Global Warming is Cold, Man

 I thought that I would be remiss if I did not say something about a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity here. At least you will be able to revisit this page and see where I told you about it. Don't hate me then. Here it is: The currency of Iraq (the Iraqi Dinar) may be about to revalue (RV) from about 1/10 of 1 cent to something near $3.00! Now, to be clear, this has been rumored to be "right around the corner" for almost 6 years now. I heard about it way back then and just blew it off. But now I've got a couple of dinars and it may end up being the most incredible return on investment of my life. You can buy 100,000 dinars for about $150 today. Tomorrow....maybe not. If the thing goes back to where it was before Desert Storm, when 1 dinar would get you $3.22, then your $150 investment will net you $322,000!!!! To me that is worth the risk. Anyway, you decide. There is lots of great info at www.theiraqidinar.com , and you can use the link there to buy some dinars from Dinar Trade. If you've got $150 bucks to not worry about, then you really should check it out, pray about it, and move forward. Wouldn't it be cool to be laughing all the way to the bank???




 Baby, its cold outside. A cold, drizzly rain is falling on Florida Mesa right now, and its snowing hard at Purgatory. Silverton has gotten about six feet of snow this week!

 A guy I know was ranting about how Bush lied about global warming, saying there was no such thing. Please allow me to insert my opinion. The earth is warming and the earth is cooling. All of the time. Our benevolent Creator has made a world that regulates itself. The Earth has never been in a state of exactly constant temperature. Shut up, go to work, and do something nice for somebody in need.

 The global warming panic being sold to you by the political left, through way of fear, is nothing more than a tool to wrest more control of your life from your hands. I hope you realize that they only want to be able to tax YOU for global warming. What amazes me is that so many people fall for their propaganda. Obviously, if you say something enough times on tv, it becomes fact for the masses. Like, remember how ABC, CBS, NBC, and NPR all excitedly told you how smart Obama was? The cats out of the bag on that one.

 So, when someone tells you that this was the hottest year on record, ask them "so what?". See where they go with it. If they say, "Well, we must do something about it", ask them "Like what?". If they say we must start driving electric cars and using solar power....then you are talking to a media zombie, most likely educated by the government education regime (almost entirely staffed and supervised by media zombie liberals). They probably cried when they saw Al Gore's photoshopped, phony pictures of polar bears dying on breakaway icebergs. This person is most likely a lost cause, but if you love them, ask them to please do some real research instead of getting their opinion from the mainstream media.

OK THEN

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 OK, so I am getting a little feedback from some old friends but most people are keeping quiet. What's going on? I know that I am saying some provocative things to you. Don't you want to take part in the conversation? Or have you fallen victim to the world's stupid doctrine of non-judgementalism? C'mon, if you are breathing, then you've got a judgement on just about everything. I say use your judgement or lose your freedom to speak and act. Next thing you know, you'll be standing in a line to have your most important parts removed (for your own safety of course). It's ok if you don't like what I have to say, and its really ok if you agree with me. Let me know either way. Hit the comment button or send me an email to freemergency@yahoo.com.

We need to be awake and super-aware of what is going on around us, so that we can plot out a plan. We need to have sound minds and use our judgement to stay outside of the swelling tide of complacency that will lead to slavery. Otherwise, you will wake up one day soon in a new world that is run by self-proclaimed elitists who are compelled to "act" on the Earth's behalf to lower the population numbers by 3/4s in order to protect "her".

 The one significant chink of feedback I got this week was from a very dear old friend of mine, who was concerned that I was getting drawn into some sort of bummer with all of my rantings. If you know me, then you know that I am quite a happy person. I love to smile and laugh and to help others do the same. So, my writings here were troubling to him. If he is reading this, then just know that I love you even with the seemingly huge gulf of differences in worldview that we have. Perhaps if you take the time to really have that open mind that you say you have, you might change your mind about the realities here on the ground. If not, I will still love you even as you preach your evolution and Mother Earth worship while asking me not to preach my Creator of All worship.

 I really appreciated his input and I hope he keeps reading my blog, because I will be putting forth solutions to our problems as we move forward. Unfortunately, in order to get to the repairs we must inspect the damages first. That is preliminary and continual in this messed-up world.

 But I thought that today, I would depart from the usual, and give you a little treat. I'm going to copy/paste in here a snippet from a novel that I am working on. I don't really know what it is called yet, so for now it is named after one of the characters, Friend of Hawks. I hope you enjoy it and would appreciate any input or suggestions. Thanks.

FRIEND OF HAWKS

1.

A.D. 1707, Pine River Valley, Colorado

 Right there where the Pine River sweeps around and heads directly south, they were all gathered for the fall festival. Mostly Southern Utes, Apache, Navajo and a few scattered white folks, the crowd had swelled to several hundred strong. The rhythm of elk-skin drums was thrumming through the tall grasses all along the warm earth of the rich flood plain as the  afternoon sun began to cast long, slender triangle shadows on the east sides of the rawhide wigwams that overlooked the scene from the bluff fifty feet above and to the west of the rendezvous grounds.

