NOT YOUR FATHER’S HIPPIES

Starry-eyed radicals in the 60s and 70s dreamed they were going to re-do America.  Some of their favorite mottos were, “Make Love Not War” and “Change it or Lose it.” They focused on drugs, music, class, sex, and fashion….almost everything and anything was fair game to degrade.  “Tune in or Drop Out,” represented Woodstock and all the hippies, beatniks, and radicals of the age. 

We witnessed long hair, wire-rimmed glasses…….who was a square, drag, bummer, and who was  hip, cool, groovy, mellow and far out!  Most of these crazy kids weren’t unhinged Weathermen killers or Cancel Culture Radicals with the underpinnings of communists, but just adolescents  along for the good-time ride.

With the end of the draft in 1972, the winding down of the Vietnam War, the oil embargoes, and a worsening of the economy, the ‘60s revolution withered away.  Even radical Jane Fonda was put on the back burner and lost attention.  Good riddance I say!

Historians claim that most of these kids were middle-class students with long hair…. kicking back during the period of the post-war boom, indulging their appetites and ensuring they wouldn’t end up in Vietnam.   There were really no new changes in society.  The Civil Rights movement and the equality of women and gays were already birthed before the hippies,  as were folk songs and early rock music. What the 60s kids did was not only to accelerate these trends but also try to radicalize them. 

The Yuppies of the 1980s were the natural successors of the hippies.  The kids of the 60s and 70s were narcissistic, free-for-all, do your own thing people, and represented self indulgence and wanting to avoid responsibility.   The Reagan era finished the dead-enders of the Woodstock generation.  They eventually grew up.  By the late 70s and 80s most of these same kids had gotten married, were raising a family, and were living an abundant type of life style.  They rebooted their self centered drug, sex and party impulses to fixations on money, status and material things……nice new houses and at least two cars in the drive!

This time around though, their off spring’s left-wing assault is different and far more ominous. The Woke grandchildren of the former hippies are now more ruthless and more systematic insiders.  The Woke and wired new establishment knows how to use money and power to rebirth America as something the Founders and most current Americans never envisioned.  The cancel culture generation of radicals has taken control of our society in ominous and destructive ways.  They have infiltrated every facet of our society in one way or another.  With the rise of social media there seems to be no bastion of safety. 

Name one mainline institution that the Woke left doesn’t now control.  The media? The campus? Silicon Valley? Professional sports? The corporate boardroom?  Foundations?  The K-12 educational establishment?  The military hierarchy?  The government deep state?  The FBI top echelon?  Our safety net seems to be in our Christian communities and even they are under threat if our Christian schools refuse to allow the LGBTQ+ to become faculty. 

These Woke revolutionaries aren’t pan-handlers, street people, or Grate-ful Dead groupies.  They aren’t even a few nutty and murderous Symbionese Liberation Army terrorists fighting against the “Man.” They are “the Man.”

Our 21^st c. revolutionaries are multibillionaires wearing tennis shoes and T shirts, but with absolute power and desire to censor how half the country communicates—– or cancel them entirely.  They are the campus administrators who ban free speech.  They don’t picket the Pentagon…….they’re inside the Pentagon.  They don’t chant “eat the rich”. They are the rich who eat at Napa Valley’s French Laundry.

They’re guiding principle is “never let a crisis go to waste.”  Only in times of a pandemic, and volatile racial relations can the new upscale leftist revolutionaries use fear to push through policies that no one in more normal times could stomach.  These new radicals hate dissent.  They destroy any who question their media spun hoaxes.

Truth is their enemy, and fear is their weapon.  George Orwell’s “1984” predictions are coming to pass.  While this elitist leftist revolution is more dangerous and sloppy than its ‘60s predecessor, it’s also more vulnerable……..but only if Americans will finally “Wake up to “Woke” and say to their madness……….enough is enough! 

                              Are You A Monkey’s Uncle/Aunt?

Darwin wasn’t always an atheist.  Also, he wasn’t the first one to believe that humans evolved from lower life forms.  If you research Charles Darwin you will find a disturbed man who felt that there was no God.  Although he was always a rather “free thinker” it wasn’t until the death of his daughter, Annie, that pushed him over the edge in the philosophy of survival of the fittest. 

