Coming To Terms With Being Used As A Pawn For Someone Else’s Benefit ~ Is Money Your Bottom Line?

The Republican Party is following the playbook of international oligarchs and large corporations rather than the will of the people, Democracy be dammed.

What is needed to recover a broken relationship based on the Big Lie which has been proven that the Republicans promulgated?

Awareness sometimes dawns slowly when we think we are on the right path, then suddenly realize we have been taken for a ride, or taken advantage of, or worst yet, been used for political gain, which benefits large corporations instead of you, the voting public.

The Big Lie is something Republicans angrily insist is true to keep you in fear, obedience to toeing the party line, while encouraging you to use your voice to ultimately hurt yourself and benefit huge corporations which pay little to no taxes yet make sure you pay yours.

If you are a one-issue voter, you may have made a decision to stand up for Pro-Life issues, disregarding the Big Lie of attempting to turn Democracy in the USA into an Autocrat/Oligarch system of tyranny. Pro-Life won’t even be on the table if you use your freedom to vote away your rights and give away Democracy which was won by long, hard Revolutionary and Civil Wars.

Democracy is fragile and needs our care and love to preserve it. It takes us all working together for a common goal.

It’s time to wake up, listen to accurate news stations as opposed to those television, radio, and social media sites that are political puppets for their own gain at the expense of yours.

If money is your bottom line, then making more in your 401K, investments, or savings account will matter more than ethics, morals, and truth in upcoming elections as you freely trade Democracy for an Oligarch system where the government is run like a business. But keep in mind, some of our business leaders have run their businesses into bankruptcy more than thirteen times due to illegal and unethical business practices. This is no success story, nor path, any country ought to take if they want to keep Democracy.

How do you fix the party that has caved to greed and who has betrayed your trust?

Stand up for truth before it is too late. The Republican Party is on the precipice of the cliff. If Republicans continue on their current path, it will be political self-sabotage. They will reap the seeds they are currently sowing. There is very little time for them to correct their mistakes. This country works well with a two-party system, but not if one of them is criminal, bought out by dark money.

As for truth, if I say two plus two equals four, but you say two plus two is sixty-five, that’s not a difference of opinion. One answer is truth, and the other answer is not truth.

As with any relationship, nothing can be saved as long as the offender in the relationship pretends there is no problem, the problem is not their fault, and/or the problem is all the other party’s fault, in this case, blaming the Democrats for the Republicans betrayal of their civic, social, and political roles for which they were voted into office.

Investigation after investigation has proven there was no voter fraud.

Stop listening to propaganda.

Watch and listen to factual, provable news from reputable news outlets, such as: Go to mainstream news outlets: Reuters, AP, NPR, New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Bloomberg News, The Atlantic, and Politico.

If you think these news outlets are slanted, know that you have been brainwashed and are being used as a political pawn in a game where you will lose the Democratic Socialism benefits you currently have.

It is possible to think for yourself. Decide to make decisions for yourself rather than following the sheep off the cliff of no return.

The voting booth is a sacred space. No one can tell you how to vote. Vote your conscience. Make sure every person is able to vote, regardless of race, ethnic background, color, creed, gender, financial status, age, or any other division established to limit the voting rights of everyone in America.

Step away from white supremacist agendas. All people count. All people matter in this country. Walk away from hate, which is fueled by fear. If you say you are not a white supremacist, then stop voting for the white supremacist agenda. If you disagree, then you need to do more study. Check out the Southern Poverty Law Center.

It can be difficult with strong-minded friends, but not impossible. You need to be true to yourself, not vote the way someone else is telling you to vote. This is not a popularity contest.

Also, when it finally dawns on you that you have been used for various agendas, by the gun lobby, or corporations and conglomerates, stand tall. You do not answer to them. You answer to your own heart. Your vote is your voice.

Namaste

George Washington’s Vision ~ 3 Perils Befall The USA

George Washington’s Vision of the 3 perils to happen to the United States of America.

This is a tribute to George Washington, who died 201 years ago today. I wondered why I felt led to write this article today when I usually write about Christmas at this time. George Washington died December 14, 1799.

– 1777/1778.  A vision received by George Washington.

The father of our country, George Washington, was a man of prayer.  Many of us have read of how he went to the thicket many times to pray during the winter his army was at Valley Forge.  However, little publicity has been given to the vision and prophecy he received at that time.