 Friend-of-Hawks stood at the edge of the bluff, arms crossed and a big, closed mouth grin on his face. He had just completed the last of his daily chores, making sure the horses were all safe inside their corral and was relishing the thought of striding down the hillside trail down to the big bonfire out in the meadow below. He could smell the roasting venison, hear the familiar tribal chant of his clansmen and see the flash of the bands of colorful beads on the cuffs and hemlines of the men and women hopping and spinning over the hard packed dirt all around the pile of smoking, flaming pinion wood.

 The meadow was transformed into a bustling little village every year at this time, when the corn was ripening on the stalk and the colors began to turn from green to gold up in the high rockies forty miles to the north. A glance up at the mountains now brought those patches of rust and crimson from the aspen trees at eleven thousand feet down into Friend-of-Hawks eyes , now at the edge of the meadow at 6500 feet. He turned around to look back up at the bluff and saw his mother standing there. She was standing there next to the old dead cedar tree. The one that looked like the claw of an eagle reaching up from the ground to grasp some unsuspecting rabbit from the sky. She smiled and waved. Her name was Moon Deer.

“Hawks!” He spun at hearing his named called, and recognized the voice of his best friend Running Frog. Running Frog was standing near the outside of the dancers who were circling the fire. He gestured for Hawks to join him and so Friend-of-Hawks closed the distance between himself and his friend in his smooth slow running style. The two grasped each other’s right hand forearms and looked each other in the eyes, smiling.

 “Let us eat too much meat and watch the white people dance all wrong” suggested Running Frog, “Maybe you will finally talk to Tall Bird and ask her to dance”. “And maybe you will close your mouth before I shove firewood in it”, growled Hawks. He squeezed Frog’s arm hard and glared into his eyes. They both then exploded in laughter, slapped each other on the shoulders and walked toward the food serving area. Hawks looked over his shoulder up on the bluff, and saw that his mother was no longer standing there.

2.

 May 2010, Lafayette, Colorado  

 “It’s a world on the edge of madness. Like when you are loping along on a shady trail through the desert and instantly find yourself at the top edge of a sandy cliff face. You would, of course, try to stop. Your heart rate would spike, slammed into action by the adrenal system. The potent concoction multiplies the strength in your quadriceps and buttocks which are now clamping down to stop the skid. Your right foot veers off slightly and becomes an eleven inch, rubber edged scraper seeking purchase on anything that will offer resistance. You realize that your head is moving forward past where your left foot is barely planted. Involuntarily, your arms begin to wheel backward. Your pupils dilate. You are holding your breath. The canyon yawns beneath you.

 “That is what the western nations had just done. After thirty years of indoctrination via sitcom and modem, the shuffling hordes of taxpayers forgot to notice that they were dutifully marching out their established roles. These mostly hardworking people thought that they were working toward a fluffy retirement. They didn’t see their collective trillions being siphoned off. They could not imagine that their selfish, lusty pursuit of abundance had been planned and then used against them. That their “free public education” and covetousness would bring them to this point was outside of consideration.

 Now the enemy is inside the wire. The Treasury is beyond default and the Federal Reserve is printing more inflation. The Caribbean is filling with red crude.....”

 His thought was interrupted by the two men sitting across from each other at the same table as himself. One is a self-employed mobile mechanic, a savvy, confident guy wearing his black canvas work pants and a black auto parts t-shirt. The other character was more disturbing. Shorter than average and perhaps 50 pounds overweight, his tucked-into-the-socks nylon sweat pants and baggy gray cotton T lent to an overall greasy anxiousness.

 Cam Cramwell had met both of them before in this same coffeehouse and had forgotten both of their names. The mechanic was sitting to his right in the brownish-orange leather couch, backed up to one of the big, west facing picture windows which looked out over the patio. He was mid-forties, a smoker with a full head of straight, spiky blond hair and he had decided to drink his to-go cup of Boulder Coffee Company fair trade organic Sumatra Gayo Mountain. Caffeinated.

 The fat guy was just kind of loitering around until after eight o’clock before going to hand out flyers. His head was shaved and topped with a grubby gray synthetic wool cap with the bill turned backward. He was about to come back inside from the patio where he had sat in one of the nine, dark green metal arm chairs that gaze over the rail and the wide flagstone side walk to South Public Road. The suv’s and commuters silently came to near stops at the 4-way stop signs here at the corner with east Cannon Street. Cam instinctively accessed a sound effect file from his brain matter and imagined the crunchy thin metallic crackle of the snack size chip bag the fat guy was mashing into a ball.

 Cramwell sank back into the soft, high back of the wing chair. It was fifty or sixty years old and upholstered in 1492 era nautical-map-of-the-world fabric. The top edge of the back was splotched and worn from years of sliding, sloshing, coffee mugs and human hands. The arms were darkened and semi-glossy from the same things plus elbows and the forces of pushing one’s self up and out.

