Our Loss of Hope

Progressive policies have brought us to a predictable result.   When they see the results of these policies  they double down and blame things like guns, or success, or Conservatives.  President Obama and Attorney General Holder have sued to stop the very background checks that would have prevented this tragedy because such checks are racist.   I feel for the 12 victims but, I also feel for this tortured young man who's anger and hopelessness drove him to this.  I believe in Christ crucified.  Fifty years ago most of us did.  It gave us a common bond, a common strength, a common sense of right and wrong.  I care.  I care so much that I must try and stop what I see as the cause of our pain.  I must try even if it makes you hate me.  Conservatives haven't moved anywhere.  We are right where we were fifty years ago.  It is the Left who has left us and the more I listen to Media Matters and others the more I realize we may have lost any hope of a common understanding.  Whenever the sufferings of life beat down on me I can say, "well I haven't been crucified yet".  This poor soul like so many others had nothing to cling to.  Say I am a believer in fairy tales if you must but, if when we are dead and in the ground my fairy tale has given me hope and strength and yours desperation and despair, I win.

God is good

Thursday I had to load in Cleburne for a delivery in Kansas City Friday. Because of a bad weather forecast for Friday morning I drove straight from Cleburne to KC arriving at 2:30 Friday morning. I finally delivered around 11:00 and left KC around 2:30 pm with plenty of time to get home to my sweetie that evening.
Just before sunset I was 35 miles north of Wichita, Ks. when my truck started slowing down and finally ground to a halt. Turns out the trailer brakes had locked up and nothing I tried released them. A mechanic from our Wichita yard came out to get me rolling but it took almost two hours for him to get to me and then we had to climb around under the trailer for another 45 minutes or so in 15 degree weather getting the brakes released.
The brakes weren't fixed however so, I had to limp into the Wichita yard. They put my trailer out of service and gave me another but, by this time it was 8:30 pm. I was tired and decided to spend the night there and leave early the next morning.
With my sleeping bag I am pretty good down into the mid 20's so I don't usually idle the truck because it is so noisy and rough. Because the forecast was for the mid teens I decided to idle all night so I would have heat. My bladder woke me up around 6 am Saturday and when I got up to go empty it I found my alternator and low battery lights were on. I went into the building and told one of the dispatchers my issue. He called the mechanic that was on call. The mechanic turned out to be the poor guy who had to come out and rescue me the night before.
I thought my alternator had gone bad however, when we got it into the shop he discover that an idler pulley was bad and had thrown the fan belt off. Turned out he had a replacement on hand and one bolt and 20 minutes later I was back in business.
I left Wichita around 8:30 am and got back to the yard in Fort Worth around 2:30 pm where I promptly went home and straight to bed with a fever that didn't break till Sunday morning.
So, why is God good? Well if my brakes hadn't locked up I would have kept going and I would have thrown that belt in the middle of nowhere. If i hadn't idled my truck all night the belt would have come off Saturday morning and I would have been stuck again. It wouldn't have been just a matter of releasing trailer brakes so I would have had to wait forever for a wrecker. Who knows if there would have been the right part available in the middle of the night and I would have been exhausted. By the time I got rolling again it would probably have been Saturday afternoon and that fever would have made me too sick to drive.
I was close to one of our yards so I was rescued fairly quickly. I wanted to get home but, decided to wait. I usually don't idle the truck but, decided to. I was repaired Saturday morning by 8:00 an and rolling again and got home before I was feeling to bad.
Was all this coincidence. Maybe. But, these kinds of, "coincidences", have happened to me my whole life. I believe I have a guardian angel that works overtime. You believe what you will.

Benghazi and Carter's Second Term

I have heard our current President referred to as Jimmy Carter's second term. As these four years have gone by the similarities have become more and more striking to me. High energy prices, failed foreign policy, failed fiscal policy, diminished military, and a depressed America. Our enemies attack and kill us and we apologize and blame ourselves. Talking heads in the media say, "this is what you get when you have a heavily armed population". When many Americans see overwhelming proof in their lives that Liberal policies do not work the University Elite continues to offer opinions that say they do and have worked. We just need to be patient.


In 1981 America felt like our best days were behind us. We felt like we would be the first generation to achieve less than our parents. Our enemies sensed our leaderships lack of resolve and took advantage of it.

This latest uprising in the middle east is
1. Not our fault
2. Not a fringe group of radicals.

Since the cold war began the Left has negotiated with our enemies by.

1. Entering treaties that only we keep.
2. Acting surprised when the treaties are broken.
3. Entering another treaty with the same party but, saying,"you play nice this time".

Vietnam was and is the Left's greatest war because they were able to see America defeated. Oh, how the MSM hated Reagan for standing up and calling the evil of his time evil. His Democratic Congress turned their back on Nicaragua and attacked Reagan for wanting to keep the Soviet Union out of our hemisphere. Playing nice with people who want to destroy us has never worked.

It seems to me Islam is the "Religion of Perpetual Outrage. Where in the world does Islam strive to coexist when it is the majority? Where in our world does it bring peace to its adherents? Our government has meetings with the "Muslim Brotherhood", and refuses meetings with Israel so as to have time for "Letterman". We give billions to people who want to destroy us and our allies.