Darwinian evolution promotes the mantra that “all creatures great and small…….natural selection made them all.”  Just one creature somehow became all the others.  Textbooks reassure students that some prehistoric fish turned into today’s fish as well as birds, turtles, and humans.   

Does this match the real world?  Some human person drew pictures depicting the evolution of man from a humpbacked humanoid with an ape like face and body to a Neanderthal person who resembles my neighbor down the street!!   And he is handsome! 

One test offers a hard stop to evolution between basic kinds ……all or nothing body systems. 

Body parts integrate into body systems.  Each part, and each piece that makes up that part, needs the right shape, size and strength of material to do its job.  That’s why brains aren’t made of enamel but of interconnected nerves, each having it’s own function and yet working as a whole.  The eye ball itself requires everything in its design to work properly……..and all at once! Every part is dependent upon another part. 

Some body parts can change a little and still allow the system to work.  Human legs come in short and thick or long and thin and every variety in between.  But the imaginary process of transforming fish fins into human legs would leave the in-between creature either unable to swim or unable to walk.  It would die, as would its evolution.  Take enough of a fish’s fins away on its supposed journey to land life and it loses its ability to track down dinner before it becomes dinner!!

At some point “Mother nature” would have to replace gills with lungs, leaving the creature unable to breathe.  That is just one necessary body-part change.  That fish would still have a long way to go in becoming human, including replacing its two chambered fish heart for a four chambered heart. 

If the shift from one basic body form into another requires the loss of any vital body part, even for a minute, then that shift would require a wholesale rebuild from the ground up.  In other words, it would require creation.  You can’t change a fish into a person or into a clam or squid…..any more than you install 29 inch wheels on a young child’s bicycle.   Horses, cats, chickens etc. come in a variety of colors, body types and habits.  That only means that a species can change within itself………not coming from a lower life form.

So the next time you are told evolution is how we all evolved, just ask the defenders for examples of how nature rewires all or nothing body systems.  If evolution did occur……..where are all the intermediate forms?  The fossil record doesn’t prove evolution. 

Go to the Grand Canyon for a visit and Ranger Rick will show you layers upon layers of rock strata……all showing various forms of sea creatures, bones etc..  They date these fossils by the rock strata. Then another Ranger will tell you that they date the rock strata by the fossils.  Really?  That’s called circular reasoning. 

Don’t be fooled by the great names connected with evolution.  They are by and large, atheists.  They reject the idea of a Creator God!  They believe that we humans must control our own destiny.  Humans themselves determine what is right and wrong.

 The Evolutionist decries Genesis I.  They say it takes millions of years for a fish to become a human and hopefully (fingers crossed) that all the needed material will come together all at once!

I am not a monkey’s aunt……..I have been created in the image of God who is the supreme Creator of all life.  How about you?

                                                      SO WHAT IS THE CRT?

Gov. Ron DeSantis  is a real rock star!!  Well, not actually.  I don’t know if he plays a guitar or drums or is in a rock band.  But here’s what I do know.  He is a strong Governor in the state of Florida and has the values that you and I hold dear.  He just introduced a bill which will introduce children to the dangers of communism!   This is great news.  He is doing a fantastic job of standing for freedom and moral values in the Sunshine State.

Just in the last few months, Gov. DeSantis has taken on the liberal social media giants, stood against boys being allowed into the girls’ sports competitions and spoken out against the CRT…….the Critical Race Theory.  He has kept his state free from the ridiculous restrictions of teaching this philosophy in the public schools. 

So what exactly is the CRT?  In a nutshell, the CRT ideology teaches that white people are the cause of what is wrong with the world.   We, who happen to be born with white skin, are to blame for all the ills that happen to those who are black, brown, yellow or purple!!   Many public as well as private schools are promoting this theory.  I wonder what they will do with Leonardo De Vinci; Beethoven;  Louis Pastuer; George Washington; and even JFK? 

There is a growing concern in this country that we are well on the way to a Socialist/ Marxist society.  This is how they begin…… dividing citizens one against another; taking our guns away; making people dependent upon the Government for their needs; by intimidation of opposing views; by control of the media; by degrading our constitutional rights;  using the public schools to reeducate the young to a socialist mindset.  They are quick pointing out the ills that we suffer are due to a false idea of government.  They insist that the best way to govern is to level the playing field.  Take from the wealthy and give to those who are poor!  Isn’t that equality?  Therefore Big Brother is the game keeper and will determine who gets what and how much!  Do you trust Big Government?

