Opus 2026-043: Spin Check

Would MLK Celebrate?

This is a serious question.  Martin Luther King, Jr. became the poster child of the Civil Rights movement when he was murdered.  He is remembered as advocating the Ghandi principle of non-violence.  It did not work out well for him but I think, like Charlie Kirk, he may have expected it.  Part of non-violence is the reality of martyrdom.

Somehow I think he is spinning in his grave.  The acronym BLM would be enough for him to feel like his life had been lived in vain.  His speech about content of character instead of color of skin would be viewed as accommodating racism today.  

We need to keep quoting that speech.  We need to smile at the racists calling anyone who disagrees with them racists and maybe respond with, “You poor deluded child.”  We need to keep worshiping the God who has the standard that in Christ there is neither Jew nor Gentile.

Forward.

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Opus 2024-226: On the Street: Passing the Privilege

I had a chance to share some white privilege today.  I was out walking and a man and his wife pulled up in a nice shiny pickup and asked me if I could tell him how to get to a certain tourist attraction near us.  I was glad to do so.  We had a very pleasant conversation and I used terms such as “left” and “right” and “big sign”.  I forgot to apologize for assuming that he agreed with me on my definitions of what right and what left meant.  He never questioned that I was white and he seemed to be Latino, or at least his wife was definitely Latino.  We had a courteous, polite and very friendly conversation.  Why would anyone assume anything else?

He did not hesitate to roll down his window and asked me a question.  There was no fear in his eyes.  No trembling hands.  No quavering voice.  No servile demeanor.  No hesitation, just friendly American conversation like we have every day.  This was based not on white privilege but upon accepting the Declaration of Independence statement about all men being created equal and a Biblical concept of treating people with courtesy and kindness even if they weren’t of the faith.

I did not take three steps back, pull my gun, wave it in a threatening manner, and scream out “whatchu want sucka?”

Welcome to the world of white privilege brought to you by Judeo-Christian values and Western culture.

See you on the street, Bro.

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Opus 2023-139: Rejection

I think it is a miracle that I am not a raging racist today.  Why, or, why not?

First, I don’t remember any input from my parents that would imply that people are inferior because of the color of their skin.  That foundation was important.

Second, my contacts with people with Mexican or black backgrounds was with the working class, proud poor that were just like us.  When I worked with my dad I remember that his goto mason when he had a big job was Manny whose ancestors came from Mexico.  In junior high and high school I never came in contact with anyone with an attitude of victimhood.  

Then I was drafted into the army.  Basic training had no racial stress.  Our platoon leader was black.  One of four squad leaders was black.  There were more in the ranks.  There was no tension, maybe because we all came from the pre-woke Southern California.  It was not until the next stage, when I was sent to New Jersey that I had my first experience with the ghetto.  We were ordered not to go out after dark in groups of less than four because of the black gangs that were roaming the base at night.  This was on an army base.  

By the time I got to Vietnam it seemed like a black power rally.  Uniforms were very individualized.  Military courtesy was sporadic.  There was a definite sense of tension.  If my opinion of other ethnic groups were based on those experiences I would have felt like the Klan was a legitmate organization.

That was balanced by people like Thomas Sowell and Clarence Thomas.  Categorizing people based on superficial traits was totally contrary to the equality statement in the Declaration of Independence.  You didn’t need to spend much time reading the New Testament to find it was not the way things were supposed to be.

A mature mind recognizes that there are all kinds of people in any demographic you want to choose.  Anal orifices come in all colors.  Fools do not correlate with gender.  Income does not determine how you treat others.

So reject the woke nonsense and lets get back to being Americans.

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Opus 2023-006: Exercising Privilege

I exercised my white privilege yesterday.