 He was pondering the glossiness while musing about how he came to be there. “This just isn’t me” he slid his coffee cup along the chair arm. “All these raging millions of liberals slogging through their urban facade of life” his lips pursed slightly. “they think that beef comes from the store and that chicken comes from Colonel Sanders’ magic farm......I need to get out of here.” But there was something appealing about being here. It was springtime, the early roses and lilacs were in bloom, he had just quit his job at the  Sun Spot solar company and his wife and daughter were safe and happy back home in Ignacio. He would be going home in a couple of days. “Just relax and get the most out of this. There are more things to learn here.” he told himself.

 Cam had spent the last several mornings practicing the same routine. Sleep in till about eight o’clock, get dressed and walk the two blocks from his boss’s house to the Cannon Mine Coffee House, enjoy a strong cuppa and then take a leisurely walk through the neighborhood stopping often to stick his face into lilac bushes and rose blossoms. This was the end of a pleasant season in his life. Taking a few months away from home to learn about solar installation and systems after having his nose to grindstone of custom home building for 15 years straight had sharpened his understanding of himself, humanity and the depth of love he felt for Shaz, his wife and Zanda , his teenage daughter.

 “Thank you, Father for this time in my life. Thank you for Shaz and Z and these gorgeous irises!” He bent down to inhale the grape-like aroma from the dark purple blooms. “Wow” he exhaled and strolled along. The English house sparrows were chirping invisibly in the trees. He had no idea how things were about to change.

A New Day

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  Tis a new day here in southwest Colorado, and a glorious one at that. Crisp new snows on the peaks explain the snappy temps outside. The finches and sparrows are all puffed up as they snack at the feeder in the leafless tree. For now there is no snow sticking to the earth at 6500 feet...but we know it will come and wrap the fields in brilliant white blankets. Then everything will sleep underneath trillions of unique crystalline masterpieces of frozen dihydrogen oxide.

 While the earth takes its winter nap, I find myself hoping for an awakening of the American masses. Are you too sleepy from your years of entertainment and opulence? Or can you see that we are teetering on the edge of a societal shift? It actually seems like a knife edge to me, with two possible sides to slide down.

 Will we fall to the left, where our government has led us over the past 50 years? The leftist, socialist abyss that so many nations have tried and failed at in the past and present? Do YOU, American, really want to go any further down that road? Can you not see what is happening in the socialist countries of the world right now? The bankruptcies, riots and revolts in the EU should speak for themselves. The lost decade(s) in Japan show what happens if we go down the road and then keep going forward in denial. Or should we just melt into the mediocrity of lukewarm democracy like Canada all for a little over-priced and under-delivered health care? Perhaps a full-blown communist dictatorship is more to your liking. That is what awaits us on the left hand side of the knife edge. The Nazis (National Socialist Party) and the Soviets, The Cubans and Brazilians, they all got their start from the discontent with the status quo. The flamboyant leaders promise change from the left. They promise progress, but deliver death and slavery, destroying the human spirit and eliminating God along the way. Desperation ensues EVERY TIME. They always come from the left, every time.

 Today in America we are at a crossroads. This last election reflects the reality that we are frightened and angry with the way the Obama administration took the wheel of government and slammed it to the left. American voters OVERWHELMINGLY said "Stop Right There! No More!" If it had been the Democrats taking that many seats back from the Republicans, there would have been three weeks of bold letter headlines in all the liberal rags and on all the network news. They would have been so proud of the people of America for speaking up. Remember when Obama won? What a media circus.

 Now, the mainstream media has forgotten the landslide conservative (not Republican) victory, and is instead focusing their attention on propping up the lame duck liberals as they try to ram through the rest of their evil, socialist agenda before they get fired for ever. Don't think they are socialists yet? Well, look up the definition of socialism in the dictionary. Here:

so·cial·ism

 noun \ˈsō-shə-ˌli-zəm\

Definition of SOCIALISM

1

: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods


2   a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property

b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state

3

: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional betweencapitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done

  NBC probably doesn't spend much time on this, but do you realize that the Obama administration has taken over very significant sections of our automotive industry, our insurance industry, our banking sector, our health care system, our food production sector (if that doesn't scare you then you are truly numb) and God knows what else. That is the definition of socialism. Do we want these powers to pass forward to the next group of Retardicans or Dumbocrats?

 Sorry about the font change....can't figure it out right now and I'm on a roll so.....

 I hope you "educated", intelligent people can divorce yourself from the propaganda that is served up on NPR radio and in the Associated Press. They are only feeding you the "national" bill of goods. The media is carrying out the agenda of the left. Is that not obvious to you? Please wake up and listen to something else. Listening to nothing would be much better. They lied to you in college and turned you into a liberal (is that why they call it liberal arts?) and they are counting on your continued commitment to their brainwashing. You need a dose of antidote.

