Here's my question for the claimed 99%: If protestors so vehemently target the rich that the 1% leave, how are you going to get your "fair share" from the 0%?

I have never asked this before, but once you have read this, if you cannot deny it is true, please re-post it.  Believe it or not, there are many who don't quite get it!!  Perhaps this little poem will help:

                                          My Fair Share ...

                                          

                         (a poem, through the eyes of a Communist)

"Oh, those hate-filled Christians!" heard as the rally cry, advocates of evolution.

"We'll really show them a thing or two!" chant the masses calling for revolution.

"Overthrow the banks, destroy the dastard corporation!"

"To the victor goes the spoils!" cheer the masses in ovation.

Victory sleeps well ...well past the dawn of day,

It has long overslept, no one left to pray.

As the groggy masses wakes, stumbling, it hears laughter, "Watch out! Don't trip!"

But it can no longer walk-the-walk, it seems, overnight, it became a dictatorship.

No more debates, no more courts to rule ...

Too late you've seen the enemy, and you have played the fool.

"No!  It can't be too late!  We still demand our fair share!"

But what was once the Occupy movement, is now like Tiananmen Square.

I am not a big fan of Leonardo DiCaprio ...and I didn't care to watch his biggest success movie, Titanic, but I do prefer historical to hysterical ...and he has been in some very enlightening movies. I am referring, in particular, to the movie, Blood Diamond. One of the most horrific scenes was how the young children were kidnapped, enslaved, and bred to be hardened killers. Two young children were armed with guns, and made to stand face-to-face, in front of all the other children. The one who was willing to shoot the other ...lived. But the life they lived was one of brutal killing. It showed the struggle between government soldiers and rebel forces. The young children were used to do the killing for the Revolutionary United Front ---as a shield and deterrent, against outside forces whom they hoped were unwilling to kill young children to achieve an overthrow of the revolutionary leaders.

How much different is this than what we know is done with the street drugs that plague our cities ...at the expense of children, enabling astronomical profits to the drug cartels?   There are so many protests, of different venues and with different agendas ....but if they would just take their armies of professed concern, and enter some of the most drug infested cities and attempt to disperse the gangs  ---perhaps they could do as much good as Solomon did, in the movie Blood Diamond, with his own son.  But much of the concern is empty rhetoric, as they do not breathe a word of concern for the staggering numbers of deaths in inner cities ---caused by the very things that are really wrong.  Someone like Bill Cosby can stand up and address these issues, but they want him to sit down.




I should not tell you who you are ...and you have no business telling me who I am!!  By the time you finish reading this, you should have a much clearer vision of who I am ...unless, I'm having a hard time sorting through this, and need more time to think it through.  In that case, you'll hear from me again, and I'll retract some things I perhaps have not thought through as much as I should have.  But there are things I certainly am ...and things I am certain I am not.  I am not a Communist and I am not a revolutionist.  If you are one, it's time to own up to it!  The thing that really bothers most of us ...is deceit.  Two of the most horrific characters in history, Hitler and Stalin, didn't like to be lied to either.  The problem is, they found it to their advantage to lie.  Sort of a double-standard that decent people have a real difficulty with.  I also try not to stand against something that God does not teach me to stand against.  So, yes, I believe in God ...and yes, I believe God has preserved the Bible for us.  If someone else says they believe in the Bible, it does not mean that all who read the Bible agree ...nor does it mean that I agree with all of them.  I believe in the value of every human being, and my friendships have well-shown that.  It's absurd to think you'd try to divide me on that issue ...I don't get out as much anymore, as I am retired, so how involved am I?  I look to the issues when I vote, and though I may not trust everyone to hold the rest of us up with equal respect, at least I believe we should continue to try within our system ...instead of abandoning our government in favor of revolution, that would only put our trust in a fragile and empty hope.  I am not in favor of Communism, and though I don't like all aspects of capitalism ...at least I feel I can endure under it.  I also thank God I live in the United States ...and if you are less than thankful, please tell me where you feel it is better to live.

Okay, what about capitalism?

My older brother worked at a label-making factory.  He did not put labels on people ...the labels were put on soup cans, pickle jars, ketchup containers ---labels that contain helpful information.  For my brother, it was labeled, an income ---a necessary means to survive.  


There were others who worked at the same label-making factory who had spouses who had good jobs ...and for them, this job was just an easy way to obtain a little extra spending money.  Many of them didn't work as hard as my brother, and they also looked to the job as a form of socialization.  


One day, they decided they didn't just want more for less ...or you could say, more for more, as in more socialization for more money ...they wanted to be entitled to it, as a guarantee, for working less.  They decided to go on strike.


My brother was not in favor of this.  He said many of the strikers got nasty, and some destroyed property (of those who didn't want to participate in the strike).


What was the result of the strike?


They shut down that label-making factory, and moved.  


Now, this would not be as easy, nor as cost-effective for a huge plant such as the automotive industry ...so, for years they gave in to the strikers and the union demands.  But as we all know, this got way out-of-hand ...and eventually that hand also was left empty, as many of the plants moved out of the area, and often out of the country.