The account of this vision was given in 1859 by an old soldier.  He gave it to a writer, Wesley Bradshaw, who published it.  In the vision God revealed to George Washington that three great perils would come upon the Republic.  He was given to know that America was going through the first peril at that time.  The old soldier who told the story of the vision said the nation would soon see the account verified by the second peril descending upon the land.

Here is the account as printed in the U.S. war veterans paper The National Tribune, in December 1880.  The National Tribune became, “The Stars and Stripes”, and this article was reprinted in that publication December 21, 1850.

~ Preface

“I do not know whether it is owing to the anxiety of my mind, or what, but this afternoon, as I was sitting at this table engaging in preparing a dispatch, something in the apartment seemed to disturb me.  Looking up, I beheld standing opposite to me a singularly beautiful being.  So astonished was I, for I had given strict orders not to be disturbed that it was some moments before I found language to inquire the cause of the visit.  A second, a third, and even a fourth time did I repeat my question but received no answer from my mysterious visitor except a slight raising of the eyes.

By this time, I felt strange sensations spreading through me.  I would have risen but the riveted gaze of the being before me rendered volition impossible.  I assayed once more to speak, but my tongue became useless, as if paralyzed.  A new influence, mysterious, potent, irresistible, took possession of me.  All I could do was to gaze steadily, vacantly at my unknown visitor.

Gradually the surrounded atmosphere seemed to fill with sensations and grew luminous.  Everything about me seemed to rarefy, the mysterious visitor also becoming more airy and yet more distinct to my sight than before.  I began to feel as one dying, or rather to experience the sensations I sometimes imagine accompanying death.  I did not think, I did not reason, I did not move.  All were alike impossible.  I was only conscious of gazing fixedly, vacantly on my companion.

~ The introductory part of the Vision

Presently I heard a voice say, “Son of the Republic, look and learn,‘ while at the same time my visitor extended an arm eastward .  I now beheld a heavy white vapor at some distance rising fold upon fold.  This gradually dissipated, and I looked upon the strange scene.  Before me lay, out in one vast plain all the countries of the world — Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.  I saw rolling and tossing between Europe and America lay billows of the Atlantic, and between Asia and America lay the Pacific.  ‘Son of the Republic’, said the same mysterious voice as before, ‘look and learn.’

~ The First Peril:  The Revolutionary War.

At that moment I beheld a dark shadowy being, like an angel, standing, or rather floating in mid-air, between Europe and America.  Dipping water out of the ocean in the hollow of each hand, he sprinkled some upon America with his right hand, while with his left he cast some over Europe.  Immediately a cloud arose from these countries and joined in mid-ocean.  For a while it remained stationary, and then it moved slowly westward, until it enveloped America in its murky folds.  Sharp flashes of lightning gleamed through at intervals, and I heard the smothered groans and cries of the American People. 

A second time the angel dipped water from the ocean and sprinkled it out as before.  The dark cloud drew back to the ocean, in whose heaving billows it sank from view.

~ Westward expansion in America

A third time I heard the mysterious voice saying, ‘Son of the Republic, look and learn.’  I cast my eyes upon America and beheld villages and town cities spring up one right after another until the whole land from the Atlantic to the Pacific was dotted with them.  Again, I heard the mysterious voice say, ‘Son of the Republic, the end of the century cometh, look and learn.’

~ The Second Peril:  Slave trade from Africa is used to instigate the Civil War.

And this time a dark shadowy angel turned his face southward.  From Africa I saw an ill-omened specter approach our land.  It flitted slowly and heavily over every town and city of the latter.  The inhabitants presently set themselves in battle array against each other.  As I continued to look, I saw a bright angel on whose brow was traced the word ‘Union.‘  He was bearing the American flag.  He placed the flag between the divided nation and said, ‘Remember, ye are brethren.‘

Instantly the inhabitants, casting down their weapons became friends once more, and united around the National Standard.

Again, I heard a mysterious voice saying, ‘Son of the Republic, look and learn.’  At this the dark, shadowy angel placed a trumpet to his mouth, and blew three distinct blasts; and taking water from the ocean, he sprinkled it upon Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Then my eyes beheld a fearful scene.  From each of these continents arose thick black clouds that were soon joined into one .  And throughout this mass there gleamed a dark read light by which I saw hordes of armed men.  These men, moving with the cloud marched by land and sailed by sea to America, which country was enveloped in the volume of the cloud.

And I dimly saw these vast armies devastate the whole country and burn the villages, towns, and cities, which I had seen spring up. 