 Do the nation a favor. You owe us this. You need to be balanced by some conservative thought. This will be unpleasant at first, but ultimately rewarding. your brain is used to tasting the same subtle stream of socialist porridge. The conservative voices will seem harsh and grating at first. The reason is because truth can be abrasive, and these folks are intensely disgusted with the lies that you have swallowed. Please be patient. Please take notes. Please pray to discern the truth. Please tell me about any lies you hear from them. Lets talk about it, because ONLY the TRUTH can set us free. If you believe a lie, then you will act on it. I don't believe that you want to act on lies.

 And never forget this. The left doesn't want you to know the truth. They want to play on your emotions. They will say anything to stay in power, but they don't really care at all about you. You are nothing more than a vote to them. And remember this: government is the least efficient way to get anything done, they absolutely suck at everything they do. They drive every program into bankruptcy, because they steal money from every program to fund their own wealthy/lazy lifestyles. If you vote for the left, then don't be surprised when your freedoms evaporate and your wages, savings and lifestyle diminish.

 Our only hope to return to strength as a nation is to go back to our constitutional roots. This would be a nearly 180 degree turn to the right, because ALL of our founding fathers recognized that the constitution was designed to govern a moral and religious people. We are going to have to (eventually) get these teachings back into our schools. We must educate ourselves and our children about what these men thought and said. They sacrificed everything to give future generations a chance to live FREE. And as we turn away from the tenets that they held sacred, we lose that very gift of liberty.


Its never been done before, this turning back to founders principles. But then again, there has never been an America before either. We can do this with help and guidance from our Creator.

Let us pray.

Yahweh, help us! We need you back at center stage once again. We have turned our backs to you and we are sorry for that. We have spent our lives indulging our own selfish desires and have denied your commandments and precepts. Please forgive our transgressions and show us how to be pleasing to you. As we obey, please begin to restore our peace and prosperity as you did at the founding of this country. We ask for leaders who honor you and your ways. We humbly ask for your mercy. Amen.

New Friend.....Old Ideology

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 So, I am working for a guy doing some finish work on his new addition. We get along quite well, but I am wondering if he would still like me if I spoke my mind to him like he speaks his mind to me.

 Today we were doing some stuff out in the garage and we stumbled onto the subject of politics somehow. Go figger. Anyway, he says "You probably don't want to start talking about politics, but...." and then he went on a rant about the Republicans and how they are supposed to be fiscally conservative and that George Bush, he was so stupid blahblahblah.

 All I said was, "Yeah, Bush was bad but this supposedly smart guy we have now is even worse". Then he went off some more about how evil the republicans are and on and on. I just quietly did my work and didn't say anything more. But MAN I am tired of hearing that same old N.P.R. list of liberal talking points. And, by the way, I am NOT a Republican, but I do believe that America is a Republic.

 The facts are these: The two partly system has failed us my friends. There is no such thing as a Republican or a Democrat anymore. They have become the same party with two different two-faced sales pitches. They both escort us down the same path. We careen left and then right and then left again, but the overall compass heading has gradually been in the same direction. We are being led farther and farther away from our founding principles.

 EVERY one of our founders were in agreement that the foundation of a free and prosperous nation HAD to be laid upon the bedrock of Christian faith. I'm not making that up, bro. go and read the statements of the men who signed the Constitution. They were in total agreement that Religion and Morality were the only way to maintain the American Experiment. I will be writing much more on this topic in my book, "Things They Steal".

 Today, you will never read that in a public school textbook. You will never hear a congressman stand before the assembly and pray to God and demand that we turn back to God. Ever since 1859 (the year that Darwin published The Origin of Species) we started down a different road, leaving our Creator behind. That is why 60 million Russians died in the revolution, and that is why America is waning now. And that is why my new friend wants to blame the Republicans for spending all the money, while ignoring the spending orgy of the Democrats for the last 4 years.

 Did you know that all spending bills must go through the Speaker of the House of Representatives? Nothing gets taken up or spent without his/her approval. Since Nancy Pelosi took the position of Speaker, congress has spent 5 TRILLION dollars in NEW spending proposals. That's just in the last 4 years. Do you hear about this on your mainstream news? Does MSNBC remind you that she said, "I promise, no new spending". The first thing she did was give everyone in Congress a massive pay raise.

 So, I am venting here. You and I need to have a conversation about this. But first you need to listen to the other side. If you get your news from NBC, CBS or NPR, then you are being fed the liberal agenda and you need to get some balance. I know you hate FOX, but that's just because the liberals tell you to hate FOX. Don't let them lie to you any more. They despise you anyway and only want to monetize you. Just drop off the key, Lee....and get yourself FREE.

Just When....

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 Just when I think there is not a politician on the planet with a spine, I heard one speak! Driving home yesterday and listening to Glenn Beck, he played a clip of Nigel Farage addressing the European Parliament. I found myself laughing and yelling agreements toward the radio. My God I wish we had some men who could speak like this to the US congress, for we are only a step or two behind the Eurocrats on the march to financial democide. Nigel's is the kind of thinking and speaking that the Freemergency creed embraces....Set us free from your weasely, thievish ways that enslave us! Click on my Excellent Links tab on the right, and you can view Nigel Farage and his rant. Love it!