Monday night we shot off fireworks.  When the kids were losing focus, we picked up the big stuff, collected the chairs and said our goodbys.  This morning is was obvious that there was a lot of not-big stuff.  Strangely enough it was all in the middle of the street where everything was lit.  I got a broom, rake and dust pan and started to work.  I am sure that if you have seen the racist poster that was published and later removed by the Smithsonian you would know about the evils of White privilege.  In addition to things like cleaning up after yourself would be such horrible traits as being on time, working hard, telling the truth and being responsible.

As I worked and thought about my privilege I also had a lot of pictures going through my mind of people from many ethnic and cultural backgrounds doing what I was doing:  Cleaning up the public square.  In my case I made the mess.  In much of what I have seen they were either cleaning up the mess of others or just the mess that accumulates on a busy street.  I am sure that the urge to be clean and tidy would be labeled as part of my European mind warp but I have the feeling it is part of many cultures.

So maybe I was just exercising my human privilege.  At least that is the way I look at it.

What a mixed up world we live in.  And the elites just keep stirring.  

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Opus 2022-231: One Small Step for Privilege

As I walked this morning I was reminiscing on my “white privilege.”  

My parents were  both products of the Great Depression, but lets go back a little further than that.  My dad had polio as a kid.  Because of the generosity of non-government charities he was given the latest treatments and surgery.  He came out able to walk but had a severe limp all his life.  If he had been through this today he would have had social workers and counselors who would have messed him up and turned him into a victim.  Since he lived in a different time he buckled down and went back to work.  He would definitely qualify as handicapped.  

He also qualified as a role model.  We never had much money but we were not deprived.  My white privilege included patches on the knees of my non-Levi denims.  They were ironed on to cover the holes, not as a fashion statement.  I remember the Christmas my brother and I got one toy between us.  I assume my parents had a little talk with my older brother because it seemed to automatically become mine.  It was used but who cared.  One of the big menu items at our house was bread and gravy.  I thought it was because we liked it.  In reality it was because it was cheap.

Just a small window but a record of the blessings and opportunities that are available to anyone who wants them.

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Opus 2022-056: White Supremacy 101

We need a program, federal or state, that introduces into our educational system a series of classes exploring the attitudes, practices and principles that are labeled white supremacy.  It could be a required part of the middle school curriculum like conversational Spanish.  It could be a freshman level course in college.  Remember when civics was required?  Remember when homemaking was offered?  It could just be another class.

If it were taught as an exploration, the principles could be introduced one at a time.  How many young people have never been threatened by the concept of being on time?  How many would find the idea of hard work offensive?  For those who are pushing racial divisiveness and identity politics it would be a great tool for expressing their hatred.  Give it a shot.  Tell the whole world all the oppressive things that are a part of white supremacy.  Most will rebel at the idea of picking up their own sox.

At first.

But give it some time.  It won’t take long before some black kid says, “Hey, that’s what my grandma always told me.”  Or the young lady who says, “There is a problem with two parent families?”  In the long run the part of the population that can tell when a shirt is on inside out will begin to see that the principles are not “white” but plain common sense.

Keep in mind that you never need to be afraid of the truth if you accept that truth is a good thing.  That kind of fear is reserved for those who want to hide and manipulate.  

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Opus 2022-013: New Terms: Pureblood

I don’t do social media, unless blogging is considered social medial, so I have not actually read the opinions expressed about a new topic, “Purebloods”.  From what I can pick up there are a group of people who have not been vaccinated that are compensating for their inadequacies by pointing out the reality that certain wrongly named “vaccines” are really chemicals that cause changes in you genetic code.  The question is, I guess, if your genetic code is changed, are you still really human?  Is your blood polluted?  If it is then those who have not been modified have pure blood.  

There is a certain logic to it.  The problem is you follow the value system of the Progressives* and start to base your decisions of identity politics.  You invoke the spirit of democracy which demands that everyone be the same.  If you are not the same you have nothing but persecution in your future.  It is the thinking that was at the roots of socialism.  The government decides what is necessary and everyone conforms, or else.  And you have the added advantage that it is for you own good.

