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Today: Checks and balances? Not in evidence. In fact, we are unchecked and imbalanced. What can we do about it?
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1 Thing the American People Should Not Be Permitted to Do
Vote for the President
The employees at Wal-mart don’t choose the CEO.
College students don’t cast ballots to pick the president of the university.
Why? Because they’re not qualified.
The job requires a specific set of skills and should not be a popularity contest.
The same is true with the Presidency of the United States.
We can involve the American people in a dozen ways, but when it comes down to selecting the individual to run our nation and bring together the three branches of the government, it should be a decision based on merit, not might.
Just consider the two candidates we have this year:
- One is a real estate developer who’s built up a formidable following, maintaining his present status
- The other is an aging politician whose skills are obviously diminished, who is worthy of honor but not necessarily prepared to chair the most important job in the world.
This present virus has shown us that there are governors, mayors, doctors and nurses all over America who have picked up the cross and carried it for the national leadership.
I have no feelings of anger toward President Trump or nominee and former Vice-President Joe Biden. But I do think one is unqualified and the other is over the hill—and that America can do better.
The system needs to be revised.
First, I believe we should have a President from one party and a Vice-President from another party.
Every four or eight years, that should switch.
There should not be majorities in either house of Congress. If bills are going to be passed, we need to institute interaction among the members.
And the President and Vice-President should both be selected rather than voted in. The system can still remain democratic and include the populace in some phase of the operation. For instance, we could boil it down to four applicants who are all suitable.
Since no one can be truly vetted and come out clean anyway, we need to stop being concerned with issues of morality, and instead, be more focused on productivity.
Until the United States is able to pick a leader that represents the history, authenticity and significance of our mission on the world stage, we will be stuck with those who can raise enough money and tell enough lies to wrangle the gig.
The American people are good for many things–choosing Presidents is not one of them.
Just look at our history. Not even fifteen percent of those elected into the role are worthy of mention. Some took us to war, some kept us in war and there is a shameful lack of a woman in the roster.
Foolishness. Pride.
That’s what keeps us pursuing the electoral college, embroiled in a two-party system, and allowing the country as a whole to vote for the loudest.
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Life does not come from strife
But love is from above
BAD
Hellhole.
Nazareth, Galilee, was a community constricted by the domination of the Roman Empire, superstitious and afflicted, impoverished by a belief in a God requiring homage instead of offering compassion.
From this environment, two humans emerged, who found themselves in the unenviable position of having to reject all their training and lose most of their friends, to follow what they believed was divine guidance.
Mary of Nazareth and Joseph of Nazareth
What does a young peasant girl do when she’s suddenly found pregnant and she contends it was at the beckoning of Jehovah?
What does a man do when he’s betrothed to be married and his girlfriend is suddenly impregnated, offering the lamest excuse possible: “The Holy Spirit did it.”
SAD
Joseph was an honorable man, so even though he loved Mary, his training, support system and sense of culture told him that she was a sinful woman, and he must cast her away. He was considering doing it privately so nobody else would know, sending her far away from the Nazareth community, where she certainly would be condemned for being a whore (even though short days earlier she was considered a favored lass).
Mary was given a choice.
God did not intrude or demand that she birth a baby. Yet she replied, “Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord.”
But Nazareth commenced to gossip.
She was labeled a sinner. But worse than that—she was blasphemous by proclaiming that she had divine “hookups.”
Yes, it is so sad that religion offers little relief for those who suffer. When there’s a need for mercy, religion falls back on statutes and interpretations. If it had not been for Joseph deciding to let his love for Mary stay strong when the angel told him that she was telling the truth, our story would have been forever altered.
MAD
Then comes the intervention of those motivated by politics and greedy for power. The Romans wanted taxes, forcing Joseph to return to Bethlehem, with his wife in her third trimester. And Herod, who called himself “the Great,” was so worried about losing his title of “King of the Jews” that when Wise Men from the East came inquiring about a star in the sky, he made preparation to kill whatever was being born in that light.
It is important to know this:
There is no such thing as a politician who is spiritual.
There are no Presidents, Kings or Chancellors who have found a redeeming way to combine their faith with their function.
Beware any man or woman who seeks votes by quoting Holy Word.
Herod believed himself to be a righteous man, given responsibility by the Roman government to protect his people from annihilation. It is maddening that even today, we trust powerful pundits in palaces to provide inspiration to our lives.
