Expect the Unexpected

 It's the last day of January and instead of defaulting on my unwritten goal of writing at least once a month during 2026, I decided to shut off my phone and retire to my office where I would not be disturbed for a few hours why I try to organize some very disjointed thoughts and put a few of them into sentences that might be understood. I am still going to hand therapy twice a week and hoping another few sessions will make it possible for me to squeeze fifty pounds again so I can be released. But that journey has been hampered by a yucky UTI that was compounded by my first real cold with stuffy nose, headache and exhausting cough in nearly three years. 

I'm just glad it isn't anything worse, just as I am grateful for the unexpected inch of snow we got Wednesday after three months of no moisture where I live in the top of the Rocky Mountains. It's been a crazy winter with the temperature expected to reach 50 degrees tomorrow. While other parts of the country are being inundated with horrific storms where both power and lives have been lost, I have been praying daily for moisture so our water will not be restricted to the point of being forced to let our lawns, gardens and flowers die because the population has exploded so rapidly over the past few years that every facet of our daily living has been strained almost to the breaking point. 

But while I was watching the beautiful, amazingly-shaped snow flakes fall from the sky, I was reading a chapter in a book that brought heaviness to my heart and tears to my eyes because we as Americans who truly do love our country have slowly watched it be overrun by Socialism, Communism, Fascism, Racism, Nazism, Sexism, Statism, the Welfare State, state interventionism, the planned economy, the Green New Deal and all sorts of other deals--new, fair and otherwise--woke ideologies and hatred of everything our great country once stood for. 

In other words, the takeover of our lives by those who are intent on destroying every freedom our ancestors fought so diligently to provide. They purposely created a Capitalistic Republic where free enterprising men and women could dream big, build lives of excellence and abundance through their willingness to work hard and sacrifice for what they wanted. And where others who chose to do less actually excepted to live with the consequences their lack of industry brought.

I suppose I have been somewhat befuddled the past few weeks as to how an outspoken, basically unheard of and self-declared Socialist with huge Communist ties could be elected mayor of the largest and most influential city in the country with few people daring to speak out against him. Today, he even appointed an ex-convict by the name of Stanley Richards to lead NYC Department of Corrections to push a rehabilitation-focused overhaul of corrections.

The same unease came when Somali flags were hoist in the air beside our beautiful Stars and Stripes in both New Jersey and Minnesota as a symbol of that area being conquered by a foreign entity. And then there is the new governor of Virginia who promised one thing, but the minute she took office overruled every legislative action of the former governor. Without a blink of an eye, she is raising taxes on most everyone and showing her constituents that she will rule with injustice and force to get exactly what she wants.

These blatant disregards for American values and ideals was further frustrated by all the carefully funded, regimented Antifa mobs in Minnesota who would rather protect murderers, rapists, drug and human traffickers, arsonists, pedafiles, robbers and those who entered the country illegally than stand up for the safety and well-being of family members, neighbors and friends who have spent their lives building safe and productive neighborhoods.

Now I know that those people whose antics and anti-American rhetoric fill the headlines and news feeds are just a small minority that have successfully quieted the silent majority who want to live by virtue, justice, honesty and the American way of life. But those far leftists, along with their wealthy and well-positioned masters, have become outrightly brazen in admitting their plans to destroy our republic and free-enterprise system and replace it with a Socialistic government as a gateway to full Communist control. 

I read an article on Fox this morning where several of these foul-mouthed beings proudly proclaimed that the minute the left came back into power they would make sure that President Trump, his entire cabinet and everyone else in the country who had supported him in any way would be behind bars in orange jumpsuits, with all their private property seized, for the rest of their lives. I suppose the fear they love to instill in every proud American is part of the reason I so often hesitate in writing anything because I know that nothing sent out electronically is ever private. It can be seized and used against anyone who loves God, family, country and the American way of life.

But I still know how important it is for every American to understand how we got to where we are today and it won't be learned from recent textbooks that have obliterated or changed the information about the founding of our great country. 

