Opus 2021-122: New Terms: Proregressive*

I have been using the term Progressive* for a time to refer to a group of people that are out to destroy the American Republic.  As a way of identifying who is included I have the asterisk and have a footnote at the bottom:

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

I add to the definition from time to time as new synonyms become clear.  I envision the definition becoming a good sized paragraph by the time I stop the reference.

I have a few friends and acquaintances who don’t like to refer to these people as Progressive in spite of the historical accuracy of it as the name of a certain political philosophy.  They feel that progress is positive and we don’t want to give them the benefit of the doubt.  So I am going to start using a new word,

Proregressives*

The definition will be the same but the word more accurate.  Two letters make the term much more precise.  These are people whose idea of progress is to regress to the elation of the October Revolution or the diplomacy of the Mongol hoards.  They are the enemy of civilized society.  And they are everywhere.

Onward to real progress.

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Opus 2021-121: They’re Back

The grandkids are back.  They are older so I am getting to know them again.  That is always a pleasure since they are such superior examples of grandchildren.  When they arrived the first thing the three year old did was pick up a child-sized rocker chair that had been hers and start out of the garage.  When I asked her where she was going she said, “Outside.”  I followed her around the garage and across the front of the house she started toward the front porch.  I asked her again where she was going and she told me “Up high.”  She then proceeded to carry it up the stairs and place it where she left it.

I could bore you with even more stories but I am still collecting them and I know you have a life.  

Add the downstairs maid services I am offering my wife who had hip surgery and it makes for a busy day.  It also reminds me to be grateful for my mobility.

Enjoy the parts of life that still offer a reason for living.

homo unius libri

Opus 2021-120: One in a Million

It has finally happened.  I heard something that the Biden administration might be getting right.  I found it in the March 10-16, 2021 edition of the Epoch Times.  It has to do with the way in which China is trying to use something called “rare earths” to bring American industry to heal.  It seems that China produces 80% of these metals that are necessary for much of the high tech products that are made here.  They cut them off from Japan in 2010 and are now threatening us.

Evidently the “rare earths” are not rare.  They are plentiful.  The only specific element I found mentioned was tungsten.  It used to be part of every light bulb in the world, so it is not actually rare.  The issue is in separating and refining them.  Like so many manufacturing and production industries, this has been driven out of the United States because of EPA regulations.  The jobs don’t go to China just because they work for less.  They go to China because China has no OSHA or EPA regulations making it either prohibitively expensive or impossible to comply.

Which brings us to the “might be getting right” part of my opening statement.  Biden’s handlers see the problem.  They are aware of it and have acknowledged it.  The problem is the same problem we have in so many areas of our economy:  The tail that wags the dog.

“While rare earths are critical to the economic and national security of the United States, it’s unclear whether the Biden administration may promote ramping up domestic production and processing due to environmental challenges.”

Rare earths are a part of our life.  They are used in rechargable batteries, the ubiquitous electronic gadgets that run our lives, ceramics and jet engines to name just a few things.  Our modern way of life depends on them.  The question is can we depend on China to supply them?  

It seems the decision is up to the current administration.

homo unius libri

Opus 2021-119: Wildflower Watch: Spring

I pretty much ignored the beginnings of little yellow flowers.  They are so common and diverse that they cause no enthusiasm.  I would venture to guess that you could find a little yellow flower somewhere in Texas in the middle of winter.

But the blue bonnets are starting to speak up.  They are not carpeting the roadsides yet but in my back yard they are testing the waters.

Life is coming back to the countryside.

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Opus 2021-118: Election 2024: Time to Start Campaigning

Meghan for president?

You can imagine me falling out of my seat laughing at this one.  That was my first response.  As I heard the idea expressed again today I have second thoughts.  Why not?  Look at the last two Democrat presidents.  What qualified them to be president?  One was black.  Check.  The other was useless.  Check.

Maybe she is the prefect candidate for the modern Democrat party.

Meghan for president!

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Opus 2021-117: Either Way

How much does God manage the small details of our lives?  I am thinking in terms of the China virus panic and guardian angels.  There are two extremes, tiny and God appointed.  Many times they may be the same.

For the big things we have guardian angels.  There are several places you can find this in the Bible but it is clearly stated in Psalms,

(Psa 91:11 NAS77) For He will give His angels charge concerning you, To guard you in all your ways.

I use the NASB here because it actually uses the word “guard”.  Usually when I think of a guardian angel I imagine an awesome warrior with unimaginable powers.  He can do all the things that Superman was described as doing and then some.  He is the one who slows my car down just enough to be late to the guy running the red light.  He is the one in war who erases my name from all the bullets.  

But what about the other end?  Does the guardian angel intercept all the little critters that are trying to invade our bodies and wreak havoc?  Imagine how boring that would be.  Or did God simply put an immune system in our bodies and let the macrophages feast?  Did He make it so that if we live righteous lives our natural defenses are more than adequate to protect us from things like the China Virus and the common cold?  Does He guide the path of every virus and bacterium or does He have some kind of heavenly probability chart?  Is our health the result of our life style or simply Providence?

Either way I hope I get a chance to thank my guardian angel(s) in eternity.  Did they laugh at my jokes?  What were some of the one liners they wished they could have shared with me when I was being really stupid?  It will be good times.

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Opus 2021-116: Grasping at Straws

Be thankful for the small blessings.  I was thinking of one of the benefits of the lock down over the China Virus:  I have learned how to spell vaccine.  Or at least I can spell it correctly part of the time.

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