Those unions were effective for a time, but the success met an end ...and the unions were not able to save many bright futures.  The unions seemed to fall short of their original purpose ...of guarding against mistreatment. Often now they put the majority of their effort towards protecting the person who doesn't want to do what others have accepted as reasonable.  The unions had become strong, not for representing what is right ...but they began focusing on the dues, not the don'ts.


The response of the capitalist, is to move elsewhere. Most corporations don't benefit from socialization on the job ...or from various forms of socialism, with its hazardous turns of contentment and discontentment. The Communist, on the other hand, finds this as the perfect position for the union ...as they like the disgruntled worker, and a union desperately fighting to maintain their membership.  Together, they make a powerful union of angry warriors, void of reasoning and easily directed by their emotions.  Everyone knows they've been treated unfairly, but few have the vision to see the preferred path of restoration.


You may think, why does Steve not get this!  Well, I do get it ...and I know politicians and corporations often work together for mutual benefit and selfish gains.  But if I'm drifting in the ocean in a rowboat with someone I don't agree with, if I refuse to use my oar, we may just go in circles. If we battle it out with our oars, we may both lose our oars ...and furthermore, we may bloody the water, possibly infested with sharks.  Or I can offer to take both oars, and row us safely to shore.  If I had not by then gained appreciation by my hard work, then I could find a more compatible sea partner for the next time I venture out.  And I could also realize that things don't always turn out the way they are planned ...and even Titanics sink.  But that does not mean I should remain land-locked for the rest of my life either.


We all want our fair share, but how fair was it to my brother, who wanted to work ...who wasn't expecting an easy hand-out?  Through no fault of his own, he lost his job ...but he didn't give up, he got another job. But because this has gotten so out-of-control, those other jobs have become less and less for others like my brother who are willing to work.


How does the Communist respond to this?  Regulate the businesses, so even fewer can survive.  That increases the number of potential angry warriors.

Angry warriors have been seen in many places in just a year's time ...Egypt, Libya, and Wisconsin ---to name a few. There is not really that much in common with the unrest in other countries, and that of the United States ...yet, in Wisconsin they were carrying the same signs. A psychologist might better know the signs ...of anger.

Protests ...staged by angry warriors?   No, that's not really the case ...the angry warriors participate, but it is not staged by anger.  It is staged by those who are very content with their positions, and they want to keep their positions ...and it benefits them that you are angry, they need you angry warriors.


How does a person become an angry warrior?  We all know and have felt anger.  The true difference is what we do with it, how we cope with the anger.  To be angry through and through ...is the most dangerous, and I believe it is taught.  


I was walking through the woods one day, and I tripped over a log.  I came home with cuts and scrapes.  My dad asks, "What happened to you?"  My response is, "I got in a fight with an angry bush."  My dad would understand what I meant ...that I somehow stumbled into a blackberry bush, or similar type bush with lots of thorns.  That bush was not really angry, but it was certainly an unpleasant experience.  If I was more careful, perhaps I could avoid future mishaps, but life does involve its scrapes and bruises.  That's what I was taught.


I was also taught to avoid wild animals ...and that some can even be rabid.  House cats can be cuddly and it's so cool to hear them p-u-r-r, when you pick them up.  But picking up a stray cat can be an entirely different experience ...and likely you'll find them frightened and defensive, and you'll also likely find a few claw marks that penetrate the skin.


I was also taught to avoid alcohol and drugs.  It's difficult to tell how a person will act ...and that unpredictable nature may be not that different from a cat's claw, or a p-u-r-r.  It's really hard to tell what you'll get, or what you'll become. 


We do not always learn what we are taught ...and often we learn what we are not taught.  Often we learn from what we invest most of our time in.  And some things grow because we nurture them, and other things grow simply because we don't uproot them ...they grow like weeds.  I'm going to list two in this category of being taught:  #1) Learning entails repetition, and #2) Learning involves a habitual commitment.


Computer games are repetitious ---and they can involve war games with more obvious themes; a rather simple plumber character; or something that doesn't outwardly create a perception, but almost seems a bit subliminal ---like Angry Birds.  In this game, the pigs stole the eggs from the birds ...or nest eggs??          (Ignore getaway car in the background) ---& the clay sculptures are compliments of our youngest son, David.

And let me guess, since the game came from a socialist nation, would the reference be so bold as to depict large corporations or law-enforcing ...no, it couldn't be.


Television involves more habitual commitment ...but that has broadened greatly.  With the availability of seemingly unlimited channels, inclusive of being able to see whatever movie you want, it goes way beyond what television itself would allow as their standard of viewing (now mostly substandard).  The current top movie is The Hunger Games.  If you've seen the movie, you have a more powerful association than I do ...I just read the Cliff Notes.  Hold your thoughts on that one, we'll get back to it.  By the time I finish this blog, some of you will have seen it two or three times, but for now, I'd just like you to acknowledge what a strong impact it had on you.   Let's look at movies ...in general, for a moment.  What we see on the screen is perhaps the most powerful media, combining audio and visual components ...and of course, included in the audio is music.  This all elicits a very strong emotional association and connection ...one that can summon up emotions at the mere mention of a couple words, such as a title.   It is nothing magical or bewitching ---our minds are wonderful and operate this way, so we can remember things.  And sometimes we can remember an entire movie by the mere mention of it.  That can be good, but our emotions can also be manipulated.  This media of TV is often used for manipulative purposes and for the personal gain of those primarily promoting it ...whether it is economic, or plain satisfaction ---sometimes sick satisfaction.