 I think the pictures mentioned in yesterday's post got taken down because they weren't my own. You should see them though. Google "National Geographic Photo Contest" and you will see them there.

 Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day. I am off to seal some tile grout.

FANTASTIC IRREDUCABILITY

Have you seen this photo on the internet lately? It's a microscopic view of the face of a daddy-long-legs spider! Wow! My family and I just watched a video called "Unlocking The Mystery of Life" produced by Illustra Media, and whenever I see something this amazing, like the spider eyes above, I think about how fantastic life is!

 Look at all of the tiny features that make up the eye sockets on this critter. Now ask yourself what those tiny features are made of. If any one of those components is not working properly, then the entire design breaks down. This is called "irreducible complexity". In other words, you get down to a point where every single component must be in its place, doing its thing, at the right time and nothing can be missing.

 How does one get this point across without beginning to imply that everything appears to have an intelligent design? Rather than have a zealot like myself try and convince you that biological evolution is a farce, I will direct you to watch the aforementioned video. There you will see some very smart scientists coming to the same conclusion. They show us how information is stored, shared and expanded within the cells of living creatures. It is truly mind-boggling. They also explain the concept of irreducible complexity much better that I do. PLEASE do yourself a favor and watch this highly entertaining and interesting show. Go to   www.Discovery.org/csc 

 One place they don't go is to ask the question that come to my mind: When you get down to the smallest particles that we can see or even conceive of, what are those made of? I have my own answer. What is yours? This is where you press the comment button.

Ramp UP The Components

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the following is an excerpt from my book "Things They Steal", search the archives for previous posts containing more from the pages of the book. thanks for being here.






Family

 If we watch for a while, we begin to see some connecting patterns. People generally tend to form into groups. But before we can gaze upon groups of people, we must determine from where all of these folks come. First, is the family group. Every single human comes from a human sexual union of one male and one female, is birthed by a human mother, and (increasingly rarely) is accompanied, protected and provided for by a human father. So here we have a major piece of the puzzle. The family unit. There are no more humans if we end the idea or function of the family. The thieves have been hard at work in this area. We will look deep here for answers.

Government

There must be a human need for government, because everybody’s got one. There are republics, democracies, communisms, socialisms, dictatorships, priesthoods, and monarchies to name a few. Here in America we have a democratic republic, that arguably has been the most successful form of government of all time. But clearly there is now massive corruption in the system. There are foxes in the henhouse stealing the eggs. What do they take from us and how? What can be done about it? Is there any better system? And what is the future of government? What will they be plundering from us in the future? We had better consider this stuff now if we want to maintain any level of freedom for our children and grandchildren.

Work

 People also form work groups. Each individual contributes something extremely valuable to the work piece. Some individuals are a complete drain on the workforce, others seem to be super achievers. If there were no work being done on the planet, then there would be no food being picked or raised, no water being pumped, no shelter being built, and those are just the basics. My God in Heaven, what about the cars and trucks and MP3 players? Those all take work too. So, why is it that so many of us hate to go to work. Why is work so tiring, frustrating and physically painful? Perhaps the thieves are at work in this area? Me thinks it is so, and we will open an investigation into the field of labor. 

Freedom

There is just something in the heart of man that longs for freedom. Some people want to feel free to steal from you. Others just want to be free to live a quiet and peaceful existence. How do the two co-exist? Where does the idea of freedom come from? Why would anybody want to take away anyone else’s freedoms? Is anybody taking yours? For thousands of years throughout history, we see the repeating pattern of civilizations gaining and losing their freedom to governments. Why does the pattern exist and why does it never end? What are the forces at play and can we stop the thievery of this highly prized blessing? We are free for the time being to explore the possibilities. So we will.

The Stuff. 

  Everybody loves stuff. Now, each person, each family, each neighborhood, each nation has its own list of favorite stuff to have. What is the stuff made of? Obviously, every single object on Earth is composed of things from the Earth. Is it made of air, metal, wood, stone, oil, water, mud, polyester or plants? Yes, plastic is oil based. Then it is provided for by the stuff the Earth is made of. It is mind boggling to think about all of the stuff we can make from the stuff the Earth is made of. So how do I get my hands on the stuff? Who controls the stuff? Who’s stuff is it? We are talking about natural resources here and their importance for human existence. Are there thieves at work in this area manipulating the rest of us with the stuff? Hmmmm. 

Religion.

  There’s a big one. Apparently, most people on Earth have a desire or a need to contemplate the reality of there being Someone or Something else involved in all of this. It certainly is a rational way to begin to explain the wondrous machinery in the cell and the amazing stuff the planet is made of. Other people are repelled by the idea of a Creator, choosing to believe that everything came from nothing, which naturally leads to a wide variety of “schools of thought”. Either way, I contend that both views, indeed all views are a form of “religion”. Religion is the way each of us chooses to make sense of things. Whatever your religion is, even and especially if it is atheism, you must eventually say to yourself, “This is what I believe.” No matter how you slice it, that is a statement of Faith. Your are standing on something that you believe explains your existence, and no one position can provide irrefutable proof as to its claim. Everybody is religious, and everybody invests in their religion. Humongous amounts of stuff are funneled into religion. Is there any doubt that there is some stealing going on in this sphere? I think not.

