Y2K—Potential like a rippling brook.

Y2K14—Potential like the roar of Niagara Falls.

 

*Barack Hussein OBama—Say BHHHOB aloud and it sounds like the warning for Christians in the 2008 election: “Beware of sheep’s clothing.”

URGENT TIMES AHEAD—OLD HABITS BEHIND

To whom it may concern—

—Americans

—Patriots

—Free People

—Christians

—Parents

—Texans

If you are waiting to be challenged,

WAIT NO MORE.

 

“HE CAN’T DO THAT”

If you talk about a bully, and tell everyone you know, “He can’t do that,” it doesn’t mean he won’t do it anyway.

Even if you tell a bully to his face, “You can’t do that,” it doesn’t mean he won’t do it anyway.

If you tell everyone you know, “The ‘President’ can’t do that,” it doesn’t mean he won’t do it anyway (if it’s BHOB*).

Even if you tell the ‘President’ to his face, “You can’t do that,” it doesn’t mean he won’t do it anyway (if it’s BHOB*).

Just like words don’t (and won’t) stop Iran and the terrorists, in the same way words don’t (and won’t) stop BHOB*.

I wonder when all the good guys on our side will wake up to this fact.

 

As long as all commentary on the Administration in Washington is limited to words, it does no good.  And any day now, it will be too late.

As long as the only advice for action remains, “Get informed,” and “Get involved,” and is limited to words, BHOB* is unstoppable.

 

*Barack Hussein OBama—Say BHHHOB aloud and it sounds like the warning for Christians in the 2008 election: “Beware of sheep’s clothing.”

TESTING, ONE, TWO, THREE—TESTING MARTIAL LAW

“Never let a crisis go to waste.”

TESTING ONE—Shut down Boston to “search for suspect” and see how America handles the idea.  Not too bad.  They’ll get used to it.  Just a test—one in a series.

TESTING TWO—Shut down a bunch of U. S. embassies, responding to “imminent terrorist threat”, along with worldwide travel warning for Americans.  Looks like it’s working.  Most assume it’s real.  Most are unaffected.  Getting used to the idea, without undue alarm, and the people go to bed and get up for another day.  Lines are getting fuzzier between real security and conspiracy.  Just a test—two in a series.

TESTING THREE—Anything goes, anything is possible, anything will happen.  And the people of America will go along with it.  And we will be slaves to Islam.  And then it will be too late.

“Never let a crisis go to waste.”  That’s their plan, and they’re sticking to it, and it’s working every time.

What they are not saying—what is obvious—but Americans still don’t get it—“Never let an opportunity to create a crisis go to waste, and blame it on anybody.”  (9-11-12)

And somehow they continue to elude the truth while we all remain clueless to proving enough to stop them within the system.  Fact is, the bad guys are winning because they are not following the rules, and the good guys are losing because they don’t have enough guts to use the rules to win while they can.  And the other side knows it.  (Strange how the sands of time quickly cover their tracks these days)

God, help us.  I hate reading America’s history in the past tense.

TERRORIST ALERT—COORDINATED PLAN—COORDINATED ATTACK—COORDINATED RESPONSE

“Coordinated By Whom?”

That is my first thought, on hearing about the current reports of terrorist threats and the response from Washington.  I don’t believe a thing from the Administration and his appointees in leadership now, especially for national security and military.

Therefore, it is high time for us to make some conclusions before the next terrorist attack makes them for us.  Recent events and circumstances tell us something very clearly, if we are willing to accept the truth.  The problem is that the truth requires taking action that we are not willing to take.

Given the widespread Muslim sympathizing in Washington, meetings to address the current terrorist threat (led by Susan Rice) are just a show to fool Americans, again.  Here then is the conclusion of truth:

The leadership in Washington is more likely to be coordinating the next attack on America than coordinating a response in America’s best interest.