  If you do………..then tell me one country where the Marxist philosophy has worked.

                                                     Not all is lost!

We still have courageous  government leaders.  There is a revolution against the agenda of the hard Left, and it’s being led by legislatures and governors in Red states.  This is encouraging to see!

First, in order for big changes to occur, we must pray for our country.  Moses had to pray for Israel when all seemed lost.  We find them making a golden calf so soon out of Egypt!  We need an old fashioned revival of our people along with some Divine Intervention! 

Second, we need to be ever vigilant and watchful.  Keep abreast of issues.  This isn’t going away and if we are to remain a Democracy we must not let down our defenses.  We need our fellow Christians to get their heads out of the sand and start fighting for our freedoms, or else we will lose them to the humanists and secular Left.  They might want might to reprogram our brains by putting us in “reeducation” camps!! 

“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”               Ronald Reagan

                                                                The Next Target

We live in dangerous times.  It is especially dangerous if you happen to be a statue. That is because statues all over America are being torn down.  The statue of Christopher Columbus in Columbus, Ohio was installed in 1955….. as a hero.  Now, he is viewed as an imperialist whose exploration and discovery of North America led to genocide.   This revisionist portrayal of Columbus as a villain seems to have found favor among those in charge of the city of Columbus.

Statutes are swiftly being torn down around the country.    Soon there won’t be any statues of Confederate soldiers or explorers left in the country.  But wait there’s more.  The anti-statue movement, which is fueled by political correctness, will not be banished.  No, they will simply find a new target.  And their new target might be religious icons.  The anti-statue movement, which is trying to force political correctness down our throats, will perhaps end up tearing down statues of Jesus.  They might even go so far as to demand that churches remove any images of a religious nature.  That will mean a manager scene at Christmas, religious pictures on walls of public places or any religious symbols…..Perhaps even to the crosses on our churches. 

You say………”But we aren’t a public institution.  We are autonomous and federal mandates don’t apply to us.”  Really?   Do our Christian Schools and Universities take any federal funds?  Then the Feds demand the right to dictate compliance with any laws that are passed.

Why might self-appointed arbitrators of political correctness embark on a mission to remove Christian symbols from our society and culture?  Just as in the early days of Christianity, many find Jesus and what He represents, to be offensive.  He doesn’t represent the narrative of today’s society either.  You see, Jesus said that He is the only path to God, and in today’s environment, it is not politically correct to make such a bold claim. Nowadays, if you do not want to offend anyone then the safe thing to say is that all religions offer an equal path to God…..that is, if there even is a God!

This in itself is nothing new.  People have been offended by His remarks since He first appeared on the scene centuries ago.  That’s the reason He was executed in the first place, which of course was God’s plan from the beginning.  He became the atonement for our sins with a promise to return again. 

The Romans set about persecuting Christians because those early believers knew that there was only one true God, and the way to God was through Jesus.  The Romans worshipped a multitude of deities, however Christians claimed there was only one God!  Off with  their heads!!!

This stuff has been going on for a very long time.  Sure, there are other religions in the world.  They all promise good things in this life and even in the afterlife.  However, not one of their teachers or prophets has ever returned from the dead!  That’s the best reason for us to have faith in the One who did return. 

Our society is filled with individuals and organizations that harbor a disdain for Jesus.  They will use any opportunity or excuse to censor His message, and in today’s racially charged climate, they are now playing the race card.  It is true that many societies in the past did use Jesus to justify extreme injustice, persecutions and White Supremacy.  God planned that He would come into this world as a lowly Jew a descendant of Abraham who came from a country now known as Iraq.  

What is happening now is that some anti-Christian radicals are using race as an excuse to remove Jesus from our culture.  I actually cringe when I see various paintings of Jesus with light skin and blue eyes.  The truth is that Jesus’ skin tone is not important, and we must not allow anyone to try and use Jesus’ skin color as an excuse to remove Him or Christian symbols, from anywhere in our society. 

