I live in a town of self-contradictions. On one end, a convenience store features people who fight viciously for parking spots but then hold the door for you as you enter the store. And, on the OTHER end of town, a place that promises "Addiction Recovery for Men" during the time you reside there has a sign urging you to Come back soon! as you exit the grounds (Lol).
But the BIGGEST self-contradictions in my little town are some of the PEOPLE who live here.
One of them, an 85 year old woman who (despite how she's an Atheist and a Liberal) is a friend of mine. I talked with Ms. Amada again recently about the army of invaders coming from the south and looking to illegally enter our country. SHE thinks this "Caravan" is terrific, of course, and therefore I refer to these thousands of potential invaders as "Amada's Armada."
I tried to reason with Ms. Amada, to no avail. "What if a group of under-55 people marched towards our (over-55 community) Villages and demanded we allow them to move in? Should we break the rules for THEM? Is that fair to those who KEEP the rules?" Ms. Amada is totally against such invaders who disregard OUR rules, but she loves "Amada's Armada" that's currently plodding towards America.
And it doesn't matter to her that there may be Islamic terrorists mixed in with the mob, EITHER.
Bottom line: she loves our VILLAGES but hates our COUNTRY. She thinks America's a racist nation and Trump is a racist dictator, but can't explain why these people of color want to come here in the first place, if this were true. Go figure.
And again I say....I live in a town of self-contradictions (and in case you're wondering, it does NOT contradict what I believe to have a friendship with those who are so different than I am, Lol!!)
One good thing about Ms. Amada....because she's an Atheist, at least I don't have to listen to her say, regarding this "Caravan," something like "God is bringing the Mission Field to us." GOD is not the author of sin, SATAN is and these people have a sinful intent to break our Immigration laws!! And yes, we Christians are to be hospitable to strangers but not to lawbreakers or those with criminal intent. That (helping lawbreakers) is called aiding and abetting.....enabling.....or "partaking of other men's sins," to phrase it in Biblical terms. Christians are to do NONE of those things!! But, alas, that's a blog for another day.
"Blackface" Megyn Kelly's "Blackface" comment was inappropriate, though she shouldn't get FIRED for it (in my opinion.) I think NBC just wanted her "gone," and this was an excuse. That being said, she should realize that even though she's apologized for it the Liberals will NEVER forgive her because it's not really about what she said, it's about them seeing a chance to silence a political viewpoint that they don't like. Megyn should go back to Fox News with a RED face and ask for her job back. There is far more tolerance at Fox than anywhere else on "Talk TV," frankly. And far LESS Political Correctness.
"Bombs." I truly find it hard to believe that a Republican has been sending all of those bombs, though it's possible. I wonder if the whole thing isn't being done by a Democrat, to make us look bad right before the midterm elections. WHOEVER it is, I hope they are caught and punished. These are ILLEGAL ACTS and the perp or perps must be dealt with if we are to have a civilized society. (This is ANOTHER reason I'm against Illegal Immigrants coming here, by the way....we have enough criminals floating around this nation, we don't need to import any.)
"Capitalism" The Boston Red Sox, up 2-0 in the World Series and seemingly a cinch to win the Championship, have the biggest payroll in Major League Baseball this year. Yet, no one I know of is accusing them of "buying it" like they do when my YANKEES come out on top.
Why IS that?? The Red Sox are ALL ABOUT MONEY....after all, some of their players have the last names of "Sale"......."Price".......and even "Betts" (Lol.) But seriously, I do not begrudge Boston for spending what they can afford in an attempt to win it all. It's called CAPITALISM, people.
When my YANKEES use Capitalism to their advantage, I have no problem with that and even though the Sox are our ARCH-RIVALS, THEY have the right to use it TOO. I will never, ever like the Red Sox and I'm STILL rooting for the Dodgers to beat them in this Series, but I do respect what Boston has done.
"Daredevil Season 3." Wow, Netflix CONTINUES to amaze with the "Daredevil" Marvel comics adaptation (Season 3 is now on Netflix). I'd better not say much lest I accidentally give some things away....WATCH it, but, Warning: NOT for the faint of heart!!
There is a sense in which America is a racist nation -- like practically every other human society on the face of the earth. America, like most other countries, is a contradiction of terms. We profess to believe one thing (liberty and justice for all) but practice something different. And that is pretty much how human society works. But when we pledge allegiance to the flag we are professing allegiance to the ideals in which the nation professes to believe -- the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. As for Mr. Trump, I am worried about his firing of Jeff Sessions. If he tries to shut down the Mueller investigation he will almost certainly get impeached by the House of Representatives for obstruction of justice, and this will touch off a nasty fight in the Senate. The best thing that could happen is that Trump will be removed from office and Mike Pence becomes president, and runs for reelection in 2020. The worse thing that could happen is that Trump finishes out his term and that liberal Democrats will take over the White House and Congress in 2020.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind Trump RESIGNING and Pence getting in, but the problem is is that the Dems (from what I hear) want to impeach Trump AND Pence, which would finish BOTH of them. And even if just Trump were ousted, I wonder if Pence could get RE-elected....he'd be lumped with Trump. Great comment, though....thank you!!
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