GLAD
And then there were the Wise Ones.
They possessed that beautiful balance between personal innocence and professional cynicism.
Even though they were willing to trek across the desert, following a Star with no guarantee of a payoff in the end, when they encountered Herod the Great and they realized he was full of chicanery and lies, they avoided any further contact with him.
They took a different way home.
It says they were warned in a dream. But what made them wise was that they already had an inkling that they were talking to a devil with angelic manners.
The Christmas Story is a tale of Bad, Sad, Mad and Glad.
God does not wait until everyone is perfect to set in motion perfection.
There was no other time in history when the world was united in one spot of Mesopotamia. The Roman Empire had extended its influence from India all the way to what we know as England.
So when the Prince of Peace was born, and later was accepted by the Roman Empire as the true message, the Gospel was able to go from the dreariness of the Middle East throughout the whole world.
It eventually crossed the Atlantic to the New World.
It is amazing.
It is always astounding how Bad and Sad, and even that which could make us Mad, by the simple anointing of wisdom, can change the whole story to something Glad.
Sit Down Comedy … November 22nd, 2019
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Please allow me to use myself as an example.
I was born. (That was a good beginning.)
I developed a little musical talent. (So far so good.)
I discovered I could sing. (A great addition.)
I also stumbled upon some sort of ability to arrange music. (Certainly makes you interesting to other musicians.)
Along the way, I started writing songs. (Okay. We’re waiting to hear…)
And the songs were good enough that one of them got signed and performed by a national act. (Well, that certainly gives you permission to continue.)
I started my own music group. (Were you any good?)
We got signed and recorded an album. (Well, well, well. Congratulations.)
Then I decided to write a musical. (That sounds a little more tricky.)
The musical turned out all right, and the cast traveled the country to twenty-five cities (Well, there you go.)
This put an itch in my brain to write books. (That’s a big step. What you might call “the leap.”)
Well, thirteen books later, I’ve sold my fair share though I’ve never threatened anyone on the New York Times Bestseller List. (What do they know?)
Next, I decided to run for Senator in my state. (Wait. Wait. Wait! Danger, danger, danger…)
Exactly.
How about another example?
He has a really unique hairdo. (Well, that’s interesting.)
He has lots of money. (A very helpful thing.)
He likes to build buildings and put his name on them. (Good…if a bit vain.)
He enjoys promoting prize fights and beauty contests. (I’m listening…)
He deeply appreciates beautiful women. (Who doesn’t, right? Wink, wink.)
He was invited to host a reality show on television. (That’s pretty nifty.)
It did very well—so well there was a spin-off. (Impressive.)
Matter of fact, the ratings were very, very high. (Those doggone Nielsen families.)
He decided to run for President. (Wait, wait, wait! Danger, danger, danger…)
It’s important where things end up–and that goes for people, too.
Anyone who has ever tried to fix up a house to sell it for profit will tell you there are so many people’s numbers that end up in your phone—who have to work on this and work on that—that suddenly, you find yourself involved with people who need to install your toilet and lay concrete, that you accidentally know about their gastric problems, and whose wife is about to leave whose husband—and you know there is no way to make this really successful.
There are just people I should never meet. For instance, the state of Florida should never meet me. If I want to fix up a house, I’d better do it alone, because all of the scammers will not benefit my life’s journey.
And just because a guy knows how to wear an Italian suit, build a building and host a beauty pageant, does not mean he should be President.
And here’s another clue:
He told us that.
From the onset, Donald Trump told us the truth. He did.
He said, “I am a promoter and a liar.”
If you read his book, it is full of all sorts of approaches to deceiving the competition.
He never expected to be President.
Along with the help of the Electoral College, the hatred many people felt for Bill and Hillary, and a foolish playfulness on the part of the American voter, he was ushered into the Oval Office.
We were never supposed to see him there.
We were never intended to even meet the cast of characters who have come before us to testify about one another—and him.
The whole thing resembles a huge blow-up in a gymnasium at a high school, when people find out what other people have been saying about them.
It is a misplaced conclusion brought about by a misplaced representation urged on by a misplaced valuation of ability.
We are not all supposed to be famous.
The individuals who are presently serving this nation were meant to be hidden. They are servants. They are helpers. They should never have been brought to the forefront as if they are superstars, or worthy of being heard.