John 14:6   Jesus saith unto him:  “ I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

  Did He really  mean it? 

                                                            LIVING With LIES

Perhaps my parents were naïve.  They raised me to respect my teachers, the government, and other authorities and to believe these entities acted in my interests and certainly wouldn’t deliberately lie to me.  I was not to trust used car salesmen, “ambulance chasers” and some politicians…….but, these were in a class by themselves. 

Now I know, I was misled by these authorities on some very important things.   In all my science classes I never heard the word “creationism.”  I was only taught about evolution and there were no questions asked.  I knew what Genesis 1 said, but that was ok for church but not in the real outside world. 

Lying has gotten far worse, however.  I never felt institutional coercion to join a perverse government-led movement that told me what I believed about Adam and Eve and male and female was backward thinking. Today, anyone daring to speak common sense is publicly pummeled with a disparaging name (or worse) by members of a rapidly growing deviant movement.  They use a hostile  crowd to systematically ridicule people by name- calling and  strong armed methods…..hate mail as well as personal attacks. 

As many Christians ponder whether to acknowledge more than the two sexes God created, they need to consider true Biblical teaching as well.   Are Christians ready to take on the role assigned to us?  I’m not being divisive here.  But, at the same time we need to hold fast to the real truths of Scripture. 

One government lie sits on top of another.  Under scrutiny, many lies all seem to flow together.
How do you get people to assent to completely bizarre flights of fancy?  By repeating them incessantly:  cancel culture; woke, critical race theory, evolution, more than two sexes! 

What many Americans don’t recognize is that the train long ago left the station and took our country along the line to nonsensical beliefs.  That happened when they swallowed the lie that over long periods of time one kind of creature can morph into another…….something else that has never been observed…including the fossil record with no transitional forms.  There should be thousands.

What’s worse, is that these lies about evolving creatures and interchangeable sexes are not just ludicrous, but they are intellectually and morally perverse.

The Bible teaching is plain.  Government is responsible to promote good and punish evil, but today the government often oppresses, if not outright persecutes people doing good and they exult evil behavior.

Christians should not and must not feel that we are entitled to special treatment, any more than other people.  We live in this country and are responsible citizens,  but at the same time we are set apart for a purpose.  That is to make disciples and by doing so….. we will take on the yoke of our Master who called each of us into His service for good. 

We must always work for the good of our country basing our actions on what we are taught in Scripture.  The challenge facing Christians is whether we will cast aside clear biblical teaching and embrace the world’s view of morality or confirm our faith by refusing to live by the world’s standards,

“If you abide in My word, you are my disciples indeed.  And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31-32)

Christians need to be a sanctuary of truth; we must refuse to live by the world’s lies!!

                                                    What’s Your Social Credit? 

Having navigated the turbulent twists and turns of 2020 that included a pandemic, a viciously contested Presidential election, and systems that want to destroy our heritage, we are finally entering 2021.  The New Year is generally a time of hope and optimism.  Yet, we’re being told to expect a “dark winter.”  Big government, big business, big tech, big media, and big pharma continue to propagate the need for more restrictions and intrusion into our lives.   This is all for our own good you understand!!  But wait there is more to come.

Of major concern is the growing collusion between global governments and corporate behemoths to use advancements in technology, personal data collection and surveillance to dismantle individual rights, destroy free speech and gain complete control of the system.  I do sound like an alarmist, don’t I?  I am just depressed and concerned when I read the growing trends in our society.  I am also aware this is an international affair and I fear we are tied in with a global system that threatens our way of life, making us into a complete one world economy. 

                                              The Coming Social Credit System    

Consider the fact that China, with a massive population of 1.3 billion people rolled out a new social credit system in 2020 that had been in the planning stages since 2009.  This may not seem of particular concern due to the fact that as Americans, we are already familiar with the idea of having a credit score based upon our income level, financial obligations, and payment history. 

China’s new social credit system however, is something vastly different and much darker.  Through continuous digital surveillance, individuals are evaluated based upon every aspect of their behavior……..then issued a social reputation score.  There is blacklisting and whitelisting. Here, in America, if you get caught by a traffic light camera running a red light, or jaywalking across a street, and you’ll have to pay a fine.  However, in China, your social credit score will also be lowered.  