It is possible that the vaccines cause irreparable damage to the recipients.  We are seeing a lot of unexplained deaths and severe disabilities in those who are following the directions of the CDC and their local doctor.  In a free society you allow people to make those decisions and live with the consequences.  You do not judge the entire group of vaccinated as potential zombies.  Our idea of freedom is based on judging individuals by their actions not groups defined by their averages.

You may have heard the term “Untermenschen”.  They were to ones defined by the National Socialists as not being part of the master race.  In those days it was defined by your race.  The idea of “pureblood” is the same type of dangerous doggerel that can pervert society and cause ongoing harm.

We are one nation, under God not the Ins and the Outs.  

*(Liberals, educators, the media, socialists, communists, crony capitalists, elites, Rinos, Democrats, leftists, Never Trumpers, Antifa, BLM, MSM, Deep State, etc.  Synonym for swamp dwellers)

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Opus 2021-294: Headlines: A Chance to Stand

I have been reading about a video that the Vice President has made to influence the Virginia election for governor.  I have not bothered to watch the video but I understand it is a call to vote Democrat.  My understanding is that it is designed to be played in black churches to influence the outcome of the election.  I also understand it is illegal.

I think it will be distributed.  I accept that it will be played by most recipients.  I assume there will be no repercussions.  It is another example of the way in which the Democrats expect black Americans to keep being obedient to the manor house.  I see it is a real chance for black Americans to stand up and do the right thing.  Then they should all join a lawsuit against the Vice President and the Democrat party for trying to influence an election.  I would also like to see some hate crime thinking involved, after all it is a clear statement that the Democrats think blacks are too stupid to think for themselves.

I doubt if too many black pastors read what I write.  That does not change the fact that this is a chance for them to move their churches back to being servants of Jesus Christ instead of knee jerkers for the Democrats.  

Sit back and watch but I would not advise breath holding.

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Opus 2021-185: Guilty As Charging

One of the most consistent qualities of the Proregressives* is their need to project.  If you are my age and are having memory problems or if you did not pay attention in your pop-psychology classes, projection is the habit of taking your secret thoughts and biases and laying them on others.  One of the best examples was Hillary calling out the “Vast right wing conspiracy” which did not exist on the right but was a daily experience for the left.

So I would like to point out that the constant chorus of “racism” and “white supremacy” is actually the kind of attitude that exists in the elites of the left.  This came to mind as I was reading an article from The American Thinker about how the white liberals in charge of major power-blocks are working to ban fossil fuels in Africa.  CEO’s of banks and government agencies are demanding that the only new power sources allowed in Africa be green energy.  Green energy is something that only rich people can afford since it is so expensive.  

One paragraph sets the stage for the need,

“One fifth of the world's population lives in Africa, but the continent accounts for less than  one twenty-fifth of global electricity use.  Around 600 million in Africa have no electricity.”

No electricity means that Africa will remain at the bottom of the barrel.  It can be as mild as not being able to use an electric can opener to death by starvation.

Then the wonderful people who are causing this.

“The biggest setback to Africa's fossil ambitions came from the major banking institutions and other big funding entities, which have decided to stop funding for fossil fuel projects internationally.”

My guess is that these are mainly run by white men.  Any women or minorities are most likely tokens.  If you read the article you will find that one country is working hard to supply the energy needed:  China.

So we see another case of projection.  The left yells “racist” and then does everything it can to keep Africa a third world poverty site.  

*(Liberals, educators, the media, socialists, communists, crony capitalists, elites, Rinos, Democrats, leftists, Never Trumpers, Antifa, BLM, MSM, Deep State, etc.  Another word for swamp dwellers)

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Opus 2021-158: New Terms: Uncle Tim

If you have been paying attention you have seen that the Proregressive* haters have gone on a racist rampage against Senator Tim Scott who presented the response to Biden’s speech.  They decided to mock him by calling him “Uncle Tim”.  I hesitate to point it out but this is an allusion to the tradition of racist of calling conservative blacks “Uncle Tom”.  A further point is that this hails back to the novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.  I might also point out that it was one of the items that led up to the Civil War.