Time

 It’s about time! Have you ever heard that expression? What does that mean? Honestly, I don’t really know what that means myself, but I do know that time itself is a precious gift. If you happen to find yourself somewhere in time, then you too have been given a portion of time as represented by the fact that you are here, now, sucking up time, stuff, and religion. But what is time? And why does it fly by so swiftly? Is there anything stealing your time away? Has anybody ever “wasted” your time? Is it your time to waste? These are heady questions to be sure. And certainly, if time is such a treasured commodity, then there are thieves out there looking to snarf it up. Let us ferret out the thugs and see if we can free up some more of our time and put it to better use. Isn’t it about time for that?

Space

Where do we start with space? We can look out into space and either take it for granted, marvel at its beauty, or drop our jaws as we attempt to grasp the immensity and perfect order of it all. Out in space, all seems to be in order. Just in our solar system we see perfect orbits and precisely sized planets and moons with mega-giant Jupiter and its huge gravity sucking in all the junk so we don’t get hit with it. Outer space is another one of those “impossible” mysteries, and one that doesn’t do much good to contemplate. Lets wrestle with the space down here on Earth. First off, wow! I am thankful for space. As a custom home builder I am awed by the ways we can arrange matter around space and the ways in which I can space things apart, like tiles or windows. Then there are the times that I need personal space....for various reasons. Other times I want the space between myself and other humans to be much smaller. Space is another forgotten commodity of life. But where would we be without space? Why is space so expensive? Is someone stealing space? Maybe.

They

 Who are they? Is there a “them” that seeks to enslave us? If so, how do we stop them, assuming we want to live in a state of freedom? For the purposes of this writing, “They” are going to have to be categorized as anyone or anything who would steal from us, whether intentionally or not. They may be educators or rulers or employers, friends, enemies, systems, ideas, ideologies, or otherwise. And since there is no there creature on earth with the ability to plan a theft of your time, space, or stuff.....then they must be people or people based ideas. In the end we will find lots of thems, and you may discover that you are them and that I am them. They may have been so effective at recruiting, that we didn’t realize our complicity with their plans. You may decide that you want to stay on their side and steal our stuff, or you may decide that you, as one of them, are disgusted with what they do and make a shift to another team, a team made up of understanding, love, and compassion and the drive to live and help others live in a state of freedom, prosperity, peace and truth. I hope you are one of us, not they. The end goal here is to develop, through truth, fewer of them and more of us. Why? You know why.

Truth

 “ I solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the Truth, so help me God.” This is the oath taken by anybody offering testimony before a court of law. Interesting that people will give this oath, knowing that they have all been liars in their lives, isn’t it? It would appear that each of us demands the truth in all circumstances that pertain to our own lives. Unfortunately, the truth is not what we are always given. Wouldn’t life be simpler if we all told the truth all of the time? Some people say there is no truth. At one critical juncture in history, one man asked another, “What is truth?”. So what is it? Are there any overarching truths that make Space, Time, Work, Family, Religion and Stuff work properly? If there were, would you follow? If there were, why would anybody want to twist the truth? And if you twist the truth, are you then a stealer of truth? A truth thief would be the ultimate thief, able to manipulate the thoughts and actions of humans and gain access to their hearts, minds and wallets. Ooooh, surely we would never allow such a robber to infiltrate or midst. But judging by the deep divides easily visible between peoples, we must assume that there have been criminals at work in the fabric of truth. Is there any truth at all? We shall see.

 Very likely, there will not be enough Time to fully explore each of these areas. Each one of these topics has been the focus of many an author or commentator. These are endless subjects in a way, as they should be, and we may never fully be in control of them. But we will be able to understand them enough to help us comprehend how these things shape our thoughts and lives. As each additional segment is added to the big picture, we will see how they all connect together and make us who we are. When we understand who we are, and can see it from a distance, we can then begin to restore the chips, tears, holes and gaps in our own souls. We can begin to redirect our individual, family, local and national goals and intentions. We can confess our wrongs and heal. We can become more of what we were designed to be.

Morning in America

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Good morning folks. If you are one of my 10 visitors, then welcome back. Apparently my daughter put the link to my blog up on Facebook, and a few people from there came and visited. I hope you scrolled down and read the original post and not just my Black Friday rant. But hey, maybe you read yesterday's post and were in some form of agreement or reflection? Please, let me know what you think. I am not afraid of other positions.

 Today is Saturday, the 7th day of the week, if you look at the calendar. And according to my understanding, this is the day of rest, set aside for us since the first week of creation. So, stay home and relax, reflect on the blessings your creator has given you, don't go out into the marketplace. Instead of spending money, spend something more valuable....time. Time with your family and with God.