If I hear someone mention the Holocaust, I get rather upset ---and I believe, rightfully so.  It refers to a horrific and real injustice.  Other injustices are less understood and some not as real.  Some are birthed through misconceptions ...and that was the case with those who blindly followed those responsible for the Holocaust.  I see anger today, growing at a rapid pace ---led by prejudice and outright hatred.  Emotions are being stirred by those who like hatred ---because they possess the most horrific kind.


Whether we speak of Lenin, Hitler, or Stalin ...they all could work the emotions of those that they needed to coalesce around them, they were all Communists, and they all aspired to dictatorships.  As I describe many of these things, my wife says my posts are too long on Facebook, and with that said, certainly who will read my extensive blogs?  I am thorough because I believe thoroughly in what I am saying.  In contrast, many people believed the aforementioned dictators, because they were often very powerful speakers, and like today's sound bites ...they are short, they work, and they are often a very attractive lie.


And that is actually the last part of what makes all the other components of Communism work ...the Big Lie!

The Big Lie ...

The Big Lie ...usually begins with stirring up emotion, the most effective of which is fear.  You are made to fear what is going to happen ...and it will assuredly happen, if you don't do something about it. You can't really do anything about it, because you don't really understand it ...but you are fed such a fearful diet of it (more like a feast, saturating your bloodstream) that you commit to that fear, and even your blood may begin to boil, per se.  You trust the one who is the author of the lie, as a rational answer to the dilemma.  The biggest threat to this lie, and the possible failure to a foolproof plan ...is a person who is not a fool.  If a person puts their faith in God, and believes the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom ...they will less likely be fooled.

Easter is coming ...this coming weekend.  I refer to it as Resurrection Day, and it is a celebration like no other.  You can believe and do the traditional things, like paint eggs and eat lots of chocolate (I've always liked that part too), but to actually take the day seriously ...as a real factual event, that would be a threat to anyone who thinks that a world with God is too much of an intrusion upon everyone's lives.  Survival of the fittest, being the only standard that applies to evolution (which is really no standard at all), permits a sort of confusion and deceit that often leads to oppression by a dictator ...after all, they've proven they were the fittest, what more could you expect from the very thing you've accepted and blindly promoted?

Going back to the true event that we look back on and celebrate ...as Easter, we see the crucifixion of Jesus.  His horrific torturous death, as a sacrifice for our sins, is the most overwhelming realization of God's love.  How can we look at that ...and deny so many of the sins that He died for?  And we see the absolute denial of the Roman Empire at that time ...crucifying many others, and as if that were not public enough, and not granting enough satisfying entertainment ...they began building the Colosseum.

Okay, I said I'd come back to the movie, The Hunger Games.  Part of the lie would be that corporate America would bring about what seems to be the deliberate goal of Communist dictators.  The hunger part, was the perfection of horror instituted under Stalin ...he being the most relentless with the deprivation, and the government stealing and re-allocating food ...leading to massive starvation and deaths in horrendous numbers.  It was not corporate, but a dictatorship.  And the game part, is most like the Roman Collosseum, as far as I can see ...and that's a dictatorship also.

Our present government has many professed communists within our government, or working close with it.  How did they get there?  They were resourced, or appointed.

I hear people say: "I want to go to the World Series!" or "Did you see the Superbowl? I was at that game!"

They want to be a part of something big!  Well, we can be a part of something big ...and the sad thing is, the outcome hinges upon whether we believe a lie.  And when it is said and done, each and everyone one of us can not escape the fact that we were a big part of it.  The transformation of fear is attempting to get you to fear everyone else ...and to cling onto the hope and wait for the change.  And the victor will celebrate with the change just before the shock hits.  We can't blame any one administration.  It has been a slow process.  It can be compared to spontaneous combustion, but I liken it more to rubbing two sticks together, though not for the purpose of sticking together.  After much friction, it gets hotter and hotter ...to the point of igniting.   But the sticks themselves won't ignite ...there has to be something there to go up in smoke, and someone to fan the flame.  My hope is that the Constitution is not what goes up in smoke.  An executive branch wanting to work around Congress, not willing to work with them; and at the same time trying to destroy the integrity of the Supreme Court ...to me, seems too much like the hope and dream of no one I know, and I am no fan of that!  And I encourage you to not help fan it either.  With all the smoke, who can see clearly?  Well, it's not always what you think you see, it's what you know ...and if the agenda is to ignore history, and more importantly His story, then how can you see within yourself to do what is right?   

So as the masses oversleeps, way past the dawn of day ...and eventually wakes, crying out, "No!  It can't be too late!"  I hope to God ...it isn't! 

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