The Marxists in government, business, entertainment and media are continuing their attacks on America with the cancel culture.  The latest target is Senator Scott.  I am hoping that they have mis-calculated on this one.  I watched Ted Cruz do an interview with him on the podcast Verdict.  I was impressed.  I don’t think he will be easily intimidate.  To the contrary, I think he will begin to wear this as a badge of shame.

I can see a whole line of badges and bumper stickers saying, Just Call Me Uncle Tim.  Or Tim Spoken Here.  Maybe a clothing line.  Insults often are embraced by the insulted because those attacked often live on a higher plain than the smug.  Maybe it can be more along Tiny Tim from The Christmas Carol than the one who tiptoed through the tulips.  He was instrumental in changing the heart of scrooge, but keep in mind that the hearts of the modern Progregressives* are much harder than that of Scrooge.

Feel free to call me an Uncle Tim any time.

*(Liberals, educators, the media, socialists, communists, crony capitalists, elites, Rinos, Democrats, leftists, Never Trumpers, Antifa, BLM, MSM, Deep State, etc.  Another word for swamp dwellers)

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Opus 2021-156: Headlines: Zoning, part 2 of 3, Case Study

The Proregressives* have been working hard and long on this.  They knew they could not just lay it on our doorstep.  The Infrastructure Act is one of a long line of attempts to destroy the joy of home ownership and freedom of association.  One earlier step I am aware of took place under the guise of civil rights.  It was bludgeoned through by the courts in decisions that forced busing in school districts.  One of the first took place in my home town.  Before the federal government went after the schools of Pasadena for drawing their school boundaries to increase segregation, Pasadena had one of the finest school districts in the country.  I know because I attended before busing.  When I taught there years later it was in the bottom quarter nationally.  I would guess it was close to the bottom of the quarter.

It should also be pointed out that Pasadena was guilty as charged.  They gerrymandered their school zones to try to isolate black students to one high school.  Even at that the segregated school had a majority of white students.  Some of my church group went their and I don’t remember anyone complaining about an inferior education.  Keep in mind though that in the pursuit of the perfect we can destroy the good without reaching the better.

People bought homes based on the school their children would attend.  That is still the case.  If you go on line and check out the internet realtors, one of the things they tell you is the schools your children will attend.  People did this in Pasadena then.  They do it in Texas today.  They chose where to live for the quality of life.  You can find out crime rates and an assortment of information to make an informed choice.  Once the lawsuit was finished they found that their children would be bused to the schools they had moved to avoid or the people in the neighborhoods they had fled would have their children bused into what used to be the school of choice.  The irony of this is that it effected black families who had managed to escape.  What ended up happening was those middle class black families who could afford it sent their kids to private schools.  The point is that the entire effort was to break down the community under the guise of trying to help the down trodden.  The fact that it also lowered the quality of education by removing a lot of excellent students is just icing on the cake.

The Proregressives* have a plan and they are sticking to it.  They are persistent.  If they fail this time they will be back with the plan again, plan B or find a way to go around it.  They have a goal.  America bad.  America worse than Orange Man.  They will not stop until we have Venezuela in our back yard.  Then, if history is any indication, they will begin to eat their own.  Remember that fleeing to Mexico didn’t save Trotsky.

*(Liberals, educators, the media, socialists, communists, crony capitalists, elites, Rinos, Democrats, leftists, Never Trumpers, Antifa, BLM, MSM, Deep State, etc.  Another word for swamp dwellers)

To be concluded...

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Opus 2021-152: United Challenges Natural Selection

United Airlines has committed themselves to diversity.  They plan on requiring at least half of the people in their pilot training program to be a protected and preferred group.  Any group as long as it isn’t white males.  If you have been following how these kind of programs are applied in higher education you know that it means a lowering of the standards to meet the goals.  It also means you must reject some highly qualified people because they don’t meet the right racist or sexist quota.