 Scripture of the day: Psalm 2
 I can see how this Psalm accurately answers the question: Why are the peoples of the Earth so messed up?

Why do the nations rage and the peoples meditate a vain thing? The kings of the Earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Yahweh, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bonds asunder and cast away their cords from us.
 He that sits in the heavens will laugh: Yahweh will have them in derision. Then will He speak to them in his wrath, and vex them with his severe displeasure: Yet I have set my king upon my Holy hill of Zion. I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, You are my son; this day I have begotten you. Ask of me and I will give you the nations for your inheritance, and the utmost parts of the Earth for your possession.
 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
 Now therefore be wise, O you kings: Be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the son lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are they that take refuge in him.


 So, why is everything so screwed up in the world? Well, when I look at myself and my failures in life, I have to admit that the reason I feel like I am off of the road, is because I am off of the road. The road is Yahweh's way, his guidelines for living, his laws. And I, like everyone else, am always trying to amend the rules and make up my own. It just never works in the long run. This idea of being your own man and making your own way, is what has been taught to us as Americans. But this is nothing new. As we can see from David's writing, the same problem existed in his day. People have always sought to "break their bonds asunder and cast their cords from us". We say to each other, and ourselves, "I don't want to be constrained by Anybody's rules" and so strike out on our own.

 The problem is, the entire universe is built with these principles weaved right into the fabric of existence. When Yahweh spoke at creation, and things began to appear in their perfect order and all things were created through his Son (the anointed in the Psalm above), their words contained the very essence of the Godhead itself. Yahweh IS His word, and His word is Him. They are inseparable and perfect. That Word is in all things and makes all things. It is the very foundation of life!

 When we decide to steer off the road and chart our own path, with our own ideas about how to conduct our lives and businesses, we are throwing off the cords that are meant to keep us safe in God's will. I have done this in my life, and you in yours. So has each person and nation on Earth. And so, we shouldn't be surprised when we find ourselves out of balance, out of favor, and scratching our collective heads in dismay.

 The answer? Simply turn back to God and submit yourself to His ways. They are not burdensome. They set you free and that is the Truth. Living by Yahweh's principles for living, known as the Torah and found throughout every book of Holy Scripture, is the easiest, most rewarding way to walk through life. When I apply these principles to my life, things just seem to work better. Go figure. Its almost as if the Master of the universe knows what he is talking about!

 So why don't you give Him a call today? He would love to hear from you. The call is toll free from anywhere. Just call on His name, Yah. The Father's name is Yahweh. The Son's name is Yahshua. Just call on them, tell them what's going on, what you need. Then be quiet for a while and listen. I'd love to know what you have to say to each other. Share if you can.

Thanks,
Marc

Black Friday .....again

Zeva Photography

Good day. It's a good day to NOT go shopping. I am pleased to say that I haven't been Christmas shopping in well over 10 years. In fact, I am most pleased to say that I have been removed from the bondage of Christmas for that last decade.

 Oh my! you say. "How can you say that about the blessed day of your sweet Savior's birth!!??" Well, namely because as a "Christian" I know, without a doubt that our Savior was NOT born on December 25th, but was far-more-likely born on one of the fall Feast days found in Scripture....probably the Day of Trumpets. For those of you who care about the truth of this earth changing event, you should revisit your Bibles and do a little research for yourselves. I am confident that you will discover NO exact date given for the arrival of The Messiah in Bethlehem, but you will find that at the time of His birth, there were shepherds sleeping out in the fields with their flocks. You just don't do that in Israel in late December (they are at the same latitude as us in Colorado). You can also find the time of His cousin John's birth (in the spring) and then project forward the 6 months and find the time of Messiah's birth.

 But, I think more importantly, we are not given a date to celebrate, because His birthday is relatively insignificant to the day of His death. Now there is a day to remember and celebrate, and what do you know.....we are commanded to keep that day, The Feast of Passover, forever. If you have never observed the Biblcal Feasts, The Feasts of Yahweh, then you are missing out on a real treat and you are not keeping the Covenant that you were put under when you accepted Christ as your redeemer. These are not "Jewish" feasts as the "Church" teaches, but they are the Feasts of God, established for all of His people, to be observed for all time.

 Sadly, most of you would rather spend your time this winter following the recommendations of the merchants, and observing a day that historically was a day of pagan worship of the sun. Yes, that's right. December 25th is right after the winter solstice, and pagan Rome would worship the return of the sun at that time. So, you can be in bondage to the ideas of pagans, or you can do like me.....blow off Christmas, save yourself some time and money, get out there and give something to someone who needs it this winter. THAT is your Christian duty.

 Or, you can go shopping. Hmmm

Thanks!

Well, what a fitting day to begin this project. It is Thanksgiving Day 2010 and I for one am a VERY thankful man.