If you fail to obey the seating instructions on your local train ride you lose points.  If you fail to  properly sort your garbage your score will be reduced. If facial recognition softwear sees you socializing with a person who has been tagged with a lower social score, or is not in compliance with the mandated government protocols……then you too will be penalized further. 

Conversely, if you follow the government mandated protocols, your score will remain steady.  If you are a member of the approved political party or donate to a government approved charity, your score will improve. 

So what are some of the penalties and implications of carrying a low social credit score in China?   You may have to wait longer for your healthcare needs.  You may denied access to travel.  You may be even be denied the ability to get a loan or purchase property.  Perhaps even imprisonment for the completely incorrigible person who persists in his hostility to the government mandates.

Obviously, the implications for religious minorities are staggering.  It is no secret that the Chinese Communist government hammers down on Christians as well as other minority groups.  Bible-believers can now be targeted in various ways, by a nameless, faceless, authoritarian system that targets them for their faith.  Of course, that would never happen here, right?

Through the use of fear, propaganda, scientific socialism and manipulated data, public shaming and forced business compliance, the world leaders are preparing the playing field for the implementation of social credit systems to be rolled out in various forms and fashions around the world.

As Christians, this should not surprise us.  When reading scripture we understand that all of these things will take place before the Lord’s return.  The Gospel or “good news” is not only the forgiveness of our sins but that a new and better world is coming. 

But for now, as we seek to navigate the pitfalls of this world system, may we remain faithful to our God, and rest in the sovereignty of His good hand!!

                                                  The Names of God.

When I was naming my children, most often I thought of someone I liked or admired.   Perhaps some particular personality trait that made their name meaningful to me.  The middle name was usually after a family member.  It might same in your family.   If Uncle Charlie was an old grouch, he wasn’t included in our list. 

When Moses received a commission from God to go to His oppressed people in Egypt and deliver them from slavery…..Moses asked God….”When I come  unto the children of Israel and shall say unto them,  the God of your fathers sent me unto you; and they shall say to me….what is his name”  What shall I say to them?”  (Ex. 3:13)  God told Moses to tell them that the “I Am who I Am has sent me to you.”  God tells Moses that He is the God of their ancestors and that His name is forever and remembered throughout all generations. 

When Moses received the Ten Commandments number one was.  “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain. (Ex. 20:6).  Because of those words the Jews today will not use the name of God for fear of handling His name carelessly.  The Jewish custom to avoid saying the Divine Name meant that the four consonants of YHWH came to be spelled Adonai, or sometimes Ha Shem (the name). 

In the 1500s, a Friar name Galatinus (at least he is blamed) took the name of Yahweh (another name for God) and by scrambling things up a bit and came up with Jehovah.  This is actually not the correct way of pronouncing YHWH.  Unfortunately even the King James Bible (c.1611) uses it as well as the ASV version.   The Jehovah Witnesses use this erroneously in their name and have their own Bible (The New World Translation) which uses Jehovah at least 7000 times!   We never find it in the New Testament. The Latin Vulgate (4^th c.) translates Yahweh as Dominus.  

So how do we say God’s name?  We often say “God” or perhaps “Holy One. “  But there is so much more to His name. 

Our English language is very limited in our names for God.  Not so with Hebrew. There are more than 30 names for God in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, which reveal some aspect of His character and dealings with mankind.    Hebrew is colorful language built on various root words and syllables with a variety of meanings.

 Here are a few of God’s names:

Elohim……… God, the Creator (has a meaning of more than one…this would be the       multiple personalities of God such as Holy Spirit, and Jesus (Jeshua) (Gen 1:1)
Yahweh………  I Am, The Self-Existent One (YHWH)  (Ex 3:14-15)
El Shaddai…… The All-Sufficient One, God Almighty (Gen 17:1-2)
Adoni…………… Lord and Master (Psalm 16:2)
Yahweh Nessi…….The Lord is My Banner (Exodus 17:15)
Yahweh Roi………..The Lord is My Shepherd (Ps. 23:1-4)
Yatsar ………………..The Potter (Isa. 64:8)
Abba…………………..Father (2 Cor. 6:18)
Immanuel……………God With Us (Matt. 1:22-23)
Alpha and Omega……The Beginning and the End (Rev. 22:13)

This is just a short list of the Divine Name.  When you mediate on these names think of what Scripture says about God and how this affects your worship.  These names become very meaningful and will bless you as you learn more about God’s attributes.