I am not going to worry about it until they change the graduation requirements to allow people to become pilots who have not taken their solo flights.  Think of it as the Olympics setting such a quota system for the ski jump competition.  Lets say that the finals will have 50 competitors.  Lets say that 25 of those slots are reserved for people of color and transgenders.  The transgender category is necessary because women already have their competition.  Lets say that you have a guy who is inserted in the finals with no experience in the sport.  You put him at the top of the slope and ring the bell.  He takes one look down the slope and has a moment to decide whether he wants to walk away and be laughed at or go for the memorial award.  The same is true of pilots.  Keep in mind that the pilot will be on the same airplane with you.  If he knows he can’t land this thing, do you think he is going to take off?  

Actually, from my experience with middle school kids and their illusions of grandeur, I think some of them might try it.  But the odds are against it.

So relax.  By the time these candidates make it through pilot school they will probably have AI to land the planes anyway.  If they can land rockets on Mars they should be able to land an airplane in Los Angeles.

But I don’t plan on flying unless it is absolutely necessary.

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 Opus 2020-149:  Next!

According to my notes, April 24 is Armenian Genocide Day.  It is certainly not a day for parties and celebrations.  It is a day to remember and wonder if we are approaching such an event again.  There have been numerous genocidal movements.  They date back to the beginnings of recorded history.  Maybe a few reminders would be in order.

In the Bible during the conquest of Canaan we have numerous cases of entire cities being wiped out.

If you look at the history of Islam you find it is common under devout rulers to have Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians wiped out.  The Armenian Holocaust is part of this ongoing tradition.  You can also see a watered down version going on in Egypt against the Copts and in Iraq.

Among the American Indians of North America the Iroquois stand out.  You also have the disappearance of the Anasazi.  In central America it was always a hope.

We talk about the Jewish Holocaust and in the horror we tend to forget the murder of the Ukranian peasants just a few years later and the millions killed by the Chinese Communists shortly after.

Then we have Pol Pot and the slaughter of Cambodia.

The list could go on.

We should not be surprised by the evil that is lurking in the hearts of people.  We should be worried because we see some of the same thinking starting to develop among the Proregressives* in government, media, education and business.  There is a growing movement to silence those whom are deemed unfit.  That will be all people who believe in the First and Second Amendments of the Constitution.  It will involve all Christians and Jews who are really serious about living their faith.

So pause during your day for a moment.  Remember the Armenians who were slaughtered for no other reason than they were Christians in a Muslim world.  Use their memory to motivate you to stand up for Liberty while you still can.  Perhaps this will speak to you.

    First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out
    —because I was not a socialist.

    Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out
    — because I was not a trade unionist.

    Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out
    —because I was not a Jew.

    Then they came for me
    —and there was no one left to speak for me.

Martin Niemoller

*(Liberals, educators, the media, socialists, communists, crony capitalists, elites, Rinos, Democrats, leftists, Never Trumpers, Antifa, BLM, MSM, Deep State, etc.  Another word for swamp dwellers)

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Opus 2021-140: Time for a Hug

When I first heard the term I was amazed by the total lack of self awareness involved.  It was the acme of arrogance.  It was the height of hypocrisy.  I felt like an adult listening to a child claim he didn’t take the cookie when the crumbs are still around his mouth and down his shirt.  I refer to the silly speak of “multiracial whiteness.”

And then I realized that I had come home.  The clock that was broken had made it to the twice daily chime point.  I came to understand that multiracial whiteness was exactly what I was raised with.  It was taught in my home.  It was taught in my church.  It might have even been taught in my schools.  

Of course we did not call it such a loaded bit of attempted slander.  It was summed up in the phrase, “The ground is level at the foot of the cross.”  It started by knocking us down as a race, and by that I mean the human race.

(Rom 3:23 KJV)  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

All.  Not just a social class.  Not just an ethnic grouping.  All.

Then we are told how we can be lifted up.

