It wasn’t my idea. We were having Sunday dinner and discussing the state of affairs. My son suggested an enterprising Indian tribe needs to invade the autonomous zone in Seattle and declare it conquered territory. The various American Indian tribes have a sort of semi-autonomous state so they can understand the condition. Since CHAZ or CHOP considers themselves no longer a part of the United States they would be responsible for their own defense.
Once they have possession, the tribe can make a deal with the locals: No taxes and membership in the tribe. They could also buy the property that has been destroyed and build a casino. It sounds like a win all around.
Based on what I have seen of Seattle and its people it would be a win for all of us. We might need to bribe a few Indians.
homo unius libri
Welcome to Varied Expressions of Worship
Welcome to Varied Expressions of Worship
This blog will be written from an orthodox Christian point of view. There may be some topic that is out of bounds, but at present I don't know what it will be. Politics is a part of life. Theology and philosophy are disciplines that we all participate in even if we don't think so. The Bible has a lot to say about economics. How about self defense? Is war ethical? Think of all the things that someone tells you we should not touch and let's give it a try. Everything that is a part of life should be an expression of worship.
Keep it courteous and be kind to those less blessed than you, but by all means don't worry about agreeing. We learn more when we get backed into a corner.
This blog will be written from an orthodox Christian point of view. There may be some topic that is out of bounds, but at present I don't know what it will be. Politics is a part of life. Theology and philosophy are disciplines that we all participate in even if we don't think so. The Bible has a lot to say about economics. How about self defense? Is war ethical? Think of all the things that someone tells you we should not touch and let's give it a try. Everything that is a part of life should be an expression of worship.
Keep it courteous and be kind to those less blessed than you, but by all means don't worry about agreeing. We learn more when we get backed into a corner.
Opus 2020-164: Headlines: Ditching the Duke
The word I get is that the current crop of America haters want to go after the Duke. They want to rename John Wayne Airport. Might I suggest that Tinker Bell International.
I might suggest that if the name is remove there are a lot of red blooded American cities that might want to go for the title. I don’t know it if would be first come is the winner or if it would require an auction or court case. Judging the need for cash in California I think the auction would be their best choice. I would suggest a Texas city but the way our big ones are going in the current hysteria I am not sure that the Wayne family would want their name associated with any of them.
Maybe Pierre, South Dakota would be willing to claim the name. The South Dakota governor, Kristi Noem seems to understand what it is to be an American.
Wait until the ignorant SJWs realize that many cities like Los Angeles (the angels), San and Santa (male and feminine of saint), and Corpus Christi (body of Christ) have Christian connections.
homo unius libri
I might suggest that if the name is remove there are a lot of red blooded American cities that might want to go for the title. I don’t know it if would be first come is the winner or if it would require an auction or court case. Judging the need for cash in California I think the auction would be their best choice. I would suggest a Texas city but the way our big ones are going in the current hysteria I am not sure that the Wayne family would want their name associated with any of them.
Maybe Pierre, South Dakota would be willing to claim the name. The South Dakota governor, Kristi Noem seems to understand what it is to be an American.
Wait until the ignorant SJWs realize that many cities like Los Angeles (the angels), San and Santa (male and feminine of saint), and Corpus Christi (body of Christ) have Christian connections.
homo unius libri
Opus 2020-163: On the Street: A Non-Shopping Trip
In our part of Texas there is only one large grocery store chain, H-E-B. They are kept honest by the Walmarts and Targets with full grocery sections and a few smaller stores. All in all they do a good job. They have refused to require masks to shop in their stores. I wrote a letter to the manager thanking him for that freedom and, since I was going shopping anyway, decided to deliver it in person.
When I got to the store I noticed that since my last visit they had put up a sign requiring a mask. I decided to pass my letter on anyway, walked through the door and handed it to an employee stationed there. I asked if it was corporate policy. He said, no, the county had passed something that required it. I thanked him, told him I wrote the letter before the sign went up but told him to pass it on anyway. I then turned around and left.
The county that is pretty much made up of San Antonio has been harassing citizens for months about masks. They were only held at bay by the governor. Now Judge Wolff, whom I wrote about before, has entered the fray, finding a way around the law so he could rule by fiat. And then Governor Abbott went soft. New Braunfels, where I did some shopping, passed a mandate last week. I still had Guadalupe county. That changed today.
