Profound Thoughts That WE ALL HAVE (even if you don't admit it aloud)

From a post on a forum...

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept. 11). Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?" In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school .... the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK. Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK. Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW." Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace. Are you laughing? Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they WILL think, of you for sending it. Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us. Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.
God bless you as you share it with friends. No Nation or people can ever survive or succeed without Jesus Christ.

'Nuff sed...

Eclipse 2017: In The Path Of Totality

I have seen numerous, spectacular celestial events in my life, including the Aurora Borealis from Norway and St. Elmo's Fire from off the coast of Chile. I have witnessed several lunar eclipses from shore and asea, but never a full-fledged solar eclipse such as crossed America on the 21st of August.

Planning for the event began 6 weeks ago...my girlfriend from Rochester, NY had planned on traveling to East Tennessee to join me in witnessing this celestial phenomenon. I got us a pair of eclipse glasses while they were still only $1.99, and she picked up the T-shirts...

(T-4 hours to totality) We drove from Rutledge, Tennessee to Madisonville...along the way, we stopped at a convenience store for beverage refreshments and on the way out I suggested that we try the eclipse glasses...both of us donned them and looked up at the sky...as advertised, nothing but the full sun was visible through these ISO-certified lenses that were the equivalent of a Level 17 welder's shield.

(T-2 hours to totality) We had passed numerous roadside pull-offs, parking lots and even houses offering eclipse parking from anywhere between $10 and $40...eclipse glasses from $5 to $10 per pair. Many local businesses in the area had Police caution tape or vehicles blocking their lots with "NO ECLIPSE PARKING" signs prominently posted.

(T-1 hour to totality) I was looking for a particular event that the local Knoxville television station was broadcasting live from, but the availability of restrooms and refreshment facilities were limited, and the parking fee was $40. We agreed that was not the best deal we had seen, and drove back to the Madisonville Wal-Mart that we had passed 10 minutes earlier. The parking lot was almost completely full of RVs, minivans, SUVs, station wagons and even a semi-truck with an open spot next to it...we pulled in there and walked to the store for a much-needed restroom run and snack/soda reload.

(T-30 minutes to totality) We left the store with refreshments in hand, and the first thing that I noticed that is was demostrably dimmer outside than when we had walked in...when we got back to the car, we each put the eclipse glasses on and checked the progress of the eclipse...the moon was about 50% of the way to covering the sun...the image was stunning, to say the least!

(T-10 minutes to totality) Rather than craning my neck staring straight up to check the progression towards totality, I discovered that I could see the exact same thing (with the eclipse glasses on, of course) in the windshield of the Dodge Caravan parked immediately behind us. The truck driver climbed out of his cab, and we asked him to take a picture of us geeked out (see picture above). He explained that he was from Laredo, Texas and his company had cancelled his load pickup that day due to the anticipated traffic woes (great call, getting out of there was quite difficult!) I asked him if he had eclipse glasses and he replied "no"...the moon was about 90% across the sun by now and it was noticeably dimmer, but still daylight.

He put the glasses on and glanced skyward, and muttered "Oh my God, that's beautiful"...he handed me the glasses back and climbed into his cab.

(T-2 minutes to totality) The storefront signs began to come on, as well as the headlights of cars with the auto-on headlights. The parking lot was becoming noticeably darker by the second and the buzz of conversation was increasing...

(T-30 seconds to totality) The sun is a mere sliver in the afternoon sky. The temperature has already dropped by about 3 degrees according to the car's dashboard readout. I was no longer watching it via the Caravan's windshield, but staring straight up at the dark side of the moon.

Totality...A huge cheer and applause erupts from our fellow parking lot viewers...the eclipse glasses came off and I looked directly into the face of God.

Since the moon is not a perfect sphere, but one featuring hills and valleys much like Earth, the corona danced and darted about all around the silhouette of the moon.

(Totality + 2 minutes, 44 seconds) Michelle asks when the glasses need to go back on for safe viewing...I said as soon as you see the DIAMOND RING, put 'em back on.

(Totality + 3 minutes) The diamond ring has appeared and the glasses are back on. Another raucous cheer from the parking lot crowd and round of applause for sheer appreciation of a truly magical event...in which tens of millions of Americans from Oregon to South Carolina were all united as...Humans.

What Is The Alt-Right Exactly?

Generally speaking, it is a term invented by Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during her failed 2016 campaign to continue Barack Obama's destruction of American values and moral standards. The Alt-Right is anyone who opposed her Presidential aspirations merely because she felt that it was "owed" to her.

Let me tell you who I firmly believe the Alt-Right are NOT...we are NOT Nazis, White Supremacists, Neocons or any of the other bogus titles that the Propaganda Arm of the Democrat Party (aka, the Mainstream Media) depict us to be.

I'll tell you who we are. We are a bunch of hard-working Americans who are well-versed in the trials and tribulations of life as we've experienced it...not a bunch of college crybabies who have NEVER worked in the REAL WORLD and need a safe space from opposing viewpoints or opinions. We don't get TRIGGERED by words, phrases, pictures or statues. We understand history and are willing to accept it, and learn from it, without feeling the need to erase it.

We are a group of people who are tired of watching our society being torn to shreds in front of our eyes. We believe that humans are genuinely a binary species (aka male and female) and that traditional marriages result in the best outcome for the succeeding generation as a whole. We do NOT judge those who believe otherwise simply based on their beliefs, but are tired of being forced to accept that as NORMAL.

I am tired of being told about my PRIVILEGE, merely because I am a White, Christian, Heterosexual Male who works my ass off every day, and then being blamed for society's ills. I have NOT put anyone on Welfare/SNAP/EBT or whatever entitlement program you want to blame me for, yet I have to pay for it via my taxes.

Last point about us Alt-Righters...we were strongly opposed to Barack Obama's FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION agenda...why would you seek to fundamentally transform that which you stated to love and support? And then go to multiple countries and the U.N. and APOLOGIZE for America?

We supported and voted for President Trump because of 4 simple words...MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. His vision and ideas are nothing new...get the government out of the way and let WE THE PEOPLE do what we do best...INNOVATE!