(Joh 3:16 KJV)  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Notice again it is the world and “whosoever”.  And then there is the statement of where we are after God works in us,

(Gal 3:28 KJV)  There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

You ask, “Where is the multiracial whiteness?”  Glad you asked.  Keep in mind that the people who originally came up with this are actively working to destroy Western civilization.  They have a special hatred for Christians.  When they say “white” what they mean are the people who live their lives in a way that is based on the Bible and the Constitution.  That is their definition of white.  Obviously it has nothing to do with skin color except that whites are easy to attack.  We were raised with this silly idea of “turn the other cheek” and “a soft answer turns away wrath.”  By their definition Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, Candice Owens and a host of others are white because they believe in truth that does not change based on the latest Gallup poll.

Keep in mind that the haters of the world make a habit of trying to insult and often the insult is embraced.  Christians first received that name as an insult.  Straight was supposed to be kinky.  

So it is time to embrace your whiteness, whatever the color of your skin.  It is time to realize that there is only one race that counts, the human race.  Sorry NASCAR fans, different kind of race.

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Opus 2021-126: The Growth of Systemic Racism

Every time I check headlines I read about another company jumping on the anti-white bandwagon.  It seems that our Proregressive* betters feel that the world created from the ideas of Protestant Europe is a cesspool that needs to be fixed.  I frequently wonder why these people don’t collect their passports and visas and go live in the areas that were molded by other cultures.  Being typical adolescent bullies they would rather destroy what is good than build something else.  It is always easier to destroy than to build.

The problem with America to them is White Privilege which has caused systemic racism.  Those who pay any attention wonder how a nation suffering from systemic racism elected a black man president twice and has large numbers of various minorities who have been successful in business and entertainment.  It seems like the two are mutually exclusive.  Of course seeing that requires paying attention and being able to think.

I will submit that systemic racism is a problem but it is a new problem.  I would also submit that it is not white privilege that is the problem but parasite privilege.  That is a growing population of people who are lined up at the trough of the government and sucking down the tax dollars.  In order to keep doing that they need to demonize someone and so they have decided that the white man is the devil.  In order to deal with this devil you must drive it out of places of power.  Thus we have Coke telling people “White is bad”.  One of the blurbs I read said that inside memos in Cigna Insurance have stated that white people will not be promoted.  We have two senators who have stated they will not vote for Biden nominations unless they are minorities.

Yes, we have a problem with systemic racism and it is growing.  But it is not growing the way you have been told.  And to be honest it isn’t just “race”ism because other factors are emerging.  It started with whites, flaunts anti-Semitism, moves on to men regardless of color, then Asians.  What next?  

Keep in mind these are Proregressives* and their style is to accuse you of what they are guilty of.  Any time you hear these people call out a problem you can be sure that they are guilty of what they complain about.  

*(Liberals, educators, the media, socialists, communists, crony capitalists, elites, Rinos, Democrats, leftists, Never Trumpers, Antifa, MSM, Deep State, etc.  Another word for swamp dwellers)

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Opus 2021-114: Childish Brainwashing

With all the talk about how nasty, racist and arrogant white people are I offer an example of the white racism I was raised on.  This is a song we were taught as children.

Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
They are precious in His sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world.

When the gurus of modern culture came out with the idea of “multiracial whiteness” it became clear.

Of course you also have verses we heard preach on from the Bible.

(Col 3:11 KJV) Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

(Gal 3:28 KJV) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

That sounds pretty inclusive to me but I was raised before the philosophy of deconstructionalism took over education.

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Opus 2021-028: God on Whiteness

I can see why the cancel culture is so set against the Biblical message.  Based on the book of Psalms it is clear that the Jews were part of the conspiracy of white privilege.  Consider this well known verse,

(Psa 51:7 KJV) Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

It is clear that God has a problem with people who are not white.  Part of the preparation for eternity is an ethnic bleaching.  (For liberals, that is a bit of humor you might not get.  As we used to say, “Joke, Irene, Joke.”)