As my ears listened to the thundering of the cannon, clashing of swords, and the shouts and cries of millions in mortal combat, …

As my ears listened to the thundering of the cannon, clashing of swords, and the shouts and cries of millions in mortal combat, I again heard the mysterious voice saying, ‘Son of the Republic, look and learn.’  When the voice had ceased, the dark shadowy angel placed his trumpet once more to his mouth and blew a long and fearful blast.

Instantly a light, as of a thousand suns shone down from above me and pierced and broke into fragments of the dark cloud which enveloped America.  At the same moment, the angel upon whose head still shown the word ‘Union,’ and who bore our national flag in one hand and a sword in the other, descended from the heavens attended by legions of white spirits.  These immediately joined the inhabitants of America, who I perceived were well-nigh overcome, but who immediately taking courage again, closed up their broken ranks, and renewed battle.

 
~ The Third Peril, Phase 3, USA is victorious ~

Again, amid the fearful noise of the conflict I heard the mysterious voice say, ‘Son of the Republic, look and learn.’  As the voice ceased, the shadowy angel for the last time dipped the water from the ocean and sprinkled it upon America.  Instantly the dark clouds rolled back, together with the armies it had brought, leaving the inhabitants of the land victorious.

Then once more I beheld the villages, towns and cities springing up where I had seen them before, while the bright angel, planting the azure standard cried with a loud voice: ‘While the stars remain, and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Union last.’  And taking from his brow the crown which blazoned the word ‘Union,’ he placed it down upon the standard while the people, kneeling down said, ‘Amen.‘

~ Summary of the Vision’s 3 Perils.

The scene instantly began to fade and dissolve, and I at last saw nothing but the rising, curling vapor, I at first beheld.  This also disappeared, and I found myself once more gazing upon the mysterious visitor who, in the same voice I heard before said, ‘Son of the Republic, what you have seen is thus interpreted: Three great perils will come upon the Republic.  The most fearful for her is the third.  But the whole world united shall not prevail against her.  Let every child of the Republic learn to live for his God, his land and Union.

With these words the vision vanished, and I started from my seat and felt that I had seen a vision wherein had been showed me the birth, progress, and destiny of the United States.“

God Bless Everyone Everywhere.

We Already Have Liberty And Freedom ~ The USA Has No Need For Militias Nor Home-Grown Terrorists

In 1776, we fought for and won independence during the Revolutionary War; and again in the War of 1812, also considered the Second War of Independance. We already have independence.

In 1865, we fought the long hard battle of the Civil War, and won freedom from the horrid, humanly contrived condition of slavery, which sought to keep other human beings as chattle. From that point on we recognize that all who were once enslaved are to be treated as free men and women. We still need to make sure this particular freedom becomes a reality for all people, not just for white people, because systemic racism insideously rears its ugly head from time to time. Too many lives have been lost already to this crime against humanity. We already have freedom from slavery in the USA. We need to act on this freedom in peace and dignity. We need to vote out racism whenever we see it.

The thing we as Americans need to do is to peacefully and humanely act on the freedoms we already have. When we see the need to replace bad and/or racist police, we need to act quickly to replace them with good police who treat all people with dignity and respect.

There are ignorant forces sirring the pot of Democracy as if by putting voice to their malignant actions they attempt to validate the facade of freedom and liberty. Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the laws of this land. There are upstanding police forces and the armed service of the USA should any man or woman fell the call to serive our country in this noble way. But socially irresponsible groups of home grown terrorists are not to be tolerated in any society.

We all need to raise our heads above the noisy rucus to remember the accurate history of the United States of America for which the Statue of Liberty stands, in order that we bring peace and justice to all people, not just the wealthiest, nor any gun-toting would-be militia, nor allow ourselves to be railroaded by the politically powerful.

Remembering our independent, freeom-loving, liberty foundation, the citizens of the United States are more resiliant than the bully political pundants, and the renegade, self-appointed militias.

We already have fought these fights. There is no need to repeat the past. We do need to positively vote in our political system, and act in the freedom and liberty.

Our founding fathers drew up The Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights. The United States of America is a land of laws. We are not living in the times of the wild, wild, west. Thank God for the FBI and government agencies that watch out for the good of all its citizens.

As citizens, we have the right to peaceful protests across the USA to make our voices heard. Not only is this a recognized in the USA, it is also a God-given right to stand up peacefully for the good of all people, and make our voices heard.

We lift up our hearts, minds and voices to make sure we have justice and liberty for all people in this beautiful land by voting for integrity, honor and sevility, making sure that everyone is treated equally and fairly.

Namaste