When is Enough, Enough?

A third attempt was made on President Trump’s life, while attending the White House Correspondents Dinner (for the first time as President). Luckily, the alleged assassin was stopped before he could enter the room, where 2,500 people were in anticipation of the night’s events. There was one minor casualty: a Secret Service agent was shot by the attacker, but his bullett proof vest prevented him from being seriously injured, or killed. The attacker was taken alive, shortly thereafter. This is what occurs when the occupant of the White House is constantly referred to ss a Dictator, Hitler, Fascist, Nazi, well, you see where I’m going. The real issue is how these verbal attacks are magnified and carried on by the same media, many of whom were at that same dinner last evening. With the amount of hate and vitriol hurled his way by not only the media that covers him, but opposition politicians as well who have no shame in the way they refer to him or anyone that works in his administration. These people have put a virtual target on Mr. Trump a well as any of his appointees.

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Holier Than Thou

I often wonder if people that make certain claims concerning other people have ever stopped to look in the mirror? It’s especially interesting to me when the person(s) making the claims (or accusations) don’t even know the people they are referring to and it doesn’t seem to bother them in the least that their attitude might be a little hypocritical.

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It’s Actually Good to be an Atheist, Nowadays

There are days I think I spend too much time online. I sometimes have to force myself to walk away and attempt to be productive. But the lure of the siren is always there, just across the room, maybe sitting quietly in another, but still there, ever so alluring, knowing it won’t be long before I’m there behind the keyboard, checking to make sure the world hadn’t ended while I was away. I know that sounds a little over dramatic, and it’s meant to be, in a way, to demonstrate how much many of us have become dependent on those social media applications and our race making the cleverest, and smartest, post of the day. We all complete to Win the Internet, even if it’s just for the day.

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Promises Kept?

I usually never make promises to others because I’m always afraid that I’ll fail to keep whatever it is or, even worse, forget I made a promise. So that word in either its noun or verb form, is absent from my lexicon. Of course, jokingly,I might use it with another person, but never would I ask someone to commit a future date with me or vice versa. Oh, I know, someone’s going to say, What about marriage? Well, okay, there’s once when making a future promise is okay, but in that case, it’s both people making the promise, not just one. In the bible, god made promises to the Israelites after Moses led them out of Egypt. He told Moses the land they were to inherit would be flowing with milk and honey (Ex 3:8,17 Deut 26:9, 27:3) with the Deuteronomy passages affirming the promise as they were entering the land. did god ever keep that promise?

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What’s the Real Message of Easter?

It’s Easter, again and every Easter I think I’m going to write something mostly banal about the true meaning of the holiday: bunnies laying colorful hard-boiled eggs, and woven baskets filled with chocolate and caramel candies. Somehow, we’ve mixed a pagan celebration with a distinctive sacred event for many. As far as I can tell, the church never tried to ban the spring renewal celebration (eggs) and just adopted it as part of Christian renewal. The church did the same in Mexico with The Day of the Dead, the day after Halloween. They folded in a cultural tradition with church ritual. Well, that pretty much covers it. Bye.

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