John Taylor in 1875 said that every form of government that uses Fourierism, Communism or any form of control over God-given freedom and agency would fail because "however philanthropic, humanitarian, benevolent or cosmopolitan our ideas, it is impossible to produce a true and correct union without the Spirit of the Living God." Our own nation is a case in point because "The evils that have flourished so long in what is called the Old World have been transplanted into this new land."

Henry Grady Weaver in his book, The Mainspring of Human Progress, stated, ". . . The harm by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters and thieves is negligible in comparison with the agony inflicted upon human beings by the professional 'do-gooders', who attempt to set themselves up as gods on earth who would ruthlessly force their views on all others--with the abiding assurance that the end justifies the means."

That end he was talking about was further explained this way in 1935 by Milton Freedman. "There are great and obvious defects in the designs of some of these would-be reformers who seek to thrust us headlong into the whirlpool of European isms and autocracies. One defect that I will mention in the thinking of this group is this: They plot somehow first to parcel out the wealth produced by our economic system and then they intent to scourge and destroy that system; yet they visualize a world following after this parcelling out, that will still have and enjoy all the wealth created by this system which they intend to destroy, notwithstanding that, so far as human experiences goes, it is only such a system that can produce the wealth and ease they crave. Perhaps it is enough to repeat two homely sayings that come to mind; 'Do not kill the goose that lays the golden eggs' and 'You can't eat your cake and have it.'"

Another writer put it this way. "The degree of slavery varies according to the ratio between that which he is forced to yield up, and that which he is allowed to retain; and it matters not whether his master is a single person or a society." Does that resonate with anyone who is forced to pay any unlawful taxes without legal representation? J. Reuben Clark, also in 1935, said. "God himself does not coerce the will of man; why should puny fellow man think he may do what God does not?" 

This so-called modern world State wants to dethrone God and exalt the State into His place and has from its very nature become an economic, uncompensated leveling downward of the very people it claims to protect. This is done by self-perpetuating governments who set themselves up by selecting only the candidate they want, where laws and courts have been weaponized against anyone who gets in their way, where parents are being prosecuted and having their children taken away for not adhering to state-demanded ideologies, and where places of worship are being vandalized and services disrupted.

"All over the world this new State comes into all these fields in the guise of protesting love and friendship for the people, whose property it means to confiscate, whose liberties it means to steal, and whose religion it means to destroy. . . . This philosophy knows nothing of the rights of man and discards with derision the fundamentals embodied in our Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights. While the followers of the philosophy group themselves into different isms, yet in the last analysis they all come to the same end--the establishment of a socialistic, paternalistic state and the submergence of the individual and his rights. This concept is as old as man. All it is doing now is to dress itself up in a new suit. This concept is today imposing despotism in its worst forms upon millions in the old world."  (J. Reuben Clark, 12/15/1939)

So how did unholy practices come to rule so forcefully in our beloved nation? The sad truth is that Satan has had his hand in the mix, along with his mortal cronies, since America was first discovered. Our prolonged freedom came with both a promise and a responsibility. As long as we served God, this nation would flourish, but if we allowed unrighteousness ideologies and people to decide our future we would lose what most everyone else in the world longs for--our basic God-given freedoms. No wonder the adversary is so determined to eradicate the family as a divine institution, destroy life--even for the unborn, and persecute every Christian and Jew for believing in God and His Only Begotten Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Their goal is to banish every belief and right given to AMERICAN CITIZENs as stipulated in the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights.

Of course man's basic nature plays a part since there will always be those persons who love ease, idleness and greed and whose proclivities are played upon by giving them something for nothing until they expect to be cared for from cradle to grave. These misconceptions were reinforced by telling us to spend every penny we have and never save for anything because the government will provide for all our needs. That concept alone killed thrift and frugality. The father no longer felt it was his duty to provide for this family, and his wife and children began to look to state for sustenance instead of him. In this seemingly innocuous way State Socialism took root in the 1940s with the advent of Government-sponsored Welfare. 