Now that I have argued that the Jehovah’s name should not appear in Bible translations, I still happily sing hymns that include it (Guide me, Oh though great Jehovah……”)   Jehovah has become a word in many languages, a word that probably is here to stay.  I don’t mind people using it.  There are just so many more words for Him.  Add them to your thinking and begin your journey to a more meaningful relationship.

 Blessings to all of you.

                                                Making Lemon Aid

I just had my annual physical and there were several new glitches that occurred in my body.   However, I hope to still be around for awhile.  Of course God knows more about that than I do! 

I receive a daily email from a sweet lady living in one of the apartments in my retirement community.  She alerts us as to who needs what, as well as physical problems that arise among the residents.    Those who bravely face devastating illnesses arouse in me a tremendous admiration. 

There is one lady I know who contracted Lyme disease.  She had to quit her job and fight for her very life. Her illness brought not only physical hardships but enormous emotional distress as well.   Eventually though, she won out.  She fought back against despair or surrender.  What a lady!! 

As I write this blog, I am thinking of myself as well.  I want to offer a bit of encouragement to those of you who might be facing something in your life that is devastating for you also.  It might not be an illness but any number of personal tragedies that effect your happiness and well being.

I asked my friend what helped her through this ordeal.  What sword and shield did she bring to this fight? She wrote that a key word to surviving in tough times is resilience. According to Webster it can mean, “An ability to recover from or adjust to misfortune or change.”  Resilience is a major discussion among Psychologists.  This is a huge topic which will help all of us with our own problems.  As we witness the changes and sadness in the world we need resilience to face these tough times, as well as the traumas in our own life.

                  However, resilience isn’t always easy.  So what’s next? 

Faith is high on the list.  Remember we only need a kernel of faith.  Only the size of a mustard seed!  Faith deserts us many times.   I wonder if God is really listening to me.

As we look out into the world today, we find that many of the so-called “pop-culture” kids have been raised outside of any type of faith tradition.  Many have never even opened a Bible.  What do they lean on?  They are completely without a foundation.  Perhaps like a ten year old trying to drive a Porsche.  No knowledge of how to “do” life.  No wonder the suicide rate is climbing among young adults. 

           Blessings and Lemons

So how does all of this relate to you and me?  Despite the months of suffering or misery in our life we can come to a place where we make peace with it all.  It gives us a realization that there is still good in the world and that we are here to make the world a better place, perhaps to make someone’s life a little happier……a little better.”Keeping a lively sense of humor.”  This was my friend’s advice to me. 

She added…..”I urge you to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. Spend each day with some laughter and some good thoughts…. to get your emotions going.  To be enthusiastic every day….to keep your dreams alive in spite of problems facing you.” 

Enthusiasm, laughter, thoughtfulness, dreams, prayer………..all help us to take the “lemons” in life and make lemon aid!!  

          Gifts Given    

Pause right where you are and look around.  What do you see?  You are  reading this blog via internet, using electric lights and drinking coffee from one of your many and various mugs.  Look on your wall or desk.  A clock, pictures, and hopefully a Bible on the table close by.  You and I are enjoying and using so many of these “gifts” and we rarely appreciate them.

 I don’t know the names or faces of anyone who created most of these objects.    Thomas Edison and others are responsible for the light bulb and Steve Jobs and his crew brought me my laptop, but everything else comes to me anonymously, designed and put together by strangers someplace else.  But here’s what I do know:  all of these objects spring from one source: human ingenuity.

Many smart and inventive thinkers come from various societies around the world.  However, I’m proud of America! I often forget our own American ingenuity. 

Look at old Ben Franklin.  He gave us the lightning rod, bifocals and the Franklin stove, swim fins, and all those catchy sayings he printed up……..how about “the early bird catches the worm.  A penny saved is a penny earned.”

If you Google “American ingenuity” you will find dozens of websites discussing this topic. In Colonial days, we were a nation of tinkers, many of which point to ingenuity and invention as especially American. The early pioneers built houses, churches, roads and cities and repaired everything from muskets to harnesses and created tools and machines to ease their lives. 