What do I do now? I am going to call a few of the smaller stores out in the country and find out if I have any options. I came to Texas to get away from the California crazies. It seems that stupid is spreading faster than Covid.
homo unius libri
When I got to the store I noticed that since my last visit they had put up a sign requiring a mask. I decided to pass my letter on anyway, walked through the door and handed it to an employee stationed there. I asked if it was corporate policy. He said, no, the county had passed something that required it. I thanked him, told him I wrote the letter before the sign went up but told him to pass it on anyway. I then turned around and left.
The county that is pretty much made up of San Antonio has been harassing citizens for months about masks. They were only held at bay by the governor. Now Judge Wolff, whom I wrote about before, has entered the fray, finding a way around the law so he could rule by fiat. And then Governor Abbott went soft. New Braunfels, where I did some shopping, passed a mandate last week. I still had Guadalupe county. That changed today.
What do I do now? I am going to call a few of the smaller stores out in the country and find out if I have any options. I came to Texas to get away from the California crazies. It seems that stupid is spreading faster than Covid.
homo unius libri
Opus 2020-162: Headlines: It Sucks to be a Progressive
Is Princeton really going to remove the name of Woodrow Wilson from buildings? I did a Google search and all the sources I found were as reliable as CNN so I won’t link any, read any or know. If true, I have mixed feeling about the action.
On one side I say, “It is about time. Wilson was one of the original Progressives*. He is guilty of all the things that the current flock of Progressives* accuse him of and on top of that he was a Progressive*. I won’t go into that here.
On the other side, I am tired of caving in to the “I want! I want!” antics of the current toddler generation. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to put a newborn in an adult body with physical coordination and the ability to talk? I usually bring that up when I am talking about Original Sin. That is what we have today and someone has handed them a Molotov cocktail, a loaded AK and a spiked club. When you reward bullies and Marxists revolutionaries they just take it to the next level. They know they have us in a box. If we respond with violence then the media will get the blood they want and I guarantee they won’t call us “mostly peaceful protestors”. If we don’t then they push harder.
One consolation we have is that Marxism tends to eat its own. Does the name Nikolai Yezhov ring any bells. Maybe you have seen the doctored picture that shows Stalin walking along with his sycophants paying homage. In the original photo Yezhov is the man by Stalin’s left elbow. In the doctored photos he is gone. It seems he was arrested and executed. We see the beginnings of this as the wealthy liberals in Minneapolis that owned exclusive homes around their own park suddenly find it filled with homeless people.
Once you start this kind of purge it keeps going until one of two things happen. First, someone, or a lot of someone’s, gets hurt or killed. Second choice: We become a police state. Worst case is that both will happen.
Start standing up when you get a chance because the chances will disappear the way things are going.
*(Liberals, educators, socialists, communists, elites, Rinos, Democrats, leftists, Never Trumpers, Antifa, etc)
homo unius libri
On one side I say, “It is about time. Wilson was one of the original Progressives*. He is guilty of all the things that the current flock of Progressives* accuse him of and on top of that he was a Progressive*. I won’t go into that here.
On the other side, I am tired of caving in to the “I want! I want!” antics of the current toddler generation. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to put a newborn in an adult body with physical coordination and the ability to talk? I usually bring that up when I am talking about Original Sin. That is what we have today and someone has handed them a Molotov cocktail, a loaded AK and a spiked club. When you reward bullies and Marxists revolutionaries they just take it to the next level. They know they have us in a box. If we respond with violence then the media will get the blood they want and I guarantee they won’t call us “mostly peaceful protestors”. If we don’t then they push harder.
One consolation we have is that Marxism tends to eat its own. Does the name Nikolai Yezhov ring any bells. Maybe you have seen the doctored picture that shows Stalin walking along with his sycophants paying homage. In the original photo Yezhov is the man by Stalin’s left elbow. In the doctored photos he is gone. It seems he was arrested and executed. We see the beginnings of this as the wealthy liberals in Minneapolis that owned exclusive homes around their own park suddenly find it filled with homeless people.
Once you start this kind of purge it keeps going until one of two things happen. First, someone, or a lot of someone’s, gets hurt or killed. Second choice: We become a police state. Worst case is that both will happen.
Start standing up when you get a chance because the chances will disappear the way things are going.