If you believe that, you must be a Progressive*.  Ignorance, hate and brainwashing come with the territory.

The left has even more problem with the idea that we need to be purged from our sin.

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Opus 2020-199: Disgraceful Saltine

I was going through Don Surber’s “Highlights of the News” and after watching a comedy  showing a snowflake claiming to be more black than the black woman confronting him, Surber made the following comment:

“He is a disgrace to the race.”

What race are we talking about, white or human?  I asked myself if we were to cast him out of the white race, where would we send him?  I wouldn’t want to drag down the black race by adding him.  The Asians would not want him.  Where would he go?

I would vote for him being a disgrace to the human race.  We are supposed to be above the animals but he kept braying the equivalent of “Polly want a cracker”.  I am so sorry.  That could be taken as insensitive.  I meant, “Polly want a saltine.”

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Opus 2020-184: Headlines: My People

As I was perusing the sites I check for news I noticed a headline on The Daily Wire.  It read,

“Viola Davis On Her Role In ‘The Help’: I Feel Like ‘I Betrayed Myself And My People’  By Paul Bois”

I did not bother reading the article and I am not going to turn the meter by clicking on it.  At 72 I don’t have time for that kind of stuff.  It did bring a few questions to mind though.  First, who is Viola Davis?  What was “The Help”?  In case you are inclined, don’t bother telling me.  From the picture of an attractive woman, the title of the play and the phrase “My People” I can assume it is about the servants in a rich household or some variation of that. 

The item that bypassed my pacemaker was the term “My People”.  I am getting triggered by that term and my safe space is being invaded.  How does she define her people?  Is it totally a skin color thing?  Does she realize that “her people” are killing each other around the world because their definition is not based on skin color but the shape of their head or body type.  If she went to the wrong part of Africa would the locals accept her as one of them or knock her over the head so they could send her in a slave convoy to Sudan?  I think the latter is more likely.

I don’t believe I have ever heard a white person refer to “my people” based on color of skin.  They might use it for people who like the same baseball team or eat sushi, but I have never heard such a stupid thing as “my people” based on skin color. 

Let me tell you whom I would accept as “my people”.  First, it would include anyone who is serious about Jesus being their Lord.  They would not need to agree with me on modes of baptism, frequency of communion, style of worship or translation of the Bible.  Second, Americans who believe that we are the city on the hill and that the Constitution gives us the best form of government in history.  They would also acknowledge that the government as it is acting is not living up to that standard.  After that I would have a lot of little categories that would overlap and exclude depending on the issue.  Never would color of skin, texture of hair, shape of eyes or continent of origin come into play.

Viola Davis has my sympathy for her limited, bigoted view of life.

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Opus 2020-167: New Terms: ABLM

Since the “Black Lives Matter” movement has clearly become a bunch of anti-American thugs along with their snowflake friends, I would suggest that we propose ABLM, “All Black Lives Matter”.  I can get behind that until it is co-opted by the Progressives*.

It is clear that BLM does not care about the murder of 17 black citizens, many of them bystanders, who were murdered in Chicago last weekend.  ABLM does and demands that the Mayor get behind the police and investigation.  Unfortunately she is too busy chanting “Orange Man Bad” to do much about her constituents.  My guess is that she will be reelected.  I don’t know how to deal with that.  If my mayor didn’t seem to care that hoodlums were shooting up my streets I certainly would not vote for her again.

Keep in mind that November is coming.  Every member of the House of Representatives is up for reelection.  A third of the Senate.  In your state there are people who support either the concepts advocated and demonstrated by Antifa and BLM or who support the concept of ABLM.  You really do have a choice.  If you vote to return the Progressives* then shut your mouth, put bars on your windows, buy a gun and hunker down. 

Whatever you do, don’t move to Texas.

*(Liberals, educators, socialists, communists, elites, Rinos, Democrats, leftists, Never Trumpers, Antifa, etc)

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