What saved us during the Clinton second term was a Republican Congress that refused to let him spend as much as he wanted. President Clinton was a pragmatist if anything else and moved "Right" in his second term and negotiated with Republicans. Our current President is an ideologue who will double down on policies that do not work and have never been shown to work. He will govern by edict apart from the rule of law because it is the "right" thing to do.

America is the greatest civilization in history. We are the greatest people in history. We have spent our money and spilled our blood to help other defeat evil and achieve prosperity and after the last four years we are ready to feel good about ourselves again.

Chick-Fil-A and Same Sex Marriage

Black, white, brown, gay, straight, I believe all were made in God's image. I don't remember Jesus condemning anyone except the teachers who were not teaching the truth.

It hurts my heart that anyone believes Christianity hates them.

I also believe we have lost the notion that we should struggle against our natures. Today many believe that our natures are good so whatever our natures tell us to do must be good.

This has created more and more men who do not have the desire or the knowledge to fight their natures and our nature is to be aggressive abusers.

This in turn has cheapened the value of woman. It has given her less options for worthwhile mates and more opportunities for poor choices when choosing a mate.

For "The American Thinker" by Grant Dossetto

Traditional marriage is now 32 for 32 on state constitutional ballots, enacted in centrist or outright liberal states such as Maine and California in direct response to legislative statutes recognizing same-sex marriage, as well as plenty of traditional Democratic strongholds such as Minnesota and Michigan by overwhelming majorities. It passed in North Carolina, while garnering national attention, with over 60% of the vote. Traditional marriage support is truly a bipartisan platform which attracts people across race and income as well as political affiliation. Can this majority coalition truly be at its core nasty and bigoted?

Marriage Roots Traced to Ancient Tribes
MARK R. HOROWITZ | FOR UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL

While the concept of marriage traces its roots back to ancient tribes seeking social stability, legitimization of offspring and orderly sexual activity, there has always been an economic element. This has changed little when one considers the growth in prenuptial agreements, where love and devotion triumph only after signing on the dotted line.


The Center for Public Justice - by James W. Skillen

If someone wants to argue that two people who have not in the past been recognized as marriage partners should now be recognized as marriage partners, one must demonstrate that marriage law (not civil rights law) has overlooked or misidentified something that it should not have overlooked or misidentified. For thousands of years, marriage law has concerned itself with a particular kind of enduring bond between a man and a woman that includes sexual intercourse—the kind of act that can (but does not always) lead to the woman's pregnancy.

I am not arguing that there are people born with these feelings. I have worked, taught, and loved them. This is a hard topic. People should be able to live their lives without ridicule or discrimination. Your private life is private after all. I believe we are all creations of a loving God. However, It is hard to show any proof that civil marriage has ever been defined as anything other than one man and one woman and to make such a radical redefinition I need to be convinced that the entirety of human history has been in error.

Aurora, Co. and more Christian nonsense

I am saddened by the news from Colorado today. I am sad that a young person would be full of so much hate or despair or whatever that he would want to hurt people this way.
I am saddened that people lost their lives so randomly.
We are only here for a short time preparing for "the next great adventure". Life is so fragile. Here one moment gone the next. It is amazing to me to watch people's hearts get harder and harder to the possibility of the God I believe in. To watch peoples lives become more and more purposeless and hopeless.
I wonder how many we're as prepared as Cassie Bernall was.
My life has been so blessed. I have felt God's presence since my teens. It has given me patience, and purpose.
I watch prophesy from three or four thousand years ago being fulfilled before our eyes and wonder how eyes can be so darkened to it. The rise of hate. The rejection of the things that give life in this "Valley of Tears" any meaning. What we do for and the affect we have on others is really the only thing we leave behind.
I only hope that I can meet my exit from this world with courage and honor. I saw my father exhibit those things.

The Affordable Car Act

Our government has passed the "Affordable Car Act" because millions of Americans are not able to get car insurance.
Citizens are required to by insurance. There is a penalty of $95 a year for not doing so.
Insurance providers may not deny anyone for any reason. They may not charge anyone a higher rate for any reason.
So, now you can pay the $95 penalty. When you have a wreck you can go get insurance to pay for the wreck you just had. If you want a new car you can wreck it and have an insurance company get you a new one. You can get as many new cars as you want because the insurance companies can't raise your rate or deny you coverage.

Isn't government GREAT!

Why are so many so eager to sell there soul to government? Selling out to God, not so much!

Good Friday

Tomorrow around 2000 years ago the man I believe is the Son of God died for my sin.
He was either who he said he was or the most evil man the world has ever know. Muslims say he was a great prophet. If this is true he is a prophet of death and lies.
One or the other people. God or Demon. Alive or Dust.
You can't play nice nice and say he was a good man. If he is not the son of God he is the incarnation of evil.
I see proof of his sacrifice every time I look at my wife. She loves me completely without reservation. She loves me even though I am not worthy of it. No matter how hard I try I will never deserve her love. This kind of love is not in our animal nature. It is much more.
Glory be to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be. World without end. Amen