Consider

I'm mainly interested in the big questions: God, truth, justice, compassion, tolerance, etc. If something is funny, bring it on, just as long as it's clever and not merely puerile. Also I don't do cutesy-poo. So if you want that, you'll have to look...

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T****p

Lying is his mode of communication.

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T***P

He brings out the worst in people. He appeals to our darker side. And who does that sound like?

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"King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2 He then summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials to come to the dedication of the image he had set up. 3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials assembled for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it. 4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “Nations and peoples of every language, this is what you are commanded to do… you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up." Now who does this sound like?

Daniel 3:3-5

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1 How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? 2 Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? 3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. 4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

Habakkuk 1

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“I stopped explaining myself when I realized people only understand from their level of perception.”

— Unknown

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said that when he was just a young boy while the Communist revolution was still going on, millions of Russian people were being slaughtered. The streets ran red with blood, and fear stalked the land. One time he overheard two peasants arguing about why all this was happening. He said he would never forget what one of the peasants said: “It is because we have forgotten God! That is why all of this is happening to us. We have forgotten God!” The great author said that in spite of all of the education and all of the experience he has gained, including the eight long years he spent as a political prisoner in the gulag, he never forgot the wisdom of that simple peasant: “It is because we have forgotten God. That is why all this is happening to us.” ——Dr. D. James Kennedy, Character and Destiny

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The Brat

The Republicans remind me of dotting parents. Their child throws tantrums, is destructive, a bully, and a thief, but in their eyes he can do no wrong.

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His Highness

It's not a ballroom. It's his throne room.

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4 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. 1 Timothy 4

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Coveting

Maybe he'll send the National Guard to Demark to steal a peace prize for himself.

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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. ——Henry Ward Beecher

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Vaccines

Do the people who blame vaccines for autism ever consider that our bodies are full of microplastics? And that includes our brains.

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Guns’ exemption from common-sense legislation guarantees them not only rights, but also rites. Guns are sacred objects. They should not even be insulted, which is blasphemy. They are “the American way.” They are more than things, more even than persons. They are an unstoppable force, a god. They are, indeed, Our Moloch. ——Garry Wills, “The Rights of Guns,”

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Forests Under Threat

The Roadless Rule rescission will do irreparable harm to our public forests. My husband worked with the forest service during his summers when he was in high school. It was an experience he will treasure for the rest of my life. The thought that those forests could be exploited and destroyed is repugnant to him. This can't be allowed to happen. The people of America deserve better than a greed produced waste land.

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A Prayer

Father, bring back those of Jesus flock that have wandered away, been lured away, and driven away into apathy, heresy, blasphemy, idolatry, and the pathless desert of politics, power, and hatred. Bring them back to the way of peace, love, and truth: Your way. Bring them back to gather for worship, praise, and guidance. I ask this for the sake of His name, for the sake of His blood.

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Sad

He is a bizarro Robin Hood. He steals from the poor and gives it to the rich.

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On January 5, 1914, Henry Ford more than doubled the minimum wage for many of his employees by introducing a $5 a day minimum pay scale for employees of the Ford Motor Company. On that same day, Ford began offering profit sharing to his employees and reduced shifts from nine hours to eight. Ford’s treasurer at the time, James Couzens, explained these bold leadership moves by saying, “It is our belief that social justice begins at home. We want those who have helped us to produce this. ——Joseph A. Michelli, Leading the Starbucks Way: 5 Principles for Connecting with Your Costumers, Your Products and Your People