WHY IS VIOLENT HATRED REWARDED?

One of my dear friends, Rebekah Reinstein, is greatly loved by so many who know her because of her huge heart and honest transparency. She recently shared her pain so powerfully I have nothing of value to add, so let me simply pass them along to you:

“This is so discouraging...How can anyone look at our situation with the Arabs and say: "everyone is playing nice" and "we should preserve the status quo". Just because there have been fewer successful terror attacks does not mean that there is a decline in attempted attacks. We are living among those who have sworn to annihilate us. The Palestinians continue to indoctrinate their youth towards violence and the PA continues encourage terrorism by paying the families of murders.

 
The status quo is this: the Arabs are stealing land and building all around us illegally while we have instituted a building freeze. We do not have authority of our most holy site and we sit idly by as our antiquities are pillaged and trashed. The status quo is not peace; it is holding our breath waiting for the next attack.

Why do our leaders fear provoking the Palestinians? They don't need an excuse to riot, ram and stab. Their status quo is teaching, inciting, paying for and praising terror. Why is this behavior being rewarded???”

Unvarnished words, penetrating words, haunting words.

SHARP AXES

America is at a point never before seen; we have the highest level of sharp axes than at any point in the history of this Great Nation. You would think that it would have been in our pioneering past we would have seen an upsurge in sharp axes, but in fact, people were busy with so many other things like growing and harvesting food, making their own clothes, fending off predators and the like, their axes were only sharpened on an as needed basis. But today, things are quite different indeed.

Today across America, no matter what people will be doing, they will be simultaneously grinding an ax. It is truly amazing. Who ever said double tasking is inefficient? Why, we now do everything while grinding an ax about something else. I suppose this is progress. However I do have one concern, our minds and hearts are growing more dull while our axes grow sharper. So friends, be careful out there, sharp axes cut deeply and dull minds are quite careless. Keep your head and have a great day!

INTELLEGENT LIFE?

Updated 11:51 PM ET, Wed February 22, 2017, CNN reporter Ashley Strickland writes “Astronomers have found at least seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the same star 40 light-years away, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The findings were also announced at a news conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington. This discovery outside of our solar system is rare because the planets have the winning combination of being similar in size to Earth and being all temperate, meaning they could have water on their surfaces and potentially support life.”

Wow, the possibility of discovering intelligent life on another planet certainly is fascinating. However, I would personally be even more interested in finding intelligent life on earth. Frankly it is my theory that whatever intelligent life we have garnered on our planet up until now is quickly slipping away. Just watch the news for theoretical verification. Lord, have mercy upon us.

SURE, MAKES SENSE TO ME

Bradley Edward Manning is the United States Army soldier who disclosed nearly three-quarters of a million classified and sensitive military and diplomatic documents. A significant portion of the material was disclosed directly to WikiLeaks and was published by them and its media partners between April and November 2010. In July of 2013 Manning was convicted by court-martial of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses. He could have received a death sentence, but was sentenced to serve a 35-year sentence at the maximum-security U.S Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth.

The former intelligence analyst's prison sentence has now been shortened to expire on May 17, 2017, according to a statement from the White House. This commutation was issued along with 208 others.

So, let’s see…President Obama, who has justifiably questioned the possible interference of Russia with our most recent election through WikiLeaks, as one of his last acts as Commander in Chief, has now commuted the sentence of Manning. Convicted of a total of 21charges of espionage and leaking secret material to WikiLeaks, he will now go free after serving 7 years of his 35-year sentence. Sure…makes sense to me.

A BEAUTIFUL DREAM

On August 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that helped transform a nation. On April 4, 1968 Dr. King paid the ultimate price for his peaceful war on hatred and segregation, being killed by a single shot from an assassin. But his vision of a different and better America for all its citizens resonated with both supporters and antagonists alike. Unmitigated truth has a way of cutting through the darkness of deception and giving strength and resolve to do what is right. The words “I have a dream” were not in his written speech, they were an ad-libbed addition from the heart. Those words rattled preconceived notions and authorized dreaming of a better nation, a better world. His poignant words ring as true today as they did that day on the Washington Mall: "It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment...And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.''' I too, have a dream…and a commitment to the its full manifestation. Thank you Dr. King for your inspiration, your example, your words and your sacrifice. This nation and this world owe you a great debt.

GOT IT!

Let's see...Russia takes over Crimea, the US Administration...yawns, Russia builds base in Syria, another yawn, Russia attacks Ukraine, a bigger yawn, Russia hacks DNC, & Hilary's illegal server...HUGE REPERCUSSIONS!!! Got it.

A CHOICE IS YOUR VOICE

Making hard decisions is a major inconvenience. While every serious decision requires a viable process, certain decisions require even more. Today is a seminal moment for the direction and future of America. The entire world will be impacted by the decisions made across the fruited plain. To fail to decide is to let someone else decide for you. So, here it is, if you have not already: PRAY, LISTEN, THINK, DECIDE, COMMIT, THEN GET OUT AND VOTE.