 I give thanks to my Creator ( I believe in the God of the Bible, YHWH, Yahweh the Great I AM) for all of the blessings that my family and I enjoy. We have health, minimal wealth, and limited stealth. I offer thanks for my lovely wife of almost 20 years, my awesome 15 year old daughter, and my dear old mom, who is still chuggin’ along. I am thankful to have some friends and fellow believers to hang out with and fellowship. And I am thankful for the chance to talk to you, gentle reader.

 I am quite hopeful that together we can begin to restore ourselves and our families and our country....that we can begin to turn back the tide of lies and robbery that have eaten away at the shores of our human freedom.

 I have started writing a book with the hopes of someday publishing it for the masses. Rather than wait till it is done, I have decided to post it here in pieces. That way, I can accelerate to the main target, which is to get YOU involved in a conversation.

 I hope to learn something from you and I hope to teach you something about us as humans. I feel that now is my time to share what I have learned over the years about people and the ways in which we fall down, destroy and fail.....and then get back up, overcome and emerge victorious.

 Against all evidence, I have tremendous hope for you as a person and us as a group of people. We were created with such wonderful gifts and possibilities. It is my desire to illuminate the ways in which those gifts and opportunities are pilfered from us, and to look for ways to get them back to where they once belonged. Get back Joe.

Hey c'mon

Hey, c'mon everybody! Where is everyone? I posted this thing yesterday! Should I have a large following and herds of clamoring advertisers yet? I guess I had better add some more content ? ok then, here's some more.

Breaking It Down

 OK, We are talking about humanity here. This is a big subject stretching back thousands of years and running down all sorts of potential rabbit trails. Let us break this down into edible pieces. Humans are incredibly complex creatures, unlike anything else that we know of in the universe. Each and every human is a walking wonder of incredible mystery. Did you ever stop and ask, “Why am I even breathing? And how does my heart keep beating without my permission?” If not, then ask yourself that simple, profound question.

 The fact of the matter is that we really don’t know. We do know that each cell of your body is in direct communication with the rest of your body, and that all the cells are powered, driven, cleaned and maintained by chemical/electrical processes and microscopic, organic machines. Each living machine is uniquely programmed to accomplish its function. Each machine operates in complete harmony with the trillions of other machines in there. It is impossibly complex. It is wonderful. That is on the inside.

 On the outside of humans, once you get past the fabulous canvas of human skin, bone and muscle (all functioning in silent, perfect design) we get to see the culmination of all the design. We see humans in their human nature. Each one has totally unique set of experiences that lead, indisputably to what we see there on the road. A man, woman or child walking along. He might be whistling or shouting angry words, she might be raising her arms to the sky worshipping her  creator or screaming at a tree and pulling her hair out. And somehow there are billions of us walking down the roadways of life, moving all over the Earth’s surface. From 50,000’ it might look something like those trillions of machines that maintain our red blood cells.

 How can we look inside the human race and understand what it is that inevitably leads us into wars, corrupt forms of government, environment and body poisoning greed, and countless varieties of self-destruction? After all, we are all really quite the same when you peel back the social and religious outer layers. It will be instructive to carve out some areas that we all have in common, call then the universals. Things that cut across all human societies and time periods. From here we can examine our foundations and begin to look for places where erosion and theft may be at work, weakening our structure.

 What do we have in common? What things are universally seen in play in our various cultures. Let us break it down now, from 50,000 feet.

Everything is not making sense!

THINGS THEY STEAL

 Something is wrong. Something is missing. It seems that no matter how hard you try, no matter how much you pray, no matter the number of battle fronts, victories, losses, takeovers, policies, administrations, approaches, angles and opinions....the dots never seem to connect. The picture never comes completely into focus. The plan never comes totally to fruition. Always a setback, always a frustration. Everything is just not making sense.

 So. Why is that? It seems to me that there are pieces missing. Or perhaps roadblocks have been erected to keep us from our ultimate goals. If we float way back, to say....50,000 feet in history’s sky, we can begin to see that there are indeed pieces of the puzzle missing, stretches of road have been blown up. Somebody has been creeping out in the night to thwart our plans and slow our progress. Who? Why? Let’s find out.

 The purpose of this book is not to cast blame. Lord knows we could have lots of fun and start numerous, endless wars if we just cast the blame at each other, or better yet at anonymous others. The purpose of this book is to identify what, if anything, is standing in the way of humanity’s effort to better themselves. And then to trace the footprints of the thugs and thieves of peace back to their hideouts. Maybe ask them outside for a chat. Maybe then we can get to the bottom of why they set these traps. Why do they steal our opportunities for peace and prosperity? And can we take back what they have stolen?

 The ultimate goal here is to establish grace, balance, love, fun, joy and freedom in the lives of those around us and in ourselves. it is my firm belief that we are special creatures designed with special abilities and with special responsibilities. When these amazing gifts are secreted away from us, and we delegate those responsibilities and gifts to “others”, we are then forfeiting our access to the blessings that come with assuming and executing the things we are able and privileged to do, namely to live free and prosperous in harmony with our world, its inhabitants and its Creator.

 I have a tremendous amount of hope for us.