Skilled pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson once wrote: “Before this country came on the scene, for thousands of years people did things the same way. Within 200 years of the advent of this nation, men were on walking on the moon, and I want us to recognize this is the kind of people that we are.  We’re creative with a lot of ingenuity and a lot of energy.” 

Time and again in our history, men and women have employed that ingenuity and energy to improve the lives of those around them.  We’ve built airplanes and cars; we’ve given the rest of the world computers and the information age; we’ve invented life saving drugs and surgical tools.  The list is almost endless. 

Of course, other countries have now met up with us with their own takes on much of our originality; however, I do believe that we might be called the first to really improve the lives of our citizens.  (Do I seem a big prejudiced?)

There are many reasons for these successes; A patent system that protects inventors.  The contributions of various immigrants like Alexander Graham Bell; an education system that worked; and a history of tinkering trying to come up with something that would solve a particular problem. 

But the greatest and most precious factor in our inventiveness, the one we must most closely guard, is our freedom.  Without our liberty, we will stifle innovation and development. 

That liberty, along with free enterprise, not stifled by the federal government, and with our inquiring minds and the human spirit, has brought a wealth of improvements to all of us.  Those same virtues will continue to do so if we in turn allow them to flourish! 

                                   God Bless America!

Loving Dr Seuss

When my kids were little,  we read every Dr. Seuss book that was published at that time.  We all loved them.  They were not only appealing to children but adults as well.  The pictures were intriguing and fanciful.  The stories all rhymed and made us laugh.  Green Eggs and Ham will remain one of our favorites and who doesn’t love the Grinch and his antics.  How his heart grew several sizes larger when hearing the Whos in Whoville sing their song, despite not having presents or even the Christmas ham!!  Christmas was more than just gifts under the tree or even food in the frig.  He taught us all that the blessings we have been given are worth more than the gifts received!

Learning to read is one of the first opportunities children have to develop their minds, learn about the world and become happy, well rounded people.  Reading skills create the foundation upon which we learn nearly all other knowledge and disciplines. 

Many inner city schools are failing to educate a high percentage of our poorer children……that coupled with school closures because of COVID, children need incentives and opportunities to read more than ever. Often, working parents are unable to provide their children with the proper skills and many of the books children read are boring or not interesting to them.  Dr Seuss never fails.  He never fails to entertain and enlighten young minds as well as adults. 

                                         This is why America needs Dr. Seuss!!

I stand in awe of Theodor Seuss Geisel.   Born in 1904, he became the best –selling author of all time.  His books have sold more than 600 million copies and have been translated into more the 20 languages.    A recent quote from a review said this about the author.

              “Today one in four of children’s first books is penned by Theodor Seuss Geisel. Even though  The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and How the Grinch stole Christmas were all published before 1970, his magic has not ceased. 

His books appeal to children of all ages and has extended into television and film.  Eleven animated Dr. Seuss television specials were made for three major networks from 1966 through 1995.   “How the Grinch Stole Christmas grossed 260 million here in the States and millions more when shown across the world.  Even former president Obama read Green Eggs and Ham, at the White House Easter egg roll in 2010. 

Somehow President Obama’s endorsement of Dr. Seuss was not enough for Biden and the woke police or the cancel culture advocates. 

As Erick Erickson wrote in the Epoch Times, there’s much more to Biden’s Dr. Seuss ban.
             “This isn’t really about Seuss.  This is about progressive indoctrination.  The NEA has a         “helpful” list of books to consider as replacement for Seuss.   The list is an indoctrination course in “woke.”   Julian is a Mermaid is about a boy who wants to be a mermaid.  The Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card: a story about illegal immigrants in the United States.  How about this one?  The Prince and the Dressmaker, about a cross dressing prince.” 

Children are easily indoctrinated by their teachers and the media.  Parents must become aware of the socialist agenda and how it has infiltrated into their lives through the media, as well as social contacts and especially in the school environment.

I believe children everywhere need the wisdom of Dr. Seuss. His writings are uniquely effective.  He has the ability to interest them in books and reading as well as affirming with great wit and humor what is good about people and the blessings given to us as free and equal citizens of this great country.

                            Let’s raise our voices in protest.  We love Dr. Seuss!!

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