 

HIGH-TECH HANGOVER FROM HARMLESS (?) GAMING

Very few people sympathize with or offer to help someone experiencing an alcohol hangover.  For the most part that situation is viewed (erroneously) as harmless and victimless.  While the person with the hangover generally suffers alone, it does affect those around him, and especially those close to him (unless he is indeed alone).

I have observed first-hand and listened to reports of the effects of the internet and computer gaming, and I have concluded that this all-encompassing technology is not harmless, and it is not victimless.  I see the loss of sleep, the inability to get up and go to work, the impaired judgment, the handicapped communication about anything non-tech, the challenge to show affection, difficulty in dealing with the most important things, the cost to close family members in money and relationships, the postponement and sacrifice of dreams and projects, the reduced physical activity, the reduced health and fitness, the reduced quality of life, and the reduced length of life.

If that sounds too serious and alarmist, it is really only scratching the surface of a very serious problem that more and more people are experiencing and not dealing with.  Anyone with a clear head on their shoulders in the midst of this stormy sea of silicon brain implants, must observe and think and reach out to help others who are drowning.  It is not easy.  It is essential.

“Whatever we expose ourselves to, affects us; and it affects us to the degree of exposure.  There is no such thing as ‘I can handle it—it won’t affect me.'”

I emphasized that, to my children as much as I could while they were growing up.  And I told two of my sons to get rid of their computer games before they ask a woman to marry them.  When you are young, you may think you can handle anything, and so you try stuff—with your body, with your mind, with your soul and spirit.  Some survive all and move on to productivity and family, some don’t.  Some crash, some die, some get addicted—to porn, to drugs, to sex, to gaming, to the “harmless” internet.

Time spent on anything unwholesome or unproductive leads to more time spent and more time stolen and more energy borrowed from a fulfilled life that could be lived (just like credit card debt, and worse).

Everyone knows what an alcohol hangover looks like, along with its cost in productivity and relationships.  The high-tech hangover robs just the same.  Again (comparing the two addictions), the loss of sleep, the loss of clear thinking, the loss of work, the loss of meaningful communication with other people, all become glaringly evident to anyone who cares to observe.

The problem with technology addiction is that we are all involved using the gadgets, and we all appreciate a little entertainment, so it is somewhat self-incriminating if we say anything when we notice someone with this problem.  It should be the other way around—when we see a potential problem in our own life, we should be more ready and willing to help someone else with a serious problem.

I wish I could write this with fewer words.  Alcohol addiction can be addressed by abstaining from all alcohol, and many find new life in doing so.  Food addiction is harder to deal with because we all have to continue eating something.  Internet addiction is very hard to face because it is in our face 24/7, and “who can live without it?”

Don’t let life happen to you—LIVE.

Don’t let technology run your life—MASTER IT.

Don’t lose someone you care about—INITIATE DOING ACTIVE STUFF TOGETHER OUTSIDE TECHNOLOGY.

“I LOVE YOU”

If you are blessed with a wife . . .

I’ll be writing this as a man, to share the focus of undivided attention in your real relationship with her, rather than giving advice to everybody from psychology or theology.  But I trust that everyone may benefit from these thoughts.

If you love someone, you want to spend time with her more than anything else in the world.

If you love someone, you want to get closer, physically and emotionally.

If you love someone, you want to give, you want to sacrifice, you want her well-being before your own.

If you love someone, you forsake all others; you deliberately take steps to prevent anyone or anything from coming between you.

If you love someone, you make her the priority of your life; everything else is secondary, and that is evident, to her, and to others.

If you love someone, you make sacred times together, regularly, and everybody else knows it.

If you love someone, you tell her she is beautiful, inside and out; and you want her to get even better, because you know you can help make that happen.

If you love someone, you follow Jesus’ example; do for her what He did for us, talk to her like Jesus talks to us, give her everything you are like He gave to us, challenge her like Jesus challenges us, serve others together like Jesus served those in need, teach her the ways of God like Jesus taught us, make her things like Jesus is now preparing mansions for us, promise to be with her always, touch her often no matter what—like Jesus touched people even when they were down and out or dirty, and certainly have a good time eating and drinking with friends often like Jesus did.