And who would pay for it? Not those receiving the benefits, but those who actually followed the law, worked hard, paid taxes and tried to stay solvent when it came to financial matters. I learned that quite recently from a lady who had just moved into the area. She had spent many years using illegal drugs and living on the streets when a man she claimed to love rescued her, but she did not want to marry him because it would mean losing most of her welfare benefits.

Last Wednesday, she let me know that she had just received clearance for Social Security and at forty-five, she would never have to work another day in her life. While I was happy for her, I was saddened too. She would spend the next thirty or forty years without ever knowing the sense of pride that comes from putting in a day of honest labor or having to struggle and save for what she wants. All she would ever have to do was wait for the next government handout to be put in her checking account or for a new card to be sent in the mail. 

In the beginning of government-sponsored welfare, public nurseries were set up to tend children while the mothers worked. Public kitchens were then established in schools so underprivileged kids could be fed by the state instead of going home. Laws were established prohibiting youth from helping to earn family livelihoods and government recreation programs were provided to take the place of going to work. State sponsored youth camps were created to take children out of the home to be fed, clothed, indoctrinated and housed without any parental input or interference. And all of that took place before the awful revolutions of the 1960s where nearly every Christian value was toppled.

But how does tyranny enter in? We certainly hear that word often enough nowadays. It always comes in deep disguise, sometimes proclaiming an endowment of freedom--like never having to work again--and sometimes promising help to the unfortunate and downtrodden by providing things they should be willing to earn for themselves. It comes by creating something for those who do not have by robbing those who have worked for what they want to enjoy. Tyranny is always a wolf in sheep's clothing and always ends by devouring the whole flock.

In the case of what is supposed to be a Republic form of Government it comes in a disguised form by sending billions of dollars, wrenched from taxpayers, to their favorite alien governments, along with supplies that are needed at home, military equipment they know will be used against us, and money for spreading false propaganda against our government. Perpetrators of Socialism and its twin, Communism, have used every device fertile and evil minds can conceive to breed and intensify hatred, bring chaos into our country and help Communize the world and destroy all the peace and liberty we hold dear. 

On our own soil, they do everything within their power to destroy the fundamental freedoms and political equality guaranteed by the Constitution, including our right to speak freely, own private property, worship as we choose, bear arms and defend ourselves and our property without fear of persecution or prosecution. They mislabel and misrepresent everything they do or say because they know how to incite the bleeding heart liberals to action and demoralize the conservatives because they do not want to be called by derogatory names. 

In the above paragraphs, I have tried to give examples and state opinions given by learned men who understood the danger our great country would be in if we did not rein in some of the people and ideologies that were diametrically opposed to everything we hold dear. But instead of taking their words to heart, we followed the uninformed masses who wanted to believe that all men and women had the same goals and dreams and should be allowed to do as they pleased. 

But anyone who has lived for even half a century is well aware of the way our country has been attacked from within by evil forces we allowed inside our borders without even being vetted. As an old junior high teacher of mine once said, "You make your bed and then you have to sleep in it. That didn't make much sense back then but it certainly does now. 

Not taking a stand when we should, being indifferent to what is happening anywhere outside of own home and believing that life is only about eating, drinking and being merry has gotten us into a terrible place. President Trump is trying to take us out the pit without bloodshed but he can't do it alone. I pray every morning and night for him and for all the brave patriots who are standing firm so we do not lose everything. 

I want to conclude these remarks with a quote from Admiral Ben Moreell. "We do not place our trust in government mechanisms, formulas, affirmations or men. Our faith is in God and in the capacity of free men and women to govern themselves. There is a proper function for government in a free society. But that function does not include the power to order citizens how to live their lives. Our government was not designed to administer the affairs of men; it was devised to administer justice among men, who would administer their own affairs. . ."

How I long for a return to common sense and bravery when it comes to standing for what is right, virtuous and true. Our country is too great to lose, but that might happen if we are not willing to take a stand with those brave men and women who died that we might live free.