Thursday, September 16, 2021

Consider this :

1) I am listening to these people that are supposedly - Christians - .... OK - so your central belief is that God sent his son to earth to save us ...  ?? True ? That he Sacrificed his only son, to wash away the  sins of the world ?  That his son - Jesus - Knew - as he became an adult that this was the plan - that he would die  on the Cross to save the world,  that he would do this for his fellow human beings,,,  

OK - and you as a Christian , a follower of Jesus, a Person of this faith  - Will not wear a mask and get a vaccine to help save others ???  Christians ??? I think not. 


2) As we remembered the 20th anniversary of the  attacks on American , September 11th 2001 at the World Trade Center , Pentagon, and Flight 93 ....  And that the goal of the Terrorists was three fold.  Attack the World Trade Center as an assault on our Economy,  another plane into the Pentagon as a assault on our Military might, and a 3rd plane into the Capital Building as an assault on our system of Government our Democracy.  Explain what those people on Flight 93 did.....  Knowing , as they were talking and communicating with people on the Ground about what the other 3 planes had done.  Thinking that their plane was headed to the Capital.  That they were not going to sit by and watch this happen that they were going to fight these Terrorists , to stop the Attack on our Democracy by Foreign terrorists. That they rushed the cockpit of the plane,  they we no doubt injured themselves in that defense of the Country, that they would do this knowing what the outcome would/could be. That the plane would go down, it would mean their lives , it would be defending the Democracy.  Now Fast Forward nearly 20 years, and see that the latest attack on our Democracy, the Attempted COUP of the Country, the Attack on the Capital came from Terrorists within this country,  spurred on by the POTUS that lost an election. That these terrorists - no less dangerous than those that carried out the 9/11 attacks - did so at the direction of the people of that political party, that then spread lies about the Election, wanted to stay in power and would use ANY means  necessary to do so. This continues today . The people - the Domestic Terrorists-  that continue to believe and spread the BIG LIE are maybe even more dangerous today,, that they remain a Threat to  this country and our Democracy. And I do not believe that we have seen the last of what they are capable of.  There is a Rally - I think in Washington - by these Zealots to support those that have been charged in the Capital attack - I can only hope that this does not get out of hand,, and that we are ready with Law enforcement, National Guard, whatever it takes  to control these people.  


3) We are rewatching the Civil war by Ken Burns...  An excellent recounting of the War and this times.  Now this was clearly in the mid 1860's ... so we have had many years to reflect on the times.  I can't help but wonder what we think of these times even 20 ,, 25 years from now...   What will be the General thinking ? That the Anti Vaxx anti mask folks had it right ??  or What the F were they thinking,,, ??  The Pandemic would have / Could have ended far sooner with far fewer deaths if everyone just wore the damn mask , got the Damn shot.  How will the times be thought of - ? Will there even be a Democracy to think back on.. ??  Will we  look back and say , we should have seen the Signs of the Eroding of Democracy - the partisanship that killed the Government and ended our way of life. 





 

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