Above all, if you love someone, you spend lots and lots of time praying for wisdom to do the will of the Father in heaven—showing her what the love of God is like in real life.  Love her with skin on and skin in the game.  That’s what Jesus did for us.

If you love someone, you will guard and fight against busyness borrowing from your time together.  Projects aren’t people, just as people aren’t projects, especially in marriage.  You can work, you can work together, but above all you must have fun together.

If you love someone, you will remember that it counts more in the long run to be sweet than to be right.

If you love someone, you will choose to enjoy her, and you will offer her something to enjoy in you, more than any stuff you get for her.

If you love someone, you will turn off technology when you are with her (or else it doesn’t count as time together).  Eye-to-Eye and Touch preclude all Technology.

If you love someone, you will not try multi-tasking, except when all the multiple tasks are directly focused on her ! ! !

If you love someone, and you are watching a good movie together, you will pause the movie before responding to any interruption (call, text, person, etc.)

If you love someone, you will give her the last, best minutes of the day, together, exclusively.

If you love someone, you will give her the first, best minutes of the day, together, exclusively.

 

Strangely enough, I am not married.  This time has given me a chance to think an awful lot about what a relationship would mean to me.  And since the Bible always compares our relation with Jesus to marriage, I have gained much in reflecting on what both could be.  “And, by the way, Jesus, I’m waiting.”

 

(started 7-3-13 finished 7-25-13)

TIME HEALS – – – TIME STEALS

Sometimes Time Heals—Sometimes It Doesn’t.

Sometimes Time Heals Wounds—Sometimes Time Steals Freedom.

Sometimes Time Is A Friend—Sometimes Time Is An Enemy.

Sometimes We Buy Time, To Win—Sometimes We Consume Time, And Lose.

Often time slips away, and we miss the opportunities of a lifetime.

In personal lives, time helps recovery; or at least it helps the bad times fade.

In times past, our country healed over time, from serious wounds.

In the present time, our country is not getting better with time.

Today, time is aiding the enemies of America, inside and out.

In this country, every crisis, every scandal, and every ensuing lawsuit quickly fades into not making any difference—after serving the other side well as a temporary distraction.

The leadership in Washington is deliberately out to steal and destroy our freedom, and time is on their side; they are patiently using it effectively.  And very few are responding accordingly—none effectively.

“The thief comes to kill, steal, and destroy; I came that you may have life, and have it more abundantly.”  Jesus said that.  It makes all the difference in the world, and it’s our choice, as individuals, and as a country.

“NOT MY JOB” (says CONGRESS, says Americans)

More and more Americans have gotten the hang of seeing what’s wrong in Washington, and saying something about it.  Certainly, there are a lot of people who are saying something about it.  And even a handful in Congress are saying something.

But whose job is it to do something about it?

Just exactly whose job is it to stop BHOB*?  Congress?

Well, they’re not doing it.

Just exactly whose job is it to stop BHOB*?  Americans?

Well, we’ll have to do it.

How?  I wish I was smarter.  But I think there are people smart enough who know how.  Please step up to the plate now.

The conflict is here.  The showdown is coming.  Secret Resistance will be open resistance soon.  And it will be outside the lines of comfortable.

Texas, are you ready?  Are you getting ready?

 

*Barack Hussein OBama—Say BHHHOB aloud and it sounds like the warning for Christians in the 2008 election: “Beware of sheep’s clothing.”

ED from the U of L—WD from the B of L

I’m not sure what my BS in Ed has done for me the past few decades, but I now have two other degrees that I use every day to make a difference.

 

Doctor of Experience from the University of Life

Doctor of Wisdom from the Book of Life

 

As I’ve said before, one of the significant challenges of growing older is finding younger people who appreciate your wisdom and experience.

I would encourage everyone to put extra effort into passing on to the next generation what you have learned.  I would even say, “Don’t wait until they ask.”  It doesn’t happen automatically like it used to, when it was built into the fabric of our culture.  But it is needed now more than ever.