*(Liberals, educators, socialists, communists, elites, Rinos, Democrats, leftists, Never Trumpers, Antifa, etc)
homo unius libri
Opus 2020-161: Headlines: After the Killer Hornets
The media never gets over their need to hype. One headline I saw talked about a giant cloud of African dust that is going to descend on our nation soon. You got the feeling it was more dangerous than the China Virus. It probably is, which means not so much. I had already read about it under another sensational headline and been informed about it by my You Tube watching wife. The author of the article I read made the mistake of pointing out that this happens every year and can be predicted fairly accurately.
But the gurus of the media tell us, “Fear!” I guess the killer hornets didn’t do the trick.
homo unius libri
But the gurus of the media tell us, “Fear!” I guess the killer hornets didn’t do the trick.
homo unius libri
Opus 2020-160: Firsts: Zoom
Modern technology keeps knocking. I try to ignore it and pat others on the head when they use it. I should know better.
This weekend I had my first experience with Zoom. If you have not used it yet, it is like Facetime or Skype with a group. We were spread over 1,800 miles so I guess it made sense to use this platform.
If the hysteria keeps going viral then we may end up going to meetings like this more often. We might even have family dinners with each person in their own room.
And yes, I wore pants for the event.
homo unius libri
This weekend I had my first experience with Zoom. If you have not used it yet, it is like Facetime or Skype with a group. We were spread over 1,800 miles so I guess it made sense to use this platform.
If the hysteria keeps going viral then we may end up going to meetings like this more often. We might even have family dinners with each person in their own room.
And yes, I wore pants for the event.
homo unius libri
Opus 2020-159: The Lion in the Street
I have a word for those of you who are agnostic, atheistic, pagan and so forth: Fear.
I have an addition to that for those of you claiming to be Christians: Fear God.
There is not only an eternity of difference, but a world of difference.
As a Christian I am aware that there are diseases out there that can get you. That has been true my entire life. I have had a few of them. I have walked past innumerable others unscathed. It is not a matter of luck it is a matter of something called Providence. God made me. He made you too, even if you don’t acknowledge it. When he designed me it was like the modern day Lexus or whatever car you think is uber reliable. He put in all the filters, warning lights, backups and overrides that were needed to guarantee almost flawless performance. What happens if I cut myself? “Got that,” God tells me. I later learn about clotting factors, antibodies and white blood cells. They were there all the time. When my body is invaded by nasty germs God says, “Got you covered.” And so forth. Do I worry about getting sick? I guess. Do I allow that to make me walk in fear. Hah!
As a generic pagan you have none of those assurances. So, yes, walk in fear. The virus is out to get you. So are the hundreds of other viruses out there. There is tetanus waiting and strep throat. Food poisoning is right behind you and toxins in your water are looking for a hole in your filter. In addition to that your government is full of people who would like nothing more than to control every aspect of your life. Fear.
Wash your hands. I do that. I could even document that in the Bible. There is nothing wrong with common sense but don’t worry about the unicorns. Maybe a better example is lions. I love this passage in Proverbs.
homo unius libri
I have an addition to that for those of you claiming to be Christians: Fear God.
There is not only an eternity of difference, but a world of difference.
As a Christian I am aware that there are diseases out there that can get you. That has been true my entire life. I have had a few of them. I have walked past innumerable others unscathed. It is not a matter of luck it is a matter of something called Providence. God made me. He made you too, even if you don’t acknowledge it. When he designed me it was like the modern day Lexus or whatever car you think is uber reliable. He put in all the filters, warning lights, backups and overrides that were needed to guarantee almost flawless performance. What happens if I cut myself? “Got that,” God tells me. I later learn about clotting factors, antibodies and white blood cells. They were there all the time. When my body is invaded by nasty germs God says, “Got you covered.” And so forth. Do I worry about getting sick? I guess. Do I allow that to make me walk in fear. Hah!
As a generic pagan you have none of those assurances. So, yes, walk in fear. The virus is out to get you. So are the hundreds of other viruses out there. There is tetanus waiting and strep throat. Food poisoning is right behind you and toxins in your water are looking for a hole in your filter. In addition to that your government is full of people who would like nothing more than to control every aspect of your life. Fear.
Wash your hands. I do that. I could even document that in the Bible. There is nothing wrong with common sense but don’t worry about the unicorns. Maybe a better example is lions. I love this passage in Proverbs.
(Pro 26:13 KJV) The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.I am not accusing you of being a sloth; just reflecting on how fear can cripple.
homo unius libri
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