We are completely out of balance.
Case in point:
In a country which has never elected a woman as President, when statistics report that 46% of men would never vote for a woman, the Democrat Party still believes that offering five of them is a good idea.
And this party does not comprehend that the black church, which does believe the homosexual community should have civil rights but also thinks the lifestyle is immoral, well, they are not likely to line up to vote for the Indiana mayor.
Do I even have to address the electability of two accused socialists?
Or how about that left-over Vice President, who always seems to be on a confusing journey to find a subject or verb to hook up with his object when he speaks?
It’s not supposed to be.
We are not making America great again. We are dumbing it down.
We are pretending that conversations which we would have found insulting a few years ago are now worthy of an hour-long show on the 24-hour-news cycle.
It is not Make America Great Again (MAGA)
What it does feel like is Make America Small Again (MASA)—an ironic acronym, don’t you think?
Masa.
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Cracked 5 … June 8th, 2019
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Less Reported Happenings During President Trump’s Visit to England
A. Meeting the Queen, the President requested “Bohemian Rhapsody”
B. President thought “D-Day” meant “Donald Day”
C. Yelled at limousine driver for driving on the wrong side of the road
D. President offered to be their King since all they had was a Queen
E. He was surprised that Liverpool had neither liver nor offered swimming
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Cracked 5 … May 25th, 2019
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Five Characters That Would Make Terrible Presidents
A. Scrooge McDuck
B. Darrin Vader (Darth’s oldest son, who is presently governor of South Dakota)
C. Wiley Coyote
D. Andy Amoeba (a single cell living in my toilet bowl)
E. Any one of the Munchkins (a personal prejudice)
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Sit Down Comedy … April 26th, 2019
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It is completely unlikely that anyone over the age of seventy in the United States of America has not heard, spoken or nervously laughed at a joke containing the “N word.” As painful as this may be, we were a country that was comfortable with bigotry.
Likewise, is there any chance that there’s a human being over the age of fifty who hasn’t stated, repeated or stood silent when the word “fag” was offered in an adult conversation? For years, this was the way we described anyone we deemed incapable of the tenacity, strength and energy to succeed.
And dare I say, there is probably no one over the age of twenty-five who has not referred or heard a reference to the female of our species as “bitch.”
It’s just the nature of our journey. We are born without the ability to walk, talk or use a spoon. We graduate from high school and enter grown-up land unable to solve problems, and therefore often opt for selfishness, in order to protect the little we have. As the old song says:
I wish I knew then what I know now.
But do you?
Do you really want to be the first white person in Montgomery, Alabama, who comes to the conclusion that Jim Crow laws are evil and must be overturned?
Do you desire to be the straight person, who during the AIDS pandemic of the mid-1980’s, decides to defend the gay community instead of insisting they brought a plague down on mankind?
And even more recently, do you want to believe the stories of women who were subjugated by domineering men, when it seems more popular, or at least politically acceptable, to come to the side of the accused, dominant, masculine figure?
There are no rewards for those who think ahead of their time.
Society has a history of putting to death those who finally clarify their message, especially when that proclamation is contrary to cultural standards and mores.
You can be popular—or you can be right.
You can’t be both.
It wasn’t even popular in 1863 to free the slaves, even though supposedly we were fighting a war to do so.
It wasn’t popular to take those same slaves—after the war was already over—and give them human and states’ rights.
It took us until 1919 to allow women a chance to vote—and even after that “lightbulb decision” was enacted, there were many places in our country where females were not allowed to serve on juries.
Being spiritually insightful, emotionally empathetic, mentally progressive and physically fit never places you in the forefront of anything.
BEING A LEADER MEANS…
If you decide to be a leader instead of a follower, you will lead alone—since the followers have already pledged their allegiance. Yet we, as a people, count on certain souls to walk a lonely path, pursue through resistance and overcome public opinion to bring us the solutions which lead us into a spirited life instead of rendering us dispirited.
As we judge candidates, senators, congressmen, President and judges, let us keep in mind that they gain their positions by either being voted in or approved. In order to get a vote or be approved, you have to get the blessing of those who walk in the present—not those who have the presence of mind to know where history is walking.
If I knew then what I know now, I would either have to forget it so I could still be fairly popular, or else decide to take the path untraveled—alone.
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